'To Put America First, Trump Must Stand Up to Putin' [Opinion Of The Day]

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Schiff: Putin Aims to Take Down Liberal Democracy. To Put America First, Trump Must Stand Up to Him

"If Trump fails to stand up to Putin and forcefully raise the issue of Russian interference in our elections, the Kremlin will conclude that he is too weak to stand up to them at all. That makes his statement today—that no one really knows who was behind the hacking and dumping of Hillary Clinton's emails—more than discouraging. Far from putting America first, if he continues to cling to this personal fiction, he will be elevating Russian interests above all others." (The Daily Beast)

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Mark Penn and Andrew Stein: Back to the Center, Democrats

"Central to the Democrats’ diminishment has been their loss of support among working-class voters, who feel abandoned by the party’s shift away from moderate positions on trade and immigration, from backing police and tough anti-crime measures, from trying to restore manufacturing jobs." (The New York Times)

Tammy Bruce: The brilliant wrestling match tweet

"There are many discussions about the President Trump “wrestling” CNN tweet, but it’s time to get to the heart of the matter: that the tweet was brilliant, anticipating a ridiculously overwrought reaction by the legacy media, and boy, did they deliver." (The Washington Times)

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