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Release Detail — August 6, 2019 - Warren Up, Harris Down, But Biden Leads Among U.S. Dems Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 14 Dems Have Less Than 1 Percent — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the big winner in the second round of Democratic presidential debates …
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Breitbart, Politico, National Review, Washington Times, Vox, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN, Mediaite and HuffPost
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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Biden, Sanders, and Warren top postdebate survey of N.H. Democrats
Biden, Sanders, and Warren top postdebate survey of N.H. Democrats
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Suffolk University and Washington Post
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Marianne Williamson's Obsessively-Covered Debate Performance Got Her to... 0% in the Polls
Marianne Williamson's Obsessively-Covered Debate Performance Got Her to... 0% in the Polls
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Politico, Washington Post and The Intercept
Gabriel Snyder / Columbia Journalism Review:
Times public editor: The readers versus the masthead — Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, was at home on Monday night—as was the rest of the paper's senior leadership (referred to internally as “the masthead")—when the next day's front page was being composed.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
What Liberals Are Getting Wrong About the Times Headline — The Twitter multitudes came for the New York Times Monday night, swinging caltrops and battle axes in protest over the Page One banner headline, “Trump Urges Unity vs. Racism,” which the paper printed in its Tuesday first edition.
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The Daily Caller, The Federalist, HuffPost, USA Today and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
New York Times' Dean Baquet on Trump Front-Page Controversy: ‘It Was a Bad Headline, and We Changed It’
New York Times' Dean Baquet on Trump Front-Page Controversy: ‘It Was a Bad Headline, and We Changed It’
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Democrats' frustration with the news media boils over
Democrats' frustration with the news media boils over
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Daily Wire, TheBlaze, Splinter, BizPac Review and Mediaite
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Joaquin Castro Posts Names, Employers Of Trump Donors — Democratic Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro on Monday tweeted the names and employers of 44 San Antonio residents who donated the federal maximum to President Donald Trump's reelection campaign. — Castro, whose district includes much of San Antonio …
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Joaquin Castro Condemned For Tweet Targeting Trump Donors: ‘Disgusting,’ ‘Inciting Violence,’ ‘Holy Sh*t’
Joaquin Castro Condemned For Tweet Targeting Trump Donors: ‘Disgusting,’ ‘Inciting Violence,’ ‘Holy Sh*t’
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Power Line, Big League Politics and Fox News
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Joaquin Castro doubles down amid backlash over tweeting names of Trump donors
Joaquin Castro doubles down amid backlash over tweeting names of Trump donors
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RedState, Fox News, The Federalist, The Atlantic and NB Blog
CNET:
8chan owner says El Paso shooter didn't post manifesto … 8chan, an anonymous forum, has been under scrutiny since the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas on Saturday. A hate-filled, anti-immigrant manifesto from the alleged shooter was uploaded to the site prior to the massacre.
