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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
How CNN found the Reddit user behind the Trump wrestling GIF — (CNN)The Reddit user who initially claimed credit for President Donald Trump's tweet that showed Trump tackling CNN issued an apology Tuesday for the video and other offensive content he posted — one day after CNN identified …
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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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Greg P. / twitchy.com:
If BuzzFeed is correct, it appears CNN's Andrew Kaczynski outed the wrong guy … According to an analysis by BuzzFeed, the CNN-WWE GIF that President Donald Trump tweeted last week was not the same as the one created by HanAssholeSolo, which means CNN's Andrew Kaczynski outed the wrong guy:
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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 — Andrew Auernheimer, the notorious hacker and Internet troll known as ‘Weev,’ rallied the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer's troll army for its latest campaign this morning, claiming that CNN was blackmailing a “teen shitposter.”
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
CNN Is Standing By Its Controversial Reddit User Story
CNN Is Standing By Its Controversial Reddit User Story
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
What the hell were you thinking, CNN?
What the hell were you thinking, CNN?
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
What CNN's Threat To Dox A Redditor Tells Us About The State Of Journalism
What CNN's Threat To Dox A Redditor Tells Us About The State Of Journalism
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New York Times:
U.S. Vows Tougher Action on North Korea After Missile Test — SEOUL, South Korea — The United States responded Wednesday to North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test by conducting a rare joint missile exercise with South Korea and pushing to impose tougher United Nations sanctions …
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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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Washington Post:
At G-20 summit, it looks more and more like Trump against the world
At G-20 summit, it looks more and more like Trump against the world
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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
In North Korea, ‘Surgical Strike’ Could Spin Into ‘Worst Kind of Fighting’
In North Korea, ‘Surgical Strike’ Could Spin Into ‘Worst Kind of Fighting’
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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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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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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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New York Times:
Aides' Biggest Worry on Trump's Europe Trip: A Meeting With Putin — WASHINGTON — President Trump has been briefed repeatedly. His advisers have alerted him to the web of potential risks, complex issues and diplomatic snags. — But even his top aides do not know precisely what Mr. Trump …
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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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Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
NPR Tweeted The Declaration Of Independence And Some Trump Supporters Were Offended — In celebration of the 4th of July, National Public Radio tweeted out the Declaration of Independence in a series of more than 100 tweets on Tuesday. … Many people responded with praise for the historic document, and thanked NPR for sharing it.
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Bob Collins / NewsCut:
NPR's tweets expose a thin grasp of American history
NPR's tweets expose a thin grasp of American history
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
NPR Tweeted Declaration Of Independence, And Trump Supporters Flipped Out
NPR Tweeted Declaration Of Independence, And Trump Supporters Flipped Out
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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Police Officer Is Shot and Killed in ‘Unprovoked Attack’ in the Bronx — A police officer was shot and killed early Wednesday while sitting in a police vehicle in the Bronx, in what the New York City police commissioner called an “unprovoked attack” and an assassination. The gunman was killed, the police said.
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Fox News:
Cruz's ObamaCare fix gets support from Hill conservatives — A low-flying proposal from Sen. Ted Cruz to overhaul a major component of ObamaCare is attracting the kind of conservative enthusiasm that could prove critical in the broader GOP push to repeal and replace the 2010 law.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
‘Repeal now, replace later’ will kill the GOP's health-care reform
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
White House gender pay gap more than triples under Trump — The pay gap between male and female White House staffers has more than tripled in the first year of the Trump administration, according to an analysis by economist Mark Perry of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
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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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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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Raw Story
Jon Levine / Mediaite:
A GOP Congressman Made a Selfie Video From Inside Auschwitz — It's as Bad as You Think — There are few places more hallowed than the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. More than a million people, mostly Jews, were killed there during the second world war, many in the camp's infamous gas chambers.
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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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Nikil Saval / New York Times:
Hated by the Right. Mocked by the Left. Who Wants to Be ‘Liberal’ Anymore? — “Liberal” has long been a dirty word to the American political right. It may be shortened, in the parlance of the Limbaugh Belt, to “libs,” or expanded to the offensive portmanteau “libtards.” But its target is always clear.
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Investigators explore if Russia colluded with pro-Trump sites during US election — Questions raised as to whether Trump supports coordinated with Moscow to spread bogus stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton — The spread of Russian-made fake news stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton …
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