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Washington Post:
Who talked most during the first night of the Democratic debate  —  Ten Democratic primary candidates faced off tonight in the first night of the first 2020 presidential debate.  The Washington Post tracked the amount of time each candidate spoke.  —  Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mocks Beto and Booker's ‘Humorous’ Spanish Skills at Democratic Debate  —  The progressive congresswoman highlighted Elizabeth Warren and Julian Castro as stand-out candidates during a post-debate appearance on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Landmine that Just Got Laid for Elizabeth Warren  —  On several occasions in Wednesday night's Democratic debate, the NBC moderators invited candidates to take a shot at Senator Elizabeth Warren, and neither of her fellow senators, Amy Klobuchar or Cory Booker, took the bait.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren proved she's ready for the big show  —  She commanded on her issue but more importantly showed the political savvy Democrats have wondered about.  —  Elizabeth Warren not only served as the literally and metaphorically central figure of the opening Democratic debate …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
The winner of the first Democratic debate: Donald Trump  —  Analysis: The Republican commander in chief emerged from the scrap largely unscathed, while several of his would-be rivals took aim at each other instead.  —  MIAMI — President Donald Trump was the big winner of the first 2020 Democratic debate.
New York Times:
Democrats Diverge on Economy and Immigration in First Debate  —  MIAMI — Democratic presidential candidates leveled a stark critique of President Trump's immigration policies and the condition of the American working class in the first primary debate on Wednesday, but split in unmistakable terms …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Democrats need a better answer to the Mitch McConnell question  —  The debate Democrats need to have: How do you win back the Senate?  —  The question that mattered most at the Democrats' first presidential primary debate was the question that none of the assembled candidates had a good answer for …
TIME:
The First Debate Showed How Far to the Left Democrats Have Moved
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Wire
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   Elizabeth Warren Takes a Huge Risk by Calling to End Private Health Insurance
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Booker and Castro Thrive, Warren Coasts, and Beto Crashes
Discussion: Washington Post and Althouse
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:   Bill de Blasio Tries to Rock the Democratic Boat
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Most of the 2020 Democratic candidates are already doomed
Discussion: Washington Post
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
First Debate Proved The Democratic Party Has Gone ¡Loco!
Discussion: TheBlaze
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Democrats team up on Beto
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and Fox News
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Why only 2 of 10 Democrats raised their hands to say they'd abolish private insurance
Nick Givas / Fox News:
Trump renders verdict on Democratic debate: ‘BORING!’
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
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New York Times:
Corroborating E. Jean Carroll … The writer E. Jean Carroll came forward last week with explosive accusations that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.  Today, the two women who corroborated her account go on the record for the first time with our colleague.  —  On today's episode:
Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:   Latest sex accusation against Trump lands with a thud
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Is Trump a Rapist?  —  America needs to give these women …
Discussion: The Hill
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court: Partisan gerrymandering “beyond the reach” of federal courts  —  In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said that cases about partisan gerrymandering are “beyond the reach of the federal courts” — a blow to voting-rights activists and Democrats.  —  Why it matters …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says federal courts don't have a role in deciding partisan gerrymandering claims  —  The Supreme Court's conservatives decided Thursday that federal courts do not have a role to play in deciding whether partisan gerrymandering goes too far.  —  The 5 to 4 decision was written …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court blocks Trump administration on census citizenship question
Discussion: Vox and Shareblue Media
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:   Supreme Court blocks 2020 census citizenship question
Steven Shepard / Politico:   Justices: Federal courts can't police partisan gerrymandering
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:   Supreme Court allows severe partisan gerrymandering to continue
Politico:
Trump ready for tariff truce with China  —  This story is being published as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post.  It originally appeared on scmp.com on June 26, 2019.  —  The U.S. and China have tentatively agreed to another truce in their trade war in order …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Heading to G-20, Trump Once Again Assails America's Friends  —  OSAKA, Japan — President Trump, arriving in Japan on Thursday, opened his latest foreign trip much as he did his last one, lashing out at America's allies, including his hosts, just before sitting down with them to talk through differences …
Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
US economy grew at solid 3.1% rate in first quarter
Discussion: Political Wire
Carol Robinson / al.com:
Woman indicted in shooting death of her unborn child; charges against shooter dismissed  —  A woman whose unborn baby was killed in a 2018 Pleasant Grove shooting has now been indicted in the death.  —  Marshae Jones, a 27-year-old Birmingham woman, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on a manslaughter charge.
Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
Low Income People Have More Student Debt Than Realized  —  Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders both unveiled student debt forgiveness plans recently.  This has prompted a good deal of think tank and media coverage trying to estimate the precise distributional impact of those plans.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Says He'll Enlist if Trump Attacks Iran  —  “If we go to war with Iran, I will enlist within 10 days,” Jacob Wohl said.  —  Energetic but ineffectual young conservative operative Jacob Wohl is all-in on the prospect of war with Iran.  Wohl is so into the idea …
Discussion: Splinter
Paul Joseph Watson / Summit News:
Photos Reveal AOC Was Crying Over an Empty Parking Lot  —  Newly uncovered photos from the border protest attended by a tearful Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez show that she was crying over an empty parking lot.  —  Many have accused the Congresswoman and her supporters of staging a photo-op after the images …
Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Trump Wants To Withdraw Deportation Protections For Families Of Active Troops  —  The Trump administration wants to scale back a program that protects undocumented family members of active-duty troops from being deported, according to attorneys familiar with those plans.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, TheBlaze and Slate
CNN:
Fact-checking the first night of the first Democratic presidential debate  —  (CNN)The first 2020 Democratic presidential debate kicked off in Miami with 10 candidates trying to stand out in a crowded field.  They took on taxes, equal pay, health insurance and immigration reform.  —  Here are the facts.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
U.S. asylum officers say Trump's ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy is threatening migrants' lives, ask federal court to end it  —  Asylum officers urged a U.S. appeals court Wednesday to block the Trump administration from forcing migrants to remain in Mexico while they await their immigration court hearings in the United States.
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump says what happens in Putin meeting is ‘none of your business’  —  Ahead of a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Japan, President Donald Trump on Wednesday said what he talks about with the Russian president is “none of your business.”
Discussion: Mediaite
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
China's efforts to undermine democracy are expanding worldwide  —  The Chinese government claims a foreign policy of noninterference in other countries' internal affairs, but there's a growing mountain of evidence that's just not true.  In fact, the Chinese Communist Party has been rapidly expanding …
 
 
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Elizabeth Warren Lays Out a Theory of Change at First Democratic Debate
Discussion: Reason
Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
The Energy 202: Seven minutes were devoted to climate change in the first Democratic debate
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Politico and Reuters
Bob McManus / New York Post:
Now even knitting has to be political in Trump age
Wall Street Journal:
FCC Investigates Whether Sinclair Showed ‘Lack of Candor’ When Trying to Buy Tribune
Tina Moore / New York Post:
NYPD failed to find one incident of biased policing in five years
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
A pathetic exhibition of virtue-signaling in Miami
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Guy Verhofstadt / Project Syndicate:
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Graham Vyse / Washington Post:
The Death of a Ludicrously Local, Incredibly Essential Newspaper
Jerry Brewer / Washington Post:
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Discussion: RedState and Axios
Los Angeles Times:
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Sahil Chinoy / New York Times:
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