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Marc Ash | A Bandaid on a Bullet Wound 
Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Senator elect Roy Moore draws a gun from his pocket for emphasis on the campaign trail. (video image: Media pool)
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "The current push in Congress to ban 'bump stocks' is a purely cosmetic, politically motivated, and virtually meaningless exercise in face-saving by a Congress which has for decades put gun lobby interests ahead of public safety."
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Tillerson vs. Trump
Isaac Chotiner, Slate
Chotiner writes: "President Trump is (reportedly) very angry that his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (reportedly) called him a 'fucking moron.'"
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Congress Is So Incompetent It Can't Fund Health Insurance for Kids
Mark Hay, Vice News
Hay writes: "Last Saturday, Congress failed to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), jeopardizing systems that provide low-cost insurance for almost 9 million kids and hundreds of thousands of pregnant women in families that make too much money to qualify for Medicaid but still need assistance."
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Trump's Threat to Decertify Iran Nuclear Deal Is Scarier Than You Think
D. Parvaz, Think Progress
Parvaz writes: "In a White House briefing on Thursday, President Donald Trump said that he will not recertify the the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, according to The Washington Post. The story is couched in caveats, but if Trump does, indeed announce on October 12 that he will not recertify the deal because he doesn’t view it as being in U.S. national security interests, then there are two clear takeaways from that decision."
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Harvey Weinstein Losing Key Supporters, Including Advisor Lisa Bloom, Who Came Under Pressure to Quit
David Ng, The Los Angeles Times
Ng writes: "Harvey Weinstein continued to lose key support over the weekend from people within his close circle of associates and in the larger media industry as the disgraced film executive moved to contain the fallout from his sexual-harassment scandal."
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Colombians Mobilize Against Police Killing of 8 Campesinos
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Social organizations are demanding state accountability for the massacre."
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Economists: Trump Administration's Decision to Repeal Water Rule Based on Flawed Analysis
Denisse Moreno, International Business Times
Moreno writes: "Economists are disputing President Donald Trump administration’s justification of rescinding a 2015 law that protects U.S. waters, saying it is based on flawed analysis."
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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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