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Charles Pierce | We Are Governed by Monsters Now 
The de facto policy of this administration is to make the refugee experience so deadly as to discourage people from attempting to flee to this country. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "As soon as this child was taken into the custody of the United States Border Patrol, she became its responsibility and nobody else's."
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Robert Mueller. (photo: James Berglie/TNS)
Robert Mueller. (photo: James Berglie/TNS)

Senate Intelligence Committee Refers More Cases of Suspected Lying to Mueller
Morgan Chalfant, The Hill
Chalfant writes: "Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said Thursday that the Senate Intelligence Committee has made 'quite a few referrals' to special counsel Robert Mueller of cases where witnesses questioned in the panel's Russia probe were suspected of lying, adding he expects there will be more."
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Migrants, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, climb down a steep hill Thursday after giving up on trying to climb the border wall into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico. (photo: Leah Millis/Reuters)
Migrants, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, climb down a steep hill Thursday after giving up on trying to climb the border wall into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico. (photo: Leah Millis/Reuters)

Child Who Died in CBP Custody Didn't Get Medical Attention for 90 Minutes
Julia Ainsley, Jacob Soboroff and Cal Perry, NBC News
Excerpt: "A 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection waited an hour and a half before receiving emergency medical care after showing symptoms, officials said Friday."
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Scott Walker. (photo: John Hart/AP)
Scott Walker. (photo: John Hart/AP)

Liberal Groups Move to Sue After Scott Walker Signs Bills Limiting Power of Incoming Democrat
Daniel Strauss, Politico
Strauss writes: "Two liberal groups announced that they will take legal action in response to Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker's decision to sign legislation limiting the powers of Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers."
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson. (photo: Fox News)
Fox News host Tucker Carlson. (photo: Fox News)

Tucker Carlson Suggested Immigrants Make the US 'Dirtier' - and It Cost Fox News an Advertiser
Alex Horton, The Washington Post
Horton writes: "In less than three minutes, Tucker Carlson suggested immigrants make the United States 'dirtier,' contradicted himself on their values and gushed over Mexicans frustrated with Central American caravans. The opening tear cost his Fox News show an advertiser, at least for now."
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French protesters clad in high-visibility yellow vests. (photo: AFP)
French protesters clad in high-visibility yellow vests. (photo: AFP)

France's 'Yellow Vest' Protesters Hit Paris Streets for Fifth Week
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Thousands of protesters took to the streets of French cities Saturday in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron's government, despite calls to hold off after a gun attack in Strasbourg earlier this week."
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A female orca leaps from the water while breaching in Puget Sound, west of Seattle. (photo: Elaine Thompson/AP)
A female orca leaps from the water while breaching in Puget Sound, west of Seattle. (photo: Elaine Thompson/AP)

'Extinction Is Not an Option': The $1 Billion Push to Save Orcas in Washington
Levi Pulkkinen, Guardian UK
Pulkkinen writes: "Five months after twin tragedies cast a spotlight on the state's ailing orcas, Washington plans to spend more than $1bn to stave off extinction."
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