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RSN: John Kiriakou | Cruel but Not Unusual, Freezing to Death in Federal Detention
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "It's been a terrible two weeks for prisoners incarcerated in prisons around the country. Prison life already is well-documented: substandard food, solitary confinement, physical and sexual violence, and crooked guards are just a few of the daily challenges prisoners face."
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John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "It's been a terrible two weeks for prisoners incarcerated in prisons around the country. Prison life already is well-documented: substandard food, solitary confinement, physical and sexual violence, and crooked guards are just a few of the daily challenges prisoners face."
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Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. (photo: Reuters)
Manafort Intentionally Lied to Special Counsel, Judge Says
Carrie Johnson and Jessica Taylor, NPR
Excerpt: "A federal judge has ruled that President Trump's former 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort intentionally lied to special counsel Robert Mueller's office after agreeing to cooperate with its investigation into interference by Russia into the last presidential election."
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Carrie Johnson and Jessica Taylor, NPR
Excerpt: "A federal judge has ruled that President Trump's former 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort intentionally lied to special counsel Robert Mueller's office after agreeing to cooperate with its investigation into interference by Russia into the last presidential election."
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Children stand near a home destroyed in a Saudi coalition air strike. (photo: AFP)
House Rebukes Trump, Votes to End US Support of Saudi Arabia in Yemen War
Frank Dale, ThinkProgress
Dale writes: "In a substantial rebuke of President Donald Trump, the House of Representatives voted to end U.S. assistance for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen on Wednesday."
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Frank Dale, ThinkProgress
Dale writes: "In a substantial rebuke of President Donald Trump, the House of Representatives voted to end U.S. assistance for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen on Wednesday."
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Mourners attend vigil for those slain in mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high School. (photo: Carmen Schentrup/Florida Today)
Parkland Families Quietly Mark 1-Year Anniversary of Deadly School Shooting
Terry Spencer, Associated Press
Spencer writes: "The communities and families terrorized by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre will spend Thursday's anniversary visiting graves, packing meals for the needy and contributing to other service projects as they quietly remember the 14 students and three staff members who lost their lives."
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Terry Spencer, Associated Press
Spencer writes: "The communities and families terrorized by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre will spend Thursday's anniversary visiting graves, packing meals for the needy and contributing to other service projects as they quietly remember the 14 students and three staff members who lost their lives."
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Sen. Debbie Stabenow speaks at a rally to oppose the repeal of the Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill on June 21, 2017, in Washington, DC. (photo: Astrid Riecken/Getty)
"Medicare at 50": Sen. Debbie Stabenow Explains Her Medicare Buy-In Plan
Sarah Kliff, Vox
Kliff writes: "Over the past year, congressional Democrats have rolled out more than half a dozen plans to expand public health insurance as they increasingly line up behind universal coverage."
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Sarah Kliff, Vox
Kliff writes: "Over the past year, congressional Democrats have rolled out more than half a dozen plans to expand public health insurance as they increasingly line up behind universal coverage."
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Demonstrators flee police gunfire during protests in Port-au-Prince demanding the resignation of Jovenel Moise, the Haitian president. (photo: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP)
Haiti Sees Deadly Crackdown on Anti-Government Protests
Laura Burdon-Manley, Al Jazeera
Burdon-Manley writes: "At least five people have died in anti-government protests in Haiti which have been ongoing for almost a week."
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Laura Burdon-Manley, Al Jazeera
Burdon-Manley writes: "At least five people have died in anti-government protests in Haiti which have been ongoing for almost a week."
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Bottles of Roundup herbicide, a product of Monsanto. Findings come as regulators in several countries consider limiting the use of glyphosate-based products in farming. (photo: Jeff Roberson/AP)
Exposure to Monsanto Weed Killing Products Increases Risk of Cancer by 41%, According to New Study
Carey Gillam, Guardian UK
Gillam writes: "A broad new scientific analysis of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides, the most widely used weed killing products in the world, has found that people with high exposures to the popular pesticides have a 41% increased risk of developing a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma."
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Carey Gillam, Guardian UK
Gillam writes: "A broad new scientific analysis of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides, the most widely used weed killing products in the world, has found that people with high exposures to the popular pesticides have a 41% increased risk of developing a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma."
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