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Jill Abramson | Will Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh Derail His Confirmation?
Jill Abramson, Guardian UK
Abramson writes: "Sexual harassment allegations from Anita Hill almost upended the confirmation of Clarence Thomas - will this end differently?"
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Jill Abramson, Guardian UK
Abramson writes: "Sexual harassment allegations from Anita Hill almost upended the confirmation of Clarence Thomas - will this end differently?"
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President Trump ordered the declassification of documents related to the Russia investigation and to Bruce G. Ohr, center, a Justice Department official. (photo: Erin Schaff/NYT)
Trump Orders Russia Investigation Documents Be Declassified
Adam Goldman, The New York Times
Goldman writes: "President Trump ordered law enforcement and intelligence officials to declassify documents related to the Russia investigation and other inquiries, White House officials said on Monday, the latest instance of the president siding with Republican allies on Capitol Hill over federal law enforcement."
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Adam Goldman, The New York Times
Goldman writes: "President Trump ordered law enforcement and intelligence officials to declassify documents related to the Russia investigation and other inquiries, White House officials said on Monday, the latest instance of the president siding with Republican allies on Capitol Hill over federal law enforcement."
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Police handcuff a protester outside JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's New York City home July 25. Immigrant rights groups are targeting Dimon over JPMorgan's holdings in Geo Group and CoreCivic, the private-prison companies that operate most ICE detention centers. (photo: Make the Road New York)
Below the Surface of ICE: The Corporations Profiting From Immigrant Detention
David Dayen, In These Times
Dayen writes: "Activists are targeting the companies that make ICE run."
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David Dayen, In These Times
Dayen writes: "Activists are targeting the companies that make ICE run."
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Paul Ryan. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump Tax Law Has Led to Repatriation of Just 3% of the Cash He Promised It Would
The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "The amount of cash that has flowed back to the U.S. after Donald Trump's massive tax law overhaul is just 3.5 percent of what the president predicted."
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The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "The amount of cash that has flowed back to the U.S. after Donald Trump's massive tax law overhaul is just 3.5 percent of what the president predicted."
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A displaced Syrian woman holds a toddler in a camp in Kafaldin. The U.S. will reduce the number of refugees entering by a third. (photo: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images)
US to Slash Refugee Admissions to Historic Low of 30,000, Pompeo Confirms
Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "The US will allow no more than 30,000 refugees into the country in the coming year, down by a third from last year's cap, the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has announced."
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Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "The US will allow no more than 30,000 refugees into the country in the coming year, down by a third from last year's cap, the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has announced."
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As a teenager during World War II, Freddie Oversteegen was one of only a few Dutch women to take up arms against the country's Nazi occupiers. (photo: National Hannie Schaft Foundation)
Freddie Oversteegen, Dutch Resistance Fighter Who Killed Nazis Through Seduction, Dies at 92
Harrison Smith, The Washington Post
Smith writes: "The Dutch resistance was widely believed to be a man's effort in a man's war. If women were involved, the thinking went, they were likely doing little more than handing out anti-German pamphlets or newspapers. Yet Freddie Oversteegen and her sister Truus, two years her senior, were rare exceptions."
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Harrison Smith, The Washington Post
Smith writes: "The Dutch resistance was widely believed to be a man's effort in a man's war. If women were involved, the thinking went, they were likely doing little more than handing out anti-German pamphlets or newspapers. Yet Freddie Oversteegen and her sister Truus, two years her senior, were rare exceptions."
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A protest bringing awareness to ocean health. (photo: Justine Calma/Grist)
Grandmothers Stalled the Police as Climate Protestors Created the Largest Street Mural Ever
Justine Calma, Grist
Calma writes: "More than 3,000 demonstrators in San Francisco have created what's thought to be the largest street mural ever made. On Saturday, the 2,500-foot-long, 50-foot-wide mural turned five blocks of city streets into scenes of community-proposed solutions for a warming world."
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Justine Calma, Grist
Calma writes: "More than 3,000 demonstrators in San Francisco have created what's thought to be the largest street mural ever made. On Saturday, the 2,500-foot-long, 50-foot-wide mural turned five blocks of city streets into scenes of community-proposed solutions for a warming world."
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