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Juan Cole | Trump is Now an Unindicted Felon: US Attorney for Southern District of New York 
Michael Cohen. (photo: Richard Drew/AP)
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "The Mueller sentencing document for Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, is not nearly as important as that from the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Robert Khuzami, Thomas McKay and their colleagues not only laid out 5 major crimes committed by Michael Cohen but they established a basis for charging Donald J. Trump with a felony."
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New faces, going places in the House. (photo: Twitter)
New faces, going places in the House. (photo: Twitter)

Newly Elected Reps Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez Pull Back Curtain on Corporate-Sponsored Freshman Orientation
Jake Johnson, San Diego Free Press
Johnson writes: "Pulling back the curtain on the ostensibly 'bipartisan' orientation for newly elected members of Congress at Harvard's Kennedy School in Boston, Reps.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) informed the public through live social media updates on Thursday that - contrary to the ideologically neutral advertising - the private conference featured a heavy dose of speeches by corporate CEOs and completely shut out organized labor and members of the progressive community."
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Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio U.S. July 19, 2016. (photo: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio U.S. July 19, 2016. (photo: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Don Jr. Is Laying Low Due to Feared Mueller Indictment, but Still Picking Fights With Ocasio-Cortez
Frank Dale, ThinkProgress
Dale writes: "The president's oldest son apparently is aware that he's in serious legal jeopardy. Trump Jr. has reportedly told friends that he's very worried about being indicted."
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Michael Oreskes was hired to lead NPR's news and editorial operations in March 2015. (photo: Chuck Zoeller/AP)
Michael Oreskes was hired to lead NPR's news and editorial operations in March 2015. (photo: Chuck Zoeller/AP)

At NPR, an Army of Temps Resents a Workplace Full of Anxiety and Insecurity
Paul Farhi, The Washington Post
Farhi writes: "For decades, the public broadcaster has relied on a cadre of temporary journalists to produce its hourly newscasts and popular news programs."
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Dennis Jeffrey, who was shot and killed by police officer Richard Nicoletti on August 20, 2018. (photo: Merritt Law Firm)
Dennis Jeffrey, who was shot and killed by police officer Richard Nicoletti on August 20, 2018. (photo: Merritt Law Firm)








Michael Harriot, The Root
Harriot writes: "Richard Nicoletti is not a murderer. Let's be clear about that."
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Protesters raised slogans against PM Viktor Orban's policies. (photo: Creede Newton/Al Jazeera)
Protesters raised slogans against PM Viktor Orban's policies. (photo: Creede Newton/Al Jazeera)

Hungarian Workers Protest Over 'Slavery Law,' Students Join In
Creede Newton, Al Jazeera
Newton writes: "Thousands of Hungarians have taken to the streets to demonstrate against a proposed new labour law and for more academic freedom in the country."
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Erin Brockovich. (photo: EcoWatch)
Erin Brockovich. (photo: EcoWatch)

Erin Brockovich | The Weedkiller in Our Food Is Killing Us
Erin Brockovich, Guardian UK
Brockovich writes: "Mists of weedkiller drifted downwind toward them. The main active ingredient in that mist, and in the weedkiller being sprayed throughout Tampa Bay, is glyphosate, one of the most widely used herbicides in the US."
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