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Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa — Hagiographies of the president share seven core traits. — Some are born Trump sycophants. Some achieve Trump sycophancy. And some have Trump sycophancy thrust upon them — since he's a star, they let him do that.
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Penn Jillette says Trump used ‘racially insensitive’ language on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ — Penn Jillette is the one who talks. And, boy, did he. — The magician, one half of the comedy-magic duo Penn and Teller (the latter of whom famously keeps silent in performances), was a cast member of …
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Let's Hope There Is No Tape of Trump Using the N-Word — But if there is ... I hope there isn't a tape of Donald Trump using the N-word in a manner that's clearly meant to be offensive, bigoted, and derogatory. — We've now reached the stage where the existence of such a tape is not proven, but is more than theoretically possible.
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CNN:
Hatch on Trump tweet calling Omarosa a ‘dog’: 'I'm not comfortable with that'
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Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
Omarosa: DeVos said black college students lack the ‘capacity to understand’ her agenda
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Documents Reveal Successful Cyberattack in California Congressional Race — The FBI investigated hacking attempts targeting a Democrat who ran against “Putin's favorite congressman” — WASHINGTON — FBI agents in California and Washington, D.C., have investigated a series of cyberattacks …
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Grace Sparks / CNN:
CNN Poll: Democratic advantage grows in race for Congress — (CNN)Democrats now lead Republicans by 52% to 41% in a nationwide generic Congressional ballot according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS and released Tuesday. The blue lead has increased slightly from eight percentage points …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
New poll suggests attacks on Nancy Pelosi won't matter in midterms — GOP using Pelosi in ads as a midterms motivator — (CNN)Republican House candidates have attacked their Democratic opponents over their future potential vote to make Nancy Pelosi the speaker of the House again.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The organizer of the Charlottesville rally just got humiliated by his own father — “Get out of my room,” Jason Kessler's father said to him during a live stream. — I reported from the “Unite the Right 2” rally in Washington on Sunday. It was a dreary failure that attracted around 30 people …
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
White supremacist rally leader gets yelled at by his dad during livestream — White supremacist rally leader Jason Kessler was interrupted while filming a livestream on Tuesday by his father, who scolded his son for recording in his bedroom. — Kessler was filming an interview with Patrick Little …
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Luppe B. Luppen / Yahoo:
Can Manafort's Team Make a Killer Closure? — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort's opportunities to attack the weighty federal case against him here have dwindled to a two-hour closing argument. — President Trump's former campaign manager's defense team lost all of the motions it made publicly …
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House: Three More GOP Seats Join the Toss Up Column — For Republicans, the 2018 House playing field is a lot like a game of Whack-a-Mole: everywhere they turn, new problems keep popping up in surprising places. In January, we rated 20 GOP-held seats as Toss Ups or worse, including three leaning towards Democrats.
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New York Times:
Groundbreaking Night for Women and Diversity, While a Trump Critic Falls — HARTLAND, Wis. — Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor and onetime presidential candidate, was soundly defeated Tuesday in his bid to reclaim the Republican nomination for governor, a remarkable upset …
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NBC News:
Tim Pawlenty goes down and six takeaways from Tuesday's primaries
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Trump Is Wreaking Havoc On Republican Governor Primaries
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CBS Sacramento:
Trump Supporter Claims Social Distortion Lead Singer Mike Ness Beat Him Up Over Politics — SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Trump supporter claims he was attacked by the lead singer of a punk rock band when he jeered the frontman's political statements. — Tim Hildebrand of Galt says the attack happened …
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
New Estimates Show Overdose Deaths Surpassed 72,000, a New High, in 2017 — Fentanyl is a big culprit, but there are also encouraging signs from states that have prioritized public health campaigns and addiction treatment. — Drug overdoses killed more than 72,300 Americans last year …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism — She's unveiling a bill to make corporate governance great again. — Elizabeth Warren has a big idea that challenges how the Democratic Party thinks about solving the problem of inequality. — Instead of advocating for expensive …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Huckabee Sanders apologizes for false statement about black employment — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders apologized late Tuesday for wrongly stating that President Trump has created three times as many jobs for black workers as President Barack Obama did.
