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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
AOC screamed at Border Patrol agents in ‘threatening manner’ during tour: Witnesses — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., screamed at federal law enforcement agents “in a threatening manner” during a visit to a Border Patrol facility in El Paso, Texas, and refused to tour the facility …
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
‘It Feels Like a Jail’: Lawmakers Criticize Migrant Holding Sites on Border — CLINT, Tex. — Women held in rooms without running water, sleeping bags set up on concrete and children left apart from their families: That was what Democratic lawmakers said they heard about on Monday as they toured two Texas border facilities.
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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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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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Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Holocaust survivor says Ocasio-Cortez should be ‘removed’ …
Holocaust survivor says Ocasio-Cortez should be ‘removed’ …
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Karoli Kuns / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Reps Say Border Patrol Ordered Migrants To Drink Out Of Toilets
Reps Say Border Patrol Ordered Migrants To Drink Out Of Toilets
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
More Than 140 Holocaust, Genocide Experts Think Ocasio-Cortez Should Be Allowed to Call Migrant …
More Than 140 Holocaust, Genocide Experts Think Ocasio-Cortez Should Be Allowed to Call Migrant …
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Democrats decry ‘inhumane conditions’ at migrant detention camps
Democrats decry ‘inhumane conditions’ at migrant detention camps
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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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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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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 …
Washington Post:
Trump's Fourth of July plans just keep getting worse — THIS PAGE in recent weeks has been graced with letters from readers recounting their memories of gathering on the Mall and watching the fireworks on the Fourth of July. Claire O'Dwyer Randall remembered her father driving her family …
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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 …
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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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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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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Moderate Democrats Should Worry About Their Own 2020 Candidates, Not the Left's
Moderate Democrats Should Worry About Their Own 2020 Candidates, Not the Left's
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The Daily Beast:
Ivanka's North Korea Photobombs Perplex White House Officials — Multiple officials in Washington were caught off guard by the news that Ivanka Trump had found her way into a conversation about nuclear weapons between her father and Kim Jong Un. — When Donald Trump and his advisors crossed …
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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 …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump Officials Are Split Over Approach to North Korea Talks
Trump Officials Are Split Over Approach to North Korea Talks
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran — President Donald Trump may have tired of the men he once called ‘my generals,’ but one retired military leader still has his ear on key foreign policy matters. — As President Donald Trump wrestled on the evening of June 20 …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Welcome Humiliation of John Bolton
The Welcome Humiliation of John Bolton
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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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Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
‘We all suffer’: why San Francisco techies hate the city they transformed — San Franciscans have long complained that tech workers ruined their city, driving up rents and homelessness and eliminating diversity. Now even the tech workers agree — Cities is supported by — About this content
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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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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump looking ‘very strongly’ at delaying census — President Trump said Monday he's looking “very strongly” at delaying the 2020 census if the administration is not allowed to add a citizenship question, an unprecedented move that would surely trigger new legal challenges.
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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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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
American Pride Hits New Low; Few Proud of Political System — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, their pride in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since Gallup's first measurement in 2001. While 70% of U.S. adults overall say they are proud to be Americans …
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Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Far-Right Extremists Wanted Blood In Portland's Streets. Once Again, They Got It. — It's not a surprise a conservative writer was bloodied in a street brawl in Portland ― far-right extremists have been freely hosting skirmishes there for years. — A conservative writer was injured …
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Chantal Da Silva / Newsweek:
Lawyers Who Visited Detained Migrant Children Say Border Officials Barred Them From Seeing the Sickest Kids, Who Were Held Separately — A group of lawyers that shone a light on “appalling” conditions at U.S. detention centers where migrant children were being held say border officials barred …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Record advertising wave heading for swing states in 2020 — Advertising Analytics, a political ad-tracking firm, projects a total of $6 billion in TV and digital video advertising in 2019 and 2020. — Spending on political advertising is projected to smash all-time records in 2020 …
Politico:
Spies fear a consulting firm helped hobble U.S. intelligence — Insiders say a multi-million dollar McKinsey-fueled overhaul of the country's intelligence community has left it less effective. — America's vast spying apparatus was built around a Cold War world of dead drops and double agents.
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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New York Times:
To Evade Sanctions on Iran, Ships Vanish in Plain Sight — A week ago, a small tanker ship approached the Persian Gulf after a 19-day voyage from China. The captain, as required by international rules, reported the ship's position, course, speed and another key detail: It was riding high in the water, meaning it was probably empty.
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.