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YouTube, Gizmodo, Mother Jones and Wall Street Journal
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BuzzFeed News:
A Walmart Employee Helped About 150 People Escape From The El Paso Shooting
A Walmart Employee Helped About 150 People Escape From The El Paso Shooting
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The Guardian, ThinkProgress and NBC News
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats call for Pelosi to cut recess short to address white nationalism
Democrats call for Pelosi to cut recess short to address white nationalism
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Washington Post, VICE, Politico and Axios
Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
Trump Still Owes El Paso $569,204 For Campaign Rally, City Says
Trump Still Owes El Paso $569,204 For Campaign Rally, City Says
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USA Today, Rolling Stone and The Independent
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Is Donald Trump Actually Just Blind? An Investigation. — As President Donald Trump addressed the nation about the two mass shootings that had occurred over the weekend, he said, “May God bless the memory of those who perished in Toledo.” The public reacted with alarm and derision …
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Shareblue Media, Bangor Daily News and New York Times
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CNN:
Trump campaign still owes El Paso more than $500,000 on eve of President's return visit
Trump campaign still owes El Paso more than $500,000 on eve of President's return visit
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Hyperallergic, Cincinnati.com, Center for Public Integrity and Right Wing Watch
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Is an Arsonist Pretending to Be a Fireman
Donald Trump Is an Arsonist Pretending to Be a Fireman
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Fox News, Reason, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Last Refuge
www.theadvocate.com:
Shooting at Walmart in Baton Rouge: Initial report that fight led to gunfire incorrect, sheriff says — Law enforcement responds after a shooting altercation between two patrons at Walmart on Burbank Drive Tuesday August 6, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. — LATEST STORY: East Baton Rouge …
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BRProud.com, WAFB-TV, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Law & Crime
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Ad Features QAnon Signs — Whether accidental or not, the Trump campaign keeps nodding to QAnon conspiracy theorists, even after the FBI called them a potential source of domestic terror — Two signs promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory are visible in a video …
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Pacific Standard
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Tiffany Cabán Concedes Queens D.A. Race, Dashing Progressives' Hopes — Melinda Katz wins the Democratic nomination by 55 votes after a recount erases her opponent's slim election night lead. — The pitched seven-week battle for the Democratic nomination for Queens district attorney finally ended …
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Monica Lewinsky-Produced ‘Impeachment’ Set as Next ‘American Crime Story’ at FX — Sarah Paulson, Beanie Feldstein and Annaleigh Ashford will star in the anthology, with writer Sarah Burgess set to pen the script. — Nearly a year and a half after season two of FX's Emmy-winning American Crime Story ended …
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Doug Palmer / Politico:
Trump's China battle heads into the danger zone — President Donald Trump is pushing his bitter trade war with China into an aggressive and unpredictable new phase, bewildering Wall Street and risking an even bigger slowdown heading into a 2020 election in which the economy was supposed to be the president's strongest selling point.
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One America News Network, Washington Post and NPR
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump is increasingly relying on himself — not his aides — in trade war with China
Trump is increasingly relying on himself — not his aides — in trade war with China
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Mahablog, The National Interest, Reason, Politico, Reuters and CNN
James Barragán / Dallas Morning News:
‘Brutally candid,’ ‘damaging,’ ‘embarrassing’: Some urging caution about releasing Texas speaker audio — Updated at 6:51 p.m. with comments from Collin County Judge Chris Hill. — AUSTIN — For the past week, Texas Republicans, Democrats and even Speaker Dennis Bonnen have called …
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Talking Points Memo and Off the Kuff
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Pence: ‘Spend more time on your knees than on the internet’ — VP says prayer helps cope with unfair criticism — Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday he was surprised by media criticism of his wife's decision to teach art at a school with devout Christian beliefs, and said he's gotten lots of practice in forgiving his critics.
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Talking Points Memo and Advocate
Marcy Oster / The Forward:
Top Republican Congressman Sent Letter Saying Rich Jews Bought Congress — (JTA) — A letter sent by National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Emmer to party members identified three “left-wing radicals” that he says “bought control of Congress for the Democrats.” They are all Jewish.
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JNS.org
CNN:
Hickenlooper keeping his options open on Senate run as presidential bid struggles — (CNN)John Hickenlooper, who has struggled to break through the crowded Democratic presidential field, spoke to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer late last week about running for the Senate from Colorado …
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Ernest Luning / Gazette:
Hickenlooper cracks door open to challenging Cory Gardner
Hickenlooper cracks door open to challenging Cory Gardner
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Colorado Pols
Houston Chronicle:
Galveston police apologize after photo surfaces of horse-mounted officers leading handcuffed suspect — Galveston police are apologizing after a dramatic photo circulated online showing horse-mounted officers leading a handcuffed man of color by what appears to be a rope.
