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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:
Poll: Americans dread the 2020 election and have doubts about the outcome; 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 …
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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. — The border wall that Donald Trump has long dreamed of building has become a symbol of many things about his presidency: His megalomania; his demagoguery about desperate migrants; his contempt for empirical …
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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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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Guardian
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
You Should at Least Read My Column before Writing a Hit Piece
You Should at Least Read My Column before Writing a Hit Piece
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New York Times
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 …
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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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Political Wire and The Week
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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Politico, GOV.UK, ThinkProgress, Breitbart and One America News Network
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
Carlo Piovano / Associated Press:
Q&A: What Boris Johnson's move means for Brexit
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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The Hill:
Stacey Abrams says she won't run for Georgia Senate seat
Stacey Abrams says she won't run for Georgia Senate seat
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Politico, American Greatness, Breitbart, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at end of the year
Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at end of the year
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Axios and One America News Network
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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The Daily Caller, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
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.”
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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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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Washington Post
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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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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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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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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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Michael Wilner / Miami Herald:
Trump wants Jewish voters in Florida. He may be pushing them further away.
Trump wants Jewish voters in Florida. He may be pushing them further away.
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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 …
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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The Stranger, more at Techmeme »
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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Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
The Washington Post Newsroom Has a Roach Problem — A memo says it's “a newsroom problem and not happening on other floors.” — The New York Times may have bed bugs, but the Washington Post has a roach problem. — “We have a growing pest problem,” Post director of newsroom operations …
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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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Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Dems Sound Alarm: Trump Is ‘Carpet-Bombing’ Us in Key Battlegrounds — “Where's all the support? They keep talking about the calories coming. People generally are feeling Trump is beating us on all fronts right now,” one DNC official said. — Several Democratic National Committee members …
Washington Post:
Maryland was never in play in 2016. The Russians targeted it anyway. — BALTIMORE — Russia's Twitter campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election in Maryland began in June 2015, 17 months before Election Day, when the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency opened an account …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Wealthy former Hillary Clinton donor Stephen Rosenberg is using secret shell company to back Trump — KEY POINTS — Wealthy real estate executive Stephen Rosenberg is using a shell company to donate to President Donald Trump's reelection efforts. — Rosenberg's company, SR 2018 LLC …
Politico:
Biden pledges ‘absolute wall’ to separate relatives' business dealings — SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Joe Biden pledged to erect an “absolute wall” between the presidency and his family's business dealings and said he has never discussed business with relatives, following an event here on Wednesday.
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