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8:05 AM ET, June 17, 2017

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Richard Elliot / WSB-TV:
6TH DISTRICT POLL: Ossoff leads Handel by less than 2 points  —  ATLANTA - With just a few days to go before Georgia's 6th Congressional District runoff, Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel are still very, very close.  —  Our latest WSB-Landmark Communications poll of 800 likely voters …
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David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement:
WATCH: Karen Handel Cites Her Faith to Tell Mom of LGBTQ Child She's Against Gay People Adopting, Having Families
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's shadow and stalled GOP agenda loom over close Georgia race
David French / National Review:
A Sad and Terrible Verdict in Massachusetts  —  In Massachusetts, we just saw a textbook example of how bad facts (in this case, horrific facts) can make bad law.  Here's the Washington Post with the details: … There is no question that Carter behaved terrible.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump hires another high-profile lawyer as special counsel probe heats up  —  President Donald Trump has added another high-profile lawyer to his personal legal team as the special counsel investigation heats up.  —  John Dowd, who investigated Pete Rose for Major League Baseball …
Discussion: Raw Story, Political Wire and The Hill
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Katie Mettler / Philly.com:
Pence's lawyer is the godfather of Comey's daughter
The Daily Beast:
Trump Declares War on Rosenstein: ‘He Has No Qualms About Throwing Him Under a Bus’
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump reports assets of at least $1.4 billion in financial disclosure  —  The campaign and the early months of President Donald Trump's presidency have been good for Donald Trump.  —  The Trump International Hotel, which opened last year just blocks from the White House in a building leased …
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and IJR
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump retains assets worth at least $1.4 billion, new disclosure shows
Discussion: Political Wire
Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Protester rushes stage at controversial ‘Julius Caesar’ production  —  A woman was arrested after rushing the stage at the controversial production of ‘Julius Caesar’ in Central Park Friday night during a stunt live streamed on social media.  —  Laura Loomer, who works for the alt-right website The Rebel …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM!!  Protesters INTERRUPT Trump Assassination Play - RUSH STAGE — Screaming “Goebbels Would Be Proud!”  (VIDEO)  —  PROTESTER INTERRUPTS TRUMP ASSASSINATION PLAY IN CENTRAL PARK!  —  SCREAMING “STOP LIBERAL VIOLENCE!  — GOEBBELS WOULD BE PROUD!  — YOU'RE A NAZI CROWD!!!”
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Assassination List Found On James Hodgkinson's Body  —  James T. Hodgkinson, the shooter who opened fire on dozens of Republican congressmen and staffers at a baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday, had a list of Republican names in his pocket that was recovered by the FBI, The Daily Caller has learned.
Media Matters for America:
What Megyn Kelly says in leaked audio from Alex Jones  —  Just days ahead of Megyn Kelly's June 18 interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the Infowars founder leaked purported audio of him and the NBC anchor.  Jones was seeking to defend himself because he believed that Kelly …
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Killing of Philando Castile  —  ST. PAUL — A Minnesota police officer, whose fatal shooting of a black motorist transfixed the nation when his girlfriend livestreamed the aftermath, was acquitted of all charges on Friday.  —  The officer, Jeronimo Yanez …
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BuzzFeed:
The FBI Won't Release Comey's Trump Memos Because They're Part Of “Law Enforcement Proceedings”  —  BuzzFeed News requested the memos written by former FBI Director James Comey on his interactions with the president via the Freedom of Information Act.  —  The FBI will not release memos written …
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story, Axios and The Week
Foreign Policy:
White House Officials Push For Widening War in Syria Over Pentagon Objections  —  Two Trump officials want to confront Iranian-backed fighters, but Defense Secretary James Mattis has balked at the idea.  —  A pair of top White House officials is pushing to broaden the war in Syria …
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Coulter on Trump: ‘This Jackass is Really Ticking Me Off’  —  Ann Coulter is furious with President Trump today, and she's not holding back.  —  Earlier today, Mediaite took notice of how the conservative commentator launched a brutal tweetstorm, blasting Trump for not making more progress …
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Here's How Pence Could Pay for a Personal Lawyer in Special Counsel Russia Probe  —  Vice President Mike Pence's hiring of a personal lawyer to represent him in the special counsel's Russia probe prompted some in Washington to ponder how the former governor, whose financial disclosure …
Discussion: Raw Story
Elana Schor / Politico:
Five Terrifying Minutes on a Baseball Field  —  Mass shootings often take on an identity, a characteristic shared by the victims or the scene that gives an increasingly commonplace horror something singular by which it can be remembered—nightclub partiers, gap-toothed schoolchildren, perplexed moviegoers.
Discussion: CBS News and Political Wire
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN: House Russia investigators want to bring in Trump digital director  —  Trump: Russia investigation a witch hunt  —  (CNN)House Russia investigators are planning to call on Brad Parscale, the digital director of President Donald Trump's campaign, as the congressional …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Alex Lockie / Business Insider:
Defense Secretary Mattis explains what war with North Korea would look like  —  Asked on Thursday by Rep. Tim Ryan of the House Appropriations Committee to explain why the US doesn't just go to war to stop North Korea from developing the capability to hit the US, Secretary of Defense James Mattis painted a grim scenario.
Discussion: IJR, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and AOL
Nick Muscavage / MY CENTRAL JERSEY:
Democratic strategist Jim Devine defends #HuntRepublicans, #HuntRepublicanCongressmen tweets  —  RAHWAY - Jim Devine, a Democratic strategist, sent out a tweet from his Twitter account Wednesday afternoon with the hashtag “HuntRepublicanCongressmen” after the shooting of Republican Congressman Steve Scalise.
James DeWolf Perry / Associated Press:
7 US Navy sailors missing, 1 injured after warship collision … SEE ALSO  —  Seven crew members are reportedly missing and one injured after a U.S. Navy destroyer collided early Saturday morning with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the country's coast guard reported.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Who in the White House Will Turn Against Donald Trump?  —  The yearning in the character of Donald Trump for dominance and praise is bottomless, a hunger that is never satisfied.  Last week, the President gathered his Cabinet for a meeting with no other purpose than to praise him …
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate civil rights enforcement under Trump  —  Catherine E. Lhamon speaks during the GLSEN Respect Awards in New York City in May 2016.  At the time, she headed the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights.  She now chairs the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Breitbart London / Associated Press:
Germany Opening First Liberal Mosque Where Men, Women and Gays Pray Together  —  BERLIN (AP) — Seyran Ates' vision of a liberal mosque where all Muslims can pray together — women and men, Sunni and Shiite, straight and gay — is almost a reality, and the 54-year-old daughter of Turkish guest workers …
 
 
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Post-Snowden Efforts to Secure N.S.A. Data Fell Short, Report Says
Dan Springer / Fox News:
Seattle gun tax failure? Firearm sales plummet, violence spikes after law passes
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Bipartisan group, Netflix actress back bill for American Latino Museum
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jeremy Berke / Business Insider:
One of Trump's closest allies is starting a lobbying group to change the President's stance on marijuana
Discussion: Raw Story and Liberal Values
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
Can Paul Ryan Push Republicans to Prioritize Poverty?
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John Podhoretz / Weekly Standard:
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Bill O'Reilly Assembling Production Team to Launch New Project
Bloomberg:
CenturyLink Is Accused of Running a Wells Fargo-Like Scheme
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Sarah Leonard / New York Times:
Why Are So Many Young Voters Falling for Old Socialists?
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump disapproval hits 64 percent in AP poll
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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