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Paul Krugman | Trump's Kakistocracy Is Also a Hackistocracy 
Stephen Moore, President Trump's latest choice for the Federal Reserve Board, is good at being wrong. (photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "It's no secret that Donald Trump has appointed a lot of partisan, unqualified hacks to key policy positions."
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Trump Tower Chicago. (photo: Getty)
Trump Tower Chicago. (photo: Getty)

How Donald Trump Inflated His Net Worth to Lenders and Investors
David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O'Connell, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Investigators on Capitol Hill and in New York are homing in on unusual documents in an apparent attempt to determine whether Trump's familiar habit of bragging about his wealth ever crossed a line into fraud."
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A supporter of President Donald Trump holds up a sign reading 'CNN sucks' during a campaign rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana. (photo: P. Bernstein/Getty)
A supporter of President Donald Trump holds up a s

Republican Party Says It Will Personally Target Reporters Critical of Trump
Adam Peck, ThinkProgress
Peck writes: "The Republican National Committee and pro-Trump super PAC America First plan to use intimidation tactics and harassment to defend President Donald Trump from journalists reporting facts they deem critical of the White House, according to reports on Thursday."
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A group of 22 migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and Salvador await processing underneath the Paso Del Norte Bridge on March 28, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (photo: Christ Chavez/Getty)
A group of 22 migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and Salvador await processing underneath the Paso Del Norte Bridge on March 28, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (photo: Christ Chavez/Getty)

DHS to Ask Congress for Sweeping Authority to Deport Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Julia Ainsley, NBC News
Ainsley writes: "Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will ask Congress for the authority to deport unaccompanied migrant children more quickly, to hold families seeking asylum in detention until their cases are decided and to allow immigrants to apply for asylum from their home countries, according to a copy of the request obtained by NBC News."
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee head Cheri Bustos. (photo: Getty)
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee head Cheri Bustos. (photo: Getty)

New DCCC Chair Is a Best Friend of Health Insurers
Wendell Potter, Tarbell
Potter writes: "It came as no surprise to see Cheri Bustos pouring a big bucket of ice-cold water on the very idea that Congress would give serious consideration to improving and expanding the Medicare program to cover every American."
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Secretary Mike Pompeo and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (photo: Getty)
Secretary Mike Pompeo and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (photo: Getty)

Trump Admin Gives OK to Sell Nuclear Tech to Saudis
Erin Banco, The Daily Beast
Banco writes: "The U.S. Department of Energy has approved six authorizations for U.S. companies seeking to conduct nuclear related work in Saudi Arabia, according to two sources with knowledge of those approvals."
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Plaintiff Edwin Haderman leaves with his wife Mary after a jury said Monsanto must pay him more than  million in damages. (photo: Josh Edelson/Getty)
Plaintiff Edwin Haderman leaves with his wife Mary after a jury said Monsanto must pay him more than million in damages. (photo: Josh Edelson/Getty)

Man Who Developed Cancer After Roundup Use Awarded More Than $80 Million in Damages
Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch
Rosane writes: "A jury in the first U.S. federal Roundup trial ruled Wednesday that Bayer must pay more than $80 million in damages to 70-year-old Edwin Hardeman, who developed cancer after using the glyphosate-containing weedkiller to control poison oak, weeds and overgrowth on his Sonoma property for years."
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