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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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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Most Americans call Trump's tweets targeting 4 congresswomen ‘un-American’ — WASHINGTON - A clear majority of Americans say President Trump's tweets targeting four minority congresswomen were “un-American,” according to a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll. But most Republicans say they agreed …
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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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
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'
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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Mediaite
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 and The Week
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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Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal and Daily Kos
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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POLITICUSUSA
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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New York Times:
Trump and Epstein Partied and Commented on Women in 1992 Video — WASHINGTON — President Trump has been playing down his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier under federal indictment on charges of sexually trafficking and abusing girls, but at least one night …
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PJ Media Home and Florida Politics
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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JNS.org:
Omar to introduce pro-BDS resolution in House — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said that she plans to introduce a resolution this week in support of the anti-Israel BDS movement, reported Al-Monitor on Tuesday. — “We are introducing a resolution ... to really speak about the American values …
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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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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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Townhall, Washington Free Beacon and IJR
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 — (CNN)The field is set for CNN's Democratic primary debates later this month. — The Democratic National Committee announced Wednesday that the candidates who have made the debate stage are: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet …
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Washington Post
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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The Hill, Mondoweiss and Pacific Standard
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
House votes to kill Rep. Al Green's resolution to impeach Trump
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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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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Florida Politics, Aleteia, The American Conservative and New York Post
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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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" …
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 …
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
The Nationalists Take Washington — It might have been the first-ever nationalist revolt launched from a Ritz-Carlton ballroom. This week, conservative intellectuals and politicos in Washington tucked into plated dinners and sipped from at least four varieties of seltzer at a new gathering, the National Conservatism Conference.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump and the dead end of conservative nationalism
Trump and the dead end of conservative nationalism
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Karen Zraick / New York Times:
Iowa Official, 66, Says His Love of Tupac Wasn't What Got Him Fired — Jerry Foxhoven, the former director of the state's Department of Human Services, was removed days after he sent an email celebrating the rapper to 4,300 employees. — The timing certainly seemed suspicious.
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Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Iowa Official Ousted After Bombarding Employees With Emails About Tupac Shakur
Iowa Official Ousted After Bombarding Employees With Emails About Tupac Shakur
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
‘Maybe all the rules are gone’: Bullock tries to break through in Democratic primary — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on paper has a strong case for the Democratic nomination for president: He's a twice-elected governor from a state Donald Trump won in 2016, he worked with a GOP-controlled legislature …
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
When Trump attacks, the base turns out — for both parties
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. …
Associated Press:
Microsoft reports hundreds of election-related cyber probes — Microsoft says it has detected more than 740 infiltration attempts by nation-state actors in the past year targeting U.S.-based political parties, campaigns and other democracy-focused organizations including think tanks and other nonprofits.
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
'Trump's Going to Get Re-elected, Isn't He?' — Voters have reason to worry. — I'm struck at how many people have come up to me recently and said, “Trump's going to get re-elected, isn't he?” And in each case, when I drilled down to ask why, I bumped into the Democratic presidential debates in June.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Yahoo's story on Chris Pratt's ‘white supremacist’ T-shirt did us all a disservice — U.S. media took a bold stand against racist tweets by the president of the United States this week, with much of it objectively calling Donald Trump's behavior “racist” after resisting that label in its news coverage for years.
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