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Philip Elliott / TIME:
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pulled Off the Biggest Upset of 2018  —  Joe Crowley didn't see it coming.  No one did, really.  —  In the biggest upset of the 2018 elections so far, the chair of the House Democratic caucus lost his primary race on Tuesday to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Crowley's loss leaves gaping void for next generation of Democratic leaders  —  Rep. Joe Crowley did not hide his ambition to be House speaker some day.  Now, after his stunning primary loss Tuesday, the next generation of Democratic leaders is a blank slate.
Discussion: MSNBC
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Crowley going down spotlights the looming Democratic identity crisis  —  THE BIG IDEA: Crowley got Cantor-ed.  —  The Democratic civil war, which has been raging in proxy battles across the country since Hillary Clinton struggled to fend off Bernie Sanders two years ago …
Kay Steiger / Vox:
A top House Democrat just lost his primary — to a socialist  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ran boldly to the left of Rep. Joe Crowley — and won.  —  Rep. Joe Crowley, one of the top Democrats in the House of Representatives, lost his New York primary in a shocking upset on Tuesday night to community organizer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
New York Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joseph Crowley in Major Democratic House Upset
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Democrat who challenged her party's establishment — and won
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Dan Donovan, Aided by Trump, Holds Off Michael Grimm in G.O.P. Primary
Discussion: MSNBC and Axios
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court deals a devastating blow to government unions  —  The Supreme Court has delivered a potentially crushing blow to public-sector unions, ruling 5-4 today that they cannot collect fees from non-members.  The ruling will likely diminish unions' negotiating power and, with it, their political clout.
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court deals sharp defeat to public employee unions, banning mandatory fees … The Supreme Court dealt labor unions a sharp defeat Wednesday, ruling that teachers, police officers and other public employees cannot be forced to pay dues or fees to support their unions.
Discussion: KTLA and The Week
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:   The Supreme Court just stuck a knife in public sector unions
Washington Post:   In major blow to organized labor, Supreme Court says public employee unions may not charge fees to nonmembers
Benjamin Haas / The Guardian:
North Korea making ‘rapid’ upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges  —  Monitoring group says work shows why a denuclearisation deal rather than a ‘statement of lofty goals’ is needed  —  North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program …
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Satellite images show North Korea upgrading nuclear research facility: report
The Daily Beast:   Watchdog: North Korea Has Kept Upgrading Nuclear Reactor Since Trump Summit
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Battleground state polls find more voters prefer Congress as a check on Trump  —  Only about a third of voters in Arizona, Florida and Ohio say Trump deserves to be re-elected.  —  WASHINGTON — Voters in three key Senate battleground states prefer the next Congress to be a check …
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Dems lead in Arizona and Ohio Senate races, but Florida contest remains tight
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and CNBC
Sara Fischer / Axios:
92% of Republicans think media intentionally reports fake news  —  Nearly all Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (92%) say that traditional news outlets knowingly report false or misleading stories at least sometimes, according to a new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll.
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Red Hen and the Resistance  —  In almost every opinion on the restaurant that famously refused to serve Sarah Huckabee Sanders, there is a too-neat congruence between the moral argument and the meta-political argument.  If you think it's right and just and admirable to deprive …
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CNN:
Sarah Sanders to receive Secret Service protection
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
East Pittsburgh officer charged with criminal homicide in Antwon Rose shooting  —  (CNN)Prosecutors charged East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld with criminal homicide on Wednesday in the shooting death of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II, court records show.
Discussion: NBC News, KTLA and FOX6Now.com
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CBS Pittsburgh:
Officer Michael Rosfeld Charged With Criminal Homicide In Fatal Shooting Of Antwon Rose
Laura Loomer / Big League Politics:
Laura Loomer Presses Assault Charges Against Maxine Waters  —  Today I filed a police report in Washington, D.C. to press charges against Congresswoman Maxine Waters for assaulting me.  —  When I confronted her regarding her call for targeted harassment of Trump administration officials, Ms. Waters assaulted me 3 times.
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New York Times:
Bigoted and Feckless, the Travel Ban Is Pure Trump  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  On Tuesday morning the five conservative justices of the Supreme Court …
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Washington Post:
To Trump, Harley's tariff decision is a personal — and unexpected — betrayal  —  President Trump lashed out at Harley-Davidson on Tuesday over the company's decision to move some production outside the United States, calling it “the beginning of the end” for the iconic motorcycle maker and threatening to respond with punishing taxes.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Allies fear Trump-Putin summit  —  America's allies in Europe are worried about Donald Trump's expected meeting next month with Vladimir Putin.  Senior officials from four NATO member nations told me their worst fear is that Trump clashes with America's allies at the NATO summit in Brussels …
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Bolton, Putin to meet in the Kremlin to plan Trump-Putin summit
Discussion: Politico and The Week
ProPublica:
We've Found $16.1 Million in Political and Taxpayer Spending at Trump Properties  —  Most came from political entities such as the Trump campaign, but government agencies chipped in, too.  “I could offer clarity,” one federal employee explained, “but I choose not to.”
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP Is Trump's Personality Cult.  Could Democrats Do the Same?  —  In 1938, Franklin Roosevelt, coming off two consecutive landslide victories, the second of which amassed 523 Electoral College votes and a nearly 25 percent popular vote margin, attempted to force wayward members of his party to support his agenda.
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Outside the Red Hen, fire and ire on social media come to life  —  LEXINGTON, Va. — America broke out Tuesday afternoon in this small Shenandoah Valley town.  —  Four days after the owner of the Red Hen restaurant stirred national debate by asking White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Inside Facebook and Twitter's secret meetings with Trump aides and conservative leaders who say tech is biased  —  Twitter and Facebook are scrambling to assuage conservative leaders who have sounded alarms — and sought to rile voters — with accusations that the country's tech giants are censoring right-leaning posts, tweets and news.
Discussion: CNN
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Football is popular in Texas.  The NFL isn't.  —  Player protests and other issues have put the NFL in strange territory in Texas: It's both unpopular and politically polarizing.  —  Nearly half of the state's registered voters have an unfavorable opinion of the National Football League …
Discussion: Dallas Morning News
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Mark Halperin sparks comeback buzz with high-profile meetings  —  SEE ALSO  —  Disgraced journalist Mark Halperin has been spotted with a string of powerful media industry pals, insiders told Page Six — including CNN and PBS folks — sparking buzz that he's the latest #MeToo-struck star to plot a comeback.
Shawn Donnan / Financial Times:
Another top Trump trade adviser to leave White House  —  One of Donald Trump's top economic and trade advisers is leaving the White House, becoming the latest senior staff member to exit an administration that has become renowned for its boisterous internal politics on trade.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNBC
 
 
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