Top Items:
Washington Post:
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.
Discussion:
Breitbart, Vox, Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, Bloomberg, Shareblue, ThinkProgress, neo-neocon, CNNMoney, Towleroad, Mediaite, The Hill, Media Matters for America, The Daily Caller, CANNONFIRE, New York Post, Politicus USA, Gothamist, KTLA, Daily Wire, New York Magazine, The Guardian, AOL, CNBC, Political Insider blog, Business Insider, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, NBC News, Raw Story, Politico, National Review, IJR, TheBlaze, ABC News, New York Times, Conservative News Today, Daily Kos, JONATHAN TURLEY, Washington Times, The Moderate Voice, Shakesville, The Week, Mashable, TVNewser, Axios, Washington Free Beacon and Taylor Marsh, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
The Daily Beast:
Jared Kushner Told Joe Scarborough: Talk to President Trump About ‘Enquirer’ Dirt … On Friday, MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough made the explosive claim that three of President Donald Trump's most senior White House aides “warned” the couple that the tabloid The National Enquirer …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, FOX6Now.com, Daily Wire, Politicus USA, WREG-TV, New York Times, The Week and Business Insider
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
What Really Happened Between Donald Trump, the Hosts of Morning Joe, and the National Enquirer — As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump used his close alliance with the National Enquirer to attack his enemies. Now that he's President, he's continuing to benefit from the tabloid's support.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Scarborough, Brzezinski say White House used National Enquirer as threat — Trump tweets insults at MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski — MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski claim President Trump and his White House used the possibility of a hit piece in the National Enquirer to threaten them.
Jay Caruso / RedState:
Joe Scarborough: I Updated NBC Executives in Real Time About National Enquirer Threat — The feud between Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough, and Mika Brzenzski with President Donald Trump heated up on Friday morning when Scarborough related a possible blackmail story involving The National Enquirer.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Politico, Breitbart, Washington Times, The Guardian, Mediaite, Daily Wire, Axios, Politicus USA, TVNewser, CBS Miami and Townhall.com
MSNBC:
Mika Brzezinski responds to Donald Trump's tweets about her — Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough address President Trump's Thursday tweets about them, what it says about the president and the United States and the practical impact of his behavior. ... more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}
Discussion:
Business Insider and Daily Wire
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
This Is What CNN Focused On For 13 Hours Straight — Just days after being singled out on Twitter by President Trump, CNN centered its coverage around a pair of tweets from the president on Thursday morning, presenting Trump's personal attacks on MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough as the driving issue of the day.
Discussion:
Mediaite, Raw Story, CNN, CNNMoney and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney:
Why Trump's offensive tweets don't get him kicked off Twitter — Trump tweets insults at MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski — President Trump has called Twitter a “wonderful thing” because it lets him speak directly to the people. — But on numerous occasions, Trump has found a more troubling use for his Twitter …
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Kellyanne Conway on Trump: 'I didn't say I endorsed his attacks'
Kellyanne Conway on Trump: 'I didn't say I endorsed his attacks'
Discussion:
Politico, The Gateway Pundit, ThinkProgress, Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, Talking Points Memo and The Week
Editorials / New York Daily News:
The ugly American President: Donald Trump's tweet-rant against Mika and Joe reaches new low
The ugly American President: Donald Trump's tweet-rant against Mika and Joe reaches new low
Discussion:
CNN, The Resurgent and The Moderate Voice
Gail Collins / New York Times:
I've Overestimated Donald Trump
I've Overestimated Donald Trump
Discussion:
Axios, PressThink, New York Magazine, Raw Story, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, SARAH PALIN and Power Line, more at Mediagazer »
Ari Berman / The Nation:
The Trump Administration Is Planning an Unprecedented Attack on Voting Rights — We are witnessing the beginning of a nationwide voter-suppression campaign, led by the White House and enabled by Congress and the Department of Justice. — Four things happened yesterday that pose a grave danger to voting rights.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Route Fifty, Washington Post, Politicus USA and electionlawblog.org
RELATED:
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Trump's voter-fraud commission wants to know voting history, party ID and address of every voter in the U.S.
