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Andy Borowitz | Poll: Americans Hope Mueller Arrests Someone New Every Day 
Special investigator Robert Mueller. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "After a memorable Monday, in which the special counsel announced criminal charges against three men associated with Donald Trump's campaign, millions of Americans were sort of hoping that Robert Mueller would arrest someone new every day, a new poll indicates." 
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Robert Reich | Jeff Sessions Repeatedly Lied to the Senate While Under Oath 
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page 
Reich writes: "At every turn, Sessions has tried obfuscate and mislead the American people. He has repeatedly lied to the Senate under oath and eroded the public's trust in the Department of Justice." 
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Corporations, Super-Wealthy Win Big With New Republican Tax Plan 
Cristina Marcos, Naomi Jagoda, Niv Elis and Vicki Needham, The Hill 
Excerpt: "Corporations would get a big tax cut from the GOP's proposal." 
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The Justice Department Is Now Going After the Lawyers of an Undocumented Teen Who Got an Abortion 
Esther Yu Hsi Lee, ThinkProgress 
Hsi Lee writes: "On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed an unusual petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, accusing the lawyers of misleading the government over the 'timing' of an abortion granted to an undocumented teenager held in federal custody. The department is also arguing that because of the lawyers' actions, the decision to grant an abortion in this particular case should not serve as precedent for future cases." 
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How a Fired Prosecutor Became the Most Powerful Law Enforcement Official in Louisiana 
Radley Balko, The Washington Post 
Balko writes: "According to pay records obtained by the Promise of Justice Initiative and shared with The Watch, almost immediately after he was fired, Holland was re-hired by parishes all over the state as a part-time prosecutor. Some DAs have given him their most serious and high-profile cases - death penalty cases in particular. In fact, by 2015, thanks to those freelance gigs, Holland had doubled the salary he was earning when he resigned." 
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There's Another Standing Rock Brewing in Minnesota 
Hilary Beaumont, VICE 
Beaumont writes: "A protest camp resembling the early days of Standing Rock has sprung up in Minnesota with the goal of stopping the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, a new project that would triple the capacity of an existing pipeline from the Alberta oil sands into the U.S." 
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Tyson Foods Linked to the Largest Toxic Dead Zone in US History 
Shana Gallagher, AlterNet 
Gallagher writes: "America's largest meat producer must clean up its act." 
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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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