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Barbara McQuade | If Whistleblower Is Right, Trump May Have Committed Extortion and Bribery
If Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, so desires, he has the ability to seriously damage Trump's presidency with a few choice disclosures. (photo: Alexey Vitvitsky/Sputnik/AP)
Barbara McQuade, The Daily Beast
McQuade writes: "If the latest allegations about President Donald Trump's conversations with the leader of Ukraine are true, his conduct may constitute a garden-variety public corruption crime: extortion and bribery."
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Seven Freshman Democrats: These Allegations Are a Threat to All We Have Sworn to Protect
Gil Cisneros, Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, Elaine Luria, Mikie Sherrill, Elissa Slotkin and Abigail Spanberger, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "This flagrant disregard for the law cannot stand."
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Could Susan Collins' Vote for Kavanaugh Help the Democrats Flip the Senate in 2020?
Joan E. Greve, Guardian UK
Greve writes: "Hundreds of miles from the supreme court, the ramifications of [...] the contentious Kavanaugh hearings are weighing heavily on the minds of Maine voters as they consider whether to re-elect the Republican senator who helped put Kavanaugh on the bench."
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US Soldier Discussed Plans to Bomb News Network, Kill Beto O'Rourke: Feds
Adam Rawnsley, The Daily Beast
Rawnsley writes: "A U.S. Army soldier has been charged with distribution of information related to explosives and weapons of mass destruction after FBI agents allegedly uncovered chats about his plans to carry out terrorist attacks in the U.S. and to travel to Ukraine to fight with extremist right-wing militias."
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Fox & Friends Is Terrified of Greta Thunberg
Samantha Grasso, Splinter
Grasso writes: "Climate change activist Greta Thunberg is a force so powerful that Fox News has finally started taking her seriously-as the enemy of children everywhere."
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Zapatista Invitation to the Second International Gathering of Women Who Struggle
Chiapas Support Committee
Excerpt: "Given that at the First Gathering we made an agreement to live, now we have to evaluate what we have done or not done to honor this agreement. Thus we are calling for a Second International Encounter of Women Who Struggle, focused on one theme only: violence against women."
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Climate Movement Could Radically Transform Criminal System
Sarah Lustbader, The Appeal
Lustbader writes: "In the U.S., people in the criminal system often bear the brunt of climate change in a more acute way than others."
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