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The Daily Beast:
White House Demands TBS Cancel Samantha Bee's Show — White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders slammed comedienne Samantha Bee's comments about Ivanka Trump on Thursday. “The language used by Samantha Bee last night is vile and vicious. The collective silence by the left …
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Sonia Rao / Washington Post:
Samantha Bee apologizes for calling Ivanka Trump a vulgar word after White House condemnation — Ivanka Trump sparked online outrage earlier this week when she tweeted a photo of herself with her younger son around the same time as reports circulated that the U.S. government had lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year.
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Ashley Boucher / The Wrap:
Samantha Bee Loses Sponsors Over Ivanka Trump ‘Feckless C-t’ Comment — Autotrader and State Farm suspend advertising on TBS series … Autotrader and State Farm have decided to suspend their sponsorship of “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” after the host called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c—” on the show Wednesday night.
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
White House Condemns ‘Vile and Vicious’ Samantha Bee, Calls on Time Warner, TBS to Act — “Time Warner and TBS must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned,” White House press secretary tells TheWrap
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Samantha Bee Apologizes for a Slur Against Ivanka Trump
Samantha Bee Apologizes for a Slur Against Ivanka Trump
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Sarah Sanders calls Samantha Bee ‘vile’ — while working for Trump
Sarah Sanders calls Samantha Bee ‘vile’ — while working for Trump
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Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
White House Blasts Samantha Bee Over Ivanka Slur, Demands TBS Cancel Show
White House Blasts Samantha Bee Over Ivanka Slur, Demands TBS Cancel Show
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Kathleen Joyce / Fox News:
Samantha Bee apologizes for vile, ‘c-word’ attack on Ivanka Trump
Samantha Bee apologizes for vile, ‘c-word’ attack on Ivanka Trump
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
White House says Samantha Bee's attack on Ivanka Trump was ‘vile and vicious’
White House says Samantha Bee's attack on Ivanka Trump was ‘vile and vicious’
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Tim Mak / NPR:
LISTEN: How Michael Cohen Protects Trump By Making Legal Threats — Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen is facing legal peril, including an FBI raid of his home and office — and involvement in a civil lawsuit with porn star Stormy Daniels. — But in the past, it was Cohen who has sought …
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Stormy's lawyer was told to choose between his job and TV appearances. He chose TV
Stormy's lawyer was told to choose between his job and TV appearances. He chose TV
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Listen: Michael Cohen Threatens Reporter With Lawsuit In 2015
Listen: Michael Cohen Threatens Reporter With Lawsuit In 2015
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Dinesh D'Souza Tells Backstory Of His Pardon — FBI Spy Stefan Halper's Media Contacts Could Pose A Problem, Retired FBI Officials Say — INVESTIGATIVE GROUP | CHUCK ROSS — EXCLUSIVE: First Lady's Office Responds To Samantha Bee's Vulgar Tirade: ‘Double Standard Is Truly Astounding’
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New York Times:
Trump Pardons Dinesh D'Souza, Weighs Leniency for Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart
Trump Pardons Dinesh D'Souza, Weighs Leniency for Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Ex-FBI honcho blasts Trump over Blagojevich
BuzzFeed:
Trump Allies Don't See “Three-Dimensional Chess” In Dinesh D'Souza's Pardon
Trump Allies Don't See “Three-Dimensional Chess” In Dinesh D'Souza's Pardon
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Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media:
Trump to pardon despicable, hate-spewing fanboy felon who pleaded guilty
Trump to pardon despicable, hate-spewing fanboy felon who pleaded guilty
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Weaponizing Pardons
Trump Is Weaponizing Pardons
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump repeatedly pressured Sessions on Mueller investigation — President Trump pressured Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reclaim control of the Russia investigation on at least four separate occasions, three times in person and once over the phone, according to sources familiar with the conversations.
