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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump and Omarosa Had a ‘F*cking Weird’ Fight With Vietnam Vets … Early on in the Donald Trump administration, the president vested many of his nearest and dearest with tasks they were woefully unprepared for—and Apprentice superstar Omarosa Manigault Newman was no exception.
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Fox News:
DOJ's Bruce Ohr wrote Christopher Steele was 'very concerned about Comey's firing — afraid they will be exposed' — A collection of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr's emails, texts and handwritten notes, reviewed by Fox News, reveals that he was deeply connected to the unverified Steele dossier …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
What Was Bruce Ohr Doing? — Justice releases some damning documents, but much of the truth is still classified. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department have continued to insist they did nothing wrong in their Trump-Russia investigation.
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Press needs to restore its credibility on FBI and Justice Department
Press needs to restore its credibility on FBI and Justice Department
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JustOneMinute and Liberty Unyielding
Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Bruce Ohr could be out of a job if Trump strips his security clearance
Bruce Ohr could be out of a job if Trump strips his security clearance
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New York Times, CNBC and Vox
Fox News:
Judge in Manafort trial says he's been threatened over case — The judge in ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's fraud trial revealed Friday he has received threats over the case and now travels with U.S. Marshals, as he turned back a media request to release juror information.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Manafort judge says he's received threats — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The judge in the tax and bank fraud trial against one-time Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort — said Friday he's been threatened over the case, denying a request from media outlets to release the names and addresses of the jurors.
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump: Manafort trial is a ‘very sad day for our country’
Trump: Manafort trial is a ‘very sad day for our country’
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Washington Monthly, CNN, ABC News, Associated Press, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and One America News Network
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Trump Calls Manafort ‘Good Person’ and Criticizes Fraud Trial
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Bill Nelson wasn't making things up when he said Russians hacked Florida election systems — Sen. Bill Nelson, who is in a tough reelection fight, was blasted for saying 10 days ago that Russians had penetrated his state's election systems. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat …
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Alex Jones of Infowars Destroyed Evidence Related to Sandy Hook Suits, Motion Says — WASHINGTON — Lawyers for the families of two Sandy Hook shooting victims are accusing the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars media business of intentionally destroying evidence relevant …
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NBC News:
Officials worry Trump may back Erik Prince plan to privatize war in Afghanistan — “I know he's frustrated,” Blackwater founder Prince said of the president. “He gave the Pentagon what they wanted. And they haven't delivered.” — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Resistance Twitter Hero Exposed as Pro-Trump Gamer … In the world of #Resistance Twitter, @GuardianRover was a hero. As a former intelligence operative and Delta Force soldier, the person behind the account used a cartoon secret agent avatar and the alias “Mr. Smith” …
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Christopher Barca / m.qchron.com:
Ocasio-Cortez bans press from town hall — MEDIA WAS BARRED AFTER REPORTERS ‘MOBBED’ HER AT AN EARLIER EVENT — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Monday that stops on her “listening tour” throughout the district, like the one held a day earlier in Corona, are “intended for lively …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be facing really intense scrutiny
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be facing really intense scrutiny
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New York Times:
Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’ Year — Elon Musk was at home in Los Angeles, struggling to maintain his composure. “This past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my career,” he said. “It was excruciating.” — The year has only gotten …
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Patrick Leahy / U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont:
Leahy To McGahn: What Was Discussed At Private White House Meeting That Led Republicans To Abruptly Change Course On Kavanaugh Documents — Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), on Friday, asked White House Counsel Don McGahn for information on a pivotal July 24, 2018, meeting with Judiciary Committee Republicans …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate gets to work in August — but many don't show up
Senate gets to work in August — but many don't show up
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David French / National Review:
The New York Times Runs a Sloppy, Specious Democratic Hit on Brett Kavanaugh
The New York Times Runs a Sloppy, Specious Democratic Hit on Brett Kavanaugh
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New York Times, Washington Free Beacon and New Republic
New York Times:
Melania Trump, a Mysterious First Lady, Weathers a Chaotic White House — WASHINGTON — Hours after Melania Trump moved into the White House in June of last year, she peered out a window and took in a stunning view of the Washington Monument: “Looking forward to the memories we'll make in our new home! …
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AOL, The Daily Beast and Splinter
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Officials Defend Plan To Close Almost All Polling Places In Majority Black Georgia County — Local officials say they need to close seven polling places because they aren't accessible to people with disabilities. The ACLU says that doesn't make sense. — Election officials …
Austin Ruse / Crisis Magazine:
Rod Was Right and I Was Wrong — I became casual friends with Rod Dreher when he lived in Brooklyn with the beautiful Julie, and I lived in Manhattan alone. Newly married and not yet a father, he was writing movie reviews for the New York Post; this was before his move to National Review and ever-increasing fame.
