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Rising up

Maura Priest (Arizona State): Patriotism: Commitment, not Pride. Alex Ward on 4 main takeaways from new reports on Russia’s 2016 election interference (and more and more and more). The detention of Huawei’s CFO is legally justified — why doesn’t the U.S. say so? (and more) More powerful than a Russian troll army: The National Enquirer. In Roma, Texas, residents must choose: Help Border Patrol, or border crossers? Don’t blame Jakelin Caal’s death on her father — US policies did this. Google’s secret China project “effectively ended” after fight. Obamacare was just ruled unconstitutional in Texas, but the case does Republicans no favors. Hungary’s prime minister stole the country’s democracy — how Hungarians are rising up.

From the Chronicle of Higher Education, Emma Pettit on how Kevin Kruse became history’s attack dog. Why Vladimir Putin is a terrible strategist. Hundreds of journalists jailed globally becomes the new normal. When did British politics become such a farce? The case for holding a second Brexit referendum (and more). Robert Mueller’s legal masterpiece: The special counsel has spun a web of investigations that draw closer to Trump every day (and more). Facebook does not care about facts — and their fact-checker rebellion proves it. The rise, lean, and fall of Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg. The death of The Weekly Standard brings jeers and tears. Rachael Dottle and Galen Druke on how America’s electoral map is changing.