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Charles Pierce | This Was as Grave an Attack on Our Democracy as the Russian Meddling




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Charles Pierce | This Was as Grave an Attack on Our Democracy as the Russian Meddling 
Kris Kobach and Mike Pence. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "In its own way, this commission was as serious an attack on the electoral system as anything produced at the behest of the Volga Bagmen, and this was coming directly from the White House, at the direction of the president* and at a substantial cost to taxpayers, as wish-fulfillment as regards why the president* got beat in the popular vote count."
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Michigan Democratic candidate for governor Gretchen Whimer. (photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty)
Michigan Democratic candidate for governor Gretchen Whimer. (photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty)



Women Break Records in Tuesday's Primaries With Several Key Firsts
Elham Khatami, ThinkProgress
Khatami writes: "At least 183 women have snagged a nomination for the U.S. House this election cycle."
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Julian Assange. (photo: Peters Nicholls/Reuters)
Julian Assange. (photo: Peters Nicholls/Reuters)

Senate Asks Julian Assange to Testify in Russia Investigation
Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast
Ackerman writes: "WikiLeaks, a central figure in the 2016 election and the recipient of an email trove stolen by Russian intelligence, is 'considering the offer.'"
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Union leaders, including Mike Louis (president of AFL-CIO Missouri) celebrate as results are announced on Prop A referendum. (photo: Sid Hastings/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Union leaders, including Mike Louis (president of AFL-CIO Missouri) celebrate as results are announced on Prop A referendum. (photo: Sid Hastings/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Missouri Voters Crush Right-to-Work Bill
Kurt Erickson and Jack Suntrup, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Excerpt: "Fueled by more than $15 million in campaign spending and laser-sharp attention from national labor unions, voters solidly rejected an attempt to make Missouri a 'right to work' state."
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Muslim women protest against US President Donald Trump on February 19 in Chicago. (photo: AFP)
Muslim women protest against US President Donald Trump on February 19 in Chicago. (photo: AFP)

Stephen Miller's Latest White Supremacist Immigration Proposal Has Reportedly Arrived
Katherine Krueger, Splinter News
Krueger writes: "The Trump administration will ramp up its war on immigrants in the coming weeks with a proposal to make it more difficult for even immigrants who entered the U.S. legally to become citizens or obtain green cards if they ever used government assistance programs or Obamacare, NBC News reported on Tuesday."
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'My depression was serious. I gained 60lbs. I felt suicidal' ... conversion survivor Mathew Shurka in New York City's West Village last month. (photo: Tadej Znidarcic/Guardian UK)
'My depression was serious. I gained 60lbs. I felt suicidal' ... conversion survivor Mathew Shurka in New York City's West Village last month. (photo: Tadej Znidarcic/Guardian UK)

'I Still Have Flashbacks': The 'Global Epidemic' of LGBT Conversion Therapy
Chitra Ramaswamy, Guardian UK
Ramaswamy writes: "It sounds like a historical horror, but 'treatment' for sexual orientation remains legal in most of the world, including the UK."
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Jimmy Kimmel: 'Maybe the most destructive thing these people are up to involves climate change.' (photo: ABC)
Jimmy Kimmel: 'Maybe the most destructive thing these people are up to involves climate change.' (photo: ABC)

Jimmy Kimmel on Climate Change: 'Somebody Needs to Get Through to Trump'
Jake Nevins, Guardian UK
Nevins writes: "ABC's Jimmy Kimmel took aim at the administration for rolling back various environmental regulations."
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