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07 May 19
Margaret Talbot | Trump, Barr, and the Rule of Law
Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker
Talbot writes: "If there is one thing that Attorney General William Barr's testimony in the Senate last week made abundantly clear, it's that he is fine with acting less like the chief law-enforcement officer of the United States and more like the personal lawyer for a tantrum-prone client named Donald Trump."
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker
Talbot writes: "If there is one thing that Attorney General William Barr's testimony in the Senate last week made abundantly clear, it's that he is fine with acting less like the chief law-enforcement officer of the United States and more like the personal lawyer for a tantrum-prone client named Donald Trump."
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Prosecutors outlined three main areas in which they said the president's conduct warranted criminal charges, including his efforts to fire Mueller and to falsify evidence about that effort. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Trump Would Face Obstruction Charges if He Wasn't President, Hundreds of Prosecutors Say
Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK
McCarthy writes: "Hundreds of former federal prosecutors - and counting - signed an open letter published on Monday expressing their belief that Donald Trump would have faced 'multiple felony charges of obstruction of justice' if he were not president."
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Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK
McCarthy writes: "Hundreds of former federal prosecutors - and counting - signed an open letter published on Monday expressing their belief that Donald Trump would have faced 'multiple felony charges of obstruction of justice' if he were not president."
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Erik Prince. (photo: DN!)
Ex-Blackwater CEO Erik Prince Makes a Comeback Under Trump Selling Mercenary Armies Around the World
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The Intercept takes a look at Prince's latest actions, including his pitch to privatize the war in Afghanistan, his creation of a mercenary army for the United Arab Emirates, a history of mismanaged projects that have soured his relationships with leaders around the world and his comeback, made possible with the help of the Trump administration."
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Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The Intercept takes a look at Prince's latest actions, including his pitch to privatize the war in Afghanistan, his creation of a mercenary army for the United Arab Emirates, a history of mismanaged projects that have soured his relationships with leaders around the world and his comeback, made possible with the help of the Trump administration."
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Voters at a polling precinct. (photo: Getty Images)
Democrats Plan New Push on Election Security, Voting Rights
David Lightman, Bryan Lowry and Lesley Clark, McClatchy DC
Excerpt: "Democratic leaders are launching a more aggressive push this month that could widen their probe of possible voter suppression into states other than those now under scrutiny."
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David Lightman, Bryan Lowry and Lesley Clark, McClatchy DC
Excerpt: "Democratic leaders are launching a more aggressive push this month that could widen their probe of possible voter suppression into states other than those now under scrutiny."
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Howard Zinn. (photo: Francisco Seco/AP)
How Karl Marx Predicted Our World Today
Howard Zinn, In These Times
Zinn writes: "The time is right for a new appraisal of Marx because ignoramuses and sh*theads [...] on all parts of the ideological spectrum have distorted his ideas in ridiculous ways."
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Howard Zinn, In These Times
Zinn writes: "The time is right for a new appraisal of Marx because ignoramuses and sh*theads [...] on all parts of the ideological spectrum have distorted his ideas in ridiculous ways."
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The two reporters, Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, and Wa Lone, 33, were convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in jail. (photo: Thein Zaw/AP)
Reuters Journalists Who Reported on Rohingya Freed From Myanmar Jail
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Two Reuters journalists, jailed in Myanmar after being convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act, have been freed after more than 500 days behind bars."
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Two Reuters journalists, jailed in Myanmar after being convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act, have been freed after more than 500 days behind bars."
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A worker's hands injured by long hours of coffee harvesting. (photo: Lilo Clareto/Reporter Brasil)
Slave Labor Found at Second Starbucks-Certified Brazilian Coffee Farm
Daniel Camargos, Mongabay and Repórter Brasil
Camargos writes: "Starbucks and Nestlé-controlled brand Nespresso - both of whom had quality certified the farm - said they would stop sourcing coffee there. The [...] came after the publication of the government's April 'Dirty List' of employers - those caught with labor conditions analogous to slavery."
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Daniel Camargos, Mongabay and Repórter Brasil
Camargos writes: "Starbucks and Nestlé-controlled brand Nespresso - both of whom had quality certified the farm - said they would stop sourcing coffee there. The [...] came after the publication of the government's April 'Dirty List' of employers - those caught with labor conditions analogous to slavery."
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