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BuzzFeed:
Joy Reid's Blog Published A Photoshopped Image Of John McCain As The Virginia Tech Shooter — The MSNBC host's controversial old blog posts continue to surface, as Reid and the network stick to hacking claims. — MSNBC host Joy Reid's new-defunct blog published an image …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prosecutors interview Comey as they investigate whether McCabe should be charged — Investigators from the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office recently interviewed former FBI director James B. Comey as part of a probe into whether his deputy, Andrew McCabe, broke the law by lying to federal agents …
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Washington Post:
Trump imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico — By Washington Post Staff May 31 at 9:43 AM — The move is certain to trigger retaliation by the E.U. against a range of American products, including Kentucky bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles …
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Doug Palmer / Politico:
‘Today is a bad day for world trade’: Trump slaps U.S. allies with tariffs
‘Today is a bad day for world trade’: Trump slaps U.S. allies with tariffs
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VICE News:
Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party — Less than a week before the California primary, Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party. — In the “knowledge panel” that provides easy access to information next to search results …
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Robert Mueller Reveals The Price Tag For His Special Counsel Investigation — The special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has cost nearly $17 million dollars so far, according to a new report from the Justice Department.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller probe spending tops $17 million
Mueller probe spending tops $17 million
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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Mueller Runs Up $16 Million Tab in Trump-Russia Investigation
Mueller Runs Up $16 Million Tab in Trump-Russia Investigation
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Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Trump reportedly said he wants to stop German luxury car imports in the US — Trump reportedly told French President Emmanuel Macron last month that he would maintain his trade policy with the aim of stopping Mercedes-Benz models from driving down Fifth Avenue in New York.
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Trump to impose total ban on luxury German cars: report
Trump to impose total ban on luxury German cars: report
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Ken Haddad / WDIV-TV:
John Boehner in Michigan: ‘Republican Party is taking a nap somewhere’ — Boehner sits down with Local 4's Devin Scillian — MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. - Former Speaker of the House John Boehner delivered a keynote address and was joined by Devin Scillian during the 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference on Thursday morning.
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Michael Sykes / Axios:
Boehner: “There is no Republican party. There's a Trump party”
Boehner: “There is no Republican party. There's a Trump party”
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
THE MEDIA'S UNDENIABLE PRO-TRUMP BIAS — There is almost no point in writing a lede to this piece, given how likely it is that President Trump will do something disgraceful before it can be edited and published—so instead let's use that likelihood as the entire premise.
Hallie Jackson / MSNBC:
At least 8 white nationalists running for federal office — MSNBC's Morgan Radford spoke with white nationalists who are running for federal office this year on the Republican ticket. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, at least eight white nationalists are running, more than ever before.
Andrew Perez / MapLight:
Southern Co., CVS, Dow Chemical Funding Trump Dark Money Group Tied to Racist, Anti-Semitic Views — Three Fortune 500 companies have donated at least $1.6 million to a controversial pro-Trump “dark money” organization that's been criticized for racist, sexist, homophobic, and anti-Muslim sentiments expressed by its staff.
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Juliet Macur / New York Times:
N.F.L.'s Alternate ‘Cheerleaders’ Don't Cheer or Dance — Several N.F.L. teams determined cheerleading programs had a scarcity problem on game days. If cheerleaders were on the sideline dancing, none were available to serve as scantily clad hostesses who could mingle with fans high …
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Bradley Hope / Wall Street Journal:
British Expert on the Royal Family Is Actually Tommy From Upstate New York — As the royal wedding unfolded, Thomas J. Mace-Archer-Mills, Esq. was on screen to enlighten many on the monarchy; he's from north of Albany — When Britain's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle walked …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
One Reform to Save America — There are a bunch of different ways to do democracy. In Western Europe, most countries have proportional representation and a lot of different parties representing voter interests. In this country we've gone with a two-party system and winner-take-all elections.
Andrew P. Napolitano / Washington Times:
Giuliani's unwarranted attack on the Trump investigation — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — This past weekend, President Trump and the most visible member of his legal team, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, fired up their campaign against special counsel Robert Mueller.
David French / Washington Post:
Barr's vile, racist tweeting showed the way through the free speech minefield: The standard we ought to apply is decency. — David French is a senior writer at National Review. — In the last year, the two names that have most dominated debates about employee free speech …