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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 …
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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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Politico and The American Conservative
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Donald Trump Is Bad for the Jews — Much as one tries to tune out his racist nonsense, sometimes it is impossible. At a press conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump released a tirade of nonsensical statements after he was asked whether the United States should reconsider …
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Mediaite, Washington Post and BizPac Review
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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NB Blog
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
DisloyalToTrump Trends After President Accuses Jewish Americans of ‘Disloyalty’: 'We Know Exactly …
DisloyalToTrump Trends After President Accuses Jewish Americans of ‘Disloyalty’: 'We Know Exactly …
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USA Today and Daily Wire
Amir Tibon Washignton / 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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Townhall, Daily Wire and American Greatness
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
Lee Zeldin / Fox News:
Tlaib, Omar all about weakening Israel, they stay silent on Hamas, Palestinian Authority
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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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Scraps Trip to Denmark, as Greenland Is Not for Sale — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday night abruptly canceled a coming trip to Denmark, writing on Twitter that because the country's prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, “would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland,” they would meet “another time.”
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BBC:
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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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Althouse, Spectator USA, RedState, Al Jazeera, Fortune, Daily Wire and Patterico's Pontifications
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
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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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Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Fox News, POLITICUSUSA and The Guardian
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 and Political Wire
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CNBC:
CBO expects deficit to grow more than projected, warns that tariff hikes could harm growth
CBO expects deficit to grow more than projected, warns that tariff hikes could harm growth
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Nightly Business Report
Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
U.S. Budget Gap Set to Top $1 Trillion in 2020, Two Years Sooner Than Expected
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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Washington Post and The Hill
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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Splinter, The Week and The Guardian
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Department of Homeland Security:
DHS and HHS Announce New Rule to Implement the Flores Settlement Agreement; Final Rule Published …
DHS and HHS Announce New Rule to Implement the Flores Settlement Agreement; Final Rule Published …
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Axios, Washington Post, UPI, Washington Times, BizPac Review and The Daily Caller
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
DHS moves to end limits on detention of migrant families, close ‘loophole’
DHS moves to end limits on detention of migrant families, close ‘loophole’
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The Gateway Pundit
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Trump administration moves to end limits on child detention
Trump administration moves to end limits on child detention
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KTLA
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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WCCO | CBS Minnesota
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump team braces GOP donors for a potential ‘moderate and short’ recession — In public, President Donald Trump and top White House officials keep extolling the strength of the U.S. economy. In private, they're increasingly worrying about a global economic slowdown triggering a U.S. recession …
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Talking Points Memo, Shareblue Media, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Splinter, Common Dreams and Breitbart
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Trump's Phone Calls With Wayne LaPierre Reveal NRA's Influence
Trump's Phone Calls With Wayne LaPierre Reveal NRA's Influence
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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
Washington Post:
Hate crime reports have soared in D.C. Prosecutions have plummeted. … The hatred that day couldn't have been clearer to Ashly Taylor. — She had endured it ever since coming out as a teenager, when strangers said lewd things to her for holding another girl's hand and one of her own relatives called her a “dyke.”
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, more at Mediagazer »
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.
The Economist:
Who is ahead in the Democratic primary race? — Twenty-seven candidates have thrown their hat into the ring for the Democrats' presidential nominating contest in 2020. This field, the largest ever, includes United States senators and House representatives, mayors, entrepreneurs and even a self-help guru.
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Man Arrested With 17 Guns, Grenade Launcher and Nazi Paraphernalia — The arrest in New Jersey comes amid a spate of mass shootings as officials grapple with a rising white supremacist threat. — Had Joseph Rubino not wrecked his car, he might still be living with a house full of guns in New Jersey.
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and U.S. Department of Justice
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
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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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, The Week and Political Wire