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Release Detail — August 28, 2019 - All Top Dems Beat Trump As Voters' Economic Outlook Dims Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dem Primary Stays Stable With Biden Holding The Lead — If the 2020 presidential election were held today, 54 percent of registered voters say that they would vote …
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USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk poll: Americans dread the 2020 election; Biden maintains his lead — Americans are facing the 2020 presidential election with a dominant feeling: Dread. — A nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found a sharply divided country that views next year's presidential campaign …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Kirsten Gillibrand Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race — The New York senator anchored her candidacy in issues of women's equality, but she was unable to gain traction and her failure to qualify for the next debate convinced her to withdraw. — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Sends Legal Demand Over Comment From MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell — The president's personal attorney tells NBCU brass that legal proceedings could be pursued if there's no retraction or apology for stating that “Russian oligarchs” co-signed loans to Trump.
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Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
NBC News Can't Confirm O'Donnell's Bombshell Trump-Russia Report
NBC News Can't Confirm O'Donnell's Bombshell Trump-Russia Report
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BBC:
Government asks Queen to suspend Parliament — The government has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline. — Boris Johnson said a Queen's Speech would take place after the suspension, on 14 October, to outline his “very exciting agenda”.
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Alex Wickham / BuzzFeed:
Boris Johnson Is Planning A Series Of Extreme Measures In The Coming Weeks To Force Through Brexit — Number 10 is considering disrupting a “time bomb” Northern Ireland debate, creating new bank holidays, filibustering Parliament, and having the prime minister refuse to resign if he loses a vote of no confidence.
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Andrew Woodcock / The Independent:
Queen approves Boris Johnson request to suspend parliament
Queen approves Boris Johnson request to suspend parliament
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The Guardian
Evan Semones / Politico:
Trump attacks Jeremy Corbyn for trying to oust Boris Johnson
Trump attacks Jeremy Corbyn for trying to oust Boris Johnson
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Carlo Piovano / Associated Press:
Q&A: What Boris Johnson's move means for Brexit
Q&A: What Boris Johnson's move means for Brexit
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Denver Post
Haley Britzky / Task & Purpose:
Children of US troops born overseas will no longer get automatic American citizenship, Trump administration says — Children born to U.S. service members and government employees overseas will no longer be automatically considered citizens of the United States, according to policy alert issued …
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INA Categories / USCIS:
Automatic Citizenship or Overseas Naturalization — The child must be lawfully admitted for permanent residence. — The child must reside with U.S. citizen parent in the United States. — The child may acquire automatic citizenship (must take the Oath of Allegiance in the United States to obtain a Certificate of Citizenship).
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The Guardian
Jim Mattis / Wall Street Journal:
Duty, Democracy and the Threat of Tribalism — Lessons in leadership from a lifetime of service, from fighting in the Marines Corps to working for President Donald Trump — In late November 2016, I was enjoying Thanksgiving break in my hometown on the Columbia River in Washington state …
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed News:
Jon Ossoff Is Seriously Considering A Run For Senate In Georgia — WASHINGTON — Jon Ossoff, who ran an unsuccessful special election campaign in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, is now seriously considering a run at one of the two open Senate seats in Georgia, three sources familiar with Ossoff's plans told BuzzFeed News.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Breaking: Georgia's Isakson to resign from Senate at end of 2019 — U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson said Wednesday he was stepping down from office at the end of 2019 as he struggles with Parkinson's disease, setting up two elections for U.S. Senate in Georgia in 2020.
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Washington Post:
‘Take the land’: President Trump wants a border wall. He wants it black. And he wants it by Election Day. — President Trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast-track billions of dollars' worth …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Behind Trump's craziness, there's always corruption. Here's the latest.
Behind Trump's craziness, there's always corruption. Here's the latest.
