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Aris Folley / The Hill:
DeSantis: Florida voters shouldn't ‘monkey this up’ by voting for Gillum — (R) on Wednesday warned Florida voters not to “monkey this up” by voting for his Democratic gubernatorial opponent Andrew Gillum. — “You know, this is a guy, although he's much too liberal for Florida …
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Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
Even Fox News isn't OK with this Trump-backed nominee's casual racism — Republican nominee Ron DeSantis somehow managed to be too racist for Fox News. — Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) couldn't even wait 24 hours after winning the Republican nomination for the Florida governor's race …
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
The Media Say Republican Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis Just Dropped A Racist Dog Whistle. That's Silly. — On Wednesday, the political world set itself alight thanks to the comments of Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Ron DeSantis.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
DeSantis says Florida voters would ‘monkey this up’ if they elect Gillum as governor — Rep. Ron DeSantis, the newly christened Republican gubernatorial candidate in Florida, said Wednesday that voters would “monkey this up” if they elect his Democratic opponent, Andrew Gillum, who would be the state's first African American governor.
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Lissette Rodriguez / ABC News:
DeSantis says Floridians can't ‘monkey this up’ by electing African-American Democrat as governor
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Don't ‘monkey this up’ and elect Andrew Gillum, Ron DeSantis says
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NBC News:
DeSantis under fire for saying Florida shouldn't ‘monkey this up’ by electing Gillum, who is black
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
Florida, Arizona primaries set up fierce fall showdowns
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miamiherald:
DeSantis says Florida shouldn't ‘monkey this up’ by electing Andrew Gillum
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New York Times:
A Black Progressive and a Trump Acolyte Win Florida Governor Primaries
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Axios:
Scoop: Don McGahn's coming White House exit — Top White House officials and sources close to White House counsel Don McGahn tell Axios that McGahn will step down this fall — after Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, or after the midterms. — The big picture …
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Washington Post:
Trump says White House Counsel Donald McGahn will leave his job in the fall — White House Counsel Donald McGahn, who has led the Trump administration's efforts to reshape the judiciary while confronting turmoil in the West Wing surrounding the ongoing special counsel probe …
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Murray Waas / NYR Daily:
The Flynn Tapes: A New Tell — In early February 2017, a senior White House attorney, John Eisenberg, reviewed highly classified intelligence intercepts of telephone conversations between then-National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak …
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HuffPost:
Democrats Just Confirmed Lots Of Trump's Judges So They Could Skip Town — The resistance wilts in August. — WASHINGTON Senate Democrats just gave a huge gift to President Donald Trump: They agreed to expedite votes on 15 of his nominees to lifetime federal court seats because they wanted to go home.
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why the Senate May Not Rename a Building for John McCain After All
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP eyes another shot at ObamaCare repeal after McCain's death
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Politico:
Cindy McCain wields quiet influence over Senate replacement
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans can't even agree to take a segregationist's name off a building
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CNN:
Sources: Second Trump Org employee discussed immunity deal — (CNN)A second Trump Organization employee discussed a potential immunity deal with the federal prosecutors who charged Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, according to people familiar with the matter.
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BuzzFeed News:
“Suspicious” Transactions At Russian Embassy Sparked Deeper Bank Probe Than Previously Known — When BuzzFeed News reported earlier this year on dozens of suspicious financial transactions by Russian diplomats living in Washington, Kremlin officials objected with ferocity.
