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Richard Parker / New York Times:
Was Trump's El Paso Visit a Turning Point?  —  A day of racist comments left him looking small and isolated, while the city united against him.  —  Mr. Parker is the author of “Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America.”  —  EL PASO — If consoling the nation in a time of desperate need …
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New York Times:
Trump Uses a Day of Healing to Deepen the Nation's Divisions  —  EL PASO — President Trump visited Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso on Wednesday on a day intended as a show of compassion to cities scarred by a weekend of violence, but which quickly devolved into an occasion for anger-fueled broadsides against Democrats and the news media.
Bill Clinton / TIME:
President Bill Clinton: Reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban Now  —  In one weekend, 31 people were murdered and dozens more injured in two mass shootings just hours apart in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.  The death toll may still grow.  The shooters killed the young and old, men and women.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Maggie Haberman: White House Staffers Privately Admit Trump's El Paso, Dayton Visits Were a ‘Debacle’  —  New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman is quite sure the White House thinks President Donald Trump behaved disastrously on Wednesday while he was supposed to be consoling the victims of the El Paso and Dayton shootings.
Discussion: Political Wire
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Trump's Rhetoric and Conservative Denial
Discussion: Jacobin, VICE and Boston Globe
Daniel Funke / PolitiFact:   Notice … The mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Iraqi man dies after Trump administration deports him  —  A 41-year-old Detroit man deported to Iraq in June died Tuesday, according to the American Civil Liberties Union and two people close to the man's family.  —  The man, Jimmy Aldaoud, spent most of his life in the U.S. …
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
ICE agents raid Miss. work sites, arrest 680 people in largest single-state immigration enforcement …
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
A Detroit diabetic was deported to Iraq, where he'd never lived.  He died from lack of insulin, family says.
Discussion: VICE and The Week
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:   Families “Are Scared To Death” After A Massive ICE Operation Swept Up Hundreds Of People
Washington Post:
ICE arrested hundreds of people in raids. Now ‘devastated’ children are without their parents.
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Warren Joins O'Rourke in Calling Trump a White Supremacist  —  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said on Wednesday night that she believed President Trump was a white supremacist, broadly accusing him of dividing Americans along racial lines and providing direct …
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TIME:   ‘We Are Being Eaten From Within.’ Why America Is Losing the Battle Against White Nationalist Terrorism
Axios:
2020 Democrats: Trump is a white supremacist
Discussion: Political Wire and YouTube
Courier-Journal:
McConnell's campaign suspended from Twitter for posting critic's profanity-laced video  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign has been thrown in Twitter jail.  —  After sharing a video of a profanity-laced protest outside of the Kentucky Republican's home in Louisville …
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Harry Reid to Dems: Kill the Filibuster to Tackle the Climate Crisis  —  The former majority leader has some thoughts about what his party should do should it return to power.  —  As the Democratic Party debates what to prioritize should it take power following the 2020 elections …
Discussion: Axios
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Suggests He's Likely to Commute Sentence of Rod Blagojevich  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday night that he was “strongly considering” commuting the 14-year prison sentence of Rod R. Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was convicted of trying …
UNICORN RIOT:
Exposed: State Department Official Posted in Nazi Charlottesville Chats  —  Washington, DC - Today, an investigation by reporter Michael Hayden for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)'s Hatewatch revealed that US State Department official Matthew Q. Gebert has been active in the neo-nazi movement over the last several years.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Divisive Voice Once Again Has Trump's Ear  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump doubles down on a re-election approach of stoking fear of immigrants, he is once again elevating a voice of validation — and many say racism — that he discovered during his last presidential campaign.
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Yes, Republicans Should Worry About Texas  —  The past week brought a surge of strange news out of Texas.  First, three Republican congressmen, representing suburban San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston, decided to retire.  These retirements are from districts that all saw surprisingly strong showings …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Holds Lead, Warren on the Chase  —  Most prefer public option over Medicare for All; Less than half the 2020 field seen as likely to beat Trump  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Former Vice President Joe Biden maintains a lead in the Hawkeye State, but Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
Discussion: Politico
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Trump pressured his alcoholic brother about his career.  Now he has regrets.  —  President Trump remembers coming home in the mid-1960s to read reports on the cost of mops and paint as he prepared to work in the family real estate business.  He was astonished to find his older brother …
Discussion: CNN, Fox News and Talking Points Memo
Wall Street Journal:
Banks Hand Over Documents on Russians Possibly Linked to Trump  —  Some documents are related to Russians who may have had dealings with Mr. Trump, his family or Trump Organization  —  Major Wall Street banks have given congressional committees investigating President Trump thousands of pages …
Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
Climate Change Threatens the World's Food Supply, United Nations Warns  —  The world's land and water resources are being exploited at “unprecedented rates,” a new United Nations report warns, which combined with climate change is putting dire pressure on the ability of humanity to feed itself.
