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Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald:
Email indicates Florida House candidate may have staged college degree deception — Miami University says Melissa Howard never graduated, despite her posting images of a diploma. — Facing accusations that she lied about having a degree from Miami University in Ohio …
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Florida GOP Candidate Accused of Faking College Diploma — Miami University has reportedly called out a Republican candidate running for a Florida legislative seat for allegedly fabricating her college credentials. Melissa Howard, running for the GOP nomination for a House seat …
David Bishop / FLA News Online:
EXCLUSIVE: Candidate Melissa Howard Faked Her Diploma, University Alleges
EXCLUSIVE: Candidate Melissa Howard Faked Her Diploma, University Alleges
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Joe.My.God., fox8.com and POLITICUSUSA
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Trump's résumé is rife with mob connections — Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas titled their classic group portrait of Harry S. Truman's foreign policy team, “The Wise Men.” A book about Donald Trump's associations might be called “The Wise Guys.” — Mario Puzo would've been just the man to write it.
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The Moderate Voice, New York Times and Hullabaloo
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Before ‘Unite the Right’ Rally, Trump Does Not Condemn Supremacists — WASHINGTON — As white nationalists planned to gather in front of the White House on Sunday to mark the anniversary of last year's violent rally in Charlottesville, Va., President Trump denounced “all types of racism,” …
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Fortune:
‘On Both Sides’ — Trump drew condemnation in the days that followed when he appeared to equivocate the actions of white supremacists and those that opposed them. — “I think there is blame on both sides,” Trump said during a press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.
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New York Times:
A Congressman, a Financial Deal and an Intricate Web of Conflicts — Representative Christopher Collins once said that the success of an obscure Australian company's drug would be carved on his tombstone. Instead, its failure has upended his congressional career.
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Politico:
Rep. Chris Collins, fighting prosecution, seeks to end reelection bid
Rep. Chris Collins, fighting prosecution, seeks to end reelection bid
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CNN:
Chris Collins suspends re-election campaign following insider trading charges
Chris Collins suspends re-election campaign following insider trading charges
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Javier E. David / CNBC:
NY GOP Congressman Chris Collins suspends campaign amid insider trading allegations
NY GOP Congressman Chris Collins suspends campaign amid insider trading allegations
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ThinkProgress, Congressman Chris Collins, Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
New York congressman facing insider trading charges suspends reelection bid
New York congressman facing insider trading charges suspends reelection bid
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USA Today, IJR and Washington Monthly
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump's War With Harley-Davidson Has Divided America's Bikers — A move by the company has put one of the country's most iconic brands in the uncomfortable position of clashing with a president who is immensely popular with most of its customers. — STURGIS, S.D. — Gary Rathbun rumbled …
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Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
More than 100 seats that backed Brexit now want to stay in EU — Major new analysis shows most constituencies now have majority who want to Remain — More than 100 Westminster constituencies that voted to leave the EU have now switched their support to Remain, according to a stark new analysis seen by the Observer.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
More than 100 newspapers will publish editorials decrying Trump's anti-press rhetoric — “The dirty war on the free press must end.” — That's the idea behind an unusual editorial-writing initiative that has enlisted scores of newspapers across America. — The Boston Globe …
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
When the Tide Comes In — From the very beginning, NR has stood against the ‘irresponsible Right.’ — D — “Save Ike from the Kikes.” — I'd better explain. — This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Nazi troll armies' march on Charlottesville, Va. To commemorate it, there will even be a march in Washington.
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New York Times and alicublog
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump fumes at the FBI, Justice Dept. and Sessions in series of tweets — President Donald Trump on Saturday publicly castigated the Justice Department, the attorney general and the FBI, amplifying his allies' recent efforts to cast doubt on the Russia probe after remaining largely silent …
John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP corruption scandals may help Democratic candidates, but it's not clear how much — President Trump and GOP candidates face a plethora of ethical and corruption scandals leading up to the midterms. — As long as that list is, something larger dominates this election season, too: Trump's uniquely polarizing governing style.
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Daily Mail:
By , MINYVONNE BURKE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and RORY TINGLE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM — The man who hijacked an Alaska Airlines plane in Seattle on Friday night taking it for a joyride before crashing on an island in a ball of flames was a married 29-year-old Horizon Air employee who dreamed of joining the military.
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Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
V.S. Naipaul, Who Explored Colonialism Through Unsparing Books, Dies at 85 — V.S. Naipaul, the Nobel laureate who documented the migrations of peoples, the unraveling of the British Empire, the ironies of exile and the clash between belief and unbelief in more than a dozen unsparing novels …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Chicago Tribune:
2 dead, 18 wounded in Chicago shootings: 'Even I'm scared to walk to the corner store' — A police vehicle is parked at a gas station close to the scene of a shooting that injured two teen boys in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard on Aug. 10, 2018. (Madeline Buckley / Chicago Tribune)
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El Paso Times:
Let's remove Capitol plaque that lies about history: House Speaker Joe Straus — It has been a year since a horrific tragedy in Charlottesville, Va., caused a loss of life and painfully reminded us that bigotry still exists and needs to be confronted. — It was bigotry also …
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Raw Story
Clare Foran / CNN:
GOP lawmaker: Russian meddling fanned the flames in Charlottesville — Charlottesville anniversary of deadly rally — Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Tom Garrett said Saturday that he was told during a briefing with the FBI director that Russian meddling played in a role in …
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The Daily Caller, Political Wire and Liberty Unyielding
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Are you still sure there's no need to worry? — “Don't worry, the institutions will stop him.” Or: “Don't worry, he hasn't done any real damage yet, the institutions have stopped him.” How many times have you heard some version of this analysis since the election of President Trump?
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Are there any limits to Paul Manafort's greed?
Michael Walsh / American Greatness:
Farewell to the ‘Conservative Movement’ — The #NeverTrumpumpkins define themselves by their visceral distaste for the president. He offends their fastidious sensibilities, outrages them with his unfiltered Twitter musings, and violates their sense of propriety with his secular hedonism and sheer joy in his own vulgarity.