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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump quotes conspiracy theorist claiming Israelis ‘love him like he is the second coming of God’ — President Trump went on Twitter on Wednesday to quote a conservative radio host and known conspiracy theorist who praised him as “the greatest President for Jews” and claimed that Israelis “love him like he is the second coming of God.”
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Says Jews Should Love Him Because He's Almost Literally Jesus — President Trump has been vexed recently by the refusal of the majority of the American Jewish community to support him. For insight into the mysterious paradox of why a traditionally liberal social minority remains unenthusiastic …
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
DisloyalToTrump Trends After President Accuses Jewish Americans of ‘Disloyalty’: ‘We Know Exactly Who He Is...and We Reject It’ — President Donald Trump has been widely criticized for suggesting Jewish Americans who vote for the Democrats show either a “total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.”
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump's ‘disloyalty’ comment about American Jews who vote Democrat was disgusting and worrisome
Trump's ‘disloyalty’ comment about American Jews who vote Democrat was disgusting and worrisome
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Townhall, NB Blog, Patterico's Pontifications, RealClearPolitics and NBC News
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Jews Who Vote Democrat Are Disloyal or Ignorant, Trump Says
Jews Who Vote Democrat Are Disloyal or Ignorant, Trump Says
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Jewish Insider, American Greatness and Daily Wire
Annie Grayer / CNN:
Bernie Sanders jabs Trump over comments about Jewish loyalty
Bernie Sanders jabs Trump over comments about Jewish loyalty
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Front Page Magazine and Axios
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘Great Disloyalty’
Trump Accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘Great Disloyalty’
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Donald Trump Is Bad for the Jews
Donald Trump Is Bad for the Jews
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New York Times, Vox and Mediaite
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
Trump Insults Several Million American Jews
Trump Insults Several Million American Jews
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ThinkProgress
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Danes furious over postponement of Trump's visit, call his behavior ‘insulting’ — BERLIN — Danish lawmakers on Wednesday reacted in fury to President's Trump's postponement of his two-day visit in early September to Denmark after its prime minister said she was not interested in selling him the autonomous island of Greenland.
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Trump cancels Denmark visit amid spat over sale of Greenland — US President Donald Trump has cancelled a state visit to Denmark after the nation's prime minister said Greenland was not for sale to the US. — The president was scheduled to visit on 2 September, at the invitation of Denmark's Queen Margrethe II.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Scraps Trip to Denmark, as Greenland Is Not for Sale
Trump Scraps Trip to Denmark, as Greenland Is Not for Sale
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Trump picked a fight over Greenland with an unlikely target: Denmark's anti-immigration prime minister
Trump picked a fight over Greenland with an unlikely target: Denmark's anti-immigration prime minister
Martin Selsoe Sorensen / New York Times:
In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump's Canceled Visit
In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump's Canceled Visit
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Quartz, WHYY, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Fox News, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo and The Week
New York Times:
Deficit Will Reach $1 Trillion Next Year, Budget Office Predicts — The federal budget deficit is growing faster than expected as President Trump considers plans that would add to government debt, like tax cuts. — Breaking87 comments — Trump's Message: The Economy Is Great. But We Need a Big Stimulus.
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Wall Street Journal:
In Reversal, Trump Says He Is No Longer Considering Tax Cuts — President had said Tuesday he wanted to bolster the economy by reducing capital gains, payroll taxes — WASHINGTON—President Trump said Wednesday he was no longer looking at any form of tax cuts, in a stark reversal from a day earlier.
Bloomberg:
China's Warning to Global CEOs: Toe the Party Line on Hong Kong — Beijing scrutinizes how companies, workers respond to protests — Clampdown on airline Cathay Pacific sent a chilling message — As anti-government protests in Hong Kong intensified this month …
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New York Times:
Migrant Families Would Face Indefinite Detention Under New Trump Rule — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration unveiled a regulation on Wednesday that would allow it to detain indefinitely migrant families who cross the border illegally, replacing a decades-old court agreement that imposed …
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Julia Ioffe / GQ:
The Summer of Warren — Julia Ioffe joins Elizabeth Warren on the campaign trail, where the surging senator has spent the season overcoming her campaign's wobbly start and getting down to business—trouncing debate foes, climbing in the polls, and somehow making a slew of policy plans feel exciting.
