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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How to think about today's Mueller extravaganza — DRIVING THE DAY — THERE'S NO WAY to adequately encapsulate the gravity of today's pair of hearings with ROBERT MUELLER. They're absolutely huge politically, substantively and optically.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mueller scrambles hearing by tapping top deputy as counsel — Robert Mueller's top deputy will appear alongside him for his highly anticipated testimony on Wednesday, according to congressional aides familiar with the preparations, a last-minute curveball that came despite the Justice Department's demand …
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Taylor Marsh, Vanity Fair, Breitbart, Reuters, RedState, VICE and The Week
New York Times:
Fireworks, Maybe, but Will Mueller Hearing Be a Turning Point? — WASHINGTON — After all the swearing at, finally comes the swearing in. When Robert S. Mueller III takes the oath on Wednesday morning in the wood-paneled Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building …
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Outside the Beltway
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Key Aide Will Appear Alongside Mueller During Hearings
Key Aide Will Appear Alongside Mueller During Hearings
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Inquirer.com, Slate, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Vox, The Week, The National Interest, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
‘A lack of urgency’: Democrats frustrated as House investigators struggle to unearth major revelations about Trump
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Trump blasts decision to let counsel accompany Mueller to testimony: ‘VERY UNFAIR’
Trump blasts decision to let counsel accompany Mueller to testimony: ‘VERY UNFAIR’
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PJ Media Home, Townhall and Breitbart
Washington Post:
The administration's last-minute attempt to bully Mueller is offensive
The administration's last-minute attempt to bully Mueller is offensive
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Vox and The Guardian
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Mueller Makes Last-Minute Request Ahead Of Testimony, And Republicans Aren't Happy About It
Mueller Makes Last-Minute Request Ahead Of Testimony, And Republicans Aren't Happy About It
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New York Times, UPI, CNN, Associated Press and RedState
Chase Madar / BuzzFeed News:
Ilhan Omar's Anti-Semitism Is Becoming A Load-Bearing Myth For American Politics — When House Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments about the Israel lobby took over the news cycle earlier this year, they struck some as innocuously accurate, others as impolitic, while for others they were outrageous and inflammatory.
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Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
The House Voted To Condemn The Boycott Israel Movement Over Protests From Reps. Ilhan Omar And Rashida Tlaib — The measure to formally condemn the BDS movement passed the House overwhelmingly Tuesday night. “Dissent is how we nurture democracy,” Tlaib said. — Reporting From — Washington, DC
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CNN, Breitbart, JNS.org, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Townhall
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
House condemns Israel boycott over liberal objections
House condemns Israel boycott over liberal objections
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Common Dreams
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Tlaib: BDS Movement Against Israel Like American Boycott of Nazi Germany
Tlaib: BDS Movement Against Israel Like American Boycott of Nazi Germany
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The Daily Caller, Townhall and Daily Wire
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
While bemoaning Mueller probe, Trump falsely says the Constitution gives him ‘the right to do whatever I want’ — President Trump believes the Constitution gives him a wide breadth of power. That's the message he delivered ― not for the first time — on Tuesday while addressing a crowd …
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Axios, Washington Press, ThinkProgress, The Week and The Independent
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Democrats worry Mueller will be a ‘snooze fest,’ while Trump claims falsely he can ‘do whatever I want’ — Good morning and welcome to Mueller day! A reader sent us a delicious cocktail recipe for when it's over. Thanks for waking up with us. — YAWN: Democrats …
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Political Wire
Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
How Americans view Mueller and impeachment, in five charts
How Americans view Mueller and impeachment, in five charts
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Politico and Pew Research Center
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Justice Ginsburg: ‘I Am Very Much Alive’ — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in an interview Tuesday that she does not favor proposals put forth by some Democratic presidential candidates who have advocated changing the number of Supreme Court justices if the Democrats win the presidency.
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Talking Points Memo and Politico
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Former Justice John Paul Stevens traveled to Portugal at age 99, Ginsburg reveals at his funeral
Former Justice John Paul Stevens traveled to Portugal at age 99, Ginsburg reveals at his funeral
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The Week
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Business Insider:
Joe Biden says he didn't think anyone thought Trump ‘would be as bad as he is’ during the 2016 presidential election — Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview that he didn't believe anyone thought during the 2016 presidential election that President Trump would be as divisive as he turned out to be.
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Breitbart
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Joe Biden for President:
Justice - Joe Biden for President — The Biden Plan for Strengthening America's Commitment to Justice Equality, equity, justice - these ideas form the American creed. We have never lived up to it and we haven't always gotten it right, but we've never stopped trying.
