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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Trump called Fox News correspondent into Oval Office to argue he wasn't wrong about Alabama — (CNN)Fox News senior White House correspondent John Roberts had just finished his 3 p.m. live shot on Thursday when President Donald Trump beckoned him into the Oval Office.
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The Hill:
White House adviser gives Trump cover on Alabama hurricane claim — One of President Trump's top advisers on Hurricane Dorian issued a lengthy statement on Thursday defending the president's repeated claims that forecasts showed Alabama getting hit by Hurricane Dorian, adding another twist …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Not just Sharpie-gate: 7 other times officials tried to fabricate Trump's ‘truth’ — As you've heard, President Trump displayed a chart that appeared to be doctored with a Sharpie to retroactively demonstrate that he had been right when he falsely warned that Alabama was threatened by Hurricane Dorian.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Shep Smith Torches Trump Over Dorian Map: ‘It Was Fake News Defined’ — “Some things in Trumplandia are inexplicable,” an exasperated Shep said Thursday. — With President Donald Trump continuing to double down on his bizarre false claim that Alabama was at one point in the path of Hurricane Dorian …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Was Trump really wrong about Hurricane Dorian's threat to Alabama? — President Donald Trump has been widely ridiculed for insisting that Alabama faced a grave threat from Hurricane Dorian and for even showing off a Sharpie-doctored map that added the state to the storm's potential path of destruction.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
White House press secretary feuds with CNN amid hurricane
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's Alabama obsession reveals a very deep flaw
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Called out by meteorologists, Trump clings to claim Dorian could have hit Alabama
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
REVENGE OF THE NEVER TRUMPERS: HOW A “KAMIKAZE” PRIMARY COULD PIERCE THE FOX NEWS BUBBLE, PUT NEW HAMPSHIRE IN PLAY, AND HIT TRUMP WHERE IT HURTS — It's not just a pipe dream for frustrated Weekly Standard fanboys. If the president's mental fitness becomes a viable conversation on the center right …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Boris Johnson takes a wrecking ball to government and gets hit himself — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has eclipsed President Trump as the chaos-maker-in-chief. Just weeks into his tenure at 10 Downing Street, the new leader tried to take a wrecking ball to the political system and ended up hitting himself as well.
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BBC:
PM's brother quits as Tory MP and minister — Jo Johnson, younger brother of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is quitting as a Conservative MP and minister, saying he is “torn between family loyalty and the national interest”. — The business minister and MP for Orpington, tweeted that there was an “unresolvable tension” in his role.
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Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Tensions mount between Trump, Pence camps heading into 2020 election — WASHINGTON — When Vice President Mike Pence flew to Europe as the stand-in for President Trump at the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, it appeared to be another sign that the famously fickle president trusted his vice president.
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Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Has Never Explained a Mysterious $50 Million Loan. Is It Evidence of Tax Fraud? — Donald Trump's massive debts—he owes hundreds of millions of dollars—are the subject of continuous congressional and journalistic scrutiny. But for years, one Trump loan has been particularly mystifying …
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Raw Story and The Guardian
Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN, Human Rights Campaign to host Democratic presidential town hall focused on LGBTQ issues — (CNN)The Human Rights Campaign Foundation announced Thursday it will host a CNN Democratic presidential town hall in California this fall focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
CNN climate town hall finishes last in viewers among cable news broadcasts
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Townhall
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Trump administration unveils plan to revamp the housing market — Proposal would release Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government control — President Trump's administration on Thursday released a sweeping plan that could remake the U.S. housing market starting with ending more than a decade …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Somehow Replaces Unqualified Mideast Envoy With Even Less Qualified One — One of President Trump's most absurd personnel moves was appointing his real-estate lawyer Jason Greenblatt as special envoy to the Middle East. Greenblatt had no serious foreign policy experience …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Architect of Trump's Middle East peace plan to depart White House
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Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
American Airlines mechanic in Miami charged with sabotaging plane. It aborted takeoff. — An American Airlines mechanic was arrested Thursday on a sabotage charge accusing him of disabling a navigation system on a flight with 150 people aboard before it was scheduled to take off from Miami International Airport earlier this summer.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Beto O'Rourke: Meghan McCain Is Almost Giving People ‘Permission to Be Violent’ — The ex-congressman has championed a mandatory gun buyback proposal. He says those warning it could spark violence are creating a permission structure for that violence to occur.
