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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'There's more to come from this creep': MSNBC panel disturbed by Roy Moore's remarks to Sean Hannity — MSNBC's “Morning Joe” addressed the continuing fallout from revelations of Roy Moore's decades-old sexual relationships with teenage girls — and the Republican Party's response.
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Associated Press:
Moore threatens lawsuit over story that threatens campaign — WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Republican Roy Moore says a lawsuit will be filed over the newspaper report carrying allegations that he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl four decades ago and that neither Democrats nor Republicans …
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RedState, Daily Kos and Joe.My.God.
Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
Keith Ellison Believes Democrats Will Take Back the House and Senate
Keith Ellison Believes Democrats Will Take Back the House and Senate
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New York Times, American Thinker and Washington Free Beacon
Sarah Whitten / USA Today:
Keurig, others pull ads from Fox News' ‘Hannity’ show over Roy Moore coverage
Keurig, others pull ads from Fox News' ‘Hannity’ show over Roy Moore coverage
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David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
Yes. It's an Entire Culture of Sanctioned Sexual Abuse.
Yes. It's an Entire Culture of Sanctioned Sexual Abuse.
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The Hill and Mother Jones
NBC News:
GOP Senate Candidate Roy Moore Threatens to Sue Washington Post
GOP Senate Candidate Roy Moore Threatens to Sue Washington Post
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Towleroad, Shakesville, TheBlaze and 1A
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE - Mother of Roy Moore Accuser: Washington Post Reporters Convinced My Daughter to Go Public
EXCLUSIVE - Mother of Roy Moore Accuser: Washington Post Reporters Convinced My Daughter to Go Public
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
News photographer who protested White House restrictions on access gets revenge with revealing shot of Trump — MANILA — The fight over access between reporters and any White House can sometimes seem more like an exercise in First Amendment theory than practical reality …
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Reuters:
Philippines' Duterte sings love song for Trump: ‘You are the light’ — President performs surprise turn at a summit dinner in Manila, explaining it was ordered by the US leader … President Rodrigo Duterte crooned a hit Filipino love song at a dinner in Manila for leaders from across Asia …
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Toronto Star, The Guardian, BillMoyers.com, The Root, NPR, bizpacreview.com, RT and The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
In Asia, Trump briefly baffled by group handshake
In Asia, Trump briefly baffled by group handshake
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The Gateway Pundit and Los Angeles Times
Bloomberg:
Trump Bonds With Duterte Over Their Dislike of Obama, Avoids Human Rights
Trump Bonds With Duterte Over Their Dislike of Obama, Avoids Human Rights
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IJR
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump struggles with group handshake at Asean meeting
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
House Republicans' big TAX REFORM moment …
GQ:
Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced — He's been vilified by millions and locked out of the NFL—all because he took a knee to protest police brutality. But Colin Kaepernick's determined stand puts him in rare company in sports history: Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson—athletes who risked everything to make a difference.
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The Root, The Daily Caller, Mashable, CBS Pittsburgh, The FADER, CBS13, Fox News Insider and Mediaite
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GQ names Kaepernick ‘Citizen of the Year’
GQ names Kaepernick ‘Citizen of the Year’
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GQ, Axios and The Gateway Pundit
The Daily Beast:
Green Beret Discovered SEALs' Illicit Cash. Then He Was Killed. … Logan Melgar hadn't had a drink on June 4. — The Green Beret sergeant's dry day became a key to unraveling the narrative spun by the elite Navy commandos whom military investigators now suspect killed him, officials familiar with the case said.
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The Daily Caller, New York's PIX11, AOL and New York Magazine
Rebecca Traister / thecut:
We Are All Implicated in the Post-Weinstein Reckoning … The anger window is open. For decades, centuries, it was closed: Something bad happened to you, you shoved it down, you maybe told someone but probably didn't get much satisfaction — emotional or practical — from the confession.
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Elaina Plott / The Daily Beast:
No One Knows What Omarosa Is Doing in the White House—Even Omarosa … It's nearly 9 a.m. in the West Wing lobby. The room is quiet save for two staff assistants whispering about weekend plans, and me, waiting on an over-firm red sofa to meet with Omarosa Manigault.
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Raw Story
Aric Jenkins / TIME:
Woman Says George H.W. Bush Groped Her When She Was 16: ‘I Was a Child’ — Roslyn Corrigan was sixteen years old when she got a chance to meet George H.W. Bush, excited to be introduced to a former president having grown up dreaming of going into politics. — But Corrigan was crushed …
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George Skelton / Associated Press:
Capitol Journal In high-tax California, a vote to scrap deductions could be the kiss of death for endangered House Republicans — Rep. Darrell Issa speaks during a town hall meeting in Oceanside in March. — Capitol Journal — Some of America's most important political races …
New York Times:
Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core — A serial leak of the agency's cyberweapons has damaged morale, slowed intelligence operations and resulted in hacking attacks on businesses and civilians worldwide. — WASHINGTON — Jake Williams awoke last April in an Orlando …
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Business Insider and AOL, more at Techmeme »
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
What Mueller's org chart reveals about his Russia probe — Special counsel Robert Mueller has not publicly uttered a single word about the direction of his high-stakes Russia probe. — But the way he's assigned the 17 federal prosecutors on his team — pieced together by POLITICO …
Associated Press:
Biden on 2020: 'Not sure it's the appropriate thing' to do — Former Vice President Joe Biden said he is uncertain about a run for president in 2020, but indicated he's looking for fresh blood to lead the Democratic Party back to the White House. — “I've done it a long time,” said Biden …
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Axios, IJR, Weekly Standard and Political Wire
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden Book Looks Back at the Path He Didn't Take (But Still Could)
Biden Book Looks Back at the Path He Didn't Take (But Still Could)
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Kansas City Star:
‘One of the most secretive, dark states’: What is Kansas trying to hide? — The statement was simple. Factual. — A Kansas spokesperson was acknowledging that the state highway department didn't have the money to rebuild a dangerous stretch of Interstate 70 that had been the scene …
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Axios
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Did dossier trigger the Trump-Russia probe? — The FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump-Russia affair shortly after receiving the first installment of an anti-Trump dossier from a former British spy working for the Hillary Clinton campaign.