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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Jennifer Griffin of Fox News Did Not Confirm ‘Most Salacious’ Part of Atlantic Story — Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reported Friday that two anonymous former “senior” U.S. officials had confirmed “key parts” of the Atlantic's story about the president, but could not confirm “the most salacious” part.
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Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Deadline, The Hill, EA WorldView, Contemptor, Raw Story, Twitchy and Donald J. Trump for President
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Defenders: He Doesn't Hate the Troops, He Just ‘Sounds Like an Asshole’ — Yes, his allies admit, Trump routinely makes callous comments about U.S. military personnel. But it's because he hates the wars they're forced to fight, not the troops themselves.
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Trump Calls for Firing of Fox News Reporter Who Confirmed President Disparaged Veterans — President Donald Trump is calling for a Fox News reporter to be fired after she confirmed some details of a bombshell story that said he disparaged veterans. The Atlantic sparked huge controversy …
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MSNBC, Deadline, The Hill and Washington Times
Donald Trump / The Guardian:
Trump calls for Fox News journalist to be fired for report on war dead scandal — The row over Donald Trump's alleged remarks denigrating American soldiers has now seen the US president target one of his core areas of support as he called for a Fox News journalist who reported details of the scandal to be fired.
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Politico, Political Wire and Breitbart
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who served in Vietnam went to war — Watch Trump's response when asked about John Kelly and bombshell story — (CNN)President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who served in Vietnam went to war, according to someone who has heard him make the remarks.
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Politico, courthousenews.com and The Daily Caller
Annie Karni / New York Times:
John Kelly, at Center of Report on Trump Disparaging U.S. Soldiers, Keeps Silent
John Kelly, at Center of Report on Trump Disparaging U.S. Soldiers, Keeps Silent
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The Moderate Voice, CNN, New York Daily News, INSIDER, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, Washington Times and The Daily Beast
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Making Sure Trump's Troop Comments Matter
Making Sure Trump's Troop Comments Matter
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POLITICUSUSA, Al Jazeera and Redstate
Blake Hounshell / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Where's the Republican defense of Trump?
POLITICO Playbook: Where's the Republican defense of Trump?
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Raw Story, Florida Politics and The Wrap
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Journalism's New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean its Opposite … One of the most humiliating journalism debacles of the Trump era played out on December 8, 2017, first on CNN and then on MSNBC. The spectacle kicked off on that Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. when CNN …
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Cockburn / Spectator USA:
Sources: Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg weeps in his office ‘all the time’ — This week, the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg dropped what could be his biggest piece since he won a major award for drawing bogus links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. The piece claims that during a 2018 visit …
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Instapundit, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
White House directs federal agencies to cancel race-related training sessions it calls ‘un-American propaganda’ — Administration seeks list of contracts for those that refer to ‘white privilege,’ according to memo — President Trump is moving to revamp federal agencies' racial sensitivity trainings …
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Mother Jones, Fox News, Axios, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, UPI, New York Times, Althouse, Real Clear Politics, The Hill and Political Wire
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Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Party's Over: Trump Orders Purge of ‘Critical Race Theory’ from Federal Agencies
Party's Over: Trump Orders Purge of ‘Critical Race Theory’ from Federal Agencies
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Vox, The Post Millennial, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Big League Politics
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
‘I will not take his word for it’: Kamala Harris says she would not trust Trump alone on a coronavirus vaccine — Harris says she won't trust Trump's word alone on a vaccine — Washington (CNN)Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said that President Donald Trump's word alone …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI pondered whether Trump was ‘a Manchurian candidate elected,’ former agent alleges in new book — Former FBI agent Peter Strzok alleges in a new book that investigators came to believe it was “conceivable, if unlikely” that Russia was secretly controlling President Trump after he took office …
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Axios, Politico, The Daily Caller and The Hill
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Ex-FBI agent: Attacks from Trump ‘outrageous’ and ‘cruel’
Ex-FBI agent: Attacks from Trump ‘outrageous’ and ‘cruel’
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Political Wire, NPR and Bloomberg
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Ex-F.B.I. Agent in Russia Inquiry Says Trump Is a National Security Threat
Ex-F.B.I. Agent in Russia Inquiry Says Trump Is a National Security Threat
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Raw Story
CNN:
Ignoring warnings from election officials, Trump again suggests supporters should try to vote twice — Trump appears to encourage people to vote twice — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump suggested to his supporters on Friday night that if they vote by mail they should also attempt …
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Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, FactCheck.org and The Daily Caller
Ashley Collman / Business Insider:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders called one of her former White House colleagues a ‘liberal, aggressive, foulmouthed Jew from New York City’ — Foto: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, March 11, 2019.
