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A.C. Thompson / ProPublica:
Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
AOC screamed at Border Patrol agents in ‘threatening manner’ during tour: Witnesses
AOC screamed at Border Patrol agents in ‘threatening manner’ during tour: Witnesses
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Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed News:
Immigrant Women Held In Border Patrol Custody Say They Were Told To Drink Water From Toilets
Immigrant Women Held In Border Patrol Custody Say They Were Told To Drink Water From Toilets
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NBC News:
DHS warned in May of border station conditions so bad agents feared riots
DHS warned in May of border station conditions so bad agents feared riots
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
CBP launches investigation into private Facebook group mocking lawmakers as they blast immigrant treatment
CBP launches investigation into private Facebook group mocking lawmakers as they blast immigrant treatment
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Townhall, Roll Call and The Gateway Pundit
Bob Ortega / CNN:
Doctor says Border Patrol often misses early signs of illness in migrant children
Doctor says Border Patrol often misses early signs of illness in migrant children
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New York Times:
Trump Says Tanks Will Be on Display in Washington for July 4 — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that the Pentagon would put military tanks on display on Thursday in Washington as part of his plans to turn the annual Fourth of July celebration in the nation's capital into a salute to the country's military prowess.
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Washington Post:
Trump asks for military tanks on the Mall as part of grandiose July Fourth event — National Park Service acting director P. Daniel Smith faces plenty of looming priorities this summer, from an $11 billion backlog in maintenance needs to natural disasters like the recent wildfire damage to Big Bend Park.
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HuffPost:
RNC Giving Out Tickets To Trump's Hijacked Fourth Of July Celebration — What had been a nonpolitical, nonpartisan celebration on the National Mall will now likely be a multimillion-dollar, taxpayer-financed political rally, critics worry. — WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris and Warren rise and Biden slides after first Democratic debates — Harris confronts Biden over busing, school desegregation — WASHINGTON (CNN)Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren have made steep gains after the first Democratic presidential debate …
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris Looked Like Winners At The First Debates: Poll
Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris Looked Like Winners At The First Debates: Poll
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Harris allies see sexism and desperation in Biden camp backlash
Harris allies see sexism and desperation in Biden camp backlash
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Wall Street Journal:
Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes — Sneaker maker pulls Independence Day-themed shoe after NFL star raised concerns about its symbolism — Nike Inc. is yanking a U.S.A.-themed sneaker featuring an early American flag after former NFL star-turned …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Stephanie Grisham, Trump's New Press Secretary, Literally Pushes for Press Access — WASHINGTON — Stephanie Grisham, the new White House press secretary, returned from the Demilitarized Zone with a bruise on her arm after physically pushing North Korean officials to clear a way for American journalists …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Ivanka Trump Tests Her Diplomatic Chops and Riles a Legion of Critics — Set against a tense, eerie silence in the landmine-riddled mountains separating South and North Korea, the Demilitarized Zone may be the highest-stakes negotiation site on earth. It's not the sort of place for mistakes.
The Daily Beast:
Ivanka's North Korea Photobombs Perplex White House Officials
Ivanka's North Korea Photobombs Perplex White House Officials
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The National Interest
Alison Rourke / The Guardian:
Unwantedivanka: awkward moment at G20 prompts slew of Trump parodies
Unwantedivanka: awkward moment at G20 prompts slew of Trump parodies
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
UnwantedIvanka trends after Ivanka Trump's G-20 appearance
UnwantedIvanka trends after Ivanka Trump's G-20 appearance
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
New study shows Russian propaganda may really have helped Trump — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies have long insisted that Russian's 2016 propaganda campaign on social media had no impact on the presidential election. — A new statistical analysis says it may well have.
