The Connection Between Hateful Rhetoric and Terrorizing Acts Is Glaringly Obvious, but Some Refuse to See It





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Andy Borowitz | Spies Eavesdropping on Trump Complain He Is Speaking in Indecipherable Language 
Trump using his phone. (photo: Getty)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Russian and Chinese spies who have been eavesdropping on Donald J. Trump's unsecured iPhone calls complained on Thursday that he has foiled their efforts by speaking in a language that is infuriatingly indecipherable."
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Mail bombing suspect's van. (photo: Twitter)
Mail bombing suspect's van. (photo: Twitter)

The Connection Between Hateful Rhetoric and Terrorizing Acts Is Glaringly Obvious, but Some Refuse to See It
Margaret Sullivan, The Washington Post
Sullivan writes: "The Trump effect is a straight line from years of his hateful rhetoric to real-world danger. It's a line that goes directly from disrespect to pipe bomb."
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Voter casts a ballot. (photo: Angela Peterson/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Voter casts a ballot. (photo: Angela Peterson/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Hundreds of Thousands of Wisconsin Voters Purged From Rolls Since 2016 General Election
Exposed by CMD
Excerpt: "A review of the latest voter registration tallies by Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) finds that almost 700,000 Wisconsin voters have been removed from the voter rolls since the end of December 2016, and that significantly more voters were purged from the rolls in Democratic leaning counties than Republican leaning counties."
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People attending a healthcare rally in Maryland. (photo: Tim Sloan/Getty)
People attending a healthcare rally in Maryland. (photo: Tim Sloan/Getty)

Health Care Premiums Will Be Higher Than Normal in 2019 Thanks to Trump's Assault on Obamacare
Elham Khatami, ThinkProgress
Khatami writes: "Trump's decision to repeal the individual mandate and expand skimpy short-term health plans is making coverage more costly."
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Democratic incumbent Senator Jon Tester. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
Democratic incumbent Senator Jon Tester. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)

GOP Blames 'Error' After Sending Wildly False Voting Information to Montana Residents
Sophie Weiner, Splinter News
Weiner writes: "A mailer sent out by the Republican National Committee in Montana, where Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Tester is in a close race against Republican Matt Rosendale, contained false information on how to vote absentee, according to the Washington Post."
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A member of the Cofán Dureno indigenous community of northern Ecuador, April 2010. (photo: Caroline Bennett/Rainforest Action Network)
A member of the Cofán Dureno indigenous community of northern Ecuador, April 2010. (photo: Caroline Bennett/Rainforest Action Network)

Ecuador: Indigenous Cofan People Win Battle Against Miners
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The Indigenous Cofan people of Sinangoe, in the Ecuadorean Amazon, have achieved a significant judicial victory after the provincial court of Sucumbios ordered a halt to all mining activities in their territories and recognized their right to the prior and informed consultation, to nature, water, and the environment."
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Most of Joshua Tree National Park could become uninhabitable for its eponymous trees, according to a new study. (photo: Eric Lowenbach/Getty)
Most of Joshua Tree National Park could become uninhabitable for its eponymous trees, according to a new study. (photo: Eric Lowenbach/Getty)

Vanishing Joshua Trees: Climate Change Will Ravage US National Parks, Study Says
Emily Holden, Guardian UK
Holden writes: "America's national parks have warmed twice as fast as the US average and could see some of the worst effects of climate change, according to a new study."
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