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Masha Gessen | In the Russian Election, Voters Had Nothing but Bad Options 
A Russian voter casts their ballot. (photo: Igor Russak/Getty)
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker
Gessen writes: "The lazy imagination conjures totalitarianism as a regime in which citizens have no options. But the particular hell of Vladimir Putin's retro-totalitarianism is different: it is a regime in which choice is possible and necessary, but only between soul-deadening options."
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Police investigate scene of bombing in Austin. (photo: Tamir Kalifa/Reuters)
Police investigate scene of bombing in Austin. (photo: Tamir Kalifa/Reuters)


Juan Cole | The Increasingly Ludicrous White House Denial That Austin Bombings Were "Terrorism"
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "It is well known by now that 'terrorism' is often used by American officials as a dog whistle to refer to acts of political violence carried out by Muslims or by minorities, and that typically white violence of a terroristic sort is characterized by other adjectives."
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President Trump with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Melania Trump. (photo: Getty)
President Trump with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Melania Trump. (photo: Getty)

Jeff Sessions Formally Directs States to Pursue Death Penalty in Certain Drug-Related Cases
Katherine Krueger, Splinter News
Krueger writes: "Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed states in a memo released Wednesday to pursue the death penalty in certain drug-related cases as an answer to the opioid epidemic - a plan President Trump first announced this week in New Hampshire."
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Steve Bannon. (photo: James Keivom/NY Daily News)
Steve Bannon. (photo: James Keivom/NY Daily News)

Bannon Oversaw Cambridge Analytica's Collection of Facebook Data, According to Former Employee
Craig Timberg, Karla Adam and Michael Kranish, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Conservative strategist Stephen K. Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's early efforts to collect troves of Facebook data as part of an ambitious program to build detailed profiles of millions of American voters, a former employee of the data-science firm said Tuesday."
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Trump with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Bin Salman. (photo: Getty)
Trump with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Bin Salman. (photo: Getty)



The US Engaged in 7 Wars With No Sign of Retreat
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The U.S. military officially admits it's fighting in seven wars across the globe - Yemen, Niger, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Libya."
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Butch Otter, the Governor of Idaho with his wife Lori. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty)
Butch Otter, the Governor of Idaho with his wife Lori. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty)

Idaho Governor Just Signed Unscientific Anti-Abortion Bill Into Law
Elham Khatami, ThinkProgress
Khatami writes: "Idaho Gov. C.L. 'Butch' Otter (R) on Tuesday signed into law a bill that requires the state to provide information about reversing a medication-induced abortion to patients who have already taken the abortion pill, despite glaring evidence that the 'abortion-reversal' procedure is unscientific and based on shoddy research."
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Water activists in Flint. (photo: Saul Loeb/Getty)
Water activists in Flint. (photo: Saul Loeb/Getty)

After Supreme Court Ruling, Flint Residents Will Finally See Officials in Court
Justine Calma, ThinkProgress
Calma writes: "On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed two class-action lawsuits over contaminated water to go to trial."
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