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Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Brexit Vote Goes Against Boris Johnson, and He Calls for an Election  —  LONDON — British lawmakers on Tuesday rose up against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, moving to prevent him from taking the country out of the European Union without a formal agreement.  The epic showdown has Britain on the verge of a snap general election.
Discussion: Hot Air, Slate and The Week
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Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Britain's Conservatives Erupt Into Civil War as Unlikely Rebels Defy Boris Johnson  —  LONDON — They have been dubbed the Conservative rebels, a group of renegade lawmakers willing to risk their careers to defy their newly chosen leader, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and hobble his leadership over their clashing views on Brexit.
BBC:
Brexit: Tory MP defects ahead of crucial no deal vote  —  Conservative MP Phillip Lee has defected to the Liberal Democrats ahead of a showdown between Boris Johnson and Tory rebels over Brexit.  —  Dr Lee, the MP for Bracknell, took his seat on the opposition benches as the PM addressed the Commons.
BBC:
LIVEBrexit: Government loses Commons majority ahead of key vote  —  Read our main story Tory MP defects ahead of crucial no-deal vote |  Who are Tory rebels set to defy Boris Johnson?  Leo Varadkar says Ireland must stand its ground |  Could there be an early general election?  Can a no-deal Brexit be stopped?
Discussion: ABC News, The Guardian, Axios and BBC
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Britain is on the verge of a constitutional crisis  —  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his majority in the House of Commons on Tuesday with the defection of a Conservative member of Parliament to the opposition Liberal Democrats.  That sets up an unpredictable chain of events …
Ian Dunt / politics.co.uk:   Historic rebel victory: Parliament moves to stop no-deal
Nick Miller / Sydney Morning Herald:   Boris Johnson loses control as raucous Parliament debates Brexit
Politico:
Boris Johnson defeated as MPs seek to stop no-deal Brexit
Washington Post:
Britain may face snap elections after Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers major loss in Parliament
Ned Simons / HuffPost:   Boris Johnson's Party Loses Parliamentary Majority As MP Defects Right In Front Of Him
CNN:
Elizabeth Warren embraces Jay Inslee's climate change platform  —  Warren to audience member: You may want to sit for this  —  (CNN)Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday announced she would adopt Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's 10-year climate plan, while also expanding on his blueprint with a series …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Unveils $3 Trillion Climate Plan, Embracing Inslee's Goals
Discussion: Climate Debate, Washington Post and UPI
Elizabeth Warren / Medium:
100% Clean Energy for America
Discussion: Politico
Gavin Bade / Politico:
How Julián Castro would address climate change
Bloomberg Law:
Trump Labor Aide Quits After Anti-Semitic Facebook Posts Surface  —  A recently appointed Trump Labor Department official with a history of advancing controversial conservative and faith-based causes in court has resigned after revelations that he wrote a 2016 Facebook post suggesting the Jewish-controlled media “protects their own.”
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Josh Blackman / Reason:
Bloomberg Law's False and Misleading Report about Leif Olson
Discussion: twitchy.com and Leif Olson
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
How mocking anti-Semitism got a Trump official falsely accused of actual anti-Semitism
Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
Judges strike down NC state legislature lines as unconstitutional gerrymandering  —  North Carolina's political maps for the state legislature are unconstitutional and must be redrawn before the 2020 elections, lawyers for the winning side said Tuesday.  —  The ruling hasn't been posted online yet …
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New York Times:
North Carolina's Legislative Maps Are Thrown Out by State Court Panel
Sam Levine / HuffPost:   North Carolina Court Says The State's Districts Are Illegal Partisan Gerrymanders
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Whoopi Goldberg Goes Off on Debra Messing: 'You Don't Have the Right!'  —  “Listen, the last time people did this, people ended up killing themselves,” Goldberg said, referring to Joseph McCarthy's Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s.  —  Whoopi Goldberg is not impressed with actress Debra Messing's call …
Anne D'Innocenzio / Associated Press:
Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it.  —  The announcement comes just days …
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Walmart Inc.:
McMillon to Associates: Our Next Steps in Response to the Tragedies in El Paso and Southaven
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Kroger to Customers: No More Open Carry of Firearms in Our Stores
Discussion: CNBC and The Week
Summer Eldemire / The Daily Beast:
McConnell Whines About ‘Moscow Mitch’ Nickname: It's ‘Over the Top’  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell complained about the nickname “Moscow Mitch” during a radio interview, calling it “modern day McCarthyism.”  On The Hugh Hewitt Show show Tuesday, the Kentucky Republican said it was …
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Justin Wise / The Hill:
McConnell: ‘Over-the-top’ Moscow Mitch nickname effort to ‘smear’ me  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday vehemently denounced political opponents who have dubbed him “Moscow Mitch,” calling the nickname an “over-the-top” effort to “smear” him.
