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RSN: Mort Rosenblum | On the Frontline: Real News Battles Fake Power 
Palestinian Saber al-Ashkar (29) hurls rocks during clashes with Israeli forces, May 11th, 2018. (photo: Mahmud Hams/AFP)
Mort Rosenblum, Reader Supported News
Rosenblum writes: "An email from Florida landed in this noble Normandy town with less impact than a Nazi shell, yet it was an eerie reminder of how hubris and folly filled so many graves on the beaches nearby. The menace today is America uber alles."
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Then Republican vice-presidential candidate U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan speaking in front of the campaign's 'national debt clock' in Dover, New Hampshire, September 18, 2012. (photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters)
Then Republican vice-presidential candidate U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan speaking in front of the campaign's 'national debt clock' in Dover, New Hampshire, September 18, 2012. (photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters)

Federal Deficit Jumps 17 Percent as Trump Tax Cuts Eat Into Government Revenue
Scott Horsley, NPR
Horsley writes: "The federal deficit ballooned to $779 billion in the just-ended fiscal year - a remarkable tide of red ink for a country not mired in recession or war."
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Voting booths. (photo: AP)
Voting booths. (photo: AP)


Trump Won in 2016 Thanks to Voter Suppression Says Carol Anderson, Author of "One Person, No Vote"
Democracy Now!
Except: "Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election due to voter suppression. That's what professor Carol Anderson argues in her new book 'One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy,' which tracks the rise of restrictive voting laws across the United States."
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Rick Scott. (photo: NY Post)
Rick Scott. (photo: NY Post)

The Florida Supreme Court Just Stopped Rick Scott From Packing It After His Term Ends
Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
Stern writes: "Florida's Republican governor, Rick Scott, will not be able to name three new justices to the Florida Supreme Court after his term has ended, that court ruled on Monday."
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Mary Mayhew. (photo: Getty Images)
Mary Mayhew. (photo: Getty Images)

The Woman Who Helped Demolish Health Care Access in Maine Is Now Running Medicaid for the Country
Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress
McLean writes: "The Trump administration is putting the health insurance of millions of Americans in the hands of a former Maine official best known for undermining the public health infrastructure in her state to put low-income families at risk."
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Migrant caravan. (photo: Getty Images)
Migrant caravan. (photo: Getty Images)


Honduran Migrant Caravan Grows as It Moves Toward the US
Michael Burke, The Hill
Burke writes: "A migrant caravan of up to 3,000 people moved into Guatemala on Monday as the group continued to move north from Honduras with the goal of reaching Mexico or the United States, according to a Reuters report."
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Activists from the L'Eau Est La Vie protest camp face police and security personnel. (photo: Bryan Tarnowski/Guardian UK)
Activists from the L'Eau Est La Vie protest camp face police and security personnel. (photo: Bryan Tarnowski/Guardian UK)

Last Stand in the Swamp: Activists Fight Final Stretch of Dakota Pipeline
Lauren Zanolli, Guardian UK
Zanolli writes: "As the flat-bottom fishing boat speeds through waterways deep inside Louisiana's Atchafalaya basin, the largest river swamp in the US, the landscape suddenly shifts from high banks of sediment and oil pipeline markers on either side to an open grove of cypress trees towering above the water."
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