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Trump Humiliated Jeff Sessions After Mueller Appointment — WASHINGTON — Shortly after learning in May that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate links between his campaign associates and Russia, President Trump berated Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an Oval Office meeting …
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Jon Levine / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends: Maybe Trump Wall Was ‘Symbolic’ — Fox & Friends took viewers on a trip down gaslight alley on Thursday, with the show hosts scrambling to make sense of the alleged deal between Donald Trump and “Chuck and Nancy” to save DACA and punt the border wall until later.
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Report: Trump Caves on DACA, Wants ‘Quick’ Amnesty for 800K Illegal Aliens
Report: Trump Caves on DACA, Wants ‘Quick’ Amnesty for 800K Illegal Aliens
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's diehard supporters are fuming after an apparent about-face on ‘dreamers’
Trump's diehard supporters are fuming after an apparent about-face on ‘dreamers’
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump 2.0: They're Sending Their Best!
Trump 2.0: They're Sending Their Best!
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Axios:
Trump: “The wall will come later”
Trump: “The wall will come later”
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Conservatives Recoil at Trump's Accommodation With Democrats Over DACA
Conservatives Recoil at Trump's Accommodation With Democrats Over DACA
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ProPublica:
Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach ‘Jew Haters’ — Want to market Nazi memorabilia, or recruit marchers for a far-right rally? Facebook's self-service ad-buying platform had the right audience for you. — Until this week, when we asked Facebook about it, the world's largest social …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Facebook still doesn't know the extent of Russian ad buys in election
Facebook still doesn't know the extent of Russian ad buys in election
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Sean Langille / Washington Examiner:
Watch: Chuck Schumer caught on hot mic saying Trump ‘likes us’ … Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was caught on a hot mic Thursday saying, “He likes us. He likes me anyway,” about President Trump. — The comments came shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's floor speech.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
No, Trump isn't trying to do bipartisan tax reform
No, Trump isn't trying to do bipartisan tax reform
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UVA Center / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
New Poll: Some Americans Express Troubling Racial Attitudes Even as Majority Oppose White Supremacists — Survey conducted by Reuters/Ipsos in conjunction with UVA Center for Politics measures racial sentiments in aftermath of August neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville
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Fran Brennan / NTK Network:
FLASHBACK: Sanders: If We Do Medicaid-For-All Type Plan, It Would Bankrupt The Nation — “If we expanded Medicaid to everybody...we would be spending such an astronomical sum of money...we would bankrupt the nation,” Sanders said in 1987. — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) …
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Page Six:
Anthony Scaramucci to guest co-host ‘The View’ … Anthony Scaramucci is still a hot topic, and now he's joining the table. — The former White House communications director will guest co-host “The View” for the first “Guy Day Friday” of Season 21. — He will join the co-hosts at the …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Anthony Scaramucci wants paternity test for newborn son
Anthony Scaramucci wants paternity test for newborn son
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East Bay Times, The Root, Daily Wire, IJR and The Daily Caller
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump thanks media for being ‘so understanding’ — President Trump extended a rare message of gratitude to the press on Thursday, thanking members of the media for being “so understanding” in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. — “Media, we appreciate you being so understanding,” …
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John B. Judis / New Republic:
Redoing the Electoral Math — I argued that demographics favored the Democrats. I was wrong. — If any force on Earth could be powerful enough to unite the Democratic Party, you'd have thought the words “President Donald Trump” would do the trick. Instead, Hillary Clinton's defeat …
Courtney Weaver / Financial Times:
Ivanka Trump: ‘I will not be distracted by the noise’ — In a rare interview, the controversial first daughter talks expectations, criticism and what comes next
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Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:
Tim Scott Says It's Unrealistic To Think Trump Will Have An “Epiphany” On Race — WASHINGTON — Senator Tim Scott, a black Republican from South Carolina, said it's unrealistic to think President Trump would have an immediate “epiphany” regarding race after their meeting the day before.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
GOP senator: ‘There is no realistic comparison’ between antifa and white supremacists
GOP senator: ‘There is no realistic comparison’ between antifa and white supremacists
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Reminder: Susan Rice Lied About Her Role In The Obama Admin Unmasking Scandal — On March 22, Rep. Devin Nunes made his ham-fisted disclosure that the Obama administration had conducted incidental surveillance collection and unmasking of Trump administration officials.
