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Washington Post:
President Trump shows doctored hurricane chart. Was it to cover up for ‘Alabama’ Twitter flub? — President Trump had erroneously stated Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama. — On Wednesday, it appears the White House attempted to retroactively correct a tweet that President Trump issued …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Why does Trump's hurricane map look different than others? — The president has claimed for days Hurricane Dorian was projected to hit Alabama. Forecasters said it was not. — After days of claiming without evidence that Alabama was projected to be hit by Hurricane Dorian …
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Mediaite, Boston Herald, Washington Post and The New Civil Rights Movement
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Hurricane-hit bases among those losing funds to Trump wall
Hurricane-hit bases among those losing funds to Trump wall
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POLITICUSUSA
Axios:
Trump uses doctored map to back false claim about Hurricane Dorian
Trump uses doctored map to back false claim about Hurricane Dorian
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Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Did Trump Doctor a Hurricane Map With Sharpie to Prove His False Prediction That Dorian Could Hit Alabama?
Did Trump Doctor a Hurricane Map With Sharpie to Prove His False Prediction That Dorian Could Hit Alabama?
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CNN, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Charged With Felony in California — The blundering conservative operative faces one charge of unlawfully selling securities in California. — California authorities issued an arrest warrant for blundering conservative operative Jacob Wohl, who is now due to be arraigned on a felony charge next month, court records show.
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Miriam Lord / The Irish Times:
How Mike Pence shat on the new carpet in Ireland's spare room — Stoical smiles as US vice-president delivers strong endorsement of Johnson and Brexit — The hospitable hosts buttered up their important guest and made a big fuss of his family and hoped he would say nice things …
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CNN:
Pence faces heat over Doonbeg boondoggle — Pence stayed in Trump hotel during official Ireland visit — Washington (CNN)With fealty to President Donald Trump as his defining political trait, Vice President Mike Pence isn't typically the man in the spotlight.
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Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Republican Jim Sensenbrenner won't run for re-election in 2020 after more than 40 years in Congress … (Photo: Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) — Wisconsin Republican Jim Sensenbrenner, the second longest-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives, will not run for a 22nd term, he said Wednesday.
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CNN:
Long-serving Wisconsin congressman becomes latest GOP lawmaker to not seek reelection
Long-serving Wisconsin congressman becomes latest GOP lawmaker to not seek reelection
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Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Republican Jim Sensenbrenner announces he won't seek reelection
Gigi Sukin / Axios:
GOP Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner will not seek re-election
GOP Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner will not seek re-election
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Politico and The New Civil Rights Movement
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Labor Department To Reinstate Aide Wrongfully Accused Of Anti-Semitism — Trump appointee Leif Olson will return to his post after resigning following a Bloomberg Law article that falsely accused him of anti-Semitism. — The Facebook post at issue was actually sarcastically mocking …
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Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner:
Labor Department rehires staffer Bloomberg accused of anti-Semitism
Labor Department rehires staffer Bloomberg accused of anti-Semitism
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Washington Post:
Pentagon takes money from Puerto Rico, European projects to fund Trump's wall — The Pentagon is defunding Hurricane Maria recovery projects at military installations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to pay for President Trump's border barrier and is also taking money …
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CNN:
Lawmakers furious after learning how military will pay for Trump's wall
Lawmakers furious after learning how military will pay for Trump's wall
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Task & Purpose, Foreign Policy, American Military News and American Greatness
Bryan Pietsch / Reuters:
Pentagon pulls funds for military schools, daycare to pay for Trump's border wall
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Trump defends cash grab for border projects as lawmakers lash out
Trump defends cash grab for border projects as lawmakers lash out
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Breitbart, Daily Kos and Just Security
CNN:
Soft-landings and Twitter shame: How the White House handles ex-aides with stories to tell — (CNN)President Donald Trump's relationship with his chief of staff John Kelly was beyond repair when he announced last December that Kelly would be stepping down. — So before Kelly could leave …
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Los Angeles Times:
Trump's schedule shows a president with plenty of downtime this summer
Trump's schedule shows a president with plenty of downtime this summer
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Washington Post, BizPac Review and Raw Story
Ben White / Politico:
‘They are riding a rubber ducky into alligator-infested waters’
‘They are riding a rubber ducky into alligator-infested waters’
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Washington Post, Breitbart, Spectator USA and Raw Story
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Suffer From Debilitating Back Pain? So Does Seb Gorka, According to His New Gig as Spokesman For Fish Oil Pills — Former White House assistant Seb Gorka once suffered from debilitating lower back pain, but he is now miraculously “pain free” after taking a job hawking fish oil supplements …
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
A Top White House Reporter Is Taking Over The Washington Free Beacon — A leading political reporter is leaving Politico to lead the neoconservative flagship Washington Free Beacon, the latest move in a conservative media world attempting to adjust to the age of Donald Trump.
