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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
My husband dumped me for Ilhan Omar, DC mom says in divorce filing — A Washington, DC, mom says her political-consultant husband left her for Rep. Ilhan Omar, according to a bombshell divorce filing obtained by The Post. — Dr. Beth Jordan Mynett says her cheating spouse, Tim Mynett …
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Brandon Moseley / Alabama Political Reporter:
Alabama GOP passes a resolution urging Congress to expel Omar
Alabama GOP passes a resolution urging Congress to expel Omar
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Washington Post:
A professor called Bret Stephens a ‘bedbug.’ The New York Times columnist complained to the professor's boss. — The tweet seemed harmless enough to David Karpf. The associate professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University took a story that bedbugs had infested …
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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
A Q&A With the Man Who Called Bret Stephens a Bedbug — David Karpf is a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. On Monday night, he became a subject of great media interest himself after reading reports about the bedbug infestation …
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Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
At the New York Times, Bedbugs
At the New York Times, Bedbugs
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Farmers' Frustration With Trump Grows as U.S. Escalates China Fight — WASHINGTON — Peppered with complaints from farmers fed up with President Trump's trade war, Sonny Perdue found his patience wearing thin. Mr. Perdue, the agriculture secretary and the guest of honor at the annual Farmfest gathering …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is lying to farmers' faces, and they're finally getting angry about it — One of the worst habits among the D.C. commentariat is the tendency to treat President Trump's lies as if they possess magical qualities. We are constantly told that Trump's lying “works,” …
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The Harvard Crimson:
Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked — While most Harvard freshmen settle into their dorms Tuesday, one new student, Ismail B. Ajjawi '23, faces ongoing negotiations with immigration officers to allow him to enter the United States and study at the College.
Bill Dudley / Bloomberg:
The Fed Shouldn't Enable Donald Trump — The central bank should refuse to play along with an economic disaster in the making. — U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China keeps undermining the confidence of businesses and consumers, worsening the economic outlook.
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Washington Post:
Trump pushes back on complaint of bed bugs at his Doral golf resort — President Trump on Tuesday blamed “Radical Left Democrats” for spreading a “false and nasty rumor” about a bedbug infestation at his golf resort in Doral, Fla., after he said he would like to hold next year's Group of Seven summit at the property.
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JM Rieger / Washington Post:
Trump has publicly name-dropped his properties at least 70 times as president
Trump has publicly name-dropped his properties at least 70 times as president
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Hell, No!’: Trump Finally Goes Too Far, Even For Rick Santorum
‘Hell, No!’: Trump Finally Goes Too Far, Even For Rick Santorum
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Has Trump's cheese finally slid off his cracker? — Last week there was a sharp uptick in speculation that President Trump is a few fries shy of a Happy Meal. — Obviously, this is not the first time the idea has popped up that the commander-in-chief's cheese might have slid off his cracker.
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Amy Graff / San Francisco Chronicle:
SF restaurant owner says Bernie Sanders was ‘cranky,’ rude to staff — Sen. Bernie Sanders was in town for the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting and dined out with staff at San Francisco's iconic John's Grill on Thursday, according to Politico.
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Denver Post:
Hickenlooper endorsement dividing Colorado Democratic Party, internal emails show — A decision by national Democrats to throw their support behind John Hickenlooper in Colorado's U.S. Senate race sparked an intense email discussion among state Democratic Party officers over the weekend …
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CNN:
GOP, Democratic senators denied visas to Russia — Washington (CNN)Two US senators have been denied visas to Russia in what appears to be a retaliatory move on the part of the Kremlin amid continued tensions between the two countries. — Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate tangles with Russia after Trump's overtures to Putin
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump's net approval rating sinks in every battleground state — President Trump's net approval rating has plunged in every key battleground state since taking office in January 2017, according to Morning Consult's tracking poll. — Why it matters: These are the states that Republicans …
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Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Texas Signal and The Resurgent
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Understands Democracy Better Than Republicans Do — The idea that proponents of greater electoral equity have to quiet down because we live in a ‘republic’ is absurd. — Spend enough time talking politics on the internet — or in any other public forum …
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Exclusive: Log Cabin executive director resigns over Trump endorsement — The executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans has resigned following a controversial decision by the organization's board to endorse President Trump, the Washington Blade has learned exclusively.
