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New York Times:
Leftist Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide With Mandate to Reshape Nation  —  MEXICO CITY — Riding a wave of populist anger fueled by rampant corruption and violence, the leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected president of Mexico on Sunday, in a landslide victory …
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins Mexican presidential race  —  MEXICO CITY — Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who rallied voters with his battle cry against corruption and promises to the poor, won a resounding victory Sunday night in Mexico's presidential election, after the concession of his two top rivals.
Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Mexican populist López Obrador triumphs in presidential race  —  The winning candidate promised to demand respect from President Donald Trump.  —  MEXICO CITY — Andrés Manuel López Obrador — a populist representing a left-wing political party that he founded four years ago …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: A leaked Trump bill to blow up the WTO  —  Axios has obtained a leaked draft of a Trump administration bill — ordered by the president himself — that would declare America's abandonment of fundamental World Trade Organization rules.  —  Why it matters: The draft legislation is stunning.
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Ex co-worker no fan of Democrat darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being hailed as the new face of the Democratic party after vanquishing Queens party boss Joe Crowley in Tuesday's primary, but one former co-worker isn't jumping on her bandwagon.
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The Intercept:
Data Suggest That Gentrifying Neighborhoods Powered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Victory  —  When canvassers for the campaign of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reconvened in the Bronx last Tuesday evening, they swapped stories about what they'd seen.  With no exit polling, anecdotes were all they had …
Discussion: NY State of Politics
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:   Restless Democratic newcomers bringing change to House
Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
‘Girl from the Bronx’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who beat high-ranking Democrat Joe Crowley …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the Democratic strategy to oppose Trump's Supreme Court pick  —  Democrats plan to make health care the central issue in their fight to oppose whomever Trump picks to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.  —  What they're saying: Here's Democratic leader Chuck Schumer framing …
Discussion: ABC News
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
How Trump's Supreme Court Pick Could Undo Kennedy's Legacy
Discussion: Maggie's Farm
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
After eyeing the exits, White House officials will likely stay through Supreme Court confirmation: Sources
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
New York Times:
Susan Collins, Pivotal Moderate, Says ‘Hostility’ to Roe Would Sway Her Vote
National Journal:
Can Democrats Play the Long Game?
Discussion: Hot Air
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Collins: White House has expanded its list of potential Supreme Court picks
Discussion: The Week, Splinter and Washington Press
Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Expands Key Missile-Manufacturing Plant  —  New satellite imagery indicates Pyongyang is pushing ahead with weapons programs even as it pursues dialogue with Washington  —  SEOUL—North Korea is completing a major expansion of a key missile-manufacturing plant …
Discussion: The Diplomat and The Daily Caller
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Elise Labott / CNN:
US and North Korean officials met Sunday to discuss implementing agreement between countries
Discussion: Axios
Matthew Schmitz / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Purple’ Family Values  —  In the months leading up to Donald Trump's election, I noticed a divide in how my acquaintances spoke about his family values — or lack thereof.  —  People I knew from college or had met in New York expressed distaste for Mr. Trump's behavior.
Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters:
Rubin: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Should Be Harassed Publicly As a ‘Life Sentence’  —  On Sunday's AM Joy, MSNBC contributor and Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin declared that Sarah Huckabee Sanders deserves a “life sentence” of being harassed publicly as she asserted that the White House press secretary …
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters … The gathering at a park gazebo in Huntsville, Ala., was by no means the largest of Saturday's nationwide protests against President Trump's “zero tolerance” border policies, though it was memorable for other reasons.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and WHNT-TV
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
A bad week for Democrats gives rise to a big problem: Outrage could become an obstacle in midterms  —  Growing liberal agitation over a pivotal Supreme Court retirement and a simmering crisis about immigrant child separation have left Democratic leaders scrambling to keep the political outrage …
Ericka Cruz Guevarra / OPB:
Man Killed By Armed PSU Officers Had Valid Concealed Carry Permit  —  Jason Erik Washington, the man killed by armed Portland State University officers early Friday morning, had a valid concealed carry permit at the time of his death.  —  Two of Washington's colleagues and at least one witness say Washington, 45, was black.
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
‘A way of monetizing poor people’: How private equity firms make money offering loans to cash-strapped Americans  —  The check arrived out of the blue, issued in his name for $1,200, a mailing from a consumer finance company.  Stephen Huggins eyed it carefully.  —  A loan, it said.
Wall Street Journal:
Top GOP Fundraiser to Stop Hush Payments Over Affair  —  Elliott Broidy says ex-model's lawyer breached $1.6 million deal that was arranged by Michael Cohen  —  A top Republican fundraiser will stop making payments to a former mistress who signed a hush-money agreement that was negotiated …
Discussion: The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
Make Way for Young Democratic Leaders  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  Whatever its larger meaning or impact, Representative Joseph Crowley's stunning loss …
Discussion: IJR and Politico
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NBC News:   House Democratic leadership may be up for grabs after Crowley's loss
John Fund / National Review:
Librarians Airbrush Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name from Award  —  Who's next?  Mark Twain, Shakespeare, Hemingway?  —  Politically correct radicals are now beating up on Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the beloved “Little House on the Prairie” children's books, which inspired …
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Sponsors of Migrant Children Face Steep Transport Fees and Red Tape  —  LOS ANGELES — Marlon Parada, a construction worker in Los Angeles, already was worried when he got an urgent call from his cousin in Honduras, asking if he would agree to take in the cousin's 14-year-old daughter.
Discussion: AOL and Mother Jones
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Did Satoshi Nakamoto Write This Book Excerpt?  A Wired Investigation  —  YEARS HAVE GONE by since any new piece of writing has appeared by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin.  But on Friday night, someone claiming to be Nakomoto published 21 pages of new material …
 
 
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Jessika L. / USA Today:
MS-13 beat me up and threatened to kill me. Then the US government took my kids.
Lucille Holt / Washington Post:
A white woman called police on a black 12-year-old — for mowing grass
Discussion: KTLA and New York Times
Clarice Feldman / American Thinker:
Is Trump the Most Fun President Ever?
Betsy Morris / Wall Street Journal:
The New Tech Avengers  —  An unlikely triumvirate of Silicon …
Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
CSU leader Seehofer offers resignation amid migration row
Ann Marlowe / Fast Company:
How Cambridge Analytica fueled a shady global passport bonanza
The Times of Israel:
French prosecutors announce investigation into anti-Semitic mosque sermon
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jihad Watch
Los Angeles Times:
The Trump administration says it's a ‘myth’ …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Christopher Carbone / Fox News:
19 ICE investigators call for agency to be disbanded in letter amid ‘abolish ICE’ protests
Alanna Petroff / CNNMoney:
Canada hits $13 billion of US goods with new tariffs
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed:
Trump Created An Office To Highlight Immigrant Crime. A Year Later, The Results Are Underwhelming.
Greg B. Smith / New York Daily News:
NYCHA nightmare: More than 800 kids tainted by lead, de Blasio administration finally concedes
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Emails reveal close rapport between top EPA officials, those they regulate
Discussion: Splinter
Daily Mail:
Illegal immigrant is arrested for 'starting dozens of wildfires in Colorado that forced hundreds …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit