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    Republicans should let Mueller, Rosenstein finish the job

    From the Des Moines Register: Justice and the pursuance of ultimate truth have long been key to the United States legal system. These principles are central to what makes America great: freedom, justice, and equality for all. The current investigation into potential collusion with Russia...
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    North Korea nuclear program accelerating

    North Korea making ‘rapid’ improvements to nuclear reactor despite Trump-Kim agreement The satellite photos, obtained by North Korea analysis outlet 38 North, indicate that the isolated regime is making numerous improvements to its Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center “at a rapid...
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    The first sign.

    Pending home sales drop for fifth straight month in May Potential home buyers took a step back from entering the housing market in May. Pending home sells fell 0.5 percent compared to April. Sales may not see gains in June either, given the drop in applications for mortgages...
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    Which states are going to be hit the hardest by Trump's trade war?

    China is targeting Trump states for their retaliatory tariffs.
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    A symptom rather than a cause?

    A New World is Dawning — And the US Will No Longer Lead It President Trump is criticized for wreaking havoc on the international order, where the US was the established leader. But Trump is simply hastening a change that has been a long time coming. From pulling out of treaties to denigrating...
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    Bypassing a failed administration; the good news

    Indicators far more subtle than job numbers suggest a flourishing of entrepreneurship, collaboration and problem-solving, away from the gaze of national media. After five years spent visiting dozens of towns, The Atlantic writer James Fallows and his wife Deborah have written a book Our Towns...
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    It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good...

    Clothing company aims to raise $100,000 with 'I Really Care' line Wildfang, a clothing brand based in Portland, Oregon, has created a fashion line for charity in response to the jacket Melania Trump wore while en route to visit migrant children in Texas Thursday. The first lady's sartorial...
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    More Policy Headaches

    WASHINGTON — Confusion over President Trump’s order to allow migrant families to remain together after they illegally enter the United States led to a tense argument at the White House late Thursday as senior officials across the federal government clashed over how to carry it out, according to...
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    The Return of the Blood Libel

    True, if we look across America there is a correlation between violent crime and the prevalence of undocumented immigrants — a negative correlation. That is, places with a lot of immigrants, legal and undocumented, tend to have exceptionally low crime rates. The poster child for this tale of...
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    Worst possible time to do this

    The most telling statement of the ongoing border crisis involving the separation of families came Monday night from Ohio Republican Rep. Steve Stivers. "As a father, I know firsthand that there is nothing more important than family, and I understand why kids need to be with their parents,"...
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    Outrage against breaking up families

    Anna Navarro suggests that Trump officials who want Mexican food might best have it delivered: Airlines refuse to be complicit in breaking up families: American Airlines: “We have no desire to be associated with separating families, or worse, to profit from it,” the statement said. “We have...
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    Trump says he won't sign legislation banning separation of children from parents

    President Donald Trump said he hates his own administration’s policy that separates immigrant children from parents when they illegally cross the U.S. border but said he’d refuse to sign compromise immigration legislation crafted by House Republicans that, among other provisions, would end the...
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    Did Donald Trump really tweet it?

    Take the test http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2E7idM/:1UYQpQT8d:ru_-Ybl_/pixlparade.com/quiz-did-donald-trump-actually-tweet-it Warning: Trumpish language.
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    "I won't settle"

    He said that about his fraud charges in the fake "Trump University" scam. But he did. Didn't want to be forced to testify. Crazy as it sounds, he paid $10,000 for a portrait of himself, which he put up in one his sports bars. It can indeed lead to criminal charges in campaign violations and...
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    Piling on

    The New York State attorney general’s office filed a scathingly worded lawsuit on Thursday taking aim at the Donald J. Trump Foundation, accusing the charity and the Trump family of sweeping violations of campaign finance laws, self-dealing and illegal coordination with the presidential...
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    Kim wins

    FOX News: "Shep Smith HAMMERS Trump for Getting HOSED in North Korea meeting: ‘Kim Jong-un got it ALL’"
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    Good News, After All

    This is all very entertaining, but according to economist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, who worked at Google as a data scientist (he is now an op-ed writer for the New York Times), such searches may act as a “digital truth serum” for deeper and darker thoughts. As he explains in his book Everybody...
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    Senate Investigators May Have Found a Missing Piece in the Russia Probe

    Senate Investigators May Have Found a Missing Piece in the Russia Probe An ex-congressman has alleged ties to the Trump campaign, as well as powerful figures in Russia and Ukraine. Finding out what he knows is crucial, a top Democrat in the Senate says. ... Curt Weldon, a Republican and former...
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