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Mary Trump's Book Accuses the President of Embracing ‘Cheating as a Way of Life’ — The president's niece, Mary L. Trump, is the first to break ranks with the family and release a tell-all memoir. — Mary L. Trump, President Trump's niece, plans to publish a tell-all family memoir next week …
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Mary Trump Book Claims Trump Praised Her Breasts and His Own Sister Called Him a Clown — Mary Trump's explosive tell-all about the president details her uncle's comments about her body, his cheating on the SAT's, and how his own sister called him a clown. — Mary Trump's book …
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Washington Post:
Trump's worldview forged by neglect and trauma at home, his niece says in new book — A tell-all book by President Trump's niece describes a family riven by a series of traumas, exacerbated by a daunting patriarch who “destroyed” Donald Trump by short-circuiting his “ability to develop …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Mary Trump book: How she leaked Trump financials to NYT — In her new memoir, President Trump's niece reveals how she leaked hordes of confidential Trump family financial documents to the New York Times in an effort to expose her uncle, whom she portrays as a dangerous sociopath.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Psychological disorders and family squabbles: 9 details from the new book by Donald Trump's niece — A new book by Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump describes the president as a person likely afflicted by multiple psychological disorders who is profoundly unsuited to be president.
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CNN:
Mary Trump levels scathing criticism of President in new book obtained by CNN — (CNN)Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump levels scathing criticism of the President in her forthcoming book, accusing him of being a “sociopath” and charging that Trump's “hubris and willful ignorance” dating back to his early days threatens the country.
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun-Times:
Mary Trump says uncle Donald may have ‘undiagnosed learning disability’ in new book
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Business Insider:
Trump cheated on his SAT by paying someone to take it for him, according to Mary Trump's new book
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Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's niece writes that his failings ‘threaten us all’
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Donald Trump's behavior was shaped by his ‘sociopath’ father, niece writes in bombshell book
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Elliot Ackerman / Harper's:
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate — We welcome responses at letters@harpers.org — Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with wider calls for greater equality …
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Fredrik deBoer:
ending the charade — I am perpetually annoyed that we continue to have culture war battles out of habit long after they have ceased to mean anything. For example, the liberal insistence that the media or the academy do not have liberal biases. Of course, the mainstream media is hostile to the interests of the Trump administration.
NBC News:
Trump ‘going with his gut’ in fanning racism, frustrating some White House aides — WASHINGTON — Some White House officials are privately expressing frustration over President Trump's recent embrace of a message stoking racial and cultural divisions. — The Trump allies are telling …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Mulvaney: Trump faces ‘real headwinds’ if election turns into ‘referendum’ on him
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Maybe This Isn't Such a Good Time to Prosecute a Culture War
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump administration moves to formally withdraw US from WHO — The White House has officially moved to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), a senior administration official confirmed Tuesday, breaking ties with a global public health body in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Trump administration notifies UN of intent to withdraw from WHO
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Gives Formal Notice That U.S. Will Leave the W.H.O. Next Year
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
Trump administration submits formal notice of withdrawal from WHO
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Sweden Has Become the World's Cautionary Tale — Its decision to carry on in the face of the pandemic has yielded a surge of deaths without sparing its economy from damage — a red flag as the United States and Britain move to lift lockdowns. — LONDON — Ever since the coronavirus emerged in Europe …
Tim Miller / Rolling Stone:
What 9 GOP Campaign Consultants Really Think About Republicans' Chances in November — The mood in MAGA-land: “Every shred of evidence points to a likely ass kicking” — Shooting rubber bullet grenades at protesting priests. Catastrophically botching the pandemic response, resulting in a public health and economic calamity.
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson suggests Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs in Iraq, hates America — Before launching a broadside against Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Fox News host Tucker Carlson acknowledged that it's not easy to go after a Purple Heart recipient who lost both her legs while serving her country in Iraq.
