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Matthew Pennington / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Beyond bluster, US, NKorea in regular contact — https://apnews.com/686ac7c761694b28b677 93a1d8297145 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — Beyond the bluster, the Trump administration has been quietly engaged in back channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months …
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Twitter users want Trump's account suspended for ‘threatening violence’ against North Korea — Can a president be suspended from Twitter for threatening to attack another country? — That's what some Twitter users, including actor and former Barack Obama aide Kal Penn, are demanding …
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Mark Katkov / NPR:
Despite Rhetoric On North Korea, U.S. Military Posture Hasn't Really Changed — President Trump's “locked and loaded” remark on Friday — part of his ongoing exchange with the North Korean regime — might have set the world more on edge. But if the U.S. military is preparing for a major conflict, there is little evidence of it.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Pentagon: We've received no new orders on Venezuela after Trump remarks — The Department of Defense is pushing back on President Trump's assertion that he is refusing to rule out a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela. — “The Pentagon has not received any orders with regards to Venezuela …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump says he won't rule out military option in Venezuela
Trump says he won't rule out military option in Venezuela
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Despite Trump's threats to North Korea, the U.S. military doesn't appear to be on a new wartime footing
Despite Trump's threats to North Korea, the U.S. military doesn't appear to be on a new wartime footing
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Sputnik International, RedState and TheBlaze
Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:
US Intelligence: North Korea's ICBM Reentry Vehicles Are Likely Good Enough to Hit the Continental US
US Intelligence: North Korea's ICBM Reentry Vehicles Are Likely Good Enough to Hit the Continental US
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Christopher Brennan / New York Daily News:
NRA TV host apologizes for suggesting North Korea attack California
NRA TV host apologizes for suggesting North Korea attack California
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Wins Round One with North Korea
Donald Trump Wins Round One with North Korea
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Eddie Baza Calvo:
I just got off the phone with Chief of Staff General John Kelly and with the President of the United States of America. — They called me from the White House this morning and both assured me that the people of Guam are safe. — In the President's words they are behind us “1000 percent.”
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump's China trade crackdown coming Monday — President Donald Trump is ready to launch a new trade crackdown on China next week, an administration official confirmed. — Trump on Monday will call for an investigation into China over allegations that the nation violated U.S. intellectual property rights …
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Axios and The Gateway Pundit
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump predicts ‘tenfold’ boost in tourism for Guam amid threats by North Korea
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Trump just thanked Putin for slashing America's diplomatic presence in Russia
Trump just thanked Putin for slashing America's diplomatic presence in Russia
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Mike Ives / New York Times:
North Korea Aside, Guam Faces Another Threat: Climate Change
North Korea Aside, Guam Faces Another Threat: Climate Change
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James Damore / Wall Street Journal:
Why I Was Fired by Google — James Damore says his good-faith effort to discuss differences between men and women in tech couldn't be tolerated in the company's ‘ideological echo chamber’ — I was fired by Google this past Monday for a document that I wrote and circulated internally raising questions …
Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:
Manchin Emerges as Possible Pick for Energy Department — Move would let West Virginia's GOP governor to name successor — Idea in early stages of discussion, with Perry stance unclear — Some White House and Republican officials are exploring the idea of putting West Virginia Democratic …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Bernie Bros and sisters are coming to Republicans' rescue — (Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency) — Things could go well for the Democrats in next year's midterm elections — if they don't Bern out. — President Trump is woefully unpopular, feuding with Senate Majority …
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New York Times:
Scott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say — WASHINGTON — When career employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are summoned to a meeting with the agency's administrator, Scott Pruitt, at agency headquarters, they no longer can count on easy access …
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Charlottesville remains on edge ahead of ‘Unite the Right’ rally — (CNN)White nationalists and counterprotesters are expected to flood downtown Charlottesville Saturday as the Virginia city braces for the “Unite the Right” rally. — By noon, thousands are expected to gather in Emancipation Park …
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Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Won't Rule Out Military Option for Venezuela — ‘Venezuela is a mess,’ president says — President Donald Trump warned of possible military action in Venezuela on Friday, even as he amplified threats of an armed response to North Korea missile buildup.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Inquiry Into Russian Meddling Could Wrap Up This Year, Burr Says — WASHINGTON — Senator Richard Burr, the initially reluctant but now determined leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election, said the investigation had expanded beyond …
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Political Wire
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Ship Monitoring Rescues of Migrants Refuses to Be Rescued — ROME — In the end, it was the gang that couldn't sail straight. — A group of hard-right white nationalists determined to keep migrants from reaching Europe garnered international attention this summer when they chartered a ship …
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Daniel / Crooked Timber:
From a logical point of view ... I have now read that “google manifesto”. I read it more out of a desire to forestall people saying “but have you ACTUALLY READ IT?” than out of any expectation that it would contain new or unfamiliar information, and indeed it was your fairly standard evo-psych …
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Cynthia Lee / Vox:
I'm a woman in computer science. Let me ladysplain the Google memo to you.
I'm a woman in computer science. Let me ladysplain the Google memo to you.
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