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PROBLEM: "There 's some reluctance to put a lot of time into -LSB- unseating Democrats -RSB- , versus -LSB- building -RSB- a more progressive Congress overall ," said former Communications Workers of America union President Larry Cohen , a top Bernie Sanders adviser who now chairs the board of the Our Revolution political group that was spawned from the senator 's 2016 presidential campaign .

SOLUTION: Bernie backers give Dem incumbents a pass in 2018 .

PROBLEM: The company denies it did anything wrong  insisting it was acting legally at the time. The settlement did not require an admission of liability   Attorney General Lori Swanson  said.
"We're pleased with the settlement. We think the settlement will help solve a problem in Minnesota. It's been a problem that has been a long time in the making for many decades "  Swanson  said. "These chemicals  as I mentioned  were put into the ground. And we are very hopeful the settlement can help fix that."
The settlement was announced Tuesday after jury selection was halted as the trial was set to begin.  Swanson  said  she  believes it is the largest environmental case in state history.
 Swanson  said 3M will pay the state in one lump sum within the next 15 days. It will go into a fund dedicated to projects that will clean up and safeguard drinking water in the eastern suburbs of St. Paul. Details on how the money will be used are still being worked out  but it could go to help homeowners with contaminated wells  or help municipalities with sustainable drinking water and treatment plans.

SOLUTION: 3M to pay $850 million to settle suit over chemical disposal

PROBLEM: Ahead of a potential First Amendment showdown Wednesday in the cityâs most closely watched murder case   a lawyer for independent journalist Jamie Kalven  says an attempt to force  his  testimony amounts to little more than an âunjustified fishing expeditionâ by indicted Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dykeâs attorneys.
Van Dykeâs attorneys have alleged that  Kalven  â the first journalist to detail the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald â received leaked documents containing legally protected information.
âGiven the fatal lack of evidence to support Defendantâs lynchpin factual claim  one is left to wonder the perceived point of (his) efforts â Matthew Topic   Kalven âs attorney  wrote in a document filed Tuesday.
 Kalven  is expected to be in court for the 9 a.m. Wednesday hearing  but it is unclear if he will be called to the the stand. He has vowed not to disclose sources.
None of the filings on this issue by Van Dykeâs legal team have been made public. But at a court hearing in October  the officerâs lead attorney  Daniel Herbert   alleged that  Kalven  obtained leaked documents containing information protected by long-standing legal precedent from being used against Van Dyke in a criminal case.
Herbert suggested that  Kalven  used that information to interview witnesses â with the assistance of the FBI â in a way that shaped the witnessesâ statements to authorities.
In court filings   Kalven âs attorney called Herbertâs efforts âscattershot  unsupported and irrelevant.â The only reports about the case in  Kalven âs possession were obtained from the city through Freedom of Information Act requests more than a year after the shooting  according to Topic.
In addition  as a journalist   Kalven  cannot be forced to disclose  his  sources except in certain specific circumstances   his  attorney stated.

SOLUTION:
Journalist could be called to stand at hearing on the Laquan McDonald shooting