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Reading Time: < 1 minute BREAKING: Special prosecutor Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress in an open session on July 17. Over 1,000 ex-federal prosecutors say the Mueller Report contains clear evidence that Donald Trump committed felony obstruction of justice.
More details: https://cnn.it/2JcJskS
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Celebrities including John Lithgow, Kevin Kline, Annette Bening and Aidan Quinn took part in a play called “The Investigation” which read excerpts from the Mueller Report.
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Reading Time: 8 minutes The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting turned chaotic in Phoenix this week over a resolution that condemned white supremacy and the alt-right. On Tuesday, leaders initially declined to consider the proposal submitted by a prominent black pastor in Texas, Dwight McKissic, and only changed course after a significant backlash. On Wednesday afternoon, the body passed a revised statement against the alt-right. But the drama over the resolution revealed deep tension lines within a denomination that was explicitly foundedto support slavery.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Carroll is the 16th woman to accuse Trump of sexual misconduct. New York Magazine on Friday published an excerpt from her upcoming book, “What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal,” in which she described her encounter with the real estate mogul.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Social media’s lighting up about the Sudan situation. Here’s the long and short of it:
Full episode: https://on.cc.com/2WZBOiY
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Robert De Niro, Rob Reiner, Sophia Bush, Stephen King, Jonathan Van Ness, and more are cutting through the Trump administration’s lies about the Mueller report.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Psychologists have explained quite a lot about Donald Trump’s political invincibility and the unconditional allegiance of his followers. One well-supported explanation is that the president keeps his base loyal by keeping them fearful. Through persistent fear-mongering, with scary messages like, “Illegal immigrants are murderers and rapists,” and “Islam hates us,” Trump gets to play the role of the great protector.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 1 million Americans rely on insulin, but skyrocketing prices are forcing many to take extreme measures in order to get the life-saving drug.
We followed 29-year-old Paloma Kemak as she traveled across the U.S.-Mexico border to get the medication she needs to survive.
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Reading Time: 8 minutes Dr. Evelin Dacker has been a healthcare provider for twenty-four years, and she has some big plans for the future of sexual health in America. Today, this sex-positive doc with a TEDx talk tells us why herpes is the new chicken pox, how sex-workers are healers, and why your doctor might be motivated to overprescribe.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute AOC confronted this official about why the FBI doesn’t treat white supremacists the way it treats other terrorists (via NowThis Politics)
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