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Richard Parker / New York Times:
Was Trump's El Paso Visit a Turning Point? — A day of racist comments left him looking small and isolated, while the city united against him. — Mr. Parker is the author of “Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America.” — EL PASO — If consoling the nation in a time of desperate need …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Maggie Haberman: White House Staffers Privately Admit Trump's El Paso, Dayton Visits Were a ‘Debacle’ — New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman is quite sure the White House thinks President Donald Trump behaved disastrously on Wednesday while he was supposed to be consoling the victims of the El Paso and Dayton shootings.
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Washington Post:
During El Paso hospital visit, Trump compared his and O'Rourke's crowd sizes at political rallies, video shows — A video that surfaced of President Trump's visit Wednesday to an El Paso hospital in the wake of a mass shooting shows him talking to medical staff about the crowd sizes …
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Bill Clinton / TIME:
President Bill Clinton: Reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban Now — In one weekend, 31 people were murdered and dozens more injured in two mass shootings just hours apart in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The death toll may still grow. The shooters killed the young and old, men and women.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Trump Criticized For Weird ‘Propaganda Video’ of Visit to El Paso and Dayton After Shooting
Trump Criticized For Weird ‘Propaganda Video’ of Visit to El Paso and Dayton After Shooting
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New York Times, Dan Froomkin's White …, No More Mister Nice Blog and POLITICUSUSA
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Trump's Rhetoric and Conservative Denial
Trump's Rhetoric and Conservative Denial
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Jacobin, The Guardian and VICE
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Holds Lead, Warren on the Chase — Most prefer public option over Medicare for All; Less than half the 2020 field seen as likely to beat Trump — West Long Branch, NJ - Former Vice President Joe Biden maintains a lead in the Hawkeye State, but Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Yang surpasses Beto in Iowa poll, qualifies for fall debates
Yang surpasses Beto in Iowa poll, qualifies for fall debates
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Harry Reid to Dems: Kill the Filibuster to Tackle the Climate Crisis — The former majority leader has some thoughts about what his party should do should it return to power. — As the Democratic Party debates what to prioritize should it take power following the 2020 elections …
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Commentary, Common Dreams, Vox and Axios
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
‘Medicare for All’ complicates Democrats' pitch to retake Senate
‘Medicare for All’ complicates Democrats' pitch to retake Senate
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
McConnell: Background checks, red flag laws will be ‘front and center’
McConnell: Background checks, red flag laws will be ‘front and center’
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Chuck Park / Washington Post:
I can no longer justify being a part of Trump's ‘Complacent State.’ So I'm resigning. — Chuck Park's resignation from the Foreign Service is effective Thursday. — I was 26, newly married and more than a little idealistic when I set off for my first diplomatic assignment almost a decade ago …
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Alex Love / WJTV:
Children of undocumented immigrants arrested in Mississippi rely on strangers for food and shelter — FOREST, Miss. (WJTV) — Following a massive undocumented immigration enforcement operation resulting in more than 650 arrests, many children of those taken into custody were left temporarily homeless.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Andrew McCabe sues FBI over firing, alleges plot by Trump to oust those disloyal to the president — Andrew McCabe, the acting FBI director who authorized an investigation into President Trump for ties to Russia and possible obstruction of justice, filed a lawsuit against the bureau …
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Political Wire and POLITICUSUSA
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Warren Joins O'Rourke in Calling Trump a White Supremacist — COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said on Wednesday night that she believed President Trump was a white supremacist, broadly accusing him of dividing Americans along racial lines and providing direct …
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New York Daily News:
Ocasio-Cortez rips her ex-chief of staff for ‘divisive’ tweet about fellow Dems, but insists he left her office on good terms — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez scolded her ex-chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti on Wednesday for comparing some of her centrist colleagues to racist Dixiecrats …
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The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, PJ Media Home, Politico, IJR and National Review
Seaborn Larson / Billings Gazette:
Superior man believed he was acting on Trump's orders in attacking boy for wearing hat during national anthem — The attorney for a 39-year-old man charged with assaulting a child who didn't take his hat off for the national anthem says his client, compromised by a traumatic brain injury …
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Task & Purpose, Talking Points Memo, The Independent and VICE
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
U.S. State Department Official Involved in White Nationalist Movement, Hatewatch Determines — A U.S. State Department official oversaw the Washington, D.C.-area chapter of a white nationalist organization, hosted white nationalists at his home and published white nationalist propaganda online, Hatewatch has determined.
