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E. Jean Carroll / The Cut:
Hideous Men Donald Trump assaulted me in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room 23 years ago.  But he's not alone on the list of awful men in my life.  —  My first rich boy pulled down my underpants.  My last rich boy pulled down my tights.  My first rich boy — I had fixed my eyes on his face long enough …
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Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
E. Jean Carroll: “Trump attacked me in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman.”  —  The cover story New York published today details an encounter the writer E. Jean Carroll had over two decades ago with Donald J. Trump, in which the then-real-estate mogul allegedly assaulted her in a dressing room …
New York Times:
Trump Stopped Strike on Iran Because It Was ‘Not Proportionate’  —  President Trump said Friday morning that the United States military had been “cocked and loaded” for a strike against Iran on Thursday night, but that he called it off with 10 minutes to spare when a general told him that 150 people would likely die in the attack.
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New York Times:
Trump Approves Strikes on Iran, but Then Abruptly Pulls Back  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions.
Reuters:
Trump warned Iran via Oman that U.S. attack imminent, called for talks: Iranian officials  —  DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian officials told Reuters on Friday that Tehran had received a message from U.S. President Donald Trump through Oman overnight warning that a U.S. attack on Iran was imminent.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, ‘Judgment Time Is Coming’ on How to Respond to Iran  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's tenure as commander in chief came to a dramatic turning point on Thursday night as he found himself torn between his own competing advisers and his own competing instincts …
Ahmed Charai / Politico:
Trump Has a Point on Iran. So Do the Democrats.
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The commander in chief is AWOL
Discussion: Reason
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The U.S. Has Lots of Options With Iran
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
ICE raids targeting migrant families slated to start Sunday in major U.S. cities  —  President Trump has directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to conduct a mass roundup of migrant families that have received deportation orders, an operation that is likely to begin …
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TIME:
Donald Trump's Interview With TIME on 2020: Read the Transcript  —  President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME in the Oval Office on June 17 for a story on his re-election campaign.  —  During the 57-minute conversation, he discussed his Democratic rivals …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump threatened Time journalist with prison over Kim Jong Un letter
Discussion: The Root and Hullabaloo
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump threatens reporter with prison time during interview
New York Times:
Andrew Weissmann, a Top Mueller Prosecutor, Has a Book Deal  —  Andrew Weissmann, one of the top prosecutors for Robert S. Mueller III on the Russia investigation, is writing a book that will explore his work on the special counsel's inquiry, according to a publishing executive with knowledge of the deal.
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
One of Robert Mueller's top prosecutors is writing a book about the investigation
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Biden Has Not Changed.  The Politics, Culture and Mood of His Party Have.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. was addressing an elite audience, describing how as a young senator he had learned to work with Jesse Helms, the right-wing North Carolinian known for his fierce opposition to civil rights and his open loathing of gay people.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Debbie Mucarsel-Powell / U.S. Representative …:
Mucarsel-Powell Statement Regarding Opening an Impeachment Inquiry  —  f t # e  —  WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26), member of the Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding the House opening an impeachment inquiry:  —  “I did not run for office to impeach the President.
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times:
Rep. Adam Smith is second Washington member of Congress to call for impeachment inquiry
Discussion: Politico and Observer
Andrea Pitzer / NYR Daily:
‘Some Suburb of Hell’: America's New Concentration Camp System  —  On Monday, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez referred to US border detention facilities as “concentration camps,” spurring a backlash in which critics accused her of demeaning the memory of those who died in the Holocaust.
