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New York Times:
Republican Shadow Campaign for 2020 Takes Shape as Trump Doubts Grow — WASHINGTON — Senators Tom Cotton and Ben Sasse have already been to Iowa this year, Gov. John Kasich is eyeing a return visit to New Hampshire, and Mike Pence's schedule is so full of political events that Republicans joke …
Mike Allen / Axios:
The Mooch's replacement could be Stephen Miller — Stephen Miller, the Trump senior policy adviser who just tangled on-camera with CNN's Jim Acosta, is under consideration for White House communications director, top Trump sources tell me. — The effort to find a Mooch successor is still …
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RedState, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Kel McClanahan / Politico:
Jeff Sessions' Attack on the Media Is Worse Than You Think — Attorney General Jeff Sessions held a press conference to announce how avidly the Department of Justice was going to investigate and prosecute leakers of classified national security information. From now on, he said, “the Department of Justice is open for business.”
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Axios, Splinter, U.S. Department of Justice, Techdirt, RedState and Liberty Blitzkrieg
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John Byrne / Chicago Tribune:
Emanuel: City to sue Trump Justice Department over funding threat — Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a naturalization ceremony at the Cultural Center in downtown Chicago on May 5, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel hosted the ceremony along with Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera. — Privacy Policy
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Washington Times
Ian Mason / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Jeff Sessions Orders Look into ‘DOJ Slush Fund’ Payments to Leftists
Exclusive - Jeff Sessions Orders Look into ‘DOJ Slush Fund’ Payments to Leftists
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Front Page Magazine
Sadie Gurman / Associated Press:
Huff, puff, pass? AG's pot fury not echoed by task force
Huff, puff, pass? AG's pot fury not echoed by task force
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The New Civil Rights Movement and Politicus USA
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Defends McMaster as Conservatives Seek His Dismissal — President Trump defended Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, his embattled national security adviser, on Friday in the face of a full-bore campaign by the nationalist wing of his political coalition accusing him of undermining the president's agenda and calling for his dismissal.
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New York Magazine, Breitbart, The Guardian, Occidental Dissent, IJR, Axios, Fox News Insider, TheBlaze, AOL and The Gateway Pundit
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Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Far-right Bannon Affiliates Attack McMaster for Being ‘Controlled by Jews’ and ‘Hostile to Israel’
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump defends McMaster in wake of criticism on the right
Trump defends McMaster in wake of criticism on the right
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Politico, The Week, CNN and The Atlantic
Louise Matsakis / Motherboard:
Google Employee's Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’ — At least eight Google employees tweeted Friday about a document that was circulated within the company calling for replacing Google's diversity initiatives with policies that encourage “ideological diversity” instead.
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The Verge and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
AM Joy panel destroys ‘race-baiting’ lawyer Alan Dershowitz for attacking diversity of Trump grand jury — Former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz was accused of being a “race-baiter” on MSNBC on Saturday morning over his comments that the grand jury looking into allegations …
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WABC-AM | Cumulus
Karen Ocamb / Los Angeles Blade:
Trump's Trans Military Ban Now Policy — President Donald Trump may be on a 17- day vacation but his White House has been scrambling to hand him a “win” by the time he returns. Trump's tweets last week announcing a ban on transgender individuals serving openly in the U.S. military was turned into a …
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The New Civil Rights Movement and Politico
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Dems to Mattis: Don't comply with Trump's ‘unconstitutional’ transgender ban
Dems to Mattis: Don't comply with Trump's ‘unconstitutional’ transgender ban
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ThinkProgress, AOL and TheBlaze
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The GOP has become the party of the grotesque — Southern Gothic is a literary genre and, occasionally, a political style that, like the genre, blends strangeness and irony. Consider the current primary campaign to pick the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions.
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Outside the Beltway
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Fox News Host Sent Unsolicited Lewd Text Messages To Colleagues, Sources Say — Eric Bolling, a co-host of “The Specialists,” said through an attorney that he “does not believe he sent any such communications.” — Eric Bolling, a longtime Fox News host, sent an unsolicited photo …
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Mediaite, USA Today, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, NBC News, AOL, Balloon Juice, Splinter, The Hill, The Washington Journal, Raw Story, IJR, TheBlaze and Joe.My.God., more at Mediagazer »
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Fledgling Presidency Has Already Collapsed — President Trump's approval rating has dropped by about one percentage point per month and now sits in the mid-30s. At the current rate, it would hit zero in September 2020. (A highly unlikely possibility, though with Donald Trump, anything is possible.)
New York Times:
Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn — Investigators working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, recently asked the White House for documents related to former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, and have questioned witnesses about whether he was secretly paid …
US Department of State:
Communication Regarding Intent To Withdraw From Paris Agreement — Media Note — Office of the Spokesperson — Washington, DC — Today, the United States submitted a communication to the United Nations, in its capacity as depositary for the Paris Agreement, regarding the U.S. intent …
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ThinkProgress, Refinery29, The Daily Caller, AOL, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, UPI and Politico
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Next Slide — MUSKEGO - U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan cast doubt Friday on a plan by President Donald Trump to cut legal immigration, saying the American economy needs workers to replace retiring baby boomers. — “I just think arbitrary cuts to legal immigration don't take into effect …
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Breitbart and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
III Marine Expeditionary Force:
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit MV-22 Osprey mishap update 1 — MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan - Search and rescue operations continue for three U.S. Marines that were aboard an MV-22 Osprey involved in a mishap off of the east coast of Australia around 4:00 p.m. Aug. 5.
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New York Times and NPR
Bill Scher / Politico:
Memo to Mark Zuckerberg: So You Want to Be President ... You've road tripped to meet with real Americans in a quest to visit all 50 states. You've hired Barack Obama's pollster along with his first campaign manager to advise your philanthropic fund. You've given a flat “no” …
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Althouse
David Siders / Politico:
Democrats fear Russia probe blowback — ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — Democrats are increasingly conflicted about how forcefully to press the issue of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. — Fearful of alienating voters who appear more concerned about the economy and health care …
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Liberal Values
Sara Stefanini / Politico:
Vladimir Putin gets away from it all in Siberia: in pictures — ‘It was a very brief, but very eventful trip,’ according to presidential spokesman. — Russian President Vladimir Putin enjoyed a few days of swimming, fishing, sunbathing and more while holidaying in southern Siberia last week.
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The Big Lead and TASS