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Topic: First Step Act

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Trump v. Trump: He regrets his only win

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump, John Legend, and Chrissy Teigen (Photo illustration by Salon/NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images/ Dimitrios Kambouris)

Trump attacks "filthy mouthed" Teigen

Ashlie D. Stevens
Obama signs the Fair Sentencing Act in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington DC, USA, 03 August 2010. (Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Freed by the First Step Act — for now

Phillip Smith - Independent Media Institute
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, March 28, 2019 (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Is Trump's DOJ sabotaging the First Step

Phillip Smith - Independent Media Institute
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Cory Booker (AP/Steven Senne)

Is there Jersey taint on Booker?

Bob Hennelly
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Integrating social safety net in prison

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson - Independent Media Institute
Chuck Schumer; Mitch McConnell; Donald Trump (AP/Salon)

Trump's one bipartisan win isn't enough
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The perils of criminal justice reform

Tony Platt
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The First Step Act: Only the first step

D. Watkins
Tom Cotton (AP/Andrew Harnik))

Cotton's effort to block bipartisan bill

Matthew Chapman - Alternet
President Donald Trump speaks about H. R. 5682, the "First Step Act" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, which would reform America's prison system. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Reform bill stalls despite Trump support

Rachel Leah
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We all agree: Prison rules need fixing

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
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Kim Kardashian; Donald Trump (Getty/Photo montage by Salon)

The only Trump-Kim summit happening

Rachel Leah
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