RSN: Marc Ash | So It Turns Out Pushing the Democrats Does Make Them Stronger






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RSN: Marc Ash | So It Turns Out Pushing the Democrats Does Make Them Stronger 
Beto O'Rourke, his wife Amy Sanders, and their children greet reporters after voting on Election Day 2018. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "The Democratic party is moving again, but it wasn't easy. It took a major insurgency by Bernie Sanders, inspired grassroots activists, and the worst, most offensive, most outrageously unethical and illegal president in U.S. history to get them their wave. To their credit, it's a wave they are managing to ride."
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Matthew Whitaker. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Matthew Whitaker. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Matthew Whitaker's Opponents Take Legal Challenge to Supreme Court
Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post
Barrett writes: "Lawyers challenging the appointment of Matthew G. Whitaker as acting attorney general asked the Supreme Court on Friday to step in and declare that someone else should serve in the role."
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A woman receiving jackets being donated to migrants from the back of a truck on Thursday in Tijuana, Mexico, near the border fence with the United States. (photo: Mauricio Lima/NYT)
A woman receiving jackets being donated to migrants from the back of a truck on Thursday in Tijuana, Mexico, near the border fence with the United States. (photo: Mauricio Lima/NYT)

Dozens From Migrant Caravan Line Up at US-Mexico Border, Seeking Asylum Interviews
Kirk Semple, The New York Times
Semple writes: "The vanguard of what President Trump has labeled an invasion force formed an orderly line at about 6:45 a.m. on Thursday near a major border crossing between Tijuana and the United States and waited patiently."
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Betsy DeVos to Alter Sexual Misconduct Guidelines to Bolster Rights of Accused
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Betsy DeVos, the US education secretary, has proposed a major overhaul of the way colleges and universities handle complaints of sexual misconduct, narrowing the definition of sexual harassment and increasing protections for students accused of misconduct."
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Two police stand at their vehicle. (photo: Guardian Liberty Voice)
Two police stand at their vehicle. (photo: Guardian Liberty Voice)

This Law Helps Police Get Away With Murder. Let's End It.
Cat Brooks, BuzzFeed
Brooks writes: "California is widely believed to be one of the most progressive states in the country. But it's also home to some of the most unjust laws in the nation, which allow police officers and prison guards to commit violence and even murder while remaining insulated from accountability - specifically when it comes to police misconduct and violence against the public they are supposed to protect and serve."
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An Indigenous woman holds a poster with a photograph of Berta Caceres during a march to demand justice in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (photo: Reuters)
An Indigenous woman holds a poster with a photograph of Berta Caceres during a march to demand justice in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (photo: Reuters)

Honduras: Flouted Justice for Berta Caceres
Jackie McVicar, NACLA
McVicar writes: "Three weeks into the trial for the murder of Indigenous Lenca leader Berta Caceres and attempted murder of Mexican environmentalist Gustavo Castro in Honduras, it has become abundantly clear that political interests will supersede true justice in one of the most emblematic cases the country has ever seen."
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On Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez made headlines when she joined climate activists converging in front of Democratic California Rep. Nancy Pelosi's office. (photo: Sunrise Movement)
On Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez made headlines when she joined climate activists converging in front of Democratic California Rep. Nancy Pelosi's office. (photo: Sunrise Movement)

As New Green Deal Democrats Cement Their Hold, Climate Change Emerges as a Top Priority
E. A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "A bold new generation of Democrats are already pushing forward on climate action, in a dramatic change of pace that could spell a very different tune in Washington come January, as well as within the wider party."
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