David Corn and Michael Isikoff | What Happened in Moscow: The Inside Story of How Trump's Obsession With Putin Began



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David Corn and Michael Isikoff | What Happened in Moscow: The Inside Story of How Trump's Obsession With Putin Began 
U.S. president Donald Trump and Russia's president Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, November 11, 2017. (photo: Jorge Silva/Reuters)
David Corn and Michael Isikoff, Mother Jones
Excerpt: "It was late in the afternoon of November 9, 2013, in Moscow, and Donald Trump was getting anxious."
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Blackwater founder Erik Prince arrives for a closed meeting with members of the House Intelligence Committee, November 30, 2017. (photo: Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg)
Blackwater founder Erik Prince arrives for a closed meeting with members of the House Intelligence Committee, November 30, 2017. (photo: Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg)

Report: Mueller Has Heard Testimony Conflicting With Erik Prince's House Intel Answers
Jacqueline Thomsen, The Hill
Thomsen writes: "Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has reportedly heard testimony that appears at odds with answers Blackwater founder Erik Prince gave to the House Intelligence Committee about a meeting he attended with a Russian executive before President Trump's inauguration."
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Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty)
Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty

Democrats Are Considering Dropping Superdelegates From Nomination Process
Ruby Cramer and Ryan C. Brooks, BuzzFeed
Excerpt: "The measure would go a step beyond the Clinton-Sanders Unity Commission proposals to change the superdelegate system. An 'absurd and undemocratic idea,' one DNC member said in a memo to party leaders."
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March for the rights of people with disabilities. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty)
March for the rights of people with disabilities. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty

New Trump Rules Will Drive People With Disabilities off Medicaid and Out of Work
Marty Ford, USA TODAY
Ford writes: "In the end, work requirements will mean less health coverage under Medicaid, leading to worse health and less work for people with disabilities."
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Homeland Security Investigations agents. (photo: AP)
Homeland Security Investigations agents. (photo: AP)

ICE Detains Reproductive Justice Activist, the Latest in a String of Similar Arrests
Ashley Reese, Jezebel
Reese writes: "A reproductive justice activist was detained this week during a check-in with Immigration and Customs enforcement officers in Tucson, Arizona, and her community believes she was targeted because of her activism."
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Victims of police shootings. (photo: VICE)
Victims of police shootings. (photo: VICE)

Survivors of Police Shootings Explain How the Event Changed Their Lives
Keegan Hamilton, Kathleen Caulderwood and Carter Sherman, VICE
Excerpt: "Many of the people wounded in police shootings end up facing charges themselves. Some spend time in jail while still recovering from their injuries, which can be severe. We spoke to four survivors of police shootings about how being shot upended their lives."
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Sequoia National Forest. (photo: David McNew/Newsmakers)
Sequoia National Forest. (photo: David McNew/Newsmakers)


Trees Are Our Best Defense Against Climate Change, but Forests Are Dying at Unprecedented Rates
Eric Holthaus, Grist
Holthaus writes: "Trees are dying at unprecedented rates. Can we rethink conservation before it's too late?"
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