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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly new spin on Russia bounties actually incriminates him — With President Trump, it's often difficult to locate the point where his utter lack of self awareness blends into sheer shamelessness. This poses an urgent problem with the spin he is now offering amid revelations …
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ABC News, Fox News, The Hill and New York Post
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Susan E. Rice / New York Times:
Why Does Trump Put Russia First? — It's exceedingly difficult to believe that no one told the president about the intelligence on Russian efforts to harm Americans in Afghanistan. — Ms. Rice is a former national security adviser. — Since at least February, and possibly as early as March 2019 …
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Fox News, GovExec.com, Task & Purpose, NBC News, The Week, Alternet.org, ABC News, Business Insider, Axios and Slate
Mitch Prothero / Business Insider:
Russia did pay extremists to attack US soldiers in Afghanistan, according to 3 separate Taliban sources
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NPR, The American Conservative and Washington Post
Business Insider:
Ex-spies say Trump's claim that no one told him Russia may have been paying militants to kill US troops is ‘horses—’
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Task & Purpose, New York Times and The Week
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans defend Trump's response on Russian bounties
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Daily Kos
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump regrets Kushner advice — President Trump has told people in recent days that he regrets following some of son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner's political advice — including supporting criminal justice reform — and will stick closer to his own instincts …
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Mediaite, Raw Story, The Week and New York Post
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Kushner changes top Trump campaign staff — Michael Glassner, the man who organizes President Trump's rallies, has been “reassigned,” and Trump's 2016 Arizona chair Jeff DeWit will join the campaign as chief operating officer to oversee the final stretch to election day, three sources familiar with the situation tell Axios.
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New York Post, Just The News, Raw Story, Bloomberg, The Hill, New York Times and The Gateway Pundit
Madeline Charbonneau / The Daily Beast:
Trump Freaks Out Over Black Lives Matter Mural to Be Painted Outside Trump Tower — ‘A SYMBOL OF HATE’ — President Donald Trump lashed out on Twitter on Wednesday morning after New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced that a Black Lives Matter mural would be painted on the street in front of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue.
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The Daily Caller and The Hill
Tim Reid / Reuters:
Exclusive: Hundreds of George W. Bush administration officials to back Biden, group says — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden, people involved in the effort said …
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Washington Monthly, CNBC, The Hill, Progress Pond, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Times, Raw Story and Washington Post
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Richard Lim / Washington Examiner:
Are we being set up for another stunning Trump win? — With five months until the election, things couldn't look any worse for the president of the United States. His approval rating is down to 40%. People are getting tired of his antics and the insults he hurls at his opponents.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Is Trump Toast? — There's a persuasive argument that the 2020 election is already over. — Only two of the past six presidents before Donald Trump lost their bids for re-election. That's good news for him. — But their stories are bad news for him, too.
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Trump-backed five-term Republican lawmaker loses primary to far-right challenger — (CNN)A five-term Republican congressman endorsed by President Donald Trump conceded his primary reelection bid in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday evening, a stunning upset that will vault …
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Denver Post, CBS Denver, The Colorado Sun, TheBlaze, UPI and Daily Kos
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Lauren Boebert, Gun-Rights Activist, Upsets House G.O.P. Incumbent in Colorado
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Roll Call
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Rep. Scott Tipton ousted in Colorado GOP primary
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The Hill, Associated Press, Big League Politics and Washington Post
Roxanne Roberts / Washington Post:
The virus didn't stop a Washington socialite from throwing a backyard soiree. Then the tests came back positive. — This is A Cautionary Tale featuring well-intentioned people making poor choices. It is also the tale of a socialite with an Instagram habit who recently held a fabulous backyard soiree during a pandemic.
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Doug Palmer / Politico:
U.S. urges companies to avoid entanglement with Uighur human rights abuses — The Trump administration has cautioned U.S. companies about doing business with Chinese suppliers that rely on the forced labor of Uighurs, an ethnic group that lives mostly in China's Xinjiang province.
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Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal:
Hong Kong Police Make First Security-Law Arrest as Thousands Protest
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New York Times, The Daily Caller, National Review and UPI
Mohamed Younis / Gallup:
Americans Want More, Not Less, Immigration for First Time — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirty-four percent of Americans, up from 27% a year ago, would prefer to see immigration to the U.S. increased. This is the highest support for expanding immigration Gallup has found in its trend since 1965.
