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Congressional Candidate In Virginia Admits He's A Pedophile — Nathan Larson also ran online forums for pedophiles and misogynists. — Nathan Larson, a 37-year-old accountant from Charlottesville, Virginia, is running for Congress as an independent candidate in his native state.
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The Daily Caller, Snopes.com, Splinter and The Week
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Koch brothers' network launches digital ad blitz supporting Democrat Heidi Heitkamp as midterms near — Americans for Prosperity is unleashing a digital advertising campaign on Friday thanking North Dakota Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp for cosponsoring the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protect Act.
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Political Wire and Roll Call
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trudeau says NAFTA talks broke down after Pence made ultimatum — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said months of intense negotiations between his country, the United States and Mexico imploded Tuesday when Vice President Pence demanded that any deal expire automatically in five years.
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New Yorker, Axios, CNBC, Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Week, The Guardian, NBC News, The Mahablog, YouTube and Sputnik International
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's trade policy is stuck in the '80s — the 1680s
Trump's trade policy is stuck in the '80s — the 1680s
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Hullabaloo, The Week and HeraldScotland
Jennifer A. Hillman / New York Times:
Trump Tariffs Threaten National Security
Trump Tariffs Threaten National Security
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Conservative News Today, The Daily Caller, Home Page Rotator and Outside the Beltway
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Oh, What a Stupid Trade War (Very Slightly Wonkish)
Oh, What a Stupid Trade War (Very Slightly Wonkish)
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Daily Kos, bradford-delong.com, Raw Story, Hit & Run and Axios
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump has officially put more tariffs on U.S. allies than on China
Trump has officially put more tariffs on U.S. allies than on China
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Politico, The Week, NTK Network, MSNBC, NBC News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Vox and Bloomberg
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Television Academy Blocks Media From Tonight's Honors Ceremony Featuring Samantha Bee — In the wake of the Samantha Bee controversy whereby she called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c**t”, the Television Academy has put the kibosh on any press tonight attending its 11th Annual Television Academy Honors ceremony …
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Michael Schneider / IndieWire:
Samantha Bee Addresses Controversy: ‘We Spent the Day Wrestling With the Repercussions of One Bad Word’
Samantha Bee Addresses Controversy: ‘We Spent the Day Wrestling With the Repercussions of One Bad Word’
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The Week, The Wrap, Hot Air, Daily Wire, Breitbart, Deadline, The Last Tradition, The Daily Caller, IJR and CNN
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Chelsea Clinton resurfaces Trump meeting with Ted Nugent, who once called Hillary C-word
Chelsea Clinton resurfaces Trump meeting with Ted Nugent, who once called Hillary C-word
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Shareblue Media, Breitbart, HuffPost, The Week and Washington Press
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘Feckless c—’: Samantha Bee apologizes for misogyny that delighted her audience
‘Feckless c—’: Samantha Bee apologizes for misogyny that delighted her audience
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ThinkProgress, Townhall and The Daily Beast
Peggy Drexler / CNN:
Samantha Bee's message was right even if her word wasn't
Samantha Bee's message was right even if her word wasn't
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ABC News, National Review, Washington Post and Daily Wire
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Your defenses of Dinesh D'Souza are garbage — “Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else noticed?” asks the character of Bob Loblaw, an attorney, in the sitcom “Arrested Development.” — That line, which was written as a joke, is being repurposed to defend President Trump's pardon …
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The Daily Caller
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New York Times:
Dinesh D'Souza? Really? — The editorial board represents …
Dinesh D'Souza? Really? — The editorial board represents …
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New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, Washington Blade, Raw Story, New Republic, Washington Post and TalkLeft
Mark Osler / CNN:
With his pardons, Trump is turning tool of mercy into sword of retribution
With his pardons, Trump is turning tool of mercy into sword of retribution
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The Week, VICE News, Fox News, NPR and Common Dreams
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Worthy Pardon for Dinesh D'Souza
A Worthy Pardon for Dinesh D'Souza
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Betsy's Page, Washington Press and Spectator USA
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER / Associated Press:
US gains 223K jobs; unemployment at 18-year low of 3.8 pct. — Just now — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent. — The Labor Department …
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNNMoney:
Unemployment rate matches lowest point in half a century
Unemployment rate matches lowest point in half a century
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USA Today, JustOneMinute, The Week, Small Dead Animals, CNBC and Scared Monkeys
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Added 223,000 Jobs in May; Unemployment Rate at 3.8%
U.S. Added 223,000 Jobs in May; Unemployment Rate at 3.8%
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National Review, NPR, Business Insider, CNBC, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Stormy Daniels's Lawyer Sought Help From Democrats in Fight With Trump — WASHINGTON — Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic film actress who says she had a sexual encounter with President Trump, has sought help for his legal battle against Mr. Trump from leading Democratic operatives.