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Aaron Gordon / VICE:
Post Office Delivery Trucks Keep Catching on Fire — Hundreds of the iconic Post Office delivery trucks have caught on fire in recent years, thanks to a 30-year-old fleet and a manufactured budget crisis. — Aaron Gordon — On April 30, 2016, a United States Post Office letter carrier in Fall River …
Ben Popken / NBC News:
Here are some of the billionaires who got PPP loans while small businesses went bankrupt — Billionaire property developer Joe Farrell, a prominent Republican fundraiser, received up to $1 million in taxpayer coronavirus relief funds, according to federal data released Monday.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is in deep trouble. His own allies are privately admitting why. — For many weeks, the basic story that President Trump told the country — and himself — went like this: The only thing restraining us from roaring back to greatness is the oppressive restrictiveness of overzealous officials …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Loeffler opposes WNBA's plan to spread ‘Black Lives Matter’ message — U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler objected to the WNBA's plans to honor the Black Lives Matter movement, warning Tuesday that subscribing to a “particular political agenda undermines the potential of the sport and sends a message of exclusion.”
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Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
Brazil's Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus — RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Bolsonaro, who has sought repeatedly to minimize the coronavirus as he urges the country back to work, has tested positive for covid-19, he told reporters on Tuesday.
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Judd Gregg / The Hill:
The coming Biden coup — It is more than a possibility, and slightly less than a likelihood, that Joe Biden will be elected president in November. — Biden has made it clear that a woman will be his running mate. — What is becoming equally apparent is that he may be cornered into choosing …
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Politico:
Republicans in danger of losing huge portion of their women senators — Senate Republicans could lose nearly half of the women currently in their caucus come November after recently making painstaking gains — the latest potential blow to the party in the Trump era.
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Fauci: “False narrative” to take comfort in lower coronavirus death rate — Anthony Fauci said at an event with Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) on Tuesday “that it's a false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death” from the coronavirus in the U.S., warning: “There's so many other things that are dangerous and bad about the virus.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Hogan, Maryland Governor, Plans Book Tour as He Eyes 2024 White House Run — Larry Hogan, the Republican governor of a solidly Democratic state, who has drawn attention for his criticism of President Trump's coronavirus response, writes at length about the experience.
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ESPN:
Eagles' DeSean Jackson says he doesn't hate Jewish community after posting anti-Semitic messages — Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson said he has no hatred toward the Jewish community after posting anti-Semitic messages on social media Monday that he attributed to Adolf Hitler and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Citing Coronavirus, Judges Released Child Pornographers From Prison That Will Soon House Roger Stone — Roger Stone is scheduled to report to federal prison next week to begin serving a 40-month sentence on charges stemming from the special counsel's probe.
USA Today:
Duckworth on Russia bounties: How dare Trump still call himself our commander in chief? — While President Donald Trump has spent the past couple of weeks golfing, campaigning and making sure the buck stopped anywhere but with him, American service members in hot spots around the world likely …
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Mairead McArdle / National Review:
Georgia Governor Declares State of Emergency, Deploys National Guard after July 4 Weekend Violence — Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Monday issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency and activating up to 1,000 National Guard members after Atlanta was wracked with violence over Independence Day weekend.
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Washington Post:
The ‘Covid Cocktail’: Inside a Pa. nursing home that gave some veterans hydroxychloroquine even without covid-19 testing — SPRING CITY, Pa. — They wrapped the dead in body bags and raced back to treat the living, crammed into a nursing home that, day after day, played the somber sound …
E. Alex Jung / Vulture:
In Conversation: Thandie Newton After decades onscreen, nothing surprises the Westworld actress, though what she's ready to share will surprise you. — As outspoken as Thandie Newton has been throughout her career, there are still stories she's been holding off on telling.
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Collin Binkley / ABC News:
DeVos rejects part-time reopening for schools amid pandemic — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is assailing plans by some local districts to offer in-person instruction only a few days a week — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday assailed plans by some local districts to offer …
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Georgi Kantchev / Wall Street Journal:
Russia Accuses Space Official of Passing Secrets to NATO — Detention of former journalist Ivan Safronov follows a string of treason allegations against prominent Russians — MOSCOW—Russian authorities detained a former journalist working at the country's space agency and accused …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
‘McCongressman’ Gets a Large Order of PPP — Representative Kevin Hern pushed to make it easier for franchises to get federal loans. A company he controls did just that. So did businesses that operate in buildings owned or controlled by the Trump family. — It's almost always an advantage to have a seat at the table.
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Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Mike Flynn swears allegiance to QAnon in Fourth of July video — Flynn tagged his lawyers and an organization founded by Charlie Daniels, who died two days later — President Donald Trump's first national security adviser Mike Flynn tweeted a video on Independence Day in which he administers …
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