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As Trump Consolidates Power, Democrats Confront a Rebellion in Their Ranks — WASHINGTON — The pitched battle looming over the Supreme Court, along with a jolt to the Democratic leadership at the ballot box last Tuesday, is threatening to shatter the already fragile architecture of the Democratic Party …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘A political suicide march’: Trump aims to inflict political pain on Democrats over calls …
‘A political suicide march’: Trump aims to inflict political pain on Democrats over calls …
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ABC News:
Supreme Court nominee who would overturn Roe v. Wade ‘would not be acceptable’: Sen. Collins — Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a critical vote on whomever President Trump nominates to replace Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court, said any nominee who would overturn Roe v. Wade would “not be acceptable.”
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Adam J. White / Weekly Standard:
Rage at the End of Justice Kennedy's Camelot — If John F. Kennedy's presidency was, for Democrats, a kind of three-year “Camelot,” then Anthony M. Kennedy's three-decade tenure on the Supreme Court was also, for Democrats, a kind of judicial Camelot. A place where progressive rights …
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Maxine Waters responds to death threats: ‘You better shoot straight’ — (D-Calif.) has addressed a series of recent death threats she said she has received, telling would-be threateners to “shoot straight” during an immigration rally on Saturday. — “I know that there are those who are talking …
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Maxine Waters Responds To Death Threats: 'You'd Better Shoot Straight'
Maxine Waters Responds To Death Threats: 'You'd Better Shoot Straight'
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Washington Post:
North Korea working to conceal key aspects of its nuclear program, U.S. officials say — U.S. intelligence officials, citing newly obtained evidence, have concluded that North Korea does not intend to fully surrender its nuclear stockpile, and instead is considering ways to conceal the number …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Great Russian Disinformation Campaign — In a new book, Timothy Snyder explains how Russia revolutionized information warfare—and presages its consequences for democracies in Europe and the United States. — When Westerners first began to hear of Vladimir Putin's troll army—now some five years ago—the project sounded absurd.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Once Gave Trump a Perch. Now It's His Bullhorn. — In 2011, Fox News announced that a new guest would appear weekly on “Fox & Friends,” its chummy morning show. “Bold, brash, and never bashful,” a network ad declared. “The Donald now makes his voice loud and clear, every Monday on Fox.”
capitalgazette.com:
Our Say: Thank you. We will not forget. — Hundreds gathered Friday to honor the employees who were killed Thursday after a gunman blasted his way through the glass door of the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis. Their names are Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters.
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump falsely claims he never told House Republicans to vote for immigration bill — President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Saturday that he never encouraged House Republicans to vote for an immigration bill, despite tweeting such an encouragement three days earlier.
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The Left needs to face reality: Trump is winning — To understand the madness gripping American leftists, try to see the world through their eyes. Presto, you're now part of the raging resistance. — Like the Palestinians who mark Israel's birth as their nakba, or tragedy, you regard Donald Trump's 2016 victory as a catastrophe.
Eder Campuzano / Oregonian:
Portland Police revoke permit, declare riot as protesters clash downtown — Gallery: Patriot Prayer rally, and counterprotest, in Portland, June 30, 2018 — Portland Police declared a riot Saturday after tensions between the right-wing Patriot Prayer group and local anti-fascist activists came to a head and broke out in violence.
Rebecca Bratek / CBS News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez name-dropped her lipstick brand and it sold out — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old who defeated powerful Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in a New York congressional primary this week, could become the youngest woman ever elected to Congress if she wins in November.
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Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
Bavaria: Affluent, Picturesque — and Angry — MUNICH — All seems well in Bavaria. — The streets are clean, unemployment is practically nonexistent, social benefits are generous and a vibrant sense of identity infuses small villages and big cities alike: Even teenagers sometimes don dirndls …
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Gudrun Burwitz, ever-loyal daughter of Nazi mastermind Heinrich Himmler, dies at 88 — Gudrun Burwitz, the true-believing daughter of Heinrich Himmler, the architect of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany's highest-ranking official after Adolf Hitler, died May 24 in or near Munich. She was 88.
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
“Are you alone now?” — After raid, immigrant families are separated in the American heartland — Story by Eli Saslow Photos by Michael Robinson Chavez — He had been afraid to go outside since his mother was detained in an immigration raid 14 days earlier, but now someone was pounding on the front door of their trailer.
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Donald Trump St Andrews: US President's secret attempts to buy landmark hotel — Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can — Waiting for Video... Donald Trump tried and failed to convince one of Scotland's leading banks …
Alex Stokes / WHNT-TV:
Former Grissom High School teacher in custody after pulling out a gun at Huntsville immigration policy protest — HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A former Huntsville City Schools teacher is in custody after police said he pulled out a gun at a protest in Big Spring Park. — “He pulled out a gun.
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
With ‘head held high,’ exiting ICE chief Thomas Homan wants Trump to do even more — Outgoing chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Thomas Homan, wants President Trump to get tougher on Congress and pressure them into finally funding the 10,000 additional ICE employees he ordered …
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Cindi Leive / New York Times:
Let's Talk About My Abortion (and Yours) — Several months ago, I appeared on a morning TV show alongside Cecile Richards, then the president of Planned Parenthood. Our topic had been women's activism, and we'd both spoken in equal amounts. But when I checked Twitter later …
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Salena Zito / New York Post:
Let's raise a pint to putting our political differences aside — OHIOPYLE, PA. — For eight years Jim Oppman has prided himself on arriving at the Wilderness Voyageurs Beer and Gear Festival before anyone else, staking his place first in line before the crowds rush in.
Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Republicans Hold On to Farenthold Seat in Texas Special Election — Republican Michael Cloud won the special election Saturday to replace former Texas Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold, comfortably taking a majority of votes to avoid a runoff. — Nine candidates from multiple parties competed on the same ballot Saturday.
CBS News:
Susan Sarandon arrested at anti-Trump rally — Susan Sarandon was one of the roughly 575 people arrested during a Capitol Hill protest of President Trump's immigration policies and family separations at the southern border on Thursday. The group, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal …
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
The E.P.A.'s Ethics Officer Once Defended Pruitt. Then He Urged Investigations. — WASHINGTON — The chief ethics officer of the Environmental Protection Agency — the official whose main job is to help agency staffers obey government ethics laws — has been working behind the scenes to push …
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