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RSN: Marc Ash | The Impeachment Question 
New York Representative and House Judiciary Ranking Member, Democrat Jerrold Nadler. (image: Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa/AP/Thanh Do/The Atlantic)
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "Judge Daniels's assertion, even if it does not stand, speaks to the heart of presidential privilege and insulation from the legal process. It is also revealing of the mindset that dominates the impeachment debate."
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In this photo taken Feb. 21, 2013, a Normandy-style vehicle barrier is seen on the border of Mexico, left, and the United States in Lordsburg, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News/Shari V. Hill)
In this photo taken Feb. 21, 2013, a Normandy-style vehicle barrier is seen on the border of Mexico, left, and the United States in Lordsburg, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News/Shari V. Hill)

Everything We Know About the 7-Year-Old Girl Who Died in Border Patrol Custody
Tess Owen, Vice News
Owen writes: "Around 9:15 on the cool night of Dec. 6, a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl and her father, along with a group of about 160 migrants, turned themselves in to United States agents in the New Mexico desert after illegally crossing the border."
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Michael Flynn. (photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA)
Michael Flynn. (photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA)

Special Counsel Rejects Suggestion by Flynn's Attorneys That He Was Misled in FBI Interview
Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The special counsel's office on Friday fired back at the suggestion that former national security adviser Michael Flynn might have been duped into lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador - writing in a new court filing that Flynn 'chose to make false statements' not just to agents but to the media, the vice president and other members of the presidential transition."
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Jason Chaffetz with Trey Gowdy. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Jason Chaffetz with Trey Gowdy. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Jason Chaffetz Says if You Don't Want to Die, Don't Come to the US
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz says the death of a young girl from dehydration at the US-Mexican border should be a 'message' to other Central American migrants planning to make the dangerous overland journey."
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The Pentagon. (photo: AP)
The Pentagon. (photo: AP)

The Pentagon Has Steadfastly Stonewalled Against Making Its Budget Auditable
Janine Jackson, CounterSpin
Jackson writes: "For those of us who remember the $640 toilet seat, the unbelievable absurdity of Pentagon spending has long been - while unbelievably absurd - taken for granted."
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The Blangiga Bells, Philippines' 'freedom bells.'(photo: Bullit Marquez/AP)
The Blangiga Bells, Philippines' 'freedom bells.'(photo: Bullit Marquez/AP)

The US Returns Filipino 'Freedom Bells' Looted a Century Ago
teleSUR
Excerpt: "'It was time to do the right thing,' stated John Law, deputy chief of mission at the US embassy to the Philippines."
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Crews work to move a captured sea lion into another cage on the Columbia River in Bonneville, Washington, in 2008. On Dec. 11, 2018, the House approved a bill to lift some restrictions on killing sea lions to protect salmon in the Columbia River. (photo: Don Ryan/AP)
Crews work to move a captured sea lion into another cage on the Columbia River in Bonneville, Washington, in 2008. On Dec. 11, 2018, the House approved a bill to lift some restrictions on killing sea lions to protect salmon in the Columbia River. (photo: Don Ryan/AP)

Congress Approves Bill Allowing the Killing of Sea Lions ... to Protect Salmon
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Congress has agreed to make it easier to kill sea lions threatening fragile runs of salmon in the Northwest."
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