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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump says he's ‘not unhappy’ with racism fight's result because ‘the race card’ is ‘the only thing they have’ now, telling DailyMail.com his back-and-forth with Pelosi was ‘one of the all-time classics’ — In a brief phone call, the president said he's ‘not unhappy’ with the result …
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Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: 'I'm a person of color. I'm white.' — Republican Rep. Mike Kelly (Pa.) on Tuesday weighed in on criticism of President Trump's tweets targeting four minority congresswomen, saying that he is a person of color because he is white. — “You know, they talk about people of color.
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Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Trump Rally Crowd Chants ‘SEND HER BACK!’ as POTUS Tears Into Ilhan Omar — The audience at a Trump rally in North Carolina chanted “send her back” as President Donald Trump railed against freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Wednesday. — The chant came during a lengthy screed during …
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Washington Post and VICE
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Most Americans call Trump's tweets targeting 4 congresswomen ‘un-American’
Poll: Most Americans call Trump's tweets targeting 4 congresswomen ‘un-American’
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Donald Trump's race-baiting strategy to secure second term
Donald Trump's race-baiting strategy to secure second term
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Amanda Becker / Reuters:
Ocasio-Cortez, Pelosi to meet and discuss working relationship
Ocasio-Cortez, Pelosi to meet and discuss working relationship
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The Daily Caller
Nick Givas / Fox News:
Ben Carson defends Trump amid feud with House Dems: 'He's not a racist'
Ben Carson defends Trump amid feud with House Dems: 'He's not a racist'
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RedState and Daily Wire
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Trump attacks on ‘The Squad’ drives wedge between campaign and critical voters
Trump attacks on ‘The Squad’ drives wedge between campaign and critical voters
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Washington Post, The Federalist Papers, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Week and Breitbart
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Eric Trump: ‘95 percent’ of Americans agree with my father
Eric Trump: ‘95 percent’ of Americans agree with my father
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rand Paul blocks Senate from approving 9/11 victim compensation fund — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday blocked an attempt by Democrats to pass an extension of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) tried to win the Senate's consent to approve …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jon Stewart Eviscerates Rand Paul for Blocking 9/11 Victim Funding: 'It's an Abomination' — The former ‘Daily Show’ host told Fox News that Paul was trying to “balance the budget on the backs of the 9/11 first responder community.” — One month ago, former Daily Show host Jon Stewart went …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Two Republican senators emerge as opponents to 9/11 victims bill
Two Republican senators emerge as opponents to 9/11 victims bill
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Trump Rally Crowd Launches Into ‘Send Her Back’ Chant Over Ilhan Omar — We now have a new gross Trump rally crowd chant to replace “Lock Her Up!” — We now have a new gross Trump rally crowd chant to replace “Lock Her Up!” — During President Trump's Wednesday night rally in Greenville …
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Wall Street Journal:
‘Send Her Back’: New Chant Erupts at Trump Rally
‘Send Her Back’: New Chant Erupts at Trump Rally
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ABC News, Washington Post and Latino Rebels
JNS.org:
Omar to introduce pro-BDS resolution in House
Omar to introduce pro-BDS resolution in House
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twitchy.com, Mondoweiss, The College Fix, Geller Report News, Washington Free Beacon and Daily Wire
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Reminder: Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib questioned the loyalty of Americans who support Israel
Reminder: Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib questioned the loyalty of Americans who support Israel
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Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, Townhall and CBS News
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Omar to Introduce Resolution Declaring Support for Anti-Israel BDS Movement
Omar to Introduce Resolution Declaring Support for Anti-Israel BDS Movement
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Washington Examiner, Al-Monitor, Common Dreams, Townhall and IJR
Washington Post:
Behind the scenes the night Trump partied at Mar-a-Lago with Jeffrey Epstein and NFL cheerleaders — Donald Trump was coming off a bruising few years: His casino and real estate business had teetered on the edge of collapse, awash in debt. His marriage to Ivana Trump had disintegrated …
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Jack Bohrer / NBC News:
Tape shows Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein discussing women at 1992 party — The November 1992 tape in the NBC archives shows Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein more than a decade before Epstein pleaded guilty to felony prostitution charges in Florida. — Inside a 1992 party with Trump, Jeffrey Epstein
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Holds Barr and Ross in Contempt Over Census Dispute — WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday evening to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress for their refusal to turn over key documents related to the Trump administration's attempt …
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NBC News:
House votes to hold AG Barr and Commerce chief Ross in criminal contempt over census
House votes to hold AG Barr and Commerce chief Ross in criminal contempt over census
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Fox News, Shareblue Media, The Week and electionlawblog.org
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Why Democrats' oversight machine is moving so slowly against Trump
Why Democrats' oversight machine is moving so slowly against Trump
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair and Daily Kos
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House holds William Barr, Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
House Votes to Hold Ross, Barr in Contempt Over Citizenship Question on Census
House Votes to Hold Ross, Barr in Contempt Over Citizenship Question on Census
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Washington Post and POLITICUSUSA
Mark Preston / CNN:
How to watch CNN's live debate drawing — (CNN)The candidate lineups for the upcoming Democratic presidential debates in Detroit will be decided by a live, random draw Thursday night during a special edition of Anderson Cooper 360 at 8 p.m. ET on CNN. — The CNN debate brings …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Here are the 2020 Democratic candidates who qualify for CNN's debate
Here are the 2020 Democratic candidates who qualify for CNN's debate
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New York Times:
House Votes to Kill Trump Impeachment Resolution — WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday killed an attempt to impeach President Trump for statements that the chamber condemned this week as racist, turning aside an accusation that he had brought “ridicule, disgrace and disrepute” to his office.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Moderate Democrats are getting skittish about confronting Trump's racism. Seriously?