Discussion: CNN
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Associated Press:
Lawyers claim infants, children are in dangerous situation at border detention site
Discussion: Washington Post
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Police called to loud altercation at Boris Johnson's home  —  Neighbour records shouting and banging at flat potential PM shares with Carrie Symonds  —  Police were called to the home of Boris Johnson and his partner, Carrie Symonds, in the early hours of Friday morning after neighbours heard …
Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Intensify Scrutiny of Trump Fundraiser Elliott Broidy  —  Federal probe examines foreigners who attended inauguration at invitation of top Trump fundraiser  —  Federal prosecutors have stepped up a criminal investigation into possible efforts by longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Clyburn explains why Harris and Booker haven't caught on in S. Carolina  —  The third-ranking House Democrat talked to NBC News ahead of his famous ‘Fish Fry’ gathering Friday night, featuring more than 20 presidential contenders.  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn expressed …
Discussion: Politico
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
NYT reporter flagged Jared Kushner meetings with Russians to FBI  —  A New York Times reporter fed information about Jared Kushner meeting with Russians to the FBI, newly released emails show.  —  Journalist Michael Schmidt sent an email on March 24, 2017, to FBI Assistant Director …
Politico:
Dems see Hope Hicks testimony as huge gift in legal battle with Trump  —  In an exclusive interview, Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler also said Democrats would soon sue former White House Counsel Don McGahn.  —  House Democrats are planning to file a lawsuit within days to force former White …
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Fairfax ‘thinking very seriously’ about run for governor, says scandal has raised his public profile  —  Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax said Thursday that he is “very hopeful about the future” and “thinking very seriously” about a gubernatorial run in 2021.  —  Fairfax, who faces sexual assault allegations …
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Justin Fairfax ‘seriously’ considering a run for governor, says sexual abuse scandal raised his profile
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
HuffPost:
Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction In Curtis Flowers Case  —  A Mississippi prosecutor was accused of racial bias in jury selection in his sixth effort to convict Flowers for a 1996 quadruple killing.  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned a 2010 conviction in the case of Curtis Flowers …
Discussion: Vox, CNBC, New York Times and APM Reports
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court tosses murder conviction in case that raised question of racial bias
Discussion: Fox News, NPR and Newser
Olivia Gazis / CBS News:
Justice Dept review of intel in Russia probe fuels fears of politicization  —  A mix of concern, confusion and defiance has spread through elements of the intelligence community as a murky picture emerges of Attorney General William Barr's review of its investigative and analytical work …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Shakesville
Washington Post:
Murder in the Atlas Mountains  —  In a crime apparently intended to impress the Islamic State, two Scandinavian women were brutally slain in Morocco.  The killings were seized on by the far right to attack Islam.  —  MARRAKESH, Morocco — Their screams must have carried for miles in the thin air …
Elizabeth Warren / Medium:
Ending Private Prisons and Exploitation for Profit  —  Last month Caliburn International — a for-profit company whose subsidiary operates Homestead, the largest detention center for unaccompanied migrant children — hired John Kelly, Trump's former chief of staff.
 
 
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Sarah Cammarata / Politico:
Trump campaign manager predicts swing-state wins, ‘electoral landslide’ in 2020
Discussion: CBS News
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's reelection campaign is on a crusade against leaks
CNN:
White House official once appeared on podcast whose host touted race pseudoscience and interviewed white nationalists
David Montanaro / Fox News:
Chris Wallace on Trump's Iran strike reversal: There are ‘costs to inaction,’ just like Obama's Syria red line
Discussion: Politico
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Tillis Democratic challenger leads in North Carolina poll
Washington Post:
Joe Biden's letters to segregationist Sen. James O. Eastland
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Hacked documents reveal sensitive details of expanding border surveillance
 Earlier Items: 
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
What if Trump won't accept 2020 defeat?
Discussion: twitchy.com and Contemptor
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Trump to Officially Nominate Esper as Next Defense Secretary
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
Emily Flitter / New York Times:
Being Transgender at Goldman Sachs
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
House Intel to subpoena Felix Sater after he fails to appear for testimony
Discussion: Axios
Simon Kuper / Financial Times:
How Oxford university shaped Brexit — and Britain's next prime minister
Discussion: Bloomberg
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Jim Acosta Describes Why He Battles Trump
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
On 4-3 vote, Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds state's lame-duck laws limiting power of Democratic governor
Discussion: Mother Jones