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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
A professor called Bret Stephens a ‘bedbug.’ The New York Times columnist complained to his 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 the New York Times newsroom …
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Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
At the New York Times, Bedbugs
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Sister Toldjah / RedState:
Not From the Onion: The NY Times Newsroom Literally Has a Bedbug Problem on Several Floors
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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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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump's Trade War Linked To Amazon Rainforest Destruction
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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.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Went to the Mat for Putin at the G-7 Summit — Five years ago, Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine and stole a chunk of its territory, the first redrawing of an international border since World War II. As punishment, Russia was expelled from the G-8, a blow to Vladimir Putin's prestige.
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Ron Johnson / ronjohnson.senate.gov:
Johnson Comments on Russia Visa Denial
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Playing Hooky, Coddling Dictators, and Dissing Americans: Highlights from Trump's G7 Weekend
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Trump's Obama envy is getting even worse
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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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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Trump Previews His Response to the Next Recession — There is often little use in psychoanalyzing Donald Trump: His behavior is so erratic, his thinking so shallow that any definitive assertion about his character or temperament is disproven within minutes.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Joe Walsh ‘Completely Ghosted’ His Campaign Manager Days Before White House Run — “It's obvious to me that the campaign plan that we have all worked hard on together in anticipation of a launch today isn't going to happen,” Jacob Perry wrote. — August 16 was supposed …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
That time Sacha Baron Cohen got Joe Walsh to promote arming small children
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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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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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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Bernie Out-Raises Biden in Obama-Trump Swing Counties — The Vermont presidential contender has the most donors throughout the country as well as in the counties that swung from Obama to Trump. — Former Vice President Joe Biden has built his early polling lead in the 2020 Democratic primary …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Elizabeth Warren supporters believe she can win as doubts persist in the Rust Belt
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats have stopped self-censoring about Trump's unfitness
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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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The Hill:
Nervous Republicans focus energy on protecting Senate ‘firewall’ — The GOP majority in the Senate is shaping up as a firewall for Republicans who are worried that President Trump might falter and lose the White House next year. — Republicans see winning back the House majority as a tough climb in 2020 …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Pat Toomey: Odds for background checks better than ever
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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.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
As Trump Swerves on Trade War, It's Whiplash for the Rest of the World — BIARRITZ, France — Remember when President Xi Jinping of China was the “enemy”? That was so Friday. As of Monday, according to President Trump, Mr. Xi was “a great leader” and a “brilliant man.”
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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 …
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Hell, No!’: Trump Finally Goes Too Far, Even For Rick Santorum — Santorum says Trumps plan to use the presidency to promote one of his resorts would be a “violation of the law.” — President Donald Trump used the power of the presidency to promote one of his resorts on Monday …
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Political Wire, Raw Story and The Week
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.
Washington Post:
Investigators scrutinizing video outside Epstein's cell find some footage unusable, according to people familiar with the inquiry — At least one camera in the hallway outside the cell where authorities say registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself earlier this month had footage …
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Erin Cunningham / Washington Post:
Iran rejects meeting with Trump unless U.S. sanctions are lifted — ISTANBUL — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday dashed hopes of a potential meeting with his U.S. counterpart in the foreseeable future, saying that the United States should lift all sanctions before Iran agrees to talks.
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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.
Michael Rezendes / Associated Press:
In Mississippi Delta, Catholic abuse cases settled on cheap — GREENWOOD, Mississippi (AP) — The IHOP in Southhaven, Mississippi, was an unlikely place to settle a sex abuse claim against the Catholic Church. But in January a white official from the Franciscan religious order slid …
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 …
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
‘You are helping him’: Vulnerable Democrats grilled on impeachment — IRVINE, Calif. — Democrats hoping to avoid clashes over impeachment when they left Washington this summer are being confronted with a difficult reality at sometimes hostile town hall events.
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Trial of High-Powered Lawyer Gregory Craig Exposes Seamy Side of Washington's Elite — WASHINGTON — It is a trial tailor-made to grab the attention of this city's power brokers: In a federal courtroom this month, one of Washington's most prominent lawyers — a former White House counsel …
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