Moderate Democrats are getting skittish about confronting Trump's racism. Seriously?
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Splinter, American Greatness, Pacific Standard and Mondoweiss
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
When Trump attacks, the base turns out — for both parties
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“IT'S GOING TO BE STAGGERING, THE AMOUNT OF NAMES”: AS THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE GROWS MORE GROTESQUE, MANHATTAN AND DC BRACE FOR IMPACT — The disgraced financier “collected people,” said a source. Could some of them be implicated in his crimes? Meanwhile, Alan Dershowitz ("He's a bad person" …
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
DNC warns 2020 campaigns not to use FaceApp ‘developed by Russians’ — Washington (CNN)The Democratic National Committee sent a security alert to 2020 presidential campaigns Wednesday afternoon warning them not to use the popular smartphone application FaceApp, CNN has learned.
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Rand Paul angles to become Trump's emissary to Iran — Over a round of golf this past weekend, Sen. Rand Paul asked President Donald Trump's blessing for a sensitive diplomatic mission. — Paul proposed sitting down with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to extend a fresh olive branch …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump's better deal with Iran looks a lot like Obama's
Trump's better deal with Iran looks a lot like Obama's
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Megh Wright / Vulture:
The Garbage Man Speaks — ClickHole, a sister site of the Onion that parodies the internet's most clickbaity content, launched in June 2014, but it arguably wasn't until later that year that the site dropped its first timeless classic. This was a post so widely shared that New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump and the dead end of conservative nationalism — A conference on “national conservatism” barely mentioned Trump — but gave voice to Trumpism. — President Trump's vicious attacks on four House Democrats this week — telling four American women of color to “go back” to their own countries …
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
The Nationalists Take Washington
Erica Orden / CNN:
Feds end investigation into Trump Org and hush money payments — New York (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York have ended their investigation into the Trump Organization's role in hush money payments made to women who alleged affairs with President Donald Trump and have been ordered by a judge …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Feds' probe into Trump hush money payments is over, judge says
Feds' probe into Trump hush money payments is over, judge says
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Axios, New York Times, NB Blog, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved. — A baffling alert. A race to the wrong building. Notre-Dame still stands only because firefighters decided to risk everything, a New York Times reconstruction has found.
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The American Conservative, Florida Politics, New York Post and Aleteia
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Gizmodo Media Staff Enraged at New CEO's ‘Insane’ Direction — High-level staffers at the company that now owns ex-Gawker sites like Jezebel and Deadspin complain their new leader is destroying a famously freewheeling culture. — Leaning on editors to be nice to advertisers.
New York Times:
A Border Kept Him From His Daughter. Now He's Here to Say Goodbye. — Heydi Gámez Garcia, a 13-year-old from Honduras, waited for her father to join her in the United States. But he was repeatedly stopped at the border. — He came too late. — BRENTWOOD, N.Y. …
Washington Post:
Border official in Clint accused of harassing mother of 12-year-old migrant who was in custody — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent allegedly sought out an undocumented Guatemalan woman living in California, sent her Facebook messages and asked her to watch a live video of him masturbating …
Talia Lavin / GQ:
When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield — In recent weeks, some Republicans have raised the specter of anti-Semitism as a convenient distraction from detention camps and racist tropes. And the Jews are tired of it. — There's a meme I've seen go around a thousand times …