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Jeffrey Epstein
REMINDER: Trump Is Only Trying To Change The Subject From His Pal Epstein
crooksandliars.com - Susie Madrak
Donald Trump would rather we talk about his racist comments this weekend than think about these stories about Jeffrey Epstein. We know for a fact …
Jeffrey Epstein
James Patterson on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Unbelievable’ Crimes
New York Magazine - Adam K. Raymond
In 2016, best-selling novelist James Patterson took a break from writing thrillers and focused his attention on a real-life criminal: Jeffrey …
Robert Lighthizer
Trump presses for USMCA passage as Lighthizer, lawmakers prepare to meet
Reuters - Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and his top advisers on Monday stepped up their drive to win congressional passage of a trade deal with Canada and Mexico, as the administration’s top trade
U.S. Politics
Collins and Murkowski become most prominent Republicans to slam Trump for 'unacceptable' tweets
Fox News - Andrew O'Reilly
Two senators from President Trump’s own party spoke out Monday against the president’s tweets suggesting that four minority congresswomen "go back" to where they came from, calling the tweets “spiteful”
Julian Assange
A deeper look at Assange's operation inside Ecuadorian Embassy
The Mercury News - CNN.com Wire Service
New documents obtained exclusively by CNN reveal that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange received in-person deliveries, potentially of hacked materials …
Julian Assange
Julian Assange received in-person deliveries of potentially hacked materials related to the 2016 election and had meetings
dailymail.co.uk - Stephanie Haney
Extensive surveillance reports and security logs reveal how Julian Assange was able to operate WikiLeaks potentially with Russian assistance from …
Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein: Leslie Wexner Says He Was ‘Never Aware’ of Accused Sex Trafficker’s Illegal Actions
The Daily Beast - Julia Arciga
Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s former client, Victoria’s Secret founder Leslie Wexner, said he was “never aware” of Epstein’s alleged …
Jeffrey Epstein
Remembering the Time Jeffrey Epstein Rode on Trump’s Plane
New York Magazine - James D. Walsh
In 2000, Donald Trump grew irritated as he sat on his plane at LaGuardia airport, waiting for a tardy Jeffrey Epstein to arrive. He fumed to his …
Jeffrey Epstein
Wexner tells employees he was never aware of Epsteins alleged crimes
dispatch.com - Mark Williams
L Brands founder Leslie H. Wexner has issued his first statement in the unfolding scandal involving his former business manager, telling employees …
U.S. Politics
Trump talks up success of raids, despite little evidence of widespread deportations
POLITICO - By CAITLIN OPRYSKO
President Donald Trump on Monday asserted that the mass-deportation raids he confirmed and publicized last week took place, despite few signs of removals being carried out at the scale he promised. “The
Jeffrey Epstein
Follow Jeffrey Epstein's money: Accused child sex trafficker has $56.4 million cash, even more in hedge funds, real estate,
CNBC - Dan Mangan
Jeffrey Epstein has a ton of cash on hand — but the accused child sex trafficker has even more more money tied up in hedge funds, private equity …
U.S. Politics
Fox News anchor on Trump tweets about progressive congresswomen: 'This is an old trope'
washingtonexaminer.com - Mike Brest
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner criticized President Trump's tweets suggesting that certain progressive freshmen congresswomen should go back to …
Trump Administration
Trump's Racist Tweets Came After He Faced Setbacks on Immigration Policy
TIME - Brian Bennett
President Donald Trump has faced several setbacks on his immigration agenda in recent weeks. The Supreme Court blocked an effort to ask respondents if they are U.S. citizens in the 2020 Census. Massive
Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi: Trump’s new asylum policy 'illegal'
washingtonexaminer.com - Susan Ferrechio
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Trump’s executive move to change the nation’s policy for granting asylum “violated the law” and creates …
Politics
Trump's “safe third country” asylum ban is illegal
Quartz - Heather Timmons
The Trump administration introduced a new rule that would essentially ban Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the US today, the latest attempt to radically rewrite US immigration policy
Guatemala
How Trump’s Safe-Third-Country Agreement with Guatemala Fell Apart
The New Yorker - Jonathan Blitzer
On Sunday afternoon, the Guatemalan government issued a statement cancelling a highly anticipated meeting, scheduled for Monday, in Washington, between Jimmy Morales, the President of Guatemala, and Donald
United States
Trump's White-Nationalist Attack on Four Congresswomen
The Atlantic - Adam Serwer
In a series of tweets attacking four Democratic congresswomen, the president reiterated his belief that only white people can truly be American. When President Donald Trump declared himself a “nationalist,”
Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein’s $559 million worth of assets, itemized
yahoo.com - Julia La Roche
It looks like convicted sex offender and “billionaire” financier Jeffrey E. Epstein is not a billionaire after all. A court docket published on Monday …
Eric Trump
Shep Smith goes off on Trump’s racist attacks: ‘A misleading and xenophobic eruption of distraction and division’
rawstory.com - Sarah K. Burris
Fox News newsman Shep Smith began his Monday show by calling President Donald Trump’s racist tweets about four Congresswomen of color “xenophobic” …
MGM
In opening week, Encore Boston Harbor casino produced nearly as much revenue as MGM Springfield for Mass.
wcvb.com
In its first week of operation, the Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett produced nearly the same amount of tax revenue for Massachusetts as MGM …
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead season 10 will focus on paranoia and PTSD |
Entertainment Weekly
We’re still a few days away from AMC dropping the first Walking Dead season 10 trailer at the show’s Comic-Con panel on Friday, July 19, in San Diego. But that won’t stop us from delivering you daily on
Union Pacific
Historic locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 is back on the rails and headed to St. Paul
twincities.com - Elizabeth Nida Obert
Wyoming is a long way to travel from Rochester, Minn., to see a train. But this wasn’t just any train. The Union Pacific Railroad recently celebrated …
Ilhan Omar
Trump Turns Made in America Showcase into Racism Showcase
Rolling Stone - Ryan Bort
After touring boats, irrigations systems, and the other Made-in-America wares displayed on the White House lawn Monday, President Trump took to a …
Census
Trump Appeals to His Base With AOC, the Census, and ICE
The Atlantic - Peter Nicholas
With his attacks on Democratic women of color and his threats to undocumented immigrants, President Trump has only one small audience in mind. A day after President Donald Trump tweeted that four women
U.S. Politics
The Method Behind Trump’s Racism
thebulwark.com
So, today we are all going to be talking about the president of the United States telling four minority congresswomen to “go back” to their crappy …
Mike Pence
Trump and Pence's racist weekend spectacle was no accident: It's the re-election plan
Salon - Heather Digby Parton
If you doubted that the 2020 presidential campaign will be the ugliest you've ever experienced, the past few days should have disabused you of that. It's been a descent into grotesque racism and xenophobia
Donald Trump
Trump's racist outburst was unbelievably vile — but why is anyone surprised
Salon - Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump dug deeper than ever into his bucket of political scatology this weekend. On Sunday, in tweets already made infamous, he proclaimed: So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen,
Donald Trump
Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Tweets Leave No Room for Doubt
Bloomberg - Timothy L. O'Brien
As he has so many times since bursting onto the presidential stage in 2015, Donald Trump played the race card on Sunday. He launched nearly three …
Jeffrey Epstein
Israel’s Ehud Barak: I Visited Epstein’s Island But Never Met Any Girls
The Daily Beast - Noga Tarnopolsky
The arrest last week of wealthy financier and sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein has resonated in Israel because of his mysterious—but well-known—ties to …
Military
The Retired F-117A Nighthawk Is the Desert
Popular Mechanics - By Kyle Mizokami
Retired in 2008, the F-117A Nighthawk is doing who-knows-what in the California and Nevada deserts. The F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, the world’s first purpose-designed stealth aircraft, was recently

