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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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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 …
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.
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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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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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Lay Out 2020 Strategy to Paint Democrats as Radicals
Republicans Lay Out 2020 Strategy to Paint Democrats as Radicals
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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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NBC News:
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
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:
House Democrats demand Hope Hicks clarify testimony after Cohen document dump
House Democrats demand Hope Hicks clarify testimony after Cohen document dump
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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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Manny Ramos / Chicago Sun-Times:
Feds detain 3 sisters at O'Hare for 12 hours; officials accused of setting trap for undocumented parents — Supporters of the family had gathered at the airport, fearing border officials were using children as bait to lure their undocumented parents. — Three girls were detained by U.S. Customs …
Vanessa Romo / NPR:
Acting Head Of Customs and Border Protection Says New Asylum Rule In ‘Pilot’ Phase
Acting Head Of Customs and Border Protection Says New Asylum Rule In ‘Pilot’ Phase
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde / Los Angeles Times:
Customs agent at Long Beach port admits selling guns illegally
Customs agent at Long Beach port admits selling guns illegally
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
It's Biden v. Harris Part 2 at next Democratic presidential debate — Former vice president Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris, who clashed at the first Democratic debate, will face off again on July 31, leaving the ideologically aligned Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts …
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
CNN sets lineups for second round of Democratic debates — CNN has determined the schedule for the second round of 2020 Democratic debates, which will take place July 30-31 in Detroit. — Details: A live, random drawing during a “special edition” of Anderson Cooper 360 kicked off the debate lineup on Thursday.
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Booker says he felt disrespected in his verbal tussle with Biden
Booker says he felt disrespected in his verbal tussle with Biden
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Labor fight roils Bernie Sanders campaign, as workers demand the $15 hourly pay the candidate has proposed for employees nationwide — Unionized campaign organizers working for Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential effort are battling with its management, arguing that the compensation and treatment …
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PJ Media Home, Patterico's Pontifications, Washington Free Beacon, Splinter and Political Wire
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Trump taps Scalia's son for Labor secretary — President Donald Trump plans to nominate Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be the next Labor secretary. — The president announced the decision on Twitter after POLITICO first reported his plans earlier Thursday.
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Nicholas Watt / BBC:
Brexit: Scheme to block no deal ‘could involve Queen’ — Senior Tories seeking to block a no-deal Brexit are examining a radical plan involving the Queen, Newsnight has learned. — Highly placed figures in the rebel group are so concerned that the next prime minister could ignore …
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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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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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 …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump's Politics of Hate Began With a “Cynical and Evil” GOP Memo — Donald Trump's outburst of nativistic racism—viscerally and putridly displayed by his “go back” tweet-attack on four congresswoman who are people of color and the subsequent and shocking (even for Trump) “send her back” …
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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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Trump officials pressing to slash refugee admissions to zero next year — The Trump administration is considering a virtual shutdown of refugee admissions next year — cutting the number to nearly zero — according to three people familiar with the plan. — During a key meeting …
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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 move to tamp down internal feud, delete tweets that sparked infighting
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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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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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