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Sonia Sotomayor’s simple, devastating question in Gill v. Whitford. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/10/sonia_sotomayor_s_simple_devastating_question_in_gill_v_whitford.html The justice has a knack for crafting simple, devastating questions. She was at her best

Trump’s Cure for Obamacare Is Worse Than the Disease – Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-11/trump-s-cure-for-obamacare-is-worse-than-the-disease Using executive action to reduce fines on people without insurance would destabilize the

More Flee California Wine Country As Deadly Wildfires Spread : The Two-Way : NPR http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/12/557279053/more-flee-california-wine-country-as-deadly-wildfires-spread Scott NeumanOctober 12, 20174:52 AM ET Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Jeff

Santa Rosa’s charred now, but we’re all facing fire (or flood or heat wave) soon – LA Times http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-leslie-santa-rosa-fire-20171011-story.html Jacques Leslie

How Russia Harvested American Rage to Reshape U.S. Politics – NYTimes.com https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/technology/russia-election-facebook-ads-rage.html?utm_source=CJR+Daily+News&utm_campaign=0a00075997-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c93f57676-0a00075997-174425205&referer= By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI October 9, 2017 During the 2016 campaigns, Russian agents harvested posts

How Russians use social media to divide Americans – Axios https://www.axios.com/russian-efforts-to-stir-chaos-with-social-media-become-clearer-2490289968.html?utm_source=CJR+Daily+News&utm_campaign=0a00075997-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c93f57676-0a00075997-174425205 Congressional investigations and media reports are shedding light on ways Russians use social media

U.S. flies bombers over Korea as Trump discusses options https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles/u-s-flies-bombers-over-korea-as-trump-discusses-options-idUSKBN1CF368 SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in

Puerto Ricans are a surging, outraged political force in Florida in the aftermath of Maria – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/in-florida-puerto-ricans-are-a-surging-political-force–and-outraged-by-trumps-response-to-maria/2017/10/06/e7389e7a-aa29-11e7-b3aa-c0e2e1d41e38_story.html?utm_term=.d2c207ca7ce4 ORLANDO — In Terminal A

Trump’s administration deleted data on Puerto Rico’s crisis from FEMA’s website – Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/6/16435596/trump-puerto-rico-water FEMA suggests you read a website in Spanish instead. Jeff SteinOct

Sessions outlines broad exemptions for religious freedom – POLITICO http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/06/sessions-calls-for-broad-religious-freedom-protections-243536 New legal guidance could affect health care, gay rights, political action by churches JOSH GERSTEIN10/06/2017