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SEE IT: Cynthia Nixon Orders Cinnamon Raisin Bagel With... Lox And Capers — There's something about New York's endless supply of authentic eateries that transforms aspiring politicians into weird aliens who've never before encountered the concept of food: Back in the 1970s …
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Common Dreams, CBS New York and New York Times


Omarosa Releases Tape of Sarah Huckabee Sanders Agreeing With Trump's ‘Lies’ — In a new tape played by Omarosa Manigault Newman on ‘The View,’ Sarah Huckabee Sanders can be heard confirming Trump's distortion of the Russia story. — With Bob Woodward's new book climbing the best-seller charts ahead …
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Exclusive: White House again changes phone policy amid heightened paranoia — Washington (CNN)After Omarosa Manigault Newman revealed last month that she secretly taped White House chief of staff John Kelly as he fired her in the Situation Room, a change was made to the West Wing's phone policy.
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ThinkProgress, New York Times and NBC News


Trump Administration to Close Palestine Liberation Organization Office in Washington — The Trump administration is expected to announce Monday it will close the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Washington, widening a campaign of pressure amid stalled Middle East peace efforts.
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Trump Administration Threatens International Criminal Court and the P.L.O. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will threaten to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court if it pursues an investigation of American troops in Afghanistan, opening a harsh new attack on an old nemesis of many on the political right.
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Townhall, New Republic, Axios, Washington Post, Common Dreams, twitchy.com and Mediaite


State of The 2018 House Race — Dems do better in Dem precincts than GOP in GOP precincts; — Race, gender and education divide core support from persuadable voters — West Long Branch, NJ - The Monmouth University Poll finds the race for control of the House of Representatives to be tight …
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Political Wire
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Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina was paid to pursue access to Vladimir Putin for TV show — Maria Butina, the alleged Russian agent who stands accused of developing a covert influence operation in the United States, boasted of connections to high-ranking Kremlin officials and was even paid …
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Politico, One America News Network, Reuters, The Daily Beast and POLITICUSUSA
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Putin Is Pushing for Total Victory in Syria No Matter How Many Civilians Die
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One America News Network

U.S. judge orders accused Russian agent Butina kept in jail
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Washington Times


Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy? — The most famous entrepreneur of his generation is facing a public reckoning with the power of Big Tech. — At ten o'clock on a weekday morning in August, Mark Zuckerberg, the chairman and C.E.O. of Facebook …
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AOL, more at Techmeme »


Evacuations ordered for SC coast as Hurricane Florence nears, effective Tuesday — COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster will order evacuations along South Carolina's entire 187-mile coastline border starting at noon Tuesday, saying residents and tourists must get out of Hurricane Florence's …
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The Latest: South Carolina to evacuate coast
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News One, NPR and The Daily Caller


GOP candidate for Fla. governor spoke at racially charged events — Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe …
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DeSantis steps down from Congress to focus on governor's race
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Political Wire, Washington Free Beacon, CBS Miami, The Daily Beast and Washington Times


The Last 2018 Primary Briefing: New Hampshire, Rhode Island And New York — All good things must come to an end. After six months, 19 election days and seven live blogs, it's time to say goodbye to primary season. But before you grieve, a parting gift: three consecutive nights of electiony goodness.
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Washington Post, Newsday and Associated Press
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New York State Attorney General Race Remains a Tossup, New Poll Shows
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HuffPost


A Mathematician Says Activists Made His Paper Disappear Because Its Findings Offended Them — Theodore Hill, a retired professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech, claims that activists successfully pressured the New York Journal of Mathematics to delete an article he had written …
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National Review, Daily Wire and Louder With Crowder


Who Will Replace Chris Collins, the Indicted Congressman, on the Ballot? Perhaps No One — After Representative Chris Collins was indicted last month, the Republican from western New York seemed to leave no doubt about his immediate political future: There was none.
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Political Wire


Broadway Star Carole Cook on Trump, 'Where's John Wilkes Booth When You Need Him?' — Legendary Broadway star Carole Cook said something so shocking when asked about Donald Trump — “Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?” — Cook and her husband were leaving Craig's in WeHo Sunday night …
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New York Times, IJR and Breitbart
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Veteran Broadway actress asks: 'Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?'
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twitchy.com


Inside the making of Ben Folds's ‘Mister Peepers’ — The Washington Post Magazine asked Ben Folds to write a song about anything. He chose Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Subscribe to The Washington Pos...


