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9:10 AM ET, August 21, 2019

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Trump's ‘disloyalty’ comment about American Jews who vote Democrat was disgusting and worrisome — President Trump, on a tirade about Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday, claimed that American Jews who voted Democrat were either ill-informed or were exhibiting “great disloyalty.”

Discussion: NB Blog

Amir Tibon Washignton / Haaretz:

Jews Who Vote Democrat Are Disloyal or Ignorant, Trump Says — U.S. president attacks Democratic Party for defending Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar over canceled Israel, West Bank visit — WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat …

Discussion: American Greatness, middleeastmonitor.com and RedState

Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:

Trump Accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘Great Disloyalty’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Tuesday that any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat is guilty of ignorance or “great disloyalty,” intensifying his efforts to drive in a partisan wedge over religion and support for Israel …

Discussion: Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Al Jazeera, Mediaite and CNN

Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Donald Trump Is Bad for the Jews

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and Common Dreams

Jacob Kornbluh / Jewish Insider:
Jewish groups react to Trump's latest comments on American Jewish voters

Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story, Informed Comment, Algemeiner.com and JNS.org

Annie Grayer / CNN:
Bernie Sanders jabs Trump over comments about Jewish loyalty

Discussion: Front Page Magazine and Axios

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
How the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process Became a Farce

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Washington Post:
Trump says any Jewish people who vote for Democrats are showing ‘great disloyalty’ or ‘lack of knowledge’

Discussion: Breitbart, Mediaite, BizPac Review, PJ Media Home, Washington Press, The American Conservative, Jewish Journal and The Intercept

Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump says Jewish-Americans who vote Democrat show “great disloyalty”

Discussion: Jewish Insider, RealClearPolitics, NBC News, Front Page Magazine, POLITICUSUSA, PJ Media Home and RedState

Batya Ungar-Sargon / The Forward:
This Week Proves It: Politicians Won't Call Out Anti-Semitism On Their Own Side

Discussion: Washington Post, Above the Law and The New Arab

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.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Just Security, Political Wire, UPI, Washington Press, The Week and WPIX 11 New York

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.”

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Mediaite, Slate, Earther, The Local, NPR, ABC News, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller, Fox News and The American Conservative

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Spectator USA, Daily Wire, Patterico's Pontifications, The Hill, The Local and The Guardian

Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump postpones visit after Denmark rejects Greenland sale

Discussion: Politico, Foreign Policy, RedState, Al Jazeera and Mother Jones

Martin Selsoe Sorensen / New York Times:
In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump's Canceled Visit

Discussion: Fortune, The Guardian and Axios

Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump postpones Denmark trip after prime minister declines to sell him Greenland

Discussion: Associated Press, The American Conservative, The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:

Trump's Phone Calls With Wayne LaPierre Reveal NRA's Influence — Three days after a pair of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas that left 31 people dead, President Donald Trump was preoccupied with visions of a Rose Garden ceremony. — His daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump …

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Common Dreams and Breitbart

Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump seems to backtrack on gun control, warns of ‘slippery slope’

Discussion: Townhall, New York Times, Axios and Political Wire

The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells NRA's Wayne LaPierre Universal Background Checks Are Off the Table: Report

Discussion: CNN, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

Washington Post:
Of course Trump backtracks on gun reform. He lacks the courage.

Discussion: Daily Kos

Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:

Elizabeth Warren just met her look-alike at a rally. Can you tell them apart? — No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. — One of the women pictured above is Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the 70-year-old Massachusetts Democrat with presidential aspirations.

Discussion: WCCO | CBS Minnesota

Hannah Sayle / Star Tribune:

Elizabeth Warren meets her lookalike at Minnesota rally: ‘We need to talk!’ — The presidential candidate was taking selfies at Monday's town hall when she came face to face with a familiar person. — TEXT SIZE — Stephanie Oyen is not Elizabeth Warren.

Discussion: Fox News and Boston Globe

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Salt Lake Tribune

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 …

Discussion: The Week

John Solomon / The Hill:

10 declassified Russia collusion revelations that could rock Washington this fall — Behind the scenes, some major events were set in motion last autumn that could soon change the tenor in Washington, at least as it relates to the debunked Russia collusion narrative that distracted America for nearly three years.

Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit

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.

Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:

Trump Administration Launches Most Brazen Attack on Protections for Young Migrants — The termination of the Flores Agreement would be President Trump's most aggressive attempt to circumvent protections for undocumented kids since his family separation policy.

Discussion: Fox News, Common Dreams and The Daily Caller

Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Customs and Border Protection press secretary Katharine Gorka departs after two months on the job

Discussion: CNN

Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
Trump administration to roll out plan for longer-term detention of migrant families

Discussion: Politico, The Week, CNBC, The Independent and New York Times

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

David Ovalle / Miami Herald:

Jeffrey Epstein lawsuits offer sordid details, including sex while on work release — While serving a lenient jail sentence in Palm Beach County, wealthy financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was allowed to leave jail for “work release” — at an office at his own organization, the Florida Science Foundation.

Discussion: Hot Air, Fox News and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Political Wire

Scientific American Blog Network:

Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change — A book entitled Discerning Experts explains why—and what can be done about it — Recently, the U.K. Met Office announced a revision to the Hadley Center historical analysis of sea surface temperatures (SST) …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Annabelle Dickson / Politico:

Boris Johnson's not-so-grand tour — LONDON — Boris Johnson is heading to Europe, but his officials are heading out. — The U.K. prime minister will touch down in Berlin on Wednesday for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as part of his pledge to work with “energy and determination” …

Discussion: One America News Network

Justin Wise / The Hill:

Ocasio-Cortez blasts Electoral College as a ‘scam’ — First-term Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is calling for the U.S. to abolish the Electoral College, saying that the voting system is a “scam” that negatively impacts minorities. — Ocasio-Cortez made her argument on Monday …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Common Dreams, TheBlaze, National Review and twitchy.com

Washington Post:

Parkland students unveil sweeping gun-control proposal and hope for a youth voting surge in 2020 — The student activists who crashed the political arena after the mass shooting last year at their high school in Parkland, Fla., are throwing their weight behind a new and ambitious gun-control program …

Discussion: Axios and Political Wire