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New York Times:
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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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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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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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Resurrects His Claim That Both Sides Share Blame in Charlottesville Violence — WASHINGTON — President Trump thrust himself back into the racial storms of Charlottesville on Thursday, repeating his charge that those resisting the neo-Nazis and white supremacists were as much to blame …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
GOP senator: ‘There is no realistic comparison’ between antifa and white supremacists — (R-S.C.) said “there is no realistic comparison” between white supremacists and antifa after his one-on-one meeting with President Trump Wednesday. — “In yesterday's meeting, Senator Scott was very …
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Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:
President Trump Doubled Down On Blaming Both Sides For Violence In Charlottesville — Again
President Trump Doubled Down On Blaming Both Sides For Violence In Charlottesville — Again
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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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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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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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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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Lindsay Gibbs / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: ESPN tried to kick Jemele Hill off the air and replace her with another black host — At 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, just three hours after the White House encouraged ESPN to fire her, Jemele Hill sat next to her co-host Michael Smith on the set of their daily SportsCenter show and …
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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.
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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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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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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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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CNN:
Senate candidate Roy Moore this year suggested 9/11 might have been punishment for US turning away from God — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore suggested earlier this year that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks might have happened because the US had distanced itself from God.
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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 …
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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Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
The pro-Russia, pro-weed, pro-Assange GOP congressman who will be tough to beat — COSTA MESA, Orange County — It was a surreal visit to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's Orange County home. The 15-term Republican greeted me in bare feet, sitting on his front step making fundraising phone calls …
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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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Pew Research Center:
As U.S. marriage rate hovers at 50%, education gap in marital status widens — Half of U.S. adults today are married, a share that has remained relatively stable in recent years but is down 9 percentage points over the past quarter century and dramatically different from the peak of 72% in 1960, according to newly released census data.
The Daily Beast:
U.S. Military: American Fighting for ISIS ‘Surrenders’ … Multiple spokespersons for the U.S. military have told The Daily Beast that they are aware of reports that an American fighting in Syria for the so-called Islamic State has been taken into custody. — A source familiar …
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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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