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Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Brexit Vote Goes Against Boris Johnson, and He Calls for an Election  —  LONDON — British lawmakers on Tuesday rose up against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, moving to prevent him from taking the country out of the European Union without a formal agreement.  The epic showdown has Britain on the verge of a snap general election.
Discussion: Hot Air, Slate and The Week
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Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Britain's Conservatives Erupt Into Civil War as Unlikely Rebels Defy Boris Johnson  —  LONDON — They have been dubbed the Conservative rebels, a group of renegade lawmakers willing to risk their careers to defy their newly chosen leader, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and hobble his leadership over their clashing views on Brexit.
Ian Dunt / politics.co.uk:
Historic rebel victory: Parliament moves to stop no-deal  —  It wasn't even that close in the end.  The government was defeated by a majority of 27.  Twenty-one of them - an extraordinary number - were Tory rebels.  —  MPs had faced down the threats, one after the other.
Nick Miller / Sydney Morning Herald:   Boris Johnson loses control as raucous Parliament debates Brexit
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:   Britain is on the verge of a constitutional crisis
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Boris Johnson is presiding over Britain's stupidest hour
Politico:
Boris Johnson defeated as MPs seek to stop no-deal Brexit
Washington Post:
Britain may face snap elections after Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers major loss in Parliament
Discussion: National Review and Hot Air
Ned Simons / HuffPost:   Boris Johnson's Party Loses Parliamentary Majority As MP Defects Right In Front Of Him
CNN:
Elizabeth Warren embraces Jay Inslee's climate change platform  —  Warren to audience member: You may want to sit for this  —  (CNN)Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday announced she would adopt Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's 10-year climate plan, while also expanding on his blueprint with a series …
Discussion: The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Elizabeth Warren / Medium:
100% Clean Energy for America
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Unveils $3 Trillion Climate Plan, Embracing Inslee's Goals
Discussion: Climate Debate, Washington Post and UPI
Gavin Bade / Politico:
How Julián Castro would address climate change
Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
Judges strike down NC state legislature lines as unconstitutional gerrymandering  —  North Carolina's political maps for the state legislature are unconstitutional and must be redrawn before the 2020 elections, lawyers for the winning side said Tuesday.  —  The ruling hasn't been posted online yet …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
North Carolina Court Strikes Down Gerrymander, Citing Smoking Gun Evidence in the Hofeller Files
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
New York Times:
North Carolina's Legislative Maps Are Thrown Out by State Court Panel
Discussion: Mother Jones
Sam Levine / HuffPost:   North Carolina Court Says The State's Districts Are Illegal Partisan Gerrymanders
Josh Blackman / Reason:
Bloomberg Law's False and Misleading Report about Leif Olson  —  I have known Leif Olson since I moved to Houston in 2012.  Leif is a smart attorney, a kind friend, and a committed father.  I have also had the honor of working with Leif on several Texas cases.  Recently Leif accepted a position with the Department of Labor.
Discussion: Leif Olson and twitchy.com
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Bloomberg Law:
Trump Labor Aide Quits After Anti-Semitic Facebook Posts Surface
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
How mocking anti-Semitism got a Trump official falsely accused of actual anti-Semitism
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump administration raids military construction projects for border wall  —  The Trump administration is carrying out plans to raid $3.6 billion in military construction projects to build the border wall, further inflaming lawmakers who have accused President Donald Trump of illegally overriding Congress' spending decisions.
