• ‘I am the Chosen One’: with boasts and insults, Trump sets new benchmark for incoherence (theguardian.com)
• Scathing new Pentagon report blames Trump for the resurgence of ISIS (businessinsider.com)Mike Pompeo: ISIS in some areas is "more powerful today than they were 3 or 4 years ago" (cbsnews.com)Katty Kay: ISIS has regained strength in Iraq and Syria (msnbc.com)
  
• Trump Goes Dark on Gun Control After Pledging Background Checks ‘Like We’ve Never Had Before’ (thedailybeast.com)
  

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• NYPD Finally Fires Daniel Pantaleo, the Violent Cop Who Choked Eric Garner to Death (thedailybeast.com)
  
• Prince Andrew Faces New Scandal Over Jeffrey Epstein Mansion Video (thedailybeast.com)
  
• Bigot: Ken ‘Cooch’ Cuccinelli has talked about undocumented immigrants as ‘invaders’ since at least 2007 (cnn.com)
  
• War Zone Portland: After Nearly Three Years of Orchestrating Violent Rallies, Fascist ‘Patriot Prayer’ Leader Joey Gibson Turns Himself In on Felony Riot Charge (wweek.com)Portland’s Feared Far-Right Rally Hit by Multiple Setbacks (thedailybeast.com)
  
• Republicans Block The FEC From Calling The FBI About NRA Russian Money Laundering For Trump (politicususa.com)
  
• How Moscow Mitch Won a New Russian Plant in His Home State (dcreport.org)
  
• Leaked Document Blows The Lid Off GOP Media Strategy To Blame The Left For Mass Shootings (politicususa.com)
  

  FILE PHOTO - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during a media briefing after the House Republican conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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• How Fanta Was Created for Nazi Germany (getpocket.com)
  
• Rashida Tlaib And Ilhan Omar Have Been Barred From Visiting Israel (buzzfeednews.com)
  
• John Hickenlooper Will Drop Out of Presidential Race, May Run for Senate (buzzfeednews.com)
  
• Jeffrey Epstein autopsy report shows broken neck (politicususa.com)Jeffrey Epstein’s Bodyguard on His Former Boss’s Lifestyle, Cruelty, Suicide (nymag.com)
  
• Philadelphia mayor calls for gun control action after officers injured in standoff (theguardian.com)6 Philadelphia police officers shot; suspect surrenders after hourslong standoff (6abc.com)
• New York Young Republicans Go Full Alt-Right (thedailybeast.com)
  
• Trump Has Inspired At Least 36 Criminal Violent Acts Or Threats Of Violence (politicususa.com)
  
• Raid on “Pedo Island”: FBI seize computers in Jeffrey Epstein’s secluded home
  
• William Barr Ripped For Bungling Jeffrey Epstein’s Federal Custody (politicususa.com)William Barr slams prison after Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide (cbsnews.com)AG William Barr to Jeffrey Epstein’s Possible Co-Conspirators: We’re Still Coming for You (thedailybeast.com)
  
• ‘Using the Lord’s name in vain’: grassroots Evangelicals are beginning at last to chafe at Trump’s blasphemy (politico.com)
  
• Anthony Scaramucci Warns That Trump Will Turn On Every American (politicususa.com)‘How are we all tolerating this?’: Scaramucci says GOP should consider replacing Trump on 2020 ticket (washingtonpost.com)
  
• FBI and DoJ launch investigations into Jeffrey Epstein’s death (theguardian.com)Autopsy complete on indicted child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, ME says (newsday.com)Epstein’s accusers call her his protector and procurer. Is Ghislaine Maxwell now prosecutors’ target? (washingtonpost.com)
  
• Conspiracy Theories Erupt After Jeffrey Epstein’s Death (thedailybeast.com)Trump Shares Fringe Theory About Epstein and Clintons (nytimes.com)
  
• Jeffrey Epstein Dead; Apparent Suicide
  

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• Qandeel Baloch: Parents fail to free brothers accused of killing social media star sister (bbc.com)
  
• ’I’m 99.9% Jewish’ proclaims Wayne Allyn Root, the zany conspiracy nut who called Trump ‘second coming of God’ (nydailynews.com)
  
• California arms traffickers used Snapchat to market illegal weapons (theguardian.com)
  
• California police arrest hotel worker allegedly planning mass shooting (theguardian.com)
• Sanders to unveil $16tn climate plan, far more aggressive than rivals’ proposals (theguardian.com)
• Hickenlooper joins crowded Senate race in Colorado after dropping presidential bid (washingtonpost.com)
• The situation within the NRA is chaotic, Can they ride out an unrolling scandal? (washingtonpost.com)
• Trump, frustrated by unpopularity with Jews, thrusts Israel into his culture war (washingtonpost.com)
• Lincoln Chafee: ‘I’d Be Open’ to a Libertarian White House Bid (thedailybeast.com)
• This Isn’t the Madman Theory. This Is a Madman President. (thedailybeast.com)
  
• More powerful Democratic lawmakers face looming primary threats from the left (theguardian.com)
• The mystery of the influencer and the Instagrammed motorcycle accident (theguardian.com)
• School reopens inquiry into teens giving Nazi salute as new clips emerge, reports say (theguardian.com)
• Trump Is In Major Trouble With Women Voters And It Could Lead To The First Female President (politicususa.com)
  
• A Former Congressman and Tea Party Republican Considers a Challenge to Trump (nytimes.com)
• Fundies Wonder Why People Who Know About Religion Don’t Like Them (rdtdaily.com)
  
• Protesters Meet Trump In Kentucky And Mock His Small Penis (politicususa.com)
  
• Federal judge allows Trump to appeal lawsuit over foreign payments accepted by his hotels (washingtonpost.com)
• Trump Gets Even Crazier By Threatening To Release Thousands Of ISIS Fighters In Europe (politicususa.com)
  
• ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Casts Sean Spicer—and Host Tom Bergeron Is Not Happy (thedailybeast.com)
• Trump says that Jewish people who vote for Democrats are ‘very disloyal to Israel,’ denies his remarks are anti-Semitic (washingtonpost.com)
• Bombshell: first trailer for star-studded Fox News drama released (theguardian.com)
• Fox News Tried to Get Jill Abramson to Call the New York Times Biased. It Backfired. (thedailybeast.com)
• Trump Administration Rule Would Allow Immigrant Families to Be Held Indefinitely (nytimes.com)
• Rick Perry, The Man In Charge Of American Nuclear Weapons, Fell For An Instagram Hoax (buzzfeednews.com)
  

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