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Galveston Police Department, Washington Post, TheBlaze, The Independent and New York Post
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Peter Strzok sues over firing for anti-Trump texts — Peter Strzok, the former FBI agent who opened the bureau's Russia probe in 2016 and later became a symbol of alleged “deep state” animus for Donald Trump, is suing the government over his firing. — In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday …
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Washington Post, Axios, Daily Wire, RedState, VodkaPundit and The Week
Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
New poll: Biden leads O'Rourke in Texas presidential primary, race against Sen. John Cornyn wide open — A new poll has former Vice President Joe Biden leading Beto O'Rourke in the Texas presidential primary and toppling Donald Trump in a head-to-head showdown.
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Breitbart and National Review
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Jon Huntsman, U.S. ambassador to Russia, resigns to return to Utah for possible run for governor — Washington • U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman is returning home to Utah where he is reportedly mulling another run for governor. — Huntsman sent President Donald Trump …
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HuffPost, CNN, The Guardian, New York Times, Politico, Townhall, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, Fox News, Axios, New York Post, The Week, Mediaite and Progress Pond
CBS Pittsburgh:
Dayton Shooter's Girlfriend Says He Showed Her Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Video On First Date — DAYTON, Ohio (KDKA/AP) - An ex-girlfriend of the Ohio gunman who killed nine people says he showed her a video of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on their first date.
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Townhall
Daniel Oberhaus / Wired:
A CRASHED ISRAELI LUNAR LANDER SPILLED TARDIGRADES ON THE MOON — IT WAS JUST before midnight on April 11 and everyone at the Israel Aerospace Industries mission control center in Yehud, Israel, had their eyes fixed on two large projector screens. On the left screen was a stream of data …
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Algemeiner.com, Vox and Big Think
Shira Feder / The Daily Beast:
Mitch McConnell Campaign Manager Says Boys Will Be Boys Over Photo of Teens Groping, Choking AOC Cutout — After Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) slammed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for a photo posted on Facebook of a group of young men wearing “Team Mitch” shirts shown choking and groping …
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Newsweek, RedState, Daily Wire, twitchy.com, New York Post and TheBlaze
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
If conservatives want to keep their guns, they're going to have to find a way to stop mass shootings — When it comes to gun control, conservatives have been fortunate in their enemies. Every time there is a mass shooting, the left renews its calls for gun control, but it spends a great deal …
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Vox and New York Times
Peter Suderman / Reason:
The Republican Party's Retirement Problem — Last week, Texas Rep. Will Hurd, the lone African-American Republican in the House, announced that he would be retiring from Congress. Hurd's exit is part of a wave of GOP departures that signal the particular ways the Republican party …
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New Republic
Mark Finkelstein / NB Blog:
Nicolle Wallace: Trump Is ‘Talking About Exterminating Latinos’ — In the wake of the weekend's mass shootings, the liberal media have unleashed a deluge of false accusations and attempted political exploitation. — But for sheer, vile, slander, it will be hard to top the calumny uttered …
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The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times and Daily Wire
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Sues Over California's Requirement to Release Tax Returns — WASHINGTON — President Trump and the Republican National Committee filed a pair of lawsuits on Tuesday against officials in California challenging a new law requiring presidential candidates to release five years …
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CNN, Axios, Politico, The National Interest, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Week and Mediaite
Brooke Staggs / Orange County Register:
Democrats about to outnumber Republicans in Orange County — The place where “the good Republicans go to die” is no longer a hotbed of conservatism. Demographics and Trump get credit for the change. — Orange County, a region once associated with John Birch, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan …
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Political Wire
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
‘Red Flag’ Gun Control Bills Pick Up Momentum With G.O.P. in Congress — WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans, under intense pressure to respond to this weekend's massacres, are coalescing around legislation to help law enforcement take guns from those who pose an imminent danger …
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Congressman Michael Turner, Mother Jones and Slate, more at Techmeme »
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jerry Nadler makes new push for Brett Kavanaugh's White House records — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler is moving to bring new scrutiny to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's past, asking the National Archives on Tuesday to release a large cache of records related to his time in George W. Bush's White House.