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Court throws out EPA delay of Obama chemical plant safety rule — A federal court Friday threw out the Trump administration's attempt to delay a chemical plant safety regulation written by the Obama administration. — In a major blow to the Trump administration, the Court of Appeals …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Debt-Shaming of Stacey Abrams — Our pernicious double standard on politicians who owe money. — The campaign for governor of Georgia is a supersaturated microcosm of American politics right now, offering the starkest possible choice between irreconcilable visions of the country's future.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Rigged Witch Hunt,” Meet Trump's “Red Wave” — Donald Trump's Presidency is often described as a reality-show version of the White House, with Trump himself as the producer, director, and main character. There's something to the metaphor, of course; Trump is a showman …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Free-speech conservatives, this is your call to arms — To all those supposed constitutional conservatives out there, consider this your call to arms: The First Amendment is under direct attack, and this time from a much more powerful foe than misguided college freshmen.
Dbarr / WJML News Radio:
Democrats Hold Advantage Over Republicans in Michigan Statewide Races — Traverse City, MI - A new poll conducted by Strategic National for WJML News Radio shows Democrats with an advantage in the US Senate and Governor races as we head into the Republican State Convention. — Governor
Dara Lind / Vox:
Exclusive: new lawsuit claims Trump illegally denied asylum claims of separated parents — Hundreds of parents failed screening interviews for asylum while they were separated and traumatized. Now, dozens of them want a second chance to make their case. — A group of parents who failed …
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Fox News, CNN Hired Ex-Trump Aides Bound by NDAs. That's ‘Journalistic Malpractice,’ Experts Say. … “If you're not allowed legally to disparage the president or his family or anything they have to do with, any company they have or asset they have, why can we believe anything you say?”
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Axios:
Robert Gates joins intelligence leaders condemning Trump for Brennan slap — Dr. Robert Gates has added his name to a stunning list of former intelligence officials who signed a letter criticizing President Trump's decision to revoke former CIA director John Brennan's security clearance.
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Quinta Jurecic / New York Times:
What to Care About When Everything Is Terrible — In the Trump presidency, everything is a distraction from everything else, because it all matters. — Ms. Jurecic is the managing editor of Lawfare. — As of Thursday, 565 migrant children — 24 of them under the age of five …
Dan Desai Martin / Shareblue Media:
Trump will ditch US for Veterans Day because he can't have his parade — Since Trump's $92 million military parade in Washington, D.C., was canceled, he's decided to up and leave the country in November so he can watch a parade somewhere else. — Trump is abandoning veterans this Veterans …
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
A Church in Denial, Still — Too many priests and bishops aren't treating the Catholic Church's abuse scandal with the gravity it deserves. — “I don't think this is some massive, massive crisis,” said Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., in a statement that could not possibly be more wrong.
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Washington Post, WORLD, The American Conservative and National Review
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Signs of Trump-Putin collaboration, starting years before the campaign? — Shane Harris is a staff writer at The Washington Post. He covers intelligence and national security and the Russia investigation. — Of all the allegations contained in the “Steele dossier,” …
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Morning Call:
Lehigh Valley velodrome board put Pennsylvania congressional candidate Marty Nothstein on leave after sexual misconduct allegation — Congressional candidate Marty Nothstein was the subject of a sexual misconduct investigation prior to leaving his job this summer as leader …
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