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Congressman Will Hurd:
Rep. Will Hurd: It's time to serve my country in a different way — There are many reasons why I love America. I have learned over my three terms in Congress, by representing people that voted for me, didn't vote for me or didn't vote at all, that America is better than the sum of its parts.
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Politico and New York Times
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Robert Moore / Washington Post:
Texas Rep. Hurd, lone black Republican in House, won't seek reelection — Rep. Will Hurd, the lone black Republican in the House and the rare GOP lawmaker to criticize President Trump at times, will not seek reelection, he told The Washington Post. — Hurd's retirement is the third …
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Axios and Political Wire
Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: FBI document warns conspiracy theories are a new domestic terrorism threat — The FBI for the first time has identified fringe conspiracy theories as a domestic terrorist threat, according to a previously unpublicized document obtained by Yahoo News. (Read the document below.)
New York Times:
Manhattan D.A. Subpoenas Trump Organization Over Stormy Daniels Hush Money — Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, is reviving an investigation into payments made to two women during the 2016 campaign. — State prosecutors in Manhattan subpoenaed President Trump's family business …
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Axios, CNN, KTLA, The Gateway Pundit and The Week
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Subpoenaed for Documents Related to Stormy Daniels Hush Payment — Investigation relates to $130,000 payment former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen made to former adult-film star — Manhattan state prosecutors have subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents related …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Stay away from Barack’: Dems seethe over criticism of Obama — Joe Biden is fair game. Barack Obama is not. — Former Obama White House officials and allies responded in force Thursday to stress that message after several Democratic contenders criticized the former president in a debate …
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New York Times, National Journal, Washington Post and Breitbart
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David French / New York Times:
Joe Biden Is Learning That Liberals Eat Their Own
Joe Biden Is Learning That Liberals Eat Their Own
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Mother Jones and BizPac Review
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump urges rally attendees not to chant ‘send her back’; he also says Harris had ‘bad’ debate night
Trump urges rally attendees not to chant ‘send her back’; he also says Harris had ‘bad’ debate night
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Power Line
David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: After two nights, we're left with four big questions
The Trailer: After two nights, we're left with four big questions
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BuzzFeed News, Slate, Mediaite and Hullabaloo
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:
The Democrats Need to Get Their Act Together
The Democrats Need to Get Their Act Together
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Mother Jones
Ted Deutch / Sun-Sentinel:
No more debate. Impeachment inquiry is underway — Although Special Counsel Robert Mueller's testimony may not have been a summer blockbuster, it confirmed the damning conclusions of his report. The investigation revealed substantial evidence that President Trump obstructed justice.
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Washington Post, Roll Call, Axios, Orlando Sentinel, Florida Politics, Vox, The Daily Beast, Common Dreams, The Week, National Review, lohud.com and Splinter
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Majority of House Democrats now support impeachment inquiry — The impeachment dam has broken. — More than half of House Democrats say they would vote to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, a crucial threshold that backers said will require Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reconsider her steadfast opposition.
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BuzzFeed News, Sun-Sentinel, Taylor Marsh, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos, Shareblue Media and NRCC
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Support for Impeachment Inquiry Grows in the House
Support for Impeachment Inquiry Grows in the House
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Burlington County Times and Representative Nita Lowey
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Only 7 Candidates Have Qualified for the Next Democratic Debate — While 20 presidential candidates debated this past week, far fewer are assured the chance of doing so again in September. — So you made it through the second set of Democratic debates. Congratulations! Ready to talk about the next ones?
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Democrats Are Not Up To Their Historic Responsibility
Democrats Are Not Up To Their Historic Responsibility
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No More Mister Nice Blog
CBS Baltimore:
Rep. Elijah Cummings' Baltimore Home Burglarized, Police Say — BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police are investigating after the home of Rep. Elijah Cummings was broken into early Saturday morning. — The burglary occurred around 3:40 a.m. at his Baltimore home in the 2000 block of Madison Avenue.
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Talking Points Memo, Front Page Magazine, Breitbart, Political Wire, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, CNSNews, Mediaite, New York Post and The Root
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi hits back at Trump's attacks on Cummings, calls Kushner a ‘slumlord’
Pelosi hits back at Trump's attacks on Cummings, calls Kushner a ‘slumlord’
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Vanity Fair
Washington Post:
U.S. preparing to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan in initial deal with Taliban — The Trump administration is preparing to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan in exchange for concessions from the Taliban, including a cease-fire and a renunciation of al-Qaeda …
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The Independent, Political Wire, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Task & Purpose, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and The Atlantic
Washington Post:
After Trump cites Amazon concerns, Pentagon re-examines $10 billion JEDI cloud contract process — The White House has instructed newly installed Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper to re-examine the awarding of the military's massive cloud-computing contract because of concerns that the bid would go to Amazon …
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TechCrunch
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Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico:
Pentagon puts $10B contract on hold after Trump swipe at Amazon
Pentagon puts $10B contract on hold after Trump swipe at Amazon
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CNN, One America News Network, The Verge and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Bill de Blasio makes fliers wait on tarmac so he can rush to ‘The View’ — Mayor Bill de Blasio made Delta passengers wait in their seats on the tarmac at La Guardia Airport for 10 minutes Thursday after flying back from his less-than-stellar performance in the Detroit debate — so that he and his security detail could deplane first.
