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Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting Suspect Posted About Far-Right Book Moments Before Shooting — Santino Legan allegedly told an eyewitness he was “really angry” and ranted in white supremacist fashion on Instagram from the event. — The gunman who murdered three people at a food festival …
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‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Tries to Sell Interviews With Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting Survivors — After the mass shooting, he advertised his new app that would somehow let people set a price for their stories—and give him a 20 percent cut. — As police in Gilroy, California …
New York Times:
Gilroy Festival Shooting in California Kills at Least 3 — At least three people were killed and 12 more were injured in a shooting at a garlic festival in Gilroy, Calif., on Sunday, the authorities said. — A suspect carrying an assault-style rifle was fatally shot by the Gilroy police …
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Ellyn Santiago / Heavy.com:
Santino William Legan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know — Santino William Legan has been identified as the 19-year-old suspect accused of killing three people and wounding several others in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, according to CBS News.
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Rolling Stone, Talking Points Memo, CBS San Francisco, ABC News, Media Matters for America and Law & Crime
Washington Post:
House Republicans plan yearly retreat in Baltimore despite Trump's attacks — President Trump on Saturday called Baltimore a “very dangerous & filthy place” and suggested that Democratic politicians, including Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, had made the city all but uninhabitable.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's new racist tweetstorm is actually a sign of weakness
Trump's new racist tweetstorm is actually a sign of weakness
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Blue-collar white women are turning on Trump
Blue-collar white women are turning on Trump
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump's Racism Infests the Republican Party
Trump's Racism Infests the Republican Party
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CNN, Washington Examiner, Dan Froomkin's White …, CityLab, Salon, Hullabaloo and The Daily Beast
A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Republicans Can Defend Elijah Cummings Any Time Now
Republicans Can Defend Elijah Cummings Any Time Now
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CNN, Shareblue Media and Wall Street Journal
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump's Twitter Attacks Are Backfiring
Trump's Twitter Attacks Are Backfiring
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Breitbart, Politico, Daily Kos and Common Dreams
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Trump aide submitted drafts of 2016 ‘America First’ energy speech to UAE for edits, emails show — When candidate Donald Trump prepared to give a major energy speech during the 2016 campaign, one of his closest advisers provided a pre-speech review to senior United Arab Emirates officials …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump Pals Pushed Nuke Firm That Wanted to Undercut Protections Against a Saudi Bomb — Two of Trump's most trusted confidants pushed hard for a company looking to take away the guardrails preventing Saudi Arabia from becoming a nuclear power. — Two of President Trump's closest advisers pushed hard …
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Mad Dog PAC:
Dear John (RATcliff) - I have a few questions about your Financial Disclosures — OFFICE of the — DIRECTOR of NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE — “Our mission is to lead intelligence integration and forge an intelligence community that delivers the most insightful intelligence possible”
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Intelligence chief pick Ratcliffe made his name during the Trump inquiries by backing the president
Intelligence chief pick Ratcliffe made his name during the Trump inquiries by backing the president
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Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Democrats' Attack Machine Revs Up Against Ratcliffe
Democrats' Attack Machine Revs Up Against Ratcliffe
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QU Poll:
Release Detail — July 29, 2019 - Biden Bounces Back As Harris Slumps Among U.S. Dems, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 54 Percent Of All U.S. Voters Say Never Trump — Former Vice President Joseph Biden reverses his slump following the first Democratic presidential debate …
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“You Know Where She Stands”: Is Elizabeth Warren the One?
“You Know Where She Stands”: Is Elizabeth Warren the One?
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Top DCCC staffer out amid diversity uproar — The executive director of the House Democrats' campaign arm is stepping down amid an outcry from Democratic lawmakers over the lack of diversity in the committee's senior ranks. — Executive Director Allison Jaslow, a close confidante …
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Rahm Emanuel / gen.medium.com:
A Memo to Our Democratic Presidential Candidates — Don't make Detroit's debates a repeat of Miami — rimary debates are about two things. First, candidates need to distinguish themselves from the rest of the field — something some of you did more successfully than others in Miami.
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Kamala Harris / Medium:
My Plan For Medicare For All — There is perhaps no more complicated …
My Plan For Medicare For All — There is perhaps no more complicated …
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Release Climate ‘Equity’ Plan
Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Release Climate ‘Equity’ Plan
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
You'll never believe what Donald Trump just said about 9/11 — (CNN)Donald Trump has always had a bit of Walter Mitty in him. But on Monday morning, in a speech to first responders and others impacted by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, he took his fantastical memory of himself to new and not-at-all-appropriate heights.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Fact-Checking Trump's Claim He ‘Spent a Lot of Time’ With 9/11 Responders
Fact-Checking Trump's Claim He ‘Spent a Lot of Time’ With 9/11 Responders
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Washington Post
Connie Bruck / New Yorker:
Alan Dershowitz, Devil's Advocate — The noted lawyer's long, controversial career—and the accusations against him. — “A lie is a lie is a lie,” Whoopi Goldberg said. It was May 2nd, and she was on the set of “The View,” the daytime talk show that she co-hosts.
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Congressman José E. Serrano:
Congressman Serrano Statement In Support of Impeachment Inquiry — The Bronx - Today, Congressman Jose E. Serrano released the following statement in support of opening an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump: — “After much deliberation, I have reached the conclusion that the House …
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Is Sally Quinn an Aristocrat? Let's Ask Sally Quinn — Despite not completely miserable DC-area weather, a segment of journalism Twitter users spent part of their weekends debating whether Sally Quinn is an aristocrat. How did we get here? It involves Maureen Dowd, Howard Fineman …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
McConnell lashes out at media, Democrats over “Moscow Mitch” label — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the Senate floor Monday to angrily defend himself against allegations that he is doing the bidding of Russian President Vladimir Putin by blocking a series of election security bills proposed by Democrats.
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Inside Trump's 'Apprentice'-worthy showdown with airline CEOs — Exclusive: The president rebuffed U.S. airlines and trade adviser Peter Navarro in a tense Oval Office meeting. — WASHINGTON — The three largest U.S. airlines presumed that President Donald Trump would take their side in a ferocious …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Trump Strain in American History — White supremacy has its own peculiar logic, to which the president is peculiarly attuned. — President Trump has done nothing for his white working-class voters. His signature tax cut was a giveaway to powerful business interests and wealthy heirs.
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ProPublica:
Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid — First, parents turn over guardianship of their teenagers to a friend or relative. Then the student declares financial independence to qualify for tuition aid and scholarships.
VICE:
Michigan's White, Blue-Collar Voters Helped Give Trump the White House. Will They Turn on Him in 2020? — WARREN, Michigan — Ryan Hartung has worked at General Motors' Warren transmission plant for 13 years, a short stretch compared to his dad and many others who put in decades at the plant.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Mnuchin says Pelosi has privately committed to a USMCA vote by October — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has been telling colleagues that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has privately assured him she would allow a vote on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by October …
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