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Daily Mail:
Why I helped expose ambassador's embarrassing cables: Journalist, 19, behind Trump scoop comes forward to reveal his motivation and fears he's being targeted by security services — Lying awake at 2am last Wednesday and unable to sleep for the third night in a row, I listened as footsteps crunched …
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Bloomberg
Miami Herald:
As Trump's reliable sycophant, Rubio drags us further into the president's swamp | Editorial — Witnessing Sen. Marco Rubio's pathetic response last week to President Trump's latest racist outrages, it is impossible now to believe that Florida's senior senator was once hailed as …
Hans von der Burchard / Politico:
Two UK ministers to quit if Boris Johnson wins — U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond and U.K. Justice Secretary David Gauke announced Sunday they will resign if Boris Johnson wins the Tory party leadership contest and becomes prime minister, with Gauke warning that a no-deal Brexit would lead to national “humiliation.”
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Washington Post:
Boris Johnson, Britain's likely next prime minister, is a hack — a journalist who has reached the pinnacle of power — LONDON — Boris Johnson, the far-ahead front-runner to become Britain's prime minister this week, waved a vacuum-packed fish over his head and railed at the European Union.
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
A New Red Scare Is Reshaping Washington — WASHINGTON — In a ballroom across from the Capitol building, an unlikely group of military hawks, populist crusaders, Chinese Muslim freedom fighters and followers of the Falun Gong has been meeting to warn anyone who will listen that China poses …
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New York Times
New York Times:
Trump Employs an Old Tactic: Using Race for Gain — For the fourth season of “The Apprentice,” Donald J. Trump searched for a gimmick to bolster ratings. His idea was simple if explosive — pit an all-white team against an all-black team. — “Do you like it?” he asked …
Zak Doffman / Forbes:
Russia's Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: ‘Largest Data Breach In Its History’ — I write about security and surveillance. — Red faces in Moscow this weekend, with the news that hackers have successfully targeted FSB—Russia's Federal Security Service.
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Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Bernie Sanders Campaign Responds to $15 Minimum Wage Controversy with Better Hours for Staff — Amid a pay war within his own 2020 presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders will limit the amount of time his organizers can work to guarantee that no one is making less than $15 per hour …
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Washington Post, KTLA and The Gateway Pundit
WSB-TV:
State rep. says man told her to ‘go back where you came from’ at grocery store — COBB COUNTY, Ga. - A man accused of harassing an African American Georgia lawmaker at a Cobb County grocery store has come forward to tell Channel 2 Action News his side of the story.
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
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Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Brexit funder Arron Banks threatens Netflix over Great Hack documentary — Legal threat comes as campaigners warn UK government that courts are being used to intimidate journalists — The businessman Arron Banks and the unofficial Brexit campaign Leave.EU have issued a legal threat …
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal
Nick Schager / The Daily Beast:
Netflix Takes Aim at Facebook With ‘The Great Hack’
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Inside Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera's Secret Far-Right Politics — The Yankees legend—who will be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday—has managed to keep his political leanings hidden for decades. — Mariano Rivera, the greatest relief pitcher in baseball history …
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Breitbart
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Elizabeth Warren Has Momentum. Can She Build a Movement? — Elizabeth Warren was walking around Milwaukee a week and a half ago, listening to a community activist and a 22-year-old whose parents are undocumented immigrants. They told her the history of bilingual education …
Washington Post:
‘He always doubles down’: Inside the political crisis caused by Trump's racist tweets — President Trump's own top aides didn't think he fully understood what he had done last Sunday, when he fired off a trio of racist tweets before a trip to his golf course.
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Mediaite, Washington Monthly and Crooked Timber
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
In ‘Send Her Back’ Fallout, Trump Amplifies Praise From Right-Wing British Commentator — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday extended the debate over a chant of “send her back!” at his campaign rally in North Carolina this week when he retweeted a right-wing British commentator …
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Washington Press, Mother Jones and Rolling Stone
VICE:
The Democratic Party Is Getting Crushed in Fundraising: “They Need to Get Their Shit Together” — WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee is getting smoked by its GOP counterpart in fundraising — and some major Democrats are panicked it could hurt their chances at defeating President Trump next year.
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Fox News, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, GOP.com and Politico