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All the Laws AMI May Have Broken in Blackmailing Jeff Bezos 

Frank Bowman, Slate
Bowman writes: "Here are all the laws American Media Inc. may have broken in going after the Amazon CEO."
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Beto O'Rourke will headline a rally on Monday in El Paso at the same time President Trump is set to hold a rally in that city. (photo: Getty Images)

Beto O'Rourke Is About to Give Us a Preview of What a Race Against Trump Will Look Like
Jason Linkins, ThinkProgress
Linkins writes: "He may not yet be running for president, but former Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke is going to do something none of the other announced contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination has dared to do yet: Challenge Donald Trump in a battle of rallies."
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Bob Costas confirmed to ESPN on Sunday that he was removed from last year's Super Bowl broadcast after NBC took issue with his comments on concussions and CTE in the NFL. (photo: Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Bob Costas Says He Was Removed From Super Bowl Broadcast Due to Comments on Concussions
Ryan Young, Yahoo!
Young writes: "Costas was pulled from the Super Bowl broadcast last minute for his comments on concussions and brain damage in the NFL."
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'By the time American women are 40 to 44, 86 percent of them are mothers, and unless they are affluent - or have a retired but still energetic grandma who's willing to pitch in full time when the kids are little - the child care crisis hits families hard.' (photo: Ryan Denham/WGLT)

Day Care for All: The Progressive to-Do List Is Missing a Very Important Idea
Katha Pollitt, The New York Times
Pollitt writes: "The child care crisis hits families hard."
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People hold signs during a protest at the Saudi embassy in Washington, DC over Khashoggi's disappearance. (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Trump's Pro-Life Stance Is a Grotesque Charade
William Saletan, Slate
Saletan writes: "From war crimes to executions to murdering dissidents, Trump treats human life with contempt."
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Najib Razak arrives to be formally charged in a Kuala Lumpur court in July; the first of a series of trials related to failed state fund 1MDB starts on Tuesday. (photo: Lai Seng Sin/Reuters)

Malaysia's Najib Tones Down the Bling Ahead of Multibillion-Dollar Graft Trial
Kate Mayberry, Al Jazeera
Mayberry writes: "While he was prime minister, Najib Razak was often accused of being woefully out of touch with ordinary citizens' lives. But now, out of office and facing dozens of criminal charges in connection to an extraordinary multibillion-dollar scandal at Malaysia's 1MDB state investment fund, the 65-year-old seems to be reinventing himself as a man of the people."
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The rate of insect extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and reptiles. (photo: Verein Krefeld)

Plummeting Insect Numbers 'Threaten Collapse of Nature'
Damian Carrington, Guardian UK
Carrington writes: "The world's insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a 'catastrophic collapse of nature's ecosystems,' according to the first global scientific review."
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