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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Lashing Out Over Russia and Jobs Data, Trump Displays His Volatile Side  —  The president had been on something of a winning streak.  But when faced with facts and foes that wouldn't bend to his will, he responded with impatience and disproportionate intensity.
Discussion: Raw Story and Wide World of News
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Washington Post:
Economic fears of investors are here — and fed by Trump's reaction  —  Ambitious policies, erratic approach dominate outlook.  —  For months, the U.S. economy appeared to be weathering the disruptive effects of President Donald Trump's trade and immigration policies.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's authoritarian streak  —  A five-alarm fire tore through the economic establishment Friday after President Trump ousted the government's top labor statistician, accusing her — without evidence — of “rigging” a weak jobs report. … - But apply any of these five storylines …
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Republicans slam Trump's firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief
New York Times:
Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Economy Stumbles
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NBC News:
Republican senators raise concerns about Trump's firing of Labor Dept. official
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Office of Special Counsel launches investigation into ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith  —  The investigation comes after GOP Sen. Tom Cotton requested that Smith be investigated for “unprecedented interference in the 2024 election.”  —  The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency …
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Washington Post:
Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith faces investigation by Office of Special Counsel
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows  —  President Donald Trump has already enmeshed the United States military in domestic law enforcement operations involving immigration to an unprecedented degree.  He has authorized a major military buildup at the border.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
Playbook: The new master of the Senate
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump's Threats, Officials Say  —  There is a growing sense in India that its leaders should not allow American policymaking to shape its choices on vital energy supplies.  —  Indian officials said on Saturday that they would keep purchasing cheap oil …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Senate leaving Russia sanctions power fully in Trump's hands
Discussion: Washington Post and NewsMax.com
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Appeals court upholds order barring DHS from immigration sweeps based on language, job  —  A federal appeals court upheld a lower ruling on Friday barring the Trump administration from solely considering race, language or employment as reasonable suspicion to detain migrants.
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Jonathan Fischer / Washington Post:
Smithsonian to restore Trump to impeachment exhibit ‘in the coming weeks’  —  A placard referring to Trump's two impeachments was removed from the National Museum of American History in July, after the Smithsonian agreed to perform a “content review”  —  Just now
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Federal judges side with Trump on ending union bargaining for federal workers  —  A federal appeals court on Friday sided with the Trump administration, lifting a temporary block on a March executive order that prevented government workers from union bargaining.
Discussion: Reuters, Raw Story and New York Times
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Unmasked: the man behind one of the fastest growing far-right YouTube channels  —  Chris Booth's channel - rife with neo-Nazi ideology, antisemitism and racism - garnered 2.3m views and likely thousands of dollars from YouTube in about two months  —  The Guardian has identified the self-described …
HuffPost:
Pro Soccer Player Sent To El Salvador Over Tattoo Details ‘Hell On Earth’ At CECOT  —  “Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.  —  When Jerce Reyes Barrios first got …
New York Times:
Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump's Pay-for-Access Operation  —  A new disclosure shows how corporations and individuals, including many in the crypto business, wrote big checks while seeking favor from the president.  —  When the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Eric Schiermeyer heard …
Discussion: Raw Story, Newsweek, Sludge and Bloomberg
Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
I Am Suing the Department of Justice for the Epstein Files Training Videos  —  On July 20th, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel how to flag mentions of Trump and others in the Epstein files.  Today, I'm suing for those videos.
Maxwell Adler / Bloomberg:
Trump Administration Suspends UCLA Grants After Rights Probe  —  The federal government is suspending certain research funding to the University of California at Los Angeles over concerns about antisemitism and bias on campus, hitting one of the most prestigious public higher-education systems in the US.
 
 
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