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The Daily Beast:
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 …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Instagram account connected to Gilroy shooter pushed staple of white supremacist internet forums
Susan Scutti / CNN:
Festival shooter Santino Legan legally purchased his rifle in Nevada. Here's what else we know about the 19-year-old
Festival shooter Santino Legan legally purchased his rifle in Nevada. Here's what else we know about the 19-year-old
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WPIX 11 New York, The Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money, KTLA, Breitbart, Law & Crime, IJR, Reuters and Splinter
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone:
The Gilroy Garlic Fest Shooter Plugged a White Power Manifesto on Instagram
The Gilroy Garlic Fest Shooter Plugged a White Power Manifesto on Instagram
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Heavy.com, CBS Chicago, Slate, The Daily Caller and Media Matters for America
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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Washington Post:
‘Looking for a reason to attack’: How Trump seized on a Fox News broadcast to go after Cummings — President Trump was already seething about Rep. Elijah E. Cummings. — He was frustrated that the oversight committee Cummings (D-Md.) chairs authorized a subpoena last week that could sweep up emails from his daughter and son-in-law.
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Baltimore Sun, Rolling Stone, Dan Froomkin's White …, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Week, Fox News, Mediaite and CBS Baltimore
Associated Press:
Analysis: Trump's political and policy guardrails fall away — WASHINGTON (AP) — An unrepentant President Donald Trump has been testing the limits of the nation's tolerance from the day he took office. Now he has cast off one of the few remaining voices trying to curtail his at times mercurial impulses.
Michael Warren / CNN:
Meadows' lackluster defense of Cummings speaks volumes
Meadows' lackluster defense of Cummings speaks volumes
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Bloomberg, Political Wire, KTLA and fox8.com
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump's race playbook: Excoriate the left and enthrall his base
Trump's race playbook: Excoriate the left and enthrall his base
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Washington Post, Vox, Spectator USA and Baltimore Sun, more at Mediagazer »
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Blue-collar white women are turning on Trump — The other day, Ron Brownstein served up a comprehensive, detailed analysis that suggested President Trump's base may be fracturing. In particular, Brownstein looked at an array of data that suggests blue-collar white women may be turning on Trump.
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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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Washington Free Beacon
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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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
Trump Pals Pushed Nuke Firm That Wanted to Undercut Protections Against a Saudi Bomb
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Secret Campaign to Export U.S. Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia
Inside the Secret Campaign to Export U.S. Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia
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Fox News, Politico, Axios and New York Times
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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David Rohde / New Yorker:
Trump's Message to U.S. Intelligence Officials: Be Loyal or Leave
Trump's Message to U.S. Intelligence Officials: Be Loyal or Leave
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Washington Post, CNN and Slate
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Intel officials worry Trump's pick for top spy will politicize the job
Intel officials worry Trump's pick for top spy will politicize the job
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Algemeiner.com, IJR and Patterico's Pontifications
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump's intelligence shake-up could be his most dangerous move yet
Trump's intelligence shake-up could be his most dangerous move yet
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The Week and New York Times
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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
2 top Dem senators give boost to impeachment effort — Patty Murray doesn't typically make waves. But the low-key senator's endorsement of an impeachment inquiry is doing exactly that in the Senate Democratic Caucus. — The No. 3 Senate Democrat threw her considerable political weight behind …
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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
College Financial-Aid Loophole: Wealthy Parents Transfer Guardianship of Their Teens to Get Aid — Education Department, universities are investigating the practice, which has been used in the Chicago area — CHICAGO—Amid an intense national furor over the fairness of college admissions …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Fact-Checking Trump's Claim He ‘Spent a Lot of Time’ With 9/11 Responders — The president repeated claims about his presence at ground zero during the signing ceremony for legislation to ensure health care funding for emergency workers who rushed to help. — WASHINGTON — President Trump walked …
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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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Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo and The Week
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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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Top DCCC staffers out after uproar over diversity — The top echelon of staffers at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee left their jobs Monday, a shakeup following a pair of POLITICO stories detailing deep unease with the party's campaign apparatus over a lack of diversity.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
DCCC in ‘complete chaos’ as uproar over diversity intensifies
DCCC in ‘complete chaos’ as uproar over diversity intensifies
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Washington Free Beacon, Townhall, Daily Wire, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Splinter, Front Page Magazine, CNSNews, The Week and National Review
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Stephen Miller wants Border Patrol, not asylum officers, to determine migrant asylum claims — Officials say Miller has long seen asylum officers as soft and believes Border Patrol agents would be tougher critics of asylum seekers. — WASHINGTON — White House adviser Stephen Miller wants …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Men Arrested for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS — John Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael Bailey, the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Michael McGarrity, Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division …
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The Gateway Pundit, Big League Politics, Front Page Magazine and The Last Refuge
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Intel Pick John Ratcliffe Started Theory of FBI Anti-Trump ‘Secret Society’ — The congressman debuted the mysterious text messages on Fox News. It became a mini-scandal before the full context became known. — Donald Trump's new pick for Director of National Intelligence played …
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 …
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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Daily Kos, VICE and The Daily Beast
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
How third-party votes sunk Clinton, what they mean for Trump — Libertarians and Greens may try to convince you that higher turnout reflects growing support for their parties. It doesn't — Republicans want an election about socialism. They likely won't get one When Trump attacks …
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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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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Law & Crime and The Daily Beast