NAACP Issues Stay Away Advisory to Trump for Civil Rights Event




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NAACP Issues Stay Away Advisory to Trump for Civil Rights Event 
Ellie Dahmer, whose husband Vernon was killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1966, tours the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum at a private preview. (photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) 
Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post 
Rosenberg writes: "The NAACP is urging President Trump to skip the opening celebration for a civil rights museum in Mississippi, which he plans to attend, with the organization's leader sharply criticizing the president's record on civil rights." 
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Matthew Cole and Jeremy Scahill | Trump White House Weighing Plans for Private Spies to Counter "Deep State" Enemies 
Matthew Cole and Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept 
Excerpt: "The Trump administration is considering a set of proposals developed by Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a retired CIA officer - with assistance from Oliver North, a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal - to provide CIA Director Mike Pompeo and the White House with a global, private spy network that would circumvent official U.S. intelligence agencies." 
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Hundreds of Protesters Fight the GOP Tax Bill on Capitol Hill 
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress 
Entralgo writes: "Nearly 300 protesters stormed the the Cannon Office Building at the House of Representatives Tuesday afternoon, flooding the halls with chants of 'Kill this bill, don't kill us.'" 
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Why America Fails at Gathering Hate Crime Statistics 
Ken Schwencke, ProPublica 
Schwencke writes: "The FBI relies on local law enforcement agencies to identify and report crimes motivated by bias, but many agencies fumble this task." 
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The Real Causes of Deficits and the US Debt 
Jack Rasmus, teleSUR 
Rasmus writes: "What we'll hear increasingly from the Paul Ryans and other paid-for politicians of the rich is that the victims (retirees, single moms, disabled, underemployed, jobless, etc.) are the cause of the deficits and debt. Therefore they must pay for it. But what they're really paying for will be more tax cuts for the wealthy and more war spending." 
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Human Rights Under Siege: Interview With Honduran Rights Defender Bertha Oliva 
Heather Gies, Upside Down World 
Gies writes: "As Honduras sinks deeper into its worst crisis since 2009 with cries of electoral fraud, a military curfew, and fears of a slide toward dictatorship, Bertha Oliva speaks about the state of human rights and the anti-democratic maneuvers that have set the stage for the current crackdown." 
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Costs of White House Bailout of Coal and Nuclear Plants: 27,000 Early Deaths, $263 Billion 
Grant Smith and Bill Walker, EcoWatch 
Excerpt: "The Trump administration's scheme to make utility customers subsidize dirty, dangerous and aging coal and nuclear power plants would result in 27,000 premature deaths and a net cost of $263 billion by 2045, according to projections by independent researchers. Another analysis estimates that the coal bailout alone would cause about 1,400 premature deaths and 23,000 cases of asthma each year." 
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