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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Fans the Flames of a Racial Fire — WASHINGTON — President Trump woke up on Sunday morning, gazed out at the nation he leads, saw the dry kindling of race relations and decided to throw a match on it. It was not the first time, nor is it likely to be the last.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
A tough time to be a Trump supporter — Conservatives who reluctantly support President Trump often try to pretend the daily outrage didn't happen, but yesterday's “go back” tweets were like his “both sides” comment on Charlottesville — a transgression that won't instantly fade, and can't be laughed off.
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NBC News:
Trump weighs ousting Commerce chief Wilbur Ross after census defeat — Some White House officials expect the Cabinet secretary, who has known the president for years, to depart as soon as this summer. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has told aides and allies that he is considering …
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Talking Points Memo and The Week
New York Times:
Trump Tells Freshman Congresswomen to ‘Go Back’ to the Countries They Came From — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Sunday that a group of four minority congresswomen feuding with Speaker Nancy Pelosi should “go back” to the countries they came from rather than “loudly and viciously telling …
Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is a Racist. If You Still Support Him, So Are You. — The president keeps baring his ass, and the people talking about his clothing as he does are part of the problem. — The president is a racist, in his words and his actions. — Before you go clutching your pearls and extolling the virtues of …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump's Tweets Prove That He Is a Raging Racist — It is undeniably true that America's president opposes diversity. — Donald Trump keeps trying to convince any disbelieving holdouts that he is a raging racist. At least, that's how I imagine his motives.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Blunder of Epic Proportions — Regular readers know that I am a fan of President Trump, and more often than not, a fan of his use of social media. But today he committed the worst unforced error of his presidency, one that we will hear about from the Democrats from now until November 2020.
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Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Donald Trump told U.S.-born congressional Reps. to ‘go back’ to their home countries. Florida's response?
Donald Trump told U.S.-born congressional Reps. to ‘go back’ to their home countries. Florida's response?
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Bonchie / RedState:
As Democrats Fight a Civil War, Trump Strips Naked and Runs Onto the Battlefield
As Democrats Fight a Civil War, Trump Strips Naked and Runs Onto the Battlefield
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Fox News, The Resurgent and Instapundit
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Biden unveils health plan, sharpening fight among Democrats — Joe Biden unveiled a proposal Monday to expand the Affordable Care Act with an optional public health insurance program, escalating a fierce debate with his Democratic rivals who favor a more sweeping Medicare-for-all system.
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Sam Baker / Axios:
The GOP isn't worried about its Affordable Care Act lawsuit
The GOP isn't worried about its Affordable Care Act lawsuit
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Averi Harper / ABC News:
Former Vice President Joe Biden rolls out expanded Affordable Care Act health plan
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Joe Biden Decides He Doesn't Need to Stay Above the Fray After All
Joe Biden Decides He Doesn't Need to Stay Above the Fray After All
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Common Dreams
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Democrats debate how far left is too far left as they prepare to take on Trump
Democrats debate how far left is too far left as they prepare to take on Trump
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Politico
New York Post:
The Post says: de Blasio must be removed as mayor — The lights went out on Broadway Saturday night, and Bill de Blasio was a thousand miles away in Iowa. It was the moment that perfectly captured his distracted, ego-driven failure of a mayoralty. — Bill de Blasio does not care about New York City.
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Beto O'Rourke / Medium:
Rose and Eliza — I was recently given documents showing that both Amy and I are descended from people who owned slaves. Along with other possessions listed in their property log were two human beings, Rose and Eliza. — A paternal great-great-great grandfather of mine, Andrew Cowan Jasper, owned these two women in the 1850s.
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Washington Post:
‘His own fiefdom’: Mulvaney builds ‘an empire for the right wing’ as Trump's chief of staff — Mick Mulvaney's battles with Alexander Acosta began almost immediately. — Weeks after he was named acting White House chief of staff, Mulvaney summoned the labor secretary for a tense January encounter …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Huge Turnout Is Expected in 2020. So Which Party Would Benefit? — Democrats typically gain from a broader electorate in presidential races, but that pattern is not assured in the Trump era. — The 2020 presidential election is poised to have the highest turnout in a century …
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Sanders campaign: Media ‘find Bernie annoying, discount his seriousness’ — If Bernie Sanders' team had its way, every reporter covering the Vermont senator would put out a tweet disclosing their unvarnished, personal feelings about the candidate. — It's not going to happen …
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Political Wire
Barbara Bradley Hagerty / The Atlantic:
An Epidemic of Disbelief — Robert Spada walked into the decrepit warehouse in Detroit and surveyed the chaos: Thousands of cardboard boxes and large plastic bags were piled haphazardly throughout the cavernous space. The air inside was hot and musty. Spada, an assistant prosecutor …
Dina Nayeri / Slate:
Why They Fear Ilhan Omar — Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson don't think she's dangerous. They hate that she's full of potential. — On Wednesday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson attacked Congresswoman Ilhan Omar for her ingratitude. “After everything America has done for Omar and for her family …
Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Former Gov. Scott Walker to take the helm of conservative group, says he won't run for office in 2022 — Former Gov. Scott Walker has accepted a full-time position running a national conservative youth organization based in northern Virginia. — Walker said the move rules out a run …
Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
The Border Patrol Hits a Breaking Point — Vice President Pence's Friday visit to a Border Patrol detention facility in Texas didn't go according to plan. Meant to pressure Democrats to address the migrant crisis at the southern border, the visit instead appeared to horrify those who accompanied Pence …
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Reuters:
Trump may face more court battles over giving citizenship data to states — (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's order that all federal agencies provide citizenship data to the Commerce Department could open a new legal front over whether states can redraw their voting maps based on citizenship status.
Kaly Soto / New York Times:
Have You Been Told to ‘Go Back’ to Your Country Even Though You Are American? Tell Us About It. — Have you been told to “go back” to your country even though you're American? Tell us about it. — The Dictator Is Gone. But Will the Revolution Succeed?
Wall Street Journal:
Manufacturers Move Supply Chains Out of China — Tariff costs prompt executives to shift production to other countries; 'Once you move, you don't go back' — U.S. manufacturers are shifting production to countries outside of China as trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies stretch into a second year.
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New York Times:
How Joe Biden Became the Democrats' Anti-Busing Crusader — With a school desegregation lawsuit roiling Delaware in the 1970s, Mr. Biden led an effort in the Senate to end court-ordered busing. — NEWPORT, Del. — In July 1974, with a federal court in Delaware on the verge of ordering busing …