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John Solomon / The Hill:
Lisa Page bombshell: FBI couldn't prove Trump-Russia collusion before Mueller appointment — To date, Lisa Page's infamy has been driven mostly by the anti-Donald Trump text messages she exchanged with fellow FBI agent Peter Strzok as the two engaged in an affair while investigating the president …
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Woodward: No Evidence Of Trump-Russia Collusion, I Searched For Two Years — In an interview with Hugh Hewitt on Friday, Bob Woodward said that in his two years of investigating for his new book, ‘Fear,’ he found no evidence of collusion or espionage between Trump and Russia.
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Daily Wire, RedState, Instapundit and Front Page Magazine
Washington Post:
Alarm grows inside FEMA as administrator Brock Long fights for his job — As the Federal Emergency Management Agency heads into peak hurricane season, an internal investigation has imperiled its top official, sparking a growing backlash within the agency where career officials …
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The Daily Caller
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
FEMA Administrator Brock Long defends Trump on Puerto Rico death toll study — “I don't know why the studies were done,” Brock Long told “Meet the Press.” — WASHINGTON — FEMA Administrator Brock Long Sunday questioned the relevance of independent studies tying thousands of deaths …
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Axios and Joe.My.God.
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Brock Long Won't Correct Trump Conspiracy On Hurricane-Related Deaths In Puerto Rico
Brock Long Won't Correct Trump Conspiracy On Hurricane-Related Deaths In Puerto Rico
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Mediaite, AOL and The Daily Caller
Tovah Lazaroff / Jerusalem Post:
ARI FULD, ISRAELI-AMERICAN TERROR VICTIM, ‘LIVED AND DIED A HERO’ — Fuld was assistant director of Standing Together, an organization that supports IDF soldiers, according to his personal website. — Ari Fuld, who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in a stabbing attack …
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The Gateway Pundit
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Dianne Feinstein / Los Angeles Times:
Why I'm voting ‘no’ on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee entered the confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with concerns about his record and his views. After four days of testimony and questions …
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Politico and Washington Times
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WCVB:
Authorities ID 26-year-old Mass. man killed in Cape Cod shark attack — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — WELLFLEET, Mass. — A 26-year-old man from Revere died after being attacked by a shark in the waters off Cape Cod on Saturday afternoon, Massachusetts State Police said.
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Hollywood Life
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Manafort deal with Mueller ‘really good for the country,’ Ken Starr says: ‘We should want the truth’ — Former Independent Counsel Ken Starr, who led federal investigations of President Clinton, said special counsel Robert Mueller's striking a deal to win the cooperation …
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Politico and Political Wire
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
'Robert Mueller's real quest here is for the truth': How Paul Manafort's plea brings …
'Robert Mueller's real quest here is for the truth': How Paul Manafort's plea brings …
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Washington Monthly
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Conservatism After Christianity — A new survey reveals the Republican Party's religious divide. — One of the many paradoxes of the Trump era is that our unusual president couldn't have been elected, and couldn't survive politically today, without the support of religious conservatives …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
House Intel Committee To Release Transcripts Of Trump-Russia Witness Interviews — House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes said Sunday that he plans to release transcripts of interviews with around 70 witnesses in the Trump-Russia probe within the next few weeks.
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The Hill
Paulina Dedaj / Fox News:
Police arrest 5 in North Carolina as looters begin to capitalize on Florence chaos — Police in North Carolina arrested five people Saturday night as looters began to break into stores while Tropical Storm Florence brought chaos to the region. — Wilmington Police confirmed the arrests …
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CBS News:
Tight races in Missouri, Montana Senate, CBS News poll finds — Several incumbent Democratic senators are trying to win re-election in states that typically vote for Republicans, among them Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jon Tester of Montana, who are both locked in close contests with Republican challengers.
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Political Wire
The Texas Tribune:
Texas Border Patrol agent accused of “serial killing spree” in Laredo — Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, has been accused of killing four women, including one transgender woman, and kidnapping a fifth woman, who escaped and alerted law enforcement.
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USA Today, The Daily Caller and Laredo Morning News
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National Journal:
Identity, Not Ideology, Driving the Democratic Party — White progressives badly underachieved in Democratic primaries for governor. African-American progressives dominated. — For an illustration of the power of identity over ideology in politics, look at the divergent results …
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Axios
Peter Overby / NPR:
Emoluments Lawsuit Moves A Step Closer To Trump — The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia want the legal authority to get any communications between President Trump and officials of foreign or U.S. state governments pertaining to his Trump International Hotel near the White House.
Discussion:
Political Wire
Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Israeli lawmaker to PM: Dismiss US envoy over aide scandal — JERUSALEM (AP) — An opposition Israeli lawmaker on Sunday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss his ambassador to the United States for failing to report sexual assault allegations against a top Netanyahu aide …
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Bob Menendez's political fight for survival — It wasn't supposed to be like this for Sen. Bob Menendez. — Though the New Jersey Democrat is still favored to defeat Republican Bob Hugin in November, Menendez is being forced to fight to keep his seat. Hugin's relentless negative ad campaign …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Facebook is hiring a director of human rights policy to work on “conflict prevention” and “peace-building” — Facebook is advertising for a human rights policy director to join its business, located either at its Menlo Park HQ or in Washington DC — with “conflict prevention” and “peace-building” among the listed responsibilities.
Suzanne Goldsmith / The Columbus Dispatch:
Les Wexner renounces Republican Party affiliation after Obama stops in Columbus — After former Democratic President Barack Obama made a quiet stop in Columbus on Thursday night, the wealthiest Republican supporter in the state told a small audience at a Downtown event that he is fed up and has quit the Republican Party.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, IJR, The Daily Beast and Mother Jones
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Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
GOP Donor Les Wexner Announces Departure From Republican Party After Obama Visit