Jonathan Chait | Trump Is Taking Out His Enemies and Turning Toward Robert Mueller
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Jonathan Chait | Trump Is Taking Out His Enemies and Turning Toward Robert Mueller
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Chait writes: "A history professor of mine once attempted to explain to our class why Adolf Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, when the virtual impossibility of a land invasion of a country as vast as Russia was already well known in 1941."
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Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Chait writes: "A history professor of mine once attempted to explain to our class why Adolf Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, when the virtual impossibility of a land invasion of a country as vast as Russia was already well known in 1941."
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. (photo: AP)
Russia Investigation May Turn to Ivanka Trump as Mueller Examines Empire
Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Guardian UK
Kirchgaessner writes: "Ivanka Trump is likely to face new legal scrutiny by Robert Mueller following reports that the special counsel has demanded documents from the Trump Organization, where she served as a senior executive."
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Guardian UK
Kirchgaessner writes: "Ivanka Trump is likely to face new legal scrutiny by Robert Mueller following reports that the special counsel has demanded documents from the Trump Organization, where she served as a senior executive."
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Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe pauses while testifying before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in Washington, U.S., June 7, 2017. (photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
In Unhinged Tweetstorm, Trump Admits McCabe Firing Was About Politics
Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress
Rupar wites: "On Saturday afternoon, President Trump acknowledged that the firing of deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe - a move made hours before the 21-year veteran of the bureau was eligible for his pension - was motivated by politics."
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Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress
Rupar wites: "On Saturday afternoon, President Trump acknowledged that the firing of deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe - a move made hours before the 21-year veteran of the bureau was eligible for his pension - was motivated by politics."
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A nurse practitioner uses a fetal heart monitor on a pregnant patient at the Borinquen Medical Center on Aug. 2, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (photo: Lynne Sladky/AP)
US Top Court Mulls Free Speech Fight Over 'Crisis Pregnancy Centers'
Andrew Chung, Reuters
Chung writes: "The Pregnancy Care Clinic in the Southern California city of El Cajon offers a host of services for pregnant women including ultrasound exams, prenatal vitamins and maternity clothes. There is one major exception: abortion."
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Andrew Chung, Reuters
Chung writes: "The Pregnancy Care Clinic in the Southern California city of El Cajon offers a host of services for pregnant women including ultrasound exams, prenatal vitamins and maternity clothes. There is one major exception: abortion."
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Marie Newman, a candidate for Illinois's third congressional district, at the Women's March in Chicago. Newman and Lipinski are currently locked in a tight race. (photo: Joshua Lott/Reuters)
Illinois Primary Pits Rare 'Blue Dog' Democrat Against Progressive Wing
Ben Jacobs, Guardian UK
Jacobs writes: "On a cold Friday morning in early March, the biggest fossil in Chicago was not the Tyrannosaurus Rex perched in the Field Museum downtown. It was standing, wearing a parka, outside a suburban train station."
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Ben Jacobs, Guardian UK
Jacobs writes: "On a cold Friday morning in early March, the biggest fossil in Chicago was not the Tyrannosaurus Rex perched in the Field Museum downtown. It was standing, wearing a parka, outside a suburban train station."
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Russian president Vladimir Putin. (photo: Alexnei Nikolosky/Getty)
These Russian Elections Follow an Old Soviet Tradition
Roman Dobrokhotov, Al Jazeera
Dobrokhotov writes: "To understand what the upcoming Russian elections are about, one needs only take a look at the ballot. It would be clear even to those who do not speak Russian. The candidate, who will win, is already marked clearly on the ballot."
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Roman Dobrokhotov, Al Jazeera
Dobrokhotov writes: "To understand what the upcoming Russian elections are about, one needs only take a look at the ballot. It would be clear even to those who do not speak Russian. The candidate, who will win, is already marked clearly on the ballot."
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'Narratives about industry meddling in scientific research can provide seductive explanations for twists and turns in science and policy.' (photo: Tony Cenicola/NYT)
The Made-Up Story About How Big Sugar Shifted the Blame to Fat
David Merritt Johns and Gerald M. Oppenheimer, Slate
Excerpt: "Over the last two decades a remarkable shift in focus has taken place in the nutrition field - we've gone from blaming fat for our expanding waistlines to fingering sugar instead."
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David Merritt Johns and Gerald M. Oppenheimer, Slate
Excerpt: "Over the last two decades a remarkable shift in focus has taken place in the nutrition field - we've gone from blaming fat for our expanding waistlines to fingering sugar instead."
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