Trump aides plead guilty

(Twitter)

Trump aides: 1. Manafort 2. Gates 3. Flynn 4. Papadopoulos 5. Cohen

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1. Loathsome 2. Fraud 3. Polecat - P.U. 4. Minor Pansy, and 5. Fat sponge

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: CNN

Victoria Beckham sparks carrier bag-wearing trend on social media

(The Irish Independent)

The UK fashion designer Victoria Caroline Beckham = Hark, I'm inclined to stick a bag over her heinous face

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Victoria Beckham

"Gina is Great": Trump endorses book declaring him possibly the "most sound-minded" president ever

(Washington Post)

The "most sound-minded" president? = Dishonest Don Trump is demented

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Image: FibonacciBlue

Uranus, Missouri's New Newspaper Is the Uranus Examiner (Huh. Huh.)

(Riverfront Times)

Newspaper of Uranus = Press unaware of pun

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Manafort plea deal: Trump ex-campaign chief to help Mueller inquiry

(BBC)

Manafort cuts a plea deal with Mister Mueller = Malefic Trump has a real meltdown, utters a lie

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Victoria Pickering

Europe's farmers on red alert as deadly African swine fever spreads to Belgium

(The Guardian)

African swine fever spreads to Belgium = Endemic virus answerable for pigs' fate

Anagram: Jason Lofts
Image: IAEA Imagebank

It's Not Just the President* Who Ought to Be Sweating Today

(Esquire)

Paul Manafort Mike Pence Nomination = A prominent minion. Fate? A lock-up. Amen.

Anagram: Erin Neathery
Image: Mike Licht

Dead: Volkswagen Beetle

(Jalopnik)

Dead: VW Beetle = a VW be deleted

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: John Ellrod

The 10 Most Valuable Brands in 2018

(Inc.)

A List of the Ten Most Valuable Brands in the World This Financial Year 1. Amazon 2. Apple 3. Google 4. The Samsung Group 5. Facebook 6. AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph) 7. Microsoft 8. Verizon 9. Walmart 10. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

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1. Online retail trailblazer 2. Computers, phones, tv 3. Internet web, a mega ‘billboard’ 4. Phones, gadgets 5. Think talkathon, fandom, crazy election havoc (hahaha!) 6. Mass media 7. Software 8. Communications 9. Full of popular retail 10. Mortgage, finance

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Daniel Iverson

The New York Race for Trump to Watch Tonight? Not the Governor's

(Bloomberg)

NY Professor Teachout ~ has to prosecute for NY

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Image: Digital Media

Skripal poisoning: Putin says suspects 'civilians, not criminals'

(BBC)

It lines up = Putin lies

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