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REMINDER: Trump Is Only Trying To Change The Subject From His Pal Epstein

James Patterson on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Unbelievable’ Crimes

Trump presses for USMCA passage as Lighthizer, lawmakers prepare to meet

Collins and Murkowski become most prominent Republicans to slam Trump for 'unacceptable' tweets

A deeper look at Assange's operation inside Ecuadorian Embassy

Julian Assange received in-person deliveries of potentially hacked materials related to the 2016 election and had meetings

Jeffrey Epstein: Leslie Wexner Says He Was ‘Never Aware’ of Accused Sex Trafficker’s Illegal Actions

Remembering the Time Jeffrey Epstein Rode on Trump’s Plane

Wexner tells employees he was never aware of Epsteins alleged crimes

Trump talks up success of raids, despite little evidence of widespread deportations

Follow Jeffrey Epstein's money: Accused child sex trafficker has $56.4 million cash, even more in hedge funds, real estate,

Fox News anchor on Trump tweets about progressive congresswomen: 'This is an old trope'

Trump's Racist Tweets Came After He Faced Setbacks on Immigration Policy

Pelosi: Trump’s new asylum policy 'illegal'

Trump's “safe third country” asylum ban is illegal

How Trump’s Safe-Third-Country Agreement with Guatemala Fell Apart

Trump's White-Nationalist Attack on Four Congresswomen

Jeffrey Epstein’s $559 million worth of assets, itemized

Shep Smith goes off on Trump’s racist attacks: ‘A misleading and xenophobic eruption of distraction and division’

In opening week, Encore Boston Harbor casino produced nearly as much revenue as MGM Springfield for Mass.

The Walking Dead season 10 will focus on paranoia and PTSD |

Historic locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 is back on the rails and headed to St. Paul

Trump Turns Made in America Showcase into Racism Showcase

Trump Appeals to His Base With AOC, the Census, and ICE

The Method Behind Trump’s Racism

Trump and Pence's racist weekend spectacle was no accident: It's the re-election plan

Trump's racist outburst was unbelievably vile — but why is anyone surprised

Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Tweets Leave No Room for Doubt

Israel’s Ehud Barak: I Visited Epstein’s Island But Never Met Any Girls

The Retired F-117A Nighthawk Is the Desert