RSN: Jane Mayer | A Parlor Game at Rebekah Mercer's Has No Get Out of Jail Free Card

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RSN: Jane Mayer | A Parlor Game at Rebekah Mercer's Has No Get Out of Jail Free Card

Refugees in the Sahara. (photo: AP

Walk or Die: Algeria Abandons 13,000 Refugees in the Sahara
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Algeria has abandoned more than 13,000 people in the Sahara Desert over the past 14 months, including pregnant women and children, expelling them without food or water and forcing them to walk, sometimes at gunpoint, under a blistering sun. Some never make it out alive."
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RSN: Jeffrey Toobin | The Supreme Court's Gerrymandering Decision Could Have Been Much Worse

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RSN: Jeffrey Toobin | The Supreme Court's Gerrymandering Decision Could Have Been Much Worse

People who've been taken into custody sit in one of the cages at a detention facility in McAllen, Texas. (photo: CBP)

US Officials Likely Lost Track of Nearly 6,000 Unaccompanied Migrant Kids
Franco Ordoñez and Anita Kumar, McClatchy DC
Excerpt: "The Trump administration has likely lost track of nearly 6,000 unaccompanied migrant children, thousands more than lawmakers were alerted to last month, according to a McClatchy review of federal data."
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RSN: William Boardman | With Blood on Its Missiles, US Indicted for Global Nuclear Terror

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RSN: William Boardman | With Blood on Its Missiles, US Indicted for Global Nuclear Terror

Vice President Mike Pence. (photo: Getty Images)

Pence Turns VP's Office Into Gateway for Lobbyists to Influence the Trump Administration
Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey and Anu Narayanswamy, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Vice President Pence has transformed his office into a new entry point for lobbyists seeking to influence the Trump administration across federal agencies, according to federal records and interviews."
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Jeffrey Toobin | The Supreme Court Seems Befuddled, Again, on Gerrymandering

Jeffrey Toobin | The Supreme Court Seems Befuddled, Again, on Gerrymandering

Jimmy Carter: Trump's Decision to Hire John Bolton Is 'a Disaster for Our Country'

Jimmy Carter: Trump's Decision to Hire John Bolton Is 'a Disaster for Our Country'

Police barricade the area surrounding the home of suspected Austin bomber Mark Anthony Conditt in Pflugerville, Texas, on March 21st, 2018. (photo: Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images)

Lone Wolves Are Actually a Pack: How White American Terrorists Are Radicalized
David M. Perry, Pacific Standard
Perry writes: "They're reading the same websites, talking to each other, and killing the same targets. The lone wolves are actually a pack."
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In First State of the Union, Trump Spotlights Judge Picks

In First State of the Union, Trump Spotlights Judge Picks

Progressive Breakfast: Trump Fills The Swamp To Exploit College Students

Progressive Breakfast: Trump Fills The Swamp To Exploit College Students

RSN: William J. Astore | The American Military Uncontained

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William J. Astore | The American Military Uncontained

William J. Astore, TomDispatch
Astore writes: "When it comes to the 'world's greatest military,' the news has been shocking."
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This Ethnic Cleansing in Asia Is the Most Brutal the World Has Seen in Years
The Washington Post | Editorial
Excerpt: "In just three weeks, the long-simmering conflict between the Burmese government and the persecuted Rohingya minority has exploded into the most massive and brutal episode of ethnic cleansing the world has seen in years."
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Fight Over Electoral District Boundaries Heads to Top US Court
Andrew Chung, Reuters
Chung writes: "It is a political practice nearly as old as the United States - manipulating the boundaries of legislative districts to help one party tighten its grip on power in a move called partisan gerrymandering - and one the Supreme Court has never curbed."
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Governments Turn Tables by Suing Public Records Requesters
Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press
Foley writes: "Government bodies are increasingly turning the tables on citizens who seek public records that might be embarrassing or legally sensitive. Instead of granting or denying their requests, a growing number of school districts, municipalities and state agencies have filed lawsuits against people making the requests - taxpayers, government watchdogs and journalists who must then pursue the records in court at their own expense."
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Bills to Protect Mueller From Firing Will Get Hearing This Month
Brian Murphy, McClatchy
Murphy writes: "Congressional plans to make it tougher to fire special counsel Robert Mueller will get a hearing later this month in the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to Sen. Thom Tillis, a key sponsor of the effort."
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I Can't Visit My Sons in Prison Because I Have Unpaid Traffic Tickets
Joyce Davis, as told to Eli Hager, The Marshall Project
Excerpt: "You can't see your child, they told me, because you have outstanding debt. I have never committed a crime. The only thing on my record is tickets."
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Trump: These Storms Are the Biggest We've Ever Seen! But Also, We've Seen Bigger.
Emily Atkin, The New Republic
Atkin writes: "When hurricanes Harvey and Irma were each barreling toward the United States, the president couldn’t help but be amazed."
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