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Andy Borowitz | Republicans Accuse Voters of Using Town Halls to Express Themselves 

Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "Saying 'Enough is enough,' Republican senators on Friday angrily accused their constituents of 'intentionally and opportunistically' using recent town-hall meetings as vehicles to express themselves." 
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Darrell Issa Calls for a Special Prosecutor in the Trump-Russia Affair 
Kyle Cheney, Politico 
Cheney writes: "A Republican congressman who aligned with President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign called Friday for a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into Trump associates' contacts with Russia." 
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Tom Perez Wins DNC Chairmanship 
Jonathan Easley, The Hill 
Easley writes: "Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez has defeated Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee in a blow to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the progressive wing of the party." 
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Arizona Senate Votes to Seize Assets of Those Who Plan, Participate in Protests That Turn Violent 
Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services 
Fischer writes: "Claiming people are being paid to riot, Republican state senators voted Wednesday to give police new power to arrest anyone who is involved in a peaceful demonstration that may turn bad - even before anything actually happened." 
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GOP Lawmakers Duck Town Halls, but Still Make Time to Meet With Campaign Donors
Lee Fang and Nick Surgey, The Intercept 
Excerpt: "Many of the same congressional Republicans who are ducking their constituents by refusing to hold town hall events during this week's recess are actively offering to meet with donors - for a fee." 
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Colombian Rights Activists Killed in Record Numbers in 2016 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "More human rights defenders lost their lives in Colombia in 2016 than any other year that President Juan Manuel Santos was in power, according to a new report, which partly attributes the violence to a rise in paramilitary presence following the peace process." 
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Could US Endangered Species Rules Go Extinct? 
Christina Nunez, National Geographic 
Nunez writes: "Once nearly extinct, gray wolves have rebounded in recent years under the Endangered Species Act. In Wisconsin, their numbers grew to around 900 in 2016 - a 16 percent increase over the previous year." 
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RSN: Bill McKibben | Is the Democratic Party With the Resistance? This Weekend Might Tell, FBI TERROR ENTRAPMENT ARREST!

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Bill McKibben | Is the Democratic Party With the Resistance? This Weekend Might Tell 
 
Bill McKibben, Guardian UK 
McKibben writes: "President Needy's poll numbers have begun to tumble. But only a crazy person could keep up this plate-spinning pace for long. Since he clearly will, those fighting Trump need to find a fortress to call home - a place to find shelter in and from which to sally forth. One of those fortresses may be the Democratic party, depending on how this weekend's vote for a new DNC chairman comes out." 
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Police Arrest Dakota Pipeline Protesters as Camp Deadline Passes 
Steph Solis, USA Today 
Solis writes: "Police started arresting protesters who refused to leave the Dakota Access pipeline protest camp by Wednesday's deadline, according to reports by the Associated Press and NBC News." 
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Trump Administration Revokes Transgender Students' Bathroom Protections 
Daniel Trotta, Reuters 
Trotta writes: "President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender students use the bathrooms of their choice, reversing a signature initiative of former Democratic President Barack Obama." 
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Bernie Sanders Supporters Are Taking Over the Democratic Party Nationwide 
Chris Riotta, International Business Times 
Riotta writes: "Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders may have lost the 2016 Democratic nomination, but the fiery politician and his large contingent of supporters don't appear to have given up the fight in 2017 and beyond. The progressive, self-described 'Democratic socialist' still has many loyalists who they are fighting along different battle lines: by running for local city and county government offices in an attempt to thwart President Donald Trump's conservative policies." 
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GOP Senator Says She's Open to Demanding Trump's Tax Returns as Part of Russia Probe 
Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post 
Demirjian writes: "A Republican member of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she is open to requesting President Trump's tax returns as part of the panel's ongoing investigation into Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 elections." 
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Trump's First Terror Arrest: A Broke Stoner, Who the FBI Threatened at Knifepoint 
Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept 
Hussain writes: "The Department of Justice proudly announced the first FBI terror arrest of the the Trump administration on Tuesday: An elaborate sting operation that snared a 25-year old Missouri man who had no terrorism contacts besides the two undercover FBI agents who paid him to buy hardware supplies they said was for a bomb - and who at one point pulled a knife on him and threatened his family." 
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The Trump Administration Could Make Endangered Species Rules Go Extinct 
Christina Nunez, National Geographic 
Nunez writes: "It's unclear yet which species might be affected by deregulatory moves, but certainly the gray wolf - already the subject of multiple failed measures in Congress - would be among the targets, as would grizzly bears, which are under consideration for delisting." 
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