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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 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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 …
Discussion: The Mahablog
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 …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
And Now, the Dream of a Harris-Buttigieg Ticket  —  Two new Democratic stars outshone Biden and Sanders on the debate stage.  —  The big question going into Thursday night's debate was whether Joe Biden, the clear front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, would stumble.
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: Vox, Above the Law and Washington Post
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.
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Live Polling of the Debates: Good News for Harris, Warren, Biden, and Substance
Discussion: The Week
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden addresses one problem, but bigger ones remain
Discussion: ABC News
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Harris claims Iowa momentum after first Democratic debates
Discussion: NewNowNext
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
'My Time Is Up. I'm Sorry.'
Discussion: Refinery29 and CityLab
Andrew Ujifusa / Politics K-12:
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Clash Over Busing, Segregated Schools in Democratic Debate
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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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:   Conservative organization using claims of ‘secret list’ of liberal judges to rally Republican base
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
New York Times:
Trump and Putin Share Joke About Election Meddling, Sparking New Furor  —  OSAKA, Japan — They were having a good time.  Like old friends reuniting, they warmly shook hands, smiled and chatted amiably.  And then President Trump brushed off Russia's interference in American democracy …
Discussion: New York Post and Financial Times
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Jimmy Carter says Trump wouldn't be president without help from Russia
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Jimmy Carter suggests Trump is an illegitimate president
Discussion: fox5sandiego.com
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.
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
7 Months After Florida Approved an Expansion of Voting Rights, the Governor Just Gutted It  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law on Friday denying the right to vote to anyone with a past felony conviction who owes money to the state.  Critics call it a modern-day poll tax …
Discussion: ACLU and Washington Post
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis signs election overhaul; civil rights groups prepare lawsuit
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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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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 …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Slate:
John Roberts Played This Supreme Court Term Perfectly
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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.
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Elizabeth Warren / Medium:
Revitalizing Diplomacy: A 21st Century Foreign Service  —  American security and prosperity depend on robust diplomacy.  Our diplomats are the front line of our engagement with the world.  They serve in over 270 posts worldwide, many in difficult or dangerous locations.
Discussion: Vox and Politico
Abigail Summerville / Wall Street Journal:
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes to Face Trial Next Year on Fraud Charges  —  August 2020 trial date set for former biotech entrepreneur, her top deputy  —  SAN JOSE, Calif.—Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of disgraced blood-testing startup Theranos Inc., will face trial in federal court …
Discussion: TechCrunch
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 …
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.
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
E. Jean Carroll Joked About Sex in Bergdorf's Department Store Years Before Alleged Trump Rape  —  NEW YORK — Author and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll referenced sex inside Bergdorf Goodman in a column published about two years before the timeframe in which she claimed to have been raped …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Al Jazeera
Bloomberg:
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New York Times:
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