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Ginger Thompson / ProPublica:
Listen to Children Who've Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border  —  The desperate sobbing of 10 Central American children, separated from their parents one day last week by immigration authorities at the border, makes for excruciating listening.  Many of them sound like they're crying so hard, they can barely breathe.
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Senator Ben Sasse:
Many Nebraskans this weekend asked me about the kids at the border.  Here's a short version of what I told them.  This is a bit over-simplified, but these are broad brushstrokes of how I understand the situation at present:  —  1) Family separation is wicked.
NBC News:
All four living former first ladies condemn Trump border policy  —  Hillary Clinton denounced the administration for citing the Bible, saying, “Jesus Christ said, ‘Suffer the little children unto me’ not ‘let the little children suffer.’”  —  All four living former first ladies …
Discussion: ABC News, Vox, Politico, CNN and The Guardian
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Texas deputy sexually assaulted undocumented immigrant's child, sheriff says  —  “The details of the case are quite frankly heartbreaking, disturbing, disgusting and infuriating all at the same time.”  —  A Texas sheriff's deputy was being held Monday on a charge of “super aggravated sexual assault” …
YouTube:   Listen to children who've just been separated from their parents at the border
Marc Fortier / NBC10 Boston:
Gov. Charlie Baker Won't Send National Guard to Border, Citing ‘Cruel and Inhumane’ Actions of Trump Administration  —  Fact Check: Dems Not Responsible for Families Separated at Border  —  Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said he will not send the Massachusetts National Guard …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Facing outcry over family separations, DHS chief says, ‘We will not apologize’  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen pushed back Monday at the growing condemnation of her agency's practice of separating migrant families at the border, telling a gathering of law enforcement officers, “We will not apologize for the job we do.”
Amanda McGowan / wgbh.org:
Baker Cancels National Guard Deployment To Border, Citing ‘Inhumane’ Treatment Of Children And Families  —  Governor Charlie Baker is canceling the deployment of Massachusetts National Guard troops to the border in light of recent reports about the Trump Administration's practice of separating immigrant children from families.
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Lies, China And Putin: Solving The Mystery Of Wilbur Ross' Missing Fortune  —  Amid President Trump's headaches confirming cabinet secretaries, from neophyte Rex Tillerson to conflict-prone Scott Pruitt to unprepared Betsy DeVos, all of whom squeezed through, Wilbur Ross was a tonic.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Kim Jong Un More Popular Than Pelosi Among Republicans: Exclusive Poll Results  —  Kim Jong Un More Popular Than Pelosi Among Republicans: Poll  —  Beijing Is Holding U.S. Citizens ‘Hostage’ in China  —  Exit bans are a new tool in China's global coercion campaign.  —  By BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN6.18.18 4:48 AM ET
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Jim Norman / Gallup:
Satisfaction With U.S. Direction Reaches 12-Year High  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirty-eight percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the United States today, similar to last month's 37% satisfaction rate but marking the numerical high since a 39% reading in September 2005.
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
The Government Has No Plan for Reuniting the Immigrant Families It Is Tearing Apart  —  A few days ago, Emily Kephart, a program coördinator at an immigrant-rights group called Kids in Need of Defense, set out to try to find a six-year-old Guatemalan girl who had been separated from her father …
Discussion: HuffPost, Daily Kos and First Draft
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Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed:
US Isn't Just Separating Children From Their Parents. It Also Has No Plan For Reuniting Them.
Discussion: Law & Crime
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
US could be holding 30,000 border kids by August: Officials
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Justice Kennedy Still Won't Rule on Gerrymandering  —  Justice Hamlet lives.  —  For years, those who'd like the Supreme Court to rein in partisan gerrymanders have been teeing up cases with various theories to try to get Justice Anthony Kennedy, the swing Justice, to agree that sometimes …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Efforts to limit partisan gerrymandering falter at Supreme Court
Discussion: Reuters, IJR, ABC News and The Week
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
A high court ruling in favor of judicial brevity — and a win for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
Discussion: Politico
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump aides plan fresh immigration crackdowns before midterms  —  White House policy adviser Stephen Miller wants to make sure the president can show he's doing something about immigration.  —  Top aides to President Donald Trump are planning additional crackdowns on immigration …
Discussion: Townhall and Political Wire
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Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
MICHAEL AVENATTI OFFERS LEGAL SERVICES TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN TAKEN AT BORDER
Quilliam:
Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. Admits It Was Wrong, Apologizes to Quilliam and Maajid Nawaz for Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists, and Agrees to Pay $3.375 Million Settlement  —  MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA — The Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. has apologized to Quilliam and its founder Maajid Nawaz …
Pew Research Center:
Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements in the News  —  The politically aware, digitally savvy and those more trusting of the news media fare better; Republicans and Democrats both influenced by political appeal of statements  —  In today's fast-paced and complex information environment …
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Angela Moon / Reuters:
Americans grapple with recognizing facts in news stories: Pew survey
Discussion: Splinter
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What do Republicans suspect really happened in the FBI Trump-Russia investigation?  —  The struggle to uncover the FBI's conduct in the Trump-Russia probe has made some congressional investigators deeply suspicious of the bureau.  But what do those investigators think the FBI actually …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans continue to play clueless on the Russia investigation
Harry Enten / CNN:
Moderate GOP voices on immigration are at risk of a November wipeout in the House  —  CNN goes inside immigration processing center  —  (CNN)House Republicans are at risk of losing several of their members in the midterm elections who are more moderate on the issue of immigration.
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Grace Sparks / CNN:
Majority oppose policy that causes family separation, but Republicans approve
Discussion: IJR
TheDenverChannel.com:
Gov. Hickenlooper signs order barring use of state resources to separate immigrant kids from parents  —  Members of Congress back measure to end policy  —  DENVER - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday signed an executive order that aims to prevent state agencies from separating children …
Discussion: Denver Post and Breitbart
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
DOJ watchdog investigating Comey's memo leaks
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and The Daily Signal
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Has Trump finally gone too far?  —  Up until now, Trumpism has been a largely victimless crime.  Or, to be exact, one whose victims were largely speculative and unnamed.  —  President Trump has been doing great damage to the fabric of our democracy with his venomous attacks on the free press …
Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic:
The End of Civil Rights  —  The fires on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, had barely stopped burning when the Department of Justice released an extraordinary report on the city's police department.  In the findings of the 2015 investigation of the Ferguson Police Department …
Matthew Diebel / USA Today:
Giant Hogweed, a plant that can cause burns and blindness, found in Virginia  —  Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the location of the Staunton district.  —  A huge weed that can cause third-degree burns and even blindness has been found in Virginia.
Discussion: Boing Boing and AOL
 
 
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Ted Cruz:
Sen. Cruz Introducing Emergency Legislation to Keep Illegal Immigrant Families Together
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
Sources: Illegals Increasingly Use Other People's Children To Claim Asylum
Sarah Kendzior / Globe and Mail:
The unspeakable cruelty of Trump's child-migrant camps
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
The immorality of the open-borders Left
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Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Baker rescinds National Guard offer over family separations
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BuzzFeed:
A Top Trump Aide Worked In Libya With Key Backers Of An Alleged “Sex Cult”
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
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