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John Kiriakou | Can #MeToo Reach the Hidden Victims? 
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John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News 
Kiriakou writes: "The #MeToo movement is one of the most important societal watersheds in recent history. But not everyone is benefiting from society’s newfound conscience." 
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Judge Dismisses CREW Emoluments Lawsuit on Technical Grounds 
David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O'Connell, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that President Trump violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause because his hotels and restaurants do business with foreign governments while he is in office." 
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Sanctuary Churches Fight Trump's Deportation Surge 
Patrick Strickland, Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath and Creede Newton, Al Jazeera 
Excerpt: "Although arrests at the border have decreased during Trump's first year, the total number of 'interior removals' - or deportations of people already in the US - grew by 37 percent under the new president when compared with the same period in 2016. Against this backdrop, progressive churches are revamping their efforts to push back against the government's ostensible crackdown on immigrants." 
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House Republican Calls for 'Purge' of the Department of Justice 
Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress 
Barnes writes: "On Tuesday, Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) called for a 'purge' of the Department of Justice to root out officials who may be biased against Trump." 
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To the Chicago Police, Any Black Kid Is in a Gang 
Tamar Manasseh, The New York Times 
Manasseh writes: "My son is a teenager and he is black. So he must be in a gang. At least that’s what a white woman wrote in the comment section of a newspaper article that mentioned him." 
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Parched for a Price: Karachi's Water Crisis 
Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera 
Hashim writes: "It is so rare for water to flow through the taps here that residents say they have given up expecting it." 
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Analysis: Congress Attacked Endangered Species Every 6 Days in 2017 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "The Republican-controlled 115th Congress has introduced at least 63 separate pieces of legislation that would strip federal protections for specific threatened species or undermine the U.S. Endangered Species Act, according to a new analysis from the Center for Biological Diversity. That's one such bill every six days in 2017 alone." 
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