RSN: William Boardman | Supreme Court Sustains Compassion and Law by 5-4 Vote, for Now

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RSN: William Boardman | Supreme Court Sustains Compassion and Law by 5-4 Vote, for Now 

William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "The unstated subtext of the law is that the US should be a compassionate country where people fleeing oppression, persecution, and violence may find a safe haven."
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Mitch McConnell. (photo: Olivier Douliery/Getty Images)

Government Shutdown Set to Drag on Through Christmas, as 400,000 Federal Workers Go Without Pay
Addy Baird, ThinkProgress
Baird writes: "The government is set to remain partially shut down through at least Thursday, because President Trump demanded billions of dollars in taxpayer money to fund a border wall he promised Mexico would pay for."
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James Mattis. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Bill Barr's Very Strange Memo on Obstruction of Justice
Mikhaila Fogel and Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare Blog
Excerpt: "The memo on obstruction of justice by Bill Barr, the once and future attorney general, is a bizarre document-particularly so for a man who would supervise the investigation it criticizes."
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James Mattis. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Hey, Remember How James Mattis Was Accused of Doing War Crimes?
Paul Blest, Splinter News
Blest writes: "The news of Gen. James Mattis' pending departure as secretary of defense on Thursday was met with mostly negative reactions by pretty much everyone on Capitol Hill. Mattis (along with chief of staff John Kelly, another military guy) was seen by that set as two of the 'last adults in the room' surrounding Donald Trump - a job they have both been terrible at."
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Third grade students study Mandarin Chinese at The Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center, a public elementary school. (photo: Stacy Teicher Khadaroo/CS Monitor)

My Hometown Schools Are Segregated Again. I Went Back to See Why.
Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, The Christian Science Monitor 

Khadaroo writes: "The peak of school integration nationwide happened around 1988, when I was starting my senior year of high school. It took less than 25 years for that progress to unravel."
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The nation was in the grip of a SIXTH Saturday of chaos yesterday as violence erupted around the north of the capital on a so-called 'Act VI' Day of Rage. Riot police used tear gas and baton charges, and at least one police officer pulled a gun on Yellow Vest protestors. (photo: AFP/Getty Images)

France Descends Into Chaos as Police Aim Live Firearms at Yellow Vest Protests
Emily Ferguson, Sunday Express
Ferguson writes: "The nation was in the grip of a SIXTH Saturday of chaos yesterday as violence erupted around the north of the capital on a so-called 'Act VI' Day of rage. Riot police used tear gas and baton charges, and at least one police officer pulled a gun on Yellow Vest protestors."
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A rally for the New Green Deal. (photo: Sunrise Movement)

The Green New Deal, Explained
David Roberts, Vox
Roberts writes: "If the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to be believed, humanity has just over a decade to get carbon emissions under control before catastrophic climate change impacts become unavoidable."
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