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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Meghan McCain, Obama knock Trump at John McCain's funeral service: ‘America was always great’ — Meghan McCain and President Barack Obama took apparent swipes at President Trump on Saturday in a eulogy for John McCain — who sparred with Trump on a number of occasions before his death last week of brain cancer.
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The Gateway Pundit
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
John McCain's Service In Vietnam Was a Tragedy — During the Vietnam War, our country dropped more bombs on southeast Asia than all sides let loose in World War 2, and doused more than 3,000 of the region's villages with one of the deadliest substances known to humankind.
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Meghan McCain's eulogy: “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again” — She alluded to President Trump in an emotional speech remembering her father. — In an emotional eulogy sharing her memories and love for her father Saturday, Meghan McCain made sure to make her opinions on President Donald Trump very clear.
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New Republic
John T. Bennett / Roll Call:
Barack Obama on John McCain: ‘He Made Us Better Presidents’ — Updated 12:47 p.m. | Former President Barack Obama hailed the late Sen. John McCain as “an extraordinary man” who never lost his zeal for life. “A warrior. A statesman. A patriot. Who embodied so much that is best in America …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Papadopoulos says Sessions supported Putin campaign meeting, asks for most lenient sentence — (CNN)Convicted former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos has publicly contradicted Attorney General Jeff Sessions' sworn testimony to Congress, saying both Sessions and Donald Trump apparently supported …
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The Daily Caller and Splinter
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Papadopoulos: Trump ‘nodded’ at suggestion of Putin meeting — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump “nodded with approval” at the suggestion of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a court filing Friday night that seeks leniency for a former campaign aide who lied to the FBI.
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Power Line, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
emptywheel:
“Young George” Papadopoulos Wants “Mercy and Compassion” (from Trump) for Something He Believes Is Treason — George Papadopoulos submitted his sentencing memo last night. Rather than writing an honest sentencing memo, he's still working with co-conspirators, in this case, in hopes of getting a pardon from Trump.
Associated Press:
Aretha Franklin funeral bishop apologizes to Ariana Grande … DETROIT — The bishop who officiated Aretha Franklin's funeral apologized Friday to Ariana Grande for how he touched her onstage and a joke he made about her name. — Bishop Charles H. Ellis III led Franklin's funeral …
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The Root, Conservative News Today, PinkNews, Mashable and Althouse
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Rest in peace, Lindsey Graham — We lost two mavericks within a week. — On Saturday, we lost the legendary John McCain. — On Tuesday, we lost his loyal sidekick, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham. — Graham remains alive and well, but after serving for two decades as Robin to McCain's Batman …
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
McCain and a Requiem for the American Century
McCain and a Requiem for the American Century
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Refinery29, RedState and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump administration withholds 100K Kavanaugh pages — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is withholding more than 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh's records from the Bush White House on the basis of presidential privilege ahead of the Supreme Court nominee's confirmation hearing.
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Common Dreams and BuzzFeed News
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Kavanaugh won't commit to recusal from Trump, Mueller-related matters
Kavanaugh won't commit to recusal from Trump, Mueller-related matters
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Washington Post
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's tight, lonely corner — You're president of the United States, running the most powerful nation on earth — stock markets soaring, joblessness sinking, the world in a season of relative peace and prosperity. — The bottom line: But President Trump has never been more isolated from allies he needs most.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Gwenda Blair / Politico:
Donald Trump's Funeral Problem — John McCain's ceremony is only the latest from which he has been shunned. Might be for the best because he's been known to make it all about him. — Donald Trump gets to do things his way much of the time. He met with Kim Jong Un in Singapore and Putin in Helsinki …
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Raw Story
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump's Approval Number Nose-Dives, Dems' Blue Wave Might Be Building: IBD/TIPP Poll — Just 36% say they approve of the job President Trump is doing, a 5-point drop from last month, according to the latest IBD/TIPP poll. Fifty six percent disapprove of Trump's job performance, up from 53% the month before.
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Daily Kos and The Moderate Voice
New York Times:
A Vengeful and Shortsighted Act — The Trump administration, currying favor with hard-liners in Israel, eliminates funding for the United Nations agency that aids Palestinian refugees. — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.
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The Times of Israel, US Department of State and NPR
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Poll by sinking poll, Trump inches toward impeachment — By any metric, Trump is in trouble. — A poll out from The Post and ABC on Friday shows that 60 percent of voters disapprove of the job he's doing as president, a new low. But that's just one poll; the polling average …
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Althouse, Rantt and POLITICUSUSA
David Siders / Politico:
‘Whoever wins South Carolina will be the Democratic nominee’ — Presidential prospects rethink primary election strategy for 2020. — It's the early state that delivered a decisive victory to Barack Obama in 2008. In 2016, it saved Hillary Clinton. — In the wake of South Carolina's pivotal role …
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Media Peddles Bogus Story on Nunes London Trip — One of the more satisfying sideshows of the Trump era has been the media falling on its face as it spins poorly-sourced—even fabricated—conspiracy tales about Republicans, all while dismissing evidence of political corruption at the government's highest level.
Harry Siegel / The Daily Beast:
The Rube Who Came to New York and Killed the Village Voice Lied To My Face — The guy who bought a $26 million penthouse in the Village and offered me a job that maybe didn't exist, now says he can't afford to keep putting articles on a website. — I grew up reading the Village Voice …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Deadline, New Republic and Boing Boing
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Nick Wooten / shreveporttimes.com:
Shreveport mayoral candidate denies calling woman n-word after forum — A Shreveport mayoral candidate referred to black people as “negroes” but denies she got into a heated verbal exchange in which she called a black woman the n-word following a mayoral forum Thursday night.
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Raw Story