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NBC News:
Manafort Notes From Russian Meet Contain Cryptic Reference to ‘Donations’ — WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort's notes from a controversial Trump Tower meeting with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign included the word “donations,” near a reference to the Republican National Committee …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC chief of staff resigns amid rash of departures — Sara Armstrong, the top staffer at the Republican National Committee, is departing, according to three people familiar with the move — the latest in a string of exits from the committee. — Armstrong, the RNC's chief of staff …
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The Hill, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Talking Points Memo
Bloomberg:
Kushners' China Deal Flop Was Part of Much Bigger Hunt for Cash — Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and top adviser, wakes up each morning to a growing problem that will not go away. His family's real estate business, Kushner Cos., owes hundreds of millions of dollars on a 41-story office building on Fifth Avenue.
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The Daily Beast:
The CEO of Laura Ingraham's LifeZette Won't Stop Talking About His Employees' ‘Boobs and Butts’ … LifeZette, the politics and culture website founded by prominent ally of President Donald Trump and longtime talk-radio host Laura Ingraham, is in trouble. — Traffic to the site …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump expected to halt Obama's program but allow some Dreamers to stay temporarily — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to end an Obama-era program that shielded young people from deportation, but he will likely let the immigrants known as Dreamers stay in the United States until …
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Arturo Garcia / Snopes.com:
Was Barack Obama President During Hurricane Katrina? — Twitter users tried to pin the blame for Katrina relief issues on Obama, though he wasn't even president when it hit New Orleans. … CLAIM — Barack Obama was president when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. — RATING — FALSE
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Who Will Fact-Check The Fact-Checkers? — [UPDATE: Snopes has inserted a semi-stealth revision to address (or discredit?) the critics. More at STEALTH below.] — Snopes strikes again! They have a vigorous rebuttal of the claim that — “Barack Obama was president when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005”.
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Eric Levenson / CNN:
Why we don't yet know Harvey's true toll
Why we don't yet know Harvey's true toll
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Gothamist
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Conservative leader: Don't tie Harvey relief to debt ceiling — The chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey should not be part of a vehicle to raise the debt ceiling. — Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), an ally of President Trump who leads …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Freedom Caucus leader warns: Don't attach Harvey aid to debt-ceiling increase — The leader of an influential group of House conservatives warned GOP leaders Thursday not to attach aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey to an increase in the federal debt limit, a stance that could constrain Speaker Paul D. Ryan …
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Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
This is the best photo Trump could find for “witnessing” hurricane devastation “first hand” — Donald Trump said he witnessed the devastation of Hurricane Harvey “first hand.” — He did not. — He did not even come close. — His Tuesday trip to Texas took him to Corpus Christi, several hundred miles away from Houston.
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William Axford / Houston Chronicle:
Sugar Land Pizza Hut workers deliver food to Hurricane Harvey victims by kayak
Sugar Land Pizza Hut workers deliver food to Hurricane Harvey victims by kayak
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, AOL and Mashable
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump claimed he witnessed Harvey's devastation ‘first hand.’ The White House basically admits he didn't.
Trump claimed he witnessed Harvey's devastation ‘first hand.’ The White House basically admits he didn't.
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EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Officer to woman during traffic stop: ‘We only kill black people, right?’ — COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Exclusive dash-cam video obtained by Channel 2 Action News caught an officer's interaction with a woman who said she was afraid to move her hands during a traffic stop.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump Raises an Army — I know that Harvey is heavy on America's heart. — It is certainly heavy on mine. My oldest brother lives in the hard-hit suburban Houston town of Humble, just outside of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and on the shores of the Spring Creek and the west fork of the San Jacinto River.
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Anthea Butler / New York Times:
The Cheap Prosperity Gospel of Trump and Osteen
The Cheap Prosperity Gospel of Trump and Osteen
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Aimee Green / Oregonian:
Owners must surgically ‘debark’ loud dogs, court rules — Gallery: Owners must debark dogs, court rules — The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a southern Oregon couple must quiet their incessantly barking dogs by sending them to the vet to have their voices surgically squelched.
