RSN: William Boardman | Trump's Immigration Police State Persistently Violates the Law

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RSN: William Boardman | Trump's Immigration Police State Persistently Violates the Law 

William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "The US government's treatment of immigrant children not only shocks the conscience, it is also in chronic, blatant violation of US law."
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren. (photo: MediaDC)

Warren's Brilliant Plan to Neutralize Republican Voter Suppression
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released a 'plan to strengthen our democracy' on Tuesday."
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NSA operations center in 2012. (photo: NSA)

NSA Improperly Collected US Phone Records a Second Time
Dustin Volz, The Wall Street Journal
Volz writes: "The National Security Agency collected records about U.S. calls and text messages that it wasn't authorized to obtain last year, in a second such incident, renewing privacy concerns surrounding the agency's maligned phone-surveillance program, according to government documents and people familiar with the matter."
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NRA Shuts Down NRATV Production, Cuts Ties With Advertising Firm
Rebecca Falconer, Axios
Falconer writes: "The National Rifle Association has shut down production at NRATV and cut ties with advertising firm Ackerman McQueen."
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Illinois Governor Signs Law Legalizing Recreational Use of Marijuana
Scott Neuman, NPR
Neuman writes: "Illinois has become the 11th state in the country to legalize the recreational use and purchase of marijuana."
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Wayfair Workers to Walk Off Job to Protest Furniture Sales to Migrant Detention Centers
Ben Kesslen, NBC News
Kesslen writes: "Employees of the Boston-based online furniture company Wayfair are set to walk out Wednesday in protest of the company's decision to continue supplying furniture to migrant detention centers."
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The San Gorgonio wind farm near Rancho Mirage in California. The falling cost of renewables and gas causing coal to be dislodged as a favored energy source for utilities. (photo: Xinhau/Barcroft)

US in Energy Landmark as Renewables Produce More Electricity Than Coal
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman writes: "The US generated more electricity from renewable sources than coal for the first time ever in April, new federal government data has shown."
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