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New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein's ‘Infinite Means’ May Be a Mirage — When federal prosecutors announced sex-trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein this week, they described him as “a man of nearly infinite means.” They argued that his vast wealth — and his two private jets — made him a flight risk.
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New York Post:
NYPD let convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein skip judge-ordered check-ins — Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein never once checked in with city cops in the eight-plus years since a Manhattan judge ordered him to do so every 90 days — and the NYPD says it's fine with that.
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The Federalist Papers and Page Six
Dánica Coto / Associated Press:
Whispers, suspicion about Epstein on Caribbean island — CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Ask about Jeffrey Epstein on St. Thomas and rooms go quiet. Some people leave. Those who share stories speak in barely audible tones. — The 66-year-old billionaire bought Little St. James Island off …
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Washington Post
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“He Was Living in Peace, Like Dr. Mengele in Paraguay”: Manhattan Media Remembers Jeffrey Epstein, the Monster Hiding in Plain Sight — Epstein was in the media mix as subject and, sometimes, as backer—he was part of a group, with Harvey Weinstein, that tried to buy New York magazine.
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RedState, The American Conservative and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Jan Ransom / New York Times:
Cyrus Vance's Office Sought Reduced Sex-Offender Status for Epstein
Cyrus Vance's Office Sought Reduced Sex-Offender Status for Epstein
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Common Dreams, Vox, Washington Monthly and Washington Post
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Records show Clinton dined with Epstein in 1995, predating public timeline
Records show Clinton dined with Epstein in 1995, predating public timeline
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Newsweek, American Thinker, WTVR-TV, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Wire, NPR, CNBC and Patterico's Pontifications
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Trump invites right-wing extremists to White House ‘social media summit’ — New York (CNN Business)Some of the right-wing media universe's biggest stars are set to descend on the White House Thursday for what has been billed as a “social media summit” and will likely become a forum …
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The Week and The Guardian
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Social Media Summit Mortifies White House, Enrages Far-Right Allies — No one who is invited to the summit has actually been banned from social platforms. — Donald Trump has invited personalities from across the right-wing internet to the White House on Thursday for a …
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Washington Post, Mother Jones and Splinter
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump expected to order citizenship question added to the census — Trump and A.G. William Barr have said they'd soon announce how the administration intends to ask the citizenship question as part of the census process. — President Donald Trump is expected to announce an executive action …
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RedState, Bloomberg and Political Wire
NBC News:
Conspiracy theorists, far-right agitators head to White House with social media in their sights
Conspiracy theorists, far-right agitators head to White House with social media in their sights
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Vox and ThinkProgress
VICE:
Trump Invites Fringe Social Media Company Popular With Nazis to the White House
Trump Invites Fringe Social Media Company Popular With Nazis to the White House
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Reuters
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Social Media Summit’: All the President's Memes
Trump's ‘Social Media Summit’: All the President's Memes
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
‘Outright disrespectful’: Four House women struggle as Pelosi isolates them — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi admonished Democrats for personally attacking one another, warning in a closed-door meeting Wednesday that the party's fracturing was jeopardizing its majority.
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Tom Elliott / Grabien News:
AOC: Pelosi Saddling Me with Work to Keep Me out of Spotlight [Updated]
AOC: Pelosi Saddling Me with Work to Keep Me out of Spotlight [Updated]
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Breitbart, BuzzFeed News, RedState, PJ Media Home, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, The Daily Caller and Instapundit
New York Times:
U.S. Prepares to Arrest Thousands of Immigrant Family Members — Nationwide raids to arrest thousands of members of undocumented families have been scheduled to begin Sunday, according to two current and one former homeland security officials, moving forward with a rapidly changing operation, the final details of which remain in flux.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Bernie Sanders to Skip Netroots Nation — Before he committed to attending, his team brought up potential concerns that a moderator might have been biased towards him. — Before confirming his attendance at this weekend's Netroots Nation conference in Philadelphia, members of Sen. Bernie Sanders …
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New York Times:
Acosta Defends Role in Brokering Epstein Plea Deal — WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta on Wednesday publicly defended his role in overseeing the prosecution of Jeffrey E. Epstein for sex crimes committed in Florida over a decade ago, bucking a growing chorus of Democratic calls for his resignation.
