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Robert Reich | This Might Be the Charge That Leads to Trump's Impeachment 
Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "Special Counsel Robert Mueller is preparing a report on Trump's repeated attempts to obstruct justice in the Russia investigation, according to NBC News."
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President Trump receiving a briefing on Monday from military leaders at the White House. (photo: Tom Brenner/NYT)
President Trump receiving a briefing on Monday from military leaders at the White House. (photo: Tom Brenner/NYT)

THIS SAYS IT ALL: 
"...No lesson of history is ever learned in Washington, D.C...."


Juan Cole | Reality Show Violence in the Age of Trump: Striking Syria
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "President Trump along with allies British prime minister Theresa May and French president Emannuel Macron struck Syria on Friday evening."
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Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, shares a laugh with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a discussion at the conservative Hudson Institute. (photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, shares a laugh with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a discussion at the conservative Hudson Institute. (photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)


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James Hohmann, The Washington Post
Hohmann writes: "President Trump's pardon of Lewis 'Scooter' Libby is the latest signal to his associates that he has the power and inclination to reward those who stay loyal during special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation."
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Thousands of teachers from across Kentucky fill the state Capitol to rally for increased funding and to protest last-minute changes to their state-funded pension system on Monday in Frankfort. (photo: Timothy D. Easley/AP)
Thousands of teachers from across Kentucky fill the state Capitol to rally for increased funding and to protest last-minute changes to their state-funded pension system on Monday in Frankfort. (photo: Timothy D. Easley/AP)

Revealed: Secret Rightwing Strategy to Discredit Teacher Strikes
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
Pilkington writes: "A nationwide network of rightwing thinktanks is launching a PR counteroffensive against the teachers' strikes that are sweeping the country, circulating a 'messaging guide' for anti-union activists that portrays the walkouts as harmful to low-income parents and their children."
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John Campbell, a mover, center, removed boxes during an eviction from a Milwaukee apartment. The tenant was not home. (photo: Ben Brewer/NYT)
John Campbell, a mover, center, removed boxes during an eviction from a Milwaukee apartment. The tenant was not home. (photo: Ben Brewer/NYT)

Nearly 4 People Are Evicted Every Minute: New Project Tracks US Eviction Epidemic and Effects
Matthew Desmond and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "A new project called the Eviction Lab examined more than 80 million eviction records going back to 2000 and found that in 2016 alone there were nearly four evictions filed every minute."
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Corozal, Puerto Rico. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Corozal, Puerto Rico. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Corozal, Puerto Rico. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Wall Street Is Trying to Embezzle Puerto Rico's Hurricane Relief Money
Lara Merling, NACLA
Merling writes: "Glancing over last week's headlines, one might think there's been some sort of significant improvement in the outlook for Puerto Rico's beleaguered economy."
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The executive order restricts what science can be considered when regulating air quality and directs the EPA to heed warnings from interests outside of the scientific and public health realms. (photo: Peter Parks/Getty Images)
The executive order restricts what science can be considered when regulating air quality and directs the EPA to heed warnings from interests outside of the scientific and public health realms. (photo: Peter Parks/Getty Images)

Trump's New Executive Order Spells Disaster for Our Air Quality
Justine Calma, Grist
Excerpt: "were all watching the Wheeler and Pruitt train wreck on Thursday, President Trump nonchalantly gave industry a huge pass to pollute."
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