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Washington Post, Raw Story, Queerty and Out Magazine
Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
'He's a coward': Women who endured Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse voice their outrage — For 10 years, the women who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein were silenced and ignored, deprived of a chance to confront their abuser by a highly unusual plea deal negotiated by the multimillionaire's powerful legal team.
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CNN:
Where Trump failed, Macron may have succeeded — Samantha Vinograd is a CNN national security analyst. She served on President Barack Obama's National Security Council from 2009 to 2013 and at the Treasury Department under President George W. Bush. Follow her @sam_vinograd.
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Marissa Brostoff / Washington Post:
How white nationalists aligned themselves with the antiabortion movement — Last fall, speaking to a far-right Austrian magazine, the Iowa Republican congressman Steve King succinctly laid out his theory of Western decline. The problem, he suggested, was a demographic born at the nexus of reproduction and immigration.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wing Star Andy Ngo Exits Quillette After Damning Video Surfaces — The writer and photog is out of a job after being caught in incriminating undercover footage with right-wing activists. His former employer insists the two events aren't related. — The conservative op-ed website …
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Laura Strickler / NBC News:
Purdue Pharma offers $10-12 billion to settle opioid claims — The lawsuits allege the company and the Sackler family are responsible for starting and sustaining the opioid crisis. — The maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, and its owners, the Sackler family, are offering to settle …
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump's Trade War Linked To Amazon Rainforest Destruction — As U.S. soybeans sit in silos, Brazilian farmers push to break new ground to satisfy the Chinese market. — As unsold U.S. soybeans are stored in silos across the farm belt, Brazilian farmers and corporations scramble to satisfy the voracious Chinese market.
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Bill Scher / Politico:
‘Pocahontas’ Could Still Be Elizabeth Warren's Biggest Vulnerability — Elizabeth Warren came to last week's Native American presidential forum in Sioux City, Iowa, with, as you might expect, a plan. And she executed it perfectly. — First, the Massachusetts senator expressed sorrow for the …
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Former Star Google and Uber Engineer Charged With Theft of Trade Secrets — SAN JOSE, Calif. — Anthony Levandowski, one of Silicon Valley's foremost technologists on self-driving cars, was charged by federal prosecutors on Tuesday with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets from Google.
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
A Senator's Lake House vs. a Town Fighting Flooding — For years, there has been fierce debate over water levels at a popular lake. Senator James Inhofe, who has a vacation home there, took the matter to Washington. — MIAMI, Okla. — On the shimmering waters of Grand Lake …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats' Emerging Tax Idea: Look Beyond Income, Target Wealth — Lawmakers and 2020 candidates offer a range of options focused on capturing some of the trillions of dollars in assets belonging to the nation's richest — The income tax is the Swiss Army Knife of the U.S. tax system …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Will the ABC debate be one night or two? The question is creating anxiety for the Democratic candidates — New York (CNN Business)The next Democratic debate is two weeks away — and right now it is shaping up to be a one-night event. — That's how ABC, the primary network hosting the debate, would like it to stay that way.
Tom Whyman / The Outline:
Much ado about Greta — Why does one Swedish teenager manage to drive so many pundits off the deep end? — Power — Why does one Swedish teenager manage to drive so many pundits off the deep end? — “I don't want your hope,” the increasingly prominent teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg told …
Justin Rohrlich / Quartz:
A rare prosecution and resignation of a US border agent who assaulted a migrant — A US Border Patrol agent has agreed to resign and surrender his security clearance after being charged by the Department of Justice for physically abusing a migrant in US custody.