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New York Times:
Trump Tells Aides ‘Take the Land’ as Impatience Grows on Border Wall
Trump Tells Aides ‘Take the Land’ as Impatience Grows on Border Wall
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Mystery of missing votes deepens as Congress investigates Georgia — To find a clue about what might have gone wrong with Georgia's election last fall, look no further than voting machine No. 3 at the Winterville Train Depot outside Athens. — On machine No. 3, Republicans won every race.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Mississippi officials confirm multiple cases of voting machines changing votes in GOP governor runoff
Mississippi officials confirm multiple cases of voting machines changing votes in GOP governor runoff
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UPI, The Clarion Ledger and New York Times
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
The Tea Party Didn't Get What It Wanted, but It Did Unleash the Politics of Anger — Ten years after a summer of rage over spending, trillion-dollar deficits are back. — In the late summer of 2009, as the recession-ravaged economy bled half a million jobs a month, the country seemed to lose its mind.
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Detroit Free Press:
FBI finds ‘bundles of cash’ in raid at UAW president's home — FBI and IRS agents raided the home of UAW President Gary Jones in Canton at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Agents also raided the union's northern Michigan conference center and other UAW locations across the country.
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Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
‘NO EXCESSIVE BARKING’: A Chevy Chase dog park divides the rich and powerful — Everyone knows there's a problem with Chubbs. — Dirt is smeared across his face. His tongue is rolling out of his mouth. He's surrounded by signs that say “NO EXCESSIVE BARKING.”
Nigel Jaquiss / Willamette Week:
“I smacked one of them with a hammer a couple of times,” said one man aboard a bus leaving Portland. — On Aug. 17, a crowd of right-wing Proud Boys met up with an extremist group called the American Guard for a march through Portland. Some of them later boarded a black bus for a barbecue in Vancouver …
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Patterico's Pontifications
Arren Kimbel-Sannit / Politico:
Trump delivers another blow to Fox News: 'Fox isn't working for us anymore!' — President Donald Trump let loose on Fox News on Wednesday, saying the network “isn't working for us anymore” while encouraging his followers to look for an alternative to his long-cherished cable news channel.
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Cyberattack Hurt Iran's Ability to Target Oil Tankers, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — A secret cyberattack against Iran in June wiped out a critical database used by Iran's paramilitary arm to plot attacks against oil tankers and degraded Tehran's ability to covertly target shipping traffic …
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Ars Technica
CNN:
Amid criticism, O'Rourke campaign says it won't ban Breitbart from future events — New York (CNN Business)The Beto O'Rourke campaign is not apologizing for Tuesday's removal of a Breitbart staffer from a campaign event in South Carolina. — The campaign said in a statement on Wednesday that Breitbart …
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Splinter:
Splinter Prevails in $100 Million Defamation Suit Brought by Ex-Trump Staffer Jason Miller — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of Splinter, the site's managing editor, Katherine Krueger, and the site's parent company, Gizmodo Media Group, in a $100 million defamation lawsuit brought by Jason Miller …
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Garrett Archer / KNXV:
Martha McSally picks up primary challenge from Daniel McCarthy — PHOENIX — Businessman Daniel McCarthy announced his intention to run against Martha McSally in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in 2020 during an interview with ABC15 today. — It has been rumored for several months …
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Politico:
Trump, GOP fret loss in bellwether House special election — At a retreat with top GOP donors in Wyoming last week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy broached a growing concern for senior Republicans: a crucial, do-over election for a North Carolina congressional seat.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
We Aren't Seeing White Support for Trump for What It Is — A crucial part of his coalition is made up of better-off white people who did not graduate from college. — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.
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Mother Jones
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Doorbell-camera firm Ring has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance reach — The doorbell-camera company Ring has quietly forged video-sharing partnerships with more than 400 police forces across the United States, granting them access to homeowners' camera footage …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department inspector general has done separate report on James Comey — The Justice Department inspector general is preparing to release a report on the conduct of fired FBI Director James Comey in the Trump-Russia investigation, according to a number of sources with knowledge of the situation.
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
When Ilhan Omar Is Accused of Anti-Semitism, It's News. When a Republican Smears Muslims, There's Silence. — “It's all about the Benjamins baby.” — That is, of course, what Rep. Ilhan Omar famously tweeted on Feb. 10, in response to a tweet from my colleague Glenn Greenwald decrying …
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