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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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Washington Monthly, Politico, PJ Media Home, The American Conservative and Jewish Journal
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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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ThinkProgress and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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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USA Today, Common Dreams and Daily Wire
Marc Schulman / Newsweek:
With His Accusation of ‘Disloyalty,’ Trump Reminded Jews Exactly Why They Vote Democratic | Opinion
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump and the fragile belonging of American Jews
Trump and the fragile belonging of American Jews
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New York Times, NBC News and Slate
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 Townhall
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, New York Times, NB Blog, Patterico's Pontifications, VICE, Algemeiner.com, RealClearPolitics and NBC News
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
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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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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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Althouse, The Local, Spectator USA, NPR, RedState and Al Jazeera
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says Danish Prime Minister Was ‘Nasty’ in Rejecting Greenland Offer — President Trump on Wednesday said that the new prime minister of Denmark was “nasty” to him when she rejected his interest in purchasing Greenland, as he explained why he abruptly canceled a trip to the European nation next month.
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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The Atlantic, Shareblue Media, Politico, Bloomberg, Townhall, CNN, Roll Call, Breitbart, Hullabaloo, Bangor Daily News, New York Post and Earther
Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
Greenland fallout: Trump's canceled trip blindsides Denmark
Greenland fallout: Trump's canceled trip blindsides Denmark
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Washington Post
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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CNN, The Guardian and Washington Press
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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Politico, Quartz, Washington Post, WHYY, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Fox News 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:
Twitter Helps China Push Agenda Abroad Despite Ban in Mainland — Chinese officials use Twitter, Facebook to sway public opinion — Push persists despite recent ban on paid ads from state media — Twitter Inc. removed hundreds of accounts linked to the Chinese government …
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David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Xi's choice: Destroy Trump, or save him and weaken America
Xi's choice: Destroy Trump, or save him and weaken America
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Foreign Policy, more at Techmeme »
Mitch McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
We Stand With Hong Kong
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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The Week
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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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Vox, Department of Homeland …, Associated Press, Hullabaloo, Vanity Fair, BuzzFeed News, The Week, Splinter and Nightly Business Report
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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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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Trump says he is “the chosen one” to take on China in trade war — Speaking to reporters outside the White House Wednesday, President Trump looked to the sky and proclaimed “I am the chosen one” while arguing that “somebody” had to take on China over their unfair trade practices.
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, BizPac Review and Mediaite
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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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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Conservative Review and TheBlaze
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.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP megadonor John Childs has given over $330,000 to Republican fundraising committees since he was charged in prostitution sting — KEY POINTS — John W. Childs has donated over $330,000 to the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee since …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
GOP sets another 2020 money record, 1,900% increase in online fundraising
GOP sets another 2020 money record, 1,900% increase in online fundraising
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The Daily Caller
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