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Department suspends energy staffer linked to white supremacist group
State Department suspends energy staffer linked to white supremacist group
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Kera Bolonik / The Cut:
The Harvard Professor Scam Gets Even Weirder Six other men describe their encounters with the same mysterious Frenchwoman. — Two weeks ago, New York readers were introduced to Bruce Hay, the Harvard Law School professor who had a brief affair with a young woman named Maria-Pia Shuman …
Kim Zetter / VICE:
Exclusive: Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials — The top voting machine company in the country insists that its election systems are never connected to the internet. But researchers found 35 of the systems have been connected to the internet …
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
DHS Was Asked What They're Doing About White Nationalist Terror. They Sent a Report About Environmentalists — The agency called it an “administrative error” — WASHINGTON — It was a pretty straightforward request. — In January, the watchdog group American Oversight asked the Department …
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Wall Street Journal:
Banks Hand Over Documents on Russians Possibly Linked to Trump — Some documents are related to Russians who may have had dealings with Mr. Trump, his family or Trump Organization — Major Wall Street banks have given congressional committees investigating President Trump thousands of pages …
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Confusion at the Iowa State Fair? Biden says ‘we choose truth over facts’ — It has been an unsteady week for Democratic presidential primary frontrunner Joe Biden when it comes to onstage appearances. — The former vice president's travails appeared to continue on Thursday while on the stump …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Suggests He's Likely to Commute Sentence of Rod Blagojevich — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday night that he was “strongly considering” commuting the 14-year prison sentence of Rod R. Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was convicted of trying …
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Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
Washington Post Adds Whopping 15 Corrections To Article — Authors and journalists make mistakes like everyone else. Sometimes a media outlet has to add a correction to an article. Sometimes they have to retract an article. Sometimes they should retract an error-riddled article.
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Offers News Outlets Millions of Dollars a Year to License Content — Company approached ABC News, Dow Jones, Washington Post and Bloomberg as it plans to launch news section — Facebook Inc. FB 2.71% is offering news outlets millions of dollars for the rights to put their content …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The ugliness of politics is on full display right now — Three Democratic presidential candidates say they think the president is a white supremacist. The brother of one of those candidates tweeted a list of names of Trump donors in his hometown, saying they were “fueling hate.”
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Darran Simon / CNN:
Racial slurs and swastika found at scene of house explosion in Ohio, sheriff says — (CNN)Racial slurs and a swastika were found spray-painted on a garage at the scene of a house explosion in Ohio, officials said Wednesday. — Wayne County Sheriff's deputies and fire officials responded …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Hickenlooper's possible retreat to Colorado Senate race could be rocky — For months, former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper has been under pressure from fellow Democrats to abandon his long-shot presidential bid and tackle a task closer to home — challenging vulnerable Republican Sen. Cory Gardner.
Paul M. Krawzak / Roll Call:
Senate GOP plans to divert health, education funds to border wall — Senate Republicans are looking to pay for President Donald Trump's border wall in part by putting about $5 billion less in the largest domestic spending bill, several people with knowledge of the process said.
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James Arkin / Politico:
Trump campaign, GOP committees halt Twitter spending after McConnell account locked — President Donald Trump's campaign and the major, national Republican campaign committees announced Thursday they will stop spending money to advertise on Twitter after the social media platform locked …