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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.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Peter Strzok Reacts To Firing On Newly Created Twitter Account — Former FBI official Peter Strzok has reacted to his firing from the FBI, saying on a newly-created Twitter account that he was “deeply saddened” by the decision. — Strzok, the former deputy chief of counterintelligence …
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Agent Peter Strzok, Who Criticized Trump in Texts, Is Fired
F.B.I. Agent Peter Strzok, Who Criticized Trump in Texts, Is Fired
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
FBI fires Peter Strzok, agent who sent anti-Trump texts
FBI fires Peter Strzok, agent who sent anti-Trump texts
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
White House: It's in ‘Public Interest’ for Staff to Skirt Ethics Rules to Meet With Fox News … It is “in the public interest” for a pair of senior White House officials to be excused from federal ethics laws so they can meet with Fox News, according to President Donald Trump's top lawyer.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Omarosa Manigault Newman reveals recording she made of President Trump day after she was fired
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
Omarosa's book will be forgotten — her despicable behavior will not
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed News:
After Omarosa Released Secret Tapes, Trump Allies Worry Others Might Have Recordings
After Omarosa Released Secret Tapes, Trump Allies Worry Others Might Have Recordings
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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Foreign Policy Held Back by Struggle to Grasp Time Zones, Maps
Trump Foreign Policy Held Back by Struggle to Grasp Time Zones, Maps
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump-appointed judge upholds Mueller's legitimacy
Trump-appointed judge upholds Mueller's legitimacy
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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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Liam Denning / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Hands Tesla's Wheel to Saudi Arabia
Elon Musk Hands Tesla's Wheel to Saudi Arabia
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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.
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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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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump poses with supporter with sexist patch at motorcyclist event — BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — The dress code for President Trump's by-invitation meet-and-greet with motorcycle enthusiasts here on Saturday was biker chic — leather, bandannas and for at least one of the supporters who posed …
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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 …
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 …
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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
'Where's the blue wave?' Voter data show Florida Democrats aren't surging
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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 …
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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 …
Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones names his allies in the fight against the globalists: Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Twitter's Jack Dorsey — VIDEO ››› August 13, 2018 ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF — From the August 13 edition of Genesis Communications Network's The Alex Jones Show:
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ProPublica:
Did You Go to a Washington Nationals Game With Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh? — Trump's pick is a baseball fan who racked up considerable debt buying season tickets. Help us figure out who went with the nominated judge. — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh accrued …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
ProPublica: The Fate Of The Republic Rests On Kavanaugh's Nats +1, Or Something
ProPublica: The Fate Of The Republic Rests On Kavanaugh's Nats +1, Or Something
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WSB-TV:
She ran on responsible gun regulation, now she's accused of killing her campaign treasurer — ATLANTA - A former Georgia Congressional candidate has been charged with murder after her former campaign treasurer was found dead inside her apartment. — Kellie Collins, of Thomason …
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Juliana Knot / The Federalist:
Former Gun Control Candidate Charged With Shooting Her Campaign Treasurer
Former Gun Control Candidate Charged With Shooting Her Campaign Treasurer
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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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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 …
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.