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Ashton Pittman / Jackson Free Press:
Hyde-Smith Attended All-White ‘Seg Academy’ to Avoid Integration … JACKSON, Miss. — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith attended and graduated from a segregation academy that were set up so that white parents could avoid having to send their children to schools with black students, a yearbook reveals.
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Washington Post:
Deal with Mexico paves way for asylum overhaul at U.S. border — MEXICO CITY — The Trump administration has won the support of Mexico's incoming government for a plan to remake U.S. border policy by requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts …
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Lean Out — Perhaps it's only fair that, as women like Sheryl Sandberg rise to power, they pay the price for failure. But why is everyone so ready to forgive the man who really runs Facebook? — Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer. — Suddenly, everyone wants Sheryl Sandberg to lean out.
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WTOP, The Week and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
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Daniel Block / Washington Monthly:
The Democrats of Trump Country — How liberals in the reddest parts of America are starting to get their groove back. — I met Frank Nolen at Armstrong's Restaurant, an unassuming grill in Verona, Virginia, located in the Shenandoah Valley near the state's western border. It was early September.
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump Claims He Already Shut Down The Border In Puzzling Exchange With Reporters — “Actually two days ago we closed the border. We said nobody's coming in because it was out of control,” president insisted. — President Donald Trump insisted — twice — in an odd exchange with reporters Thursday …
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Arthur C. Brooks / New York Times:
How Loneliness Is Tearing America Apart — When people have a hole in their life, they often fill it with angry politics. — Mr. Brooks is the president of the American Enterprise Institute. — America is suffering an epidemic of loneliness. — According to a recent large-scale survey …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Althouse
CNN:
Will shake-up at London embassy leave Assange out in the cold? — London (CNN)The Ecuadorian government has removed its ambassador to the UK, sparking speculation over Julian Assange's future at the diplomatic mission there. — The 47-year-old founder of WikiLeaks moved into the Ecuadorian Embassy …
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The Daily Beast:
Report: Bill Shine to Get Paid by Fox News and White House Simultaneously — White House communications chief Bill Shine received an $8.4 million severance package upon leaving Fox News in May 2017 and will continue to be paid by the network for two more years, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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The Bell — Eng:
Russia's national airline is revoking air miles from those who criticize its CEO — LIKE — Hello! Find out this week why venting on Twitter about your delayed Aeroflot flight may not be such a good idea, and what this tells us about the country's national airline.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
House results underscore that what's good for Trump isn't so good for the GOP — When President Trump won the White House in 2016, he did it by hijacking the Republican Party. Now, after what happened in the midterm elections, it's clearer than ever that the president's fortunes and his party's future are at odds.
New York Times:
The Website That Shows How a Free Press Can Die — BUDAPEST — Hungary's leading news website, Origo, had a juicy scoop: A top aide to the far-right prime minister, Viktor Orban, had used state money to pay for sizable but unexplained expenses during secret foreign trips.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Free-speech protects those in viral prom photo appearing to show Nazi salute, Baraboo district says — BARABOO - Students who appeared in a photograph that showed several high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute are protected by free-speech rights and are unlikely to face discipline …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
‘The Enemy of the People’ — Criticism of the media by a president is not necessarily a bad thing — Depending on your perspective, one of President Trump's real talents, or one of his most baleful traits, is his knack for the zinger label, pinned on a political or institutional foe.
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Wanted: The ‘perfect babysitter.’ Must pass AI scan for respect and attitude. — When Jessie Battaglia started looking for a new babysitter for her 1-year-old son, she wanted more information than she could get from a criminal-background check, parent comments and a face-to-face interview.
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Neil Genzlinger / New York Times:
Olivia Hooker, 103, Dies; Witness to an Ugly Moment in History — Olivia Hooker, who after surviving a race-related attack on a black section of Tulsa, Okla., in 1921 went on to become the first black woman to enlist in the Coast Guard and a distinguished psychology professor at Fordham University …
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Hilary Hanson / HuffPost:
Judge Rejects Trump's Request To Dismiss Lawsuit Against Trump Foundation — New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood's suit against the organization can go forward. — The New York State Supreme Court has rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
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