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Oregon court: Couple must ‘debark’ dogs — cut their vocal cords — after neighbors complain
Oregon court: Couple must ‘debark’ dogs — cut their vocal cords — after neighbors complain
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Houston Chronicle:
Explosions reported at flooded Crosby chemical plant — A fire broke out at the Arkema plant in Crosby early Thursday, following chemical explosions overnight that sent plumes of black smoke into the air. — Arkema officials warned that more explosions are likely because there are eight additional box vans …
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Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
‘God drowned all the neo-Nazis of Texas’: French magazine Charlie Hebdo prints controversial cover depicting Harvey victims as white supremacists — French magazine Charlie Hebdo's latest edition includes a cover depicting Texans who drowned in the flood waters of Tropical Storm Harvey as Nazis
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Missouri Republican calls for vandals of Confederate monument to be lynched — In a Facebook post published Wednesday, Missouri Rep. Warren Love (R) expressed hope that the people responsible for vandalizing a Confederate monument in Springfield National Cemetery will be found and lynched.
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
SPLC Says Army Bases Are Confederate Monuments That Need To Come Down
SPLC Says Army Bases Are Confederate Monuments That Need To Come Down
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Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
Cernovich Sources: White House ‘Coup’ Underway, Trump ‘Under House Arrest’ — Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow spoke to journalist Mike Cernovich on Breitbart News Daily this morning discussing the Trump presidency, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's influence, and the possibility …
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Shareblue, Mike Cernovich, Joe.My.God. and Right Wing Watch
Heather Nauert / US Department of State:
Achieving Parity in Diplomatic Missions — Press Statement — Department Spokesperson — Washington, DC — The United States has fully implemented the decision by the Government of the Russian Federation to reduce the size of our mission in Russia.
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
CONFIRMED: Comey Decided He Wasn't Going to Refer Hillary For Prosecution Long Before FBI Investigation Was Over — According to new transcripts released by the Senate Judiciary Thursday afternoon, former FBI Director James Comey made the decision not to refer then Democrat presidential …
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Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
The Militarization of the Hamptons — Why is a heavily armed counterterrorism force patrolling the parties of the rich and famous? — A few weeks ago, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival held one of its occasional outdoor concerts at a nearby Long Island winery.
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Mnuchin: Treasury could scrap plans to replace Jackson on $20 bill — said Thursday that the Treasury Department could scrap plans finalized under President Barack Obama — to replace President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman.
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Graham Moomaw / www.richmond.com:
McAuliffe: Funding Richmond schools more important than taking down Confederate monuments — Receive daily news emails sent directly to your email inbox — After declaring his support for taking down Virginia's Confederate statues, Gov. Terry McAuliffe seemed to soften his position Thursday …
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Wall Street Journal:
Identity Politics Are Tearing America Apart — Political leaders should focus on the common good. Floodwaters and rotting bridges don't discriminate. — The two of us have seen this before: a critical point in U.S. history, when political, social and economic upheavals have left …
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TheBlaze:
A message from Glenn Beck: A heavy heart and the road ahead — What happened? My heart is heavy today. — You might have noticed that recently something has been bothering me. — Today, we said goodbye to just over 20 percent of the combined workforce of Mercury Radio Arts and TheBlaze …
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Mediaite
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Southern Poverty Law Center Transfers Millions in Cash to Offshore Entities — Left-wing nonprofit pays lucrative six-figure salaries to top management — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a liberal, Alabama-based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization that has gained prominence …
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William Neuman / New York Times:
Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot — Elected to lead the biggest city in the nation, Mayor Bill de Blasio often seems to hunger for a brighter spotlight. He tried to shape the debate in the last presidential election, only to be spurned by candidates in his own party.
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Political Insider blog and Los Angeles Times
Albert Breer / SI.com:
Colin Kaepernick Blackball? NFL Team Executives Explain Why That Theory Doesn't Stand Up — Decision-makers for four different teams with quarterback question marks address the reasons why they never really considered employing the ex-Niners quarterback - Also in Albert Breer's notebook …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Poll: Most Oppose Trump's Pardon for Ex-Sheriff Arpaio, Booting ‘Dreamers’ — More than half of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's decision to pardon former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, while nearly two-thirds said they support a program allowing “Dreamers” to stay in the U.S. …
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Vox, Liberal Values, Balloon Juice and Axios