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
It's time to create a conservative ecosystem that doesn't welcome racists — Liberal commentators will always say conservatives are just a bunch of racists. This is a lie. But conservatives need to do a better job convincing the racists that it's a lie.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Four Things That Are Not White Nationalism
Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Document reveals the FBI is tracking border protest groups as extremist organizations — WASHINGTON — The FBI is monitoring groups on the border that are protesting U.S. immigration policy, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News. — The FBI has gathered intelligence from people with …
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Talking Points Memo
Wall Street Journal:
Democratic Lawyer Greg Craig Is Acquitted — White House counsel for President Obama is vindicated over false-statement charge — WASHINGTON—Former White House counsel Greg Craig was acquitted by a federal jury on Wednesday on a felony false-statement charge, a major vindication for one of the most prominent lawyers in Washington.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Greg Craig found not guilty in Ukraine lobbying case
Greg Craig found not guilty in Ukraine lobbying case
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Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
After Climate Forum, Biden Heads to a Fundraiser Co-Hosted by a Fossil Fuel Executive — The day after Joe Biden participates in CNN's climate forum in New York, the former vice president will head to a high-dollar fundraiser co-hosted by a fossil fuel executive tied to a major natural gas development project.
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Christien Kafton / KTVU-TV:
San Francisco Board of Supervisors designates NRA domestic terrorist organization — SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - The city of San Francisco has formally adopted a resolution calling the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization. — San Francisco's Board of Supervisors …
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Jack Crowe / National Review:
San Francisco Labels NRA a ‘Domestic Terrorism Organization’
San Francisco Labels NRA a ‘Domestic Terrorism Organization’
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights — WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that a federal government database that compiles people deemed to be “known or suspected terrorists” violates the rights of American citizens who are added to the watchlist …
Amelia Nierenberg / New York Times:
A Tomato Grows in the East River — A single tomato plant has sprouted on a piling by the Brooklyn Bridge. Who knows how it got there? — On a wooden piling in the waters off Brooklyn Bridge Park, a lone red fruit grows between Pier 1, right next to the Brooklyn Bridge, and Pier 2.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Trump Voters Whose ‘Need for Chaos’ Obliterates Everything Else — Political nihilism is one of the president's strongest weapons. — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality. — Over the four years during …
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Rebecca Keegan / Hollywood Reporter:
The Season of Scarlett Johansson: Two Hot Films, Her Marvel Future, Woody Allen and a Pick for President — With Noah Baumbach's ‘Marriage Story’ and Taika Waititi's ‘Jojo Rabbit’, her Avengers spinoff ‘Black Widow’ and the mantle of the world's highest-grossing actress …
CNBC:
‘Hundreds of other people could be implicated’ in Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell court documents — KEY POINTS — Secret court filings related to Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged procurer Ghislaine Maxwell could implicate “hundreds of other people,” Maxwell's lawyer said.
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Bo Erickson / CBS News:
Biden tells Colbert his gaffes aren't “substantive,” jokingly calls him Jimmy Kimmel — In an interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” set to air Thursday night on CBS, former Vice President Joe Biden downplayed his recent verbal slip-ups, saying they were not regarding the “substance” of his arguments for the presidency.
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
The Top US Asylum Official Has Been Pushed Out By The Trump Administration — The long-serving head of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services' Asylum Division was pushed out this week by the agency's hardline acting director, Ken Cuccinelli, according to a source with knowledge of the move …
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Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
Charges officially dropped against ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock in unusual deal with feds — Six months after striking a rare deal with prosecutors, former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock on Wednesday was officially cleared of criminal charges alleging he used his campaign funds as a private piggy bank.
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The Daily Caller
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun-Times:
Jussie Smollett lawyers: Even if actor faked attack, cops didn't need to investigate it so vigorously — SNEED EXCLUSIVE: The ex-"Empire" actor's latest court filing, while not admitting he staged the incident, pins the decision to spend so much money on the police probe squarely on law enforcement.
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Julio Rosas / Washington Examiner:
Biden's eye fills with blood during CNN climate town hall — Former Vice President Joe Biden's left eye appeared to have a blood vessel burst while he was participating in CNN's town hall on climate change. — Biden, 76, has long been plagued by health issues.