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Friday, October 12, 2018

Charles Pierce | The Georgia Governor's Race Is Ground Zero in the Battle for American Democracy





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Charles Pierce | The Georgia Governor's Race Is Ground Zero in the Battle for American Democracy 
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp appears during a unity rally back in July. (photo: John Amis/AP)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp are waging war over the right to vote itself. The winner may well win the governorship."
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Democratic candidate for Georgia's Governor Stacy Abrams. (photo: John Bazemore/AP)
Democratic candidate for Georgia's Governor Stacy Abrams. (photo: John Bazemore/AP)

Massive Voter Suppression Campaign Launched in Georgia
Ben Nadler, Associated Press
Nadler writes: "Marsha Appling-Nunez was showing the college students she teaches how to check online if they're registered to vote when she made a troubling discovery. Despite being an active Georgia voter who had cast ballots in recent elections, she was no longer registered."
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Robert Mueller, the former FBI director and the special counsel who is leading the Russia investigation. (photo: Getty)
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director and the special counsel who is leading the Russia investigation. (photo: Getty)

Trump Legal Team Preparing Answers to Written Questions From Mueller
Major Garrett, CBS News
Garrett writes: "President Trump's legal team has begun preparing answers to written questions posed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team, sources directly involved in the process say."
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Helen, a five-year-old from Honduras, was detained after the Trump Administration announced that it would halt the separation of immigrant families. (photo: LUPE)
Helen, a five-year-old from Honduras, was detained after the Trump Administration announced that it would halt the separation of immigrant families. (photo: LUPE)

The Five-Year-Old Who Was Detained at the Border and Persuaded to Sign Away Her Rights
Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker
Stillman writes: "According to a long-standing legal precedent known as the Flores settlement, which established guidelines for keeping children in immigration detention, Helen had a right to a bond hearing before a judge; that hearing would have likely hastened her release from government custody and her return to her family."
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The death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson, Georgia. (photo: Erik S. Lesser/Getty)
The death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson, Georgia. (photo: Erik S. Lesser/Getty)

Washington Supreme Court Outlaws Death Penalty in the State for Good
Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
Stern writes: "On Thursday, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment violates the state constitution."
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Relatives of 12-year-old Faris Hafez al-Sarasawi at his funeral. He was killed after Israeli soldiers' intervention in the 'Great March of Return' demonstrations in Gaza, October 2018. (photo: Anadolu)
Relatives of 12-year-old Faris Hafez al-Sarasawi at his funeral. He was killed after Israeli soldiers' intervention in the 'Great March of Return' demonstrations in Gaza, October 2018. (photo: Anadolu)

Nkosi Zwelivelile | My Grandfather Nelson Mandela Fought Apartheid. I See the Parallels With Israel
Nkosi Zwelivelile, Guardian UK
Zwelivelile writes: "While my country has long been free from racist minority rule, the world is not yet free of the crime of apartheid."
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Jeffrey Bossert Clark was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 11 as assistant attorney general for environment and natural resources. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)
Jeffrey Bossert Clark was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 11 as assistant attorney general for environment and natural resources. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)
Senate Confirms BP Oil Spill Lawyer as Government's Top Environment Attorney
 
Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News
Lavelle writes: "Jeffrey Bossert Clark has repeatedly challenged the science underpinning U.S. climate policy. He'll be defending the administration's policy rollbacks."
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