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TIME:
Justin Trudeau Wore Brownface at 2001 ‘Arabian Nights’ Party While He Taught at a Private School, Canada's Liberal Party Admits — Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, wore brownface makeup to a party at the private school where he was teaching in the spring of 2001. TIME has obtained a photograph of the incident.
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Ian Austen / New York Times:
2001 Photo of Trudeau in Brownface Makeup Roils Canada Election — OTTAWA — The re-election campaign of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada was thrown into turmoil Wednesday when Time magazine published a 2001 photograph of him wearing brownface makeup at a private school party.
Real Clear Politics:
McSally's GOP Senate Challenger Wants to...Annex Mexico — Donald Trump wants to build the wall. A wannabe-Donald Trump in Arizona wants to annex Mexico. — Ahead of a general election where the Grand Canyon State could be a bit of a problem for the president, the wealthy owner of a cosmetics company …
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Political Wire
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Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
A progressive revolt against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is exactly why Trump will win (again) — Opinion: Progressive Democrats want to censure the first Arizona Democrat to win a Senate seat in 30 years. Genius idea. — CONNECT — A group of Arizona Democrats are demonstrating …
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BizPac Review, The Resurgent and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘The ground is shifting’: Arizona emerges as a 2020 trouble spot for Trump
‘The ground is shifting’: Arizona emerges as a 2020 trouble spot for Trump
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Shareblue Media, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, Raw Story, The Hill, Alternet.org, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, Arizona Republic and Washington Free Beacon
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Internal poll shows Kobach trailing Democrat in Kansas Senate race
Internal poll shows Kobach trailing Democrat in Kansas Senate race
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Shareblue Media
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Bolton unloads on Trump's foreign policy behind closed doors — John Bolton, President Donald Trump's fired national security adviser, harshly criticized Trump's foreign policy on Wednesday at a private lunch, saying inviting the Taliban to Camp David sent a “terrible signal” and that it was …
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Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, VICE, Daily Kos, Reason, Political Wire, Hot Air, New York Post, Raw Story, Deseret News, U.S. Political News … and RedState
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The Boston Globe:
Joe Kennedy to formally announce he'll run for Senate — Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, the last member of the Democratic dynasty serving in Washington, plans to formally announce Saturday that he is launching a primary challenge to Senator Edward J. Markey, an audacious political move …
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and New York Post
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Rep. Joe Kennedy to announce primary challenge against Sen. Ed Markey
Rep. Joe Kennedy to announce primary challenge against Sen. Ed Markey
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Politico and Washington Post
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Learned to Play by Washington's Rules — WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks after being sworn in last year, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a young progressive star fresh off an upset of one of the top Democratic leaders in the House …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘Feel free to leak this’: Inside the Pelosi-Nadler impeachment schism — In a closed-door meeting last week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi stunned lawmakers and aides with a swipe at Democratic staff on the House Judiciary Committee. — Pelosi criticized the panel's handling of impeachment in harsh terms …
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Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal:
‘This Is Not the Way Everybody Behaves.’ How Adam Neumann's Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork. — The skills that helped fuel We Co.'s breakneck growth are piling up as potential liabilities as the company prepares to go public — Adam Neumann was flying high. Literally.
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Jewish Insider, The Week, Quartz, Vanity Fair, The Verge, Slate, Mashable, Splinter and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
A 21st Century Breakup Inside the divorce rattling Silicon Valley and Democratic politics.
A 21st Century Breakup Inside the divorce rattling Silicon Valley and Democratic politics.
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the fifth wave, more at Techmeme »
Joseph Krauss / Associated Press:
Israel's Arabs poised to gain new voice after tight election — JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Arab coalition appears poised to emerge as the main opposition bloc following Tuesday's election, a historic first that would grant a new platform to a long-marginalized minority.
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The Times of Israel and U.S. Political News …
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Megan Specia / New York Times:
Netanyahu Is in Trouble, and Other Takeaways From the Israeli Election
Netanyahu Is in Trouble, and Other Takeaways From the Israeli Election
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Outside the Beltway, Foreign Policy and Jewish Insider
Washington Post:
Pentagon has warned of dire outcomes if military projects canceled for wall don't happen — The Pentagon warned of dire outcomes unless Congress paid for urgently needed military construction projects nationwide — the same projects that have now been canceled to fund President Trump's border wall.
