June 17, 2016

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“Secret” memo sees dozens of US diplomats urging Obama to attack Assad, in response to more than 400,000 dead.

The vast majority of mass shooters use handguns, not assault rifles, in their attacks.

See also: FBI crime data shows murder victims by weapon, 2010–2014.

Brexit campaign suspended for a second day after the murder of Labour lawmaker Jo Cox.

Suspected MP killer bought gun guides from American neo-Nazis.

Woman goes mushroom-hunting without a gun, gets stalked by a wolf for 12 hours until she leads it to a bear.

Turkey questions whether Erdogan’s college degree is a forgery.

With design help from Face the Nation’s John Dickerson, Field Notes releases a reporter’s notebook.

Trump is right that America needs to rebuild infrastructure, wrong on why and how. #opinions

George W. Bush returns to politics to raise money for senators endangered by Trump.

Sanders tells supporters he’s no longer actively challenging Clinton; the goal is to “defeat Trump badly.”

And/or: Leading voices on why the Democrats will remain divided.

Strike Debt movement: John Oliver’s debt-buying stunt was cute, but nowhere close to radical.

Can you imagine sitting on death row, and you don’t even have an attorney for five years?

Bolivia rejects chickens sent to poor countries by Bill Gates—after all, it exports hens.

Philly mayor wins nation’s biggest soda tax by keeping story focused on what the tax will pay for.

Mars Inc. may pull M&Ms from desserts like McDonald’s McFlurry, for fear of overloading people with sugar.

Master hucksters and four thousand believers attend the world’s biggest UFO festival.

I am not a happy camper. Phrases sought in Goldman Sachs’ surveillance of employees’ email.

Facebook’s AI software can map more of the planet in a week than humanity has mapped over our entire history.

Calendar plug-in features the best of fictional holidays.