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Matt Taibbi | Why Killing Dodd-Frank Could Lead to the Next Crash 
When is the next crash? (image: Brian Stauffer/Rolling Stone)
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Eliminating the bill was a top priority for Trump. So why did any Dems vote for it?"
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Thomas L. Kirsch II. (photo: John J. Watkins/The Times)
Thomas L. Kirsch II. (photo: John J. Watkins/The Times)

Several Senior Trump Officials Worked as Lobbyists, Contractors for ICE
teleSUR
Excerpt: "A recent investigation by the Intercept has revealed that some of the U.S. president's high-level appointees had been profiting off of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, which has come under severe criticism in recent weeks over Donald Trump's family separation policy that sees children kept in cells alone while their parents are deported."
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Scott Pruitt. (photo: WP)
Scott Pruitt. (photo: WP)

I Confronted Scott Pruitt Not for His Corruption but for His Environmental Crimes
Kristin Mink, Guardian UK
Mink writes: "His scandals, I told him, would ultimately push him out, but his real crime was the one he was committing against children like my son, who I held in my arms."
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Shannon Hubbard has complex regional pain syndrome and considers herself lucky that her doctor hasn't cut back her pain prescription dosage. (photo: Will Stone/KJZZ)
Shannon Hubbard has complex regional pain syndrome and considers herself lucky that her doctor hasn't cut back her pain prescription dosage. (photo: Will Stone/KJZZ)

Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught in an Opioid Prescribing Debate
Will Stone, NPR
Stone writes: "Faced with skyrocketing drug overdoses, states are cracking down on opioid prescribing. Increasingly, some patients with chronic pain say they are becoming collateral damage."
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Lianna Dunlap started seeing white vans filled with immigrant children pulling up to the vacant office building behind her house June 4. The next day, she videotaped more children being led into the building. Dunlap says she 'never saw children leave or go outside during the next three weeks.' (photo: Aura Bogado/Reveal)
Lianna Dunlap started seeing white vans filled with immigrant children pulling up to the vacant office building behind her house June 4. The next day, she videotaped more children being led into the building. Dunlap says she 'never saw children leave or go outside during the next three weeks.' (photo: Aura Bogado/Reveal)











Excerpt: "A major U.S. military and CIA contractor has been detaining dozens of migrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen and only a few toilets, according to a new investigation by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting."
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Boris Johnson at the gates of Downing Street. (photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Boris Johnson at the gates of Downing Street. (photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

UK Foreign Secretary Resigns Over May's Brexit Plans; Third Walkout in 24 Hours
Heather Stewart, Pippa Crerar and Dan Sabbagh, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Boris Johnson has quit as foreign secretary claiming in his resignation letter that the UK was headed 'for the status of a colony' if Theresa May's soft Brexit plans were adopted."
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Colorado. (photo: Helen H. Richardson/Denver Post/Getty Images)
Colorado. (photo: Helen H. Richardson/Denver Post/Getty Images)

We've Entered the Era of 'Fire Tsunamis'
Eric Holthaus, Grist
Holthaus writes: "Life in the Rocky Mountains is frequently extreme as blizzards, baking sun, and fires alternate with the seasons. But fire tsunamis? Those aren't normal."
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