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Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren just met her look-alike at a rally. Can you tell them apart?
Elizabeth Warren just met her look-alike at a rally. Can you tell them apart?
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Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
U.S. Budget Gap Set to Top $1 Trillion in 2020, Two Years Sooner Than Expected — The U.S. budget deficit is set to widen to $1 trillion by fiscal year 2020, two years sooner than previously estimated, according to the Congressional Budget Office. — The deficit will expand faster …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
U.S. deficit to expand by about $800 billion more than previously expected over 10 years, CBO says
U.S. deficit to expand by about $800 billion more than previously expected over 10 years, CBO says
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The Hill
Ursula Perano / Axios:
U.S. budget deficit set to hit $1 trillion two years earlier than expected
U.S. budget deficit set to hit $1 trillion two years earlier than expected
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Good Morning America:
‘Dancing With the Stars’ 2019: Hannah B, Karamo and more to compete on new season — The celebrities who will battle it out this year on the dancefloor were revealed on “GMA.”
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The New Civil Rights Movement and CNN
HuffPost:
Trump Inflating Scottish Golf Resorts' Value By $165 Million, Per UK Filings — The president told British authorities the properties are a combined $65 million in the red. His U.S. disclosures say they're worth at least $100 million. — WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump …
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The Week
The Daily Beast:
'Where's Steve?': Trump Frets as CNN Benches His Biggest Defender — Amid national uproar over mass shootings, possible economic gloom, and gun control, the president has found time to be distressed over a pro-Trump pundit's lack of CNN airtime. — Over the past month …
Washington Post:
Trump critics eye GOP primary race, even if defeating him seems ‘preposterous’ — Joe Walsh, a pugnacious former congressman, is preparing a Republican primary challenge to President Trump that he previewed as a daily “bar fight” with the incumbent over his morality and competency.
Grace Sparks / CNN:
CNN Poll: Public's view on the economy dips for the first time in Trump's presidency — (CNN)Almost two-thirds of Americans (65%) say current economic conditions are good, but that's down since May, representing the first significant decline in public perception of the economy during Donald …
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Political Wire
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Biden and Bernie the only Democrats to beat Trump in new poll
Biden and Bernie the only Democrats to beat Trump in new poll
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The Independent, Outside the Beltway, Washington Times, The Atlantic and CBS Boston
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson's Fox News Show Loses More Advertisers — In keeping with a monthslong trend, the exodus of advertisers from Tucker Carlson's prime-time Fox News program continued this month. — Over the last year, dozens of advertisers, including Pacific Life, Farmers Insurance and SodaStream …
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Talking Points Memo and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Alisa Wiersema / ABC News:
Nearly a year after John McCain's death, Cindy McCain says no one in the GOP carries ‘voice of reason’ — Nearly a year after her husband's death, Cindy McCain said the current Republican Party is “not the party of Abraham Lincoln ... nor the party of Ronald Reagan.”
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Talking Points Memo, Breitbart and The Week
The Atlantic:
No More Corporate Lawyers on the Federal Bench — The next Democratic president should try nominating judges who haven't been partners at big law firms. — Co-founder of Demand Justice Co-founder of Demand Justice — In response to President Donald Trump's historic transformation …
Ethan Brown / The Appeal:
Man Accused Of Shooting 6 Philadelphia Police Officers Was Federal Informant — A federal prosecutor in Pennsylvania blamed DA Larry Krasner for a bloody standoff, but the suspect has a long relationship with the government that includes a sentence reduction because of his cooperation.
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Susan Collins Faces Bipartisan Anger in Trump-Era Re-Election Bid — Maine Republican is one of the most at-risk senators in 2020 — Democrats see Maine Senate seat ripe to flip in next election — Republican Susan Collins is caught in the cross-fire of the angry partisan division that's defining …
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