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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Hurricane Irma just slammed into Trump's Caribbean estate — and is headed toward his Florida properties — A ferocious Hurricane Irma barreled early Wednesday morning across the Caribbean island of St. Martin, where President Trump owns a lavish waterfront estate, wrecking buildings …
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Virgin:
The night before Hurricane Irma arrives — We have just experienced a night of howling wind and rain as Hurricane Irma edges ever closer towards us on Necker and the British Virgin Islands. … The strength of this hurricane is unheard of. I've just been reading reports from the BBC …
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CNNMoney, Washington Post, Mashable and New York Magazine
NHC Webmaster / NHC Atlantic Wallet 1:
Summary for Hurricane Irma (AT1/AL112017)
Summary for Hurricane Irma (AT1/AL112017)
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The Guardian:
Hurricane Irma: flooding and blackouts on St Martin as winds destroy sturdiest buildings - live
Hurricane Irma: flooding and blackouts on St Martin as winds destroy sturdiest buildings - live
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ROMPER
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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CNN, Axios, CANNONFIRE, Raw Story, IJR and myfox8.com
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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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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Max Boot / Washington Post:
I came to this country 41 years ago. Now I feel like I don't belong here. — Max Boot is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the forthcoming book “The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam.” — I am white. I am Jewish. I am an immigrant.
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Common Dreams, IJR, Washingtonian and Capital & Main
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CNN:
Admin memo: DACA recipients should prepare for ‘departure from the United States’
Admin memo: DACA recipients should prepare for ‘departure from the United States’
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Reuters:
New York to file lawsuit protecting DACA beneficiaries
New York to file lawsuit protecting DACA beneficiaries
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Politico, Slate, BillMoyers.com, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Mother Jones
Dara Lind / Vox:
The government is already winding down DACA — no matter what Trump tweets
The government is already winding down DACA — no matter what Trump tweets
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Shareblue, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
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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Robert P. Jones / USA Today:
Fading white evangelicals have made a desperate end-of-life bargain with Trump — They are a grieving community. After decades of equating growth with divine approval, they're on the losing side of demographics and LGBT rights. — CONNECT — One of the biggest mysteries …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Kimberly Winston / Religion News Service:
‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows
‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows
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Washington Post
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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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Clinton blasts Biden for saying Dems didn't address middle class
Clinton blasts Biden for saying Dems didn't address middle class
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Daily Wire, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Free Beacon
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump agrees to raise debt ceiling, keep government funded through mid-December — President Donald Trump agreed to a request from congressional Democrats to raise the debt ceiling and extend government funding through Dec. 15, according to sources familiar with a meeting he held Wednesday with congressional leaders.
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Axios, TheStreet and Washington Free Beacon
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Senate leadership ponders combining Harvey, debt ceiling and government funding
Scoop: Senate leadership ponders combining Harvey, debt ceiling and government funding
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Politico, Salon, Hullabaloo, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and Booman Tribune
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
House committee subpoenas FBI, Justice over Trump dossier
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IJR, Washington Post, ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, miamiherald, Power Line and Washington Times
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.
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Charlotte Mayoral Candidate Says Vote For Her Because She's White — “Other people judge me. What is the difference? I say I'm white,” the Republican told a reporter. — Candidates for political office often tout their experience or intelligence as reasons why they're qualified.
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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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump, McConnell meet after monthlong standoff
Trump, McConnell meet after monthlong standoff
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Breaking News USA, Axios, Political Wire, Talking Points Memo and CNBC
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 …
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Balloon Juice
Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
Holocaust Museum Pulls Study Absolving Obama Administration for Inaction in Face of Syrian Genocide — A major United States Holocaust Memorial Museum study of the Obama Administration's Syria policy was put on hold last night after portions of the study given to Tablet were greeted with shock …
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The Daily Caller, Instapundit, Daily Wire, Mediaite and Althouse
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Top Trump lawyer in private email exchange: ‘Me and Kelly’ are the ‘adults in the room’ — White House special counsel Ty Cobb on Tuesday engaged in a lengthy email exchange in which he defended his decision to join President Donald Trump's legal team and appeared to refer to himself …
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Mother Jones and Raw Story
TMZ.com:
Michael Bennett Police Takedown Video, 'I Wasn't Doing Nothing Man' — TMZ Sports has obtained video of NFL superstar Michael Bennett being handcuffed by police while lying face down on the concrete in Las Vegas ... and you can hear him screaming that he's innocent.
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ProFootballTalk, WTVR-TV, KXAN-TV, The Ringer - All, CBS Boston, The Daily Caller and CBS Philly
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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Matt Friedman / Politico:
‘Shut up,’ judge tells Menendez lawyer — NEWARK — U.S. District Court Judge William H. Walls told a lawyer for Sen. Robert Menendez to “shut up for a moment” as the two engaged in a heated argument during the first moments of the New Jersey Democrat's corruption trial.
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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 …