Why SCOTUS Needs National Security Chops

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1. Let’s put a national security expert on the Supreme Court.

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2. Get veterans back into America’s cancer trials.

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3. Can we recycle soot and smog?

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4. Communities are crowdsourcing meat lockers so they can buy sustainable meat.

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5. It’s not too late to save the video store.

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