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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Anger as grinning Trump gives thumbs-up while Melania holds El Paso orphan  —  A backlash is building over a picture posted by Melania Trump on Twitter that showed her and Donald Trump smiling broadly while holding a baby who was orphaned in the mass shooting in El Paso.
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Trump's Photo-Op With the Orphaned El Paso Baby Was the Smallest Moment of His Presidency  —  It took a tiny baby to reveal how small Donald Trump really is.  —  The president's trip to Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, this week, ostensibly undertaken to comfort the mourners and the injured …
Associated Press:
Police: El Paso shooting suspect said he targeted Mexicans  —  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The man accused of carrying out last weekend's deadly mass shooting at a Walmart in the Texas border city of El Paso confessed to officers while he was surrendering and later explained that he had been targeting Mexicans, authorities say.
Washington Post:
Why one family mourning El Paso victims chose to meet with Trump  —  Tito Anchondo wishes people would stop politicizing his family's tragedy.  —  Anchondo, who lost his beloved brother and sister-in-law in the rampage by an El Paso Walmart on Saturday, said he wanted to take his orphaned nephew …
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
The Denialists  —  It takes a lot of work to try to exonerate the president's fomenting of racist violence, but Trump fans are giving it their all.  —  “This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.”  —The El Paso killer's manifesto  —  Byron York wants to make sure …
Discussion: Fox News, Power Line and MinnPost
The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Names Powerful Men in Alleged Sex Ring  —  In newly unsealed documents, Virginia Giuffre claims that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her to politicians, princes, and a high-flying financier, among others.  —  A young woman who says financier Jeffrey Epstein …
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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Huge record cache details how Jeffrey Epstein, madam lured girls into depraved world  —  A chilling picture of how hundreds of girls and young women from around the world were trafficked for sex by Jeffrey Epstein, his alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, and a number of other powerful business …
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Top intel official interrupted meeting to urge his deputy to resign  —  Washington (CNN)The country's No. 2 intelligence official, Sue Gordon, knew it was likely she would have to eventually step down from her post, but the timing of that decision became more urgent on Thursday after her boss …
KYTV-TV:
Former firefighter stops man armed with 100 rounds of ammunition at south Springfield Walmart  —  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. The Springfield Police Department says it responded to a call of an active shooter at the Walmart Neighborhood Market at Republic Rd., near Golden Ave., Thursday evening.
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Darren Reynolds / ABC News:
Man arrested after walking into Missouri Walmart armed with a rifle and wearing body armor
Discussion: Daily Mail
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
FBI Ranks ‘Black Identity Extremists’ Bigger Threat Than Al Qaeda, White Supremacists: Leaked Documents  —  Leaked FBI documents indicate “black identity extremists” and animal rights activists are among the agency's top counterterrorism priorities under President Donald Trump.
Discussion: theGrio and TYT Network
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Yahoo News:
Here's the data on white supremacist terrorism the Trump administration has been ‘unable or unwilling’ to give to Congress  —  WASHINGTON — Alleged white supremacists were responsible for all race-based domestic terrorism incidents in 2018, according to a government document distributed earlier …
Discussion: NBC News and Politico
Associated Press:
S.Korea says N.Korea has fired 2 more projectiles into sea  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired two more projectiles into the sea, according to South Korea's military.  It is likely another protest at the United States and South Korea continuing joint military exercises …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump heads for golf club holiday - but summer storms loom
Discussion: The Week
Yonhap News Agency:   (LEAD) N. Korea fires 2 unidentified projectiles into East Sea: JCS
Cody Lyon / Crain's New York Business:
Should New Yorkers quit Equinox to protest Trump fundraiser?  —  The Related Companies founder and CEO Stephen Ross, is hosting a big fundraiser for President Donald Trump on Friday in the Hamptons and the news is not sitting well with a lot of left-leaning New Yorkers.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
MSNBC Host to Trump Supporters: ‘You Own the Blood That Happens’
Discussion: Townhall and The Daily Caller
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Fury grows over delayed probe of Trump aides' alleged political retaliation  —  Democrats and many in the State Department are increasingly exasperated that they have yet to see the results of an investigation into whether President Donald Trump's political appointees mistreated career staffers.
