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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Democrats Strip Superdelegates Of Power In Historic Reform Vote  —  The Democratic National Committee's changes aim to heal the lingering divisions of the 2016 presidential primary.  —  CHICAGO In a long-awaited bid to reinvigorate the Democratic Party and heal the divides of the 2016 presidential primary …
Discussion: Common Dreams
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Politico:
Democrats strip superdelegates of power in picking presidential nominee  —  Party officials voted at a meeting to strip the party insiders of much of their influence, a big win for the party's base.  —  CHICAGO - Democratic Party officials voted Saturday to strip superdelegates …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats weaken ‘superdelegates’ in effort to avoid another bitter presidential primary  —  CHICAGO — The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to neutralize the votes of unpledged convention delegates, part of a package of hard-fought reforms designed to prevent a repeat …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: DNC, TV networks discuss presidential debates  —  CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic Party has begun conversations with television networks about a series of presidential primary debates in 2019, a top party official has told The Associated Press.  —  The talks are “in the very early stages …
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Democrats Vote To Strip Power From Superdelegates  —  Superdelegates will no longer have a say in the nominating process.  (Except in the unlikely event of a contested convention.)  —  Reporting From  —  Chicago  —  Democrats voted Saturday to drastically scale back the controversial …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Democrats Cut Party Leaders' Power to Pick Presidential Nominee
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Sonia Moghe / CNN:
Exclusive: Ex-Trump World Tower doorman releases ‘catch-and-kill’ contract about alleged Trump affair  —  (CNN)A former Trump World Tower doorman who says he has knowledge of an alleged affair President Donald Trump had with an ex-housekeeper, which resulted in a child, is now able to talk …
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
What Will Mueller Do?  The Answer Might Lie in a By-the-Book Past  —  The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has approached law enforcement consistently for decades: leading aggressive investigations marked by adherence to precedent and higher office.  —  WASHINGTON — Long …
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of Trump's Orders Easing the Firing of Federal Workers  —  A federal district judge in Washington struck down most of the key provisions of three executive orders that President Trump signed in late May that would have made it easier to fire federal employees.
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
In victory for unions, judge overturns key parts of Trump executive orders  —  A federal judge late Friday dealt a victory to federal employees and the unions that represent them, invalidating overnight key provisions of a series of Trump administration executive orders aimed at making it easier to fire employees and weaken the unions.
Discussion: Politico and Splinter
Washington Post:   Judge delivers victory to federal employee unions, overturning key parts of Trump executive orders
Grace Segers / CBS News:
Beto O'Rourke says “nothing more American” than NFL players protesting the national anthem  —  Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic candidate challenging Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, was featured in a viral video posted to Twitter on Tuesday giving an answer at a town hall defending NFL players who kneel during the national anthem before games.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
We Asked 1,000 People What Happened On Tuesday.  Here's What Some Of Them Said.  —  Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, someone's lost cat and Post Malone.  —  On Tuesday, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted of federal charges, and former Trump lawyer …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Bad blood between McCain and Trump lingers, even as the Arizona Republican nears the end  —  It got off to a bad start, and President Trump's venomous relationship with Sen. John McCain probably won't end well either.  —  The president was reportedly disinvited to McCain's funeral months ago …
Associated Press:
Conor Daly loses Lilly Diabetes sponsorship over remark his father made over 30 years ago  —  ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly's No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racially insensitive remark made by the driver's father in the 1980s that surfaced this week.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The three illegal acts that may have helped Trump win the presidency  —  The nation heard this week accusations that Donald Trump was personally involved in the decision to offer two women money shortly before the 2016 election to keep them from sharing stories of alleged affairs.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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David French / National Review:   Stop Blaming Investigators More Than Criminals for Trump's Woes
Julia Salazar / Julia Salazar for New York State Senate:
Statement from Julia  —  I've received many questions from supporters today about a piece published yesterday in Tablet Magazine.  I'll be responding thoroughly to some of the questions raised in that irresponsible article in interviews, which will be published over the coming days …
The Hill:
Trump Org.  CFO's immunity deal is new problem for Trump  —  Prosecutors are edging closer and closer to President Trump  —  's business empire, a fact underlined by the news Friday of an immunity deal reportedly given to the Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer (CFO).
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Senator Brown's Press Feed:
After Careful Consideration, Brown Decides To Oppose Kavanaugh Nomination  —  Senator: ‘Special interests already have armies of lobbyists and lawyers on their sides, working people need judges who will put their rights first’  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) …
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Chapel Hill Police Officer With Anti-Government Militia Tattoo Will Keep His Job  —  The North Carolina officer's Three Percenters tattoo was visible as he stood guard near the “Silent Sam” Confederate memorial.  —  The Chapel Hill Police Department will not discipline a police officer …
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
How Far America Has Fallen  —  The thing with every shocking revelation about Trump is that it's already baked into his image.  I've never met a Trump supporter who did not know exactly who he is.  —  RIDGWAY, Colo. — It's different in the West.  It's easier to feel in touch with some essence of what America is.
Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life  —  New research suggests that more money really does lead to a more satisfying life.  Surveys of thousands of Swedish lottery winners have provided persuasive evidence of this truth.  —  Lottery winners said they were substantially more satisfied with their lives than lottery losers.
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Trump renews attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, claiming ‘real corruption goes untouched’  —  President Trump lashed out again at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying he lets “real corruption” go untouched while special counsel Robert Mueller's team is “having a field day.”
Discussion: Vox, ThinkProgress and Breitbart
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Trump anxiety spreads through South Korea  —  Many South Koreans worry that the U.S. president — though hailed for bringing Kim Jong Un to the table — lacks the patience for a true breakthrough with the North.  —  SEOUL — South Koreans are growing more anxious about President Donald Trump's commitment …
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Washington Post:
A dirty plan that would kill Americans  —  OF THE many negative results stemming from President Trump's election, this was perhaps the most predictable: The Environmental Protection Agency revealed Tuesday a sorry new climate-change plan, seemingly designed to weaken as much as legally possible …
 
 
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Pesticide Studies Won E.P.A.'s Trust, Until Trump's Team Scorned ‘Secret Science’
Corey Robin / New York Times:
The New Socialists  —  Why the pitch from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Chelsea Deffenbacher / Register-Guard:
Las Vegas shooting survivor becomes Springfield police officer to help others
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Baghdad gets its groove back
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Paul Manafort's trial in D.C. to take 3 weeks, probe Ukraine lobbying world
Grace Gottschling / Campus Reform:
Clemson RAs freed from mandated ‘commitment to social justice’
Discussion: The College Fix
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump Admin Cuts U.S. Aid to Palestinians
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Gillibrand Says Trump Should Resign
Bloomberg:
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Devin Nunes silent after Trump gang's 16 convictions and guilty pleas
The Onion / politics.theonion.com:
Meghan McCain Forced To Live Out Socialist Nightmare Of Empathy For Sick Person
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani distances himself from Trump over his ‘flipping’ comments: ‘The President is not a lawyer’
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson walks back bogus South Africa scaremongering
 

 
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