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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Blowhard on the Brink — WASHINGTON — As shocking as it is to write this sentence, it must be said: Donald Trump did something right. — He finally noticed the abyss once he was right on top of it, calling off a retaliatory strike on Iran after belatedly learning, he said, that 150 people could die.
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The Atlantic, New York Post and UPI
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Bucked National-Security Aides on Proposed Iran Attack
Trump Bucked National-Security Aides on Proposed Iran Attack
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Econlib
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Obama, others warned Trump that pulling out of Iran nuke deal could lead to war
Obama, others warned Trump that pulling out of Iran nuke deal could lead to war
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Outside the Beltway
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Facing Intensifying Confrontation With Iran, Trump Has Few Appealing Options
Facing Intensifying Confrontation With Iran, Trump Has Few Appealing Options
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ABC News, The Sun, Washington Post, Al Jazeera and IJR, more at Techmeme »
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Former congressman Joe Sestak enters 2020 White House race — Former congressman Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) announced Sunday that he is running for president, joining 23 earlier entrants in the presidential race. — Sestak made the announcement in a video posted to his campaign website.
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Axios and Outside the Beltway
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Hayley Miller / HuffPost:
Joe Sestak Becomes Latest Democrat To Announce 2020 Presidential Run — The former Pennsylvania congressman and U.S. Navy veteran joins the crowded Democratic race. — Former Rep. Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania announced he's running for president, joining an already crowded field of Democrats aiming to unseat President Donald Trump.
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Inquirer.com and Splinter
The Daily Beast:
Biden's Media Strategy: Duck The Press Unless You're Under Duress — 'It's not a tenable strategy,' David Axelrod laments. — The first time former Vice President Joe Biden spoke to national media reporters in nearly a week of campaigning was to address a mini political crisis of his own making.
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Politico and New York Times
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Maeve Reston / CNN:
‘Barack picked him for a reason’: South Carolina voters stand by Joe Biden after comments about segregationist senators
New York Times:
‘The Black Vote Is Not Monolithic’: 2020 Democrats Find Split Preferences in South Carolina
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Officials accuse DHS chief Kevin McAleenan of leaking ICE raids plan to sabotage operation — This week's big leak about a major Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation was orchestrated by acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan in an effort to sabotage the raids …
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Splinter, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, The Daily Caller, IJR, ImmigrationProf Blog, Roll Call, Breitbart, Vos Iz Neias and The Guardian
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New York Times:
Trump Says He'll Delay Deportation Operation Aimed at Undocumented Families
Trump Says He'll Delay Deportation Operation Aimed at Undocumented Families
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Quartz, Outside the Beltway, Associated Press, Washington Press and Breitbart
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Nancy Pelosi called Trump Friday night asking him to call off ICE raids
Nancy Pelosi called Trump Friday night asking him to call off ICE raids
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Vanity Fair, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, NPR, Breitbart, Daily Wire, KTLA, New York Post, KRON, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Balloon Juice and Mediaite
Star Tribune:
New documents revisit questions about Rep. Ilhan Omar's marriage history — Although she has legally corrected the discrepancy, she has declined to say anything about how or why it happened. — TEXT SIZE — New investigative documents released by a state agency have given fresh life …
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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon and Front Page Magazine
Ken White / The Atlantic:
Why a Government Lawyer Argued Against Giving Immigrant Kids Toothbrushes — Arguments before the United States Court of Appeals are usually dry, esoteric, and nerdy. What would it take to make one go viral? This week, in a clip that launched a million angry Facebook posts, we found out.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Shrugs Off Killing of Khashoggi by Saudi Agents, Saying Saudi Arabia Is an Important Trading Partner — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday shrugged off the brutal dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, just days after a United Nations report described …
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Mother Jones
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Chuck Todd / NBC News:
President Trump's full, unedited interview with Meet the Press — CHUCK TODD: — Mr. President, welcome back to Meet the Press. — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: — Thank you. — CHUCK TODD: — Let me start right in, what happened last night? — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
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New York Post and Media Matters for America
Salt Lake Tribune:
Tribune Editorial: Yes, we do have concentration camps — By The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board — Yes, we do have concentration camps. — They are not work camps. They are not death camps. At least, not on purpose. Our government is not building massive gas chambers and industrial crematoria.
PBS NewsHour:
A firsthand report of ‘inhumane conditions’ at a migrant children's detention facility — Editor's Note: After our broadcast, CPB responded to our request for comment with the following statement: … Transcript Audio — The Associated Press details grave conditions inside …
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Video reveals Steve Bannon links to Boris Johnson — Far-right activist claimed he helped with Boris Johnson's resignation speech as foreign secretary — Play Video — New evidence suggesting close links between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump's controversial former campaign manager Steve Bannon …
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ITV, Financial Times and Politico
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Steve Bannon: ‘We went back and forth’ on the themes of Johnson's big speech
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
'That's Hell': Democrats' Debate Prep Gets Real — Often in the early evening over the last few weeks, Joe Biden's team has told reporters that the front-runner doesn't have a public campaign schedule for the next day, but that he instead “will meet with advisers.”
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Washington Post
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Charles Reich, R.I.P. — Remember Charles Reich? Probably not. But you probably do know the phrase “the greening of America.” It is Reich's coinage, the title his fruity 1970 bestseller that began life as a 39,000-word essay in The New Yorker. — I hadn't thought about Reich for years.
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Instapundit
St. Cloud Times:
Our View: Cowards will be our downfall — St. Cloud, we have a problem. And it's costing us dearly in respect, dignity and treasure. — Our problem is not refugees. — It's not even an image problem, although we most certainly have one of those. If you don't think so, Google …
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / NPR:
‘It Hurt. And It Was Against My Will’: Trump Accuser Stands By Her Story — The advice columnist who says President Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s says she is “very glad” she published her accusation, even as the president denied her story …
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Kaylee McGhee / Washington Examiner:
From Kavanaugh to Carroll, a straight line of incredulity
From Kavanaugh to Carroll, a straight line of incredulity
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RedState, Media Matters for America, The Gateway Pundit and Hullabaloo
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court set to decide major census, electoral maps cases — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, approaching the end of its current term, is due to issue rulings in the coming days in major cases including the Trump administration's bid to add a contentious citizenship question …