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Andy Borowitz | Trump Accuses Clinton of Deliberately Losing Election so He Could Be Impeached




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Andy Borowitz | Trump Accuses Clinton of Deliberately Losing Election so He Could Be Impeached 
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at Presidential Debate. (photo: Doug Mills/NYT) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "In what might be his most startling allegation against his former election opponent, Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Hillary Clinton of deliberately losing the 2016 election just so that he could be impeached." 
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The ACA Open-Enrollment Period, Which Starts Today, Is a Little Different Under Trump 
Steve Benen, MSNBC 
Benen writes: "As of this morning, American consumers can sign up to have health care coverage in 2018. The healthcare.gov website is up and running, and though Donald Trump has pushed prices higher, many consumers will find that insurance costs in this open-enrollment period are very affordable." 
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Why a Judge Ruled Paul Manafort Isn't Entitled to Attorney-Client Privilege 
Dahlia Lithwick and Scott Pilutik, Slate 
Excerpt: "When you meet with your lawyer, you can tell her the whole ugly story because she can't be forced to testify against you or even to divulge what you've discussed to anyone. Period. Right? Well ... mostly right." 
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Defense Department: The War on Terror Has Cost $250 Million a Day for 16 Years 
Jay Cassano, International Business Times 
Cassano writes: "American taxpayers have spent $1.46 trillion on wars abroad since September 11, 2001. The Department of Defense periodically releases a 'cost of war' report. The newly released version, obtained by the Federation of American Scientists Secrecy News blog, covers the time from the September 11th terrorist attacks through mid-2017." 
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NSA Wanted to Use the Espionage Act to Prosecute a Journalist for Using FOIA 
Emma Best, MuckRock 
Best writes: "Declassified documents in the Central Intelligence Agency's archives show that while the CIA was looking to include the Freedom Of Information Act in its war on leaks, the National Security Agency was seriously considering using the Espionage Act to target target Puzzle Palace author James Bamford for using FOIA." 
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NJ Police Chief Said Black People Are 'Like ISIS' and He'd Like to Be 'on the Firing Squad,' Feds Say 
Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post 
Zapotosky writes: "The former chief of a small township in New Jersey has been arrested on federal hate crime and civil rights charges for what federal authorities described as a pattern of racist comments and behavior - including slamming an African American teen's head into a metal door jamb and saying that black people are 'like ISIS.'" 
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Findings: Hydro Electric Firm, Honduran Military Planned Berta Caceres Murder 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "A hydroelectric company that environmental activist Berta Caceres had fought plotted with Honduran military and security forces to kill the Indigenous leader in March 2016, an independent commission has found." 
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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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