RSN: Democrats Sue Trump for Alleged Voter Intimidation in Four States, FBI Is Sitting on Evidence of Russian Support of Trump, Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia?,

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So, to recap. Trump will go on trial in November accused of racketeering, and again in December accused of child rape. He is a sexual predator, hasn't released his tax returns, and has used his foundation's money to pay his legal fees. He has abused the family of a war hero and... oh, but let's talk about some emails Hillary didn't send from someone else's computer, that weren't a crime anyway, because that's how to choose a president. Come on, America. Focus.

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FBI Is Sitting on Evidence of Russian Support of Trump 
 
David Corn, Mother Jones 
Corn writes: "On Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid sent Comey a fiery letter saying the FBI chief may have broken the law and pointed to a potentially greater controversy: 'In my communications with you and other top officials in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government.'" 
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Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia? 
Franklin Foer, Slate 
Foer writes: "This spring, a group of computer scientists set out to determine whether hackers were interfering with the Trump campaign. They found something they weren't expecting." 
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Democrats Sue Trump for Alleged Voter Intimidation in Four States 
Andy Sullivan, Reuters 
Sullivan writes: "Democratic Party officials sued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in four battleground states on Monday, seeking to shut down a poll-watching effort they said was designed to harass minority voters in the Nov. 8 election." 
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Over 1 Million People Remotely 'Check In' at Standing Rock 
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"Over one million people have 'checked in' at Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota on Facebook Monday in response to a viral post calling for help to protect activists in North Dakota protesting against the Dakota Access oil pipeline from police surveillance through the Facebook feature." 
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Remembering the Black Panther Party 
Robert Greene II, Jacobin 
Greene writes: "The creation of local Oakland activists and radicals Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, the Black Panthers soon developed into the largest, most prominent manifestation of 'Black Power' ideology following their formation in October 1966. Yet much about the Panthers remains either forgotten or distorted." 
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Turkey Detains Opposition Newspaper Editor, Columnists 
Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press 
Bilginsoy writes: "Turkish police detained the chief editor and at least 11 senior staff of Turkey's opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper on Monday, a move that signals a widening crackdown on dissenting voices." 
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The Upside of Ignoring Climate Change 
Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Slate 
Excerpt: "Suppose one fast forwards to the Clinton presidency. It's possible that the way the issue would have been framed during the debates could have limited her policy options." 
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RSN: Parallels Seen in Protests of Dakota Pipeline, Oregon Refuge, As Earth Warms, the Diseases That May Lie Within Permafrost Become a Bigger Worry

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Andy Borowitz | Fox: New Evidence Hillary Killed Lincoln 
 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "In what may be the most serious allegation ever made against the former Secretary of State, Fox News Channel reported today that Hillary Clinton was involved in the conspiracy to murder President Abraham Lincoln." 
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Parallels Seen in Protests of Dakota Pipeline, Oregon Refuge 
Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press 
Flaccus writes: "On the same day seven defendants celebrated their acquittal in the armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear and firing bean bag rounds arrested nearly 150 oil pipeline protesters camped out in North Dakota." 
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Money Manager Thinks "High-Decibel" Elizabeth Warren Doesn't Know Her Place 
David Dayen, The Intercept 
Dayen writes: "Roger Lowenstein, the journalist-turned-chairman of the Sequoia mutual fund, criticizes Warren, 'the nation's unelected regulatory czar,' for being too outspoken about the financial industry. At one point, Lowenstein condemns her for 'painting bankers with as broad a brush as Donald J. Trump uses to demean Muslims.'" 
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Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race 
Julia Angwin and Terry Parris Jr., ProPublica 
Excerpt: "Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that went to white readers. That's basically what Facebook is doing nowadays." 
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Even in a Virtual World, the Harsh Reality of Sexual Harassment Persists 
Iman Smith, NPR 
Smith writes: "It's called virtual reality, or VR, and it's this technology that game developer Jonathan Schenker has a passion for. Schenker and his colleague Aaron Stanton created the VR game QuiVr - and, he was alarmed to discover a female user had been harassed while playing it." 
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Turkey Sacks 10,000 More Civil Servants, Shuts Media in Latest Crackdown 
Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters 
Pamuk reports: "Turkey said it had dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with terrorist organizations and U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed coup in July." 
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As Earth Warms, the Diseases That May Lie Within Permafrost Become a Bigger Worry 
Sara Goudarzi, Scientific American 
Goudarzi writes: "Researchers have predicted for years that one of the effects of global warming could be that whatever is frozen in permafrost-such as ancient bacteria-might be released as temperatures climb. Now they are witnessing the theoretical turning into reality: infectious microorganisms emerging from a deep freeze." 
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RSN: The Donald Trump-Roger Ailes Nexus, 10,000 March in Philly Calling for a Clean Energy Revolution, The Roots of Ebola,

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David Remnick | The Donald Trump-Roger Ailes Nexus 
 
