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She works for Trump. He can't stand him. This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway. — Kellyanne Conway is in her living room, showing me an enormous painting of Audrey Hepburn wearing a peacock on her head, but her husband, George, really wants us to come into his office and look …
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AOL, Law & Crime and Mediaite


Trump Says His Tariffs Will Rescue U.S. Steel Industry — President says U.S. steelmakers were in danger of closing; others take issue with the tariffs' impact — WASHINGTON—President Trump said that his steel tariffs on China and other countries are rescuing an iconic U.S. industry …
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Trump Revokes Ex-C.I.A. Director John Brennan's Security Clearance — WASHINGTON — In a remarkable attack on a political opponent, President Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director under President Barack Obama, citing what he called Mr. Brennan's “erratic” behavior.
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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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ThinkProgress, CNN, Engadget, Law & Crime, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, The Week, The Daily Caller, Roll Call and Talking Points Memo, more at Techmeme »


Gov. Andrew Cuomo: 'We're not going to make America great again; it was never that great' — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday ratcheted up his verbal feud with President Donald Trump saying “we're not going to make America great again, it was never that great.”
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Political Wire, Front Page Magazine and Breitbart
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Cuomo Says ‘America Was Never That Great’ in Jab at Trump Slogan
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Fox News, Rochester Democrat …, Axios, Splinter and Instapundit


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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Black Americans aren't buying Omarosa's turn against Trump
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Clayton Cramer


Trump's lawyers prepare to fight subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lead lawyer for the ongoing Russia probe, said Wednesday that he is still awaiting a response from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to the Trump team's latest terms …
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Political Wire


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.
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Cardinal Wuerl addresses report on child sex abuse by priests, says he will not resign — EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Wuerl addresses report on child sex abuse by priests, says he will not resign — Cardinal Wuerl addresses report stating he covered up child sex abuse by priests
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The Catholic Church's Rotherham
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BostonGlobe.com and The American Conservative


Masterpiece Cakeshop Owner Sues Colorado After Refusing To Bake Trans Woman's Cake — Baker Jack Phillips, fresh from a Supreme Court victory in a case involving his refusal to serve a same-sex couple, is bringing another legal fight. — Months after winning a Supreme Court case …
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The Daily Caller and IJR
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Hostility unabated: Colorado seeks to punish cake artist Jack Phillips again
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Fox News, The Daily Signal, twitchy.com, Law & Crime, The Federalist, RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Townhall

When opposition to religious liberty becomes silly, petty, and vindictive
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National Review and The American Conservative


Trump, Seeking to Relax Rules on U.S. Cyberattacks, Reverses Obama Directive — It isn't clear what rules the president is adopting to replace the existing ones — President Trump has reversed an Obama-era memorandum governing how and when the U.S. government can deploy cyberweapons …


The Freedom of the Press Is Yours — The press, says the 45th president of the United States, is “very dangerous & sick.” It causes “great division & distrust.” It is the “enemy of the people.” — Every president—starting with George Washington, who griped about his treatment at the hands of …
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Jack Dorsey says he's rethinking the core of how Twitter works — Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so that it doesn't enable the spread of hate speech, harassment and false news, including conspiracy theories shared by prominent users like Alex Jones and Infowars.
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Engadget and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »


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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White supremacist rally leader gets yelled at by his dad during livestream
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ThinkProgress, The Guardian and HuffPost


The Weekly Standard's Ties to Fusion GPS — In his online appeal for money after being fired this week, disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok credited an unlikely source to vouch for his victim status: The Weekly Standard. — At one time a leading conservative magazine …
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Washington Times, New York Post, National Review, Fox News and Breitbart


Trump supporter beat up by Social Distortion singer at punk show after he protests anti-Trump rant — A punk rock concert went awry for Trump supporter Tim Hildebrand of Galt, California, when his heckling of Mike Ness, the lead singer of Social Distortion, led Ness to jump off-stage and wallop him.
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Splinter
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Manafort trial Day 12: Prosecution hammers Manafort's ‘lies,’ defense chides ‘selective’ evidence — Prosecutors urged jurors in the trial of Paul Manafort to focus on financial records and Manafort's “lies” — and to set aside personal feelings about a tainted star witness …
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UPI, Washington Post, ABC News, Daily Kos, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit and Law & Crime
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Mystery Russian satellite's behaviour raises alarm in US — A mysterious Russian satellite displaying “very abnormal behaviour” has raised alarm in the US, according to a State Department official. — “We don't know for certain what it is and there is no way to verify it,” …


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 …


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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Mother Jones, Centers for Disease Control, Hit & Run, Gizmodo, VICE News and New Republic

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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Florida Politics


Judge blasts Sun Sentinel for publishing confidential information in Parkland school shooting case — A Broward judge criticized the South Florida Sun Sentinel for publishing legally obtained information about the Parkland school shooter. (WPEC-CBS12) — South Florida Sun Sentinel — Privacy Policy
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SEC Sends Subpoena to Tesla in Probe Over Musk Tweets — Subpoena seeks information from each of Tesla's directors — Federal regulators have subpoenaed Tesla Inc., TSLA -2.57% according to a person familiar with the matter, ramping up an investigation into whether Chief Executive Elon Musk …
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Talking Points Memo and CBS San Francisco


Kobach Primary Victory Moves Race to Toss Up — A week after the polls closed, Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded the primary to Secretary of State Kris Kobach. While Kobach's lead over Colyer dwindled to less than 100 votes two days after the primary, Kobach pulled ahead once county officials started counting provisional ballots.
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Shareblue Media


My father, Ronald Reagan, would never have stood for this — Patti Davis is the author, most recently, of the novel “The Earth Breaks in Colors” and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. — Early in my father's administration, when he and my mother flew to Rancho del Cielo …
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Raw Story


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, IJR, AOL and Daily Wire


Ramen Noodle heist in Georgia — FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. - Fayette County deputies are investigating a string of thefts that included five car break-ins, one stolen motorcycle, and one high-dollar heist of Ramen Noodles. — Nearly $100,000 worth of Ramen Noodles was sitting in a large trailer parked …
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The Root, KTLA, WTKR-TV, FOX59 and CBS Sacramento


Originalism is bad for justice. And Brett Kavanaugh is a big believer — Originalism is a terrible approach to constitutional interpretation. The confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, which are to begin Sept. 4 …


Said something you'd like to forget? CNN's Andrew Kaczynski won't let it go. — Carl Higbie was a top Trump administration appointee until CNN's Andrew Kaczynski showed up bearing audiotapes. Within a few days, amid regrets and apologies, Higbie was a former federal employee.