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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Ex-Trump Aide Seb Gorka is Giving Out Fake Fox News Business Cards  —  President Donald Trump's former aide Sebastian Gorka is giving out phony Fox News business cards, Mediaite has learned.  —  Gorka, who was fired from his nebulous role at the White House late last year …
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump offers White House staffers a special perk at his golf club  —  There's an under-the-radar perk being offered to staffers in President Donald Trump's administration — discounts on Trump-branded merchandise sold at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Omarosa claims to have secretly recorded Jared and Ivanka  —  The former White House aide is saying the president's son-in-law and daughter offered emotional support after she was fired.  —  She says she's got Javanka on tape, too.  —  Jilted ex-"Apprentice" star and former White House …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump poses with supporter with sexist patch at motorcyclist event
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Omarosa Manigault Newman reveals recording she made of President Trump day after she was fired
Dana Perino / Fox News:
Omarosa's book will be forgotten — her despicable behavior will not
Discussion: Mediaite
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed News:
After Omarosa Released Secret Tapes, Trump Allies Worry Others Might Have Recordings
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI agent Peter Strzok fired over anti-Trump texts  —  The FBI has fired Agent Peter Strzok, who helped lead the bureau's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election until officials discovered he had been sending anti-Trump texts.  —  Aitan Goelman, Strzok's lawyer …
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gofundme.com:
Support for FBI Veteran Pete Strzok  —  $25,031 of $150,000 goal Raised by 607 people in 3 hours  —  Friends Of Special Agent Peter Strzok  —  Peter Strzok, a man who has spent his entire life working to help keep us and our nation safe, has been fired.  He needs your help.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's diplomatic learning curve: Time zones, ‘Nambia’ and ‘Nipple’  —  The president has often perplexed foreign officials and his own aides as he learns how to deal with the world beyond America's borders.  —  Several times in the first year of his administration, President Donald Trump wanted …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
There's a big tell in Trump's latest defense of Donald Jr.  —  President Trump has spent the past year and a half emphatically declaring that there was “no collusion” between his campaign and Russia, adamantly and angrily insisting that any suggestion to the contrary is nothing but a “hoax.”
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Fusion GPS Founder Shared ‘False Story’ About GOP Lawyer In Meeting With DOJ's Bruce Ohr  — Notes taken by Department of Justice official Bruce Ohr show that Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson claimed that longtime GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell was concerned about Russian funding for the NRA.
Kate Taylor / Business Insider:
Rapper Azealia Banks claims she was at Elon Musk's house over the weekend as he was ‘scrounging for investors’  — Rapper Azealia Banks claimed that she spent the weekend at Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk's house, setting social media ablaze.  — Banks told Business Insider she saw Musk at home …
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Elon Musk / Tesla:
Update on Taking Tesla Private
CNN:
President Trump visits upstate New York … GO DEEPER  —  CONTENT BY LENDINGTREE  —  How To Pay Off Your House ASAP (It's So Simple)  —  Need $50k for a renovation?  Try a cash-out refi  —  Forget your 401k if you own a home (Do This)  —  Reverse mortgages: Worth the risk?
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and New York Times
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Signs Bill Named for McCain Without Saying Senator's Name
Washington Post:
Trump signs defense bill but snubs the senator the legislation is named after — John McCain
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart, ABC News and Splinter
Roger Stone / The Daily Caller:
The Witch Hunt Continues  —  One of Stone's Rules is “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”  Even I may have taken exception to that rule last Friday.  —  If you followed the news last Friday, you know that my longtime friend Kristin Davis testified …
Discussion: Populist Media
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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Mueller Is Examining Roger Stone's Emails
Discussion: Raw Story and Law & Crime
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:   House Democrats seek to interview inflammatory ‘alt-right’ activist Chuck Johnson
David S. Glosser / Politico:
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite.  I Know Because I'm His Uncle.  —  Let me tell you a story about Stephen Miller and chain migration.  —  It begins at the turn of the 20th century, in a dirt-floor shack in the village of Antopol, a shtetl of subsistence farmers in what is now Belarus.
