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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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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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Talking Points Memo, The Guardian and Bloomberg
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Conway: Trump White House requires nondisclosure agreements — Kellyanne Conway responded to claims from former White House official Omarosa Manigault Newman that she was offered “hush money” by saying Sunday that everyone in the West Wing has signed nondisclosure agreements, which she described as a completely normal practice.
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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Mother Jones, The Guardian, Conservative News Today and BloombergQuint
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Omarosa Manigault Newman releases recording purportedly made in White House Situation Room
Omarosa Manigault Newman releases recording purportedly made in White House Situation Room
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Axios, HuffPost, Power Line and The Daily Caller
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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New York Times:
At ‘Unite the Right’ Rally, White Nationalists to Gather in Front of White House
At ‘Unite the Right’ Rally, White Nationalists to Gather in Front of White House
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Liberty Unyielding, ABC News and Refinery29
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
NBC Ignores Own Reporter and Crew Assaulted By Antifa in Charlottesville
NBC Ignores Own Reporter and Crew Assaulted By Antifa in Charlottesville
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Mediaite, Townhall, Conservative News Today, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, IJR and TheBlaze
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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LGBTQ Nation and Lawfare
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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
‘Beautiful’ and ‘Lovely’: Trump Tweets Reflect Fixation on Women's Appearances — When President Trump took to Twitter to complain about two women with connections to the Russia investigation, he affixed special descriptions to both. — “Beautiful,” he said of Nellie Ohr …
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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 …
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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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Giuliani: ‘There was no conversation’ between Trump and Comey on Flynn
Giuliani: ‘There was no conversation’ between Trump and Comey on Flynn
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Washington Post:
Don't fall for Trump's latest whataboutism — PRESIDENT TRUMP tweets it repeatedly: Yes, there was collusion with Russia — except the real colluders were Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party. The president was back at it again Thursday, quoting a conservative cable host's assertion that …
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.
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 …
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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Politico
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 …
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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