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Charles Pierce | Cheers to Whoever Just Saved Us $92 Million on Trump's Farce of a Parade 
Military marching band. (photo: Getty)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Somewhere in that five-sided mystery cabinet along the Potomac is a genuine American hero."
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Paul Manafort. (photo: Getty)
Paul Manafort. (photo: Getty)



Judge in Paul Manafort Trial Says He Has Been Threatened and Is Now Under US Marshal Protection
Dan Mangan and Kevin Breuninger, CNBC
Excerpt: "Judge T.S. Ellis, the man presiding over the criminal trial of former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort, said Friday that he has received threats about the case - and now travels with protection from the U.S. Marshal Service."
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Blackwater founder Erik Prince. (photo: Getty)
Blackwater founder Erik Prince. (photo: Getty)

Officials Worry Trump May Back Erik Prince Plan to Privatize War in Afghanistan
Carol E. Lee, Courtney Kube and Josh Lederman, NBC News
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump is increasingly venting frustration to his national security team about the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and showing renewed interest in a proposal by Blackwater founder Erik Prince to privatize the war, current and former senior administration officials said."
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A McDonald's employee serves a burger and a carton of french fries. (photo: Jason Alden/Bloomberg)
A McDonald's employee serves a burger and a carton of french fries. (photo: Jason Alden/Bloomberg)

US Bosses Now Earn 312 Times the Average Worker's Wage, Figures Show
Dominic Rushe, Guardian UK
Rushe writes: "The chief executives of America's top 350 companies earned 312 times more than their workers on average last year, according to a new report published Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute."
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Janet McFetridge, 66, explains to a family of Palestinian asylum seekers what will happen when they try to cross the border. McFetridge waits at this waypoint year-round, offering snacks, clothes and toys for children on the journey to Canada. (photo: Andre Malerba/The Washington Post)
Janet McFetridge, 66, explains to a family of Palestinian asylum seekers what will happen when they try to cross the border. McFetridge waits at this waypoint year-round, offering snacks, clothes and toys for children on the journey to Canada. (photo: Andre Malerba/The Washington Post)

Undocumented Immigrants Are Fleeing Trump's America to Head to Canada - and These Americans Are Helping
Tim Craig, The Washington Post
Craig writes: "McFetridge is part of a loosely assembled network of progressive activists, faith leaders and taxi drivers who have mobilized to help undocumented immigrants cross the northern border."
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A child injured in a Saudi bombing of a school bus in Yemen. The bomb used was provided to Saudi Arabia by the U.S. (photo: Hani Mohhamed/AP)
A child injured in a Saudi bombing of a school bus in Yemen. The bomb used was provided to Saudi Arabia by the U.S. (photo: Hani Mohhamed/AP)

Bomb That Killed 40 Children on Bus in Yemen Was Supplied by the US
Nima Elbagir, Salma Abdelaziz, Ryan Browne, Barbara Arvanitidis and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN
Excerpt: "The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN."
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A fracking operation in the Monterey Shale Formation in California. (photo: David McNew/Getty)
A fracking operation in the Monterey Shale Formation in California. (photo: David McNew/Getty

Fracking Is Destroying US Water Supply, Warns Shocking New Study
Joe Romm, ThinkProgress
Romm writes: "An alarming new study reveals fracking is quite simply destroying America's water supply."
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