Luppe B. Luppen / Yahoo:
3 missing men at the Manafort trial  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — As the trial of President Trump's former campaign chairman resumes today, it appears prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller's office have decided not to call three seemingly key figures.  The absence of these witnesses offers …
Arit John / Bloomberg:
Billionaire Steyer Adding $10 Million to Trump Impeachment Drive  — Steyer has already pledged to spend $110 million on election  — His groups target voters who have skipped midterm voting  —  Billionaire Tom Steyer plans to spend an additional $10 million on helping Democrats …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
'Where's the blue wave?' Voter data show Florida Democrats aren't surging
Discussion: Daily Wire
Peter Beinart / The Forward:
I Was Detained At Ben Gurion Airport Because Of My Beliefs  —  Like many Jewish parents, I try to create memorable Jewish experiences for my kids.  Last weekend I can say, with some confidence, that I succeeded.  —  The weekend started on Rhodes, the Mediterranean island …
Discussion: Breitbart
Zoe Greenberg / New York Times:
What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused?  —  The case seems like a familiar story turned on its head: Avital Ronell, a world-renowned female professor of German and Comparative Literature at New York University, was found responsible for sexually harassing a male former graduate student, Nimrod Reitman.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Democrats More Positive About Socialism Than Capitalism  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in Gallup's measurement over the past decade, Democrats have a more positive image of socialism than they do of capitalism.  Attitudes toward socialism among Democrats have not changed materially since 2010 …
Bloomberg:
Kushner's Ties to Russia-Linked Group Began With Kissinger Lunch  — Trump son-in-law met Center for National Interest in March '16  — Alleged Russian agent Butina used center to set up meetings  —  In March 2016, as the U.S. foreign policy establishment shunned presidential candidate Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.  —  An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices …
Caleb Ecarma / USA Today:
I was at the sad white supremacists gathering.  It didn't fool me.  Their movement is rising.  —  Don't be fooled by the sad display of two dozen white supremacists in front of the White House.  Racists are on the rise in our country.  —  One year ago, I personally witnessed hundreds …
Discussion: Mediaite, ThinkProgress and Raw Story
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
In 2014, political spending at Trump properties was $35K.  In 2018, it's $3.5M  —  BEDMINSTER, N.J.  —  At least 125 Republican campaigns and conservative political groups spent more than $3.5 million at President Donald Trump's resorts, hotels and restaurants since January 2017 …
Benjamin Kentish / The Independent:
Jeremy Corbyn admits being present at wreath-laying for Munich terrorists but says 'I don't think I was actually involved in it'  —  Labour leader confirms he attended ceremony where ‘wreath was laid’ for attackers who murdered 11 Israeli athletes  —  POPULAR VIDEOS
 
 
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Manafort Trial's Spectators: ‘Why Go to Cancun’ When You Can See History?
Axios:
Scoop: Netanyahu and Sisi held secret meeting on Gaza
Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
Russian Military Spy Software is on Hundreds of Thousands of Home Routers
Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones names his allies in the fight against the globalists: Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham …
Nada Farhoud / Mirror.co.uk:
15 acid attacks every week in Britain and even children as young as TWO are doing it
Discussion: Breitbart
James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Two Elizabeth Warren aides are headed for N.H. Does this mean something?
Discussion: Political Wire
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
New Report Uncovers (Even More) Ethical Issues For Wilbur Ross
Discussion: CNBC and CNN
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
An Old OLC Opinion on Whether the President Can Be Subpoenaed
Kansas City Star:
JoCo accepts nearly 1,500 new votes. Not all unaffiliated voters' ballots will count
Discussion: Mother Jones
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Archeology of Trumpism
ProPublica:
Did You Go to a Washington Nationals Game With Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh?
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

 
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