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Pew Research Center:
Mexican Views of the U.S. Turn Sharply Negative — Widespread dissatisfaction with economy and political leaders — More Mexicans view the United States unfavorably than at any time in the past decade and a half. Nearly two-thirds of Mexicans (65%) express a negative opinion of the U.S. …
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New York Times
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Google ‘segregates’ women into lower-paying jobs, stifling careers, lawsuit says — Exclusive: Women say Google denied them promotions, telling the Guardian they were forced into less prestigious jobs despite qualifications — Google systematically pays women less than men doing similar work …
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Julie Jordan / People.com:
Fergie and Josh Duhamel Separate After 8 Years of Marriage: ‘We Are and Will Always Be United’ — After eight years of marriage, Fergie and Josh Duhamel are going their separate ways, they confirm to PEOPLE exclusively. — “With absolute love and respect we decided to separate as a couple earlier …
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Fox News:
Harvard makes convicted spy Chelsea Manning a ‘fellow,’ igniting firestorm — Former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell on Thursday announced his resignation as a senior fellow at Harvard after the university named U.S. Army soldier-turned-convicted felon Chelsea Manning a visiting fellow.
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Single-payer health care failed miserably in Colorado last year. Here's why. — Nearly 80 percent of Coloradans voted no — including many Democrats and progressives. — On the day the state of Colorado voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by about 5 points …
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The Daily Californian:
UC Berkeley faculty members call for boycott of classes during ‘Free Speech Week’ — In a letter addressed to the UC Berkeley campus and the Berkeley community, 76 campus faculty members from various departments have called for a complete boycott of classes and campus activities during …
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Louis Sahagun / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says Whittier Narrows Dam is unsafe and could trigger catastrophic flooding — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that the earthen Whittier Narrows Dam is unsafe and could trigger catastrophic flooding in working-class cities along …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: It's time to abolish the Electoral College — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton told CNN on Wednesday that it is time to abolish the Electoral College, part of a sweeping interview where the former Democratic nominee sought to explain why she lost the 2016 election.
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Eli Hager / New York Times:
From Prison to Ph.D.: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones — Michelle Jones was released last month after serving more than two decades in an Indiana prison for the murder of her 4-year-old son. The very next day, she arrived at New York University, a promising Ph.D. candidate in American studies.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Says Jump. His Supporters Ask, How High? — In the Trump era, Republicans have been revising their views on right and wrong. — In 2011, the Public Religion Research Institute asked voters if — White evangelical Protestants were the least forgiving.
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Longtime Trump ally Stone to appear before House intel panel — https://www.apnews.com/e73045e3a2b2427c bc3a3a4ed052b288 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime adviser to President Donald Trump says he will appear before the House intelligence committee on Sept. 26.
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Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
Why Didn't Trump Build Anything in Russia? — Thirty years ago, in July 1987, Donald and Ivana Trump flew to the Soviet Union, apparently at the invitation of the Soviet ambassador to the United States, in order to scout locations for a Trump hotel in Moscow. “It was an extraordinary experience,” Trump wrote in The Art of the Deal.
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Billy Hallowell / Faithwire:
Meet the Epic 13-Year-Old Boy Who Used an Air Mattress to Save 17 of His Neighbors During Hurricane Harvey — An amazing story about a “surprising hero” has emerged in the wake of Hurricane Harvey: a 13-year-old boy from Dickinson, Texas, who reportedly used an inflatable air mattress to save 17 of his neighbors.
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