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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
A Fascist Trump Rally In Greenville — Scholars say the rally — where Trump supporters chanted “Send her back!” about Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar — is an escalation in America's slide toward fascism. — GREENVILLE, N.C. — Mark and Nancy Dawson think Muslims should be removed from the United States.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
House Dems warn Omar in ‘imminent danger’ after Trump rally chants — House Democrats erupted in fury Thursday over President Donald Trump's attacks on freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar at his reelection rally, fearful that crowd chants of “send her back” have personally endangered her and her family.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Disavows ‘Send Her Back’ Chant as G.O.P. Frets Over Ugly Phrase — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday disavowed the “send her back” chant that broke out at his re-election rally Wednesday night when he railed against a Somali-born congresswoman, as Republicans in Congress rushed …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
‘Send her back’ a worst-case scenario for Trump — A reelection campaign dominated by incendiary chants of “send her back” is a worst-case scenario for President Trump, warn senior Republicans who are moving swiftly to douse a political prairie fire sparked by the commander-in-chief's use …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
House Republican campaign chairman says there's no place for ‘send her back’ language
House Republican campaign chairman says there's no place for ‘send her back’ language
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Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Trump falsely claims he tried to stop ‘Send her back!’ chants about Rep. Ilhan Omar
Trump falsely claims he tried to stop ‘Send her back!’ chants about Rep. Ilhan Omar
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Stop Chanting ‘Send Her Back.’ Citizenship Isn't Conditional.
Stop Chanting ‘Send Her Back.’ Citizenship Isn't Conditional.
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Trump says not happy with backers' ‘send her back’ chant
Trump says not happy with backers' ‘send her back’ chant
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USA Today:
Prosecutors weighed DOJ policy blocking indictment of a sitting president in closing Trump hush-money probe — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors' decision to end an investigation into hush money payments to women claiming affairs with Donald Trump relied at least in part …
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FBI believed Trump was closely involved in hush-money scheme, unsealed documents show — The release of the previously redacted documents came one day after the judge in the case disclosed that prosecutors had concluded their probe into Cohen's campaign finance crimes.
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Adam Klasfeld / courthousenews.com:
Michael Cohen Files Implicate Trump, Hope Hicks and David Pecker — MANHATTAN (CN) - Three years after the “Access Hollywood” tapes sent shot waves of panic through the Trump campaign and the publishers of the National Enquirer, hundreds of pages of new search warrant materials unsealed on Thursday catalogue the cover-up that ensued.
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
New Cohen documents reveal calls with Trump, National Enquirer publisher before payment
New Cohen documents reveal calls with Trump, National Enquirer publisher before payment
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Hope Hicks' testimony gets second look after Cohen document dump
Hope Hicks' testimony gets second look after Cohen document dump
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Unsealed warrants just directly implicated Trump in porn star hush money felony
Unsealed warrants just directly implicated Trump in porn star hush money felony
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Joshua Eaton / ThinkProgress:
New court docs implicate Trump in the illegal hush-money scheme that landed Cohen in jail
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's denial of knowing about the Stormy Daniels payment suffers another blow
Trump's denial of knowing about the Stormy Daniels payment suffers another blow
USA Today:
FBI tied Donald Trump and top aides to 2016 effort to silence a porn star, new court files show
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Reveal Details From Michael Cohen Investigation
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Court documents show close contact between Cohen and Trump during hush-money arrangements
Court documents show close contact between Cohen and Trump during hush-money arrangements
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Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Jake Tapper Appears to Have Taken a Break From Truth-Telling — Late this afternoon, after increasing tensions among the House Democratic caucus seemed to pause in the wake of Donald Trump's racist tweets about Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib, CNN anchor Jake Tapper had some news.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House Democrats move to tamp down internal feud, delete tweets that sparked infighting — House Democrats are moving to quiet the searing internal feud that threatened to spin out of control last week — starting with the deletion of explosive tweets that helped spark the infighting and a joint statement of unity.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
McConnell: Trump ‘on to something’ with attacks on four congresswomen
McConnell: Trump ‘on to something’ with attacks on four congresswomen
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Politico:
Trump likely to tap Scalia's son for Labor chief — President Donald Trump is likely to nominate Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be the next Labor secretary, according to three sources familiar with the plans. — The younger Scalia …
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New York Times:
Trump Plans to Nominate Eugene Scalia for Labor Secretary Job — President Trump has decided to name Eugene Scalia as his next secretary of labor, according to two people with direct knowledge of the decision, tapping the son of the former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for a position …
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Jackie Kucinich / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Contractor Allegedly Threatened to Kill Congresswoman Over Vaccine Bill — Feds charged Darryl Varnum in late June after he told a member he was ‘gonna kill your ass if you do that bill.’ — A Pentagon cybersecurity contractor has been charged with threatening to kill a member …
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Maria Ines Zamudio / WBEZ:
O'Hare Standoff: Federal Officials Detaining Three Children Of Undocumented Parents — Chicago lawyers, a representative from the Mexican Consulate and a congresswoman from Illinois have all met with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials to find out why three American citizen children are being detained at O'Hare Airport.
