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Associated Press:
Trump leans on issue of race in bid for a 2nd term in 2020 — NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has placed racial animus at the center of his reelection campaign, and even some of his critics believe it could deliver him a second term. — Every successful modern presidential campaign …
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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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Washington Post and Breitbart
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Trump rally has a new chant: ‘Send her back’ — President Trump is always in search of a new hook to keep his fans engaged, especially one that is likely to offend, gain attention or both. — Wednesday night, he got one when the crowd at his rally in North Carolina broke into chants of …
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Michael Crowley / New York Times:
At Rally, President Accuses Liberal Critics of Seeking the Nation's ‘Destruction’ — GREENVILLE, N.C. — President Trump road-tested his attacks on four Democratic congresswomen on Wednesday, casting them as avatars of anti-American radicalism and reiterating his call for them to leave the country …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Trump might not get about impeachment — DRIVING THE DAY — IT BARELY TOOK THE PRESIDENT ANY TIME before he said this Wednesday evening at his campaign rally in Greenville, N.C.: “I just heard that the United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly voted …
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Axios:
Shifting demographics are the biggest threat to Republicans' long-term viability — The single biggest threat to Republicans' long-term viability is demographics. — The big picture: The numbers simply do not lie. America, as a whole, and swing states, in particular, are growing more diverse, more quickly.
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Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Trump Rally Crowd Chants ‘SEND HER BACK!’ as POTUS Tears Into Ilhan Omar
Trump Rally Crowd Chants ‘SEND HER BACK!’ as POTUS Tears Into Ilhan Omar
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Washington Post and VICE
Mediaite:
Brian Kilmeade: Trump Rally ‘Send Her Back’ Chants Gave ‘MSNBC and CNN Something to Focus On’
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
After House rejects ‘stupid’ impeachment, Trump fuels rally crowd chant of ‘send her back!’ at Omar
After House rejects ‘stupid’ impeachment, Trump fuels rally crowd chant of ‘send her back!’ at Omar
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
‘Send her back!’ chant shows Trump's ugly plan to get reelected
‘Send her back!’ chant shows Trump's ugly plan to get reelected
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ABC News
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump says he's ‘not unhappy’ …
EXCLUSIVE: Trump says he's ‘not unhappy’ …
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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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Washington Post, Gizmodo, ABC News and Pacific Standard
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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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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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 …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rand Paul blocks Senate from approving 9/11 victim compensation fund
Rand Paul blocks Senate from approving 9/11 victim compensation fund
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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.
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" …
New York Times:
Puerto Ricans in Protests Say They've Had Enough — SAN JUAN, P.R. — Flags in hand, Puerto Ricans descended into the streets of San Juan on Wednesday, arriving by the thousands for several hours before the start of an enormous protest. They filled a boulevard lined with palm trees …
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Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Thousands protest at mass rally in San Juan, demanding Puerto Rico governor's resignation
Thousands protest at mass rally in San Juan, demanding Puerto Rico governor's resignation
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ABC News, Axios, Boston Globe and Rolling Stone
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Thousands of Puerto Ricans gather to demand governor's resignation
Thousands of Puerto Ricans gather to demand governor's resignation
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Associated Press
CNN:
US preparing to send hundreds of troops to Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions — Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is reinforcing its controversial military relationship with Saudi Arabia by preparing to send hundreds of troops to the country amid increasing tensions with Iran.
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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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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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The Ringer, Patterico's Pontifications and The Week
Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
Inga Saffron and Stu Bykofsky Absolutely Savaged Each Other at Stu's Farewell Party — Don't worry. There's video. — When it's your last day on the job, assuming you've worked at your job for a long time, there will probably be a toast with some sort of alcoholic beverage. You'll say a few words.
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Where Is Ivanka? — Ivanka Trump wants it both ways. — Since joining her father's White House as a senior adviser in early 2017, the first daughter has reserved the right to toggle between a strict and loose construction of her portfolio. When flashy opportunities arise …
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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 …
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Splinter
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 …
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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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Just a random group of ‘Republicans’? CNN doesn't tell the whole story about a Trump-loving panel — There's no question that the panel of women CNN interviewed about President Trump liked him a lot and don't think he's a racist, despite a congressional resolution to the contrary on Tuesday.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Democratic lawmakers accuse their own party of proposing ‘deep’ cuts to health centers for poor — Several Democratic lawmakers are accusing members of their own party of advancing a plan that would have the effect of cutting health care services for millions of Americans in poor and rural parts …
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. …
The Texas Tribune:
Houston councilwoman Amanda Edwards jumps into Democratic primary in hopes of unseating Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn — Edwards joins an increasingly crowded field vying for the Democratic nomination for one of Texas' U.S. Senate seats. The eventual nominee will face an incumbent who already has a $9 million war chest.
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Senate Republicans pray Trump will take budget deal — Congress and the White House are moving toward an ambitious budget deal, but the big question still remains: What will President Donald Trump do? — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican senators are pushing Trump …