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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
As Trump ranted and rambled in Phoenix, his crowd slowly thinned — PHOENIX — Just before President Trump strolled onto the rally stage on Tuesday evening, four speakers took turns carefully denouncing hate, calling for unity and ever so subtly assuring the audience that the president is not racist.
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Rachel Chason / Washington Post:
James Clapper questions Trump's fitness, worries about his access to nuclear codes — James R. Clapper Jr., former national intelligence director, questioned President Trump's fitness for office following his freewheeling speech in Phoenix on Tuesday night, which Clapper labeled “downright scary and disturbing.”
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump threatens shutdown, suggests controversial pardon at Arizona rally
Trump threatens shutdown, suggests controversial pardon at Arizona rally
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Leinz Vales / CNN:
James Clapper calls Trump speech ‘downright scary and disturbing’
James Clapper calls Trump speech ‘downright scary and disturbing’
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Anne Ryman / Arizona Republic:
Individuals gathered, too — Melanie French wasn't part …
Individuals gathered, too — Melanie French wasn't part …
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Clay Travis / Outkick the Coverage:
MSESPN Pulls Asian Announcer Named Robert Lee Off UVa Game To Avoid Offending Idiots — UPDATE: ESPN ISSUES OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON MOVING ROBERT LEE FROM VIRGINIA GAME: — “We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding …
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
ESPN, Citing Safety, Says Robert Lee Won't Broadcast Virginia Football Game — ESPN has removed an announcer from its broadcast of the University of Virginia's first football game next month because he has the same name as a Confederate general memorialized in statues that are being taken down across the country.
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VICE News:
Arizona GOP uses Margaret Cho sitcom pic to represent Asian Americans — Margaret Kim is an Asian American. She's definitely not a Republican. She's also not... real. But that hasn't stopped the Arizona Republican party from using Kim, the 1994 sitcom alter ego of living …
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Arizona Republic:
Fake news? Trump supporters circulate photo of Phoenix rally crowds ... but it's not … Ah social media is a glorious place. You see something, it looks cool, and so you retweet it. — And sometimes that gets you into trouble. — Such was the case Tuesday night …
Saba Hamedy / CNN:
Police spray tear gas at protesters following Trump's Phoenix rally — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Phoenix (CNN)What began as a peaceful protest outside the Phoenix Convention Center turned chaotic Tuesday evening as police officers used tear gas to manage the thousands protesting President Donald Trump's rally there.
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New York Times:
Trump and McConnell Locked in a Cold War, Threatening the G.O.P. Agenda — The relationship between President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, has disintegrated to the point that they have not spoken to each other in weeks, and Mr. McConnell has privately expressed uncertainty …
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HighGround:
US Senator Jeff Flake in Double Electoral Jeopardy Twelve Months Away from Primary Election — Home > - US Senator Jeff Flake in Double Electoral Jeopardy Twelve Months Away from Primary Election — Republican Party Divided - Provides Opening for Democrats
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump hits new low after Charlottesville — President Donald Trump's approval rating has hit a new low following a week in which a majority of voters believe he did more to divide the country than unite it, a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows. — Only 39 percent of voters approve …
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Trump's Approval Rating Dips Below 40% for First Time After Charlottesville — Americans are taking a dimmer-than-ever view of President Donald Trump's job performance following his response to the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month, when a woman was killed …
Steve Kornacki / NBC News:
Polls Show Trump Cratering? Not So Fast
Polls Show Trump Cratering? Not So Fast
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MSNBC:
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton in her own words — Hillary Clinton reflects on the 2016 campaign in her new book ‘What Happened.’ Morning Joe has an exclusive first look. ... more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
12 Days That Stunned a Nation: How Hillary Clinton Lost — WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks before Election Day, Hillary Clinton held a clear lead in the polls and it looked like her campaign was trying to run up the score — just as the race was about to turn upside down.
CNNMoney:
Emails: Breitbart editor pledges to do ‘dirty work’ for Bannon, smears Ivanka — A self-described “email prankster” seemingly fooled top editors at Breitbart over the weekend into believing he was Steve Bannon, the fired White House chief strategist who returned to the right-wing website as executive chairman on Friday.
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Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Navy to Relieve Admiral of Command After Collisions — Navy tradition of public accountability calls for commanders to be dismissed when superiors lose confidence in their leadership. — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Navy plans to remove the commander of the fleet that has suffered four recent collisions …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Has More Troops in Afghanistan Than Publicly Disclosed — Pentagon hasn't included 3,500 who slip in and out of theater in force tally — WASHINGTON—The Pentagon maintains more than 12,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, defense officials said, currently about 3,500 more than it publicly acknowledges …
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Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
While They Rage, Trump Builds — What's the highest pleasure known to man? Christian theologians talk about the visio beatifica, the “beatific vision” of God. — Alas, that communion is granted to very few in this life. For the common run of mankind, I suspect, the highest pleasure is moral infatuation.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Kushner travels to Middle East for peace negotiations — President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is in the Middle East this week as the White House continues Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. — Kushner, along with White House deputy national security adviser Dina Powell …
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Sgrant / Lawfare:
What if President Trump Orders Secretary of Defense Mattis to Do Something Deeply Unwise? — Secretary of Defense James Mattis takes the oath of office as President Donald Trump looks on. (White House/Flickr) — Plausible hypotheticals sparked by recent events raise the question whether …
Martin Selsoe Sorensen / New York Times:
Kim Wall Is Confirmed Dead as Danish Inventor Is Investigated — COPENHAGEN — The Copenhagen police announced on Wednesday that a torso found this week in local waters was that of Kim Wall, a Swedish freelance journalist whose disappearance after boarding a Danish inventor's submarine has stunned many Scandinavians.
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Howard Dean: If You Vote Republican in 2018, You're A Racist — In yesterday's column from Al Hunt in Bloomberg, the veteran political commentator noted that what Democrats needed was not new policies, but a new message. And former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean has an idea …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Fake Polls Are A Real Problem — Is Kid Rock leading the U.S. Senate race in Michigan? A story like that is essentially designed to go viral, and that's exactly what happened when Delphi Analytica released a poll fielded from July 14 to July 18. Republican Kid Rock earned 30 percent to Sen. Debbie Stabenow's 26 percent.
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Barney Jopson / Financial Times:
With alumni in the White House, Goldman sees an opening — When Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs' chairman and chief executive, arrived at the Rayburn building on Capitol Hill in late 2010, he was battered and bruised. At the time his bank was viewed as a vivid example of Wall Street misbehaviour.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump prepared to go to mat for wall funding — President Donald Trump's vow Tuesday to close down the government if he doesn't get money for the border wall mirrors private comments he has made to advisers in recent days - and could cause significant rifts within his own party if he follows through.
CNN:
Missouri governor stays execution of convicted killer amid new DNA evidence — (CNN)A Missouri man convicted of murder will not be put to death on Tuesday night after Gov. Eric Greitens issued a stay of execution and ordered a review of his case amid new DNA evidence.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
'We're going to burn you out': Univision anchor has chilling moment with Klansman — KKK leader calls Univision reporter the n-word — Univision is the latest outlet to provide an intimate glimpse of white supremacy. — On Sunday, the Spanish language broadcaster aired a tense …
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