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Daily Kos
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Bryan Bender / Politico:
Military has spent nearly $200,000 at Trump's Scottish resort since 2017
Military has spent nearly $200,000 at Trump's Scottish resort since 2017
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House Committee …, The Week, Washington Post, Alternet.org and Hullabaloo
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Donald Trump's luxury helicopter charter plans fail to take off
Andrea Jefferson / Political Flare:
Trump Insider Claims Melania Has a Long-Term Boyfriend (and Donald Trump Knows About it) — It's pretty obviously to anyone with eyes that Donald and Melania Trump don't exactly have a lovey-dovey relationship. — From the hand-swatting to the Playboy model to the porn stars …
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Leonard Greene / New York Daily News:
Parents of UN students don't want them in photo op with Melania Trump
Parents of UN students don't want them in photo op with Melania Trump
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CNN, Alternet.org, BizPac Review and Political Flare
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Electable Is Elizabeth Warren, Anyway? — Elizabeth Warren is not leading the polls (yet), but she is on a trajectory to win the Democratic presidential nomination. She is well-liked by supporters of other candidates, giving her room to grow. And the sequence of votes gives …
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Splinter
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden at new low in Democratic primary race
Fox News Poll: Biden at new low in Democratic primary race
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Political Wire
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Here's The Document The White House, Barr Are Using To Push Gun Control On Republicans — The White House and Department of Justice (DOJ) have met with multiple Republican senators and congressmen to shop legislation on expanding background checks consistent with the Manchin-Toomey bill …
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Townhall, CNN, Axios, RedState, BuzzFeed News, Roll Call, The Hill, U.S. Political News …, Hot Air, Alternet.org and Big League Politics
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Claire Spellberg / Decider:
‘SNL’ Boss Lorne Michaels Reportedly Hired Shane Gillis to Appeal to Conservative Viewers — Just when you thought the Shane Gillis controversy was over, new details have emerged about his Saturday Night Live casting. According to a new report from Variety's Joe Otterson and Michael Schneider …
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Will Wilkinson / New York Times:
Why an Assault Weapons Ban Hits Such a Nerve With Many Conservatives — The premise of Trumpist populism is that the political preferences of a shrinking minority of citizens matter more than democracy. — “Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” Beto O'Rourke exclaimed at last week's Democratic debate.
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Bulwark:
Let Corey Be Corey — Corey Lewandowsky wants to beat a woman. I'm talking about incumbent New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Why, what did you think I meant? — Yesterday Corey Lewandowsky admitted to the world that he is a liar and he did it under oath, during his congressional testimony …
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New York Times, Vox, Fortune and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, more at Mediagazer »
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
33 Questions About Lewandowski's Lie
33 Questions About Lewandowski's Lie
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Hot Air, Vox, Washington Post and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
Rosalie Chan / Business Insider:
Barack Obama says any president should avoid TV and social media when making a decision — it ‘clouds your judgment’ — Former US president Barack Obama said that when making a decision, it's helpful not to watch TV or read social media. — That's because those things create …
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Occupy Democrats
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders has parted ways with Iowa political director — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) parted ways with his Iowa political director in recent weeks, his campaign confirmed Wednesday, part of a series of recent staff shake-ups in key early states. — The campaign announced in March …
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Political Wire
CBS Los Angeles:
Fights Erupt Between Protesters, Trump Supporters In Beverly Hills As President Attends Fundraising Event — BEVERLY HILLS (CBSLA) — Multiple fights erupted in Beverly Hills Tuesday night as supporters of President Trump and protesters clashed amid the president's arrival in Los Angeles.
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New York Post, RedState, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Fox News, ABC7 and twitchy.com
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
This report tallied the human and economic toll of gun violence in all 50 states. The cost is staggering. — 2017 marked the first time firearms killed more people than motor vehicle accidents, the report said. — Gun violence hits America's youth and rural states the hardest and has reached …
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Associated Press, Raw Story, The Trace and Daily Kos
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham's appeasement of Trump appears to have reached its limit — Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) has all but admitted to the game he's playing with President Trump. The man who once derided Trump as a “bigot” and a “kook” during the 2016 campaign has acknowledged his pro-Trump conversion …
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CANNONFIRE, Raw Story and The Daily Beast
WPLG-TV:
American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging flight has ties to ISIS, prosecutors say — Flight aborted after crew notices error with air data module system — MIAMI - An American Airlines mechanic accused of disabling a navigation system on a flight scheduled to take off …
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twitchy.com and Jihad Watch