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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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NBC News, NBC Bay Area, Mercury News, The Daily Beast, Denver Post, Splinter and Media Matters for America
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The Daily Beast:
‘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 …
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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Associated Press and VICE
Ellyn Santiago / Heavy.com:
Santino William Legan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Santino William Legan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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ABC News, CBS San Francisco, Hot Air and Law & Crime
CBS News:
At least 4 dead, 15 wounded in shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival in San Francisco Bay area
At least 4 dead, 15 wounded in shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival in San Francisco Bay area
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NBC Bay Area, Mercury News, ThinkProgress, The National Interest, Bearing Arms, Townhall and New York Post
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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The Guardian, Breitbart, Reuters and IJR
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 — Whenever President Trump unleashes one of his racist attacks, the political world tends to go through a now-predictable cycle. We are first told Republicans think Trump's latest racist display is brilliant politics, a view often pushed by Trump himself.
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RedState, CNSNews, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and POLITICUSUSA
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump's Racism Infests the Republican Party — As his latest foray into bigotry shows, the president is feeling empowered by the lack of opposition from within the GOP. — Back in February, Representative Elijah Cummings, a black Democrat, stood up for his friend, Representative Mark Meadows, a white Republican.
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Salon, CityLab, Hullabaloo, Axios, The Daily Beast and Daily Kos
wbal.com:
The Yuripzy Morgan Show — ‘Outrageous And Inappropriate’: Hogan On President Trump's Tweets Criticizing Baltimore, Rep. Cummings — Kimi Robinette, WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5 — Gov. Larry Hogan joined C4 on-air Monday morning to discuss President Donald Trump's tweets criticizing …
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Washington Monthly, Axios, Talking Points Memo, USA Today, Politico, Fortune, PJ Media Home, New York Post and The Week
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump's Twitter Attacks Are Backfiring
Trump's Twitter Attacks Are Backfiring
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Politico, Breitbart and Common Dreams, more at Mediagazer »
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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National Review, Shareblue Media and Washington Post
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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National Review, Political Wire and Roll Call
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
DCCC in ‘complete chaos’ as uproar over diversity intensifies — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is in full-blown turmoil. — Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) was set to make an unplanned trip to Washington from her district Monday amid …
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Townhall, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Front Page Magazine, CNSNews, Splinter, The Week and National Review
Kamala Harris / Medium:
My Plan For Medicare For All — There is perhaps no more complicated or more personal issue for Americans than health care. I know this from my own personal life, caring for my mother as she battled colon cancer. And I also know it from talking to so many Americans in this campaign …
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New York Times:
Kamala Harris Sets Up Debate Showdown on Health Care With New Plan
Kamala Harris Sets Up Debate Showdown on Health Care With New Plan
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HuffPost, Splinter and twitchy.com
Rahm Emanuel / gen.medium.com:
A Memo to Our Democratic Presidential Candidates
A Memo to Our Democratic Presidential Candidates
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Axios and BizPac Review
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: NYT tackles the Biden age question
POLITICO Playbook PM: NYT tackles the Biden age question
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Fox News and Washington Post
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Kamala Harris' new health plan: ‘Medicare for All’ — with private insurers
Kamala Harris' new health plan: ‘Medicare for All’ — with private insurers
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Hot Air, New York Times, Washington Post, Axios and CNN
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Democrats' Attack Machine Revs Up Against Ratcliffe — Twenty minutes before President Trump announced Sunday afternoon on Twitter that Representative John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) would be his choice to replace Dan Coats as the director of national intelligence, the Democrats' attack machine already was in action.
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RedState, Washington Post and CNN
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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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Talking Points Memo, The Week and New York Times
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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The Daily Beast
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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No More Mister Nice Blog, Political Wire, Washington Post and Washington Times
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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VICE and The Daily Beast
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Inside Donald Trump's ‘brilliant and sinister’ merchandising operation — Brad Parscale had just boarded a Jet Blue flight earlier this month when the paper straw he was using ripped in half. — As he tried to keep his iced tea from spilling onto his suit, the annoyed Trump campaign manager tweeted …
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The Resurgent, The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, Patterico's Pontifications and twitchy.com
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘He realizes now that he screwed up’: Biden scrambles to recover from debate flop — Not long after his anemic performance in the first presidential debate, as his poll numbers began to slide, Joe Biden had conversations with nervous donors and personally assured them his campaign was on track.
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NBC News, The Daily Caller, The Week and Axios
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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.
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver:
Congressman Cleaver Calls For Impeachment Inquiry — (Kansas City, MO) - Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) called for an impeachment inquiry and released the following statement: … Emanuel Cleaver, II is the U.S. Representative for Missouri's Fifth Congressional District …
Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Warren moves to outflank Trump on trade — Elizabeth Warren released a trade plan Monday that's closer to Donald Trump's agenda than Barack Obama's. — The sweeping trade agenda, posted on Medium ahead of a town hall in Toledo, Ohio, on Monday evening, channels many of the critiques …
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Axios and Washington Post
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
Trade—On Our Terms — Last month, I released my economic …
Trade—On Our Terms — Last month, I released my economic …
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CNN, Daily Kos, UPI and The Guardian
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Democrats sound alarm on “massive” GOP Senate advantage in 2020 — In 2016, every single Senate race went to the candidate of the same party that those states voted for in the presidential election, according to a new analysis by the Democratic group One Country Project, provided exclusively to Axios.
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Texas Made An Example Out Of Crystal Mason — For Trying To Vote — She's appealing a five-year prison sentence and fighting to save her home, all so the state can prop up the myth of “voter fraud.” There are serious questions about the case against her. — RENDON, Texas ― …
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Don't get complacent. Things really are that bad under Trump. — The economy is humming. We're not at war (much). So he can't be that bad, right? — Steadfast NeverTrumpers may find it hard to believe, but I'm hearing that argument more and more lately, as people try to come to terms …
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Hullabaloo