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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘The headline was bad’: New York Times amends front page on Trump's response to mass shootings after backlash — The New York Times weathered intense backlash Monday night for its front-page headline about President Trump's response to the pair of mass shootings that read: “TRUMP URGES UNITY VS. RACISM.”
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
New York Times' Dean Baquet on Trump Front-Page Controversy: ‘It Was a Bad Headline, and We Changed It’ — Amid criticism of its “Trump Urges Unity Against Racism” headline, the executive editor says he “understood” concern, but hopes people read the “strong” coverage beneath.
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
NYT's Trump Headline Is So Outrageous That People Are Canceling Subscriptions — Twitter users are shredding The New York Times for its newspaper headline about Trump's comments on mass shootings. — The New York Times is being run through the shredder after an overly generous headline …
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Ocasio-Cortez confronts McConnell over photo of men in ‘Team Mitch’ shirts ‘groping & choking’ her cutout — The young men wear matching shirts from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)'s campaign, and cluster around a cardboard cutout of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
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Shira Feder / The Daily Beast:
Mitch McConnell Campaign Manager Says Boys Will Be Boys Over Photo of Teens Groping, Choking AOC Cutout
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Harry Reid on Trump's 2020 Odds: 'I'm Pretty Damn Worried'
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The Daily Caller
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell's campaign decries protest outside his Louisville home as a call to violence
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell's campaign keeps creating controversies. Why?
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QU Poll:
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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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Biden, Sanders, and Warren top postdebate survey of N.H. Democrats — The first poll of likely New Hampshire Democrats since last week's debates shows that penetrating a top-tier of three candidates might be tougher than ever in the state's first-in-the-nation primary.
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Republicans Fear ‘Extinction in the Suburbs’ Over Gun Control — Two new mass shootings renew debate over firearm restrictions — Suburban and college-educated voters favor new gun limits — After two gruesome mass shootings in a 24-hour span, some Republicans are raising alarms …
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John Seewer / Associated Press:
GOP governor urges gun sale background checks after shooting — DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio's Republican governor urged the GOP-led state Legislature Tuesday to pass laws requiring background checks for nearly all gun sales …
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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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Los Angeles Times:
‘We were safe until he started talking’: El Paso residents respond to President Trump — Watching President Trump step up to a White House podium Monday to assert that “hate has no place in America,” many people in this Texas border city were dumbfounded. — “We were safe until he started talking …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump attacks Obama for statement on shootings — President Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked former President Barack Obama over the latter's statement on the weekend's mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, tweeting edited quotes from Fox News hosts to make his point and again claiming he is “the least racist person” in the world.
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Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
Foreign countries are warning their citizens about U.S. travel after mass shootings
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Zoe Haylock / Vulture:
Beloved Author Toni Morrison Has Died at 88 — The celebrated novelist Toni Morrison died Monday night, according to a source at her publisher, Knopf. She was 88 years old. The cause of death is not yet known. Born Chloe Ardella Wofford, Morrison was best known for her critically acclaimed …
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Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Is an Arsonist Pretending to Be a Fireman — Don't be fooled. — Donald Trump said some beautiful things to the nation following this weekend's mass murders in El Paso and Dayton. — For instance: — “In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy.
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New York Times, Bangor Daily News, The White House, The Last Refuge and Quartz
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
How the Trump Campaign Used Facebook Ads to Amplify His ‘Invasion’ Claim
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Trump Exposes the GOP's Moral Spinelessness
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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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Washington Post, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Trump sues over California law forcing candidates to turn over tax returns
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The Week, Political Wire and The Wrap
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump is increasingly relying on himself — not his aides — in trade war with China — President Trump is increasingly acting based on his own intuition and analysis and not the advice of aides in the increasingly fraught trade war with China, five people briefed on the actions said …
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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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Washington Post, Galveston Police Department, New York Post, VICE and The Independent
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Is a White Nationalist Who Inspires Terrorism — Don't pretend his teleprompter speech changes anything. — A decade ago, Daryl Johnson, then a senior terrorism analyst at the Department of Homeland Security, wrote a report about the growing danger of right-wing extremism in America.
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Axios:
The era of white nationalism
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Max Fisher / New York Times:
White Terrorism Shows ‘Stunning’ Parallels to Islamic State's Rise
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The Week
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
How Bill de Blasio Went From Progressive Hope to Punching Bag — The New York mayor turned quixotic presidential candidate seems sick of his city—and the feeling is mutual. — Aides to Bill de Blasio have long observed that he seems to grow happier with each mile of distance from the city he leads …
Steve Rubenstein / San Francisco Chronicle:
FBI investigates Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting as act of domestic terrorism — The FBI confirmed Tuesday morning that it has opened a full domestic terrorism investigation into the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting that left three people dead and 13 wounded.
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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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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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Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
Sarah Palin Wins Appeal Reviving Defamation Lawsuit Against New York Times (UPDATED) — A federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday reinstated Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, overturning a district court's ruling which dismissed her claim in 2017.
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