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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Conway: Trump White House requires non-disclosure agreements — Kellyanne Conway responded to claims from former White House official Omarosa Manigault Newman that she was offered “hush money” by saying that everyone in the West Wing has signed non-disclosure agreements, which she described as a completely normal practice.
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Daily Mail:
Omarosa secretly recorded John Kelly firing her in the SITUATION ROOM and claims she heard the rumored tape of the president saying the n-word after she finished her book — In Omarosa Manigault-Newman's book ‘Unhinged’ she claims tapes exist of President Trump using the n-word, but she only has second-hand knowledge
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Omarosa claims she heard Trump N-word tape after book's publication — In an exclusive interview with NBC's Meet the Press, Newman says the tape confirmed her worst fears about Trump. — Full Omarosa: ‘I had a blind spot where it came to Donald Trump’ — WASHINGTON — Former White House …
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Kellyanne Conway on accusation Trump is racist: ‘None of us would be there if that were true’
Kellyanne Conway on accusation Trump is racist: ‘None of us would be there if that were true’
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Washington Post, The Guardian and Conservative News Today
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
Anti-racist protesters and activists march through the streets of Charlottesville — CHARLOTTESVILLE — Confusion over an extraordinary police presence on the anniversary of a violent and deadly white nationalist rally turned into anger Saturday night as hundreds of black-clad protesters marched through …
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April Glaser / Slate:
How White Supremacists Planned Their Rally in D.C.
How White Supremacists Planned Their Rally in D.C.
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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Before ‘Unite the Right’ Rally, Trump Does Not Condemn Supremacists
Before ‘Unite the Right’ Rally, Trump Does Not Condemn Supremacists
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Sam J. / twitchy.com:
WHOA if true: MN Dem. Debra Hilstrom tweets SHOCKING Facebook post accusing Keith Ellison of domestic violence — Every once in a while we come across a tweet where we aren't entirely sure if what we're reading is true or not BUT HOLY COW if it is. This tweet from Minnesota Democrat …
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Austin Aslim Monahan:
Please read, if you care about my mother please share. — I love you momma, you wont have to stand alone — #ibelieveher — #wearemanenough — #timesup — Keith Ellison Keith Ellison for Attorney General Jason Sole Shvonne L Johnson Will Moore @Shiranthi Goonathilaka Stephen Davis …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Dinesh D'Souza and the Decline of Conservatism — Few have enjoyed quite so spectacular a comeback under President Trump as the conservative polemicist and filmmaker, Dinesh D'Souza. In 2012, D'Souza resigned as president of a Christian college amid charges of adultery and deception.
Megan Keller / The Hill:
Giuliani: It would take extreme action for Trump to obstruct justice — 's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that it would take some sort of extreme action for the president to obstruct justice. — “There are people who argue that he could never obstruct justice.
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Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Poll: One year after Charlottesville, majority of Americans see racial tensions on the rise — One year after the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, most Americans feel racial tensions have grown over the past year, and partisans - as well as white and black Americans …
Sandy Hingston / Pushback:
How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise — The inexorable rise of identity condiments has led to hard times for the most American of foodstuffs. And that's a shame. — I write this in the dead of summer, always a bittersweet season — why is it we got summers off from school for all those years …
Wall Street Journal:
Horizon Air Plane Theft, Crash Exposes Cracks in Airport Security — Alaska Airlines, Horizon officials don't yet know how ground-service employee, who didn't have a pilot's license, learned to fly — Smoke rises from the site on Ketron Island near Seattle where a Horizon Air turboprop plane crashed Friday …
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
“Suicidal” Airline Employee Steals Plane, Takes it for A Flight Before Crashing
“Suicidal” Airline Employee Steals Plane, Takes it for A Flight Before Crashing
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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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Robert Wood Johnson / Telegraph:
America is turning up the pressure on Iran - and we want global Britain to stand with us — Sorry, that didn't work quite as expected. Please try again. — Follow the author of this article Follow the topics within this article — Sorry, that didn't work quite as expected. Please try again.
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CNN, Talking Points Memo, HuffPost, Press Association and Politico
Margaret Coker / New York Times:
The Iraqi Spy Who Infiltrated ISIS — BAGHDAD — The driver was sweating as his white Kia pickup truck sped along a rain-slicked Baghdad highway toward a neighborhood bustling with open-air markets. — With every jolt and turn, his pulse quickened. Hidden in the truck's chassis …
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
NBC Ignores Own Reporter and Crew Assaulted By Antifa in Charlottesville — On the one-year anniversary of the deadly Charlottesville protests, white supremacists and radical leftists known as Antifa descended on the Virginia town once more to commit more violence.
Carol Anderson / New York Times:
Brian Kemp, Enemy of Democracy — An expert on voter suppression, he will help keep Georgia red. — Dr. Anderson is the author of the forthcoming “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy.” — The Republican runoff for the governorship in Georgia …
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Against All Odds: Democrats Pour Money Into Longshot Races — HOUSTON (AP) — Thara Narasimhan, who hosts an Hindu radio program in Houston, has already given $1,200 to a Democrat running against Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Olson, who once drove around his solidly conservative Texas district with a …
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
Under Trump, the rare act of denaturalizing U.S. citizens on the rise — Working a Saturday shift in the stuffy Immigration and Naturalization Service office in downtown Los Angeles in the 1970s, Carl Shusterman came across a rap sheet. — A man recently sworn in as a United States citizen …
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