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07 April 19 AM
Robert Reich | Mitch McConnell Is Destroying the Senate - and American Government
Robert Reich, Guardian UK
Reich writes: "No person has done more in living memory to undermine the functioning of the US government than the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell."
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Robert Reich, Guardian UK
Reich writes: "No person has done more in living memory to undermine the functioning of the US government than the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell."
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Attorney General William P. Barr has said he'll release a redacted version of the Mueller report to Congress by mid-April. (photo: Bonnie Jo Mount/WP)
Scrutiny and Suspicion as Mueller Report Undergoes Redaction
Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post
Barrett writes: "The escalating political battle over special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report centers on redactions - a lawyerly editing process that has angered distrustful Democrats eager to see the all evidence and conclusions from his 22-month investigation of President Trump's conduct and Russia's elaborate interference operation during the 2016 election."
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Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post
Barrett writes: "The escalating political battle over special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report centers on redactions - a lawyerly editing process that has angered distrustful Democrats eager to see the all evidence and conclusions from his 22-month investigation of President Trump's conduct and Russia's elaborate interference operation during the 2016 election."
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Cortez Attends National Action Network Annual Convention. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reminds Code-Switch Critics: "I'm From The Bronx"
Aliya Semper Ewing, The Root
Ewing writes: "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has responded to critics accusing her of appropriating a faux 'Southern drawl' at Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network convention in New York on Friday."
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Aliya Semper Ewing, The Root
Ewing writes: "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has responded to critics accusing her of appropriating a faux 'Southern drawl' at Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network convention in New York on Friday."
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From left, Democratic Congresswomen Donna Shalala, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined many from the Venezuelan exile community at a protest in Doral Central Park in Doral, Florida, on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. (photo: Pedro Portal/Miami Herald)
Trump Blocks Three Florida Congresswomen From Visiting Homestead Child Detention Center
Monique O. Madan, The Miami Herald
Madan writes: "Three South Florida congresswomen say the Trump administration has blocked them from entering the Homestead shelter for migrant kids on Monday despite a new law mandating Congressional access there."
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Monique O. Madan, The Miami Herald
Madan writes: "Three South Florida congresswomen say the Trump administration has blocked them from entering the Homestead shelter for migrant kids on Monday despite a new law mandating Congressional access there."
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Democratic socialist Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez is currently in the lead in her city council race. (photo: Kelly Viselman)
Chicago's Elections Brought a Lot of Good News for Progressives-and Democratic Socialists
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank, In These Times
Steinkopf-Frank writes: "At the city council level, a wave of democratic socialists and progressive candidates surged to victory. While it's unclear whether Lightfoot will rush to follow through on her ambitious campaign promises of cleaning up city government and enacting reform, the new incoming class of aldermen are slated to push forward on a host of progressive priorities, from ending corporate subsidies to working to enact rent control."
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Hannah Steinkopf-Frank, In These Times
Steinkopf-Frank writes: "At the city council level, a wave of democratic socialists and progressive candidates surged to victory. While it's unclear whether Lightfoot will rush to follow through on her ambitious campaign promises of cleaning up city government and enacting reform, the new incoming class of aldermen are slated to push forward on a host of progressive priorities, from ending corporate subsidies to working to enact rent control."
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According to official figures, 110 air strikes have been carried out by the US in Somalia over the last two years. (photo: Getty Images)
US Acknowledges Civilian Deaths in Somalia Drone Strike
BBC News
Excerpt: "It marks the first time America has admitted to causing civilian casualties during its air campaign in Somalia."
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BBC News
Excerpt: "It marks the first time America has admitted to causing civilian casualties during its air campaign in Somalia."
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Navajo activist Daniel Tso near an oil well northeast of Chaco Culture National Historic Park. (photo: Jonathan P. Thompson)
A Fracking Boom Ransacks the Four Corners
Tim Vanderpool, NRDC
Vanderpool writes: "The sandstone mesas around Chaco Culture National Historical Park deserve contemplative quiet, in respect to the Pueblo people who built this masonry marvel of ceremonial buildings and monumental plazas around AD 850. But up here, tranquility is in short supply."
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Tim Vanderpool, NRDC
Vanderpool writes: "The sandstone mesas around Chaco Culture National Historical Park deserve contemplative quiet, in respect to the Pueblo people who built this masonry marvel of ceremonial buildings and monumental plazas around AD 850. But up here, tranquility is in short supply."
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FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, HERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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Great kiva of Chetro Ketl
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The Center of an Ancient World
Today the massive buildings of the ancestral Pueblo peoples still testify to the organizational and engineering abilities not seen anywhere else in the American Southwest. For a deeper contact with the canyon that was central to thousands of people between 850 and 1250 A.D., come and explore Chaco through guided tours, hiking & biking trails, evening campfire talks, and night sky programs.
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