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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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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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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 …
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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Steven Shepard / Politico:
House Republican campaign chairman says there's no place for ‘send her back’ language — The chairman of House Republicans' campaign arm on Thursday criticized the “send her back” chant that animated the crowd at Donald Trump's Wednesday night rally and added a dimension to the president's attacks on four Democratic freshman women.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump disavows ‘send her back’ chant from his rally — President Donald Trump claimed Thursday he “was not happy” with the crowd at his campaign rally in North Carolina the previous evening for chanting “send her home,” after he had goaded the audience with a fiery attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
McConnell: Trump ‘on to something’ with attacks on four congresswomen — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Donald Trump is “on to something” with his inflammatory attacks against four congresswomen, attempting to frame the president's racist rhetoric as rooted …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Trump Disavows ‘Send Her Back’ Chant, Claims He Tried to Stop It: ‘I Was Not Happy’
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Axios
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Senate Republicans pray Trump will take budget deal
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Associated Press, The Daily Caller and One America News Network
Axios:
Shifting demographics are the biggest threat to Republicans' long-term viability
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Washington Post:
Trump says he disagrees with ‘send her back’ …
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Political Wire, Refinery29, Outside the Beltway, ImmigrationProf Blog and The Root
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Trump might not get about impeachment
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New York Times, Jerusalem Post and Jewish Insider
Noa Landau / Haaretz:
Democratic U.S. Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are planning a visit to Israel …
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JNS.org, Jewish Insider and Fox News
Daily Mail:
Flirting with fascism: This was the most sickening moment of your presidency, Mr Trump …
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Washington Times
CNN:
‘Squad’ drama frustrating some House Democrats
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Send Her Back! Send Her Back! — In recent days …
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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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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
New Cohen documents reveal calls with Trump, National Enquirer publisher before payment — President Donald Trump and his campaign may have had prior knowledge of a deal to silence Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress who allegedly engaged in an extra-marital affair with the then-presidential candidate …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Reveal Details From Michael Cohen Investigation — Manhattan federal prosecutors provided their most detailed account to date of President Trump's involvement in a hush-payment scheme arranged by his lawyer, Michael Cohen, in the weeks before the 2016 election …
Adam Klasfeld / courthousenews.com:
Michael Cohen Files Implicate Trump, Hope Hicks and David Pecker
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Trump directly involved in talks that led to Stormy Daniels payment, FBI says
Ursula Perano / Axios:
FBI believed Trump was in contact with Cohen, Hope Hicks over hush money payments
Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
Cohen Called Trump and Hope Hicks During Stormy Daniels Deal, According to FBI Documents
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Boing Boing
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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Boing Boing
Miami Herald:
Leaked documents show Jeffrey Epstein kept funds offshore. Can the money even be tracked? — Jeffrey Epstein's attorneys, hoping to persuade a judge to release the accused sexual predator on bail while awaiting trial, submitted a bare bones accounting of his financing this week.
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Wall Street Journal:
Judge Denies Jeffrey Epstein's Bail Request
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The Daily Caller and Boing Boing
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Judge to decide whether Jeffrey Epstein can be released from jail
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Vox, Vanity Fair and Hullabaloo
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
House approves bill raising minimum wage to $15 per hour — The House on Thursday approved legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025 in a 231-199 mostly party-line vote. — The legislation represented a compromise between liberal and centrist Democrats who had debated how large …
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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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CNN:
Elizabeth Warren's new plan targets Wall Street and private equity ‘vampires’ — Elizabeth Warren: Giant corporations need to be called out — (CNN)Elizabeth Warren pivoted her presidential campaign on Thursday to the issue that made the Massachusetts senator a hero of the progressive left long …
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
End Wall Street's Stranglehold On Our Economy
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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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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Scaramucci disinvited from Florida GOP fundraiser for bashing Trump's ‘racially charged’ attacks — The Palm Beach County GOP disinvited Anthony Scaramucci from addressing its annual fundraising event after the short-lived White House communications director criticized President Trump's …
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Wall Street Journal:
Epstein Scandal Brings Legal Titans to Blows — Four-year battle between David Boies, Alan Dershowitz turns uglier following financier's arrest — The arrest of Jeffrey Epstein is escalating a long-simmering fight between two of the nation's best-known lawyers, Alan Dershowitz and David Boies.
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Grindr Had Dreams To Make The World Better For Queer People. Then A Chinese Gaming Company Bought It. — Over the last 18 months, Grindr has faced a federal investigation, layoffs, mismanagement, and internal turmoil. Now the popular gay dating and hookup app is looking for a new owner.
Quartz:
William Barr's donations to Senate Republicans spiked just before they confirmed him as attorney general — In between stints as US attorney general for George HW Bush in the early 90s and now for Donald Trump, while making millions as an executive at Verizon and a lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis …
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Mt. Vernon Has 2 Mayors, and Its Police Commissioner Was Just Arrested — Things are really not O.K. in this New York suburb. — MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — On one side of City Hall, Richard Thomas, the former and possibly still-current mayor of Mount Vernon was in his office on Tuesday, the door guarded by two police officers.
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.
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Billy Penn
Agence France-Presse:
‘You had the Nobel Prize?’ Trump learns of Yazidi activist Murad — Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared unfamiliar with the work and cause of Nobel laureate Nadia Murad as she pleaded with him to help the Yazidis of Iraq. — Murad, one of thousands of women …
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