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12:20 AM ET, June 9, 2019

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New York Times:
Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal  —  WASHINGTON — The deal to avert tariffs that President Trump announced with great fanfare on Friday night consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take in prior discussions with the United States …
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Joe Biden leads, followed by Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg  —  The field of Democratic presidential candidates is starting to settle into tiers: Joe Biden leads the pack, and Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg are in close competition for second place …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Political Wire and Mediaite
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CNN:
CNN Iowa Poll: Biden leads a tighter top tier in first caucus state  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Joe Biden leads as the top choice of likely participants in the first-in-the-nation Iowa Democratic caucuses, but his advantage there is smaller than the one he has held in recent national polling …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
At Pride Fest in Des Moines, politics are in the spotlight
Discussion: Politico
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Eric and Donald Trump, Jr. Still Have Not Paid Irish Bar Tab  —  When Donald Trump's sons Eric and Donald, Jr. went on their Irish pub crawl last week and offered free rounds for the house, they failed to pay the tab, according to at least one pub owner.  Caroline Kennedy …
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Jack Beresford / The Irish Post:   Donald Trump's sons still haven't paid the tab on their Doonbeg pub crawl
Isabella Simonetti / New York Post:
Trump's sons skipped out on pub tab in Ireland: report
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and irishmirror
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Some U.S. embassies still hoisting rainbow flags, despite advisory from Washington  —  Since the State Department began rejecting all embassy requests to hoist rainbow flags outside the mission buildings during LGBTQ Pride Month this year, some U.S. diplomats have been finding ways to defy, or at least get around, the new policy.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Axios and NBC News
Bloomberg:
Mexico Never Agreed to Farm Deal With U.S., Contradicting Trump  — Trump entwines dropping tariff plan with agricultural buying  — Agricultural states have been hard hit by Trump's trade wars  —  Mexico never agreed to buy more U.S. farm products as part of a deal reached late Friday …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
The Making of a YouTube Radical  —  Over years of reporting on internet culture, I've heard countless versions of Mr. Cain's story: an aimless young man — usually white, frequently interested in video games — visits YouTube looking for direction or distraction and is seduced by a community of far-right creators.
NBC News:
‘Whitey’ Bulger prison letters: Love for Trump, disdain for Mueller  —  The Boston gangster raved about the president, and railed against ex-special counsel Robert Mueller, in a series of letters to an unlikely pen pal.  —  In the final months of his life, James “Whitey” …
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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:   ‘Whitey’ Bulger Wrote Letters Praising Trump to a Juror Who Convicted Him
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Kamala Harris says prosecutor past will help defeat Trump  —  WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democrat Kamala Harris played up her experience as a prosecutor on Saturday, telling a mostly black crowd in South Carolina that her prosecutorial credentials have given her a window in to helping improve …
Discussion: Axios and Los Angeles Times
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Kamala Harris leans into prosecutor record in South Carolina
Discussion: TalkLeft
Molly Jong-Fast / New York Times:
Life Begins at Conception (Except When That's Inconvenient for Republicans)  —  It's almost as if abortion bans aren't actually about “life” at all.  —  When, exactly, do abortion opponents think life begins?  —  Over the past few months there has been a rush to pass abortion bans.
USA Today:
Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley scammed the nation on 2020 Supreme Court confirmations  —  Mitch McConnell talks about replacing another Supreme Court Justice … CONNECT  —  In a stunning confirmation of his complete lack of integrity, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has given …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:   Liberals Begin Lining Up Young Judges for a Post-Trump Surge
Kathleen Joyce / Fox Business:
Here's how much Pete Buttigieg, husband have in student loan debt  —  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten Glezman, together have a six-figure student loan debt, but the two are far from being the only Americans who grapple with owing money.
New York Times:
Trump Mixes Economic and National Security, Plunging the U.S. into Multiple Fights  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is increasingly blurring the line between America's national and economic security, enabling him to harness powerful tools meant to punish the world's worst global actors …
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Trump Is More Vulnerable to Democratic Attacks on Trade Than You Might Think
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Convicted murderer now linked to more than 60 deaths may be most prolific serial killer in U.S. history  —  Samuel Little drew their portraits in paint and in pencil, filling out the contours of the faces of women he said he killed over nearly four decades.  —  He recalled the color …
Discussion: Law & Crime, ABC News and NPR
John Bowden / The Hill:
Ginsburg credits Kavanaugh for helping boost number of female Supreme Court clerks  —  Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave credit to her fellow Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh on Friday, touting the court's newest member for boosting the number of female law clerks serving the court.
Discussion: Townhall
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Milo Yiannopoulos named marshal for ‘Straight Pride’ parade  —  Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been named the grand marshal for Boston's “Straight Pride” parade.  —  Organizers announced Friday the former Breitbart editor as the parade's grand marshal after they originally …
Discussion: Slate, Washington Examiner and Fox News
Washington Post:
An author lost her book deal after tweeting about a Metro worker.  She's suing for $13 million.  —  Natasha Tynes, an award-winning Jordanian American author who lost a book deal following claims of online racism, is suing her publishing house for $13 million.
Alan Dershowitz / The Hill:
Why did Mueller team distort Trump attorney's voicemail?  —  The controversy over the selective editing of a voicemail message from President Trump's former attorney in the report by Robert Mueller has added fuel to the arguments against the appointment of special counsels.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Washington Post:
For Democrats, Trump impeachment question is a personal struggle transcending politics  —  For two House Democrats from different backgrounds, the searing debate over whether to impeach President Trump prompted an identical question: What about my grandkids?
 
 
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
The New Infowars Is a Vitamin Site Predicting the Apocalypse
Corina Pons / Reuters:
With Venezuela in collapse, towns slip into primitive isolation
Discussion: Althouse
Barnini Chakraborty / Fox News:
Dems prepping for a 2020 Florida recount some see as inevitable
Discussion: Politico
Josh Hammer / Daily Wire:
California Democratic Party: First Amendment ‘Limited To Exclude Hate Speech’
Discussion: Big League Politics
Matei Rosca / Politico:
Moldova gets surprise new government
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Mitt Romney says he may not endorse Trump for re-election in 2020
Discussion: Deseret News, Breitbart and RedState
Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times:
Welcome to Garcetti's L.A.: heaps of trash, hordes of rats and very little leadership
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Meghan Markle Makes Post-Baby Appearance at Queen's Birthday Celebration
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Page Six
 Earlier Items: 
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Support For Impeachment Hearings Grows, But Americans Split On Way Forward
Discussion: Mother Jones and Big Think
Washington Post:
After Virginia Beach, the list of mass shooting victims grows yet again
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
For China's Leading Investigative Reporter, Enough Is Enough
New York Times:
YouTube Is a Very Bad Judge and Jury
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Prominent Republicans move swiftly to shore up Trump in Wisconsin
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
U.S. Ambassador Says Israel Has Right to Annex Parts of West Bank
Discussion: Common Dreams, Reuters and The Week
 

 
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Thomas Gryta / Wall Street Journal:
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