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Justice Jackson Goes 'Her Own Way' in SNAP Fight

John Fritze CNN
Jackson handled the case as should be done on the emergency docket. Justices, she said, should deal with the requests "quickly, as transparently as possible, and for logistical reasons, not…make what amount to significant substantive decisions"

‘We’ve Got To Kill and Kill and Kill’

Dan Kaufman The New York Review of Books
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence.

Coalition Socialism

Chris Maisano Dissent Magazine
The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights.

Montana Has an Ambitious Plan To End Dark Money in Elections

Sonali Kolhatkar Truthout
Montana’s amendment doesn’t aim to overturn the Citizens United ruling. If passed, it would merely render the ruling ineffective within Montana because businesses operating in the state would have to abide by its definition of corporations.
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