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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of August 20-26, 2018.
Today’s socialism is just getting started. It took Lincoln a decade — plus a civil war, and the decision of black slaves to defy their masters, rushing to join advancing Union armies — to come to the position that free labor meant immediate abolition. https://t.co/gZtPadUvXN
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) August 24, 2018
Republicans and Democrats agree: They can’t agree on basic facts https://t.co/N8uEmakDcH
— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) August 23, 2018
The suspect in the slaying of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts lived for years rent-free on land partially owned by a Republican fundraiser who works for immigration hardliners including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. https://t.co/G4vgw1856q
— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) August 24, 2018
US cuts more than $200 million in aid to Palestinians https://t.co/TOLsxMJGmf pic.twitter.com/XJ5I4Fx7Wl
— ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) August 24, 2018
“A country that looks toward the future should be at peace with its past.” Spain’s government plans to exhume the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco https://t.co/7PlIJdtof1
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 24, 2018
NEW: Strained relationship between Trump and Sessions may have finally reached its breaking point https://t.co/xkz4MXKcEs pic.twitter.com/PcRNl5EvKR
— The Hill (@thehill) August 24, 2018
Why do Australians want this Texas man to be their leader? https://t.co/YL9gphOEsr pic.twitter.com/cXtxsUBw4s
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 24, 2018
2013 video footage has surfaced of Jeremy Corbyn implying that Zionists were unable to understand British ways of thinking despite growing up in the country https://t.co/z5iJ2BCzL4
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) August 24, 2018
‘As the reality of WTO trade kicks in, Brexiteers face challenges in realising their ‘global Britain” https://t.co/GWEI1XleuB
— The Independent (@Independent) August 24, 2018
China’s central bank has injected $22bn into the banking system through loans to commercial banks in an effort to encourage stronger credit flows to companies and local governments. https://t.co/Ddawxelk6X
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) August 24, 2018
Why Democrats are talking more about missing Kavanaugh documents than abortion in the Supreme Court battle https://t.co/DLCvyRqLyF pic.twitter.com/cGBa8McxSp
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 24, 2018
Latin American countries urged to boost vaccinations amid Venezuelan measles outbreak https://t.co/rSSO9mFcrT pic.twitter.com/BlMSlLWpeH
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) August 24, 2018
The U.S. has been directly engaged in Yemen’s war since 2015, and its support hasn’t prevented the killing of innocents. America should stop its support for the Saudi component of this war and never again, without purpose, fight or support others’ wars.https://t.co/B7b6TyIw4z
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) August 24, 2018
“Even if Democrats win a sufficient majority in the House in November to pass articles of impeachment next year, the difficulty of securing 67 votes for conviction in the Senate makes it effectively an exercise in futility” — @CharlieCookDC https://t.co/BK6ZAxh4bl pic.twitter.com/38cMFL6bKs
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) August 24, 2018
With U.S. sanctions designed to cut down Iranian oil exports to zero by November looming large, Tehran may not sit on its hands. https://t.co/T15N7le7JH
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) August 24, 2018