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Talking Points Memo, Axios, The Daily Caller and Law & Crime
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NBC News:
Jared Kushner close friend Rick Gerson now under scrutiny from Mueller — WASHINGTON — A close friend of Jared Kushner has come under scrutiny by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for his proximity to some key meetings between Trump associates and foreign officials, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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Talking Points Memo, Jewish Insider, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump breaks protocol, sends markets a clear signal on jobs report before numbers are released — President Trump on Friday broke with decades of protocol and commented publicly about the highly anticipated jobs report data 69 minutes before they were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, Politico, CNBC, IJR, CBS New York, New York Times, AOL, The Daily Caller, NBC News and Mediaite
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump tweet previewing jobs report appears to break protocol: Experts
Trump tweet previewing jobs report appears to break protocol: Experts
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Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Kim's Letter to Trump Expresses Interest in Nuclear Summit — North Korean official aims to hand-deliver the letter to Trump on Friday — WASHINGTON—One of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's top lieutenants is expected to hand-deliver a letter to President Donald Trump in the White House …
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Signs of sophisticated cellphone spying found near White House, U.S. officials say — A federal study found signs that surveillance devices for intercepting cellphone calls and texts were operating near the White House and other sensitive locations in the Washington area last year.
Discussion:
Political Wire
Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
Paramedics wanted to enter Parkland school where kids were dying. BSO said no. — During the chaos of the Parkland school shooting, paramedics from Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department were desperate to go inside the building where students were wounded and dying.
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IJR, Conservative News Today, The Resurgent, Louder With Crowder, Daily Wire and twitchy.com
People.com:
Santa Fe Victim's Mom Challenged President Trump in Private Meeting for Calling Shooter ‘Wacky’ — The mother of a teenage girl killed earlier this month in a massacre at Santa Fe High School in Texas tells PEOPLE she challenged President Donald Trump's views on gun violence during …
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Shareblue Media and Splinter
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JONATHAN LEMIRE / Associated Press:
Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting
Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting
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MSNBC, Raw Story, New York Magazine, The Week, Joe.My.God., Eschaton and Shareblue Media
John Brennan / Washington Post:
I will speak out until integrity returns to the White House — John Brennan served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency from March 2013 to January 2017. — My first visit to the Oval Office came in October 1990, when I was a 35-year-old CIA officer.
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CNN, Politico, Raw Story, twitchy.com, Mediaite and Washington Times
Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘He Pretty Much Gave In to Whatever They Asked For’ — Trump says he's a master negotiator. Those who've actually dealt with him beg to differ. — In 1985, Tony Schwartz, a writer for New York magazine, was sitting in Donald Trump's office in Trump Tower interviewing him for a story.
Brian Contreras / Stanford Daily:
Leaked emails show Hoover academic conspiring with College Republicans to conduct ‘opposition research’ on student — Emails between the Hoover Institution's Niall Ferguson and well-known Republican student activists John Rice-Cameron '20 and Max Minshull '20 reveal coordination on …
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New Republic, bradford-delong.com, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Splinter and Roll Call
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Curious Case of Mr. Downer — His story about the Papadopoulos meeting calls the FBI's into question. — To hear the Federal Bureau of Investigation tell it, its decision to launch a counterintelligence probe into a major-party presidential campaign comes down to a foreign tip …
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Power Line
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Trump Ran as a Renegade. Now He's Trying to Keep Them at Bay. — IUKA, Miss. — When Chris McDaniel first ran for Senate four years ago, his campaign became a cause for disaffected and restless Republicans across the country. Activists waving “Don't Tread on Me” flags flooded Mississippi.
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
John Bolton's Deputy Draws Ire of Jewish, Muslim Groups — Trump supporters defend appointment of Fred Fleitz to National Security Council post — WASHINGTON—Jewish and Muslim groups are objecting to the appointment of a former Central Intelligence Agency analyst to a top White House post …
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
A Radical Pick for the National Security Council
A Radical Pick for the National Security Council
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Media Matters for America
Jess McIntosh / ELLE:
I Went on a Date With Eric Schneiderman. It Took Me Years to Process What Happened That Night. — Let's start at the beginning. — I'm 23, and the story I tell is called “The Time I Went Out with the (Relatively) Hot Older State Senator.” I deploy it as a nerdy leg-up on the social ladder among friends.
Stephen L. Miller / Fox News:
President Trump, cut the celebrity shenanigans and commute the sentences that actually matter — President Trump says he is considering commuting sentence of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. — One of the absolute powers that rests with the presidency is pardon power.