Eugene Robinson | Trump Is Not a Champion of Human Rights. He Is a Clueless Clown.

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Eugene Robinson | Trump Is Not a Champion of Human Rights. He Is a Clueless Clown. 

Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post
Robinson writes: "In Riyadh, they must be laughing at President Trump."
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Conservative author Jerome Corsi provided Trump adviser Roger Stone with research on Democratic figures during the 2016 campaign. (photo: AP)

Associate of Roger Stone in Plea Talks With Mueller
Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey and Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Conservative writer and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi is in plea negotiations with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, according to Corsi and another person with knowledge of the talks."
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. (photo: AP)

Trump Hits Back at Chief Justice Roberts, Escalating an Extraordinary Exchange
Matthew Choi, Politico
Choi writes: "Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and President Donald Trump took swipes at each other Wednesday in an extraordinary exchange over just how partisan federal courts really are."
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Boston police are looking toward assault weapons to keep up with street criminals. (photo: Jared Wickerham/Getty)

Boston Police Has a Secret Point System That Turns Normal Teenage Behavior Into Gang Membership
Mary Holper and Claire Valentin, ACLU
Excerpt: "As the federal government's rhetoric and action around immigration have sharpened and hardened, young immigrants are being systematically slandered and deprived of their rights in Massachusetts."
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Hurricane Harvey. (photo: Getty)

The Grassroots Movement to Transform Our Broken Disaster Relief System
Sophie Weiner, Splinter News
Weiner writes: "When disasters like the Camp Fire strike, as they do with horrifying regularity these days, these are often the stories you hear: Regular people taking on enormous responsibility with no training or experience."
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'The Saudi-led coalition has, from the very start of the conflict in 2015, sought to use starvation as a weapon of war.' (photo: Marzooq Al-Jabiry/Getty)

The Famine Facing Yemen Is a War Crime - It Must Be Investigated
Emily Thornberry, Guardian UK
Thornberry writes: "The Saudi-led coalition has deliberately targeted civilians."
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California wildfire. (photo: Justine Sullivan/Getty)

Officials Count the Dead From Devastating California Wildfires as Trump Mocks Climate Science
Mark Hand, ThinkProgress
Hand writes: "On Thanksgiving eve, Trump chose to gleefully enter full climate-denier mode as California officials were offering sobering projections about the death and destruction caused by the devastating wildfires in the state."
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