Lee Fang | How Lobbyists and Insiders Could Override Voters to Choose the Democratic Presidential Nominee
01 July 19
Lee Fang | How Lobbyists and Insiders Could Override Voters to Choose the Democratic Presidential Nominee
Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "The era of smoky backroom deals and political power brokers in charge of the Democratic Party could come roaring back in Milwaukee next year, when thousands of party faithful convene to formally select the party's presidential nominee at the Democratic National Convention."
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Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "The era of smoky backroom deals and political power brokers in charge of the Democratic Party could come roaring back in Milwaukee next year, when thousands of party faithful convene to formally select the party's presidential nominee at the Democratic National Convention."
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Fourth of July celebration in Washington D.C. (photo: Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Washington Taxpayers Bear the Burden as Trump's Ego Infiltrates National Fourth of July Celebration
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "Washington, D.C.'s Fourth of July celebrations have played out roughly the same way for decades."
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Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "Washington, D.C.'s Fourth of July celebrations have played out roughly the same way for decades."
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Ivanka Trump. (photo: AP)
Feminism Begins at Home, Ivanka Trump
Molly Jong-Fast, The Daily Beast
Jong-Fast writes: "On the very same week that her father faced at least his 16th accusation of sexual assault, the president's daughter took the stage at the G-20 to speak on 'women's empowerment.'"
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Molly Jong-Fast, The Daily Beast
Jong-Fast writes: "On the very same week that her father faced at least his 16th accusation of sexual assault, the president's daughter took the stage at the G-20 to speak on 'women's empowerment.'"
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John Bolton. (photo: Jeff Malet/ZUMA)
US Arms Control Office Critically Understaffed Under Trump
Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "A state department office tasked with negotiating and implementing nuclear disarmament treaties has lost more than 70% of its staff over the past two years, as the Trump administration moves towards a world without arms control for the first time in nearly half a century."
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Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "A state department office tasked with negotiating and implementing nuclear disarmament treaties has lost more than 70% of its staff over the past two years, as the Trump administration moves towards a world without arms control for the first time in nearly half a century."
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A Robert Mapplethorpe self-portrait is projected on the Corcoran Gallery of Art during a 1989 protest over trustees' decision not to show his work. (photo: Carol Guzy/WP)
A Museum Canceled Its Robert Mapplethorpe Show - and Decades Later, It's Finally Trying to Make Amends
Kriston Capps, The Washington Post
Capps writes: "In an effort to head off a conflict with Congress, the Corcoran had instead set off a crisis that would consume the museum. In the parlance of today, the Corcoran was canceled."
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Kriston Capps, The Washington Post
Capps writes: "In an effort to head off a conflict with Congress, the Corcoran had instead set off a crisis that would consume the museum. In the parlance of today, the Corcoran was canceled."
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The entrance to the Bahia Principe resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, where, according to family members, a tourist died unexpectedly after getting sick last year. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Tourist Trap: The Truth About All Those Deaths in the Dominican Republic.
Daniel Engber, Slate
Engber writes: "When U.S. tourist Khalid Adkins passed away in Santo Domingo last week, after getting sick and being pulled off his return flight, the 46-year-old's name was added to a growing list of Americans who have died this year while visiting the Dominican Republic."
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Daniel Engber, Slate
Engber writes: "When U.S. tourist Khalid Adkins passed away in Santo Domingo last week, after getting sick and being pulled off his return flight, the 46-year-old's name was added to a growing list of Americans who have died this year while visiting the Dominican Republic."
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San Francisco Becomes First Major US City to Ban E-Cigarette Sales
Sam Nickerson, EcoWatch
Nickerson writes: "San Francisco became the first major American city to ban e-cigarette sales following two unanimous votes by its Board of Supervisors."
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Sam Nickerson, EcoWatch
Nickerson writes: "San Francisco became the first major American city to ban e-cigarette sales following two unanimous votes by its Board of Supervisors."
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