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Digital Chosunilbo:
Kim Jong-un's Flight to Singapore a Precision Maneuver — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's flight to Singapore was a tightly planned maneuver using a decoy to throw attackers off the scent. Three planes took off in North Korea at about an hour's interval on Sunday — an IL-76 …
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USA Today, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
U.S. won't bring up North Korea's human rights issues at Singapore summit — WASHINGTON — Wounded from torture and starving, Grace Jo's father died on a train heading to a North Korean prison camp, a fellow inmate told his family. His crime: illegally possessing a bag of rice during the 1990s famine.
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ThinkProgress, The Week, BBC, Politico and Washington Post
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Fox News host apologizes after calling Trump-Kim summit ‘meeting between two dictators’
Fox News host apologizes after calling Trump-Kim summit ‘meeting between two dictators’
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, CNBC and Mediaite
Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
Analysis: Wit, wisdom are likely tactics from Kim's playbook
Analysis: Wit, wisdom are likely tactics from Kim's playbook
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Reuters, New York Times and Politico
Wall Street Journal:
The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider's Guide to Trump's Tactics
The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider's Guide to Trump's Tactics
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Politico, Political Wire and Raw Story
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Trump Could Transform the U.S.-North Korea Relationship
David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un likely to meet alone at Singapore summit
Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un likely to meet alone at Singapore summit
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Althouse
Tonda MacCharles / Toronto Star:
What led to Trump's outburst against Trudeau: Behind the scenes at the G7 — QUEBEC CITY—U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warmly Friday morning as he arrived at the G7. — Although he'd tweeted grumpily the night before that Trudeau was “so indignant” …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week, Shakesville and NPR
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Escalating Clash With Canada, Trump Is Isolated Before North Korea Meeting — WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated a bitter clash with some of America's closest allies on Sunday, lashing out through his advisers at Canada's prime minister in unusually personal terms and leaving himself …
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Washington Post, NBC News, Politico, Daily Kos, MSNBC, CNN, Washington Free Beacon, The Week, Fox News, EURACTIV.com, ABC News, BuzzFeed, Montreal Gazette and RedState
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Inside Obama's secret meetings with 2020 contenders — Still the reluctant leader of the Democratic Party, Obama has been providing counsel to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other presidential hopefuls. — Barack Obama has in recent months met with at least nine prospective 2020 …
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Axios, Talking Points Memo, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Caller News Foundation, Splinter, AOL and Political Wire
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Obama meeting with 2020 hopefuls to discuss party future, running in the age of Trump — Sanders touts 2016 success when asked about 2020 run — (CNN)Barack Obama has met with several Democrats considering running for president in 2020, a Democrat close to the former president tells CNN …
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RedState, Breaking News USA, Axios and Washington Times
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Web of elite Russians met with NRA execs during 2016 campaign — WASHINGTON — Several prominent Russians, some in President Vladimir Putin's inner circle or high in the Russian Orthodox Church, now have been identified as having contact with National Rifle Association officials during the 2016 U.S. election campaign.
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Sanctions Russian Federal Security Service Enablers — Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five Russian entities and three Russian individuals under Executive Order (E.O.) 13694, “Blocking the Property …
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Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Robert De Niro throws F-bombs at Trump during Tony Awards — Actor Robert De Niro launched a profanity-laced tirade at President Trump during Sunday's politically charged Tony Awards, earning a standing ovation. — “I'm gonna say one thing: F— Trump!” he stated, as he clenched his two fists in the air …
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Robert De Niro Says ‘F— Trump’ at Tony Awards, Gets Standing Ovation — Robert De Niro had a few choice words for President Donald Trump while the legendary actor was on stage at Sunday's Tony Awards to introduce Bruce Springsteen's musical performance. — “I'm going to say one thing …
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CNN, AOL, The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys and The Last Tradition
April Glaser / Slate:
Day 1 of a Worse Internet — Net neutrality is officially dead. Here's how you'll notice it's gone. — Monday, June 11, is the first day of the post-net neutrality internet. In December, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the Obama-era rules that prohibit internet companies …
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Motherboard
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Keith Collins / New York Times:
Net Neutrality Repeal Is Official. Here's How That Could Affect You.
Net Neutrality Repeal Is Official. Here's How That Could Affect You.
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RedState, Fast Company, Associated Press and Chicago Tribune
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's New World Order — How the President, Israel, and the Gulf states plan to fight Iran—and leave the Palestinians and the Obama years behind. — On the afternoon of December 14, 2016, Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, rode from his Embassy to the White House to attend a Hanukkah party.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together — The president's ‘unofficial filing system’ involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they're supposed to be preserved. — Solomon Lartey spent the first five months of the Trump administration working in the Old Executive Office Building …
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Nolan Finley / Detroit News:
Darn. I may outlive Social Security — I've got to quick go see my doctor. — For years he's had me on a health maintenance plan with the goal, he says, of keeping me alive until I'm 90. — Now I need him to ease back on the medicine and good living advice. I'm not sure my money will hold out that long.
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
The cowardice of the political class
The cowardice of the political class
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Crooked Timber
VICE News:
Exclusive: First photos emerge of shadowy Manafort aide tied to Russian intelligence — KIEV, Ukraine — Konstantin Kilimnik, the shadowy Russian political operative indicted Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller, has led such an intensely secretive life that no photograph of him has ever emerged in public.
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Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Mark Sanford running scared in Trump-fueled primary — A last-minute barrage of commercials from Sanford — a notoriously frugal figure who hasn't spent money on TV advertising in five years — is a sure sign he's under duress. — MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — GOP Rep. Mark Sanford has spent …
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Craig Calcaterra / NBCSports.com:
Report: Shohei Ohtani likely to have Tommy John surgery, will be out until 2020 — Here was Gomez's comment on SportsCenter: … There has been no confirmation by the Angels or anyone close to Ohtani, but nor has there been contradiction. We'll obviously hear more on this today.
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
A Senior White House Official Defines the Trump Doctrine: 'We're America, Bitch' — The president believes that the United States owes nothing to anyone—especially its allies. — Many of Donald Trump's critics find it difficult to ascribe to a president they consider to be both subliterate …
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Talking Points Memo
New York Magazine:
A Company Built on a Bluff … It was sunny in Williamsburg on the last Wednesday in May, which also happened to be the second day of a new era at Vice Media. Visitors were still required to sign in on a tablet that featured an image of a woman's red lips opened wide to reveal a tab of acid …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Supreme Court Just Upheld Ohio's Aggressive Process For Purging Voters From The Rolls — The court split 5-4 on ideological grounds. — Reporting From Washington, DC — The Supreme Court upheld Ohio's system for purging inactive voters from the rolls — a decision that could lead …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Scott surges past Nelson with older Florida voters — Gov. Rick Scott is virtually tied with Sen. Bill Nelson among Florida voters, but the Republican is dominating the Democrat by 9 points among those nearing or at retirement age — a group that casts the majority of Florida's votes.
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Tampa Bay Times and The Capitolist
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Dinesh D'Souza to Compare Trump With Lincoln in Upcoming Film — D'Souza acknowledges that the optics of a pro-Trump documentary will be deemed suspicious in some circles, given the president pardoned him May 31 for violating campaign finance laws. — In a move that could raise the suspicions …
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The Gateway Pundit