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China Warns of ‘Storm Clouds Gathering’ in U.S.-North Korea Standoff — HONG KONG — North Korea said on Friday that nuclear war could break out on the Korean Peninsula “at any moment,” accusing the United States of escalating tensions that have set off fears of war and calls for calm by countries in the region.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, a Steep Learning Curve Leads to Policy Reversals — WASHINGTON — For President Trump, the road to changing his mind on China included a discussion with corporate executives in the State Dining Room of the White House in February. When the conversation turned to China's currency …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Does Steve Bannon Have Something to Offer? — In 2014 the beleaguered White House aide raised important moral questions about today's capitalism. — My late friend Bill Safire, the tough and joyous New York Times columnist, once gave me good advice. I was not then a newspaper columnist, but he'd apparently decided I would be.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
If Trump Fired Bannon, Would He Seek Revenge? — When Steve Bannon vacated a home in Florida in 2015, his landlord complained that an entire Jacuzzi had apparently been coated in acid. After conservative media star Dana Loesch left Bannon's employ at Breitbart News in 2012 …
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Annie Waldman / ProPublica:
DeVos Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White — The new acting head of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights once complained that she experienced discrimination because she is white. — As an undergraduate studying calculus …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House says it won't make visitor logs public — President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday that the White House won't release records of its visitors, raising new concerns from transparency advocates. — The decision not to voluntarily disclose White House visitor logs …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump will keep list of White House visitors secret — The Trump administration announced Friday that it would not follow former president Barack Obama's policy of voluntarily disclosing the names of most visitors to the White House complex, citing “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.”
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House showdown on Paris deal set for next week — President Donald Trump's most senior advisers will huddle next week to resolve long-simmering tensions over whether the United States should stay in the Paris climate change agreement, a major point of dispute between the moderate …
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Sune Engel Rasmussen / The Guardian:
‘It felt like the heavens were falling’: Afghans reel from MOAB impact — Locals describe the moment the ‘mother of all bombs’ was dropped, as critics question the wisdom of deploying the weapon … After his evening prayers, Mohammad Shahzadah closed the house gates and sat down for dinner.
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Why the US dropped the ‘mother of all bombs’ in Afghanistan
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Amanda Prestigiacomo / Daily Wire:
New Video: The Moment The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Killed 36 ISIS Members
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Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones: “The Word Is” President Obama's Daughters “Aren't Even His Kids” — ALEX JONES (HOST): This is out of The Hill, Obama reportedly spending a month in French Polynesia, where there is no criminal extradition to the United States and it's funny they just brought …
Carl Prine / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Decorated Navy SEAL moonlighting as a porn star — Joseph John Schmidt III during one of his many community outreach events for the Navy SEALs. (photo courtesy of U.S. Navy) — Navy Chief Special Warfare Officer Joseph John Schmidt III has been living dual lives.
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The Daily Caller
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. drops federal lawsuit over North Carolina's ‘bathroom bill’ — The Justice Department on Friday said it was dropping a federal lawsuit filed last year against North Carolina over the state's “bathroom bill,” which restricted the public bathrooms transgender people were allowed to use.
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Consent decrees ‘can reduce morale of the police officers’
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Justice Department drops North Carolina bathroom lawsuit
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
How to fix the Supreme Court — The way we choose Supreme Court nominees is broken. Here's how to fix it. — It's worth taking a step back to realize just how broken the process for selecting Supreme Court justices now is. — In 2016, Senate Republicans responded to Antonin Scalia's death …
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Rafael Mangual / City Journal:
The Supreme Court Was “Politicized” Long Ago
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Jee Lee / The Wellesley News:
Free speech is not violated at Wellesley — Many members of our community, including students, alumnae and faculty, have criticized the Wellesley community for becoming an environment where free speech is not allowed or is a violated right. Many outside sources have painted us as a bunch …
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Facebook Discovers ‘Major Spam Operation,’ USA Today Likes Plummet — Clinton Communications Director On Obama: ‘He Looked Kind Of Like A Jackass’ — Watch The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Explode All Over ISIS In Afghanistan — VIDEO: Maine Dems Caught On Cam Laughing About Rising Suicide Rates Among White Males
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Why Do Democrats Feel Sorry for Hillary Clinton? — Every day, the incoherence deepens: He's going to cover “everyone,” but he's going to push 24 million people off their health insurance. He's going to wipe out the debt, but his tax cuts and spending spree will add trillions to it.
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Jeff Flake weathers brutal, 2 1/2-hour Mesa town hall — The Arizona senator was battered with questions about Trump's proposed border wall; internet privacy; taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood; and his opposition to ‘Obamacare.’ — U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake endured a brutal face …
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
A Trump Tower Neighbor Is the Point Man for Europe's Populists — PALM BEACH, Fla. — George Guido Lombardi spotted President Trump's young son Barron alone on a couch playing a video game in the gaping and gilded living room of Mar-a-Lago, his father's private oceanfront club in Palm Beach.
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Zaid Jilani / The Intercept:
New York Times Promises Truth and Diversity, Then Hires Climate-Denying Anti-Arab White Guy — Following Donald Trump's election, The New York Times promised its readers that it would aggressively pursue truth and challenge power in the days and months ahead.
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Expecting Donald Trump To Grow on the Job? Imagine If Jerry Jones Had Hired Him To Coach the Cowboys. — Honestly. Donald Trump is “growing”? That's what they're saying on my teevee. The truth is more brutal. — Everyone, including the Beast, took note of the President's six flip-flop Wednesday.
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Analysts identify #SyriaHoax as Russian-fueled propaganda — As Syrian president Bashar al-Assad called videos of last week's chemical attack a “fabrication,” a piece of propaganda promoted by a Russian cyber operation and bearing the hashtag #SyriaHoax has gained traction in the United States, analysts tell ABC News.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Is Just George W. Bush But Racist — Donald Trump ran an ethnonationalist cult-of-personality presidential campaign, in which his status as a (real) nonpolitician and (imaginary) business genius would allow him to transcend and solve every policy problem.
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Bloomberg:
Russia Says Evidence Growing Syria Chemical Attack Was Staged — U.S. actions in Syria seek regime change, Lavrov says — Foreign ministers of Russia, Iran, Syria meet in Moscow — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a chemical-weapons attack in Syria that provoked U.S. missile strikes …
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Matthew Balan / Mediaite:
Shark Jumped: Priest on MSNBC Compares United Passenger to Jesus — The commentary reacting to the United Airlines passenger controversy achieved a new level of ridiculousness, Friday, when Fr. James Martin, a Jesuit priest, likened the issue to Jesus's crucifixion.
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Jesus Rubalcava / Arizona Republic:
Democratic lawmaker on voucher-bill sponsor: ‘I wanted to punch her in the throat’ — 578 Shares — Democratic Rep. Jesus Rubalcava, angered over passage of the controversial school-voucher style legislation last week, wrote on social media he wanted to throat-punch its sponsor, Republican Sen. Debbie Lesko.
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MA Towery / Opinion Savvy:
Poll: Ossoff Increases Lead in GA6; Runoff Likely — In our final poll of the GA6 jungle primary-style special election, some slight movement indicates that Ossoff's well-funded machine is gradually increasing his support, while Handel has maintained her status as the leading Republican. — Toplines:
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