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Bernie Sanders | The Republican Budget Is a Gift to Billionaires: It's Robin Hood in Reverse




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Bernie Sanders | The Republican Budget Is a Gift to Billionaires: It's Robin Hood in Reverse 
'It takes from those in need and gives to those who are already living in incredible opulence.' (photo: Jim Young/AFP/Getty Images) 
Bernie Sanders, Guardian UK 
Sanders writes: "After failing to pass a 'healthcare' bill that would have thrown up to 32 million Americans off of health insurance, a bill that was more unpopular than the Wall Street bailout, Donald Trump and the Republican leadership in Congress are back." 
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New Memo Suggests Russian Lawyer at Trump Tower Meeting Was Acting 'as an Agent' of the Kremlin 
Natasha Bertrand, Business Insider 
Bertrand writes: "The Russian lawyer who met with President Donald Trump's son, son-in-law, and campaign chairman last June at Trump Tower brought a memo with her to that meeting that contained many of the same talking points as one written by the Russian prosecutor's office two months earlier." 
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'A Political Murder': Car Bomb Kills Maltese Journalist Who Exposed Panama Papers Link 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed her island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers has been killed after a bomb exploded in her car." 
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Meet Tarana Burke, the Activist Who Started #MeToo Campaign to Ignite Conversation on Sexual Assault 
Tarana Burke, Soraya Chemaly, Alicia Garza and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "Amid the ongoing fallout from sexual assault and harassment allegations against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, a former contestant on 'Celebrity Apprentice' has subpoenaed Donald Trump's presidential campaign for all documents relating to her and any other women who have accused the U.S. president of unwanted sexual contact." 
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Tom Marino, Trump's Pick as Drug Czar, Withdraws After Damaging Opioid Report 
Bill Chappell, NPR 
Chappell writes: "Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., has withdrawn his name from consideration as America's drug czar, President Trump said Tuesday. Marino is stepping back days after reports that legislation he sponsored hindered the Drug Enforcement Administration in its fight against the U.S. opioid crisis." 
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Mogadishu Massacre: Hospitals Run Out of Blood, Antibiotics for Victims in Mass Bombing Killing 300+ 
Amanda Sperber, Abdi Samatar, Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "Rescue operations continue in Mogadishu, Somalia, after two massive truck bombs exploded Saturday, killing at least 300 in the country's deadliest attack since the rise of the al-Shabab militant group a decade ago. The disaster is being referred to as the 'Mogadishu massacre,' and some are calling it 'the 9/11 of the Somali people.'" 
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Nearly 400,000 Gallons of Oil Spews Into Gulf of Mexico, Could Be Largest Spill Since Deepwater Horizon 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "Last week, a pipe owned by offshore oil and gas operator LLOG Exploration Company, LLC spilled up to 393,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, reminding many observers of the Deepwater Horizon explosion seven years ago that spewed approximately 210 million gallons of crude into familiar territory." 
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria 
Remezcla 
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways." 
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