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Alicia Melville-Smith / BuzzFeed:
Trump Retweeted A Video From An Anti-Semitic Account Showing Him Hitting Hillary Clinton With A Golf Ball — President Trump on Sunday morning retweeted a doctored video showing him hitting HIllary Clinton with a golf ball — from an account that makes racial, anti-semitic, and anti-LGBT comments.
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Luke Barnes / ThinkProgress:
Meet the racist birther Donald Trump just retweeted — It comes two days after Trump was rebuked by British officials for ‘speculating’ on Twitter. — President Trump retweeted an animated GIF on Sunday morning that showed him hitting a golf ball at Hillary Clinton and knocking her to the ground …
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The Guardian
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump retweets GIF of him hitting Clinton with golf ball — (CNN)President Donald Trump retweeted an edited video Sunday morning that showed him swinging a golf club and appearing to hit his former presidential campaign rival Hillary Clinton with a golf ball.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump shares GIF of himself striking Hillary Clinton in the back with a golf ball
Trump shares GIF of himself striking Hillary Clinton in the back with a golf ball
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CNN, Little Green Footballs, Hullabaloo and Washington Free Beacon
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Trump starts his Sunday by promoting obsessive violence against Hillary Clinton
Trump starts his Sunday by promoting obsessive violence against Hillary Clinton
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Washington Free Beacon and Politicus USA
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Sanders scoffs at Clinton's claim he didn't do enough to help her
Sanders scoffs at Clinton's claim he didn't do enough to help her
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FOX2now.com and Axios
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Senate GOP tries one last time to repeal Obamacare — Obamacare repeal is on the brink of coming back from the dead. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his leadership team are seriously considering voting on a bill that would scale back the federal government's role …
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Axios, Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, Political Wire and Politicus USA
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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Normalizing Trump: An incredibly brief explainer — Most every journalist who covers Trump knows of these things: — 1. He isn't good at anything a president has to do. From the simplest, like pretending to help out in flood relief, to the hardest: making the call when all alternatives are bad.
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Hullabaloo and Balloon Juice
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trumpcare's back, and now it will let insurers jack up premiums as soon as you get sick
Trumpcare's back, and now it will let insurers jack up premiums as soon as you get sick
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Hullabaloo and CNBC
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Bewildered by That Rarest of Sightings in Washington: Bipartisanship
Bewildered by That Rarest of Sightings in Washington: Bipartisanship
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Booman Tribune and Wall Street Journal
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Don't Look Now, But Full Obamacare Repeal Is Back On The Table
Don't Look Now, But Full Obamacare Repeal Is Back On The Table
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Washington Monthly
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
“He gets emotional”: Nikki Haley gives awkward defense of Trump's reckless terror tweets — In an interview on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday morning, United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley defended Donald Trump's reckless tweeting about the subway bombing in London, saying it was a result of the president's emotions.
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Raw Story, NPR, Conservative News Today, Daily Wire, IJR, Politico and Mediaite
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's dark view of North Korea options — Forget DACA or tax reform. One topic consumes the vast majority of President Trump's inner circle: North Korea. — Contrary to the president's breezy tweet this morning, in which he refers to Kim Jong-un as “Rocket Man,” top administration officials …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Haley: If diplomacy doesn't work, Mattis will ‘take care of’ North Korea
Haley: If diplomacy doesn't work, Mattis will ‘take care of’ North Korea
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Big Question as the U.N. Gathers: What to Make of Trump?
The Big Question as the U.N. Gathers: What to Make of Trump?
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Axios
Reuters:
Cohen, close Trump business adviser, to testify in Senate on Tuesday — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, one of President Donald Trump's closest business advisers, said on Sunday he would testify on Tuesday to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, as the panel investigates alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
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CNN and Political Wire
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Feinstein: We intend for Trump Jr. to testify publicly — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday it was her and the Republican committee chairman's intention to bring Donald Trump Jr. before the committee for public testimony.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Rex Tillerson alienated every ally he needs — The most challenging task in Washington, these days, is finding somebody who'll enthusiastically endorse Rex Tillerson. In just nine months, the Secretary of State has managed to alienate nearly every constituency that matters:
HuffPost:
Juggalos Draw Bigger Crowd On The National Mall Than Pro-Trump Rally — Make America Whoop Whoop Again! — Nine months into the administration of President Donald Trump, fans of the eccentric Detroit rap duo Insane Clown Posse assembled a larger rally on the national mall this Saturday …
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Democrats.com, The Hill, NPR and ABC News
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Emily Shugerman / The Independent:
Pro-Trump rally that sought to bring one million supporters to Washington musters little over a thousand
Pro-Trump rally that sought to bring one million supporters to Washington musters little over a thousand
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RT
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump's divisive presidency reshapes a key part of his private business … For two years, a shelter for victims of domestic violence called Safe+Sound Somerset held its fundraiser golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. — They loved it. — Then they quit it.
ESPN:
Jerry Jones impeding Roger Goodell's contract negotiations — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has impeded the progress of contract negotiations aimed at an extension for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, according to sources familiar with those talks. — “If not for Jerry,” …
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ProFootballTalk, The Daily Caller, Deadspin, The Ringer - All and Lawyers, Guns & Money
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Watch: Stores damaged in Loop protests — As the chaos escalated, scores of police officers in riot gear pushed forward against the demonstrators just after 11 p.m. — about two hours after daytime protest organizers had congratulated their followers on keeping their demonstrations peaceful.
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David Litt / New York Times:
Is Nothing Funny, Mr. President? — Donald Trump almost never laughs. The leader of the free world frequently displays a tight-lipped smile, but mirth-wise, that is as far as he will go. Except for the fact that Nazis don't seem to mind him too much, Mr. Trump is the Captain von Trapp of commanders in chief.
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Eric Cantor / New York Times:
How to End the Immigration Wars