Joe Kennedy III | Mental Health Crisis Isn't About Guns. It's About Trump and GOP Gutting Medicaid




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Joe Kennedy III | Mental Health Crisis Isn't About Guns. It's About Trump and GOP Gutting Medicaid 
Joe Kennedy III. (photo: AP)
Joe Kennedy III, USA Today
Kennedy III writes: "If Republican leaders are talking about mental health, it's generally for one reason - to avoid talking about guns."
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Robert Mueller. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Robert Mueller. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December
Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt, The New York Times
Excerpt: "In early December, President Trump, furious over news reports about a new round of subpoenas from the office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, told advisers in no uncertain terms that Mr. Mueller's investigation had to be shut down."
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Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump, Karen McDougal. (photo: Matt Sayles/Evan Vucci/Dimitrios Kambouris/AP/Getty)
Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump, Karen McDougal. (photo: Matt Sayles/Evan Vucci/Dimitrios Kambouris/AP/Getty)




FBI Raid of Trump Lawyer's Office Related to Payments to Two Women Alleging Affairs With the President
Ashley Parker, Devlin Barrett, Carol D. Leonnig and Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump's personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, are seeking records related to two women who received payments in 2016 after alleging affairs with Trump years before - adult-film star Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal - according to two people familiar with the matter."
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Mick Mulvaney. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Mick Mulvaney. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Consumer Watchdog Agency Has Taken No Enforcement Action Under Trump, New Report Finds
Molly Olmstead, Slate
Olmstead writes: "A new report by the Associated Press has found that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the federal consumer watchdog agency, has not taken a single enforcement action against any banks, credit card companies, debt collectors, or finance companies since the start of the Trump administration."
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Arizona State Representative Athena Salman. (photo: Evan Clark/Spectrum Experience)

Arizona House Passes Bill That Would Invade the Privacy of Abortion Patients

(photo: Evan Clark/Spectrum Experience)
Arizona House Passes Bill That Would Invade the Privacy of Abortion Patients
Elham Khatami, ThinkProgress
Khatami writes: "The House passed legislation Monday that, according to Planned Parenthood, 'shames' individuals for wanting an abortion."
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Currently, 125,000 women are employed as part of the health program. (photo: Shameen Khan/Al Jazeera)
Currently, 125,000 women are employed as part of the health program. (photo: Shameen Khan/Al Jazeera)

The Plight of Pakistan's Lady Health Workers
Hafsa Adil, Al Jazeera
Adil writes: "For Pakistan's Lady Health Workers, it is a life of verbal threats, physical abuse, and unpaid salaries."
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Higgins eye pearlymussels from the Chippewa River, tagged so biologists can track their movements. (photo: Katie Steiger-Meister/USFWS)
Higgins eye pearlymussels from the Chippewa River, tagged so biologists can track their movements. (photo: Katie Steiger-Meister/USFWS)

America's Freshwater Mussels Are Going Extinct - Here's Why That Sucks
John R. Platt, Grist
Platt writes: "Unfortunately, despite the service they provide to our rivers and streams, North America's freshwater mussels now need some conservation muscle."
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