Trump's Dangerous Plot to Weaponize the Supreme Court




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Trump's Dangerous Plot to Weaponize the Supreme Court 
The Supreme Court. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Ruth Marcus, The Washington Post
Marcus writes: "He is ignorant of - ignorant, really, to the point of allergic to - the importance of the judiciary as an independent institution and the operation of the rule of law. Yet he is also maliciously canny."
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TRUMP'S WAR CABINET! 
IS THIS WHAT THE NATION WANTS? MORE ENDLESS WARS TO BUILD AMERICAN EMPIRE?  

John Bolton speaking at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, on April 17, 2015. (photo: Darren McCollester/Getty Images/JTA)
John Bolton speaking at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, on April 17, 2015. (photo: Darren McCollester/Getty Images/JTA)

Patrick Cockburn | The Appointments of John Bolton and Mike Pompeo in the US Bring Us Closer to War in the Middle East
Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
Cockburn writes: "Armed conflict between the US and Iran is becoming more probable by the day as super-hawks replace hawks in the Trump administration."
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ONLY FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS WOULD ALLOW LAURA INGRAHAM A PLATFORM FOR HER HATE! KUDOS TO DAVID HOGG FOR ENDING THIS MISERY!   

Laura Ingraham and David Hogg. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/Rich Schultz/AP)
Laura Ingraham and David Hogg. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/Rich Schultz/AP)

Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Is Going on 'Vacation' as Advertisers Bail
David Boddiger, Splinter News
Boddiger writes: "The contemptible Laura Ingraham, host of the Fox News show The Ingraham Angle, announced Friday that she is taking a week of Easter 'vacation' as advertisers continue to abandon her show."
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Oklahoma teachers rally on March 15 ahead of an April 2 strike date. (photo: @KGrumke/Twitter)
Oklahoma teachers rally on March 15 ahead of an April 2 strike date. (photo: @KGrumke/Twitter)

It's Oklahoma's Turn to Strike
Eric Blanc, Jacobin
Blanc writes: "The historic victory in West Virginia has inspired teachers and staff across the United States. Marches, rallies, and sickouts in defense of public schools have spread to Kentucky, Arizona, Wisconsin, and beyond. Whether this movement becomes a bona fide strike wave will depend to a significant degree on what happens in Oklahoma over the coming days."
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APRIL FOOL'S DAY! 
THE GROPER. THE BIGGEST FOOL OF ALL,  WHO HAS ASSAULTED WOMEN DECLARES 



President Donald Trump speaks at Local 18 Richfield Training Facility, March 29, 2018, in Richfield, Ohio. (photo: David Richard/AP)
President Donald Trump speaks at Local 18 Richfield Training Facility, March 29, 2018, in Richfield, Ohio. (photo: David Richard/AP)

Oh, Yes He Did: Donald J. Trump Declares April National Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Angela Helm, The Root
Helm writes: "It's clear that President Donald Trump has left shame way back in the place where his top hairs used to be-the distant past. But seriously, what shame? The ease with which lies roll off his forked tongue and the fact that he chooses his advisers and cabinet with the qualifications of a stay at a Holiday Day Express proves that he has none."
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Six protesters were hospitalized after a hunger strike calling for an end to violence entered its second day. (photo: Mohammad Omar Lemar/Al Jazeera)
Six protesters were hospitalized after a hunger strike calling for an end to violence entered its second day. (photo: Mohammad Omar Lemar/Al Jazeera)

'Enough of War': Why Afghans Are Hunger Striking
Shereena Qazi, Al Jazeera
Qazi writes: "Dozens of Afghans have launched a hunger strike in a desperate attempt to call attention to the violence in the southern Helmand province, which witnessed a deadly car bomb attack last week."
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ExxonMobil. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ExxonMobil. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A Judge Just Said "Nope" to ExxonMobil's Efforts to Stop an Investigation Into Their Own Coverup
Zoya Teirstein, Grist
Teirstein writes: "In 2015, two U.S. attorney generals set out to determine whether oil giant ExxonMobil misled the public and its investors about the role that fossil fuels play in warming the planet."
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