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Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
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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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
John Podesta Loses It During Russia Debate with Maria Bartiromo
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Emily Smith / New York Post:
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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump tweets shocking assault on Brzezinski, Scarborough — Trump attacks ‘Morning Joe’ hosts on Twitter — Even by President Trump's standards, these tweets were shocking. — On Thursday morning, while MSNBC's “Morning Joe” was on the air, Trump posted a pair of hateful tweets about co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Attacks ‘Crazy’ Mika Brzezinski: She Was ‘Bleeding Badly From a Face-Lift’ … President Trump launched a cruel personal attack on MSNBC's Morning Joe co-hosts and love birds Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on Thursday morning, rather than deal with his health-care bill seemingly on death's door.
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Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
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 Hill:
White House offers unapologetic defense of Trump tweets — The White House offered an unapologetic defense Thursday of President Trump's tweets attacking MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski during a contentious televised press briefing. — Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders was grilled …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Mocks Mika Brzezinski; Says She Was ‘Bleeding Badly From a Face-lift’
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's bullying of Mika Brzezinski crosses a big line
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
First lady Melania Trump stands by the President's tweets
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Sanders: Trump will fight ‘fire with fire’
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
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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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Greta Van Susteren out at MSNBC after six months
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
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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Ezra Klein / Vox:
It turns out the liberal caricature of conservatism is correct — It's depressing. But it's true. — Marc Thiessen, the George W. Bush speechwriter who now writes a column for the Washington Post op-ed page, is aghast at the Senate GOP's health care bill.
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CNN:
Susan Rice agrees to testify before House intelligence panel — (CNN)The House intelligence committee plans to interview Susan Rice next month as part of its investigation into Russia meddling in the US election last year, a high-profile target for Republicans who accuse President Barack …
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Cecilia Vega / ABC News:
House Russia probe eyes longtime Trump bodyguard-turned-White House aide Keith Schiller
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
House Intel Committee threatens to subpoena WH over Comey tapes
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Fox News:
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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Hawaii challenges Trump stance on Supreme Court travel ban ruling — Fiancees appear to win last-minute reprieve as parts of controversial immigration order take effect. — The State of Hawaii is asking a federal judge to rule that the administration's latest plan to carry …
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
A chilling National Rifle Association ad gaining traction online appears to be ‘an open call to violence’ — A National Rifle Association ad that has gained traction on social media this month urges Americans to join “freedom's safest place” as protesters and members of the “resistance” …
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Progressive Journalists Are Outraged At The NRA For Pointing Out Leftist Violence
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Robert Parry / Consortiumnews.com:
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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Van Jones / CNN:
Much ado about nothing (burger) — Reporter fires back on ‘fake news’ attack — Jones says he thinks it's unlikely Trump will be forced from office over the Russia investigation but that doesn't mean he thinks there's nothing there — CNN political commentator Van Jones is president …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pence to Replace His Chief of Staff — WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff will depart the White House in the coming weeks and will be replaced by a long-serving aide, in the first major staff change of his office, officials said on Thursday.
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Rhiannon Poolaw / KSWO-TV:
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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Nancy Coleman / CNN:
Army vet beaten to death after saving two teens — (CNN)A 62-year-old veteran died saving a pair of teenagers from a brutal attack, and now he's being hailed as a hero. — James Farmer Jr. was asleep in his car in downtown Denver on June 16 when he woke up to a homeless man attacking the two teens.
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WLOS-TV:
Caught on camera: Man chased, struck by SUV in Walmart parking lot; man and driver charged — A pregnant woman tells News 13 she chased a man and hit him with her SUV in a Walmart parking lot after she says he attempted to steal her purse. — It happened around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Walmart on Bleachery Boulevard.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Left Ron Johnson for Dead Last Year, Now He Could Kill Their Health Care Bill … Last Friday, Sen. Ron Johnson gave Senate Republican leadership a minor aneurysm when he announced he wasn't ready to back the health care bill. — Getting Johnson to support that bill was expected to be easy.
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