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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Trump Attorney: The President Is Not Under Investigation — WASHINGTON — An attorney for President Trump was adamant on Sunday that the president is not under investigation, despite the president's tweets this week referring to one as a “witch hunt.” — “Let me be clear here,” …
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and Daily Kos
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Ex-Bush ethics lawyer: Pence will soon become the president if Trump fires Mueller — The top ethics lawyer to former President George W. Bush warned on Saturday that if President Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller, Vice President Pence “will soon become the 46th President.”
Associated Press:
Trump tweets his frustration with Russia investigation — President Donald Trump is beginning his day with a stream of tweets defending his record and lashing out at the investigation into Russian interference in the election. — In a two-part tweet posted before 7 a.m. Sunday, Trump wrote …
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CBS News:
Transcript: Jay Sekulow on “Face the Nation,” June 18, 2017 — The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Robert Mueller, the special counsel heading the FBI's investigation into any possible links between Russia and the Trump campaign, is investigating President Trump for possible obstruction of justice.
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Washington Post, IJR, KTLA and Weekly Standard
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Help wanted: Why Republicans won't work for the Trump administration — The array of legal and political threats hanging over the Trump presidency have compounded the White House's struggles to fill out the top ranks of the government. — Trump's firing of FBI Director James B. Comey …
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Raw Story and Booman Tribune
Thomas Healy / The Atlantic:
Who's Afraid of Free Speech? — Middlebury College's decision to discipline 67 students who participated in a raucous and violent demonstration against conservative author Charles Murray brings closure to one of several disturbing incidents that took place on college campuses this semester.
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Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
If You Think Campus Free Speech Is No Big Deal, Watch This Shocking Vice News Report From Evergreen State College — Are you one of those people who suspects that all the brouhaha over campus free speech outrages, no matter how individually insane the stories, might be exaggerated …
Ken White / Popehat:
Free Speech, The Goose, And The Gander
Free Speech, The Goose, And The Gander
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New York Times and Instapundit
New York Times:
High-Stakes Referendum on Trump Takes Shape in a Georgia Special Election — ATLANTA — Taking the stage in a half-filled airplane hangar to rally supporters of Republican candidate Karen Handel, Health Secretary Tom Price could not help but point to the record-shattering surge of liberal money …
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Political Wire and East Bay Times
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish — As the most expensive House race in history rushes toward the finish line Tuesday, the latest public polls are unanimous: The Georgia special election between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel is too close to call.
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CNN, New York Magazine and WSB-TV
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet:
USS Fitzgerald Collision Update (10:33am JST June 18, 2017) — YOKOSUKA, Japan — A number of Sailors that were missing from the collision between USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and a merchant ship have been found. As search and rescue crews gained access to the spaces that were damaged during …
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New York Times, CNN, The Guardian, New York Magazine and The Daily Caller
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke rescinds acceptance of Homeland Security post — Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has withdrawn his name from consideration for an assistant secretary position at the Department of Homeland Security, an adviser to Clarke confirmed to The Washington Post on Saturday.
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New York Magazine, Raw Story, The Guardian, AOL, TheBlaze, FOX6Now.com, The Daily Caller and RedState
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP shifts focus to Lynch — Senate Republicans are clamoring to hear from Loretta Lynch after former FBI Director James Comey raised concerns about her involvement in the Hillary Clinton — email investigation. — Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are seizing …
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RedState, Politico and The Last Tradition
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Got Their Blood, Will It Be Enough? — When I wrote two weeks ago about how liberals would not stop until someone got killed, I was hoping it was more of a warning than a prophecy. Unfortunately, it was not. — But the actions and words of leftists in the wake of the attempted slaughter …
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Six People Have Resigned From Trump's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council Because He “Doesn't Care” — “We have dedicated our lives to combating this disease and no longer feel we can do so effectively within the confines of an advisory body to a president who simply does not care.”
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Political Wire
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Scott A. Schoettes / Newsweek:
Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here
Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here
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The New Civil Rights Movement
Malcolm Gay / BostonGlobe.com:
Knives are out for theaters that bear the name ‘Shakespeare’ — The messages started pouring in earlier this week. — “Your play depicting the murder of our President is nothing but pure hatred,” read one of the tamer ones. — “[H]ope you all who did this play about Trump are the first do …
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Balloon Juice, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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