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Andy Borowitz | Trump Demands Facebook Investigate Why Obama's Post Got So Many Likes 
Former President Barack Obama. (photo: White House)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "A furious Donald J. Trump has demanded that Facebook investigate why a status update posted by former President Barack Obama on Monday has received so many likes."
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El Paso  Rep. Veronica Escobar. (photo: MSNBC)
El Paso Rep. Veronica Escobar. (photo: MSNBC)



El Paso's Representative: Shooting Victims Said, 'Tell Trump Not to Come Here'
Peter Wade, Rolling Stone
Wade writes: "President Donald Trump plans to visit El Paso, Texas on Wednesday at an event intended to honor the victims of this weekend's mass shooting. But according to Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Tex.), those victims don't want the president there." 


El Paso Congresswoman @repescobar tells @chrislhayes El Paso shooting victims have a message for President Trump: "Tell him not to come here."

Watch the full interview here: https://on.msnbc.com/2YuhWd7 


Demonstrators gather to protest the arrival of President Donald Trump outside Miami Valley Hospital after a weekend mass shooting that occurred in the Oregon District, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, in Dayton. Twenty-four-year-old Connor Betts open (Photo: John Minchillo, AP)


Cyntoia Brown, 31, thanked Tennessee's former governor and first lady, saying: 'I will make them as well as the rest of my supporters proud.' (photo: Lacy Atkins/AP)
Cyntoia Brown, 31, thanked Tennessee's former governor and first lady, saying: 'I will make them as well as the rest of my supporters proud.' (photo: Lacy Atkins/AP)

Cyntoia Brown, Who Was 16 When She Killed a Man, Freed After Clemency
Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Cyntoia Brown has been released early from the Tennessee prison for women, where she was serving a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16 years old after being allegedly forced into prostitution."
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A 13 year-old Montana boy had his skull fractured at a Rodeo at the Mineral County fairgrounds. (photo: KPAX)
A 13 year-old Montana boy had his skull fractured at a Rodeo at the Mineral County fairgrounds. (photo: KPAX)


A Montana Man Fractured a Kid's Skull for "Disrespecting" the National Anthem
Emma Ockerman, Vice
Ockerman writes: "A 13-year-old boy was attending a Montana county fair and rodeo on Saturday when he failed to remove his hat during the national anthem. Moments later, a man slammed him to the ground and fractured his skull. The boy began seizing." 
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Coal trains sit in a rail yard in 2014 in Pikeville, Kentucky. (photo: Luke Sharrett/Getty)
Coal trains sit in a rail yard in 2014 in Pikeville, Kentucky. (photo: Luke Sharrett/Getty)

Harlan County Miners Are Blocking Trains Full of Coal Until They Get Their Back Pay
Sarah Lazare, Jacobin
Excerpt: "One miner explains what's at stake and whether miners like him would support the 'just transition' proposed in the Green New Deal."
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Molded fiber bowls used by popular restaurant chains Chipotle and Sweetgreen contain PFAS, which do not biodegrade. (photo: Jason Bahr/Getty)
Molded fiber bowls used by popular restaurant chains Chipotle and Sweetgreen contain PFAS, which do not biodegrade. (photo: Jason Bahr/Getty)

Oopsie, This Popular 'Compostable' Bowl Actually Lasts Forever
Molly Enking, Grist
Enking writes: "Hello, it's me: your friendly neighborhood environmental journalist, here to ruin your day. Or the very least, your lunch."
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