Associated Press:
Conversion therapy crusader has something to say: He's gay  —  “Conversion therapy is not just a lie, but it's very harmful,” said McKrae Game, a South Carolinian who founded one of the nation's biggest ex-gay ministries.  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C. - A South Carolina man who founded …
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Jessica Campisi / The Hill:   Conversion therapy group founder comes out as gay, apologizes
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump administration raids military construction projects for border wall  —  The Trump administration is carrying out plans to raid $3.6 billion in military construction projects to build the border wall, further inflaming lawmakers who have accused President Donald Trump of illegally overriding Congress' spending decisions.
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Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
Pentagon approves diversion of military construction funds for Trump's wall
Discussion: CNN and UPI
Brandon Conradis / The Hill:
Judge orders White House to restore Playboy reporter's press pass  —  A U.S. district judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to restore Playboy correspondent Brian Karem's press credentials after the administration said last month it was revoking his hard pass.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge tells White House to reinstate reporter's pass
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Associated Press:
AP source: Texas shooter purchased AK rifle at private sale  —  ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The gunman in a West Texas rampage that left seven dead obtained his AR-style rifle through a private sale, allowing him to evade a federal background check that previously blocked him from getting a gun …
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband wants divorce after affair bombshell: source  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Rep. Ilhan Omar's marriage appears to be headed for the rocks, a longtime friend of the couple told The Post.  —  The congresswoman's husband Ahmed Hirsi, the source said, is poised to file for divorce …
Foreign Policy:
State Department Failed to Shield Its Diplomats From Political Reprisals, Officials Concede  —  But the department's top leaders say they can't sack the Trump appointee at the center of scandal.  —  U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan has acknowledged having failed to act more vigorously …
Jessica Levinson / NBC News:
What GOP Rep. Devin Nunes' Twitter defamation lawsuit says about the future of defamation law  —  The congressman's suit is clearly petty.  But it does ask the legal system to answer questions it will eventually need to tackle.  —  Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., does not much like being the subject of criticism or ridicule.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Book: Kavanaugh accuser's attack ‘motivated’ by defending Roe v. Wade  —  Christine Blasey Ford and her feminist attorney were “motivated” in their attack on then-federal judge Brett Kavanaugh by their passion to protect abortion rights, not just their “civic duty” to provide information …
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Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:   New Book Suggests Kavanaugh Accuser Made Claims To Protect Roe v. Wade
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump made ‘suggestion’ Pence stay at president's Irish golf club, VP's chief of staff says
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump's 2020 pitch: A powerless presidency  —  Analysis: The most powerful man in the world would like voters to know he is beset on all sides by sinister forces that deprive him of the authority he needs to deliver on his vision for America.  —  WASHINGTON — The most powerful man in the world prefers to portray himself as a martyr.
Graham L Brewer / NPR:
Cherokee Nation Names First Delegate To Congress  —  Toggle more options  —  The Cherokee Nation has named its first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.  Former Obama appointee Kimberly Teehee's nomination was approved by the tribe's council on Thursday.
 
 
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Jacob Kornbluh / Jewish Insider:
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
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The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: RedState and Breitbart
Justin Wingerter / Denver Post:
Mike Johnston ends his U.S. Senate campaign against Cory Gardner
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Inspector General's Report Exposes Another ‘Collusion’ Myth
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The Disgraced Cardinal and the Small Town Where He Was Sent to Disappear
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
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