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Jill Abramson | The Brett Kavanaugh Travesty Will Breed a Formidable Backlash 
'The angry crowds massed outside the US supreme court and the Capitol after the vote reflected a national outrage that is building.' (photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)
Jill Abramson, Guardian UK
Abramson writes: "The forced confirmation of a conservative nominee who will tip the court much further to the right has outraged large swaths of the country."
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Senator Cory Booker speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party's annual Fall Gala on Saturday in Des Moines. (photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP)
Senator Cory Booker speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party's annual Fall Gala on Saturday in Des Moines. (photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP)

The Invisible Primary Is Underway in Iowa
David Weigel, The Washington Post
Weigel writes: "The 'invisible primary,' a term for the contest that takes place before candidates officially declare their presidential candidacy, has been especially invisible this year."
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Bring Back the Guillotine. Bring Back Our IRS! (photo: Ted Thai/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
Bring Back the Guillotine. Bring Back Our IRS! (photo: Ted Thai/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The Times' Trump Exposé Is a Compelling Case for Class War
Eric Levitz, New York Magazine
Levitz writes: "The Times investigation is, first and foremost, an indictment of an individual billionaire's claim to self-made status. But in moments, the report hints that Trump's approach to amassing wealth (like his approach to so much else) is just an unusually obscene variation on the one percent's standard operating procedure."
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A 76-foot statue of Christopher Columbus stands in New York City's Columbus Circle. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A 76-foot statue of Christopher Columbus stands in New York City's Columbus Circle. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Columbus Day Gets Dropped in Favor of Indigenous Peoples Day in More Parts of the US
Holly Yan, CNN
Yan writes: "Just this year, at least a dozen US cities - including San Francisco and Cincinnati - decided to stop observing Columbus Day and will instead celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday."
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Meng Hongwei, president of Interpol, giving a speech in 2017. (photo: AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images)
Meng Hongwei, president of Interpol, giving a speech in 2017. (photo: AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images)

Missing Interpol President Was Quietly Detained by China
Chas Danner, New York Magazine
Danner writes: "Meng Hongwei, the president of the international law enforcement agency Interpol who mysteriously disappeared last week, was missing because he was detained by the Chinese government."
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Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova was working for Ruse's TVN channel. (photo: HO/AFP/Getty Images)
Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova was working for Ruse's TVN channel. (photo: HO/AFP/Getty Images)

Bulgarian Journalist Victoria Marinova Brutally Raped and Murdered
Guardian UK
Excerpt: "A Bulgarian journalist who reported on an investigation into alleged corruption involving EU funds has been raped and murdered in the border town of Ruse on the Danube river, authorities said on Sunday."
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A rhino in Kenya. (photo: Tom Stoddart Archive/Getty Images)
A rhino in Kenya. (photo: Tom Stoddart Archive/Getty Images)

Kenya's Worst Rhino Massacre Was the Work of People Trying to Save the Species
Margot Kiser, The Daily Beast
Kiser writes: "Last summer, 11 rhinos died after relocation, not at the hands of poachers but thanks to the ugly politics of wildlife preservation."
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