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Tim Dickinson | Will Republicans Send an Accused Child Molester to the Senate? 
Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally on September 25, 2017, in Fairhope, Alabama. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) 
Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone 
Dickinson writes: "Roy Moore, the Republican Senate nominee in Alabama, has been accused in The Washington Post article of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl when he was 32 - and an assistant district attorney. Will the party that rode Donald 'grab 'em by the pussy' Trump to the presidency stand by an accused child molester as he runs for Senate?" 
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Sally Yates: Trump 'Embraces Putin Yet Again' in 'Unpatriotic' Comments 
Brandon Carter, The Hill 
Carter writes: "Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates blasted President Trump on Saturday, calling him 'shamelessly unpatriotic' for accepting Russian President Vladimir Putin's denial that Russia interfered in the 2016 election." 
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What's Killing America's Veterans? Here's What the Data Says 
Sy Mukherjee, Fortune 
Mukherjee writes: "This Saturday marks Veterans Day, when Americans pay respect to those who have served in the armed forces. But it also marks an opportunity to highlight the issues most important to military families - and few are quite as significant as the persistent holes in medical care and socioeconomic ills which afflict veterans' health." 
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Does Trump Want a New Middle East War? 
Bob Dreyfuss, Rolling Stone 
Dreyfuss writes: "Does Donald Trump want a new Middle East war, pitting Saudi Arabia against Iran in a conflict that could lay waste to the world's oil region and drag the United States into a conflict that would make the war in Iraq look like a minor skirmish? It sure looks like it." 
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Meet Lee Carter, the Democratic Socialist Who Just Knocked Off One of the Virginia GOP's Legislative Leaders 
Meagan Day, Jacobin 
Excerpt: "On Tuesday, democratic socialist Lee Carter unseated Jackson Miller, the Republican majority whip of Virginia's House of Delegates. Buoyed by the enthusiasm around the Bernie Sanders campaign and backed by the Washington DC chapter of Democratic Socialists of America, Carter successfully campaigned on single-payer health care, getting money out of politics, and putting the interests of working-class Virginians above those of big donors." 
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US Execution of Mexican National Sparks Human Rights Outcry 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has condemned the execution of a Mexican in Texas, saying it violates a U.N. ruling on treatment of the Central American country's nationals in the U.S." 
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Trump's Pick for Environmental Adviser Got Grilled on Climate Change. It Was a Trainwreck 
Kate Yoder, Grist 
Excerpt: "Kathleen Hartnett White, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality, stammered through her confirmation hearing on Wednesday." 
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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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