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Washington Post, Washington Press, JustOneMinute and Axios
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump moves into damage control mode (just like every other politician)
Trump moves into damage control mode (just like every other politician)
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Axios, New York Times and Mercury News
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Acosta Pleads His Case to TV Court
Acosta Pleads His Case to TV Court
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POLITICUSUSA, Politico and The Daily Caller
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Officer accuses general of sexual misconduct — WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior military officer has accused the Air Force general tapped to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of sexual misconduct, potentially jeopardizing his nomination.
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The Daily Beast and Axios
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Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
Sexual Assault Allegation Surfaces About Nominee for Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman
Sexual Assault Allegation Surfaces About Nominee for Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman
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Boing Boing
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump's company cancels strip-club-sponsored golf tournament at his Florida resort — President Trump's company has canceled a golf tournament that a Miami-area strip club planned to hold at his Doral, Fla., resort this weekend. — In a statement, the president's company …
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Slate, Talking Points Memo, Snopes.com, The Week, Washington Press, Shareblue Media, Press Herald, The Daily Caller and CNN
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Skyler Swisher / Sun-Sentinel:
Strip club-sponsored golf tournament at Trump's Doral resort is canceled
Strip club-sponsored golf tournament at Trump's Doral resort is canceled
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Phillip M. Bailey / Courier-Journal:
Amy McGrath: 'If President Trump has good ideas, I'll be for them' — Democrat Amy McGrath is hoping she can convince Kentuckians who voted for President Donald Trump and his pledge to “drain the swamp” that Republican Mitch McConnell is the biggest swamp-dweller in Washington.
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Phillip M. Bailey / Courier-Journal:
McGrath flip-flops on whether she would have voted to put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court
McGrath flip-flops on whether she would have voted to put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court
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ABC News, USA Today, twitchy.com and Daily Kos
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
US rescued Ilhan Omar — Like many of you, we've been watching with amazement and alarm as the leaders of the Democratic Party, day after day, attack the country they say they want to govern. — It's remarkable, and a very new development. Just a few years ago, even the most liberal Democrats …
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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Splinter and RedState
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Bill Haslam / The Tennessean:
Why I am not running for U.S. Senate in 2020 | Opinion — Bill Haslam: ‘This is a difficult decision because I have loved my time in public service and I believe so deeply in the importance of our political process.’ — To my fellow Tennesseans: — For the last several years …
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Tennessee Star
Major Garrett / CBS News:
Analysis: What's missing from the Ross Perot obituaries — The people. — That's what's missing. — Ross Perot died Tuesday of leukemia at age 89. Obituaries noted many extraordinary details about his life - that he was a self-made billionaire, champion of Vietnam veterans and POWs …
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Washington Post, Rolling Stone and BostonGlobe.com
Wall Street Journal:
State Department Analyst Resigns After White House Blocked Climate Change Testimony — A State Department intelligence analyst has resigned in protest after the White House blocked portions of his written testimony to a congressional panel to exclude data and evidence on climate change …
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Washington Post
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
‘It Could Have Been Any of Us’: Disdain for Trump Runs Among Ambassadors — WASHINGTON — Ask members of the Washington diplomatic corps about the cables that Sir Kim Darroch, the British ambassador who resigned Wednesday, wrote to London describing the dysfunction and chaos of the Trump administration …
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Claremont Institute:
2019 Lincoln Fellows — Publius Fellowship - Lincoln Fellowship - John Marshall Fellowship - Speechwriters Fellowship - Alumni Spotlights - Application Forms — Christopher Bedford is editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller News Foundation. He is also the vice chairman of Young Americans …
BBC:
Iranian boats ‘tried to intercept British tanker’ — Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf - before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said. — HMS Montrose, a British frigate escorting the tanker British Heritage …
Tim Fitzsimons / NBC News:
Trump administration's new human rights commission alarms LGBTQ advocates — The administration's Commission on Unalienable Rights is stacked with people who have a history of “fighting against LGBTQ progress,” critics say. — The Trump administration on Monday announced the formation …
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The Daily Beast, Washington Post and NB Blog