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Mother Jones, The Week, Axios, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill and ImmigrationProf Blog
Des Moines Register:
Governor's vehicle struck Black Lives Matter protester who blocked the road — A vehicle transporting Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds struck a Black Lives Matter protester Tuesday as the protester was intentionally blocking the car's path. — A group of about two dozen Des Moines Black Lives Matter activists showed …
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The Gateway Pundit and New York Post
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Fires Ed Henry Over Sexual Misconduct Claim — The veteran Washington correspondent and anchor was one of the most prominent reporters at the cable news channel. — Fox News has fired Ed Henry, one of the network's most prominent Washington-based journalists …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
For third time this month, Fox News leads all networks
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Axios
Public Affairs / SPD Blotter:
Mayor Durkan Issues Emergency Order Regarding Capitol Hill Protest Zone — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an Executive Order regarding the East Precinct and Cal Anderson Park area today. The order declared the gathering in this area as an “unlawful assembly” requiring immediate action …
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New York Times:
Meet the Supporters Trump Has Lost — A significant majority of people who voted for him in 2016 are planning to do so again. What is different about those who've had a change of heart? — For some, the disenchantment started almost as soon as Donald J. Trump took office.
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Political Wire
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
The $600 federal unemployment benefit ends this month. GOP senators say enough already. — WASHINGTON — Federal coronavirus unemployment insurance is scheduled to expire at the end of this month as the coronavirus pandemic makes a resurgence in parts of the U.S. and some some 25 million out-of-work Americans are collecting benefits.
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Civil rights activist and former de Blasio official considering run for mayor — A civil rights attorney who worked in the de Blasio administration and offers legal analysis on MSNBC is considering a run for mayor — an entrance that would upend the unpredictable race.
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Biden expands lead in swing states as voters hammer Trump over coronavirus, CNBC/Change poll says — Voters in six 2020 swing states largely disapprove of how President Trump is handling the coronavirus as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the country, a CNBC/Change Research poll found.
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Breitbart, Washington Times and Political Wire
David W. Blight / New Yorker:
Europe in 1989, America in 2020, and the Death of the Lost Cause — In November, 1989, when the Berlin Wall suddenly began to crumble and then fall, much of the world watched in awe. Could it be true that Communism was about to collapse? For seventy years, it had been a system, an ideology, that ordered large swaths of the globe.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Myrtle Beach reopened to survive the summer. Now, it's a coronavirus ‘petri dish.’ — The shores of South Carolina have become a concerning coronavirus hot spot — and a startling example of the difficult, and perhaps deadly, calculation that some cities and states face about reopening.
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Jacob Silverman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Spies, Lies, and Stonewalling: What It's Like to Report on Facebook — One day in July 2016, Casey Newton, a tech reporter for The Verge, sat down at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park for the biggest interview of his career. Across from him was Mark Zuckerberg.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Details of DC's Fourth of July celebration revealed by Interior Department — Expected to include military flyovers, a salute from President Trump and a “monumental” fireworks display — The Department of the Interior and National Parks Service on Wednesday announced details about Fourth …
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Associated Press
Politico:
Why Trump's attempt to tag Biden as a tool of the radical left isn't working — President Donald Trump's campaign has been trying to paint Joe Biden as a stooge for the far left. A new poll shows why it's not working. — Only 17 percent of registered voters perceive the former vice president …
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National Review and The Hill
Kenneth Garger / New York Post:
Simon & Schuster was unaware of Mary Trump's NDA, already printed copies of book — The publisher of Mary Trump's potentially explosive tell-all memoir reportedly revealed in a Tuesday night court filing that the company already printed 75,000 copies of the book — after publication was temporarily blocked earlier in the day.
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Washington Post, Fox News and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Hugh Hewitt: Rumor has it Samuel Alito will retire from Supreme Court — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may be eyeing retirement. — The “stronger rumor” is that Alito is “going to quit,” conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt told Washington Post reporter Robert Costa on his show Wednesday.
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Washington Post, National Review, Breitbart and Law & Crime
About Facebook:
Facebook Does Not Benefit from Hate — This piece originally ran in AdAge. — When society is divided and tensions run high, those divisions play out on social media. Platforms like Facebook hold up a mirror to society — with more than 3 billion people using Facebook's apps every month …
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