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Raw Story
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
How Trump Draws on Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills — As he has done with other aspects of the presidency, Donald J. Trump has redefined the practice in ways that have unsettled even some Republicans. — WASHINGTON — President Trump was proudly litigious before his victory in 2016 and has remained so in the White House.
Bloomberg:
Democrats Hold Secret Edge If Election Is Too Close to Call — Majority of top swing state election posts held by Democrats — Record mail-in voting expected despite Trump attacks — Twenty years ago, as Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush battled for weeks …
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Washington Post, Associated Press, Political Wire, The Guardian, Mercury News, The Hill and New York Times
Tori B. Powell / The Daily Beast:
Kyle Rittenhouse's Attorney Resigns From Legal Fundraiser After Dodgy Financial Past Revealed — ROLLING IN DEBT — John Pierce, the lead attorney for accused Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse, has resigned from the #FightBack Foundation, a day after The Daily Beast reported that some of the funds …
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The Daily Beast
Marissa Lang / Washington Post:
After 100 days of demonstrations, more radical protest tactics are likely here to stay — After 100 days of dissent in Washington, the boundaries between cities, states and even countries have dissolved as protesters from Hong Kong to Portland to D.C. swap tactics, share strategies and ping from one demonstration to the next.
Nancy Rommelmann / Reason:
'You're Not Allowed To Film': The Fight To Control Who Reports From Portland — “YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM!” is a cry you hear incessantly at protests in Portland, Oregon, always shouted at close range to your face by after-dark demonstrators. You can assert that, yes, you can film …
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KOIN-TV, Wall Street Journal and Breitbart
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Trump and Russia echo each other in presidential race — An hour into his rally Thursday night in a Pittsburgh suburb, President Trump slammed states that have expanded mail-in voting, a familiar target for his reelection campaign. — “These mail-in ballots are a disgrace, and they know it,” he scoffed.
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Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Review Of Federal Charges In Portland Unrest Shows Most Are Misdemeanors — In President Trump's telling of it, Portland, Ore., is a city under siege by violent radical leftists, and he's suggested that only the strong hand of federal law enforcement can save it.
Jim Small / Arizona Mirror:
Trump campaign going dark in Arizona, cancels planned TV blitz — Donald Trump's re-election campaign is going off Arizona airwaves after the Labor Day holiday, and may not resume television advertising in the Grand Canyon State until early voting begins in early October.
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Political Wire and Daily Kos
CNN:
FDA rejects oleandrin, an unproven coronavirus therapeutic pushed by MyPillow CEO, as a dietary supplement ingredient — (CNN)The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a submission from Phoenix Biotechnology Inc. to market oleandrin as a dietary supplement ingredient, citing …
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Forbes and New York Post
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Joe Biden once joked about China helping him become president — Say it ain't Joe. — Joe Biden once joked in 2013 about accepting Chinese help to seek the Oval Office, and the moment was caught on video still viewable on the Obama White House YouTube page.
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Washington Post and The Unz Review
New York Post:
Black Lives Matter protesters riot in Manhattan, cause $100,000 damage: NYPD — Eight people were arrested Friday night when a group of 150 Black Lives Matter protesters smashed windows and graffitied the storefronts of Lower Manhattan chain stores and banks, police sources said.
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Redstate