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RSN: Marc Ash | 15 Months Ago, I Asked if the President Was a Russian Puppet 
Detail from the TIME Magazine Trump-Putin morphed portrait in black and white. (image: TIME)
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "At the beginning of April in 2017, barely two months after Trump was sworn in as president, I asked the question, 'Is the President of the United States a Russian Puppet?'"
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In this July 8, 2016, file photo, Carter Page, then adviser to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Moscow, Russia. (photo: Pavel Golovkin/AP)
In this July 8, 2016, file photo, Carter Page, then adviser to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Moscow, Russia. (photo: Pavel Golovkin/AP)

READ: The FBI's Surveillance Warrants for Carter Page
The Hill
Excerpt: "The Justice Department on Saturday released documents related to the surveillance warrants on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page as part of the federal investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia."
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Mitch McConnell. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Mitch McConnell. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Democrats Should Ignore Mitch McConnell's Ultimatum on Kavanaugh
Jim Newell, Slate
Newell writes: "Senate Democrats are in the midst of negotiating with Republicans over the amount of paper records that should be made available ahead of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. The two sides are not particularly close."
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Maria Butina. (photo: Zuma Press)
Maria Butina. (photo: Zuma Press)

Accused Russian Agent Butina Met With US Treasury, Fed Officials
Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Lynch writes: "Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury Department."
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A.J. Seger, center right, 2, stands at a voting machine while his mother, Mindy Seger, far left, 38, casts her ballot at Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Marietta on April 18. (photo: David Barnes/AJC)
A.J. Seger, center right, 2, stands at a voting machine while his mother, Mindy Seger, far left, 38, casts her ballot at Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Marietta on April 18. (photo: David Barnes/AJC)

Georgia Cancels Registration of More Than 591,500 Voters
Kristina Torres, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Torres writes: "Georgia canceled the registration of more than a half-million voters over the weekend, part of an ongoing round of maintenance to clean up the state's voting rolls."
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People shouting slogans during a protest near the main provincial government building in Basra, southern Iraq, July 20, 2018. (photo: Essam Al-Sudani/Reuters)
People shouting slogans during a protest near the main provincial government building in Basra, southern Iraq, July 20, 2018. (photo: Essam Al-Sudani/Reuters)

Demonstrator Killed as Thousands Protest Against Corruption in Iraq
Reuters
Excerpt: "A security guard outside a branch of one of Iraq's most powerful paramilitary groups shot and killed a protester on Friday while trying to push back a crowd, police sources said, ratcheting up tensions over a lack of basic services sweeping southern cities."
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A fisherman fishes in the river Tista in Panjarbhanga, Bangladesh. (photo: FAO/Mohammad Rakibul Hasan)
A fisherman fishes in the river Tista in Panjarbhanga, Bangladesh. (photo: FAO/Mohammad Rakibul Hasan)

One-Third of Global Fisheries Operating at Biologically Unsustainable Levels
Mongabay
Excerpt: "About 3.2 billion people around the world currently rely on fish for nearly 20 percent of their animal protein. That means that humans eat more than 150 million metric tons of fish every year - and as the global population increases by a couple billion over the next few decades, that number will surely rise."
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