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Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

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Special Counsel Appointed to Oversee Probe of Russia, Trump 
Robert Mueller. (photo: unknown) 
Devlin Barrett, Sari Horwitz and Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "The Justice Department has decided to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible coordination between Trump associates and Russian officials seeking to meddle in last year's election, according to Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein." 
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Garrison Keillor | The City So Beautiful, You Forget About Trump 
Garrison Keillor, The Washington Post 
Keillor writes: "Here's what they say in New York - Donald J. Trump is a grandstander, a showboat. Not doing his job. Totally incompetent. The White House has been in turmoil for months. You know that, I know that. Everybody knows that." 
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Jonathan Chait | Trump's Protective Republican Wall in Congress Cracks 
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine 
Chait writes: "The Republican Congress has surrounded the Trump administration with a protective wall. The majority party has denied Democratic demands for independent investigations, quashed bills to force President Trump to release his tax returns, and avoided any serious effort at oversight." 
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Following Advice, Potential FBI Chiefs Steer Clear of Job Under Trump 
Julia Edwards Ainsley, Reuters 
Ainsley writes: "The Trump administration's search for a new FBI director hit roadblocks on Tuesday when two high-profile potential candidates, a moderate judge and a conservative senator, signaled they did not want the job." 
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Senate Intelligence Panel Asks Comey to Testify Publicly 
Jordain Carney, The Hill 
Carney writes: "The Senate Intelligence Committee has sent a request to former FBI Director James Comey to testify publicly in the wake of his firing by President Trump." 
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Larry Krasner, a Progressive, Just Won the DA Primary in Philly. Here's What His Victory Can Teach the Left. 
Paul Blest, Paste 
Blest writes: "On Tuesday night, a 56-year-old bespectacled criminal defense attorney gave criminal justice reformers their biggest win yet. Larry Krasner won a crowded seven-candidate Democratic primary against practically the entire Philadelphia establishment to become the party's nominee for District Attorney; in a city where Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump by sixty-seven points, Krasner is a heavy favorite to win the general election on Nov. 7." 
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Mexico: Protesters Demand Justice for Slain Journalist Javier Valdez 
Al Jazeera 
Excerpt: "Media and rights groups have demanded the Mexican government catch the killers of the fifth and most high-profile journalist murdered this year in the country. Javier Valdez, 50, was shot dead in broad daylight on Monday in northwestern Sinaloa state. The awarding-winning journalist was one of the most prominent reporters on Mexico's deadly 'drug war.'" 
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But Wait, US Bank Has Not Stopped Funding Pipelines 
Mazaska Talks, Yes! Magazine 
Talks writes: "Despite a new policy, U.S. Bank continues to provide hundreds of millions of dollars of corporate financing to pipeline companies for general use, including pipeline construction." 
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