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Axios:
Exclusive: Massive leak of Trump transition vetting documents shows “red flags” for top officials — Nearly 100 internal Trump transition vetting documents leaked to “Axios on HBO” identify a host of “red flags” about officials who went on to get some of the most powerful jobs in the U.S. government.
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Political Wire, Splinter, The Daily Beast, Task & Purpose, Hullabaloo and Mediaite
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes: How Trump's team staffed the U.S. government
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Black residents of South Bend unload on Mayor Pete Buttigieg … A town hall featuring Mayor Pete Buttigieg broke into near chaos Sunday afternoon as the Democratic presidential candidate tried to respond to community anger over a white police officer's killing of a black man.
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Power Line and Mother Jones
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New York Times:
At Town Hall, Pete Buttigieg Confronts Tensions Around South Bend Shooting — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — It has been one of the biggest challenges for Pete Buttigieg since he began his improbable presidential campaign in January: Could the Harvard-educated mayor of South Bend …
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, twitchy.com and Mediaite
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Trump warns Iran of 'obliteration like you've never seen before' — President Donald Trump warned the United States may launch a devastating military attack on Iran unless it comes to the negotiating table and drops its bid to develop nuclear weapons. — “I'm not looking for war …
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RedState, One America News Network and Axios
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Chuck Todd / NBC News:
President Trump's full, unedited interview with Meet the Press
President Trump's full, unedited interview with Meet the Press
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The Daily Caller, Media Matters for America, New York Post, Fox News, Mediaite and Slate
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Blowhard on the Brink — WASHINGTON — As shocking as it is to write …
Blowhard on the Brink — WASHINGTON — As shocking as it is to write …
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The Atlantic, Washington Post and New York Post
Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox:
After cancelling a retaliatory strike on Iran, Trump warns: “If they do something else, it'll be double”
After cancelling a retaliatory strike on Iran, Trump warns: “If they do something else, it'll be double”
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Breitbart, New York Post and NPR
Ravelry:
New Policy: Do Not Post In Support of Trump or his Administration — We are banning support of Donald Trump and his administration on Ravelry. — This includes support in the form of forum posts, projects, patterns, profiles, and all other content. Note that your project data will never be deleted.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
House Oversight to subpoena Kellyanne Conway over Hatch Act violations — The House Oversight Committee will vote on Wednesday to subpoena White House counselor Kellyanne Conway for testimony connected to her violations of the Hatch Act. — Context: The Hatch Act bars federal employees …
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Politico, The Gateway Pundit and Political Wire
Jesselyn Cook / HuffPost:
Here's What It's Like To See Yourself In A Deepfake Porn Video — There's almost nothing you can do to get a fake sex tape of yourself taken offline. — On a busy workday in March, 28-year-old Kate felt an urgent tap on her shoulder. Her colleague wanted to show her a video …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
America's Finest Economists Have Been Needlessly Undermining Growth, Study Confirms — For much of the past decade, America's foremost economic thinkers have been struggling to resolve two “mysteries”: — 1. Why was the prime-age labor-force participation rate (i.e. …
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Dozens of documents indicate Ilhan Omar lived with Ahmed Hirsi while claiming to be married to Ahmed Elmi — MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Dozens of official documents suggest that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was living with her current husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, throughout her entire legal marriage …
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The Daily Caller, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Daily Wire and twitchy.com
Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
Agriculture Department buries studies showing dangers of climate change — The Trump administration has refused to publicize dozens of government-funded studies that carry warnings about the effects of climate change, defying a longstanding practice of touting such findings by the Agriculture Department's acclaimed in-house scientists.
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Political Wire
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.
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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Splinter, Slate and Mother Jones
Serena Marshall / ABC News:
Doctor compares conditions at immigrant holding centers to ‘torture facilities’ — From sleeping on concrete floors with the lights on 24 hours a day to no access to soap or basic hygiene, migrant children in at least two U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities face conditions …
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Houston Chronicle
Wall Street Journal:
New York Landlords in a Financial Bind From New Rent Law — Curb on market-rate conversions pressures the value of rent-stabilized apartment — Property investors have spent billions of dollars on apartment buildings for what has been one of the most reliably profitable bets in New York City real estate …
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Splinter
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
A White House visit for Raptors is a ‘hard no,’ Danny Green says — For the first time in Donald Trump's presidency, the NBA has a champion other than the Golden State Warriors, but don't expect the Toronto Raptors' position on visiting the White House during this administration to be much different from that of the Warriors.
New York Times:
Biden, in Interview with Sharpton, Tries to Defuse Criticism of Remarks on Segregationists — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Saturday sought to tamp down anger over his praise for the bygone civility of a Senate that included notorious segregationists, stopping just short of an apology …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans move to revolutionize fundraising for 2020 — Republicans are set to launch a long-awaited, much-delayed online fundraising platform on Monday, a move aimed at closing Democrats' massive small-donor money advantage ahead of the 2020 election. — WinRed is being billed …
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Japanese internment camp survivors protest Ft. Sill migrant detention center … With the Trump administration planning to move 1,400 migrant children to this fortified Army post later this summer, a small group of Japanese American World War II internment camp survivors came to the gates Saturday to make their opposition known.
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ImmigrationProf Blog and The Week
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Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
Phase 2 of Trump's American autocracy has arrived, and it's as bad as your worst fears — Do you smell something? That's the stench of freedom dying, and it's coming from America's southern border, where refugee children seeking U.S. asylum as they flee murder, rape and degrading conditions …
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
‘Urgent needs from head to toe’: This clinic had two days to fix a lifetime of needs — CLEVELAND, TENN. — They were told to arrive early if they wanted to see a doctor, so Lisa and Stevie Crider left their apartment in rural Tennessee almost 24 hours before the temporary medical clinic was scheduled to open.
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Former Rep. Joe Sestak becomes 25th Democrat to enter White House race — Former Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., became the latest Democrat to challenge President Trump's seat in the Oval Office when he declared on Sunday he's running for president. — Sestak, a retired Navy admiral …
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Hayley Miller / HuffPost:
Joe Sestak Becomes Latest Democrat To Announce 2020 Presidential Run
Joe Sestak Becomes Latest Democrat To Announce 2020 Presidential Run
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Inquirer.com and Splinter