Tim Dickinson | Can Joe Biden Sell 'No We Can't'?

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Tim Dickinson | Can Joe Biden Sell 'No We Can't'? 

Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
Dickinson writes: "The first night of the debate in Detroit turned conventional Democratic political dynamics on their ear."
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In this July 25, 2019, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and House Democrats arrive for a news conference on the first 200 days of the 116th Congress at the House East Front steps of the Capitol in Washington. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)

Nearly Half of House Democrats Now Support Impeachment Inquiry
Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Nearly half the House Democrats now support an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump - a milestone but still probably not enough to push Speaker Nancy Pelosi to launch proceedings."
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Mark Catlin at funeral of his daughter Kelly Catlin. (photo: Jenn Ackerman/The Washington Post)

ALSO SEE: Olympic Cycling Medalist Kelly Catlin Dead at 23

Kelly Catlin, Driven to the End
Kent Babb, The Washington Post
Babb writes: "'Never allow yourself to become close enough to another,' she'd write, 'that their actions or inactions might cause you (any amount of) distress or pain.'"
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Trump associate Thomas Barrack in 2016. The House Oversight Committee found that Barrack handed off a Trump energy speech to a United Arab Emirates contact for editing. (photo: John Moore/Getty)

Saudi Arabia and UAE Edited One of Trump's 'America First' Speeches
Benjamin Siegel and Matthew Mosk, ABC News
Excerpt: "When candidate Donald Trump prepared to give a major energy speech during the 2016 campaign, one of his closest advisers provided a pre-speech review to senior United Arab Emirates officials, an unorthodox move that caught the attention of federal investigators, according to emails and text messages uncovered by a House Oversight Committee investigation."
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In this July 10, 2019, photo, Yazmin Juarez, is sworn in by a photo of her holding her daughter Mariee, 1, who died after being released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Mother Sues Private Prison Company That Profits From ICE Detentions Over Her Baby's Death
Naomi LaChance, Splinter
LaChance writes: "Yazmin Juárez is suing private prison company CoreCivic over the death of her 1-year-old daughter Mariee. The complaint filed in federal court in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday demands $40 million from private prison company CoreCivic."
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Abortion rights campaigners attend a rally against new restrictions on abortion passed in eight states, including Alabama and Georgia, in New York City, May 21, 2019. (photo: Jeenah Moon/Reuters)

Trump's Worldwide War on Women's Rights
Belen Fernandez, Al Jazeera
Fernandez writes: "A vastly more punishing version of the so-called 'global gag rule' that has been regularly implemented by Republican presidents since 1984, the policy now also applies to organisations that work across a range of health issues."
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Del Norte Coast Redwoods, California. (photo: iStock)

Cloning Giant Redwoods Could Help Combat Climate Change
Mary Beth Toole and Anne Thompson, NBC News
Excerpt: "Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, an organization that advocates reforestation as a solution to global warming, is the brainchild of Jake's father David, a third-generation tree farmer."
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Andy Borowitz | Putin Denies Mitch McConnell Is Russian Asset: "He Has Never Been an Asset to Any Country"

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Andy Borowitz | Putin Denies Mitch McConnell Is Russian Asset: "He Has Never Been an Asset to Any Country" 

Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Pushing back against charges that Senator Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that McConnell 'has never been an asset to any country.'"
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'Stay tuned to see how he will fight for economic, racial, and social justice for all,' Cardi B wrote on Instagram. (photo: Randy Holmes/ABC/Getty Images)

Cardi B Joins Bernie Sanders for Campaign Video and Talks Student Debt, Climate Change and the Minimum Wage
Annie Grayer, CNN
Grayer writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday teamed up with rapper Cardi B to film a 2020 presidential campaign video meant to appeal to young voters." 

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Tom Barrack and Michael Flynn. (image: Getty Images/Daily Beast)

Trump Pals Pushed Nuke Firm That Wanted to Undercut Protections Against a Saudi Bomb
Erin Banco, The Daily Beast
Banco writes: "Two of President Trump's closest advisers pushed hard for a firm trying to circumvent the safeguards meant to keep Saudi Arabia from building a nuclear weapon." 

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A Republican rebuttal to the committee’s interim report, released last week, said the committee’s evidence “does not show that the Trump Administration acted inappropriately in the proposed transfer of nuclear energy technology to Saudi Arabia,” according to a statement by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).

Since February, the oversight committee has obtained more than 60,000 pages of documents. The documents reveal new information about Flynn and Barrack’s involvement in the Saudi nuclear plan, according to the committee.

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Desmond Meade registered to vote at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office in January, hours after ex-felons regained their voting rights in the state. (photo: Phelan M. Ebenhack/WP)

Modified Sentences and 'Rocket Dockets' Aim to Ensure Felons Can Still Register to Vote
Lori Rozsa, The Washington Post
Rozsa writes: "Florida judges and prosecutors are working with felons and public defenders to find ways to register former inmates to vote, a process approved by voters last year that Republican legislators have made more difficult."
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Protesters supporting Medicare for All hold a rally outside PhRMA headquarters April 29, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Medicare Turns Fifty-Four Today. We Need to Defend and Expand It
Luke Thibault, Jacobin
Thibault writes: "Fifty-four years ago today, Medicare became the law of the land. The program has been massively successful despite continued efforts to destroy it."
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IBorderCtrl's lie detection system is called 'The Silent Talker.' (photo: Soohee Cho/The Intercept)

We Tested Europe's New Lie Detector for Travelers - and Immediately Triggered a False Positive
Ryan Gallagher and Ludovica Jona, The Intercept
Excerpt: "They call it the Silent Talker. It is a virtual policeman designed to strengthen Europe's borders, subjecting travelers to a lie detector test before they are allowed to pass through customs."
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Victor Funes and his daughter Patricia carry water pitchers back to their house after filling them up at a cemetery tap. (photo: Juan Carlos/Guardian UK)

Living Without Water: The Crisis Pushing People Out of El Salvador
Nina Lakhani, Guardian UK
Lakhani writes: "Just after 6am, Victor Funez fills a three-gallon plastic pitcher with water from a tap in the cemetery, balances it on his head and trudges home, where his wife waits to soak maize kernels so she can make tortillas for breakfast."
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RSN: Charles Pierce | Rand Paul Is a Sheep in Sheep's Clothing

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A nuclear power plant in Louisiana. (photo: Getty Images)

Actors Were Paid to Attend New Orleans City Council Meetings Supporting Power Plant
E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "Some of the concerned citizens who turned up at city council meetings in New Orleans to support a proposed power plant were in fact paid actors, according to a new report."
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