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Fox News, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
A Christian Satire Site Says Fact-Checkers Are Helping Facebook De-Platform Conservatives — The Babylon Bee, a self-proclaimed Christian satire site with half a million followers on Facebook, has accused fact-checking site Snopes.com of unfairly debunking some of its satirical articles as fake news.
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David French / National Review:
BuzzFeed Publishes a Misleading Story About the Babylon Bee Controversy
BuzzFeed Publishes a Misleading Story About the Babylon Bee Controversy
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RedState, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal:
Fired by Google, a Republican Engineer Hits Back: 'There's Been a Lot of Bullying' — Search giant's culture wars flame anew; a senior executive contacts law enforcement over leaks — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Kevin Cernekee was still a “Noogler”—Google's term for a new employee …
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Front Page Magazine, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Fox News, Daily Wire and NB Blog
Washington Post:
Trump's pick for national intelligence director is disengaged from committee work on Capitol Hill, officials say — President Trump's nominee to be the nation's next spy chief is regarded as a relatively disengaged member of the House Intelligence Committee and is little known across the ranks …
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Political Wire
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Reagan and Race — Was the 40th president, and a hero to many, a racist? — On Tuesday, The Atlantic published an article by Tim Naftali headed “Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation with Richard Nixon.” The subheading: “In newly unearthed audio, the then-California governor …
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Slate, Power Line and Washington Monthly
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Patti Davis / Washington Post:
The Ronald Reagan who raised me would want forgiveness for his ‘monkeys’ remark
The Ronald Reagan who raised me would want forgiveness for his ‘monkeys’ remark
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Balloon Juice, Common Dreams and The American Spectator
MSNBC:
‘Moscow Mitch’ McConnell ‘fuming’ with trolling — New pressure on the top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who blocked a series of elections security bills despite warnings from Bob Mueller and American intelligence that Russia is still at it. McConnell is furious …
Associated Press:
After ‘Send her back!’ chant, Ohio rally a test for Trump — CINCINNATI (AP) — President Donald Trump's latest rally will be a test for both candidate and crowd. — The Cincinnati gathering Thursday night will be Trump's first since his audience chanted “Send her back!” …
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Washington Post, NBC News, Politico, Mediaite, Splinter, Talking Points Memo and National Review
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Fox News:
DOJ will not prosecute Comey for leaking memos after IG referral: sources — The Justice Department has decided against prosecuting former FBI Director James Comey for leaking classified information following a referral from the department's inspector general, sources familiar with the deliberations told Fox News.
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Axios, Bookworm Room, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Resurgent, New York Post, The Hill, Townhall and Sara A. Carter
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Revealed: Johnson ally's firm secretly ran Facebook propaganda network — Sir Lynton Crosby's firm CTF has built unbranded disinformation pages for Saudi Arabia and major polluters — The lobbying firm run by Boris Johnson's close ally Sir Lynton Crosby has secretly built a network of unbranded …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook announces first takedown of influence campaign with ties to Saudi government
Facebook announces first takedown of influence campaign with ties to Saudi government
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The Daily Beast, Mashable and Fortune, more at Mediagazer »
David Brooks / New York Times:
Marianne Williamson Knows How to Beat Trump — We need an uprising of decency. — If only ... If only Donald Trump were not president, we could have an interesting debate over whether private health insurance should be illegal. If only Trump were not president, we could have an interesting debate …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Stars Go After Tomi Lahren for Sexist Jab at Kamala Harris — “Do you have any idea how damaging this is to women who've actually been sexually harassed, assaulted or demeaned in the workplace?” one of Lahren's Fox co-workers tweeted at her. — Several of Tomi Lahren's Fox News colleagues …
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Media Matters for America, twitchy.com, The Wrap, Mediaite and The Root
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Fox News Women Condemn Lahren For Suggesting Harris Slept Her ‘Way To The Top’
Fox News Women Condemn Lahren For Suggesting Harris Slept Her ‘Way To The Top’
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Washington Press, Deadline, Hullabaloo, BizPac Review, Shareblue Media and TVNewser
WNYW-TV:
Man says he was beaten in NYC for wearing MAGA hat — NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - A New York City art gallery owner says he was viciously beaten in Manhattan by a large group of teens for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat. — Jahangir “John” Turan, 42, says it happened Tuesday evening on Canal Street.
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New York Post, CBS New York, Breitbart, PJ Media Home, The Gateway Pundit, Law & Crime, WPIX 11 New York and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Families Go Deep in Debt to Stay in the Middle Class — Wages stalled but costs haven't, so people increasingly rent or finance what their parents might have owned outright — The American middle class is falling deeper into debt to maintain a middle-class lifestyle.
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
Three NRA board members resign in latest sign of upheaval at gun rights group — Three National Rifle Association board members who have raised concerns about reports of reckless spending and mismanagement by the group's leadership resigned Thursday, another sign of mounting dissent within the nation's most powerful gun-rights group.
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Talking Points Memo