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Andy Borowitz | Cindy Hyde-Smith Says She Never Lost Faith in Mississippi's Racists 
US senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Celebrating her election victory on Tuesday night, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith said that, despite predictions that her state was ready to turn the page on its shameful past, 'I never lost faith in Mississippi's racists.'"
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Immigrants detained by Border Patrol. (photo: John Moore/Getty)
Immigrants detained by Border Patrol. (photo: John Moore/Getty)

Border Patrol Is Abusing a Legal Loophole to Continue Separating Immigrant Families
Ginger Thompson, ProPublica
Thompson writes: "Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents."
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Bassem Masri, center, confronting a St. Louis police officer in Ferguson, Missouri on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (photo: David Carson/Getty)
Bassem Masri, center, confronting a St. Louis police officer in Ferguson, Missouri on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (photo: David Carson/Getty)

Another Ferguson Protester Has Died
Opheli Garcia Lawler, The Cut
Garcia Lawler writes: "Bassem Masri, a Palestinian-American activist who live-streamed throughout the protests against police brutality and the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has died."
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Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Mike Pence. (photo: Tom Williams/CQ)
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Mike Pence. (photo: Tom Williams/CQ)

Supreme Court Will Decide if States Can Ignore a Key Provision of the Bill of Rights
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "It's 2018, and we're still fighting about whether Indiana has to follow the Bill of Rights."
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Sen. Chris Murphy, one of the chamber's most vocal critics of the Saudi government. (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Sen. Chris Murphy, one of the chamber's most vocal critics of the Saudi government. (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Senators Close to Shutoff for Saudis in Yemen
Elana Schor, Politico
Schor writes: "A bipartisan Senate bid to yank U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-backed war in Yemen is close to a key victory - with the outcome potentially riding on a Wednesday briefing from two of President Donald Trump's top advisers."
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Juan Antonio (Tony) Hernández, the brother of the president of Honduras. (photo: AP)
Juan Antonio (Tony) Hernández, the brother of the president of Honduras. (photo: AP)

Brother of Honduran President Is Arrested for Cocaine Trafficking as Migrants Flee Violent Drug War
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The brother of Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández has been arrested in the United States for drug trafficking and weapons offenses."
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Firefighters battle flames at a burning apartment complex in Paradise, California, on 9 November. (photo: Josh Edelson/Getty)
Firefighters battle flames at a burning apartment complex in Paradise, California, on 9 November. (photo: Josh Edelson/Getty)

Trump Officials Accused of Using Deadly Wildfires to Boost Logging
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman writes: "The Trump administration has been accused of using the deadly wildfires in California to push for weakened environmental rules in forests, opening them up for more logging."
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