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Trump has one playbook, and very few plays left in it — After a week in which the threat of recession rocked global financial markets, his trade war with China showed no signs of progress and the government of Israel got into a nasty dispute with two members of Congress …
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Israel's Alliance With Trump Creates New Tensions Among American Jews — A rabbi in St. Louis Park, Minn., was more than six thousand miles from Jerusalem when he heard the Israeli government decided to bar two Muslim members of Congress from making an official visit to the Jewish state.
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New York Post and The National Interest
Michael Wilner / Miami Herald:
House Democrats weigh action against U.S. and Israel ambassadors over banned visit
House Democrats weigh action against U.S. and Israel ambassadors over banned visit
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RedState and Front Page Magazine
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Pelosi assails ‘weakness’ of Trump, Netanyahu
AP Interview: Pelosi assails ‘weakness’ of Trump, Netanyahu
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Vox, New York Post, Breitbart, Slate, Politico, Associated Press and CNN
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump and Netanyahu Put Bipartisan Support for Israel at Risk
Trump and Netanyahu Put Bipartisan Support for Israel at Risk
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Sputnik International, Common Dreams and BizPac Review
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Shell Workers Had To Attend Trump Speech To Be Paid, Were Ordered Not To Protest: Report — Workers at a massive new Shell plant in — Pennsylvania had to attend a speech by President — Donald Trump there earlier this week to be paid — and were — ordered not to protest, reported the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Hullabaloo
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Pittsburgh plant workers just revealed they had to go to Trump's rally or go without pay — President Trump trashed union leadership at a Shell plant even after management forced its unionized workers to attend one of his hate speeches at their plant, or lose pay.
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Mother Jones and Politico
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Inmate 76318-054: The Last Days of Jeffrey Epstein — The notorious jail in Manhattan was a sharp departure from his formerly gilded life. Here's what happened inside. — Jeffrey Epstein, inmate 76318-054, hated his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Slate, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, Althouse, VICE and Daily Kos
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Anthony Scaramucci Predicts Exact Month Donald Trump Will Abandon 2020 Race — The former White House communications director also turned to “Game of Thrones” to explain why Trump should be primaried. — Anthony Scaramucci thinks he knows when Donald Trump will decide not to run for president again.
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The Independent, Daily Wire, Fox News and Breitbart
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The case of the missing tattoos: Altered photo lineup by Portland police draws objection — There's no mistaking the elaborate tattoos that cover Tyrone Lamont Allen's forehead and right cheek. — But when Portland police suspected Allen was involved in four bank and credit union heists …
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How the Recession of 2020 Could Happen — The freeze-up in business confidence, caused in part by the trade war, could wind up affecting consumer confidence. — These three things are all true: The United States almost certainly isn't in a recession right now. It may well avoid one for the foreseeable future.
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Joseph Kennedy III Said to Be Eying Edward Markey's Massachusetts Senate Seat — WASHINGTON — Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III of Massachusetts is considering a primary challenge next year against Senator Edward J. Markey, according to a senior Democratic official.
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Mercury News, Politico, The Week, Fox News, BostonGlobe.com and New York Post
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Militant Neo-Nazi Group Actively Recruiting Ahead of Alleged Training Camp — The Base, a neo-Nazi group aiming to provide military and survivalist training to fellow white supremacists, has been ramping up its activities including a massive recruitment campaign and a planned “hate camp.”
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PinkNews
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'Here in El Paso, we're just a family': City turns out for widower of Walmart massacre victim — EL PASO — Antonio Basco, overwhelmed by loneliness and grief after his wife, Margie Reckard, was slain in a mass shooting on Aug. 3, invited the El Paso community to attend her prayer service Friday night.
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Warren Chips Away at Biden's Strength as The One Who Beats Trump — Democratic voters are eager to find a nominee who can win — Warren's electability score has risen by 14 points since June — Joe Biden's strongest selling point — that he's the most likely to beat Donald Trump …
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CANNONFIRE, Political Wire, Washington Post and Breitbart
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Cook Political Report moves Susan Collins Senate race to ‘toss up’ — The Cook Political Report shifted its forecast of the Maine Senate election from “lean Republican” to “toss-up” on Friday, signaling a tight reelection race for Sen. Susan Collins (R). — Collins won her last reelection bid …
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Aides got Trump to delay tariffs by telling President it could ‘ruin Christmas’ — Burnett: Why blame China when you can blame someone else? — (CNN)As President Donald Trump's trade advisers were searching last week for a strategy to forestall his threatened tariffs on China …
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Quartz
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White House Mulled Ways to Block Migrant Children From Schools — Idea was ultimately abandoned amid questions over legality — 1982 case says can't deny education on immigration status — Some top aides to President Donald Trump sought for months for a way to give states the power …
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The Week
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CNN's Ward says intimidation effort made on Russia story — NEW YORK (AP) — CNN's Clarissa Ward says her story this week about Russian involvement in the Central African Republic came with a price: she was trailed during her reporting and made the subject of a 15-minute propaganda video denigrating her work.
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Wyden Slams Republican FEC Commissioners for Blocking Probe of NRA, Possible Campaign Finance Violations — Senator Ron Wyden blasted the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Friday after the agency's Republican commissioners blocked an attempt to fully investigate the National Rifle Association …
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Talking Points Memo
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Activist emerges as new leader of Moscow election protests — MOSCOW (AP) — After a monthlong hunger strike, it's a struggle for Lyubov Sobol to even raise her hands. Every gesture is difficult for the frail 31-year-old political activist. — This summer's wave of anti-government protests …
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