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Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:   Hiring Freeze Put U.S. Diplomats Under Threat Worldwide, Report Says
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Armed Trump supporter detained and released at El Paso immigrant center  —  People at the community center are still “terrified” and “frustrated,” a center employee told NBC News.  —  An armed Trump supporter was detained and released by police Wednesday outside a community space for immigrants in El Paso …
Discussion: KTSM-TV and Washington Examiner
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Kelly Tyko / USA Today:
Walmart removing violent video game displays, signs from stores but still selling guns
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Reports say White House has drafted an order putting the FCC in charge of monitoring social media  —  The White House is contemplating issuing an executive order that would widen its attack on the operations of social media companies.  —  The White House has prepared an executive order called …
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Washington Post:
'If you're a good worker, papers don't matter': How a Trump construction crew has relied on immigrants without legal status  —  OSSINING, N.Y. — For nearly two decades, the Trump Organization has relied on a roving crew of Latin American employees to build fountains and waterfalls …
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Kamala Harris moves toward nixing the Senate filibuster  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Kamala Harris is open to doing away with the filibuster if Democrats recapture control of the Senate next year.  —  “I want to find common ground on legislation, but if there's gonna be the obstructionist kind …
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Iowa Caucus Is a Frontrunners' Nightmare  —  This week was the start of the Iowa State Fair.  Besides being one of the few places in America where you can eat fried Oreos AND watch a baby pig being born, the Iowa State Fair is also the unofficial kick-off to campaign season in the state.
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Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Joe Biden says ‘poor kids’ are ‘just as talented as white kids’
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Publix Heirs Are Maxing Out Donations to Donald Trump's 2020 Campaign … Progressives, critics, and basically all people with moral backbones and souls this week are furious at Stephen Ross — the multibillionaire owner of the Miami Dolphins and the gym chains Equinox and SoulCycle …
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
A black man was about to buy a cop's house.  Then, he found a KKK application in a bedroom.  —  The Confederate flag place mat on the dining room table was Rob Mathis's first hint that something was off inside the home he was thinking of buying.  —  “I thought to myself …
Discussion: VICE and New York Post
James LaPorta / Newsweek:
Exclusive: As more troops head to the U.S.-Mexico border, drones designed for war could be going too  —  A month before President Donald Trump withdrew Patrick M. Shanahan's nomination to be installed as the permanent defense secretary, the former Boeing executive approved a Homeland Security request …
Ellen Ioanes / Business Insider:
A scathing new Pentagon report blames Trump for the return of ISIS in Syria and Iraq  — The Pentagon inspector general issued a report to Congress saying that the Islamic State is again growing in power in Syria and Iraq, with approximately 14,000 to 18,000 militants.
Discussion: CNBC and Wall Street Journal
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Bruce Ohr Documents Undercut FBI Claims In Carter Page FISAs  — Justice Department official Bruce Ohr told the FBI in November 2016 about meetings between dossier author Christopher Steele and a reporter who published a story about the former British spy's allegations against Carter Page.
Jaclyn Cosgrove / Los Angeles Times:
Heavily redacted texts show Mayor Garcetti's request for home to be checked during Woolsey fire  —  On a November afternoon, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti texted the city's fire chief to ask how much destruction the Woolsey fire had caused in a wealthy gated Ventura County neighborhood.
CNN:
White House tells ICE to conduct dozens more workplace enforcement operations, source says  —  Child makes tearful plea to ICE: I need my dad  —  (CNN)The White House has told ICE officials to conduct dozens more workplace enforcement operations this year, a senior immigration official with knowledge of the conversations told CNN.
Discussion: KTLA, The Guardian and The Root
The Daily Beast:
Trump Freaks Out Over ‘The Hunt,’ a Satirical Film He Doesn't Understand, as U.S. Reels From Mass Shootings  —  As the country grapples with two deadly mass shootings in one weekend, the president took time out of his busy Friday to rant about a movie that Fox News has also obsessed over.
David Byler / Washington Post:
Blue Texas is a Democratic dream.  Shifting left is a reality.  —  For three years now, Texas Republicans have been taking on water.  In 2016, Donald Trump won the state by nine points — a seven-point decline from Mitt Romney's 16-point margin four years earlier.
 
 
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
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David Perry / CNN:
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Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan man with diabetes dies in Iraq after ICE deported him
Discussion: The Intercept
Sarah Taylor / TheBlaze:
School reportedly punishes sixth-grade boy for saying trans-curious boy is not a girl, but a boy
Discussion: The College Fix
Tim Fitzsimons / NBC News:
'We're a totally peaceful racist group,' says ‘Straight Pride’ organizer to a California city council
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Psychologist: Google generated at least 2.6 million votes for Hillary
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Arizona senator thinks mass shootings really aren't the federal government's problem
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Joyce White Vance / Washington Post:
Prosecutors pick their battles. I chose not to pursue an ICE raid in Alabama.
Discussion: Salon
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Suspected White Nationalist Leader Suspended From State Department: Reports
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Egypt jails American traveler, saying she criticized the government on Facebook
Discussion: National Review
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
Sen. Tim Scott says his 2022 SC reelection bid will be his last political race
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
8Chan Refugees Blow Their Anonymity
Jacob T. Levy / Niskanen Center:
The Metastasizing Crisis: Executive Authority and the Crumbling of the Separation of Powers
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