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Adam Forrest / The Independent:
MAGA hat boy's mother blames ‘black Muslims’ for her son harassing Native American man — Parent claims musician ‘drummed in his face’ while ‘black Muslims yelled profanities’ — The mother of a boy filmed harassing a Native American man along with his friends at a rally in Washington DC has blamed …
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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
The Catholic Bonfire At The Stake — Good morning from Dublin. It is really interesting to observe US public controversies from outside the American bubble. I am startled by the massive controversy that has erupted over the Covington (KY) Catholic school boys and the Native American man …
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Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Native American leader of Michigan: ‘Mob mentality’ in students was ‘scary’ — For years, Native American advocate Nathan Phillips of metro Detroit has been fighting for the rights of indigenous people. — On Friday, his battle gained national attention, as social media videos captured …
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
The Media Wildly Mischaracterized That Video of Covington Catholic Students Confronting a Native American Veteran — Journalists who uncritically accepted Nathan Phillips' story got this completely wrong. — Partial video footage of students from a Catholic high school allegedly harassing …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump says he's willing to give ‘amnesty’ in ‘much bigger deal’
POLITICO Playbook: Trump says he's willing to give ‘amnesty’ in ‘much bigger deal’
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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
The Mayor of Covington, Kentucky, Explains What His City Stands For
The Mayor of Covington, Kentucky, Explains What His City Stands For
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani: ‘So What’ If Trump Talked To Cohen About His Testimony — The president's attorney said on Sunday that it's possible the president spoke with his former attorney Michael Cohen prior to Cohen's congressional testimony. — Gideon Resnick — Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal attorney …
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New York Times:
Giuliani Says Talks for Trump Tower in Moscow Lasted Through 2016 Election — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, said on Sunday that discussions about building a Trump Tower in Moscow lasted through the November 2016 election, months longer than previously confirmed.
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NBC News:
Giuliani: Trump Tower Moscow negotiations ‘as far as October, November’ 2016 — Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, says that negotiations over Trump Tower Moscow likely went up to the 2016 election, during an interview with Meet the Press.
Washington Post:
Inside the Mueller team's decision to dispute BuzzFeed's explosive story on Trump and Cohen — When a BuzzFeed reporter first sought comment on the news outlet's explosive report that President Trump had directed his lawyer to lie to Congress, the spokesman for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III treated …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The media's ‘Gotcha!’ hysteria is shameful — Imagine that a scientist wanted to conduct an experiment to see if it's true that blind hatred of President Trump has led Democrats and their media handmaidens to go 'round the bend and off the cliff. — Such a scientist would inject a damning …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Giuliani: Discussions on Trump Tower in Moscow were ‘active’ throughout 2016 election
Giuliani: Discussions on Trump Tower in Moscow were ‘active’ throughout 2016 election
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Nolan Rappaport / The Hill:
Trump offers to limit his border wall to strategic locations — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should give serious consideration to the settlement proposal that President Donald Trump made in his televised address from the White House. — Her objection all along has been to building …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump defends immigration proposal against ‘amnesty’ criticism from conservatives — President Trump early Sunday sought to sell his new immigration proposal, which includes funding for a wall along the southern border and extended protection for certain immigrant groups, amid pushback from Democrats and hard-line conservatives.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Ann Coulter blasts Trump shutdown compromise: ‘We voted for Trump and got Jeb!’
Ann Coulter blasts Trump shutdown compromise: ‘We voted for Trump and got Jeb!’
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
In Trump's Immigration Announcement, a Compromise Snubbed All Around
In Trump's Immigration Announcement, a Compromise Snubbed All Around
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Washington Post:
The man who stood behind Trump — After his laugh was heard around the country, Joe Davidson is wondering: “I'm a good person. Isn't that what people say about me?” — A man on his way to see President Trump was speeding along a two-lane highway when his phone rang. — “Yes ma'am . . .”
CNN:
BuzzFeed editor and reporter defend scoop — Ben Smith and Anthony Cormier say they are confident in their disputed reporting about President Trump telling Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. “This will be borne out,” Cormier says. — Source: CNN — Ben Smith and Anthony Cormier …
Hannes Grassegger / BuzzFeed News:
The Unbelievable Story Of The Plot Against George Soros — The glass tower that houses George Soros's office in Manhattan is overflowing with numbers on screens, tracking and predicting the directions of markets around the world. But there's one that's particularly hard to figure out …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
‘Only with Nancy’: How Schumer and Pelosi stuck together on the shutdown — A few days before Washington staggered into what would become the longest shutdown in U.S. history, Chuck Schumer received a request from Donald Trump. — The president wanted the Senate minority leader to visit …
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Slippage in Support is Real — The president is losing support—not just among independents, but from his evangelical and white-male base, too. — The veteran and shrewd New York political operative Bruce Gyory, who's always worth listening to, writes: — Wanted to drop you a note.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pompeo discussing a run for Kansas Senate seat — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is slated to meet with veteran Republican strategist Ward Baker on Sunday afternoon to discuss a possible 2020 run for the vacant Kansas Senate seat, according to two people familiar with the plans.
Washington Post:
Tulsi Gabbard says she has no regrets about meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) said Sunday that she does not regret her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has been accused of using chemical weapons to attack civilians in the country's years-long civil war.
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
How the media convinces us we're all outraged — even when no one cares — I'm outraged. You're outraged. They're all outraged. We're all outraged!!! Except, what if we're not? — The Associated Press reported that Gillette's new toxic-masculinity ad caused an “online uproar.”