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Amanda Marcotte | NRA Seeks to Mainstream - and Monetize - the Alt-Right's Paranoid, Racist Talking Points

Amanda Marcotte, Salon
Marcotte writes: "The 'alt-right' wants America to believe violent radicals are on the attack; the NRA knows paranoia can sell guns."
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Shaun King | Soul Snatchers: How New York City's Criminal Justice System Conspires to Destroy Black and Brown Lives
Shaun King, Medium
King writes: "What I'm about to tell you is the most painful, traumatic, outrageous, outlandish, over-the-top story of government sanctioned police brutality, wrongful imprisonment, wrongful convictions, forced testimony, widespread corruption, money, lots of money, and deep, deep, deep soul-snatching psychological abuse in modern American history."
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Senator Duckworth on Trump's Trans Ban: When I Was Dying It Didn't Matter Who Saved My Life
Josh Delk, The Hill
Delk writes: "Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Thursday implored members of Congress to resist any effort by the White House to move forward with a proposed ban on transgender troops serving in the military, saying it didn't matter whether a soldier was 'gay, straight, transgender, black, white or brown,' and that such a measure would be 'disruptive' and 'counterproductive.'"
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Poll Shows Bernie Sanders Is Still the Most Popular Politician in America
Drew Schwartz, VICE
Schwartz writes: "A new poll found that among all other notable American senators, representatives, and even the president, Bernie Sanders reigns supreme as the most popular politician in the nation - the only one a majority of voters on both sides of the aisle view favorably, the Hill reports."
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GOP Congressman Refuses to Cut Ties With Extremist Anti-Immigrant Group
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "Pressure is mounting for elected officials to cut ties with extremist hate groups in the wake of violent clashes in Charlottesville."
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US-Backed Saudi Coalition Strike in Yemen Kills at Least a Dozen, Including Six Children
teleSUR
Excerpt: "An airstrike launched by the United States and United Kingdom-backed Saudi coalition killed at least a dozen people, including six children on Friday, according to those involved in rescue efforts."
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Department of Interior Recommends Trump Shrink National Monuments' Protected Area
Miranda Green, CNN
Green writes: "Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending shrinking the boundaries of a handful of national monuments, but stopped short of suggesting the elimination of any federal designations, following a review ordered by President Donald Trump."
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RSN: Jia Tolentino | The Dispiriting but Unsurprising Failure to Convict Bill Cosby

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Jia Tolentino | The Dispiriting but Unsurprising Failure to Convict Bill Cosby 

Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
Tolentino writes: "Rape has a foul way of defying adjudication: it is a crime that generally occurs without witnesses, and it traumatizes the victim in a way that can affect memory and lead to behavior that a jury might find questionable."
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Trump Lawyer Jay Sekulow Contradicts President on Obstruction Investigation
Edward Helmore, Guardian UK
Helmore writes: "A member of Donald Trump's legal team has denied the president's own assertion that he is under investigation for obstruction of justice."
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Edward Rhymes | Operation Condor: US, Latin American Slaughter, Torture Program
Edward Rhymes, teleSUR
Rhymes writes: "It is altogether fitting to begin any analysis of Operation Condor with its birthplace: Chile. Thousands of people were imprisoned and killed after Augusto Pinochet's 1973 military coup against democratically-elected socialist President Salvador Allende."
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Help Wanted: Why Republicans Won't Work for the Trump Administration
Lisa Rein and Abby Phillip, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The array of legal and political threats hanging over the Trump presidency has compounded the White House's struggles to fill out the top ranks of the government."
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Six Resign From Presidential HIV/AIDS Council Because Trump 'Doesn't Care'
Jacqueline Thomsen, The Hill
Thomsen writes: "Six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS have angrily resigned, saying that President Trump doesn't care about HIV."
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Saudi-Led Coalition Bombs Yemen Market, Killing 25
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "At least 25 Yemeni civilians have been killed by Saudi-led coalition air strike on a market in the northern Saada province, according to a local health official."
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How Climate Change Is Fueling an Increase in Mice and Ticks, and Fears of Lyme Disease
Melissa Banigan, The Washington Post
Banigan writes: "The recent appearance of vermin and pests in Wood's bedroom coincides with the warming temperatures related to climate change. The past three years have been the planet's hottest on record, and it is in this changing climate that many pests thrive, negatively affecting human health."
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RSN: Elizabeth Warren | Confronting Violence Against African Americans (VIDEO), Juan Cole | Why Obama and Putin Are Both Wrong on Syria

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Elizabeth Warren | Confronting Violence Against African Americans (VIDEO) 

Elizabeth Warren, Reader Supported News 
Warren says: "None of us can ignore what is happening in this country. Not when our black friends, family, neighbors literally fear dying in the streets." 
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Juan Cole | Why Obama and Putin Are Both Wrong on Syria 
Juan Cole, Informed Comment 
Cole writes: "Obama wants al-Assad to stand down as a prerequisite for effective US action against Daesh in Syria (a few air sorties and even fewer air strikes are ineffectual). Putin thinks al-Assad is key to defeating Daesh and that everyone should ally with Damascus." 
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Border Patrol Sanctioned by Federal Judge for Destruction of Evidence 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "Judge David C. Bury issued the sanctions Monday in a months-long lawsuit filed by a coalition of advocacy groups on behalf of three immigrants who say the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector routinely holds immigrants in inhumane, dirty and extremely cold cells for extended periods of time." 
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US Prisons and Jails Are Threatening the Lives of Pregnant Women and Babies 
Victoria Law, In These Times 
Law writes: "Though the United States accounts for only 5 percent of the world's women, it has 33 percent of the world's women prisoners." 
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UN Confirms Over 130 People Killed in Suspected Saudi Coalition Air Strike on Yemen Wedding 
Middle East Eye 
Excerpt: "Residents said the Arab coalition, which launched an air war on the Houthi rebels in late March, was behind the attack on the wedding hall near the Red Sea city of Mokha." 
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Jessica Valenti | Gender Inequality Is a Problem Men Created - Now They Have to Help Fix It 
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK 
Valenti writes: "We need more than men's grudging participation - we need them to take active responsibility. In the workplace, where they can do more to fight for equal pay and against discrimination, but also in the home." 
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New Zealand to Create Marine Sanctuary the Size of France 
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK 
Milman writes: "New Zealand will create one of the largest marine protected areas in the world, spanning an area of 620,000 sq km." 
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