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Robert Reich | Trump's Wrecking Ball Assaults American Government. Luckily, It Is Strongly Built 
Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
Robert Reich, Guardian UK
Reich writes: "Americans don't always like what government does but they overwhelmingly support the American system of government. They want to improve it, not destroy it. Enter Donald Trump, who has turned this how-what distinction on its head."
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Sarah Sanders Says Trump's AG Will Decide Whether Comey Should Be Arrested
Frank Dale, ThinkProgress
Dale writes: "The White House won't rule out prosecuting President Donald Trump's adversaries." 






Pro-choice and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on July 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Pro-choice and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on July 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Amanda Marcotte | Abortion Rights Are Under Serious Attack: Here's How Men Can Join the Fight
Amanda Marcotte, Salon
Marcotte writes: "According to Perry Undem, nearly as many men as women - 71% of men vs. 75% of women - support upholding Roe vs. Wade. And 59% of men, compared to 66% of women, want state legislators to protect or expand abortion access."
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using solitary confinement as a standard punishment rather than a last resort. (photo: Hannah McKay/Reuters)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using solitary confinement as a standard punishment rather than a last resort. (photo: Hannah McKay/Reuters)

How ICE Is Using Solitary Confinement to Punish Asylum Seekers, Including LGBT and Disabled Immigrants
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "We look at a new, damning investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that has revealed this widespread abusive use of solitary confinement in immigration jails overseen by U.S."
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'Construction giants and water corporations are looking to cash in on the crisis.' (photo: ZDNet)
'Construction giants and water corporations are looking to cash in on the crisis.' (photo: ZDNet)

Public-Private Partnerships Will Never Solve America's Infrastructure Crisis
Jeremy Mohler, In These Times
Mohler writes: "Decreased federal investment is resulting in de facto privatization. The more Washington dithers, the more state and local governments become desperate for cash."
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Protesters take part in a march ahead of June 4 anniversary of military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, in Hong Kong, China May 26, 2019. (photo: James Pomfret/Reuters)
Protesters take part in a march ahead of June 4 anniversary of military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, in Hong Kong, China May 26, 2019. (photo: James Pomfret/Reuters)

Hong Kong Protestors Demand China Be Held to Account for 1989 Tiananmen Crackdown
James Pomfret, Reuters
Pomfret writes: "Thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday as part of annual demonstrations demanding that China be held accountable for its democracy crackdown in and around Tiananmen Square three decades ago."
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In Old Crow, Yukon, the Gwichin rely on caribou for food and sustenance. (photo: G MacRae/Flickr)
In Old Crow, Yukon, the Gwichin rely on caribou for food and sustenance. (photo: G MacRae/Flickr)

The First Tribal Climate Emergency Declaration Is Here - and It Won't Be the Last
Yessenia Funes, Gizmodo
Funes writes: "An indigenous community in Canada's Yukon territory recently declared a climate emergency. In fact, they are the first indigenous peoples to do so - and that's major."
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