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10:30 PM ET, July 18, 2019

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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
A Fascist Trump Rally In Greenville  —  Scholars say the rally — where Trump supporters chanted “Send her back!” about Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar — is an escalation in America's slide toward fascism.  —  GREENVILLE, N.C. — Mark and Nancy Dawson think Muslims should be removed from the United States.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Disavows ‘Send Her Back’ Chant as G.O.P. Frets Over Ugly Phrase  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday disavowed the “send her back” chant that broke out at his re-election rally Wednesday night when he railed against a Somali-born congresswoman, as Republicans in Congress rushed …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
‘Send her back’ a worst-case scenario for Trump  —  A reelection campaign dominated by incendiary chants of “send her back” is a worst-case scenario for President Trump, warn senior Republicans who are moving swiftly to douse a political prairie fire sparked by the commander-in-chief's use …
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Vox and Rolling Stone
John Bresnahan / Politico:
House Dems warn Omar in ‘imminent danger’ after Trump rally chants  —  House Democrats erupted in fury Thursday over President Donald Trump's attacks on freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar at his reelection rally, fearful that crowd chants of “send her back” have personally endangered her and her family.
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:   Bear Witness Faithfully
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:   How a racist tweet became a Trump rally chant in three short days
USA Today:
Prosecutors weighed DOJ policy blocking indictment of a sitting president in closing Trump hush-money probe  —  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors' decision to end an investigation into hush money payments to women claiming affairs with Donald Trump relied at least in part …
Discussion: UPI and Patterico's Pontifications
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NBC News:
FBI believed Trump was closely involved in hush-money scheme, unsealed documents show  —  The release of the previously redacted documents came one day after the judge in the case disclosed that prosecutors had concluded their probe into Cohen's campaign finance crimes.
Adam Klasfeld / courthousenews.com:   Michael Cohen Files Implicate Trump, Hope Hicks and David Pecker
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
House Democrats demand Hope Hicks clarify testimony after Cohen document dump
Discussion: PJ Media Home
USA Today:   FBI tied Donald Trump and top aides to 2016 effort to silence a porn star, new court files show
Washington Post:   Trump spoke repeatedly with Cohen, aides amid scramble to pay Stormy Daniels, court documents show
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
It's Biden v. Harris Part 2 at next Democratic presidential debate  —  Former vice president Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris, who clashed at the first Democratic debate, will face off again on July 31, leaving the ideologically aligned Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts …
Discussion: Politico
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
CNN sets lineups for second round of Democratic debates  —  CNN has determined the schedule for the second round of 2020 Democratic debates, which will take place July 30-31 in Detroit.  —  Details: A live, random drawing during a “special edition” of Anderson Cooper 360 kicked off the debate lineup on Thursday.
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Booker says he felt disrespected in his verbal tussle with Biden
Discussion: Washington Post
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Trump taps Scalia's son for Labor secretary  —  President Donald Trump plans to nominate Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be the next Labor secretary.  —  The president announced the decision on Twitter after POLITICO first reported his plans earlier Thursday.
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New York Times:
Trump to Nominate Eugene Scalia for Labor Secretary Job  —  President Trump said he would name Eugene Scalia as his next secretary of labor, tapping the son of the former Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia for a position with vast responsibility over the American work force.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Nominate Eugene Scalia to Serve as Labor Secretary
Discussion: Political Wire
Maria Ines Zamudio / WBEZ:
O'Hare Standoff: Federal Officials Detaining Three Children Of Undocumented Parents  —  Chicago lawyers, a representative from the Mexican Consulate and a congresswoman from Illinois have all met with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials to find out why three American citizen children are being detained at O'Hare Airport.
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Manny Ramos / Chicago Sun-Times:
Feds detain 3 sisters at O'Hare for 12 hours; officials accused of setting trap for undocumented parents  —  Supporters of the family had gathered at the airport, fearing border officials were using children as bait to lure their undocumented parents.  —  Three girls were detained by U.S. Customs …
Discussion: WBEZ and ABC News
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Labor fight roils Bernie Sanders campaign, as workers demand the $15 hourly pay the candidate has proposed for employees nationwide  —  Unionized campaign organizers working for Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential effort are battling with its management, arguing that the compensation and treatment …
Discussion: Political Wire
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump's Politics of Hate Began With a “Cynical and Evil” GOP Memo  —  Donald Trump's outburst of nativistic racism—viscerally and putridly displayed by his “go back” tweet-attack on four congresswoman who are people of color and the subsequent and shocking (even for Trump) “send her back” …
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Stuart Stevens / Washington Post:   Trump chooses open racism. What does his party choose?
