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Juan Cole | When Trump Calls Latinos "Animals," Should We Hear Echoes of the SS's Undermen? 
President Trump at the California Sanctuary State Roundtable in the Cabinet Room on Wednesday. (photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Yesterday Trump again called some undocumented migrants into the US 'animals.' Calling people animals has been a parlor sport with Mr. Trump."
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Michael Cohen. (photo: Getty)
Michael Cohen. (photo: Getty)


Michael Cohen Solicited $1 Million From Qatar Government for Trump Access
Reuters
Excerpt: "U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen asked the Qatari government for at least $1 million in December 2016 in exchange for access or insight into the Trump administration."
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Attorney Michael Avenatti. (photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
Attorney Michael Avenatti. (photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Avenatti: Two More Women Claim They Were Paid Hush Money to Stay Quiet About Trump Affairs
Brooks Seipel, The Hill
Seipel writes: "The lawyer for adult-film star Stormy Daniels said Thursday that two women have approached him with claims they were paid to stay silent about affairs with President Trump."
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“Across the country, more state legislatures are increasing the penalties for multiple shoplifting offenses.” (photo: Alex Raths/Getty)
“Across the country, more state legislatures are increasing the penalties for multiple shoplifting offenses.” (photo: Alex Raths/Getty)

12 Years in Jail for Shoplifting: How Walmart Is Helping Prosecutors Hike Up Sentences
Jessica Pishko, In Justice Today
Pishko writes: "The case of a man facing 12 years in prison for shoplifting shows a growing trend in America: corporations successfully pushing state prosecutors to increase shoplifting charges to felonies."
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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie. (photo: Getty)
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie. (photo: Getty)

Whistleblower Says Steve Bannon Sought to Suppress Black Vote
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "On Capitol Hill, Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the voter-profiling company sought to suppress turnout among African-American voters and preyed on racial biases."
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A Somali soldier near the wreckage of a car bomb in Mogadishu in April. There are several hundred US troops in Somalia helping the local military in its fight against al-Shabaab. (photo: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)
A Somali soldier near the wreckage of a car bomb in Mogadishu in April. There are several hundred US troops in Somalia helping the local military in its fight against al-Shabaab. (photo: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

US Special Forces Accused in Botched Terror Raid That Killed Somali Civilians
David Brennan, Newsweek
Brennan writes: "Locals in the Lower Shabelle region south of the capital Mogadishu say U.S. special forces and Somali commandos were targeting leaders of the militant Islamist al-Shabab group, but instead killed several farmers on the night of May 9."
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Scientists have detected a deterioration of the Earth's Ozone layer. (photo: Shutterstock)
Scientists have detected a deterioration of the Earth's Ozone layer. (photo: Shutterstock)

Ozone-Destroying Emissions Are On the Rise and Scientists Don't Know Why
Greta Jochem, Grist
Jochem writes: "Thought the ozone layer was safe? Think again."
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