Trump's voter-fraud commission wants to know voting history, party ID and address of every voter in the U.S.
Discussion:
Mother Jones, Business Insider, New York Magazine, The White House, Washington Examiner, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Week and Fusion
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Kris Kobach wants every U.S. voter's personal information for Trump's commission
Kris Kobach wants every U.S. voter's personal information for Trump's commission
Discussion:
Shareblue, The Atlantic, Gizmodo, electionlawblog.org, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, Mediaite, Route Fifty, Balloon Juice, DCReport.org and The Hill
Pam Fessler / NPR:
White House Panel Asks States For Their Voter Rolls
White House Panel Asks States For Their Voter Rolls
Discussion:
Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, SARAH PALIN, ProPublica, Shakesville, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Eschaton and Talking Points Memo
Josh Delk / The Hill:
State officials refuse to turn over voter roll data to Trump election panel
State officials refuse to turn over voter roll data to Trump election panel
Discussion:
Hartford Courant, Washington Free Beacon and Daily Kos
Mike Allen / Axios:
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.
RELATED:
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump repeal idea would lead to 26 million uninsured — President Donald Trump wants Congress to repeal Obamacare now and worry about replacing it later. But that's a non-starter for many congressional Republicans who don't want to scrap a plan that's covering millions of Americans without something to take its place.
Discussion:
Axios, Omaha World-Herald and Political Wire
RELATED:
Jeff Stein / Vox:
How do congressional Democrats want to fix Obamacare? We asked 8 of them.
How do congressional Democrats want to fix Obamacare? We asked 8 of them.
Discussion:
The Week
The Intercept:
Here's The Audio Of Donald Trump's Private RNC Fundraiser At His Own Hotel — President Donald Trump kicked off his re-election campaign's financing efforts with a major fundraiser at his own Washington hotel Wednesday night, excluding media but charging attendees $35,000 each.
Discussion:
Breitbart, The Hill, AOL, Mediaite, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, IJR and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
David Dayen / The Intercept:
California Single-Payer Organizers Are Deceiving Their Supporters. It's Time To Stop. — In the days since California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon shelved for the year SB562, which intends to establish a state single payer health care system, he's been subject to mass protests and even death threats.
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money
J. Lester Feder / BuzzFeed:
Trump Administration Appoints Anti-Transgender Activist To Gender Equality Post — “To put it simply, a boy claiming gender confusion must now be allowed in the same shower, bathroom, or locker room with my daughter,” wrote the new senior adviser for women's empowerment at USAID.
Discussion:
Shakesville and Fusion
Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
President Donald Trump's ‘feds’ arrive in Chicago to fight gun crime — An ATF agent looks over the playground at Joseph Warren Elementary School following a shooting on June 16. Two girls were hit by bullets fired from a passing car as they participated in a track event on the playground.
RELATED:
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
Nets Dedicate 28X More Coverage to Trump Tweet than Kate's Law Passing House — On Thursday, all of Washington, D.C. and every liberal news outlet was obsessed with a pair of early morning tweets sent out by President Trump. In the tweets, Trump egregiously mocked Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski by claiming she had a face lift.
Discussion:
The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Sean Moran / Breitbart:
Rep. Justin Amash Only Republican to Vote Against Kate's Law
Rep. Justin Amash Only Republican to Vote Against Kate's Law
Discussion:
Fox News and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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.
Emily Holden / E&E News:
Pruitt will launch program to ‘critique’ climate science — U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is leading a formal initiative to challenge mainstream climate science using a “back-and-forth critique” by government-recruited experts, according to a senior administration official.
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Niskanen Center and The Daily Caller
Eitan D. Hersh / New York Times:
The Problem With Participatory Democracy Is the Participants — At backyard barbecues this holiday weekend, liberals will gab with one another about how much time they're spending on politics. More than ever, they are watching cable news, and refreshing Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
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.
Discussion:
Townhall.com, RedState and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »