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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.
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Republicans are quiet as Trump urges minority congresswomen to leave the country — A day has passed without prominent Republicans stepping forward to disagree with President Trump's notion that four minority congresswomen who have been critical of his approach to immigration enforcement should …
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Los Angeles Times:
Trump is truly America's Bigot-in-Chief — President Trump's Twitter feed is a repugnant place, and no one would want the thankless task of having to weed through all his bitter, bigoted ramblings to determine which are the most offensive. But a three-tweet thread early Sunday morning …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just denied his attacks are racist. He only confirmed the worst. — Ever since President Trump launched his candidacy by declaring Mexicans to be “rapists,” Trump's public racism has often included two additional important elements: An adamant refusal to apologize for it in the face of outrage …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Graham declines to condemn racist Trump tweets and calls Democratic congresswomen ‘a bunch of communists’ — Fox News hosts laugh off Trump's racist attacks on Dems — Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump's strongest allies on Capitol Hill …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi announces resolution condemning Trump for racist tweets — House Democrats are drafting a resolution to condemn President Donald Trump's racist tweets against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other high-profile freshman congresswomen. — “This weekend, the President went beyond …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Tiptoeing around Trump's racism is a betrayal of journalistic truth-telling
Tiptoeing around Trump's racism is a betrayal of journalistic truth-telling
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump's Tweets Prove That He Is a Raging Racist
Trump's Tweets Prove That He Is a Raging Racist
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David French / National Review:
Donald Trump's Tweets Were Malicious, and Republican Silence is Deafening
Donald Trump's Tweets Were Malicious, and Republican Silence is Deafening
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
How news outlets are dealing with the ‘moral dimension’ of covering Trump and his racist tweets
How news outlets are dealing with the ‘moral dimension’ of covering Trump and his racist tweets
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Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Ted Lieu: Trump a ‘racist ass’
Ted Lieu: Trump a ‘racist ass’
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Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Insists Trump Was Probably Just Talking About Congresswomen's Districts
GOP Rep. Insists Trump Was Probably Just Talking About Congresswomen's Districts
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Blunder of Epic Proportions
A Blunder of Epic Proportions
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Adrian Walker / BostonGlobe.com:
Ayanna Pressley brushes off Trump's tweets — but not his treatment of refugees
Ayanna Pressley brushes off Trump's tweets — but not his treatment of refugees
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Trump moves to end asylum protections for Central Americans — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in a major escalation of the president's battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
Trump to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants at US-Mexico border
Trump to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants at US-Mexico border
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Biden unveils health care plan: Affordable Care Act 2.0 — Democratic front-runner Joe Biden today unveiled a health plan that's intended to preserve the most popular parts of Obamacare — from Medicaid expansion to protections for patients with preexisting conditions …
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Sam Baker / Axios:
Joe Biden unveils his health care plan — Joe Biden rolled out a health care plan Monday whose policies and political priorities are both rooted firmly in the Affordable Care Act. — Details: The cornerstone of Biden's proposal is a new public insurance option, which would compete alongside private insurance.
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Joe Biden / Joe Biden for President:
Health Care — “When we passed the Affordable Care Act …
Health Care — “When we passed the Affordable Care Act …
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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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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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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 …
Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
The Border Patrol Hits a Breaking Point — Vice President Mike 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 …
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Tim Alberta / Vanity Fair:
“You Crossed the Rubicon...There's No Going Back”: Karl Rove, Kellyanne Conway, and the Odd Couple Marriage Between Mike Pence and Donald Trump — He didn't like Rove (Trump: “I'll win New York”; Rove: “No, you won't"). Conway had worked for “Lyin' Ted Cruz.” And Pence was a choirboy, albeit a hyper-ambitious one.
BBC:
Italy seizes ‘combat-ready’ missile in raids on far right — Anti-terrorism police in northern Italy have seized an air-to-air missile and other sophisticated weapons during raids on far-right extremist groups. — Three people were arrested - two of them near Forli airport.
Lizzie Presser / ProPublica:
The Reels Brothers Spent Eight Years in Jail for Refusing to Leave It. — 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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Barbara Bradley Hagerty / The Atlantic:
An Epidemic of Disbelief — This article is part of our project “The Presence of Justice,” which is supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Safety and Justice Challenge. — Robert Spada walked into the decrepit warehouse in Detroit and surveyed the chaos …
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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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Obama officials say Trump administration hasn't delayed new $20 bill, despite Harriet Tubman firestorm — Congressional Democrats have been hammering the Trump administration for delaying the introduction of 19th-century abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.
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 …
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Jim Galloway / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Son of Joe Lieberman contemplates a run for U.S. Senate in Georgia — So far, the dominant themes of the Democratic side of the 2020 U.S. Senate contest in Georgia has been its slow formation and leftward drift, even as Republican incumbent David Perdue rakes in boatloads of campaign cash.
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Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
How Matt Gaetz Used Daddy's Money to Become Trump's Favorite Congressman — What's the benefit of being the president's most sycophantic fanboy in Congress? If you ask the office of Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican from the Florida Panhandle, what the congressman's unquestioning defense …