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Harvard Kennedy School:
Statement from Dean Elmendorf regarding the invitation to Chelsea Manning to be a Visiting Fellow  — HOME - NEWS - STATEMENT FROM DEAN ELMENDORF REGARDING THE INVITATION TO CHELSEA MANNING TO BE A VISITING FELLOW  —  Statement from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Dean of Harvard Kennedy School …
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Chelsea Manning's Harvard Fellowship Withdrawn After Criticism  —  Facing harsh criticism, a Harvard dean said early Friday morning that he was revoking his invitation to Chelsea Manning, a former United States soldier convicted of leaking classified information, to be a visiting fellow at the university.
Andrew Degrandpre / Washington Post:
Harvard dean rescinds Chelsea Manning's visiting fellow invitation, calling it a ‘mistake’
Felicia Gans / BostonGlobe.com:   Harvard Kennedy School rescinds invite for Chelsea Manning to serve as visiting fellow
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Inside Trump's dalliance with Democrats  —  After months of hammering Republicans over their failure to repeal Obamacare, President Donald Trump huddled this week with moderate House Democrats and Republicans who were trying to sell him on a fix to the health care law.
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National Review:
The Chuck and Nancy Amnesty
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The bizarre, doomed buddy-buddy relationship between Trump and Democrats, explained
Discussion: Politico, New Yorker and CNN
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:   Democrats cling to the impossible: Winning the Senate in 2018
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump and Democrats strike DACA deal. Yes? No? Sort of? Trump's world can be confusing.
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Democrats Dare to Trust Trump on DACA
Discussion: Washington Post
BBC:
Parsons Green: London Underground blast is terror incident  —  An “improvised explosive device” was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday's rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed.  —  Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said hundreds of detectives, working with MI5 …
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New York Times:
London Underground Is Struck by Crude Bomb at Parsons Green
Joe Watts / The Independent:
Theresa May slaps down Donald Trump over London terror suspect tweet
Olivia Nuzzi / thecut:
Here's Why Steve Bannon Wears So Many Shirts  —  Physically, I feel slightly inhibited; but spiritually, I feel oddly secure.  This is due to the many shirts I'm wearing as I type — three (3) shirts to be precise — a tank top, a dress shirt, another dress shirt, and on top of that, a blazer.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Sanderscare is all cheap politics and magic math  —  For years Democrats have (rightfully) hammered Republicans for spouting empty slogans and magic math.  —  Tax cuts will pay for themselves?  Uh-huh, if you say so.  Maybe have a chat with Kansas.  —  Build a wall, and Mexico will pay for it?
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Democrats Follow Bernie Sanders Off a Cliff  —  How rudderless is the Democratic Party?  Its membership is so bereft of leadership and policy direction that 16 of its senators have signed on to a health care bill sponsored by a self-avowed independent democratic socialist from Vermont.
Discussion: Vox, Hit & Run and Washington Post
Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Hit With Ethics Complaint Over Call for ESPN to Fire Jemele Hill  —  “She crossed the line and put herself in dubious legal territory,” Democratic Coalition Chairman Jon Cooper says  —  The Democratic Coalition, an anti-Trump Super PAC, has filed an ethics complaint …
Discussion: IJR, AOL and Washington Free Beacon
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Lindsay Gibbs / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: ESPN tried to kick Jemele Hill off the air and replace her with another black host
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's new world  —  Over the past week or so, we've heard all kinds of theories from administration officials and President Trump's friends on the outside about why he's cutting deals with “Chuck and Nancy” and softening on his core issue of immigration.  —  The points we keep hearing:
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Senate Republicans claim they are a few votes away from repealing Obamacare  —  But they always have been.  —  The Obamacare repeal drama is back, and everybody is picking up where they left off.  —  Senate Republicans are trying to build momentum for a last-gasp bill to replace the Affordable Care Act …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
POLITICO-Harvard poll: Obamacare repeal still tops GOP voters' to-do lists
CNN:
Ex-cop Jason Stockley found not guilty in black man's death  —  (CNN)A St. Louis judge on Friday found former police officer Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of black motorist Anthony Lamar Smith.  —  “This Court, in conscience …
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Melina Delkic / Newsweek:
POLICE OFFICER JASON STOCKLEY NOT GUILTY IN ANTHONY SMITH SHOOTING DEATH IN ST. LOUIS
Deborah Strange / Gainesville Sun:
GPD receives complaint against ‘hot cop’  —  In Facebook posts captured and sent to The Sun, Officer Michael Hamill makes jokes about Jews and recommends “the Hitler way” to deal with people who abuse government resources.  —  The Gainesville Police Department is reviewing a complaint …
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Sessions receives message of support from Trump after new report of past turmoil  —  (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions received a message of support from President Donald Trump after The New York Times published an article Thursday recounting a heated exchange between the two in May, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Discussion: IJR and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Trump Humiliated Jeff Sessions After Mueller Appointment
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Roald Dahl's Widow Says ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ Hero Was Supposed to be Black  —  The widow and the biographer of the beloved British children's writer Roald Dahl told the BBC in an interview this week that Charlie Bucket, the young boy whose life is changed by a golden ticket in …
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
U.S. Army kills contracts for hundreds of immigrant recruits.  Some face deportation.  —  U.S. Army recruiters have abruptly canceled enlistment contracts for hundreds of foreign-born military recruits since last week, upending their lives and potentially exposing many to deportation …
Discussion: Splinter and The Week
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Loneliest President  —  “ISOLATED?” read the subject line.  —  “Friend,” Donald Trump wrote recently to supporters in a fundraising email.  “The fake news keeps saying, ‘President Trump is isolated.’ ... They say I'm isolated by lobbyists, corporations, grandstanding politicians, and Hollywood.
Discussion: Raw Story
WDIV-TV:
Farmington Hills teacher accused of assaulting 6th-grader who sat during Pledge of Allegiance  —  Student at East Middle School in Farmington Hills doesn't stand for Pledge  —  FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - Many NFL players have expressed their beliefs by kneeling for the national anthem before games …
Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
A white security officer told police he was shot by a black man.  Turns out, he'd shot himself.  —  In a dimly lit, wooded area on the southwest side of St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minn., the handgun Brent Ahlers brought to work discharged.  —  As a security officer …
Discussion: Star Tribune, The Root and twitchy.com
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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New York Times:
C.I.A. Wants Authority to Conduct Drone Strikes in Afghanistan for the First Time
Isaac Avilucea / The Trentonian:
Shellshocked Trenton police department hit with more brutality allegations
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USA Today:
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Daily Caller reporter renounces racist, misogynistic writings
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