Discussion: Slate
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Associated Press:
UN climate report: Change land use to avoid a hungry future
Discussion: The Week
Alex Love / WJTV:
Children of undocumented immigrants arrested in Mississippi rely on strangers for food and shelter  —  FOREST, Miss. (WJTV) — Following a massive undocumented immigration enforcement operation that resulted in more than 650 arrests, many children of those taken into custody are now left homeless.
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Kass: In her book on Justice Brett Kavanaugh, ‘Justice on Trial,’ Mollie Hemingway warns of things to come  —  There was a secret meeting at a sidewalk cafe near the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden, a meeting that seemed coincidental, almost an accident …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Tucker Carlson goes on vacation as criticism mounts over false claim about white supremacy ‘hoax’  —  New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  You can sign up for free right here.  —  Facing mounting controversy for declaring …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Kimberly Breier resigns as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere  —  Kimberly Breier, the assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere since October, has resigned, leaving a key vacancy at the top of the diplomatic office in charge of the Trump administration's efforts …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely accuses Sherrod Brown, Dayton mayor of misrepresenting his hospital visit  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump, his press secretary and his director of social media accused Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, both of whom are Democrats …
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Kamala Harris / YouTube:
Me, Maya, and Mom … This election is about American families and what wakes them up in the middle of the night.  My 3AM Agenda offers and delivers tangible benefits that improve Americans' daily lives; including Medicare for All, giving working and middle-class families an overdue raise, and guaranteeing women are paid equally.
U.S. Congressman Gerry Connolly:
Connolly Calls for Impeachment Inquiry into President Trump  —  f t # e  —  Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, released the following statement calling for the House of Representatives to start an impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump.
Chuck Park / Washington Post:
I can no longer justify being a part of Trump's ‘Complacent State.’ So I'm resigning.  —  Chuck Park's resignation from the Foreign Service is effective Thursday.  —  I was 26, newly married and more than a little idealistic when I set off for my first diplomatic assignment almost a decade ago …
Chris Buskirk / American Greatness:
Everything They're Telling You About Mass Shootings Is Wrong  —  Democrats have complained about police brutality for years.  The police, they assure us, are out of control.  And, the story goes, they have it in for anyone whose skin is not lily white.  You can't trust the racist cops, they tell us.
Discussion: Instapundit and PJ Media Home
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
The Right's Continuing Glorification of Violence  —  The warning signs have been there.  We shouldn't be surprised.  —  We can't say that we weren't warned.  —  Less than a week before the 2016 election, Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes and Quinta Jurecic published a chilling prediction.
Washington Post:
Trump's openness to extensive background checks for gun buys draws warning from NRA  —  President Trump has repeatedly told lawmakers and aides in private conversations that he is open to endorsing extensive background checks in the wake of two mass shootings, prompting a warning …
 
 
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Will Steakin / ABC News:
Trump campaign defends thousands of Facebook ads warning of migrant ‘invasion’ as ‘accurate’
Discussion: Splinter and Vox
Paul M. Krawzak / Roll Call:
Senate GOP plans to divert health, education funds to border wall
Heidi Brown / Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Gen. John Hyten
Kim Kelly / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Politics of Criticism  —  My life with heavy metal …
Seaborn Larson / Billings Gazette:
Superior man believed he was acting on Trump's orders in attacking boy for wearing hat during national anthem
Mike Elk / Payday Report:
ICE Raids Miss. Plant After $3.75 Million Sexual Harassment Settlement
Discussion: Associated Press and emptywheel
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Breitbart's Audience Has Dropped 72% Since Trump Took Office - As Other Right-Wing Sites Have Gained
Zosia Wanat / Politico:
Poland's speaker of parliament resigns over flight scandal
 Earlier Items: 
Barbara Ransby / New York Times:
‘The Squad’ Is the Future of the Democratic Party
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump's vision meets growing global chaos
Discussion: Breitbart
Rahm Emanuel / Politico:
Democrats, This Is Your Future If You Turn on Obama
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Tulsi Gabbard's daredevil act
CBS News:
Arizona police slam racial bias training: “Absolute worst training I've ever had”
Discussion: CBS New York
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Federal lawsuit claims Texas' mail-in ballot procedures are unconstitutional
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge greenlights libel suit against NPR over Seth Rich reports
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Bill de Blasio Attacks Fox News in Wild Clash With Hannity: This is ‘Such a Charade!’
 

 
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