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Trump Wants To Defund Programs Helping Small Farmers Survive

Marshall Bartlett returned to his family farm in Como, Mississippi, to raise pastured hogs. It was his hope to help revive the farm and his hometown.
Federal initiatives that have been a lifeline for farmers and rural communities are on the chopping block.
05/28/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rural-programs-trump-budget_us_59274fdfe4b0df34c35acbdb [with embedded video, and comments]


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Texas GOP Lawmaker Calls ICE On Group Protesting Anti-Immigrant Law
State Rep. Matt Rinaldi’s call sparked an altercation with colleagues in the Mexican American Legislative Caucus.
05/29/2017 Updated May 30, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/matt-rinaldi-calls-ice-on-protesters_us_592c7471e4b0df57cbfcb0f1 [with embedded video, and comments]


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Trump Administration Moves To Roll Back Birth Control Coverage
Nancy Pelosi called the draft of a new rule “sickening.”
05/30/2017 04:59 pm ET | Updated May 30, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-birth-control_us_592dbaeae4b0e95ac1944521 [with embedded video, and comments]


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Texas Bill Could Send People to Jail for Driving a Woman to an Abortion, Lawmaker Says
A sweeping anti-abortion bill leaves prosecutors wide discretion over who is charged for unlawful abortions.
May 24, 2017 Updated May 26, 2017
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-bill-could-send-people-to-jail-for-driving-a-woman-to-an-abortion/ [with comments]


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Making America Meaner
May 29, 2017
http://robertreich.org/post/161202700780 [with comments]


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Trump administration plans to minimize civil rights efforts in agencies

President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the White House on Feb. 9. Sessions has ordered a review of agreements to reform police departments, signaling his skepticism of efforts to curb civil rights abuses by law enforcement officers.
May 29, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-plans-to-minimize-civil-rights-efforts-in-agencies/2017/05/29/922fc1b2-39a7-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]


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North Carolina High School Students Hang Black Teddy Bear Depicting Their Black Principal



[ https://twitter.com/aysiawoody/status/869546002247712769 (with comments)]
The teddy bear and a sign next to it were reportedly placed in reference to bringing back the school’s former principal, who is white.
May 31, 2017
http://www.carbonated.tv/news/black-doll-found-hanging-noose-outside-wakefield-high-school-nc


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Portland Train Attack Suspect Found Fodder For Dark Worldview Online
Jeremy Joseph Christian had been matter-of-factly threatening people for a long time.
05/30/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeremy-christian-portland-stabber_us_592d7a85e4b0065b20b853d8 [with embedded video, and comments]


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‘Condemn Violence’: Portland Hero’s Mother Pens Open Letter To Trump

Ricky John Best, 53, died protecting two young Muslim girls from a racist man on the train.
“You have said that you will be President for all Americans.”
05/30/2017 Updated May 30, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/condemn-violence-portland-heros-mother-pens-open-letter-to-trump_us_592d769ce4b053f2d2ae33a4 [with the letter ( https://www.scribd.com/document/349851717/Dear-President-Trump ) embedded, and comments]


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The Tale Of Two Portlands: The Whitest And Arguably Most Racist City In America

Prejudice, racism, microagressions and assaults are nothing new in the city that prides itself on “progression.”
05/30/2017 01:18 pm ET | Updated May 30, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-tale-of-two-portlands-progressive-portland-the_us_592da912e4b07c4c731385c8 [with comments]


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1 Native American Dead, Another Hospitalized After Possible Hate Crime

Jimmy Smith-Kramer, 20, of Taholah, died after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver.
Investigators say a hit-and-run driver intentionally struck the two young men.
05/30/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/1-native-american-dead-another-hospitalized-after-possible-hate-crime_us_592dce7ae4b055a197cdc591 [with embedded video, and comments]


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