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Donald Trump is not well — President Trump launched personal attacks against us Thursday, but our concerns about his unmoored behavior go far beyond the personal. America's leaders and allies are asking themselves yet again whether this man is fit to be president.
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Trump calls out Mika's ‘bleeding facelift’ in low-blow tweetstorm — The hosts of MSNBC's “Morning Joe” delayed their vacation plans so they can return to the air Friday morning and fire back at President Trump's Twitter attack. — “Joe and Mika were supposed to start their July 4th weekend early …
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RedState, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh and TheBlaze


Trump No Longer Seems Able to Hide His Raw Misogyny. Good. — The President of the United States began this morning as he often does, tweeting juvenile insults at the news media. But even by Donald Trump standards, today's jabs at TV hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were unusually gross.


The ugly American President: Donald Trump's tweet-rant against Mika and Joe reaches new low — Morning breaks over Washington. The President of the United States, possessed of awesome power and awesome responsibility, readies to grapple with the most urgent business of nation and world.
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The Moderate Voice and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »


GOP Operative Sought Clinton Emails From Hackers, Implied a Connection to Flynn — Peter W. Smith portrayed the former general as having been an ally in an effort, independent of the Trump campaign, to find personal emails deleted by Hillary Clinton.
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John Podesta Loses It During Russia Debate with Maria Bartiromo — Former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta grew angry when Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo highlighted his own ties with companies connected to Russia. — Bartiromo asked why Americans weren't paying more attention to Democrat ties to the Russians.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington Free Beacon

NASA Denies That It's Running a Child Slave Colony on Mars … A report on Alex Jones' InfoWars claiming child sex slaves have been kidnapped and shipped to Mars is untrue, NASA told The Daily Beast on Thursday. — “There are no humans on Mars. There are active rovers on Mars.
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RedState and Balloon Juice


Breaking: MSNBC and Greta Van Susteren Agree to Part Ways — In an era where liberal anger is driving ratings, the former Fox anchor's show never caught fire. — “Remember me?” Greta Van Susteren crooned to the camera as she raised the curtain on her new MSNBC show on January 9. “I'm baaack.”
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Bret Stephens and MSNBC's hiring spree: The network keeps moving right
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Mediaite

Greta Van Susteren out at MSNBC after six months
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Conservative News Today, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Mediaite, TVNewser, New York Times, Raw Story, Business Insider, RedState and Deadline


House passes Kate's Law, as part of illegal immigrant crackdown — House Republicans took action Thursday to crack down on illegal immigrants and the cities that shelter them. — One bill passed by the House would deny federal grants to sanctuary cities and another, Kate's Law …
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House passes 'Kate's Law' and bill declaring war on sanctuary cities — Sanctuary cities: What you need to know — Washington (CNN)House Republicans joined President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon in declaring war on sanctuary cities — passing legislation targeting the cities' funding …
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Right Wing Watch and Washington Free Beacon


Exclusive: Trump overrules cabinet, plots global trade war — With the political world distracted by President Trump's media wars, one of the most consequential and contentious internal debates of his presidency unfolded during a tense meeting Monday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, administration sources tell Axios.
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ABC News
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Conaway, Schiff threaten to subpoena White House over Comey tapes — The leaders of the House investigation into Russia's election meddling are threatening to subpoena the White House for records of President Donald Trump's conversations with former FBI Director James Comey …
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RedState, Business Insider, ABC News, New York Magazine and Talking Points Memo


Hawaii challenges Trump stance on Supreme Court travel ban ruling — The State of Hawaii is asking a federal judge to rule that the administration's latest plan to carry out President Donald Trump's travel ban executive order defies the ruling the Supreme Court issued on the subject just four days ago.
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Al Jazeera English, Politicus USA, Axios and Fusion
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Longer-Term Effects of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 on Medicaid Spending — Medicaid spending under the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 would be about 35 percent lower in 2036 compared with CBO's extended baseline. Such spending under the bill would increase each year throughout the next two decades.
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The Atlantic, Real Clear Politics, Mother Jones, TheStreet and New York Magazine
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Trump's voter-fraud commission wants to know voting history, party ID and address of every voter in the U.S. — The chair of President Trump's Election Integrity Commission has penned a letter to all 50 states requesting their full voter-roll data, including the name, address, date of birth …
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Trump names former FEC member to voter fraud probe
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electionlawblog.org and Political Wire


Progressive Journalists Are Outraged At The NRA For Pointing Out Leftist Violence — Two days before an assassination attempt on Republicans, the NRA posted a video on Facebook warning of leftist violence. Progressive journalists are now pretending political violence is the NRA's fault.
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twitchy.com, The Daily Banter, TheBlaze, Boing Boing and Shareblue
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It was 129 degrees in Iran Thursday, which is one of the Earth's hottest temperatures ever recorded — The southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz soared to a brutal 129 degrees Thursday, which is Iran's highest temperature ever recorded. — It's also one of the world's hottest reliably measured temperatures …
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Washington Post, Daily Mail and Mashable


Family's amateur sting operation takes down man targeting young girl — DEL CITY, OK (KSWO)- A man accused of targeting a young girl for sex was taken down by an amateur sting operation put together by a Del City family. — The father of a 15-year-old girl found out about the relationship …
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Washington Post, Raw Story and WQAD-TV


NYT Finally Retracts Russia-gate Canard — Exclusive: A founding Russia-gate myth is that all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies agreed that Russia hacked into and distributed Democratic emails, a falsehood that The New York Times has belatedly retracted, reports Robert Parry.
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Liberal Values, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, Sputnik International, MILO NEWS, The Daily Caller and New York Times


Ted Cruz has a big idea that just might unlock a Senate health care deal — Here's how it works. — An amendment is under consideration that maybe, just maybe, could unlock the whole Senate Republican health bill. It might knock over the dominoes necessary for a deal, starting with regulations …
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The Week, Axios, Business Insider, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Politico and Hit & Run