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Wall Street Journal:
David Pecker Granted Immunity in Cohen Case  —  Federal prosecutors granted immunity to David Pecker, CEO of the company that publishes the National Enquirer and a longtime friend of President Trump, in the Michael Cohen investigation.
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Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:
AP: National Enquirer's safe held damaging Trump stories  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Donald Trump leading up to 2016 presidential election …
New York Times:
David Pecker, American Media Chief, Is Said to Have Immunity in Trump Inquiry  —  The tabloid executive David J. Pecker has been granted immunity by federal prosecutors investigating payments during the 2016 campaign to two women who said they had affairs with Donald J. Trump …
The Guardian:   If Trump shot Michael Cohen in broad daylight, here's what Republicans would say
Wall Street Journal:
Why Michael Cohen Agreed to Plead Guilty—And Implicate the President
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed News:
David Pecker Was Granted Immunity.  Prosecutors Say He Knows About Three Key Moments In Trump's Campaign.
Washington Post:
Trump sought his lawyers' advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort but they counseled against it, Giuliani says  —  President Trump sought his lawyers' advice several weeks ago on the possibility of pardoning Manafort, Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani said Thursday.
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Sky News:
Rudy Giuliani: Impeaching Trump would mean 'people's revolt'  —  Donald Trump's lawyer has said “the American people would revolt” if the president was impeached.  —  In an interview with Sky News Rudy Giuliani claimed there was “no reason” for an impeachment and called Mr Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen “a liar”.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump sought his lawyers' advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort, Giuliani says  —  President Trump asked his lawyers for their advice on the possibility of pardoning his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort several weeks ago, his lawyer said Thursday.
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Why Trump's supporters won't care about Cohen and Manafort's convictions  —  ZANESVILLE, OH — Last week, a woman in her mid-40s who lives in a tidy suburban enclave just outside of Columbus, Ohio, summed up her continued support for President Donald Trump despite his morals …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Mafia Mind-Set
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Will the Market Crash If Trump Is Impeached? Here's What Analysts Say
Discussion: CNBC, Weekly Standard and Raw Story
Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Rudy Giuliani ominously threatens that ‘the American people would revolt’ if Trump gets impeached
CNBC:
Trump wants to make ‘flipping’ illegal
Discussion: TheBlaze and POLITICUSUSA
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Key Republicans Give Trump a Path to Fire Sessions After the Election  — Sessions defends his performance in advancing Trump's agenda  — A new attorney general could take control of the Mueller probe  —  Two key Republican senators signaled to President Donald Trump …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sessions defends himself from President Trump's criticism, saying the Justice Department ‘will not be improperly influenced by political considerations’  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed back forcefully Thursday against fresh criticism from President Trump, saying the Justice Department would not be …
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Tells Sessions He Favors Death Penalty for Fentanyl Dealers
Discussion: New Republic
CNN:
Sessions hits back at Trump: DOJ won't be ‘improperly influenced’
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo:
White House blocks bill that would protect elections  —  WASHINGTON — A bill that would have significantly bolstered the nation's defenses against electoral interference has been held up in the  —  Senate at the behest of the White House, which opposed the proposed legislation, according to congressional sources.
Fox News:
Manafort juror reveals lone holdout prevented Mueller team from convicting on all counts  —  NORTHERN VIRGINIA - Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team was one holdout juror away from convicting Paul Manafort on all 18 counts of bank and tax fraud, juror Paula Duncan told Fox News in an exclusive interview Wednesday.
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Manafort juror Paula Duncan: Manafort is guilty, but Mueller probe is a witch hunt
Discussion: The Daily Beast
CBS News:
Reality Winner, who pleaded guilty to leaking secret U.S. report, gets 63-month sentence  —  AUGUSTA, Ga. — A former government contractor who pleaded guilty to mailing a classified U.S. report to a news organization was sentenced to more than five years Thursday as part of a deal with prosecutors …
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Reuters:
Inside the progressive movement roiling the Democratic Party  —  Frustrated by a string of defeats at the polls, a progressive wing of the Democratic Party pushes a populist platform across the country.  Amid wins and losses, the movement aims to reshape a party in flux.