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New Republic, Breitbart, Townhall, Pacific Standard, New York Post, courthousenews.com, Politico, Vox, CBS Philly, Wall Street Journal, Reason, National Review, CNN, The Week, UPI, The Daily Caller and Washington Post
Michael Steinberger / New York Times:
Joe Biden Wants to Take America Back to a Time Before Trump
Joe Biden Wants to Take America Back to a Time Before Trump
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Breitbart, IJR, Fox News and Washington Free Beacon
New York Times:
Neil Armstrong's Death, and a Stormy, Secret $6 Million Settlement — When Neil Armstrong died in a Cincinnati hospital two weeks after undergoing heart surgery in 2012, his family released a touching tribute addressing the astronaut's millions of admirers around the globe.
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New York Post and Fox News
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
ICE releases US citizen, 18, wrongfully detained near border — HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S.-born 18-year-old was released from immigration custody Tuesday after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks. — Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pearsall, Texas, on Tuesday.
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The Week, Axios, Washington Monthly, VICE and Splinter
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
We Jailed An American Citizen for Having Brown Skin
We Jailed An American Citizen for Having Brown Skin
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Common Dreams, Slate, Law & Crime, Heavy.com and The Week
Obed Manuel / Dallas Morning News:
Francisco Galicia, U.S. citizen held by CBP, ICE for three weeks, has been released
Francisco Galicia, U.S. citizen held by CBP, ICE for three weeks, has been released
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ImmigrationProf Blog, The Texas Tribune, Fox News, Pacific Standard and TheBlaze
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
An American Citizen Is Released From Immigration Custody After Nearly a Month
An American Citizen Is Released From Immigration Custody After Nearly a Month
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Dallas Morning News, fox8.com, Talking Points Memo and Splinter
Kera Bolonik / The Cut:
The Most Gullible Man in Cambridge A Harvard Law professor who teaches a class on judgment wouldn't seem like an obvious mark, would he? — It was just supposed to have been a quick Saturday-morning errand to buy picture hooks. On March 7, 2015, Harvard Law professor Bruce Hay, then 52 …
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New York Times
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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Bonfire Of The Trannities
John Solomon / The Hill:
Robert Mueller soon may be exposed as the ‘magician of omission’ on Russia — While most of the political world focused its attention elsewhere, special prosecutor John Durham's team quietly reached out this summer to a lawyer representing European academic Joseph Mifsud …
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Politico, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump sues House Ways and Means panel to block disclosure of his tax returns — KEY POINTS — President Trump filed a lawsuit against the House Ways and Means Committee, the New York state's attorney general and tax chief to block the disclosure of years of his tax returns.
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The Gateway Pundit, Law & Crime, VICE and Pirate's Cove
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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies — Inquiry signals Barr's deep interest in tech sector, poses threat to companies such as Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is opening a broad antitrust review …
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Bloomberg Law:
Sanders White House Campaign Hit with Federal Labor Complaint — Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign has been hit with an unfair labor practice complaint alleging illegal employee interrogation and retaliation against staffers. — The July 19 complaint …
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Toby Young / Quillette:
Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man: A Profile of Boris Johnson — I first set eyes on Boris Johnson in the autumn of 1983 when we went up to Oxford at the same time. I knew who he was since my uncle Christopher was an ex-boyfriend of his mother's and he had told me to keep an eye out for him …
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BBC, Washington Post, New York Times and fox13now.com
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
This GOP Challenger to Ilhan Omar ‘100%’ Stands with QAnon — Danielle Stella, a Republican candidate seeking to unseat Rep. Ilhan Omar from the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020, firmly supports the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to someone identifying themselves as communications volunteer …
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Splinter and Talking Points Memo
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Anna Bauman / Detroit Free Press:
Dearborn burger franchise founded in Israel delays opening after backlash, threats — A franchisee has delayed the scheduled opening of his Burgerim restaurant in Dearborn amid backlash from the Arab-American community over the popular burger company's Israeli roots.
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JNS.org, Washington Free Beacon and Mercury News
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News:
The Man Who Built The Retweet: “We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds” — Developer Chris Wetherell built Twitter's retweet button. And he regrets what he did to this day. — “We might have just handed a 4-year-old a loaded weapon,” Wetherell recalled thinking as he watched the first Twitter mob use the tool he created.
CBS News:
Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children could be detained indefinitely — An unprecedented number of unaccompanied migrant children are at risk of spending the rest of their childhoods in federal custody, CBS News learned in an exclusive interview with the head of the Office of Refugee Resettlement …
Elizabeth Spiers / New Republic:
Beyond Pelosi — Every time I see Nancy Pelosi patiently spell out the higher political wisdom of refraining from impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, I think of Alan Greenspan. That's obviously not because the speaker of the House and the famously tight-lipped former Fed chair …