New Texts Reveal FBI Leaked Information to the Press to Damage Trump — Rep. Meadows sent a letter to Deputy AG Rosenstein saying a “review of the new documents raises greave concerns regarding an apparent systemic culture of media leaking by high-ranking officials at the FBI and DOJ related to ongoing investigations”
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The Daily Caller


Dem Who Compared Trump to Bin Laden Also Said ‘Nazis’ Work in White House — VIDEO: Illinois Dem Sean Casten twice referred to ‘Nazis and racists’ working in White House — Illinois Democrat Sean Casten, who found himself in hot water after his belief that President Donald Trump has a …
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The Daily Caller and NRCC
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Trump says he'll ‘write the real book’ to counter Woodward's
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Politico, ABC News, Associated Press, Shakesville and Shareblue Media


North Korea is still making nukes, and the Trump admin is taking a harder line — The newest intelligence shows Kim's regime has stepped up efforts to hide its nuclear weapons production, say three senior U.S. officials. — WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump issues a steady stream …
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Washington Post, Test Feed Using Fields, Defense One, Just Security, Talking Points Memo, Bustle, Bloomberg, Deadline, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Vox


The Democrat Who Could Lead Trump's Impeachment Isn't Sure It's Warranted — BROOKLYN—"Right now, I don't want to talk about it," Jerry Nadler told his curious, concerned constituent. “We don't want to talk about it.” — The man positioned to lead the House of Representatives' impeachment effort …
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Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune


Cupich on scandal: ‘We have a bigger agenda than to be distracted by all of this’ — The young man studying at Mundelein Seminary to become a Catholic priest seemed anguished as he vented to Cardinal Blase Cupich about the clergy sex-abuse scandal that threatens to topple Pope Francis and drive more people away from the faith.
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The American Conservative


CNN Poll: Trump approval down 6 points in a month, hits low among independents — WASHINGTON (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen 6 points in the last month and stands at a new low among political independents, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.


What Serena Got Wrong — Just because the guys might be able to get away with it doesn't mean it's acceptable. — Ms. Navratilova is a broadcaster, former tennis champion and human rights activist. — Serena Williams has part of it right. There is a huge double standard for women …
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Mediaite, AOL, Hot Air, The Guardian and YouTube


Michael Caputo Says He Figured Out the Identity of NYT Op-Ed Writer: She ‘Believes that She is a Hero’ — On Sunday, former Trump campaign director Michael Caputo claimed he knows who the author of the mysterious New York Times op-ed is and insisted the person behind the prose is a woman.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, HuffPost, Splinter and The Gateway Pundit


‘Tone deaf’ Playboy Club opens in New York, defying the #MeToo era — Club to open more than 30 years after Hefner declared Bunnies ‘a symbol of the past’ and 32 years after the city's original closed — A Playboy Club, replete with “alluring Playboy Bunny hostesses” and a …
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New York Times


Allegations of racism at Orange County high school football game underscore broader tension in the Trump era — The fallout over allegations of racism at a recent Orange County high school football game erupted on social media over the weekend, reflecting the broader tension gripping the country in the Trump era.
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Orange County Register and Raw Story


Rep. Mia Love's campaign admits to improperly raising primary election funds — (CNN)Rep. Mia Love's campaign has informed the Federal Election Commission that it will refund or redesignate less than half of what the government says was more than a million dollars improperly raised for a primary …
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Roll Call and Political Wire


‘Scott Walker fatigue’ haunts Republicans — Signs that the Wisconsin governor is ripe to be taken down are everywhere. — GREEN BAY, Wisc. — There's every reason to believe this is the beginning of the end for Scott Walker. — His presidential bid crashed and burned.
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Splinter


Rogue billionaires are giving the GOP and Democrats a migraine — Republican Richard Uihlein and Democrat Tom Steyer have poured tens of millions of dollars into the 2018 campaign. And their political parties are irritated about it. — The two billionaires have backed candidates and causes …