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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
HuffPost:
Republicans Want A DACA Fix, But Not Without Democratic Concessions — They are already placing conditions on their support that could kill the effort entirely. — WASHINGTON Lawmakers on Capitol Hill broadly agreed on Tuesday that something should be done about young undocumented immigrants …
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 …
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, Mark Zuckerberg, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, Axios, Raw Story and The Root
Washington Post:
Trump's heartless decision
Trump's heartless decision
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Monthly, Slate, Chicago Tribune, Daily Wire, Hullabaloo, Politico, New York Times, Daily Kos, Common Dreams, NPR and Fox News
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Don Lemon Rips Trump Over Race: 'So Obvious It Isn't Even a Dog Whistle Anymore'
Don Lemon Rips Trump Over Race: 'So Obvious It Isn't Even a Dog Whistle Anymore'
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Daily Wire, Business Insider and Talking Points Memo
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
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
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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Axios, CNN, CANNONFIRE, Raw Story and myfox8.com
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The Guardian:
Hurricane Irma: flooding and blackouts on St Martin as winds destroy sturdiest buildings - live — Most powerful hurricane ever recorded over Atlantic Ocean batters Caribbean islands as it moves west with category 5 winds and rains … Wednesday 6 September 2017 09.10 EDT September 5, 2017
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
My Analysis of the Hurricane Irma Panic
My Analysis of the Hurricane Irma Panic
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Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Splinter and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
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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CNN, Gizmodo, Common Dreams, Bangor Daily News, myfox8.com, RT, AOL, Mashable, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, Snopes.com, Daily Wire, FOX2now.com and IJR
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 Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Liberal Values, TVNewser, Washington Free Beacon, IJR, The Daily Caller, RedState, AOL and Political Wire
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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
What even is Verrit, the news source endorsed by Hillary Clinton?
What even is Verrit, the news source endorsed by Hillary Clinton?
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The Ringer - All, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, Conservative News Today and IJR
Daniel Burke / CNN:
Publisher pulls book by Hillary Clinton's pastor, citing plagiarism
Publisher pulls book by Hillary Clinton's pastor, citing plagiarism
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Faithwire, Washington Post, TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
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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JustOneMinute, Religion News Service and Politico
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Robert P. Jones / USA Today:
Fading white evangelicals have made a desperate end-of-life bargain with Trump
Fading white evangelicals have made a desperate end-of-life bargain with Trump
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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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Raw Story
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
House committee subpoenas FBI, Justice over Trump dossier
House committee subpoenas FBI, Justice over Trump dossier
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ABC News, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, Power Line, miamiherald 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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Axios and Talking Points Memo
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 …
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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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
ACLU to Trump: Only Congress can authorize North Korea military action
ACLU to Trump: Only Congress can authorize North Korea military action
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Politico, BuzzFeed, Just Security and RedState
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.
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, Business Insider and Axios
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Political Divisions in U.S. Are Widening, Long-Lasting, Poll Shows — WSJ/NBC News survey indicates a wide split on cultural, economic issues — Divisions in America reach far beyond Washington into the nation's culture, economy and social fabric, and the polarization began long before the rise …
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 …
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
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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Mark Binelli / New York Times:
Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost. — Free-market boosters, including Betsy DeVos, promised that a radical expansion of charter schools would fix the stark inequalities in the state's education system. The results in the classrooms are far more complicated.