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Aris Folley / The Hill:
DeSantis: Florida voters shouldn't ‘monkey this up’ by voting for Gillum — (R) on Wednesday warned Florida voters not to “monkey this up” by voting for his Democratic gubernatorial opponent Andrew Gillum. — “You know, this is a guy, although he's much too liberal for Florida …
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Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
Even Fox News isn't OK with this Trump-backed nominee's casual racism — Republican nominee Ron DeSantis somehow managed to be too racist for Fox News. — Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) couldn't even wait 24 hours after winning the Republican nomination for the Florida governor's race …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
DeSantis says Florida voters would ‘monkey this up’ if they elect Gillum as governor
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
The Media Say Republican Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis Just Dropped A Racist Dog Whistle.
New York Times:
A Black Progressive and a Trump Acolyte Win Florida Governor Primaries
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Don't ‘monkey this up’ and elect Andrew Gillum, Ron DeSantis says
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
Florida, Arizona primaries set up fierce fall showdowns
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Trump slams Florida primary winner Gillum as ‘failed socialist mayor’
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Axios:
Scoop: Don McGahn's coming White House exit — Top White House officials and sources close to White House counsel Don McGahn tell Axios that McGahn will step down this fall — after Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, or after the midterms. — The big picture …
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Washington Post:
Trump says White House Counsel Donald McGahn will leave his job in the fall — White House Counsel Donald McGahn, who has led the Trump administration's efforts to reshape the judiciary while confronting turmoil in the West Wing surrounding the ongoing special counsel probe …
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Murray Waas / NYR Daily:
The Flynn Tapes: A New Tell — In early February 2017, a senior White House attorney, John Eisenberg, reviewed highly classified intelligence intercepts of telephone conversations between then-National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak …
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HuffPost:
Democrats Just Confirmed Lots Of Trump's Judges So They Could Skip Town — The resistance wilts in August. — WASHINGTON Senate Democrats just gave a huge gift to President Donald Trump: They agreed to expedite votes on 15 of his nominees to lifetime federal court seats because they wanted to go home.
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why the Senate May Not Rename a Building for John McCain After All — Congress might want to hold off ordering new signage for one of its office buildings. — A proposal to rename the Russell Senate Office Building in honor of Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday, seems to have found its first sticking point.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP eyes another shot at ObamaCare repeal after McCain's death
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Politico:
Cindy McCain wields quiet influence over Senate replacement
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans can't even agree to take a segregationist's name off a building
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
‘John McCain will always have our back’: Politicians pay tribute to the late senator in Arizona ceremony
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CNN:
Sources: Second Trump Org employee discussed immunity deal — (CNN)A second Trump Organization employee discussed a potential immunity deal with the federal prosecutors who charged Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, according to people familiar with the matter.
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BuzzFeed News:
“Suspicious” Transactions At Russian Embassy Sparked Deeper Bank Probe Than Previously Known — When BuzzFeed News reported earlier this year on dozens of suspicious financial transactions by Russian diplomats living in Washington, Kremlin officials objected with ferocity.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Probing Whether Malaysian Fugitive Laundered Funds to Pay Chris Christie and Trump Lawyer — Jho Low under investigation for alleged embezzlement of $4.5 billion from 1MDB fund — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether a fugitive Malaysian financier laundered tens …
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BuzzFeed News:
In An Unprecedented Move, The US Postal Service Released A Former CIA Officer's Security Application To A Republican Group — The former officer, Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger, has suggested the information was released for partisan purposes. Documents shows USPS was responding …
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Michael Tackett / New York Times:
C.I.A. Officer-Turned-Candidate Says PAC Obtained Her Security Application
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Jay Cassano / Sludge:
Cuomo Received $25,000 From Weinstein Lawyer's Firm as He Suspended Probe — The contribution from Weinstein's former lawyer was made the same month Cuomo suspended an investigation into the New York district attorney's failure to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015. — EDITED BY
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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed News:
Inside The Trump Administration's Secret War On Weed — The White House has secretly amassed a committee of federal agencies from across the government to combat public support for marijuana and cast state legalization measures in a negative light, while attempting to portray the drug as a national threat …
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Politico:
Trump lawyer Giuliani got paid to lobby Romanian president — Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was being paid by a global consulting firm when he sent a letter to the president of Romania last week that contradicted the U.S. government's official position.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Maria Butina: Private Messages Reveal Accused Russian Spy's True Ties to D.C. Wise Man … When federal prosecutors charged Maria Butina with covertly infiltrating the conservative movement on behalf of the Kremlin, questions began to swirl around a Washington think tank that had published …
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
BREAKING: Day After Ohr's Testimony, Congress Seeks to Question His Wife — Lawmakers are also seeking all communications - texts and emails - between Bruce Ohr and top officials at the FBI — Numerous congressional sources are telling SaraACarter.com that after Department …
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Russian oligarch, Justice Department and a clear case of collusion
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New York Times:
Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture — SAN FRANCISCO — The post went up quietly on Facebook's internal message board last week. Titled “We Have a Problem With Political Diversity,” it quickly took off inside the social network.
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
The Diver Elon Musk Called A “Pedo” Is Preparing A Libel Claim — “You published through three different tweets to your twenty-two million followers that Mr. Unsworth engages in the sexual exploitation of Thai children, and you did so at a time when he was working to save the lives of twelve Thai children.”
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Alex Burness / The Colorado Independent:
Body-cam vid shows Denver cops cuffed Indy editor as she photographed their badges — Police body camera footage released today shows two Denver officers told The Colorado Independent's editor, Susan Greene, to “act like a lady” as they handcuffed and detained her in July for attempting …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Liker, a Facebook Alternative for Liberals, Is Hive of False Claims About Trump … In the world of the anti-Trump Facebook #Resistance, no one has a bigger soapbox than Omar Rivero, the founder of the Occupy Democrats Facebook page. — Along with his brother Rafael, Rivero …
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Top Canadian official touts progress in NAFTA trade talks — Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Wednesday expressed optimism about ongoing trade talks with the White House, part of fast-moving negotiations in President Trump's push to rework the North American Trade Agreement.
Christopher Flavelle / Bloomberg:
Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could Go First — One morning in June, Douglas Yoder climbed into a white government SUV on the edge of Miami and headed northwest, away from the glittering coastline and into the maze of water infrastructure that makes this city possible.
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Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
The New Lobbying: Qatar Targeted 250 Trump ‘Influencers’ to Change U.S. Policy — Blockaded by Mideast neighbors, the emirate deployed an unconventional lobbying campaign to win over an unconventional U.S. president — Longtime New York restaurateur Joey Allaham visited Manhattan's Park East Synagogue late …
Tom Sietsema / Washington Post:
La Vie on the Wharf is so bad I'm only writing about it as a warning — Every now and then I encounter a restaurant that's so dismissive of diners' senses, my initial reaction is simply not to write about it. Why waste the money, the words and your precious time?
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
An ode to one of the worst GOP candidates in recent memory — For the second time in two years, Arizona Republicans held a Senate primary. And for the second time in two years, a uniquely bad and desperate candidate named Kelli Ward went down in flames. — Ward lost to Sen. John McCain …
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Crime Russia:
Senior executive of steel plant in Russia, Bruno Charles de Kooman, falls out of window in Moscow — The senior executive's acquaintance was a witness of the tragedy. — According to Telegram-channel Mash, the senior executive of Novolipetsk Steel Plant (NLMK) Bruno Charles de Kooman fell …
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