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Rosalind Adams / BuzzFeed News:
Made In America: For $9.50 An Hour, They Brew Tear Gas For Hong Kong — A BuzzFeed News investigation found low-paid American workers producing tear gas in potentially dangerous conditions. It's then shipped to Hong Kong, where it's used against pro-democracy protesters. — Reporting From
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
John ‘Sully’ Sullivan was ‘everything we wanted America to be’ — Communities of friends, family and admirers in Washington, Massachusetts and Jordan came together this week to mourn the passing of John Sullivan, former U.S. diplomat, husband, father, humanitarian, cancer survivor and the life of every party he attended.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Jim Mattis and the surrender of America's adults — The thing about grown-ups is they are supposed to say when enough is enough. Jim Mattis had obviously had enough when he resigned as Donald Trump's secretary of defence in December. Now the retired general — and the former leading …
The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Anxiety Grows Over a Rising Elizabeth Warren — They once thought they'd delivered the political kill shot. But now GOP operatives are complaining that nothing sticks to Warren. — Over the summer, Trumpworld operatives, Republican Party oppo researchers …
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Vanity Fair, The Week and Hot Air
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Contaminant found in marijuana vaping products linked to deadly lung illnesses, tests show — State and federal health officials investigating mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping have found the same chemical in samples of marijuana products used by people sickened in different parts …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Sen. Ernst says lawmakers should discuss fixing Social Security ‘behind closed doors’ — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said at a recent town hall that lawmakers should discuss fixing Social Security “behind closed doors,” prompting a wave of criticism from liberal and advocacy groups.
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Iowa Starting Line, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, National Review, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
It's Time for Black Athletes to Leave White Colleges — In the summer of 2018 Kayvon Thibodeaux, who was then ranked as the top high-school football player in America, visited Florida A&M University, in Tallahassee. When a player of Thibodeaux's caliber visits a perennial football power—say, Alabama—it's called Wednesday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Authorities Suspect Man of Making and Selling Gun Used in Texas Shooting — Law-enforcement officials suspect Lubbock, Texas, man sold rifle to assailant in a private sale — Law-enforcement officials said they have identified a person of interest they suspect of illegally manufacturing …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The biggest losers from Trump's diversion of military funds for his wall — THE BIG IDEA: Sometimes it's worthwhile to step back and remember how we got here. — President Trump promised repeatedly that he would get Mexico to pay for a border wall when he ran in 2016.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Academics craft a plan to infuse billions into journalism: Give every American $50 to donate to news orgs — Here is a novel idea for saving serious journalism: Give every adult American $50, via an income tax checkoff, to donate to a favorite news outlet. — This is not the work …
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Foreign Policy:
Senior Officials Concede Loss of U.S. Clout as Trump Prepares For U.N. Summit — State Department meeting highlights internal alarm at China's growing influence in international organizations. — On the eve of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations …
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Miners union president: 'Coal's not back. Nobody saved the coal industry.' — (CNN)The president of United Mine Workers of America said Wednesday that the coal industry is not “back,” despite President Donald Trump's claims. — Cecil Roberts said at an event in Washington that his message …
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Political Wire
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California Democrat Raul Ruiz faces a challenge from ... Raul Ruiz — Voters in California's 36th Congressional District have a novel opportunity: They could switch their representative without the bother of having to learn a new name. — Rep. Raul Ruiz wrested his inland California district …
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Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
Why Was the FBI Incurious About a Hot Collusion Tip Involving This Man? — Even after the 2016 presidential election, Trump-Russia dossier author Christopher Steele and company kept coming up with allegations that Donald Trump and his campaign had conspired with the Kremlin.
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American Greatness, Breitbart and Real Clear Politics
Tessa Suart / Rolling Stone:
Why Can't California Solve Its Housing Crisis? — It's the epicenter of the tech industry and the wealthiest, most progressive state in the union, but homelessness is surging — and no one can agree on how to fix it — When the shimmering, state-of-the-art, $1.3 billion Levi's Stadium opened …
Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News:
How I Went From Nonsmoker To Craven Juul Addict — Last week, I received a friendly yet professional email from a publicity firm called Locust Street saying it was contracted by e-cigarette startup (and perfect companion to a black cherry White Claw) Juul. This would be normal …
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Apple Podcasts:
John McWhorter thinks we're getting racism wrong — Hello everyone. I'm Jane Coaston, senior politics reporter at Vox with a focus on conservatism (Ezra will be back from vacation next week). “Antiracism... is now a new and increasingly dominant religion” writes John McWhorter …
Virginia Heffernan / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Count Rod Rosenstein, the guy who tapped Robert Mueller, among Trump's toadies. Sad! — Rod Rosenstein, the former deputy attorney general once known for setting the Trump-Russia investigation in motion, retired in May. After a long career as a public servant, he wanted to spend more time with Twitter.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Manafort's lawyers allege double jeopardy in NY case — Paul Manafort's lawyers are arguing that the former Trump campaign chairman shouldn't have to face a “politically-charged” prosecution in New York state because of the state's so-called double jeopardy law.
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