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adfmedia.org:
Hostility unabated: Colorado seeks to punish cake artist Jack Phillips again — ADF attorneys file suit against state officials — DENVER - Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that Colorado cannot treat cake artist Jack Phillips differently than others, state officials have continued …
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David Siders / Politico:
Midwest Democrats' answer to Trump: White, conventional and boring — Primaries in the heartland since May, including ones on Tuesday, offered a possible alternative for taking on Donald Trump in 2020 — Democrats across the Midwest are opting for a conventional cast of technocrats and long …
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David Gaffen / Reuters:
Turnout in Minnesota, Wisconsin primaries surges to two-decade highs
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Treasury retweets Trump, possibly violating campaign law — The Treasury Department on Wednesday retweeted a post from President Trump — celebrating Republican wins in congressional elections this year, potentially violating federal campaign law. — The department's official Twitter account shared …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Did I Join a Movement That Naturally Attracts Extremists and Kooks? … This week's news about Omarosa secretly taping chief of staff John Kelly and President Donald Trump is yet another reminder of something about Trumpworld: Politics has always attracted eccentric opportunists, but people in this administration are especially weird.
Rochelle Olson / Star Tribune:
Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman says cancer has returned to his lungs, ‘shaken my soul’ — Coleman said his prognosis is not “overly optimistic,” but he will fight on. — TEXT SIZE — The throat and neck cancer that former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman began battling almost three years ago …
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Political Wire and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Jim Carrey's (Reluctant) Return to Hollywood: At Home With an Actor, Artist and Trump-Era Agitator — In his first extensive profile in years, the one-time $20 million-a-movie star and current political cartoonist opens up about his disappearance, his personal pain, his outrage and why he's returning …
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The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Joe Biden cancels Illinois event due to 'doctor's orders' — Biden: President is looking out for himself — Washington (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden canceled a planned appearance in Illinois this week because he is sick and “under doctor's orders not to travel,” according to state Democrats.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White House spokesman: I've never seen an NDA in Trump White House — White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said on Wednesday that he has never seen a nondisclosure agreement in the White House under the Trump administration. — “I can't speak to anybody else. What I can tell you is I've never seen one in this White House.
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Elaine Ou / Bloomberg:
Your Name Is All Over the Internet. It Doesn't Need to Be. — As more activity is linked to our real names, the stakes seem excessively high. There has to be a better way. — In the 1981 sci-fi novel “True Names,” Vernor Vinge describes a dystopian future in which hackers go to great lengths …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'The guy's not right': Morning Joe raises new questions about Trump's mental health — MSNBC's Joe Scarborough has been surprised by President Donald Trump's inability to enlarge his support, saying he had believed his former friend's pathological need to be liked would outweigh his other negative personality traits.
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Craig Unger / New Republic:
When a Young Trump Went to Russia — On a frigid December day in 2017, Oleg Kalugin opens the door of his house in Rockville, Maryland, an upper-middle-class suburb of Washington, D.C., to meet me. Nothing in particular distinguishes his split-level suburban home from those of the other professionals …
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National Journal:
In A News Vacuum, Politicians Construct Their Own Realities — In the Arizona Senate race, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema avoids the press while Republican Martha McSally attacks the media. And without vibrant local-news coverage, no one cares. — CHANDLER, Ariz.—President Trump's frequent diatribes …
Maya Salam / New York Times:
For Online Daters, Women Peak at 18 While Men Peak at 50, Study Finds. Oy. — If you haven't watched “Nanette,” Hannah Gadsby's fearless comedy special on Netflix, do that now. (We'll wait.) — In it, Ms. Gadsby takes on the fragility of masculinity — and at one point drills into Pablo Picasso …
Ted Home / Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Real average hourly earnings down 0.2 percent over the 12 months ending July 2018 — Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.2 percent from July 2017 to July 2018. The decline in real average hourly earnings combined with the .3-percent increase in the average workweek resulted …
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