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MAGA Desperately Claims Russian Propagandists Were the Real “Victims”
From newrepublic.com, on Sep 5, 2 2
Opinion | Don’t yawn at Trump’s dishonorable use of Arlington National Cemetery
From washingtonpost.com, on Aug 30, 1 2
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#391: on Jun 6
From theguardian.com
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Forests across Europe, the US and Canada have been hard hit by drought, fires and bark beetles. Now scientists fear the northern hemisphere’s greatest carbon sink is nearing a tipping point
on Jun 7
#392: on Jun 6
From theguardian.com
Asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border worry about their next move: ‘We cannot return’
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People at the border reel after hearing about Biden’s order and consider the CBP One app, where they can go and what’s next
on Jun 5
#393: on Jun 6
From theguardian.com
Biden’s migrant order is recipe for chaos at US border: ‘It will only cause suffering’
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With high levels of people seeking asylum, and after failed attempts to pass reforms, Biden has presented his most aggressive restrictions yet
on Jun 5
#394: on Jun 5
From theguardian.com
US House passes ICC sanctions bill over Netanyahu arrest warrant request
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Vote is Congress’s first legislative rebuke of war-crimes court since ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek arrests of leaders of Israel and Hamas
on Jun 5
#395: on Jun 5
From bbc.com
Heat wave brings dangerous weather to western US
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More than 34 million Americans in the western US are under excessive heat advisories this week.
on Jun 25
#396: on Jun 5
From theguardian.com
Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse calls audacious request ‘definition of corruption’ amid investigation into Mar-a-Lago meeting in April
on Jun 4
#397: on Jun 5
From theguardian.com
Democrats decry Biden executive order turning away some asylum seekers
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US representatives Nanette Barragán, Judy Chu and Raúl Grijalva say order guts legal rights, while ACLU threatens to sue
on Jun 5
#398: on Jun 5
From theguardian.com
What the US asylum process is really like, in applicants’ own words: ‘I’ve waited 10 years’
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As Biden launches the strictest border crackdown of his presidency, five asylum seekers share their battles to secure protection in the US
on Jun 5
#399: on Jun 5
From theguardian.com
Kansas supreme court rules state constitution does not provide the right to vote
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Narrow decision says lower court failed to identify ‘fundamental right to vote’, drawing fiery dissent from three of seven justices
on Jun 2
#400: on Jun 5
From theguardian.com
A supreme court case about fishermen could throw government into chaos
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For decades, the Chevron deference doctrine has given broad powers to federal agencies. Now it could be overturned – with major consequences
on Jun 2