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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
FISA warrant application supports Nunes memo — The weekend release of a highly-redacted version of the FBI's application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap onetime Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page has renewed the argument over the Nunes memo …
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Daily Kos, The Mahablog and ThinkProgress
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How a Trump Decision Revealed a G.O.P. Memo's Shaky Foundation — WASHINGTON — When President Trump declassified a memo by House Republicans in February that portrayed the surveillance of a former campaign adviser as scandalous, his motivation was clear: to give congressional allies …
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One Thing You Can Do, BBC, France 24, Hit & Run and Jamie Dupree - AJC
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Associated Press Lies About the FISA Application — The Associated Press carries on a daily vendetta against the Trump administration, systematically misleading the American people in articles that appear in hundreds or thousands of newspapers. Thus, it is no surprise that the AP's story …
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Fox News, Washington Times and NPR
Eli Okun / Politico:
Graham: Carter Page wiretap ‘not at all’ justified
Graham: Carter Page wiretap ‘not at all’ justified
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Chicks On The Right and Breitbart
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
Trump Threatens Iran on Twitter, Warning Rouhani of Dire ‘Consequences’ — President Trump threatened Iran late Sunday, warning of severe “consequences,” as rhetoric between the two countries' presidents escalated dramatically. — Mr. Trump, in an all-caps message on Twitter addressed …
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CNN, Los Angeles Times, BBC, Power Line, RT, NBC News, CBS New York, Deadline, FOX6Now.com, WGN-TV, Bustle and Political Wire
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Reuters:
Iran's Rouhani warns Trump about ‘mother of all wars’ — DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday cautioned U.S. President Donald Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran, saying “war with Iran is the mother of all wars”, but did not rule out peace between the two countries.
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Fox News, Al Jazeera English, Washington Post, AOL and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Pompeo calls Iran religious leaders ‘hypocritical holy men’
Pompeo calls Iran religious leaders ‘hypocritical holy men’
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One America News Network, ABC News and Bustle
Hassan Rouhani / Al Jazeera English:
'Do not play with lion's tail': Rouhani warns Trump
'Do not play with lion's tail': Rouhani warns Trump
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Associated Press, Raw Story, The Week, VICE News, Daily Wire and Politico
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Inches Higher, Buoyed by Republican Support — In the latest WSJ/NBC News poll, the president's job approval rose to 45% but remains among the lowest of any modern president at this point his first term — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's approval rating …
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Front Page Magazine, National Review and Mediaite
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Public gives Trump thumbs down on Russia, thumbs up on economy — ‘The more Trump gets criticized by the media, the more his base seems to rally behind him,’ pollster Fred Yang says. — WASHINGTON — After an eventful and tumultuous month in American politics …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Bloomberg
Christine Todd Whitman / Los Angeles Times:
Calling my fellow Republicans: Trump is clearly unfit to remain in office — President Trump's disgraceful performance in Helsinki, Finland, and in the days since is an indication that he is not fit to remain in office. Trump's 2016 “America First” platform might be more aptly named …
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Raw Story
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Daniella Cheslow / NPR:
GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick: ‘The President Was Manipulated By Vladimir Putin’
GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick: ‘The President Was Manipulated By Vladimir Putin’
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Raw Story
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
THE TRUMP GOP-RUSSIA ALLIANCE IS A NATURAL ALLIANCE
The Daily Beast:
John Kelly Signed Off on a ‘Purge’ of Scott Pruitt Loyalists From EPA … The Trump White House has moved quickly to force out a trio of staffers loyal to former, scandal-plagued Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: World leaders turning Trump tricks against him — World leaders are learning to play President Trump using his own set of predictable negotiating tricks. The most vivid example of this: French President Emmanuel Macron bragging to Trump that he was jamming him by stealing “The Art of the Deal” techniques, Axios has learned.
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RT
Michael Anton / Claremont Institute:
Birthright Citizenship: A Response to My Critics — expected the reaction to a recent op-ed I published calling for the end of birthright citizenship to be cantankerous. I even expected it to be hysterical—from the Left. I did not expect self-described “conservatives” …
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Power Line
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Gowdy: If There Was Evidence That President Trump Committed Any Crime, “Adam Schiff Would Have Leaked It” — Rep. Trey Gowdy told FNC's Bret Baier on FOX News Sunday that while there are documents he has not seen, he knows that if there were any evidence that President Trump committed any crime …
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Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Leader of the Persistence … It was unremittingly hot at the farm in Natick, Massachusetts, where 1,500 people had gathered on the Sunday after the Fourth of July. Remarkably, this crowd had assembled under a blistering sun not for a free concert, or outdoor theater, or even a protest, exactly.
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Politico and Taylor Marsh
Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
PICTURED: Hillary Clinton dining with Harvey Weinstein after her loss — Photos of Hillary Clinton having dinner with longtime pal Harvey Weinstein weeks after her election loss have emerged.
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The Gateway Pundit
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla Asks Suppliers for Cash Back to Help Turn a Profit — Electric-car company, in memo, requests supplier returns meaningful portion of money spent since 2016 — Tesla Inc. TSLA -2.08% has asked some suppliers to refund a portion of what the electric-car company has spent previously …
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BloombergQuint and Investor's Business Daily
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Southern Nationalist Group Creates Russian Language Website Page To Foster Relationship Between the ‘Two Natural Allies’ — The League of The South, an organization described by analysts as a neo-confederate hate group, has launched a Russian language page on their website to explore shared ideas on “Southern nationalism.”
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POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Administration Join Forces to Overhaul the Endangered Species Act — WASHINGTON — The Endangered Species Act, which for 45 years has safeguarded fragile wildlife while blocking ranching, logging and oil drilling on protected habitats, is coming under attack from lawmakers …
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
James Comey warns Democrats against socialism: 'Please, please don't lose your minds' — Former FBI Director James Comey waded back into the political fray on Twitter Sunday, warning Democrats not to “rush to the socialist left” in upcoming elections. — “Democrats, please, please don't lose your minds,” Comey wrote.
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twitchy.com, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, Townhall and Front Page Magazine
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Sanders' wing of the party terrifies moderate Dems. Here's how they plan to stop it. — Party members and fundraisers gathered for an invitation-only event to figure out how to counteract the rising progressive movement. — Ocasio-Cortez joins Sanders to rally for Kansas Democrat, progressive values
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Common Dreams
Liz Alderman / New York Times:
Portugal Dared to Cast Aside Austerity. It's Having a Major Revival. — At a time of mounting uncertainty in Europe, the country has defied critics who insisted on austerity as the answer to the Continent's economic and financial crisis. — LISBON — Ramón Rivera had barely gotten …
Samantha J. Gross / Dallas Morning News:
Defending Donald Trump, First Baptist's Robert Jeffress compares him to ‘known womanizer’ Ronald Reagan — Rev. Robert Jeffress went on Fox News Friday night to defend President Donald Trump amid the news that the president's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, recorded him discussing payment of a Playboy model.
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HuffPost, National Review, Mother Jones and AOL
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Exclusive: Accused Russian agent Butina met with U.S. Treasury, Fed officials — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials …
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TheBlaze, CANNONFIRE, The Week, Talking Points Memo, twitchy.com, ThinkProgress, Splinter, News Agency UNIAN and Washington Post
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
The Accused Russian Agent as Trump Republican
The Accused Russian Agent as Trump Republican
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Mediaite and Hullabaloo