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Paul Gottinger | It's Not Just Russia. Saudi Arabia and UAE Are Buying Influence in the Trump Administration. 
President Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office. (photo: Evan Vucci/AP)
Paul Gottinger, Reader Supported News
Gottinger writes: "This week, Trump met with the Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman as part of the prince's tour of the US. Over the next two weeks, the prince, who is widely referred to as MBS, will meet US business leaders and politicians in an attempt to drum up investment in his country and deepen Saudi Arabian influence in the US."
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U.S. president George W. Bush and Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton meet in the Oval Office of the White House December 4, 2006, in Washington, D.C. (photo: Getty)
U.S. president George W. Bush and Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton meet in the Oval Office of the White House December 4, 2006, in Washington, D.C. (photo: Getty

John Bolton and Gina Haspel Are the Consequences of Our Failure to Reckon With the Bush Years
Joshua Keating, Slate
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Wisconsin governor Scott Walker signed legislation that prevents local governments from requiring contractors to hire union labor for publicly funded construction projects. (photo: Joshua Roberts/Newscom)
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker signed legislation that prevents local governments from requiring contractors to hire union labor for publicly funded construction projects. (photo: Joshua 

Scott Walker Is Ordered to Stop Blocking Special Elections
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Kilgore writes: "In Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker, never one to put fairness ahead of partisanship, has found a convenient way to avoid embarrassing special election losses: by not holding special elections."
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Domestic terrorists go on trial this week in Kansas. (photo: Getty)
Domestic terrorists go on trial this week in Kansas. (photo: Getty)

Trump-Supporting Militia Members Who Plotted to Bomb a Muslim Community Face Trial
Casey Michel, ThinkProgress
Michel writes: "After a failed bombing plot, Somali-Americans are leaving a small Kansas town en masse."
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IBM has systematically used layoffs to reduce the age of its workforce. (photo: Bloomberg/Getty)
IBM has systematically used layoffs to reduce the age of its workforce. (photo: Bloomberg/Getty)
Eroding Protection Under the Law for Older Americans
Peter Gosselin, ProPublica
Gosselin writes: "Older Americans who face discrimination on the job can't rely on the courts as much as earlier generations did."
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Edwin Espinal, posing in November 2015 with young friends in Rio Blanco where he had gone to support Berta Cáceres, just months before her assassination. (photo: Karen Spring)
Edwin Espinal, posing in November 2015 with young friends in Rio Blanco where he had gone to support Berta Cáceres, just months before her assassination. (photo: Karen Spring)

Serving Time: Political Prisoners in Honduras
Adrienne Pine, NACLA
Pine writes: "Edwin Espinal is just one of dozens of Honduran political prisoners currently being held in high-security facilities. On the Global Day of Action for political prisoners, the international community must join their struggle."
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An oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, before the arrival of Hurricane Harvey on August 25, 2017. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty)
An oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, before the arrival of Hurricane Harvey on August 25, 2017. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty)

Officials Underreported Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Fallout
Justine Calma, Grist
Calma writes: "An investigation by the Associated Press and the Houston Chronicle uncovered more than 100 releases of industrial toxins in the wake of Hurricane Harvey."
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