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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Trump Says It's Not Free Speech to ‘Write Bad’ About ‘Something Good’: That's ‘Dangerous Speech’  —  President Donald Trump had a lot to say at the White House Social Media Summit on Thursday, including offering his take on what does and does not constitute free speech.
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Sebastian Gorka at the center of Rose Garden ruckus following Trump event  —  WASHINGTON — It was an unusual spectacle, even by the unconventional standards of the Trump administration.  After President Trump invited a group of right-wing and fringe media figures to the White House for a …
Discussion: VICE
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
Uncle Trump Wants You!  (To Join His Troll Army)  —  The White House meme summit was a circus.  But you shouldn't dismiss it.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.  —  On Thursday afternoon, just as the titans of the pro-Trump internet gathered at the White House to commiserate …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:   ‘Like a rocket’: Trump revels in his love-hate relationship with Twitter
Miami Herald:
New victims come forward as Epstein asks to be released from jail to his Manhattan mansion  —  At least a dozen new victims have come forward to claim they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein even as the multimillionaire money manager tries to convince a federal judge to allow him to await …
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Laura Bassett / GQ:
When Does America Reckon with the Gravity of Donald Trump's Alleged Rapes?  —  In light of the new legal scrutiny of Jeffrey Epstein, it's time to re-examine all the sexual misconduct allegations against the president.  —  For more than a decade, it's been no secret that multimillionaire …
Discussion: Page Six and Instapundit
David Montgomery / Washington Post:
AOC's Chief of Change  —  Saikat Chakrabarti isn't just running her office.  He's guiding a movement.  —  On a Wednesday morning in late May, emissaries of two of the strongest political voices on climate change convened at a coffee shop a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Democratic lawmaker unloads on Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff for ‘using the race card’  —  Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) unloaded on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday for “using the race card” after Ocasio-Cortez accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of being racially insensitive.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Biden, Warren top 2020 Democratic field  —  Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders round out the top four candidates in the first NBC/WSJ post-debate poll.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., lead the Democratic presidential field …
Discussion: The Week and Bloomberg
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden holds commanding lead among South Carolina Democrats  —  South Carolina Democratic primary voters, more than half of whom are expected to be African American, say former Vice President Joe Biden is the best candidate to handle racial issues.
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
CBS News:   Biden answer's Trump's “America first” with his own foreign policy plan
NBC New York:
R. Kelly Arrested on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges: Law Enforcement Officials  —  The 52-year-old was arrested by NYPD detectives and Homeland Security Investigators on sex trafficking charges  —  Singer R. Kelly has been arrested in Chicago on federal sex crime charges, according two law enforcement sources.
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump, ‘not backing down’ in effort to count citizens amid census fight, announces executive order  —  President Trump, speaking at the White House on Thursday, announced that he would “immediately” issue an executive order to get an accurate count of non-citizens and citizens in the United States …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:   Trump Has Backed Down On Adding A Citizenship Question To The 2020 Census
New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Seek Citizenship Information From Existing Federal Records, Not the Census
John T. Bennett / Roll Call:   Trump drops census effort, announces new plan to ‘count’ noncitizens
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Fox News Host Tyrus Sent Lewd Text Messages To Colleague: ‘Pull Your Boobs Out’  —  Fox News split up Tyrus and his former Fox Nation co-host, Britt McHenry, after he sent her the messages.  But he still works at the network.  —  Tyrus, a Fox News contributor and a host on the network's digital channel …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Alabama senator says Trump opposed to Sessions Senate bid  —  President Trump is not on board with a potential Senate bid by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, according to Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.).  —  Shelby told The Hill on Thursday that he has discussed a potential Sessions candidacy …
KRON4.com:
ICE raids have already begun in Bay Area, immigration attorneys say  —  CONTRA COSTA COUNTY (KRON) — While the focus is on upcoming weekend ICE raids, immigration attorneys in the Bay Area say those raids have already begun.  —  A group of Bay Area immigration attorneys entered federal ICE offices …
John Solomon / The Hill:
Democrats' opposition research got exposed — this time, not by the Russians  —  When the Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee in summer 2016, one of the crown jewels obtained by Vladimir Putin's team was the party's opposition research files on then-GOP candidate Donald Trump.
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
The ‘Billy Graham rule’ doesn't honor your wife.  It demeans her — and all women.  —  It's charitable to first assume our fellow humans are acting in good faith, so let's first assume that Robert Foster genuinely believes he is the hero of this story.  Let's assume that when the Mississippi …
Cassandra Sweetman / KFOR-TV:
Logan Co. man allegedly driving stolen vehicle filled with uranium, a rattlesnake, and Kentucky Deluxe  —  GUTHRIE, Okla. - Two people were arrested after a traffic stop of a stolen car revealed the two had a rattlesnake, radioactive uranium, and an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe.
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
‘A real barn-burner’: Potential Senate showdown looms in Wyoming  —  Former Rep. Cynthia Lummis announced a bid for Senate in Wyoming Thursday, becoming the first Republican to jump into the race and setting up a potential clash with her successor in the House, Rep. Liz Cheney.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
‘You are asking my client to lie’: Flynn lawyers fought with prosecutor  —  During a tense exchange last month, Michael Flynn's new legal team accused a federal prosecutor of trying to coerce the former Trump national security adviser to lie under oath, new court documents revealed on Thursday.
Kevin Collier / CNN:
As Feds struggle, states create their own anti-election propaganda programs  —  New York (CNN)As the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, individual states are ramping up education efforts to counter the threat posed by foreign disinformation campaigns to US elections.
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Weinstein's Legal Team Falls Apart Again: 'He's Impossible to Work With'  —  Lawyer Jose Baez, who once represented Casey Anthony, was granted permission to withdraw from the disgraced movie mogul's sexual-assault case.  —  Harvey Weinstein's legal “dream team” for his much-anticipated …
Discussion: The Week and CityNews Toronto
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
TV Ignores Conservative Authors of No. 1 Book In The Country, While Putting Liberal Author of No. 3,421 Book On Major Tour  — Author E. Jean Carroll claimed President Donald Trump raped her as part of a book launch, and the national TV shows put her the air non-stop.
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Primary challenge to Amy McGrath's bid to take down McConnell ‘might be helpful,’ Dem lawmaker says  —  Donna Brazile on Mitch McConnell's Democratic challenger: Amy McGrath must tell voters what she stands for  —  The knives are out for Amy McGrath.  —  Rep. John Yarmuth …
 
 
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Jack Crowe / National Review:
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Washington Post:
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Kosovo, the global far right, and the threat to liberalism
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Joe Biden's Senate records could answer questions about his past actions — but they're being kept secret
Grace Panetta / Business Insider:
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan said he wanted to ‘scold’ …
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Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg:
Attorney General Barr Won't Oversee Probe of Boeing's 737 Max
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Dan Hassler-Forest / Washington Post:
‘The Lion King’ is a fascistic story. No remake can change that.
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Chris Arnold / NPR:
Broken Promises: Teachers Sue U.S. Over Student Loans That Weren't Forgiven
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S. allies hold breakfast for departing British ambassador — and ‘the message is clear’
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Jason Zinoman / New York Times:
Dave Chappelle on Broadway: The Joke Is Getting Old
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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