30 March 19
Frank Rich | Why the Mueller Investigation Wasn't Watergate
Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Rich writes: "No one thought Mueller's work was more of a Watergate investigation than Donald Trump, who outdid the Nixon template in trying to derail it, to the point of vilifying his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions."
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Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Rich writes: "No one thought Mueller's work was more of a Watergate investigation than Donald Trump, who outdid the Nixon template in trying to derail it, to the point of vilifying his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions."
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Migrants, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, climb down a steep hill near the border wall into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico. (photo: Leah Millis/Reuters)
Trump Threatens to Close Border With Mexico Next Week
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump has threatened to close the southern border of the United States or large sections of it next week if Mexico does not halt undocumented immigrants from reaching the border 'immediately.'"
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump has threatened to close the southern border of the United States or large sections of it next week if Mexico does not halt undocumented immigrants from reaching the border 'immediately.'"
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William Barr. (photo: Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
Mueller Report Release: Democrats Demand Full Report by Early April
Tim Mak, NPR
Mak writes: "House Democrats are pushing to obtain a full, unredacted copy of the Mueller report to review - something they say Attorney General William Barr would not commit to in a phone call on Wednesday with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler."
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Tim Mak, NPR
Mak writes: "House Democrats are pushing to obtain a full, unredacted copy of the Mueller report to review - something they say Attorney General William Barr would not commit to in a phone call on Wednesday with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler."
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Protesters gather across the Chicago River from Trump Tower to rally in defense of the Affordable Care Act. (photo: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
In Another Blow, Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump's Health Care Plan to Skirt Obamacare
Timothy Bella, The Washington Post
Bella writes: "A federal judge in Washington ruled late Thursday that the Trump administration's push to make health insurance plans available outside the Affordable Care Act that avoid the requirements of the health-care law was illegal, calling the efforts 'clearly an end-run around the ACA.'"
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Timothy Bella, The Washington Post
Bella writes: "A federal judge in Washington ruled late Thursday that the Trump administration's push to make health insurance plans available outside the Affordable Care Act that avoid the requirements of the health-care law was illegal, calling the efforts 'clearly an end-run around the ACA.'"
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Striking McDonald's restaurant employees lock arms in an intersection in Los Angeles, California. (photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
The Real Working Class Is Invisible to the Media
Luke Savage, Jacobin
Savage writes: "The media doesn't talk much about working-class America. But when it does, it mainly has one thing to say about it: that it's entirely white, male, and very right-wing. All those things are lies."
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Luke Savage, Jacobin
Savage writes: "The media doesn't talk much about working-class America. But when it does, it mainly has one thing to say about it: that it's entirely white, male, and very right-wing. All those things are lies."
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The Krome Detention Center is a major immigration detention facility for South Florida. (photo: Donna E. Natale-Planas/Miami Herald)
Record Number of Cubans in ICE Detention Centers
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The number of Cubans who are being taken to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers and then deported to Cuba is on the rise. Previously, Cubans had an easier process migrating to the United States than other immigrants when U.S. foreign policy was rife with Cold War- era policies."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "The number of Cubans who are being taken to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers and then deported to Cuba is on the rise. Previously, Cubans had an easier process migrating to the United States than other immigrants when U.S. foreign policy was rife with Cold War- era policies."
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The presidential permit revokes and replaces a previous presidential permit granted by Trump in March 2017. (photo: Bloomberg)
Trump Abruptly Issues New Keystone XL Permit in Boon to Lobbyists
E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "President Donald Trump handed a victory to a major North American energy company on Friday afternoon with a new presidential permit allowing the controversial Keystone XL pipeline to go forward. Many say the move is an effort to sidestep judiciary and environmental review and is likely to face legal challenges."
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E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "President Donald Trump handed a victory to a major North American energy company on Friday afternoon with a new presidential permit allowing the controversial Keystone XL pipeline to go forward. Many say the move is an effort to sidestep judiciary and environmental review and is likely to face legal challenges."
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