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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 …
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Talking Points Memo, ABC News, NBC News and Splinter
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority opposes deporting Dreamers — Voters overwhelmingly support allowing undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to stay in the country, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, placing President Donald Trump's decision to wind down the controversial Deferred Action …
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YouGov US Opinion Center News, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, TheBlaze, Mediaite and New York Magazine
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: DACA reaction shows how immigration has become a litmus test for Democrats
The Daily 202: DACA reaction shows how immigration has become a litmus test for Democrats
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CNN, Splinter, Washington Free Beacon, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and The Root
John W. Schoen / CNBC:
DACA deportations would cost billions for states like California, Texas and Illinois
DACA deportations would cost billions for states like California, Texas and Illinois
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Informed Comment
mcclatchydc:
How Jeff Sessions got Trump to stop protecting Dreamers
How Jeff Sessions got Trump to stop protecting Dreamers
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Breitbart, Balloon Juice, The Nation, Times of San Diego, Weekly Standard, Rewire and IJR
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: Kelly is a ‘disgrace to uniform’
Dem lawmaker: Kelly is a ‘disgrace to uniform’
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Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, Power Line, Politico and ABC News
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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No More Mister Nice Blog, Splinter and New York Times
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Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
Hurricane Irma is heading straight for Trump's Caribbean mansion
Hurricane Irma is heading straight for Trump's Caribbean mansion
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Axios, CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
Eric Holthaus / Grist:
Irma, the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, keeps getting stronger
Irma, the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, keeps getting stronger
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Washington Post:
‘May God protect us all’: Puerto Rico and tiny islands in Irma's path fear for the worst
‘May God protect us all’: Puerto Rico and tiny islands in Irma's path fear for the worst
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NHC Webmaster / NHC Atlantic Wallet 1:
Hurricane Irma Forecast Discussion
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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Michael Bastasch / The Daily Caller:
Virgin Islands Allows National Guard To Seize Guns, Ammo Ahead Of Hurricane Irma
Virgin Islands Allows National Guard To Seize Guns, Ammo Ahead Of Hurricane Irma
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Sputnik International, NBC News, WFLA-TV, Daily Wire, Associated Press, RT and Faithwire
USA Today:
Trump gets millions from golf members. CEOs and lobbyists get access to president — Dozens of lobbyists, contractors and others who make their living influencing the government pay President Trump's companies for membership in his private golf clubs, a status that can put them in close contact …
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Raw Story
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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Politico, Axios, The Hill, Liberal Values, Washington Free Beacon, TVNewser, The Daily Caller and RedState
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CNN:
Clinton consumed with Russian meddling, she writes in new book
Clinton consumed with Russian meddling, she writes in new book
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ABC News, miamiherald, IJR, AOL, Axios and Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
Sheriff Clarke Was in Talks for a Trump White House Job—Then John Kelly Killed It … Sheriff David A. Clarke just lost out on yet another Trump administration job—and he has the president's chief of staff to thank. — Officials in the West Wing tell The Daily Beast that Clarke …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
The Trump Administration Now Has Tons Of DACA Data And Is Poised To Weaponize It
The Trump Administration Now Has Tons Of DACA Data And Is Poised To Weaponize It
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CNN:
Nunes vents anger at Sessions over subpoena, threatens to hold AG, FBI chief in contempt — House Intel subpoenas FBI, DOJ for Trump dossier documents — (CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes lashed out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week in a letter where he threatened Sessions …
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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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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, Power Line and Washington Times
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Senate Judiciary's meeting with Trump Jr. scheduled for Thursday
Senate Judiciary's meeting with Trump Jr. scheduled for Thursday
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Talking Points Memo
John Sipher / Just Security:
A Second Look at the Steele Dossier—Knowing What We Know Now — [Editor's Note: In this special Just Security article, highly respected former member of the CIA's Senior Intelligence Service, John Sipher examines the Steele dossier using methods that an intelligence officer would to try to validate such information.
Hilary Whiteman / CNN:
Putin: North Korea crisis may be ‘impossible’ to solve — (CNN)A day after predicting “global catastrophe” if North Korea's nuclear tests lead to anything other than talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the situation may be “impossible” to resolve.
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Axios
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PRRI:
America's Changing Religious Identity — The American religious landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation. White Christians, once the dominant religious group in the U.S., now account for fewer than half of all adults living in the country. Today, fewer than half of all states are majority white Christian.
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Religion News Service and Politico
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Senate leadership ponders combining Harvey, debt ceiling and government funding — Senate Republican leadership is privately contemplating a bold maneuver: attaching the government funding bill (CR) to the debt ceiling and emergency funding aid for Hurricane Harvey.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
White House moves to quell Harvey-debt limit opposition
White House moves to quell Harvey-debt limit opposition
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Political Wire, Booman Tribune, The Gateway Pundit and Axios
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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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate resolution to force Trump's hand on condemning Charlottesville hate groups — The Senate is preparing to force President Donald Trump to go on record to officially condemn the deadly white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville last month. — Virginia Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine …
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Talking Points Memo, Axios and Political Wire
Lindy West / New York Times:
The Ivanka Trump Guarantee — Ivanka Trump, first daughter, strode into Washington back in January with big promises: She was passionate about helping “working women,” she said, and she was going to close the gender wage gap even if it killed her. — Well, not if it killed her, not literally …
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.