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Matt Taibbi | The Pentagon Wins Again 
F22 fighter jet on runway. (photo: Getty Images)
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "In budget negotiations this week, congressional Democrats seem to have brought knives to the Republican gunfight. This time, the issue was defense spending."
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William Barr. (photo: Tom Williams/Getty Images)
William Barr. (photo: Tom Williams/Getty Images)  

Mueller Report Rules Were Written to Give Congress Access, Say Experts
Adam Peck and Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress
Excerpt: "Congress is still trying to extricate the Mueller report from the Justice Department, but the Trump administration doing its best to keep it from public view."
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ICE agents make an arrest. (photo: Getty Images)
ICE agents make an arrest. (photo: Getty Images)

ICE Arrests More Than 280 in Texas in Largest Workplace Raid in a Decade
Hamed Aleaziz, BuzzFeed
Aleaziz writes: "US immigration agents arrested more than 280 suspected unauthorized employees Wednesday in a raid on a phone equipment repair business in Texas, the largest such sweep at a single worksite in more than a decade, officials said."
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A health care rally. (photo: Health Care for All)
A health care rally. (photo: Health Care for All)

Medicare for All Critics Are Telling Lies
Matt Bruenig, Jacobin
Bruenig writes: "One of the most common myths about the US health system is that if you like your insurance, you can keep it. But millions of people are thrown off their employer-based coverage every year - so the only solution is Medicare for All."
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Public Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda attends the trial of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda at the ICC (International Criminal Court) in the Hague, the Netherlands, August 28, 2018. (photo: Bas Czerwinski/Reuters)
Public Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda attends the trial of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda at the ICC (International Criminal Court) in the Hague, the Netherlands, August 28, 2018. (photo: Bas Czerwinski/Reuters)

Trump Administration Revokes Entry Visa for ICC Prosecutor Investigating US War Crimes in Afghanistan
Reuters
Excerpt: "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last month the U.S. would withdraw or deny visas to ICC staff investigating such allegations against U.S. forces or their allies."
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Since 2010, Honduras has been host to one of the highest murder rates in the world. (photo: UNICEF)
Since 2010, Honduras has been host to one of the highest murder rates in the world. (photo: UNICEF)

UNICEF: A Child Dies Violently in Honduras Every Day
teleSUR
Excerpt: "In Honduras, a child under 18 dies violently every day, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)."
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Pollution from a factory. (photo: Reuters)
Pollution from a factory. (photo: Reuters)

CO2 Levels Are Now at a 3 Million-Year High
Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch
Rosane writes: "There is likely more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere now than at any other time in the last three million years."
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