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27 July 19
Garrison Keillor | Can't Get Across the River but We'll Try Again
Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website
Keillor writes: "We've had monster thunderstorms in Minnesota this summer, which gave me the chance to be manly and reassuring and tell my wife not to worry as we drove through the dark of midday, bolts of lightning like bombs bursting in air."
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Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website
Keillor writes: "We've had monster thunderstorms in Minnesota this summer, which gave me the chance to be manly and reassuring and tell my wife not to worry as we drove through the dark of midday, bolts of lightning like bombs bursting in air."
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Representative Rashida Tlaib pledged to impeach Donald Trump the day she was sworn into office. (photo: NBC)
Over 100 House Members Call for Removal of Trump
Chris Riotta, The Independent
Riotta writes: "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has defended herself at a press conference against accusations from a growing number of members within her own party, that she was 'trying to run out the clock' on impeaching Donald Trump."
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Chris Riotta, The Independent
Riotta writes: "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has defended herself at a press conference against accusations from a growing number of members within her own party, that she was 'trying to run out the clock' on impeaching Donald Trump."
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Voters at a polling precinct. (photo: Getty Images)
The Right to a Free and Fair Vote in America Might Rest on This Landmark Court Case
Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK
McCarthy writes: "In all the history of American gerrymandering, it must rate as one of the purest expressions of unapologetic partisanship: 'I think electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats.'"
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Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK
McCarthy writes: "In all the history of American gerrymandering, it must rate as one of the purest expressions of unapologetic partisanship: 'I think electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats.'"
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Senator Mitch McConnell. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Mitch McConnell Received Donations From Voting Machine Lobbyists Before Blocking Election Security Bills
Nicole Goodkind, Newsweek
Goodkind writes: "McConnell said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bills because they were 'so partisan,' but, as previously reported, earlier this year McConnell received a slew of donations from four of the top voting machine lobbyists in the country."
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Nicole Goodkind, Newsweek
Goodkind writes: "McConnell said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bills because they were 'so partisan,' but, as previously reported, earlier this year McConnell received a slew of donations from four of the top voting machine lobbyists in the country."
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Protesters demonstrate against criminal sex offender and alleged sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein in New York City. (photo: Stephane Keith/Getty Images)
A Tale of Two Prisoners
Alex N. Press, Jacobin
Press writes: "Comparing the treatment of Jeffrey Epstein to Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed Eric Garner's murder, reveals the grotesque inequality at the heart of American society."
Alex N. Press, Jacobin
Press writes: "Comparing the treatment of Jeffrey Epstein to Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed Eric Garner's murder, reveals the grotesque inequality at the heart of American society."
FYI - VIDEO OF ERIC GARNER:
VIDEO SHOT BY RAMSEY ORTA:
A migrant camp in Mexico. (photo: Maria de la Luz Ascencio/EPA)
Mexico: AMLO's Crumbling Promise to Migrants
Annette Lin, NACLA
Lin writes: "Before Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador entered office in December 2018, he announced that he would not do the U.S.' 'dirty work' when it came to addressing Central American migration."
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Annette Lin, NACLA
Lin writes: "Before Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador entered office in December 2018, he announced that he would not do the U.S.' 'dirty work' when it came to addressing Central American migration."
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Trump's border wall plan has long been a source of ire for environmental groups and scientists, many of whom say the wall will be ecologically devastating. (photo: The Hill)
Environmental Groups Vow to Fight on After Supreme Court Okays Trump's Border Wall
E. A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "The Sierra Club and other environmental advocates are vowing to press on with their fight against President Donald Trump's efforts to use military funds for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border following a Supreme Court ruling allowing the project to go forward."
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E. A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "The Sierra Club and other environmental advocates are vowing to press on with their fight against President Donald Trump's efforts to use military funds for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border following a Supreme Court ruling allowing the project to go forward."
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