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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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Sputnik International, Vox, TheBlaze, Pacific Standard, Breitbart, CNBC, WND and Washington Monthly
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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 …
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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RedState
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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Defense News and twitchy.com
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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CNNMoney, Axios and Business Insider
Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Won't Rule Out Military Option for Venezuela
Trump Won't Rule Out Military Option for Venezuela
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Business Insider, Althouse and The Last Tradition
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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The Daily Caller
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 and RedState
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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Media Matters for America, KXTV, Boing Boing, Talking Points Memo, TheBlaze and Joe.My.God.
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Wins Round One with North Korea
Donald Trump Wins Round One with North Korea
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Shareblue, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air and Associated Press
Reuters:
Special Report: Vladimir's Venezuela - Leveraging loans to Caracas, Moscow snaps up oil assets
Special Report: Vladimir's Venezuela - Leveraging loans to Caracas, Moscow snaps up oil assets
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The Daily Signal, The Daily Caller and Associated Press
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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The Hill, Washington Post and Business Insider
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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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Politico, Reuters, Power Line, Business Insider, The Atlantic, Outside the Beltway, ThinkProgress and The Week
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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Watts Up With That?, MichelleMalkin.com, RedState, ThinkProgress and CNBC
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 …
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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CIVIL WAR MEMORY, Inside Higher Ed, New York Times, The Week, Occidental Dissent and ImmigrationProf Blog
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
March of white supremacists at University of Virginia ends in skirmishes … Chanting “White lives matter!” “You will not replace us!” and “Jews will not replace us!” several hundred white nationalists and white supremacists carrying torches marched in a parade through the University of Virginia campus Friday night.
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Simple Justice, The New Civil Rights Movement and RT
Wall Street Journal:
Unmasking Samantha Power — We still don't know why Obama officials needed to know the names of so many Trump officials. — Of all the Russia storms raging around Donald Trump —the Christopher Steele dossier, the email to Don Jr. promising dirt on Hillary Clinton —there is still …
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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
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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Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, Business Insider, twitchy.com, Axios and TheBlaze
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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NPR
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 …
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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France 24, Mashable, The Guardian and Raw Story
Ben White / Politico:
Kelly considers further shuffling of West Wing staff, officials say — White House chief of staff John Kelly spent this week in Bedminster, N.J., pondering changes in the West Wing, according to four White House officials. — Kelly summoned aides to President Donald Trump's golf club …