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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump, Treasonous Traitor — The president fails to protect the country from an ongoing attack. — Put aside whatever suspicions you may have about whether Donald Trump will be directly implicated in the Russian investigation. — Trump is right now, before our eyes and those of the world …
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FiveThirtyEight and Bustle
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin must wonder what else America knows about Russia — When Russian President Vladimir Putin sits down at the table in Helsinki on Monday, he will surely have in the back of his mind some intelligence worries that have nothing to do with the U.S. president seated across from him.
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Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: The time Putin actually enraged Trump — Earlier this year in the thick of his election campaign, Vladimir Putin released a propaganda video promoting Russia's “invincible” new generation of nuclear weapons. — Why it matters: One scene in particular caught President Trump's attention …
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Politico, The Daily Beast, One America News Network, CNN, Breitbart, The Hill, Hot Air and Vox
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Blames U.S. for Poor Relations With Moscow — Hours before one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin, U.S. president tweets about many years of ‘U.S. foolishness and stupidity’ — *President Trump Starts Private Meeting With Vladimir Putin Saying He Expects An “extraordinary relationship”
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CNN, Talking Points Memo and Townhall
Angela Charlton / Associated Press:
Trump wins sympathy from Russian media ahead of summit — MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is no fan of American journalists, but he might love what the Russian media are saying about him ahead of his meeting Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump, Putin meeting privately in Helsinki — HELSINKI (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin (all times local): — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting privately, joined only by translators, in the Finnish Presidential Palace.
Michael McFaul / Washington Post:
I've been in meetings with Putin. Here's what Trump can expect.
I've been in meetings with Putin. Here's what Trump can expect.
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Bustle
CBS News:
“I think the European Union is a foe,” Trump says ahead of Putin meeting in Helsinki
“I think the European Union is a foe,” Trump says ahead of Putin meeting in Helsinki
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Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Guardian, CBS Baltimore, RealClearPolitics, NPR, Bustle, BloombergQuint, Politico, Informed Comment, Home Page Rotator, IJR, Vox, Gizmodo, HuffPost, ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, The Week, AOL, ABC News, New York Times and Joe.My.God.
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
An unforgettable Trump scene in unforgettable Trump story
Washington Post:
Ahead of Putin summit, Trump faults U.S. ‘stupidity’ for poor relations with Russia
Ahead of Putin summit, Trump faults U.S. ‘stupidity’ for poor relations with Russia
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Reuters, Mediaite, Weekly Standard and Axios
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
World Cup 2018: The Moral Clarity of Pussy Riot's Protest
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
It will be the most surreal US-Russia summit in history
It will be the most surreal US-Russia summit in history
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Political Wire, KTLA, Bustle, FOX 61 and AOL
New York Times:
U.K. Poisoning Inquiry Turns to Russian Agency in Mueller Indictments — LONDON — The same Russian military intelligence service now accused of disrupting the 2016 presidential election in America may also be responsible for the nerve agent attack in Britain against a former Russian spy …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Nunes: Mueller indictment tracks House Intel report — In a tweet Sunday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a member and former chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, boiled down special counsel Robert Mueller's new Russian election-meddling indictment to one basic lesson …
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The Federalist, Jamie Dupree - AJC and Breitbart
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The MAGA Trolls Meet Their Match In Sacha Baron Cohen And “Who Is America?” — Sacha Baron Cohen — a consummate troll himself — is a perfect foil to the current political climate of grift and trolling. — While many journalists have risen to the occasion of the Trump era …
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The Daily Beast:
Russia Hawk Axed From National Security Council Right Before Trump-Putin Summit … Shortly before Donald Trump detonated a NATO summit, shanked the beleaguered British prime minister and prepped for a face-to-face love session with Vladimir Putin, his White House quietly divested itself …
Micaela Marshall / 13abc:
Arrest made in racially charged vandalism on Ogden Ave. — TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo police arrested Patricia Edelen for spray painting racial slurs on her neighbor's home Friday night. — “She had multiple warrants. She ran from the officers inside her residence.
New York Times:
$88 Million and Counting: Trump Amasses Huge Head Start for 2020 Campaign — WASHINGTON — President Trump has raised more than $88 million for his re-election campaign over the last year and a half, giving him a dramatic head-start on prospective Democratic challengers in the 2020 race.
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BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ryan Lizza / Esquire:
Vanishing Point — As the GOP increasingly comes to resemble a personality cult, is there any red line—video tapes? DNA evidence? a war with Germany—President Trump could cross and lose party support? “Very doubtful,” say a dozen GOP members of Congress stuck hard behind the MAGA eight ball.
Joe Gamp / Daily Express:
Julian Assange could be EVICTED from Ecuador embassy as he's branded ‘STONE in the shoe’ — WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange could soon be removed from the Ecuador Embassy in London as the country's new President steps up work to kick him out. — British ministers and foreign office officials …
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Raw Story
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article — LOS ANGELES — A federal judge ordered The Los Angeles Times to remove information from a published article on Saturday, a step that legal experts said was extremely unusual and conflicted with the First Amendment.
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Reason and Los Angeles Times, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
White House Orders Direct Taliban Talks to Jump-Start Afghan Negotiations — KABUL, Afghanistan — The Trump administration has told its top diplomats to seek direct talks with the Taliban, a significant shift in American policy in Afghanistan, done in the hope of jump-starting negotiations to end the 17-year war.
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The Week
Associated Press:
Jared Kushner's family firm accused of pushing out tenants — NEW YORK (AP) — The hammering and drilling began just months after Jared Kushner's family real estate firm bought a converted warehouse apartment building in the hip, Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
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Politico
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Reuven Blau / New York Daily News:
Rent-stabilized tenants allege Kushner Cos. harassed them
Rent-stabilized tenants allege Kushner Cos. harassed them
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Splinter
The Daily Beast:
White House Retaliates Against CNN by Cancelling Interview — The White House cancelled an interview with CNN in retaliation for an interaction between President Trump and a network reporter at a press conference in London. CNN had secured an interview with national security adviser John Bolton …
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USA Today, Contemptor, HuffPost, Daily Wire and Daily Kos, more at Mediagazer »
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fox News' Howard Kurtz on Trump-CNN Flap: Jim Acosta Was ‘Trying to Hijack the Question’
Fox News' Howard Kurtz on Trump-CNN Flap: Jim Acosta Was ‘Trying to Hijack the Question’
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The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Muslim candidates running in record numbers face backlash — SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A liberal woman of color with zero name recognition and little funding takes down a powerful, long serving congressman from her own political party. — When Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard …
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Axios