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Barack Obama:
Immigration can be a controversial topic. We all want safe, secure borders and a dynamic economy, and people of goodwill can have legitimate disagreements about how to fix our immigration system so that everybody plays by the rules. — But that's not what the action that the White House took today is about.
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CNN:
Admin memo: DACA recipients should prepare for ‘departure from the United States’ — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)White House talking points on Tuesday urged DACA recipients to prepare for a “departure from the United States,” a much starker possible future than Trump administration officials used …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
The Trump Administration Now Has Tons Of DACA Data And Is Poised To Weaponize It … DACA recipients - often called DREAMers - are facing a new nightmare. According to the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers may use the information these people gave …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority opposes deporting Dreamers
Poll: Majority opposes deporting Dreamers
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President Trump's statement on DACA
President Trump's statement on DACA
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usccb.org:
USCCB President, Vice President And Committee Chairmen Denounce Administration's Decision …
USCCB President, Vice President And Committee Chairmen Denounce Administration's Decision …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: Kelly is a ‘disgrace to uniform’
Dem lawmaker: Kelly is a ‘disgrace to uniform’
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Senator Heidi Heitkamp:
Today, the president and U.S. Attorney General said they will end …
Today, the president and U.S. Attorney General said they will end …
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New York Times
Edward Graham / Morning Consult:
Trump's DACA Move Comes as Most Voters Back Citizenship for ‘Dreamers’
Trump's DACA Move Comes as Most Voters Back Citizenship for ‘Dreamers’
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: Trump ending DACA will crush dreams
Bill Clinton: Trump ending DACA will crush dreams
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Raw Story
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
My Analysis of the Hurricane Irma Panic — RUSH: The hurricane is what I want to lead off with, though, folks. And I've gotta be very careful here because I am not a meteorologist, and nothing I say today should be considered to be a forecast or a prediction. I am not the National Hurricane Center.
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Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
Hurricane Irma is heading straight for Trump's Caribbean mansion — President Donald Trump doesn't just have to worry about safeguarding the nation ahead of Hurricane Irma. — Trump owns a multi-million dollar mansion on the Caribbean island of St. Martin — and Category 5 Irma is heading straight for it.
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NHC Webmaster / NHC Atlantic Wallet 1:
Hurricane Irma Forecast Discussion — U.S. Watch/Warning Local Products — Hurricane Irma Discussion Number 28 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL112017 1100 PM AST Tue Sep 05 2017 — The satellite view of Irma remains quite spectacular, with an extremely well-defined eye and a large, symmetrical CDO.
Washington Post:
Florida officials begin ordering evacuations as Hurricane Irma intensifies to a Category 5 storm
Florida officials begin ordering evacuations as Hurricane Irma intensifies to a Category 5 storm
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CNN:
Defiant Clinton looks to explain loss in new memoir — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)A raw and aggrieved Hillary Clinton takes ownership — to a degree — for her stunning 2016 loss to Donald Trump in her upcoming book, which offers a revealing look at the campaign through the eyes of the contest's loser.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
House committee subpoenas FBI, Justice over Trump dossier — In the most significant escalation yet in the wrangling between Congress and the FBI over the Trump dossier, the House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the bureau and the Justice Department for documents relating to the dossier …
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Power Line, Washington Post, IJR, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Times
John Crudele / New York Post:
Proof that investigating Trump is starting to backfire for Democrats
Proof that investigating Trump is starting to backfire for Democrats
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The Gateway Pundit
Ella Nilsen / Vox:
4 lies Jeff Sessions told to justify ending DACA — And one misleading claim. — On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions officially announced the Trump administration will rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields nearly 800,000 young, unauthorized immigrants from deportation.
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mcclatchydc:
How Jeff Sessions got Trump to stop protecting Dreamers
How Jeff Sessions got Trump to stop protecting Dreamers
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Very Bad Economics of Killing DACA
The Very Bad Economics of Killing DACA
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Staffers worried Trump didn't fully grasp consequences of ending DACA: report
Staffers worried Trump didn't fully grasp consequences of ending DACA: report
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Boston Red Sox Used Electronic Devices to Steal Signs Against Yankees — WASHINGTON — For decades, spying on another team has been as much a part of the gamesmanship of baseball as brushback pitches and hard slides. The Red Sox have apparently added a modern — and illicit — twist …
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Jason Sattler / USA Today:
DACA could be ruinous Prop 187 moment with Latinos for Trump and GOP — It took decades for rigor mortis to cripple the California GOP. National Republicans are setting themselves up for the same sort of long-term rot. — CONNECT — When we need a shortcut to explain why it's …
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Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Analysis Republicans face a divisive fight over immigrants that could define the party's future
Analysis Republicans face a divisive fight over immigrants that could define the party's future
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Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:
US Intelligence: North Korea's Sixth Test Was a 140 Kiloton ‘Advanced Nuclear’ Device — North Korea's sixth nuclear test was easily its biggest yet, according to early U.S. intelligence estimates. — North Korea's sixth nuclear test on Sunday released 140 kilotons of TNT equivalent, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
White House moves to quell Harvey-debt limit opposition — President Donald Trump's White House will move Wednesday to quash growing GOP opposition to a strategy to raise the debt ceiling as part of a Hurricane Harvey relief package, according to multiple House and White House officials.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Conservatives pan GOP's debt ceiling scheme
Conservatives pan GOP's debt ceiling scheme
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StarWars.com:
A Statement Regarding Star Wars: Episode IX — Lucasfilm and Colin Trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways on Star Wars: Episode IX. Colin has been a wonderful collaborator throughout the development process but we have all come to the conclusion that our visions for the project differ.
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Senate Judiciary's meeting with Trump Jr. scheduled for Thursday — The Senate Judiciary Committee will meet with Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday to discuss the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia, according to three Democratic members of the committee. — The meeting, which is expected …
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Mark Zuckerberg:
This is a sad day for our country. The decision to end DACA is not just wrong. It is particularly cruel to offer young people the American Dream, encourage them to come out of the shadows and trust our government, and then punish them for it. — The young people covered by DACA are our friends and neighbors.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Spicer gets the last laugh on Trump — An agent who met with Sean Spicer told him that the going rate for speeches by most former White House press secretaries ranged from about $20,000 to $30,000. The agent said Spicer, who went elsewhere, thought he could get much more.
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Steve Harvey Unleashed: A New Show, His Private Trump Sit-Down and That Infamous Leaked Memo — The TV host, who now has six shows — including a new daytime talker he owns — also shares what Oprah taught him and how he dealt with “vicious” backlash to his private meeting with the president: “I haven't talked to him since.”
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Christopher Matthews / Axios:
Thomas Piketty on the Russian kleptocracy — Russia is widely thought of as an oligarchy run by President Vladimir Putin and a handful of billionaire cronies whose main accomplishment is looking out for their own financial interests. In a new paper, three economists say forensic evidence bears that out.