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The Verge:
A note from the editorial leadership of The Verge — Newsrooms must stand up to targeted campaigns of harassment — Since announcing her new job with The New York Times, a widespread campaign of harassment has targeted Verge reporter Sarah Jeong for a number of tweets she wrote years ago.
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Times Can Hire and Fire Whomever It Likes
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Joe Simonson / The Daily Caller:
Latest New York Times Hire Also Had Relationship With White Nationalist Hacker
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The Federalist
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
The New York Times Shouldn't Fire Sarah Jeong for Racist Tweets About White People
Brian Flood / Fox News:
New York Times stands by new tech writer Sarah Jeong after racist tweets surface
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Streiff / RedState:
The New York Times Hires an Apparent Racist for Their Editorial Board and That's Totally Fine
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David French / National Review:
Yes, Anti-White Racism Exists
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Wall Street Journal:
Top Trump Donor Agreed to Pay Michael Cohen $10 Million for Nuclear Project Push — Consulting deal with Franklin L. Haney could have been among the most lucrative struck by president's then-personal attorney — A major donor to President Trump agreed to pay $10 million to the president's …
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Nick Hopkins / The Guardian:
Exclusive: suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow — Russian is understood to have had full access to secret data during decade at embassy — US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart …
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Elise Labott / CNN:
Suspected Russian spy caught working inside US embassy in Moscow
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Washington Post:
Manafort's bookkeeper testifies against him, alleging efforts to inflate income — Paul Manafort's longtime bookkeeper testified against him Thursday, telling a Virginia jury that his seven-figure lifestyle lasted until about 2015 when the cash ran out, the bills piled up …
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CNN:
Bookkeeper says Manafort was broke in 2016 and lied to banks — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Alexandria, Virginia (CNN)Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's longtime bookkeeper testified Thursday that Manafort was in serious financial trouble in 2016 after his lobbying business dried up …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Manafort trial Day 3: The bookkeeper speaks, a man-made waterfall and a Rick Gates guarantee
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Roger Stone Reviews Paul Manafort's Fashion
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
National Archives says it won't be able to produce all Kavanaugh documents until end of October — The National Archives said Thursday it won't be able to produce the full cache of documents requested by Senate Republicans on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh until the end of October …
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Hazel Jones / Daily Mail:
'Many didn't notice it as keenly as I did because I knew him way back when. They thought Trump was being Trump, off the cuff,' Omarosa writes. 'But I knew something wasn't right' — Omarosa was beside herself when the president contradicted the White House party line that FBI head James Comey …
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaints Against 10 Trump Administration Officials — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Washington— In the months since President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for re-election, ten White House officials appear to have violated the Hatch Act by using …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump administration splits over journalists as ‘enemy of the people’
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Sarah Polus / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. co-hosts Dinesh D'Souza's very conservative D.C. film premiere — The red carpet for the screening of far-right filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza's new documentary was all business. There's no time for chitchat about who is wearing what when you've got an entire liberal ideology to topple.
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WKBW-TV:
Grand Island man arrested for threats against Congressmen — BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) - A Grand Island man stands accused of threatening two U.S. Congressmen through voicemail. — 63-year-old Carlos Bayon was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with interstate communication of a threat.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC warns donors to steer clear of Kochs — The move escalates the fight between President Donald Trump and the powerful network. — The Republican National Committee is sending a warning shot to major GOP donors not to play ball with the powerful Koch political network …
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Washington Post:
Aide to Trump-confidant Roger Stone ordered to appear before Mueller grand jury — A former aide to longtime President Trump confidant Roger Stone must testify before the special counsel's grand jury, a federal judge in Washington ruled Thursday. — The judge rejected a challenge from Andrew Miller …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Roger Stone associate ordered to testify before grand jury in Mueller probe
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VICE:
What Goes on Outside Trump Rallies Is an American Nightmare — The coral of Tampa's Florida State Fairgrounds entrance arcs against an ominously graying Tuesday evening sky. Everyone waits for Donald Trump outside, even though it smells like rain. The Secret Service checkpoint doesn't help …
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
New Age author Marianne Williamson ‘looking into’ 2020 presidential run — A presidential bid by the author would mark the first celebrity campaign for the White House against Donald Trump — New Age author Marianne Williamson was in Iowa earlier this week meeting with Democratic activists …
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Emily Williams / BostonGlobe.com:
A black Smith College student was eating her lunch when an employee called police — The rising sophomore at Smith College was quietly eating her lunch in a campus common room when a police officer approached her Tuesday afternoon. — A college employee had called police to report someone who …
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Owen Daugherty / The Columbus Dispatch:
Trump mistakes Stivers for Balderson ahead of 12th district visit — President Donald Trump fired up his Twitter account on Thursday afternoon to call on Ohioans to re-elect U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Upper Arlington, in the special U.S. House election next Tuesday. — Trump was mistaken.
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Sara Murray / CNN:
Alleged Russian agent's infiltration of GOP circles anything but subtle — Alleged spy met with US officials in 2015 — Washington (CNN)As far as spy craft goes, Maria Butina's skills didn't seem particularly impressive. — The alleged covert Russian agent liked to communicate via Twitter messages and WhatsApp.
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Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Why Trump's Nuremburg-y, QAnon-loving, journalist-hating mass rallies matter | Will Bunch — This love! I don't know if you were able to see it last night, any of them. I mean, there's such tremendous love. — President Trump on Wednesday's “The Rush Limbaugh Show” radio program …
Essex Porter / KIRO:
PSE sends racial slur to black woman — SEATTLE - An African-American woman says Puget Sound Energy emailed her a racial slur to use as the temporary password to her online account. — Erica Conway believes the insult was deliberate and wants the company to get to the bottom of it.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump mulls a pre-election shutdown with Rush, and a pre-election anti-Pelosi ad — DRIVING THE DAY — SIREN ... REPUBLICANS are becoming increasingly concerned that they will lose the special election in Ohio's 12th congressional district, which would be a horrible sign for their election prospects this fall.
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Robert Harding / Citizen:
Poll: Balter holds 4-point lead over Katko in House race — A poll released in the 24th Congressional District general election race shows Democratic challenger Dana Balter with a narrow lead over incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. John Katko. — A survey of 785 voters conducted by Public Policy Polling …
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Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Trump's undermining of Obamacare violates the Constitution, new lawsuit charges
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Fox News filed by parents of Seth Rich — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed in its entirety a case filed by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich against Fox News, one of the network's reporters, and a Texas businessman.
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Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: Fired-up liberals raise $1 billion on website for candidates, causes ahead of midterms — WASHINGTON - The online fundraising platform ActBlue this week surged past the $1 billion mark in contributions to Democratic candidates and causes in this election cycle.
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NBC News:
Mueller wants to interview Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, lawyer says — The son of a Russian oligarch helped set up the now infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting. — Special counsel Robert Mueller has requested an interview with Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, who helped set …
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Alberto Nardelli / BuzzFeed News:
Remember Trump's Tweet Saying He Was Pulling Out Of The G7 Summit Agreement? No One Ever Did Anything About It. — “It's like there's a reality TV president, in his own bubble, thinking he controls stuff. It's like The Truman Show.” — Reporting From — London
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Fox, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Win Hot Package On Multi-Million Dollar Theft Of McDonald's Monopoly Game — EXCLUSIVE: Fox is poised to win the hot lit property in the marketplace at the moment, a giant Happy Meal that everyone wanted. Ben Affleck is attached to direct …
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