RealClearInvestigations:
Despite Comey Assurances, Vast Bulk of Weiner Laptop Emails Were Never Examined  —  When then-FBI Director James Comey announced he was closing the Hillary Clinton email investigation for a second time just days before the 2016 election, he certified to Congress that his agency had …
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:   The Weiner laptop revisited
New Yorker:
The Conspiracy Memo Aimed at Obama Aides that Circulated in the Trump White House  —  The 2017 document, titled the “Echo Chamber,” accused former Obama officials of undermining the incoming Administration.  —  In early 2017, some of Donald Trump's advisers concluded that they faced …
New York Times:
Trump Cites False Claims of Widespread Attacks on White Farmers in South Africa  —  CAPE TOWN, South Africa — President Trump waded into South Africa's proposal to seize land from white farmers, saying in a post on Twitter late Wednesday that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump tweets the word ‘Africa’ for first time as president — in defense of whites in South Africa
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Poll: Pennsylvanians give low marks to Trump and tariffs  —  Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey both hold double-digit leads over lesser-known opponents in new NBC News/Marist poll.  —  WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania, a state that helped put President Donald Trump in the White House …
Discussion: Political Wire and CNBC
BuzzFeed News:
Mollie Tibbetts' Family Is Pushing Back Against Trump And His Allies After They Seized On Her Death  —  Family members and friends of Mollie Tibbetts are pushing back against President Trump and his allies after they seized on the young Iowa student's killing as evidence that the US is suffering the consequences of lax immigration laws.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Wants to Ban Flipping Because He Is Almost Literally a Mob Boss  —  Last November, a person close to the Trump administration speaking to the Washington Post invoked a chilling metaphor.  “This investigation is a classic Gambino-style roll-up,” the source said.
Discussion: MSNBC and Common Dreams
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump speechwriter's ouster sparks racially charged debate  —  It took just 80 minutes after racially incendiary emails started flying for the Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank, to shut down an email Listserv connecting hundreds of high-profile conservatives.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Mark Niesse / politics.myajc:
BREAKING: Elections consultant fired over proposal to close Georgia precincts  —  The elections consultant who proposed closing most voting locations in a majority African-American rural Georgia county has been fired ahead of a vote Friday on consolidating precincts.
Discussion: Rewire.News
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Hunter steps down from House committee assignments  —  Indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter told Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday that he will step down from his committee assignments after initially declining to do so, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO.  —  Ryan (R-Wis.) called …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Rat complaints are soaring, and D.C. is doubling down on its efforts to kill them
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Politicon Convention Drops Milo Yiannopoulos After Social Media Backlash
Discussion: Raw Story and Splinter
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
In ‘Small Fry,’ Steve Jobs Comes Across as a Jerk. His Daughter Forgives Him. Should We?
Discussion: East Bay Times and Boing Boing
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
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Discussion: Daily Wire
Tracey McManus / Tampa Bay Times:
Gus Bilirakis and Chris Hunter diverge on Mar-a-Lago influence on VA
Data Orbital:
NEW SURVEY: McSally Grows Lead in Arizona GOP Senate Primary
Caitlin Dickson / Yahoo:
Harnessing his star power to reunite families, Michael Avenatti responds to questions about his tactics
 Earlier Items: 
Axios:
Scoop: Trump won't endorse criminal justice bill before midterms
Discussion: Political Wire
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Major prison strike spreads across US and Canada as inmates refuse food
Discussion: Common Dreams
Roque Planas / HuffPost:
It's Time To Decriminalize Immigration, Say Top Texas Dems
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
Amazon Bans Gun Book
Daily Mail:
A pod of heroic dolphins have been captured on video defending a humpback whale and her calf …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Cuts Off Immigration Analyst's Mic After Getting Bested in Debate
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Education Secretary Considers Using Federal Funds to Arm Schools