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Andy Borowitz | Merkel Asks Mueller If There's Anything She Can Do to Help 
Theresa May, Donald Trump and Angela Merkel. (photo: Ian Langsdon/AFP/Getty Images)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, took a break from the nato summit in Brussels on Wednesday to ask the independent counsel, Robert Mueller, if there is anything she can do to help."
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Roger Stone. (photo: Getty Images)
Roger Stone. (photo: Getty Images

These Prominent Conservatives Shared Material Stolen by Russian Intelligence
Frank Dale, ThinkProgress
Dale writes: "Special counsel Robert Mueller's Friday indictment of 12 Russian intelligence agents for hacking Hillary Clinton's campaign and the servers of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the 2016 election mentioned two notorious Twitter accounts that were amplified by several prominent conservatives: Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an outspoken proponent of confronting Trump and his enablers head-on, has a message: 'fight.' (photo: Rolling Stone)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an outspoken proponent of confronting Trump and his enablers head-on, has a message: 'fight.' (photo: Rolling Stone)

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Will Campaign Together in Kansas
David Weigel, The Washington Post
Weigel writes: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will make campaign swing through Kansas next week, rallying for two congressional candidates who argue that left-wing politics are the key to winning in red states."
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Immigrant children in a detention center. (photo: Ross D. Franklin)
Immigrant children in a detention center. (photo: Ross D. Franklin)

Will Parents Separated From Their Children at the Border Be Forced to Separate Again to Win Asylum?
Amy Goodman and Renee Feltz, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Two days after a court-imposed deadline, the Trump administration said Thursday that just 57 of more than 100 children under the age of 5 have been reunited with their parents after they were separated at the border under the 'zero tolerance' policy."
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Anti-racist protesters were mowed down by a vehicle driven by James Alex Fields Jr. during a white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (photo: Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress)
Anti-racist protesters were mowed down by a vehicle driven by James Alex Fields Jr. during a white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (photo: Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress)

Charlottesville Warns of 'Worst-Case Scenario' Ahead of Riot Anniversary
Chris Suarez, The Daily Progress
Suarez writes: "Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney says the city is preparing for the worst even if it prevails in federal court and is able to deny a permit for another rally in Emancipation Park on Aug. 12."
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A demonstrator with the number 43 written on her face, symbolizing the 43 students who were kidnapped on September 26, 2014, in Iguala, Guerrero. (photo: Reuters)
A demonstrator with the number 43 written on her face, symbolizing the 43 students who were kidnapped on September 26, 2014, in Iguala, Guerrero. (photo: Reuters)

Mexico: Missing Ayotzinapa Students Would Have Graduated Today
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Mexico's Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School of Ayotzinapa graduated its class of 2018 today, but conspicuous in their absence were the 43 students forcibly disappeared in 2014 in a case that shocked the nation."
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In the face of fierce opposition from environmental groups, Utah-based Alton Coal Development has long sought to lease 3,600 acres to mine nearly 45 million tons of coal near its existing Coal Hollow Mine in Kane County. (photo: TWS)
In the face of fierce opposition from environmental groups, Utah-based Alton Coal Development has long sought to lease 3,600 acres to mine nearly 45 million tons of coal near its existing Coal Hollow Mine in Kane County. (photo: TWS)

There Could Be Eight Times More Coal Mining Near Bryce Canyon National Park if Trump's Administration Has Its Way
Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune
Maffly writes: "There could be eight times more coal mining near Bryce Canyon National Park under a revised leasing plan from the Trump administration's Bureau of Land Management."
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