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Barbara McQuade | Trump's Anti-Hillary Crusade Could Break the Justice Department 
Donald Trump lurks behind Hillary Clinton as she answers a question from the audience during a debate in 2016. (photo: Rick Wilking/Reuters) 
Barbara McQuade, The Daily Beast 
McQuade writes: "To be effective, the Department of Justice must be independent from partisan politics. And, just as important, it must be perceived as independent." 
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6 Burning Questions Robert Mueller Will Want to Ask President Trump 
Aaron Blake, The Washington Post 
Blake writes: "President Trump could sit down with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigators as soon as the next few weeks, though any cooperation from the president is being carefully negotiated right now, according to The Post's Carol D. Leonnig." 
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Tillerson: US Diplomats Will Not Return to Cuba Soon 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "U.S. diplomats will not be returning to Cuba anytime soon, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday morning, as a Senate Committee prepared to review the alleged attacks." 
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Former Arizona Sheriff and Anti-Immigrant Joe Arpaio Is Running for Senate 
Rafi Schwartz, Splinter 
Schwartz writes: "Former Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced on Tuesday that he plans to run for Republican Senator Jeff Flake's soon-to-be-vacant seat." 
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New Federal Court Order Green Lights Republican Efforts to 'Supercharge Voter Suppression' 
Kira Lerner, ThinkProgress 
Lerner writes: "A federal judge on Tuesday ended a consent decree banning the Republican National Committee from engaging in ballot security activities, giving a major boost to Republicans' efforts to suppress minority voters." 
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How Legalization Is Already Hurting California's Small Pot Farmers 
Madison Margolin, Rolling Stone 
Margolin writes: "Brian Chaplin was dining in town when he received a text from one of his pot trimmers: 'We just got fucking robbed 911.'" 
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FERC Rejection of Coal and Nuclear Bailout Is Big Win for Renewable Energy 
Alex Formuzis, Environmental Working Group 
Formuzis writes: "Federal regulators' rejection Monday of the White House's scheme to prop up the coal and nuclear power industries is a big win for electricity customers and renewable energy, said Environmental Working Group (EWG) President Ken Cook." 
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