"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
~ Alice Walker, American novelist and poet
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headlines today
^ Trump Jumps to the Defense of Saudi Arabia in Khashoggi Case
----------------- President Trump accused Saudi Arabia's critics of presuming guilt, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi leaders in Riyadh to help defuse a crisis.
The New York Times
^ Biden says Trump "seems to have a love affair with autocrats"
CBS News
^ Newport Beach surgeon charged with drugging and raping 5 more women
The Los Angeles Times
^ Officer to kids: 'I could've killed you'
CNN News
^ 2018 Midterms Projected to be Most Expensive on Record
------------------- Center for Responsive Politics says total to hit $5 billion
Bloomberg News
^ Chief Justice Roberts Tells Audience Supreme Court Will Work for 'One Nation'
----------------- Roberts says history shows the court has made great decisions when it doesn't yield to political pressures or passions.
NPR News / national
^ Author Alice Walker: Trump Has 'Inferiority Complex,' Envied Obama
NBC News.com
^ Pompeo says Saudi Arabia determined to 'get to the bottom' of writer's disappearance
NBC News
^ Fracking / Protesters walk free after court quashes 'excessive' sentences
The Guardian-UK
^ US requests Khashoggi 'murder' tape
BBC News
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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect)."
~ Mark Twain, American writer, 1835 - 1910
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