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Donna Brazile | Inside Hillary Clinton's Secret Takeover of the DNC
Donna Brazile, Politico
Brazile writes: "When you have an open contest without an incumbent and competitive primaries, the party comes under the candidate's control only after the nominee is certain. When I was manager of Al Gore's campaign in 2000, we started inserting our people into the DNC in June. This victory fund agreement, however, had been signed in August 2015, just four months after Hillary announced her candidacy and nearly a year before she officially had the nomination."
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Donna Brazile, Politico
Brazile writes: "When you have an open contest without an incumbent and competitive primaries, the party comes under the candidate's control only after the nominee is certain. When I was manager of Al Gore's campaign in 2000, we started inserting our people into the DNC in June. This victory fund agreement, however, had been signed in August 2015, just four months after Hillary announced her candidacy and nearly a year before she officially had the nomination."
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Trump and Sessions Denied Knowing About Russian Contacts. Records Suggest Otherwise.
Michael S. Schmidt, Matt Apuzzo and Scott Shane, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Standing before reporters in February, President Trump said unequivocally that he knew of nobody from his campaign who was in contact with Russians during the election. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has told the Senate the same thing. Court documents unsealed this week cast doubt on both statements and raised the possibility that Mr. Sessions could be called back to Congress for further questioning."
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Michael S. Schmidt, Matt Apuzzo and Scott Shane, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Standing before reporters in February, President Trump said unequivocally that he knew of nobody from his campaign who was in contact with Russians during the election. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has told the Senate the same thing. Court documents unsealed this week cast doubt on both statements and raised the possibility that Mr. Sessions could be called back to Congress for further questioning."
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Trump Nominates Some Mar-a-Lago Members to Plum Government Jobs
Fredreka Schouten, Brad Heath and Steve Reilly, USA TODAY
Excerpt: "When President Trump this week tapped Florida insurance executive Robin Bernstein to serve as the nation's next ambassador to the Dominican Republic, he wasn't just giving a business associate and longtime supporter a plum Caribbean assignment. Bernstein also is a founding member of his private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago."
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Fredreka Schouten, Brad Heath and Steve Reilly, USA TODAY
Excerpt: "When President Trump this week tapped Florida insurance executive Robin Bernstein to serve as the nation's next ambassador to the Dominican Republic, he wasn't just giving a business associate and longtime supporter a plum Caribbean assignment. Bernstein also is a founding member of his private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago."
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Billionaire Trump Donor Shuts Down Local News Sites After Staff Votes to Unionize
Addy Baird, ThinkProgress
Baird writes: "More than 100 journalists are out of a job after the Trump-allied owner suddenly pulled the plug."
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Addy Baird, ThinkProgress
Baird writes: "More than 100 journalists are out of a job after the Trump-allied owner suddenly pulled the plug."
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Lawsuit Out of East Chicago Reminds Us America's Lead Crisis Isn't Over
Yessenia Funes, Earther
Funes writes: "In East Chicago, Indiana, lead is seemingly everywhere: in the soil, in the water, even in the dust in people's homes. That's because the community is sitting within the USS Lead Superfund site. Nearby, companies used to spew lead and arsenic into the air up until 1985."
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Yessenia Funes, Earther
Funes writes: "In East Chicago, Indiana, lead is seemingly everywhere: in the soil, in the water, even in the dust in people's homes. That's because the community is sitting within the USS Lead Superfund site. Nearby, companies used to spew lead and arsenic into the air up until 1985."
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Investigation Leads to US Admission It Caused Civilian Deaths in Mosul
Mike Giglio, BuzzFeed
Giglio writes: "The US-led coalition fighting ISIS has admitted responsibility for the deaths of 36 civilians in three military strikes in Mosul after they were detailed in a BuzzFeed News investigation."
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Mike Giglio, BuzzFeed
Giglio writes: "The US-led coalition fighting ISIS has admitted responsibility for the deaths of 36 civilians in three military strikes in Mosul after they were detailed in a BuzzFeed News investigation."
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Trump Administration: Get Ready for Uranium Mining Around Grand Canyon
Joseph Flaherty, Phoenix New Times
Flaherty writes: "The Trump administration may open up the lands surrounding the Grand Canyon to uranium mining, an industry that carries risks for the state's water resources and has devastated Native American communities."
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Joseph Flaherty, Phoenix New Times
Flaherty writes: "The Trump administration may open up the lands surrounding the Grand Canyon to uranium mining, an industry that carries risks for the state's water resources and has devastated Native American communities."
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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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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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