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John Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
The Scandal of Trump's China Policy — The president pleaded with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for domestic political help, subordinated national-security issues to his own reelection prospects and ignored Beijing's human-rights abuses — U.S. strategy toward the People's Republic of China …
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Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
John Bolton's Tone in ‘The Room Where It Happened’ Swings Between Tedious and Slightly Unhinged — Pity, for just an infinitesimal moment, John Bolton. — There he was last January, commanding an enormous share of the public's attention with news of a forthcoming book that reportedly included an …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
John Bolton's book is full of startling revelations he should have told us sooner — “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord,” reads a famous passage from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans. John Bolton has provided a secular version of that cosmic payback in his account of Donald Trump's presidency …
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Bolton: Trump's not ‘fit for office,’ doesn't have ‘competence to carry out the job’ — In an ABC interview, Bolton says Trump was singularly focused on reelection. — President Donald Trump is not “fit for office” and doesn't have “the competence to carry out the job,” …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Bolton Says Trump Impeachment Inquiry Missed Other Troubling Actions — In his new book, John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, describes episodes where the president sought to halt criminal inquiries. He also says President Trump's loyalists mocked him behind his back.
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump asked China's Xi to help him win reelection, according to Bolton book — President Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win the 2020 U.S. election, telling Xi during a summit dinner last year that increased agricultural purchases by Beijing from American farmers would aid …
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
‘He Is a Liar’: Trump Pushes Back on Bolton Book — President disputes allegations made by former national security adviser John Bolton and defends handling of foreign policy issues — WASHINGTON—President Trump broadly defended his handling of foreign policy issues that are the subject …
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Axios and The Daily Caller
Nicole Gaouette / CNN:
What we learned from John Bolton's eye-popping tale of working with Trump — Washington (CNN)John Bolton details a troubling and shocking series of allegations in a new book about his tenure as President Donald Trump's national security adviser, alleging Trump requested Chinese help to win the 2020 election …
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KEYT-TV
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
John Bolton Tells the Truth — Even if they don't like him, every Republican and conservative in Washington knows that Bolton doesn't make things up. What will they do now? — Twice over the last few years, I've met with individuals who had recently departed the Trump administration after serving at very senior levels.
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Raw Story
Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times:
Federal prosecutors are mulling criminal charges against John Bolton — Federal prosecutors are weighing whether to criminally charge John Bolton with disclosing classified information in his upcoming White House memoir, and the Justice Department is expected in coming days to ramp …
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Washington Post:
Bolton's new book blows apart one of Trump's biggest reelection arguments
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Business Insider:
Trump said it would be ‘cool’ to invade Venezuela because the country is 'really part …
Washington Post:
Justice Department seeks emergency order to block publication of Bolton's book
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Put Re-Election Prospects Ahead of National Interest, Bolton Alleges
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Washington Post:
Impeachment casts shadow over Army officer's promotion — An Army officer's promotion is in jeopardy over what some officials fear could be White House retaliation for his role in last year's impeachment inquiry, raising the possibility that President Trump might again intervene in military affairs …
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Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
CNN:
‘Wednesday night massacre’ as Trump appointee takes over at global media agency — New York (CNN Business)The heads of four organizations overseen by the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) were all dismissed Wednesday night — a move likely to heighten concerns that new Trump-appointed CEO Michael Pack means …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
New VOA chief seeks to ease fears of any Trump propaganda
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New York Times:
Does Trump Want to Fight for a Second Term? His Self-Sabotage Worries Aides — Advisers and allies say the president's repeated acts of self-destruction have significantly damaged his re-election prospects, and yet he appears mostly unable, or unwilling, to curtail them.
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Madeline Charbonneau / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wants to Find, Prosecute Person Who Leaked His Trip to the Bunker: NYT
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Raw Story
NBC News:
Half-brother of man found hanged involved in deputy shootout — The half-brother of a man found hanged from a tree in Southern California was involved in a gunfight with authorities Wednesday in the Mojave Desert, law enforcement sources told NBC News and NBC Los Angeles.
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Washington Post:
Blackface incident at Post cartoonist's 2018 Halloween party resurfaces amid protests — Every year, Tom Toles's Halloween party draws an eclectic mix — journalists and political types from Washington's power elite, but also artists and musicians, everyone from retirees to college kids …
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Arizona Republic:
Pinal County sheriff says he tested positive for COVID-19 before planned Trump meeting — Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb announced on Wednesday afternoon that he tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. — Lamb posted on the Pinal County Sheriff Office's Facebook page …
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Tim Gray / Variety:
10 Problematic Films That Could Use Warning Labels — It's now widely accepted that despite being a beloved classic, “Gone With the Wind” needs an explanation of its context when it's screened on TV or in theaters. HBO Max says it will eventually restore the Oscar-winning film to the service, but with “context and framing.”
Doha Madani / NBC News:
Uncle Ben's rice to change brand as part of parent company's stance against racism — The parent company of Uncle Ben's rice said Wednesday that “now was the right time to evolve” the brand, including visually, but did not release details of what exactly would change or when.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Corporate Pandering Means Invisibility
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Louder With Crowder
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Senate Democrats Silent When Asked If They Condemn Dick Durbin's ‘Token’ Comment Towards Sen. Tim Scott's Legislation — Every Democrat in the Senate has refused to acknowledge Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin's comments calling Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott's police reform legislation “a token.”
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Democrats weigh shutting down GOP police reform plan
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Our New Polling Averages Show Biden Leads Trump By 9 Points Nationally — Today we launched our general election polling averages, nationally and for all states with a sufficient number of polls. Recent polls show former Vice President Joe Biden with a solid lead over President Trump nationally, and in most swing states.
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ABC News
Washington Post:
What helps non-black people support Black Lives Matter? A signal from someone in their own ethnic group. — Our surveys uncover how this messaging works — The public outcry following the shooting deaths of George Floyd in Minnesota, Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, Sean Reed in Indiana …
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KEYT-TV, Common Dreams and FiveThirtyEight
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Progressive donor group announces $59M vote-by-mail campaign — WASHINGTON (AP) — A network of deep-pocketed progressive donors is launching a $59 million effort to encourage people of color to vote by mail in November, a step many Democrats view as crucial to turning out the party's base during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Hill
Axios:
Trump to use Tulsa as test run for mass crowds ahead of convention — President Trump's campaign plans to turn this weekend's Tulsa rally into a massive pro-Trump festival complete with musical acts, and it's flying in high-profile backers and camera crews to show the world the fervency of his supporters.
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Washington Post and Mediaite
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
How 6 blocks in Seattle became a microcosm of the culture wars — In less than two weeks, six blocks in Seattle have come to reflect the divisive American political landscape. — President Donald Trump has tweeted angrily about the “Domestic Terrorists” and “Radical Left Democrats” …
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MSN, The Daily Dot and Redstate
Carl Anthony / The Daily Boulder:
Black Teenage Boy Found Hanged Outside Houston Elementary School: Report — Houston Police said a black teenage boy was found hanged outside an elementary school, reported the Houston Chronicle. — The boy was found in a remote corner on Ehrhardt Elementary School property in Spring …
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