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New York Times:
Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science — WASHINGTON — President Trump has rolled back environmental regulations, pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, brushed aside dire predictions about the effects of climate change, and turned the term “global warming” …
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Raw Story and Vanity Fair
New York Times:
Trump and Abe's ‘Unshakable Bond’ Shows Some Cracks in Tokyo — TOKYO — Standing at side-by-side lecterns inside the gilded Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan sought to show the world the strength of what Mr. Abe called their “unshakable bond.”
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Hullabaloo, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite and Vanity Fair
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump finds himself increasingly alone on North Korea — President Donald Trump is isolating himself from allies and even his own advisers on North Korea, eager to insist that his denuclearization efforts will be successful going into a 2020 re-election bid.
Discussion:
Raw Story
David Marcus / The Federalist:
IAN BREMMER PUSHES FAKE NEWS ON TWITTER. WILL LIBERALS CARE?
IAN BREMMER PUSHES FAKE NEWS ON TWITTER. WILL LIBERALS CARE?
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The Lid, Law & Crime, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Ian Bremmer defends and then deletes false Trump statement about North Korea
Ian Bremmer defends and then deletes false Trump statement about North Korea
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Washington Post, Washington Times, Townhall, The Week, Breitbart, Slate, Althouse, JustOneMinute, Daily Wire and Fox News, more at Mediagazer »
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Time Magazine Columnist's Trump Quote Went Viral — Then He Admitted He Made It Up
Time Magazine Columnist's Trump Quote Went Viral — Then He Admitted He Made It Up
Kim Tong-Hyung / Associated Press:
North Korea calls Bolton ‘war monger’ over missile comment
North Korea calls Bolton ‘war monger’ over missile comment
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KCNA Watch, Common Dreams, The Week, Axios, Vanity Fair, Reuters, CBS News and The Daily Caller
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Trump backs Kim Jong Un's attacks on Biden, dismisses North Korea missile tests
Trump backs Kim Jong Un's attacks on Biden, dismisses North Korea missile tests
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USA Today, ThinkProgress, Breitbart and Raw Story
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Trump's Formidable 2020 Tailwind — The economy and incumbency drive presidential election outcomes. — Mr. Rattner served as counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration. — The economy invariably ranks among the top issues on the minds of voters in presidential elections.
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Slate
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Axios:
3 forecast modelers predict Trump will win in 2020 — Steven Rattner, “car czar” and counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration, cites three different modelers in his N.Y. Times commentary, “Trump's Formidable 2020 Tailwind.” — The big picture: Trump wins all three modelers.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The press must do better — The New York Times gives prominent placement on its home page to list all of President Trump's juvenile nicknames for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, including the racist Native American slur directed at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
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twitchy.com, Raw Story, NBC News and New York Times
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Regina Zilbermints / The Hill:
Liz Cheney: Statements by agents investigating Trump ‘could well be treason’
Liz Cheney: Statements by agents investigating Trump ‘could well be treason’
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Bernie Sanders Advisor Tweets Gif of Jeremy Corbyn Dancing on Margaret Thatcher's Grave — A senior political advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) tweeted a gif Sunday of United Kingdom Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn dancing on the grave of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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Mediaite
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Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Nigel Farage's Populist Brexit Party Wins Big in European Parliament Elections
Nigel Farage's Populist Brexit Party Wins Big in European Parliament Elections
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, Politico and The Guardian
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
European Election Results Show Growing Split Over Union's Future
European Election Results Show Growing Split Over Union's Future
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Los Angeles Times, Common Dreams, Quartz, Outside the Beltway, The Guardian, Home Page Rotator and Washington Post
CNN:
Facebook says Zuckerberg and Sandberg will defy Canadian subpoena, risking contempt vote — New York (CNN Business)Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg will not attend a hearing in Ottawa later this week, despite receiving summonses from the Canadian parliament, Facebook confirmed on Monday.
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UPI
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Trump HUD Official: 'I Honestly Don't Care' If I'm Breaking Federal Law — Lynne Patton said she may have violated the Hatch Act, then called anyone mad about it a “liberal snowflake.” — Lynne Patton, a regional administrator for the Department of Housing and Urban Development …
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ThinkProgress, Raw Story, The Root and Mediaite
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Embraces Right-Wing One America News Network to Make Fox News Jealous — The network praises the president, courts him in public, and has even tried to hire his former aides. It's finally getting his attention. — One evening last week, Neil McCabe, a Breitbart veteran who now works …
Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
Fox News' Chris Wallace challenges Lindsey Graham on his 1998 claim that ignoring subpoenas is impeachable — Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday forced Senator Lindsey Graham to watch a 1998 clip of himself talking about the dangers of ignoring subpoenas from Congress during an era …
Discussion:
Hullabaloo and Outside the Beltway
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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Trump's ban on Chinese telecom giant Huawei could cut off rural Americans' cell service — “These rural areas are going to not get served, and it puzzles me why these senators ... don't see the problem here,” a tech advocate said. — The Trump administration's ban on goods produced …
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Trump: ‘Sleepy Joe Biden’ hasn't ‘apologized’ for involvement in 1994 crime law — President Trump late Monday criticized former Vice President Joe Biden, the front-runner among Democrats seeking to unseat in 2020, for his support of a controversial 1994 crime bill, saying he hasn't “apologized” for supporting it.
Discussion:
Politico, The Daily Caller and New York Times
CNN:
Artist takes $20 bill design into his own hands with Harriet Tubman decorative stamp — (CNN)Supporters of an Obama-era plan to put abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill were disappointed last week by news that the Treasury Department has delayed the bill's redesign.
Alex Moe / NBC News:
House investigations of Trump and his administration: The full list — The president says it's “harassment.” Democrats say they're playing catch-up after two years with virtually no oversight from Republicans. — WASHINGTON — He's making investigations great again — at least in number.
Richard Lardner / Associated Press:
A hefty donation to Trump's inaugural comes under scrutiny — WASHINGTON (AP) — Real estate mogul Franklin Haney contributed $1 million to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee and all he's got to show for the money is the glare of a federal investigation.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Week, Law & Crime and Patterico's Pontifications
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
With His Job Gone, an Autoworker Wonders, ‘What Am I as a Man?’ — Rick Marsh worked in the car plant in Lordstown his entire life. Now that job is gone. What does that mean for his politics? — LORDSTOWN, Ohio — In the weeks since he lost his job at the car plant, Rick Marsh has blasted Pink Floyd while cleaning the house.