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Richard Wolffe | Trump Wanting to Buy Greenland Is Yet Another Sign of Putin's Puppetry 
Icebergs float behind the town of Kulusuk in Greenland on 16 August 2019. (photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
Richard Wolffe, Guardian UK
Wolffe writes: "Greenland didn't just bubble into Trump's mind randomly - it's very much on Russia's radar for its unknown supply of oil, gas and rare metals."
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Joe Walsh. (photo: The Joe Walsh Campaign)
Joe Walsh. (photo: The Joe Walsh Campaign)

Trump Has a Vicious New Primary Challenger - and Drooping GOP Support
Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Tomasky writes: "Trump's numbers among even Republicans are starting to drop, and while Joe Walsh is not going to win the primary, he'll be launching feral attacks and calling out the lies."
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Lindsey Graham. (photo: Jim Watson/Getty Images)
Lindsey Graham. (photo: Jim Watson/Getty Images)



Can a National 'Lose Lindsey' Movement Help Defeat SC's Graham?
Emma Dumain, McClatchy
Dumain writes: "As U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham continues to be a polarizing political figure for his embrace of President Donald Trump, national interest in defeating the Seneca Republican next year is growing. In May, the hashtag 'LindseyGrahamResign' trended on Twitter."
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Dick's Sporting Goods store. (photo: Getty Images)
Dick's Sporting Goods store. (photo: Getty Images)

Dick's Sporting Goods Removed Guns From Their Stores, and Sales Are Climbing
Adam Peck, ThinkProgress
Peck writes: "In February 2018, Ed Stack announced that his company, Dick's Sporting Goods, would voluntarily remove assault-style weapons from their inventory and raise the age to purchase any other gun to 21."
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'In the words of the theme song from Midnight Cowboy, it got everybody talkin.' It was down to me to try to make sense of what was being said.' Dustin Hoffman, left, and Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy. (photo: Alamy)
'In the words of the theme song from Midnight Cowboy, it got everybody talkin.' It was down to me to try to make sense of what was being said.' Dustin Hoffman, left, and Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy. (photo: Alamy)

Homophobic? Maybe. But at Least Midnight Cowboy Showed Me Gay Men on Screen
Ryan Gilbey, Guardian UK
Gilbey writes: "The film is 50, and the debate is on about its motives. But growing up, I hankered after images of other gay men, however they were treated."
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Amid ashes, tress smolder in the Amazon basin in Brazil's Rondonia state on August 24, 2019. (photo: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images)
Amid ashes, tress smolder in the Amazon basin in Brazil's Rondonia state on August 24, 2019. (photo: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images)

After International Criticism, Bolsonaro Deploys Military to Fight Amazon Fires
Anya van Wagtendonk, Vox
van Wagtendonk writes: "Last week, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said the country lacked the resources to fight the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest. Now, he has sent 44,000 troops to battle the flames."
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A light rail train stops along Central Avenue in Phoenix. (photo: Katherine Davis-Young/WP)
A light rail train stops along Central Avenue in Phoenix. (photo: Katherine Davis-Young/WP)

Will America's 'Least Sustainable City' Vote to Kill Rail Transit?
Katherine Davis-Young, The Washington Post
Davis-Young writes: "It's 110 degrees in Phoenix, there's a pollution advisory in effect, and the cloudless sky provides no relief from the brutal sun. Even in the scorching heat, the platforms of the city's light-rail system are packed with rush-hour commuters on this August afternoon."
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