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New York Times:   Pentagon to Divert Money From 127 Projects to Pay for Trump's Border Wall
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
Pentagon approves diversion of military construction funds for Trump's wall
Discussion: CNN and UPI
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Whoopi Goldberg Goes Off on Debra Messing: 'You Don't Have the Right!'  —  “Listen, the last time people did this, people ended up killing themselves,” Goldberg said, referring to Joseph McCarthy's Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s.  —  Whoopi Goldberg is not impressed with actress Debra Messing's call …
Anne D'Innocenzio / Associated Press:
Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it.  —  The announcement comes just days …
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Walmart Inc.:
McMillon to Associates: Our Next Steps in Response to the Tragedies in El Paso and Southaven
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Kroger to Customers: No More Open Carry of Firearms in Our Stores
Discussion: CNBC and The Week
Summer Eldemire / The Daily Beast:
McConnell Whines About ‘Moscow Mitch’ Nickname: It's ‘Over the Top’  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell complained about the nickname “Moscow Mitch” during a radio interview, calling it “modern day McCarthyism.”  On The Hugh Hewitt Show show Tuesday, the Kentucky Republican said it was …
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Justin Wise / The Hill:
McConnell: ‘Over-the-top’ Moscow Mitch nickname effort to ‘smear’ me  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday vehemently denounced political opponents who have dubbed him “Moscow Mitch,” calling the nickname an “over-the-top” effort to “smear” him.
Brandon Conradis / The Hill:
Judge orders White House to restore Playboy reporter's press pass  —  A U.S. district judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to restore Playboy correspondent Brian Karem's press credentials after the administration said last month it was revoking his hard pass.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge tells White House to reinstate reporter's pass
Discussion: Washington Post
Associated Press:
AP source: Texas shooter purchased AK rifle at private sale  —  ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The gunman in a West Texas rampage that left seven dead obtained his AR-style rifle through a private sale, allowing him to evade a federal background check that previously blocked him from getting a gun …
Associated Press:
Conversion therapy crusader has something to say: He's gay  —  “Conversion therapy is not just a lie, but it's very harmful,” said McKrae Game, a South Carolinian who founded one of the nation's biggest ex-gay ministries.  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C. - A South Carolina man who founded …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's hurricane antics are so terribly odd  —  In recent years, American presidents have routinely been evaluated on their administrations' responses to hurricanes.  In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, George W. Bush created a low standard, and there's a broad expectation …
Jessica Levinson / NBC News:
What GOP Rep. Devin Nunes' Twitter defamation lawsuit says about the future of defamation law  —  The congressman's suit is clearly petty.  But it does ask the legal system to answer questions it will eventually need to tackle.  —  Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., does not much like being the subject of criticism or ridicule.
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband wants divorce after affair bombshell: source  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Rep. Ilhan Omar's marriage appears to be headed for the rocks, a longtime friend of the couple told The Post.  —  The congresswoman's husband Ahmed Hirsi, the source said, is poised to file for divorce …
Foreign Policy:
State Department Failed to Shield Its Diplomats From Political Reprisals, Officials Concede  —  But the department's top leaders say they can't sack the Trump appointee at the center of scandal.  —  U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan has acknowledged having failed to act more vigorously …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Book: Kavanaugh accuser's attack ‘motivated’ by defending Roe v. Wade  —  Christine Blasey Ford and her feminist attorney were “motivated” in their attack on then-federal judge Brett Kavanaugh by their passion to protect abortion rights, not just their “civic duty” to provide information …
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Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:   New Book Suggests Kavanaugh Accuser Made Claims To Protect Roe v. Wade
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump made ‘suggestion’ Pence stay at president's Irish golf club, VP's chief of staff says  —  “I don't think it was a request, like a command,” Pence's chief of staff Marc Short told reporters Tuesday.  “I think that it was a suggestion.”  —  President Donald Trump suggested …
Graham L Brewer / NPR:
Cherokee Nation Names First Delegate To Congress  —  Toggle more options  —  The Cherokee Nation has named its first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.  Former Obama appointee Kimberly Teehee's nomination was approved by the tribe's council on Thursday.
 
 
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Jacob Kornbluh / Jewish Insider:
Cruz: ‘Deep State’ government employees keeping Iran deal “on life support” until 2021
Discussion: Political Wire
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Why America is losing the information war to Russia
Discussion: Raw Story
Samantha Mandeles / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Investigation: Anti- ICE “Never Again Action” Not The Spontaneous Grassroots Group It Claims To Be
Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
After beating by guards, Florida woman is a quadriplegic. She's suing.
Discussion: Raw Story
Asher Stockler / Newsweek:
Biden Says He Opposed Iraq War Effort ‘Immediately,’ Despite Multiple Public Remarks Supporting It
The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Axios and TOLOnews
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