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Jake Tapper Appears to Have Taken a Break From Truth-Telling  —  Late this afternoon, after increasing tensions among the House Democratic caucus seemed to pause in the wake of Donald Trump's racist tweets about Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib, CNN anchor Jake Tapper had some news.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House Democrats move to tamp down internal feud, delete tweets that sparked infighting
Discussion: Politico
Jackie Kucinich / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Contractor Allegedly Threatened to Kill Congresswoman Over Vaccine Bill  —  Feds charged Darryl Varnum in late June after he told a member he was ‘gonna kill your ass if you do that bill.’  —  A Pentagon cybersecurity contractor has been charged with threatening to kill a member …
Discussion: Law & Crime and Boing Boing
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
What Americans Do Now Will Define Us Forever  —  The conservative intelligentsia flocked to the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., this week for the National Conservatism Conference, an opportunity for people who may never have punched a time clock to declare their eternal enmity toward elites …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Madeline Peltz / Newsweek:
I'm Paid to Watch Tucker Carlson Each Night.  Don't Tell Me This Rant About Ilhan Omar Isn't Shocking |  Opinion  —  Tucker Carlson raced to the defense of President Donald Trump and his racist tweets against “the Squad” this week, accusing the four non-white Democratic congresswomen …
Madeline Holcombe / CNN:
Gendered language like ‘manhole’ will soon be banned from Berkeley's city codes  —  (CNN)Soon, there will be no more manholes in the city of Berkeley, California.  There will also be no chairmen, no manpower, no policemen or policewomen.  —  No, that doesn't mean a whole city will be without committee leaders and law enforcement.
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A. Won't Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children's Health Problems  —  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced it would not ban a widely-used pesticide associated with developmental disabilities and other health problems in children.
Discussion: Grist, The Week and Boing Boing
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Iran makes ‘substantial’ nuclear offer in return for US lifting sanctions  —  Iran has offered a deal with the US in which it would formally and permanently accept enhanced inspections of its nuclear programme, in return for the permanent lifting of US sanctions.
Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
End Wall Street's Stranglehold On Our Economy  —  Last month, I announced my economic patriotism agenda — a commitment to fundamentally change the government's approach to the economy so we put American workers and middle-class prosperity ahead of multinational profits and Wall Street bonuses.
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Warren likens private equity to ‘vampires’ in plan targeting Wall Street ‘looting’
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Nicholas Watt / BBC:
Brexit: Scheme to block no deal ‘could involve Queen’
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Without testimony from Michael Flynn, judge is skeptical of case against ex-business partner
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Vanessa Romo / NPR:
Acting Head Of Customs and Border Protection Says New Asylum Rule In ‘Pilot’ Phase
Discussion: CNN
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Dem impeachment support gains new momentum
Emily Larsen / Washington Examiner:
Plea deal by Kamala Harris AG office for sexual-harassing San Diego mayor was too lenient, critics say
Discussion: Townhall and twitchy.com
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris's Medicare for All Plan Makes No Sense
Discussion: Breitbart and GOP.com
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Washington Post:
Trump says the U.S. Navy shot down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz
Discussion: Mother Jones and Foreign Policy
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Hollywood stars open wallets to Buttigieg's 2020 campaign
Pew Research Center:
Democrats' Ratings of Party's 2020 Field: Better Than in 2016, Similar to 2008
Discussion: Bloomberg
Kyle Hopkins / Anchorage Daily News:
The Alaska village where every cop has been convicted of domestic violence
Discussion: New York Post
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Scaramucci disinvited from Florida GOP fundraiser for bashing Trump's ‘racially charged’ attacks
Wall Street Journal:
Epstein Scandal Brings Legal Titans to Blows
Discussion: Law & Crime
 

 
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