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Jay Cassano / Sludge:
Cuomo Received $25,000 From Weinstein Lawyer's Firm as He Suspended Probe — The contribution from Weinstein's former lawyer was made the same month Cuomo suspended an investigation into the New York district attorney's failure to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015. — EDITED BY
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Probing Whether Malaysian Fugitive Laundered Funds to Pay Chris Christie and Trump Lawyer — Jho Low under investigation for alleged embezzlement of $4.5 billion from 1MDB fund — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether a fugitive Malaysian financier laundered tens …
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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed News:
Inside The Trump Administration's Secret War On Weed — The White House has secretly amassed a committee of federal agencies from across the government to combat public support for marijuana and cast state legalization measures in a negative light, while attempting to portray the drug as a national threat …
BuzzFeed News:
In An Unprecedented Move, The US Postal Service Released A Former CIA Officer's Security Application To A Republican Group — The former officer, Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger, has suggested the information was released for partisan purposes. Documents shows USPS was responding …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
CIA Analyst Turned Candidate Fears She'll Get Doxxed Next
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Alex Ward / Vox:
Exclusive: Trump promised Kim Jong Un he'd sign an agreement to end the Korean War — He hasn't followed through yet — and North Korea talks may have stalled because of it. — President Donald Trump told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their Singapore summit in June that he'd sign …
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Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
BREAKING: Day After Ohr's Testimony, Congress Seeks to Question His Wife — Lawmakers are also seeking all communications - texts and emails - between Bruce Ohr and top officials at the FBI — Numerous congressional sources are telling SaraACarter.com that after Department …
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Russian oligarch, Justice Department and a clear case of collusion
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Alex Burness / The Colorado Independent:
Body-cam vid shows Denver cops cuffed Indy editor as she photographed their badges — Police body camera footage released today shows two Denver officers told The Colorado Independent's editor, Susan Greene, to “act like a lady” as they handcuffed and detained her in July for attempting …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Maria Butina: Private Messages Reveal Accused Russian Spy's True Ties to D.C. Wise Man … When federal prosecutors charged Maria Butina with covertly infiltrating the conservative movement on behalf of the Kremlin, questions began to swirl around a Washington think tank that had published …
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
Several Women Say Airlines Don't Do Enough To Protect Them From Men Who Masturbate On Flights — Mikaela Dixon was sitting in the middle seat on a United flight from Orange County to Chicago on August 11 when she realized the stranger next to her was masturbating.
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
The Diver Elon Musk Called A “Pedo” Is Preparing A Libel Claim — “You published through three different tweets to your twenty-two million followers that Mr. Unsworth engages in the sexual exploitation of Thai children, and you did so at a time when he was working to save the lives of twelve Thai children.”
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Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
The New Lobbying: Qatar Targeted 250 Trump ‘Influencers’ to Change U.S. Policy — Blockaded by Mideast neighbors, the emirate deployed an unconventional lobbying campaign to win over an unconventional U.S. president — Longtime New York restaurateur Joey Allaham visited Manhattan's Park East Synagogue late …
Politico:
Trump lawyer Giuliani got paid to lobby Romanian president — Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was being paid by a global consulting firm when he sent a letter to the president of Romania last week that contradicted the U.S. government's official position.
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New York Times:
Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture — SAN FRANCISCO — The post went up quietly on Facebook's internal message board last week. Titled “We Have a Problem With Political Diversity,” it quickly took off inside the social network.
Foreign Policy:
In Tacit Rebuke, U.S. Embassy in South Africa Rejects Trump Tweet — Internal cable cites report that farm murders in South Africa are at their lowest level in 19 years. — President Donald Trump incensed South Africa by wading into a politically fraught debate on land reform issues …
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Tom Sietsema / Washington Post:
La Vie on the Wharf is so bad I'm only writing about it as a warning — Every now and then I encounter a restaurant that's so dismissive of diners' senses, my initial reaction is simply not to write about it. Why waste the money, the words and your precious time?
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Christopher Flavelle / Bloomberg:
Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could Go First — One morning in June, Douglas Yoder climbed into a white government SUV on the edge of Miami and headed northwest, away from the glittering coastline and into the maze of water infrastructure that makes this city possible.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
An ode to one of the worst GOP candidates in recent memory — For the second time in two years, Arizona Republicans held a Senate primary. And for the second time in two years, a uniquely bad and desperate candidate named Kelli Ward went down in flames. — Ward lost to Sen. John McCain …
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