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Joe Uchill / Axios:
Study suggests Russian social media trolls had impact on 2016 election
Study suggests Russian social media trolls had impact on 2016 election
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Center for American Progress Puts ThinkProgress Up for Sale — News site launched during the Bush years is running millions of dollars short. Its parent think tank says it will consider the editorial leanings of prospective owners. — ThinkProgress, the flagship news site of the Democratic …
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Adam Entous / New Yorker:
Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father's Campaign? — Joe Biden's son is under scrutiny for his business dealings and tumultuous personal life. — In today's political culture, people running for President may announce their candidacy on the steps of their home-town city hall or on …
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Ruth Brown / Page Six:
Hunter Biden started dating brother's widow right after crack binge
Hunter Biden started dating brother's widow right after crack binge
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Michelle Kosinski / CNN:
Exclusive: Democrats investigating whistleblower claims Pompeo's security picked up Chinese food and his dog — Washington (CNN)Democrats on a key House congressional committee are investigating allegations from a whistleblower within the State Department about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
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Associated Press:
Iran breaches uranium stockpile limit set by nuclear deal — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, international inspectors and Tehran said Monday, marking its first major departure …
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John J. Mearsheimer / New York Times:
Iran Is Rushing to Build a Nuclear Weapon — and Trump Can't Stop It
Iran Is Rushing to Build a Nuclear Weapon — and Trump Can't Stop It
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The New York Review of Books:
An Open Letter to the Director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum — Omer Bartov, Doris Bergen, Andrea Orzoff, Timothy Snyder, and Anika Walke, et al. — On June 17, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, posted an Instagram live video discussing the detention camps along …
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Paul Gattis / al.com:
Roy Moore ‘likely failed’ polygraph test, Corfman says — Roy Moore “likely failed” a December 2017 polygraph he took in an effort to clear his name from accusations made against him by women during the Senate race that year, according to a lawsuit filing Monday.
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Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Harvard's appointment of former Gov. Rick Snyder sparks social media backlash — LANSING — News that Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government has named former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder a senior research fellow has sparked a social media backlash. — Many have expressed outrage …
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Trump's House allies lie in wait for Mueller — Democrats have been dying to hear directly from special counsel Robert Mueller for months, but they're not alone. President Donald Trump's GOP allies in Congress are salivating at the chance to bruise Mueller's reputation and cast doubt on the integrity of his work.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The new GOP attacks on Mueller will backfire on Trump — bigly
The new GOP attacks on Mueller will backfire on Trump — bigly
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Vets To Give Out Thousands Of USS John McCain Shirts At Trump's July 4 Event — “It's really a way to honor a family that ... has shown that the country is bigger than any one individual,” said Peter Kauffmann of VoteVets. — WASHINGTON ― Irked by President Donald Trump's plan to hold …
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The Guardian
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Hickenlooper finance director flees to Beto — The national finance director for John Hickenlooper's presidential campaign is departing and joining rival Beto O'Rourke's effort, O'Rourke's campaign told POLITICO on Monday. — The aide, Dan Sorenson, is leaving the former two-term Colorado governor …
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats In No Hurry To Get Trump's Tax Returns — We're six months into Democratic control of the House, and they still haven't sued over the president's secret tax returns. — WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump is the first president in 40 years not to disclose his personal income tax returns …
Todd Bensman / CIS.org:
The Next Influx: The Entire World's Poor and Dispossessed — Tens of Thousands of “Exotics” and “Extra-Continentals” from around the Globe Moving Through Panama — Like the proverbial “bulge in the belly of the snake,” unusually high numbers of non-Latino migrants, obviously not from Central America …
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Patrick Redford / Deadspin:
Another Dead Cyclist In The City — Around 9:30 a.m. on June 24 in Manhattan, cyclist Robyn Hightman rounded the corner from 23rd Street onto Sixth Avenue, where they were struck by a large white delivery truck and thrown off their bike into the middle of the street.
Matt Bors / Medium:
The Future of The Nib, Again — It was reported Friday that First Look Media made the decision to end funding for The Nib along with shuttering the web magazine Topic.com at the end of July. That is true and something that I've been dealing with the results of for a few weeks now.
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New York Times:
Mercedes Schlapp Leaving White House Press Office to Join Trump Campaign — Mercedes Schlapp, the White House director of strategic communications, announced on Monday that she would leave her West Wing post to join President Trump's re-election campaign, the latest move in a shuffle of the White House press shop.