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Andy Borowitz | Trump Considers Pulling US Out of Constitution 
It came to light that the contract, totaling $600,000 and ending in December 2017, specified that Cohen would provide advice on the $85 billion mega-merger - despite the painstakingly obvious reality that Cohen is not an expert in regulatory or anti-trust matters. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Calling it 'maybe the worst deal ever,' Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he is considering pulling the United States out of the United States Constitution."
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Senator Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Getty Images)
Senator Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Getty Images)

Senator Elizabeth Warren: Gina Haspel "Can't Be Trusted" to Lead CIA
Tori Bedford, WGBH
Bedford writes: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for her fellow senators to reject the nomination of Gina Haspel as director of the CIA, arguing that Haspel's involvement in a controversial Bush-era interrogation program after 9/11 should disqualify her from the position."
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A car plows into pedestrians and vehicles on the mall in Charlottesville during a white supremacist rally. The driver hit the knot of cars and people at high speed, then backed up and fled the scene. (photo: AJC)
A car plows into pedestrians and vehicles on the mall in Charlottesville during a white supremacist rally. The driver hit the knot of cars and people at high speed, then backed up and fled the scene. (photo: AJC)

Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' Organizer Says He's Planning a Sequel
Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress
Barnes writes: "The organizer of last year's violent 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville, Virginia insists that he will be hosting an anniversary rally this August - despite other white nationalist groups wanting nothing to do with it."
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A demonstrator holds a sign at a transgender rights rally. (photo: National Center for Transgender Equality)
A demonstrator holds a sign at a transgender rights rally. (photo: National Center for Transgender Equality

Trump Admin Attacks Trans People Again by Rolling Back Prison Protections
Tracy E. Gilchrist, Advocate
Gilchrist writes: "In its latest assault on transgender people, the Trump administration on Friday rolled back President Barack Obama-era protections for trans inmates that were intended to mitigate their exposure to sexual assault and abuse."
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Jake Flores. (photo: Getty Images)
Jake Flores. (photo: Getty Images)

The Brooklyn Comedian Whose Joke About ICE Got Him a Visit From Homeland Security
Katherine Krueger, Splinter News
Krueger writes: "Jake Flores is a part-time stand-up comic, podcast host, and self-described 'pizza delivery guy' who, in a strange twist of fate, recently found himself debating immigration policy with four Homeland Security agents in his home."
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More than a dozen candidates for mayorships or state assembly seats have been killed so far in the campaign, most in the southern state of Guerrero. (photo: Getty Images)
More than a dozen candidates for mayorships or state assembly seats have been killed so far in the campaign, most in the southern state of Guerrero. (photo: Getty Images)

Third Local Candidate in Mexico's July 1 Voting Killed in Week
Associated Press
Excerpt: "For the third time in a week, gunmen have killed a candidate for a local office in Mexico's July 1 elections."
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A right whale and a diver. (photo: Brian Skerry/National Geographic)
A right whale and a diver. (photo: Brian Skerry/National Geographic)
Facing Extinction, the North Atlantic Right Whale Cannot Adapt. Can We?
Philip Hoare, Guardian UK
Hoare writes: "As if to confound everyone, this past week Dr Charles 'Stormy' Mayo and his team from the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies reported seeing up to 150 right whales in Cape Cod Bay."
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