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The NRA Spent $30 Million to Elect Trump. Was It Russian Money? 
NRA convention in Dallas in 2018. (photo: Ashley Gilbertson/NYT)
Chris Smith, Vanity Fair
Smith writes: "Congressional Democrats, the F.B.I., and Robert Mueller want to know why Putin-tied oligarchs took such an interest in American gun ownership."
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Jared Kushner. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Jared Kushner. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Jared Kushner, Who Doesn't Like Reading History Books, Says He Has a New Middle East Peace Plan
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, ThinkProgress
Varkiani writes: "President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner says he has a new peace plan for Palestine and Israel."
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Occupy ICE in Portland, OR. (photo: Daniel Stindt)
Occupy ICE in Portland, OR. (photo: Daniel Stindt)

'Occupy ICE' Protests Emerge Across the Country
Emily Birnbaum, The Hill
Birnbaum writes: "Protesters are occupying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities across the country, inspired by a Portland protest that resulted in the indefinite shutdown of an ICE detention center on Wednesday."
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There's a Lot of Money at Pride, but Not Necessarily in LGBT Pockets
Samantha Allen, The Daily Beast
Allen writes: "Indeed, as long as companies are involved in big-city Pride events - and so long as they keep churning out rainbow merchandise every June - there will always be discussion about the lost radical spirit of Pride."
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An issue of the National Enquirer with President Trump on the cover, from last summer. (photo: Mary Altaffer/AP)
An issue of the National Enquirer with President Trump on the cover, from last summer. (photo: Mary Altaffer/AP

Hollywood 'Resistance' Must Abandon Trump's Tabloid Enablers
Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast
Stern writes: "The AMI-owned National Enquirer collaborated with the Trump campaign during the election and covered for Weinstein and Cosby. They now control nearly every celebrity weekly."
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Turkey's Erdogan Wins Sweeping New Powers After Contested Election Victory
Humeyra Pamuk and Ezgi Erkoyun, Reuters
Excerpt: "Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan won sweeping new executive powers on Monday after his victory in landmark elections that also saw his Islamist-rooted AK Party and its nationalist allies secure a majority in parliament."
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Billboards in Xingfu, China, promoting locally made refrigerators. The city has around 1,700 businesses involved in the production of cooking and refrigeration equipment. (photo: Gilles Sabrié/NYT)
Billboards in Xingfu, China, promoting locally made refrigerators. The city has around 1,700 businesses involved in the production of cooking and refrigeration equipment. (photo: Gilles Sabrié/NYT

In a High-Stakes Environmental Whodunit, Many Clues Point to China
Chris Buckley and Henry Fountain, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Last month, scientists disclosed a global pollution mystery: a surprise rise in emissions of an outlawed industrial gas that destroys the atmosphere's protective ozone layer."
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