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Ella Torres / ABC News:
Jeffrey Epstein, accused sex trafficker, dies by suicide: Officials — Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced millionaire who was facing federal sex trafficking charges, died by suicide Friday night in his Lower Manhattan jail cell, three law enforcement officials told ABC News.
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New York Post:
Jeffrey Epstein dead in apparent suicide — Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein died overnight in an apparent suicide, law enforcement sources told the Post Saturday. — A gurney carrying a man who looked like Epstein was wheeled out of the Manhattan Correctional Center around 7:30 a.m. and headed to New York Downtown Hospital.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“SHE WAS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY”: POWERFUL MEN, DISTURBING NEW DETAILS IN UNSEALED JEFFREY EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS — Glenn Dubin, Bill Richardson, George Mitchell, and others are mentioned. “A lot of important people are going to have a really bad weekend,” said a source.
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Palm Beach Post and The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
Jeffrey Epstein Sent Girl to Governor and Senator for Sex, She Testified — Bill Richardson, George Mitchell, Glenn Dubin deny allegations — Virginia Giuffre's 2016 testimony made public by court Friday — Jeffrey Epstein and a friend sent an underage girl to have sex with former …
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BizPac Review and Law & Crime
Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Huge record cache details how Jeffrey Epstein, madam lured girls into depraved world
Huge record cache details how Jeffrey Epstein, madam lured girls into depraved world
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VICE, The Daily Beast, Boing Boing and Progress Pond
New York Daily News:
Names are named as court documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are unsealed
New York Times:
Trump's Trip to Dayton and El Paso: The Back Story — WASHINGTON — By the time President Trump arrived in El Paso on Wednesday, on the second leg of a trip to meet with people affected by mass shootings in two cities, he was frustrated that his attacks on his political adversaries had resulted …
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Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
Trump's El Paso Photo Is Obscene — A really exceptional work of obscenity, like a really exceptional work of beauty, exceeds the ability of its viewers to fathom what they just saw. Did that just happen? But ... how? What sorcery created it? Words don't arrive, and the stammering gives way to silence.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Trump's Photo-Op With the Orphaned El Paso Baby Was the Smallest Moment of His Presidency
Trump's Photo-Op With the Orphaned El Paso Baby Was the Smallest Moment of His Presidency
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Daily Kos, WhoWhatWhy, The Guardian, Law & Crime, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
NBC News:
FBI arrests Las Vegas man who allegedly wanted to shoot Jews, LGBTQ bar patrons — Conor Climo, 23, communicated with organized white supremacists through encrypted messages, federal authorities said. — A 23-year-old Las Vegas man who allegedly wanted to attack Jews and patrons of an LGBTQ bar …
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Ken Ritter / NBC Southern California:
Vegas Man Accused of Plotting to Bomb Synagogues, LGBTQ Bar — Court documents say Conor Climo communicated by encrypted internet chat with people identified as white supremacists — A man who authorities say worked as a security guard has been arrested and accused of plotting to firebomb …
Jenna Amatulli / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson's Commercial Breaks Tell The Real Story Of His Advertising Problems — Last year, Fox News' “Tucker Carlson Tonight” would feature more than 30 paid ads. In his Thursday show, there were only 13. Friday, there were just 11 ads. — Fox News and its board members …
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The Nation
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Jordan Uhl / Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson loses advertisers after remarks about “hoax” of white supremacy — This comes on the heels of a damning earnings report this week showing a decline in ad revenue for Fox — Tucker Carlson's nightly ad load has undergone a seismic shift just days after declaring white supremacy is …
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Hullabaloo
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Dismantling Tucker Carlson's White-Supremacy Argument
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Top intel official interrupted meeting to urge his deputy to resign — Washington (CNN)The country's No. 2 intelligence official, Sue Gordon, knew it was likely she would have to eventually step down from her post, but the timing of that decision became more urgent on Thursday after her boss …
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Vanity Fair, The Resurgent, Politico, WDEF-TV, KTLA, Washington Times, UPI and Mediaite
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Yashar's Newsletter:
Exclusive: Feral Hog Man — Subscribe … Exclusive: Feral Hog Man Speaks Out — There are exclusives and then there are EXCLUSIVES. — I'm pleased to share with you that I am the first reporter to speak with Willie McNabb, the man whose tweet about feral hogs went viral and spawned a meme.
Siobhán O'Grady / Washington Post:
Pope Francis again warns against nationalism, says recent speeches sound like ‘Hitler in 1934’ — Pope Francis called for a united Europe in an interview published by Italian daily La Stampa on Friday, saying recent political rhetoric has echoed that of Nazi Germany.
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The Guardian
Associated Press:
Police Officer Placed on Leave After Confederate Flag, KKK Application Seen By Black House Hunter During Viewing — (MUSKEGON, Mich.) — A white police officer in western Michigan was placed on paid administrative leave after a house hunter who was viewing the officer's home said he saw …
Politico:
Kamala Harris lands key Iowa endorsement — Sen. Kamala Harris on Saturday secured a key endorsement in the early caucus state of Iowa. — State political heavyweights Sue and Bob Dvorsky announced they would support the California Democratic senator for president in 2020 and would join …
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One America News Network
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Ohio man charged with threatening to shoot Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, illegally stockpiling ammunition — An Ohio man was slammed with criminal charges Friday for threatening New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and stockpiling illegal ammunition in his home, according to prosecutors.
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
George Conway Uses Power Of Predictive Text To Torch Donald Trump And His Racism — The Trump-trolling #DoYouHaveASmartPhone hashtag went viral on Twitter with the help of Kellyanne Conway's husband. — George Conway hammered President Donald Trump over his long history of racist behavior …
Rachel Dodes / Vanity Fair:
Ivanka Trump Is Uniquely Unqualified to Condemn Donald Trump's Racism — It must be tough to be Ivanka Trump. As the favored daughter of an openly racist president, and as a woman with a nebulous, nepotistic, and unpaid job as a senior adviser to that man, she is uniquely ill-equipped …
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
White Nationalist State Department Official Surfaces in Photographs — Hatewatch has obtained images of Matthew Q. Gebert, a State Department official who is involved in the white nationalist movement. — Gebert oversaw the Washington, D.C.-area chapter of a white nationalist organization …
Josh Barro / New York Magazine:
The Trump Boycotts Pose a Grave Danger to the Equinox and SoulCycle Businesses — The Associated Press ran a story yesterday about outrage and boycott threats over a high-dollar fundraiser for Donald Trump hosted by Stephen Ross, chairman of the Related Companies, the parent of SoulCycle and Equinox Fitness.
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Crain's New York Business and The Daily Beast
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Democrats' 2020 Problem: How to Be Tougher on Trade Than Trump — WASHINGTON — President Trump's escalating economic war with China highlights a challenge for Democrats hoping to unseat him in 2020: They'll have a hard time being tougher on trade than he is.
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Bloomberg
John Harwood / CNBC:
How an assault weapons ban and impeachment are confounding House Democrats — KEY POINTS — Is it worth it? — That's the question House Democrats keep asking themselves about two issues of growing relevance over the last few weeks. — One is pursuing a ban on assault weapons …
Sara Randazzo / Wall Street Journal:
Being a Law Firm Partner Was Once a Job for Life. That Culture Is All but Dead. — At the modern law firm, not all partners are created equal, and data and billings rule — Four hundred of Kirkland & Ellis LLP's top lawyers gathered in May at an oceanfront resort in Southern California to toast another banner year.
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Above the Law