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Springfield Police arrest armed person at Walmart on Republic — SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- The Springfield Police Department tweeted out Thursday that an armed man was arrested at the Walmart Neighborhood Market on W. Republic Road. … Later, Lt. Mike Lucas with Springfield Police confirmed …
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Former firefighter stops man armed with 100 rounds of ammunition at south Springfield Walmart — SPRINGFIELD, Mo. The Springfield Police Department says it responded to a call of an active shooter at the Walmart Neighborhood Market at Republic Rd., near Golden Ave., Thursday evening.
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Trump announces shakeup at top of U.S. intelligence — President Trump said in a tweet Thursday that he will name Joseph Maguire, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, as the acting director of national intelligence. — Maguire will assume the role Aug. 15, when Sue Gordon …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Deputy Intel Chief Sue Gordon Is Out After Trump Snub
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New York Times:
Trump Names an Acting Spy Chief as No. 2 Intelligence Official Steps Down
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Trump names counterterror chief Joseph Maguire acting director of national intelligence
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Colin Drury / The Independent:
Grinning Trump gives thumbs-up with baby whose parents were shot dead in El Paso terror attack — Infant was brought for photo op at hospital where patients refused to meet president — It is the sort of photo politicians have long been known to favour: adorable baby, thumbs up, big smiles.
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Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
Trump and First Lady Smiling With Baby Orphaned in El Paso Massacre Draws Criticism: ‘Act Like a Human Being’
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Talking Points Memo and The Guardian
Washington Post:
During El Paso hospital visit, Trump compared his and O'Rourke's crowd sizes at political rallies, video shows
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Emma Kinery / Bloomberg:
Biden Says ‘Poor Kids’ Are Just as Smart as ‘White Kids’ — Joe Biden told a group of mostly Asian and Hispanic voters Wednesday that “poor kids are just as bright” as white children. — The former vice president, who is known for verbal gaffes, made the remarks to the Asian & Latino Coalition …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Biden tells minority voters in Iowa that ‘poor kids’ are just as bright as ‘white kids’
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Mediaite
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Biden says ‘poor kids’ just as bright as ‘white kids’ in latest gaffe
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Politico, BizPac Review and The Hill
Jenna Amatulli / HuffPost:
Long John Silver's Drops Fox News After Tucker Carlson Said White Supremacy's A ‘Hoax’ — The brand is one of more than 20 that have stopped advertising during the Fox News host's show because of his offensive rhetoric. — Fox News and host Tucker Carlson are losing more advertisers.
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
They Paid $42 for a SoulCycle Ride, Not for Trump — A look at what happens when politics enters every spandex-clad corner of life, especially in the Hamptons. — WATER MILL, N.Y. — Dressed in workout clothes, Lulu Hall hovered by the front door of the SoulCycle while fighting back tears.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Stephen Ross expressed qualms about Trump bash after liberal backlash
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Mediaite, CNBC, Breitbart and Associated Press
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Quillette Duped by Left-Wing Hoaxer Posing as Communist Construction Worker — “Archie Carter,” who pretended to be a blue-collar member of the Democratic Socialists of America, says he set out to humiliate the conservative site with his error-riddled story.
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Quillette
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Archie Carter / Quillette:
DSA Is Doomed — I am working class and a Marxist-Leninist.
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New York Times:
Trump Weighs New Stance on Guns as Pressure Mounts After Shootings — WASHINGTON — In the wake of two mass shootings, the divisive politics of gun control appeared to be in flux on Thursday as President Trump explored whether to back expanded background checks on gun purchasers and Senator Mitch McConnell …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Gun background checks will be ‘front and center’ in Senate debate
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Lisa Marie Pane / Associated Press:
Weakened but unbowed, NRA head digs in against gun control
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Washington Post, ProPublica, KTLA and BizPac Review
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Republican groups halt Twitter spending after McConnell account locked
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Politico, Wall Street Journal, ABC News, New York Post and The Gateway Pundit
Yahoo News:
Here's the data on white supremacist terrorism the Trump administration has been ‘unable or unwilling’ to give to Congress — WASHINGTON — Alleged white supremacists were responsible for all race-based domestic terrorism incidents in 2018, according to a government document distributed earlier …
New York Times:
Trump's Opponents Want to Name His Big Donors. His Supporters Say It's Harassment. — WASHINGTON — For many businesses, a sudden deluge of phone calls might signal an influx of new customers. But most of the 25 calls Justin Herricks received before noon on Thursday were from people …
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Advocate, BizPac Review and Los Angeles Times
Sahil Chinoy / New York Times:
Quiz: Let Us Predict Whether You're a Democrat or a Republican — Tell us a few details about you and we'll guess which political party you belong to. It shouldn't be that simple, right? We're all complex people with a multiplicity of identities and values.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
For Trump and his cronies, draining the swamp means ousting experts — Once upon a time, President Trump pledged to “drain the swamp.” — This resonated with lots of Americans, who resented the ecosystem of interest groups rigging government in their favor: corrupt officials …
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Gizmodo
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump heads for golf club holiday - but summer storms loom — NEW YORK (AP) — Now is the summer (vacation) of the president's discontent. — As Donald Trump prepares to leave Friday for his annual August holiday at his lush New Jersey golf club, he's confronting a storm of crises …
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The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Lost in Life, El Paso Suspect Found a Dark World Online — Gunman who allegedly killed 22 people with an intent to attack Hispanics told investigators he came to his views on the internet — ALLEN, Texas—The family of Patrick Crusius, the alleged gunman in El Paso's mass shooting …
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 …
USA Today:
Man who assaulted a boy during national anthem is convinced Trump ordered it, lawyer says — MISSOULA, Mont. - A Montana man charged with assaulting a 13-year-old boy who refused to remove his hat during the national anthem believed he was doing what President Donald Trump wanted him to do, his attorney said.
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Missoulian, Task & Purpose and Law & Crime
Bloomberg:
First U.K. Contraction Since Wake of Crisis Raises Brexit Stakes — Firms run down stocks after hoarding before March exit date — Underlying growth has lost momentum amid no-deal Brexit fears — Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story.
John Fritze / USA Today:
A USA TODAY analysis found Trump used words like ‘invasion’ and ‘killer’ at rallies more than 500 times since 2017 — WASHINGTON - Invasion. Aliens. Killers. Criminals. — Those are among the words President Donald Trump repeatedly uses while discussing immigrants during his campaign rallies …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
'They're afraid': Suburban voters in red states threaten GOP's grip on power — BROOKHAVEN, Ga. — Republicans face a reckoning in the red-state suburbs that have long been a bedrock for the party, propelled by the stormy confluence of President Trump's searing racial attacks …
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Talking Points Memo and The Stranger
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Biden: If Elected President, I'll Let Mitch McConnell Block Everything — Joe Biden, touring Iowa, told reporters, in so many words, that his plan is to have an ineffectual, failed presidency. Or, as Biden put it more pithily, “Ending the filibuster is a very dangerous move.”
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
BuzzFeed News:
Flight Records Show Salvini's Aide Made A Lot Of Mysterious Trips To Moscow Around The Time Of The Secret Oil Deal Meeting — Gianluca Savoini, the political operative at the center of the storm over a secret plan to fund the far-right party of Italy's deputy prime minister with Russian oil money …
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The Atlantic, Meduza.io, New York Times and bellingcat
Mike Tipping / Beacon:
Collins attends fundraiser at $4m mansion of nation's top anti-choice judicial activist — Senator Susan Collins attended a private campaign fundraising event tonight at the $4-million Northeast Harbor summer mansion of Leonard Leo, the executive vice president of the Federalist Society.
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