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New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Shares, Then Deletes, a Tweet Questioning Kamala Harris's Race — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, shared a tweet from a far-right supporter during the Democratic debate on Thursday night that quickly ignited a question online: Was Senator Kamala Harris …
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BuzzFeed News:
A New Racist Campaign Against Kamala Harris Is Taking Shape — Not long after Sen. Kamala Harris challenged Joe Biden's record on race during part two of the first Democratic debate last night, a barrage of tweets questioned her race and US citizenship. While these claims erupted …
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The Daily Beast
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Kamala Harris was the Democrat you could imagine taking on Trump — How Harris shut down Joe Biden and transformed her candidacy, plus four other takeaways. — Sen. Kamala Harris is the closest Democrats have to a potential consensus candidate. She doesn't suffer from the enmity …
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The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Is Surging and Birtherism Is Back — The 2020 candidate is facing a play straight out of the racist birther playbook used against Barack Obama when he ran for president. — Kamala Harris broke out from the other nine Democrats onstage during the second Democratic presidential primary debate …
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Washington Post
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris's Debate Performance Should Scare Trump — Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture. Today, the fallout from the first Democratic debates. — Over this week's two nights of debates …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Dem debates spark fundraising gusher for breakout stars — The Democratic digital fundraising platform ActBlue raised $6.9 million on Thursday alone — the party's biggest day in more than two months and a sign of fresh energy coursing through 2020 campaigns after this week's debates.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Live Polling of the Debates: Good News for Harris, Warren, Biden, and Substance
Live Polling of the Debates: Good News for Harris, Warren, Biden, and Substance
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The Week
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris's takedown of Joe Biden was more lethal than it seems
Kamala Harris's takedown of Joe Biden was more lethal than it seems
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
LISTEN: Biden Supported A Constitutional Amendment To End Mandated Busing In 1975 — In 1975, one of the most divisive cultural and political issues of the time was busing, the practice of putting black and white children on buses and sending them to different schools within a school district to achieve integration.
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Above the Law, Washington Post, Breitbart, Vox and CNSNews
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Joe Biden loses support of top campaign fundraiser in Bay Area after comments on segregationists and Hyde amendment — KEY POINTS — Former Vice President Joe Biden lost a key financial supporter after his comments on working with segregationists and flip flopping on the Hyde Amendment.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden addresses one problem, but bigger ones remain
Biden addresses one problem, but bigger ones remain
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ABC News
Washington Post:
Trump plans ticketed-access area for VIPs, friends and family at July 4 celebration — Plans by President Trump to reshape Washington's Independence Day celebration now include an area in front of the Lincoln Memorial reserved for dignitaries, family and friends that will be accessible …
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Political Wire
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis signs election overhaul; civil rights groups prepare lawsuit — TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday quietly signed into law a sweeping elections overhaul that restricts the voting rights of former felons, a measure civil rights groups have already prepared to challenge in court.
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
7 Months After Florida Approved an Expansion of Voting Rights, the Governor Just Gutted It
7 Months After Florida Approved an Expansion of Voting Rights, the Governor Just Gutted It
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ACLU
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Harris, Biden face-off is highest-rated Democratic primary debate in history — New York (CNN Business)Thursday night's Democratic debate featuring Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, and eight other candidates was the highest-rated Democratic match-up in Nielsen ratings history.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ethics panel launches Gaetz investigation over Cohen tweet — The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it is investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for a February tweet in which he threatened to release embarrassing personal information about President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen.
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Emily Singer / Shareblue Media:
Matt Gaetz is afraid someone will throw pee at him
Matt Gaetz is afraid someone will throw pee at him
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Roll Call, Florida Politics and Talking Points Memo
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
In a tweet, Trump appears to invite Kim Jong Un to meet him at the Korean demilitarized zone — OSAKA, Japan — President Trump on Saturday invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet him in the Korean demilitarized zone when he visits the peninsula over the next two days …
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Dan Wetzel / Yahoo! Sports:
American Original: How Megan Rapinoe stole the show at the World Cup — PARIS — Megan Rapinoe took the pitch Friday to win for the United States, not to make a statement to its President or his supporters that had been barraging her social media accounts. — This was about the team, she said.
Ledyard King / USA Today:
Republicans start donating to Marianne Williamson to keep her in future Democratic debates — WASHINGTON — Author Marianne Williamson's quirky, love-conquers-all approach on the Democratic debate stage Thursday drew applause, ridicule and confusion. — On Friday, she was attracting donations.
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Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Take Marianne Williamson Seriously
Take Marianne Williamson Seriously
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The Democratic Candidates Are in a Bubble on Immigration — There is now a photograph that sums up everything wrong about America's broken and overwhelmed immigration system. You've seen it, and it is hard to let it leave the mind or the conscience. Together with the accounts of horrifying abuse …
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The American Conservative
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Judge blocks Trump from using billions in military funds for border wall — A federal judge on Friday issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration from tapping billions of dollars in military funds to construct a wall on the United States's southern border.
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Politico, The Gateway Pundit and Political Wire
David Brooks / New York Times:
Dems, Please Don't Drive Me Away — The dynamic pulling the party leftward. — I could never in a million years vote for Donald Trump. So my question to Democrats is: Will there be a candidate I can vote for? — According to a recent Gallup poll, 35 percent of Americans call themselves conservative …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Roberts's Rules of Misrepresentation — Chief Justice John Roberts would like the Trump administration to stop leaving a paper trail. — Conservatives were outraged Thursday when Roberts joined the Court's Democratic appointees in at least temporarily blocking the addition of a citizenship question …
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Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Kennedy: I now support Trump impeachment inquiry — EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Congressman Joe Kennedy III announced Friday he now supports opening an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, becoming one of the most high-profile House Democrats yet to break with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the charged question.
J. Breen Mitchell / WFMJ-TV:
Vindicator announces it will stop production — After more than a century, The Vindicator will permanently cease production. — According to sources, the paper's final issue will be published in mid-August. — The announcement came Friday afternoon, just days after the newspaper marked its 150th anniversary.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Breakfast Invitation Helps Rebuild a Crown Prince's Standing — OSAKA, Japan — Barely a week ago, he was in theory a marked man, fingered by the United Nations as the probable mastermind behind one of the most grisly and sensational murders of recent years.
Steve Miletich / The Seattle Times:
DOJ probe expands beyond Boeing 737 MAX, includes 787 Dreamliner — Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records from Boeing relating to the production of the 787 Dreamliner in South Carolina, where there have been allegations of shoddy work, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.
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