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Madeline Peltz / Newsweek:
I'm Paid to Watch Tucker Carlson Each Night. Don't Tell Me This Rant About Ilhan Omar Isn't Shocking | Opinion — Tucker Carlson raced to the defense of President Donald Trump and his racist tweets against “the Squad” this week, accusing the four non-white Democratic congresswomen …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
What Americans Do Now Will Define Us Forever — The conservative intelligentsia flocked to the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., this week for the National Conservatism Conference, an opportunity for people who may never have punched a time clock to declare their eternal enmity toward elites …
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A. Won't Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children's Health Problems — WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced it would not ban a widely-used pesticide associated with developmental disabilities and other health problems in children.
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
End Wall Street's Stranglehold On Our Economy — Last month, I announced my economic patriotism agenda — a commitment to fundamentally change the government's approach to the economy so we put American workers and middle-class prosperity ahead of multinational profits and Wall Street bonuses.
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Warren likens private equity to ‘vampires’ in plan targeting Wall Street ‘looting’
Warren likens private equity to ‘vampires’ in plan targeting Wall Street ‘looting’
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Hollywood stars open wallets to Buttigieg's 2020 campaign — WASHINGTON (AP) — A-list celebrities seem to be opening their hearts — or at least their wallets — to Pete Buttigieg. — The South Bend, Indiana, mayor was a virtual unknown months ago. But he used breakout town hall performances …
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Is Still Figuring This Out
Pete Buttigieg Is Still Figuring This Out
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Iran makes ‘substantial’ nuclear offer in return for US lifting sanctions — Iran has offered a deal with the US in which it would formally and permanently accept enhanced inspections of its nuclear programme, in return for the permanent lifting of US sanctions.
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Madeline Holcombe / CNN:
Gendered language like ‘manhole’ will soon be banned from Berkeley's city codes — (CNN)Soon, there will be no more manholes in the city of Berkeley, California. There will also be no chairmen, no manpower, no policemen or policewomen. — No, that doesn't mean a whole city will be without committee leaders and law enforcement.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Voters Are Not the Only Voters — They are, in fact, in the minority — so why do the media and Democratic leaders seem so obsessed with them? — The anti-Trump vote is the single largest coalition in American politics. That was true in 2016, despite Hillary Clinton's defeat in the Electoral College.
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Kyle Hopkins / Anchorage Daily News:
The Alaska village where every cop has been convicted of domestic violence — Dozens of convicted criminals have been hired as cops in Alaska communities. Often, they are the only applicants. In Stebbins, every cop has a criminal record, including the chief.
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Washington Post:
Trump says the U.S. Navy shot down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz — DUBAI — A U.S. naval ship destroyed an Iranian drone that flew too close and ignored multiple calls to stand down on Thursday, President Trump said. — The Iranian drone came within 1,000 yards of the USS Boxer …
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Vanessa Romo / NPR:
Acting Head Of Customs and Border Protection Says New Asylum Rule In ‘Pilot’ Phase — Toggle more options — Mark Morgan, acting head of Customs and Border Protection, said on Thursday the Trump administration's new asylum rule, unveiled earlier this week, is being rolled out as a small …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Dem impeachment support gains new momentum — Public support among House Democrats for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump is growing despite Speaker Nancy Pelosi's attempts to halt the effort. — More than two dozen Democrats who hadn't previously taken …
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