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Ari Berman / The Nation:
The Trump Administration's Voter-Suppression Plans Are Backfiring Badly — In an unprecedented show of bipartisan resistance, 44 states are refusing to hand over private voter data to Kris Kobach. — On June 28, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the vice chair of Donald Trump's presidential commission …
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The Hill:
Voter fraud commission may have violated law — President Trump's voter fraud commission may have violated the law by ignoring federal requirements governing requests for information from states. — The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity asked all 50 states …
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Washington Post:
Why almost every state is partially or fully rebuffing Trump's voter fraud commission … In a rare display of bipartisanship, officials in nearly every state have said they will partially or fully refuse to comply with President Trump's voting commission, which has encountered criticism …
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Celeste Katz / Mic:
Trump election integrity commission member: “We should have predicted” the backlash — A member of President Donald Trump's commission on election integrity said the panel should have known the American public would have been outraged by a request for voters' personal information.
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Michael Chertoff / Washington Post:
Trump's voter data request poses an unnoticed danger — to national security
Trump's voter data request poses an unnoticed danger — to national security
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Trump Voter Fraud Commission Was Cautioned About Seeking Sensitive Voter Information
Trump Voter Fraud Commission Was Cautioned About Seeking Sensitive Voter Information
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Raw Story and electionlawblog.org
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
How A Random GIF From Reddit Probably Ended Up On President Trump's Phone — Last Wednesday, a Reddit user named /u/HanAssholeSolo posted a GIF titled “Trump takes down fake news (Colorized, 2017)” to Reddit's largest pro-Trump subreddit, /r/The_Donald. — The post gained a few thousand upvotes and …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
CNN Is Standing By Its Controversial Reddit User Story — CNN executives thought they were showing restraint by not identifying Reddit user HanAssholeSolo. But a strange contingency line has set off the pro-Trump social internet. — When a CNN reporter tracked down the Reddit user …
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Keegan Hankes / Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch:
Daily Stormer Troll Army Threatens CNN Staffers Over Reddit User Behind Trump/CNN GIF
Daily Stormer Troll Army Threatens CNN Staffers Over Reddit User Behind Trump/CNN GIF
Ricochet:
Trump Has Driven CNN Stark, Raving Mad
Trump Has Driven CNN Stark, Raving Mad
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Greg P. / twitchy.com:
If BuzzFeed is correct, it appears CNN's Andrew Kaczynski outed the wrong guy
If BuzzFeed is correct, it appears CNN's Andrew Kaczynski outed the wrong guy
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
What the hell were you thinking, CNN?
What the hell were you thinking, CNN?
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U.S. Department of Justice:
United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby — Cuneiform Tablets Were Falsely Labeled as Product “Samples” and Shipped to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Two Corporate Affiliates — Earlier today, the United States filed …
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NBC News:
Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing, Newly Discovered Photo Suggests — A newly discovered photograph suggests legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who vanished 80 years ago on a round-the-world flight, survived a crash-landing in the Marshall Islands.
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Johnny Dodd / People.com:
Does This Photo Prove Amelia Earhart Survived Her Final Flight? — A recently-discovered photograph is turning the mystery surrounding Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance on its head, leading a handful of experts to believe the celebrated aviator and women's rights role model actually survived …
Washington Post:
At G-20 summit, it looks more and more like Trump against the world — President Trump and key global leaders are on a collision course ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Germany this week, with Trump's unapologetic “America First” mantra on trade and climate change running into emboldened, and increasingly united, opposition overseas.
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Trump Warsaw Speech to Focus on Poland's National Example
Trump Warsaw Speech to Focus on Poland's National Example
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New York Times:
Trump Aides' Biggest Worry About Europe Trip: Meeting With Putin — WARSAW — President Trump arrived in Europe on Wednesday for three days of diplomacy that will culminate in a meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, which has the potential for global repercussions and political fallout back home.
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Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Stakes are high for Trump's meeting with Putin. Here's what to expect.
Stakes are high for Trump's meeting with Putin. Here's what to expect.
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Vox, Washington Post, Business Insider, Daily Kos and The Guardian
MedStar Washington Hospital Center:
Condition Update: Rep. Steve Scalise Progress — Congressman Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center due to new concerns for infection. His condition is listed as serious. We will provide another update tomorrow, July 6.
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Business Insider and The Last Refuge
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David Caplan / ABC News:
Rep. Scalise ‘out of bed’ and ‘getting better,’ says fellow congressman
Rep. Scalise ‘out of bed’ and ‘getting better,’ says fellow congressman
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Raw Story
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Chelsea Handler to Debate Tomi Lahren Live at Politicon — Comedian and TV host Chelsea Handler will take on controversial conservative pundit Tomi Lahren in a live conversation later this month at Politicon, The Daily Beast has learned. The third annual political convention …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Own Government Admits Trump Is Lying About Obamacare's ‘Death Spiral’ — President Trump likes to says things like, “Obamacare's dead, it's gone.” More traditional Republicans — i.e., ones who don't talk like characters in Goodfellas — express the same idea in more highbrow terms.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
‘Repeal now, replace later’ will kill the GOP's health-care reform — When King Solomon proposed splitting the baby, he knew that actually splitting the baby would have killed it. It was a ruse to save the child. Yet some Republican senators don't seem to understand that splitting …
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Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Commandos Running Out of ISIS Targets … U.S. special operations forces have removed roughly 50 top ISIS leaders off the battlefield since President Donald Trump took office, down from 80 killed in the last six months of the Obama administration, according to figures obtained by The Daily Beast.
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Dems try new slogan: ‘Have you seen the other guys?’ … The campaign arm for House Democrats on Wednesday tried out a new slogan: “I mean, have you seen the other guys?” — The sticker slogan, one of several floated as part of a fundraising effort by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee …
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Bloomberg.com:
Walter Isaacson Says Media Exacerbates Political Divide — Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute president and CEO, discusses the political divide in the U.S. He speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu, Joe Weisenthal and Julia Chatterley on “What'd You Miss?” (Source: Bloomberg)
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
CNN Just Published A Fake Quote From Abraham Lincoln — CNN tweeted out quotes from notable Americans for the Fourth of July. Here was one of the quotes they tweeted from Abraham Lincoln: — The quote, which is also displayed at the Newseum, was interpreted as yet another attack from the media giant against the president.
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Renae Merle / Los Angeles Times:
Judge tells Martin Shkreli: Keep your mouth shut — Martin Shkreli arrives for the first day of jury selection in his federal securities-fraud trial June 26 in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP/Getty Images) — The Washington Post — Martin Shkreli, the boisterous former hedge-fund manager …
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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking ‘pro-Trump’ to new heights — One America News is an obscure TV channel struggling to emerge from the cellar of the cable ratings, but it is nonetheless one of President Trump's favorite media outlets.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Seth Rich Murder Conspiracy Is Being Used to Sell Face Cream … Trump campaign email vendors are marketing an anti-aging cream with the help of conspiracy theories surrounding the 2016 murder of a Democratic Party staffer. — The ad hawking the wrinkle-fighting formula is very clearly a scam.
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Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal:
Poland Prepares ‘Absolutely Huge’ Welcome for Trump — Poland plans an elaborate reception for Donald Trump this week as he gives a major speech in a Warsaw square. Behind the effort is a recognition that Mr. Trump has the potential to change the balance of power in Europe.
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