David Remnick, The New Yorker 
Remnick writes: "The G.O.P.'s Convention was like a four-day-long Fox-fest, full of fearmongering, demagoguery, xenophobia, pandering, and raw anger." 
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange on Releasing DNC Emails That Ousted Debbie Wasserman Schultz 
Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "Democratic National Committee chairwoman and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has resigned following the release of nearly 20,000 emails revealing how the Democratic Party favored Hillary Clinton and worked behind the scenes to discredit and defeat Bernie Sanders. The emails were released Friday by WikiLeaks." 
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Dear Jon Stewart – This Year's Been Hard Without You 
David Ferguson, Guardian UK 
Ferguson writes: "Jon, I have so missed our evenings together on the sofa, you telling me about the latest evil or stupid or hilarious thing Fox News or the Republicans did." 
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Most Cities Evict Their Homeless Before Big Events. Philly Is Trying Something New. 
Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress 
Covert writes: "Rather than rely on crackdowns and arrests, Philadelphia has spent recent weeks ramping up outreach efforts and offering resources to open up 110 new beds for any homeless people who want to come inside during the chaos of the convention." 
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The Roots of Ebola 
Samar Al-Bulushi, Jacobin 
Al-Bulushi writes: "A long history of multinational corporate exploitation and political corruption crippled West Africa’s response to the Ebola epidemic." 
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Amnesty International: Credible Evidence Turkey Torturing, Raping Post-Coup Detainees 
Haaretz 
Excerpt: "'Reports of abuse including beatings and rape in detention are extremely alarming, especially given the scale of detentions that we have seen in the past week,' Amnesty International’s Europe director John Dalhuisen says." 
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10,000 March in Philly Calling for a Clean Energy Revolution 
Sandra Steingraber, EcoWatch 
Steingraber writes: "In spite of the dangerous heat - or maybe precisely because there are now simply way too many extremely hot days like this one - marchers showed up in huge numbers and they brought with them a revolutionary frame of mind." 
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RSN: American Democracy Is a Shitshow, Black Cincinnati Cop: White Officers Are 'Looking for a Reason to Kill a Black Man', Donald Trump's Convention Speech Rings Terrifying Historical Alarm Bells

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Arun Gupta | American Democracy Is a Shitshow 
 
Arun Gupta, teleSUR 
Gupta writes: "American democracy is a shitshow that is insightful only unintentionally and captivating only in its grotesqueries." 
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Ieshia Evans | I Wasn't Afraid. I Took a Stand in Baton Rouge Because Enough Is Enough 
Ieshia Evans, Guardian UK 
Evans writes: "The image of me protesting traveled around the world. I was there because the slaughter of people by those employed to protect us had opened my eyes." 
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Donald Trump's Convention Speech Rings Terrifying Historical Alarm Bells 
Jon Schwarz, The Intercept 
Schwarz writes: "Donald Trump's speech accepting the Republican nomination for president will probably go down as one of the most frightening pieces of political rhetoric in U.S. history." 
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NBA Moving 2017 All-Star Game From Charlotte Due to Anti-LGBT Bill 
Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY 
Zillgitt writes: "In an unprecedented and monumental decision, the NBA will move the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, N.C. to another state because of North Carolina's controversial anti-LGBT law called House Bill 2." 
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Black Cincinnati Cop: White Officers Are 'Looking for a Reason to Kill a Black Man' 
Alexandra Genova, Daily Mail 
Genova writes: "A black Cincinnati police officer posted a public Facebook message which said that 'white officers were looking for a reason to kill black men.'" 
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Juan Cole | Arab Nationalist Press Reacts to Erdogan's Crackdown With Cries of "Dictator!" 
Juan Cole, Informed Comment 
Cole writes: "Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's firing of some 50,000 people, including educators, bureaucrats, police and military personnel, in the wake of the failed July 15 coup against him, provoked sharp criticism in Egypt, Jordan and other Arab countries that have an adversarial attitude toward the Religious Right such as the Muslim Brotherhood." 
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Environmental Injustice and Police Violence Are a Dangerous Combo 
Brentin Mock, Grist 
Mock writes: "Think of how toxic lead levels in Baltimore echo the violence Freddie Gray experienced at the hands of police. Or how the petrochemicals from factories along 'Cancer Alley' near Baton Rouge created a deadly living environment for Alton Sterling far before he lost his life to an officer's bullet." 
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RSN: 10 Near Misses at US Nuclear Power Plants Considered Precursors to a Meltdow, Elizabeth Warren Calls on Americans to Fight Wall Street

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Robert Reich | Donald Trump Must Release His Tax Returns 
 
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page 
Reich writes: "Donald Trump must immediately release his tax returns for public scrutiny. There's no excuse to keep hiding this information from the public." 
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Protests Turn Violent Outside Trump Event in New Mexico 
Eric Bradner, Noah Gray and Jeremy Diamond, CNN 
Excerpt: "The scene outside Albuquerque's convention center was chaotic as police ushered protesters away from Trump's event and into the nearby streets." 
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Elizabeth Warren Calls on Americans to Fight Wall Street 
Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress 
Covert writes: "On Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren headlined an event that launched a new coalition calling itself 'Take On Wall Street.'" 
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Oklahoma’s Insane Rush to Execute 
Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith, The Intercept 
Excerpt: "A new document presents a scathing indictment of Oklahoma authorities. It details a stunning pattern of incompetence and disregard for protocol at every stage of the execution process." 
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Obama Uses Farewell Tour to Push for TPP, Offers No Apology for Vietnam War, Hiroshima 
Pablo Vivanco, teleSUR 
Vivanco writes: "As Obama's farewell tour continues, so does the disappointment." 
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Turkey’s Authoritarian Turn 
Emre Ongün, Jacobin 
Ongün writes: "Erdogan’s grip on power in Turkey is tightening. How did it come to this and how can his government be challenged?" 
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10 Near Misses at US Nuclear Power Plants Considered Precursors to a Meltdown 
Greenpeace 
Excerpt: "Following the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Greenpeace USA released a new report Tuesday on near misses at U.S. nuclear power plants over the past decade." 
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