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Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's Supreme Court pick Neil Gorusch founded and led club called ‘Fascism Forever’ against liberal faculty at his elite all-boys DC prep school — DailyMail.com reveals how Gorsuch set up club called ‘Fascism Forever’ at his prep school outside D.C. in protest at staff's left-wing tendencies
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Ed Whelan / National Review:
FakeNews on Gorsuch on Imaginary ‘Fascism Forever’ Club — The Daily Mail and the New York Post (parroting the Daily Mail) are trumpeting a ridiculous claim that Neil Gorsuch, while he was a high-school student, founded a student club named “Fascism Forever.”
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The Gateway Pundit and Joe.My.God.
Fusion:
This is what Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was like in college — When President Donald Trump announced that he had nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, conservatives cheered. Gorsuch has been widely described as a natural successor to the man he's replacing, the late Antonin Scalia.
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New York Times, New Urban Legends, Daily Kos, Above the Law, Media Matters for America and Hit & Run
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats' misleading language on a 60-vote ‘standard’ for Supreme Court nominees
Senate Democrats' misleading language on a 60-vote ‘standard’ for Supreme Court nominees
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RedState, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, The Daily Signal, The Lid and State Journal Register
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
As a Student, SCOTUS Nominee Gorsuch Held Dim View Of Campus Protesters
As a Student, SCOTUS Nominee Gorsuch Held Dim View Of Campus Protesters
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Mediaite, RedState, NBC News and Washington Post
Jerusalem Post:
Trump warns Israel: Stop announcing new settlements — White House official tells ‘Post’ all parties should cease ‘unilateral actions,’ affirms two-state solution. — WASHINGTON - The White House warned Israel on Thursday - in a surprising statement - to cease settlement announcements that are …
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RedState, Political Wire, Axios, NBC News and Business Insider
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
White House: Israeli settlement construction ‘may not be helpful’ for peace — The White House on Thursday declared that Israeli settlement construction beyond the country's current borders “may not be helpful” in achieving peace — a statement that represented a break from President Donald …
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ABC News, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, NPR and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Foreign policy insider: ‘No readout of Trump-Putin call because White House turned off recording’
Foreign policy insider: ‘No readout of Trump-Putin call because White House turned off recording’
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Daily Kos and Politicus USA
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Tells Israel to Hold Off on Building New Settlements
Trump Tells Israel to Hold Off on Building New Settlements
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Washington Post and Political Wire
Michael Crowley / Politico:
White House nixed Holocaust statement naming Jews — The State Department drafted its own statement last month marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day that explicitly included a mention of Jewish victims, according to people familiar with the matter, but President Donald Trump's White House blocked its release.
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Democracy Now and Raw Story
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Distrust in Trump's White House spurs leaks, confusion — A feeling of distrust has taken hold in the West Wing of Donald Trump's White House and beyond, as his aides view each other and officials across the federal government and on Capitol Hill with suspicion.
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Talking Points Memo and Hullabaloo
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Uber C.E.O. Leaves Trump Advisory Council After Criticism — SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick needed everyone to take a deep breath. — The chief executive of Uber was holding a regularly scheduled all-hands meeting on Tuesday at the ride-hailing company's San Francisco headquarters …
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RedState, Talking Points Memo, The Verge, Vox, CNBC, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, Mediaite, Engadget, Politicus USA, Mashable, The Week and PerezHilton
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick leaves President Trump's advisory council — Kalanick had faced criticism for trying to work with Trump. — Travis Kalanick is leaving President Donald Trump's advisory council, sources say. — The Uber CEO had faced criticism from Silicon Valley insiders …
Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Bob Iger Won't Attend Trump White House Meeting
Bob Iger Won't Attend Trump White House Meeting
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Raw Story, TheStreet.com and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi slams Bannon: ‘White supremacist’ now on security council — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed Stephen Bannon on Thursday, saying President Trump's senior adviser is a racist who has no business sitting on the National Security Council (NSC).
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Joe.My.God.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump aide: Bannon's experience crushing ‘left-wing rivals’ an asset on NSC
Trump aide: Bannon's experience crushing ‘left-wing rivals’ an asset on NSC
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Hullabaloo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Shakesville and RedState
David Von Drehle / TIME:
Is Steve Bannon the Second Most Powerful Man in the World?
Is Steve Bannon the Second Most Powerful Man in the World?
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Business Insider, Washington Post, theGrio, Raw Story, The Week and No More Mister Nice Blog
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Nancy Pelosi Repeatedly Calls Steve Bannon a “White Supremacist”
Nancy Pelosi Repeatedly Calls Steve Bannon a “White Supremacist”
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Daily Kos, Occupy Democrats and ThinkProgress
New York Times:
G.O.P. Campaign to Repeal Obamacare Stalls on the Details — WASHINGTON — Congress's rush to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, once seemingly unstoppable, is flagging badly as Republicans struggle to come up with a replacement and a key senator has declared that the effort is more a repair job than a demolition.
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Political Wire and The Hill
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Linda Girardi / Chicago Tribune:
Rep. Roskam's office cancels Obamacare meeting when reporter shows up
Rep. Roskam's office cancels Obamacare meeting when reporter shows up
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ThinkProgress, Vox and Talking Points Memo
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
House votes to overturn Obama gun rule — The House on Thursday struck down an Obama-era regulation that could block some recipients of disability benefits from buying guns. — The House voted 235-18 to roll back a rule that required the Social Security Administration to report people …
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Hullabaloo, Politicus USA, Occupy Democrats, twitchy.com and Vox
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
House rolls back rule restricting gun sales to severely mentally ill — Washington (CNN)The Republican-led House voted Thursday to repeal an Obama-era Social Security Administration regulation to keep people with severe mental illnesses from buying guns. — The vote was 235-180.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Joe.My.God.
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
Trump said he'll ‘totally destroy’ the Johnson Amendment. What is it and why should people care? — In his address at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, President Trump made one clear policy declaration: “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment.” — What is that?
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The Reality-Based Community, New York Times, Heat Street, The Atlantic and ABC News
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Vows to ‘Destroy’ Law Banning Political Activity by Churches
Trump Vows to ‘Destroy’ Law Banning Political Activity by Churches
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ABC News, Daily Kos, Vox and Political Wire
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
After 2 Weeks, Voters Yearn For Obama — Less than 2 weeks into Donald Trump's tenure as President, 40% of voters already want to impeach him. That's up from 35% of voters who wanted to impeach him a week ago. Only 48% of voters say that they would be opposed to Trump's impeachment.
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Liberal Values, Politicus USA, WNCN and Balloon Juice
BBC:
Russian critic Vladimir Kara-Murza suffers sudden organ failure — A prominent Russian opposition activist has been hospitalised with organ failure, two years after he almost died of suspected poisoning. — Journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who works for pro-democracy group Open Russia, fell ill at about 05:00 local time (02:00 GMT).
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Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Shouting match over Russia erupts at House hearing — A routine House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday turned into a shouting match between the Republican chairman and the ranking Democrat over Russian interference in the presidential election. — In a fight that exposed bitter …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Raw Story
Reuters:
U.S. makes limited exceptions to sanctions on Russian spy agency — The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday adjusted sanctions on Russian intelligence agency FSB, making limited exceptions to the measures put in place by former President Barack Obama over accusations Moscow tried to influence …
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Raw Story, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, TheStreet.com, The Verge and twitchy.com
Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. expected to impose fresh sanctions on Iranian entities - sources — The United States is expected to impose sanctions on multiple Iranian entities as early as Friday following Tehran's recent ballistic missile test, but in a way that will not violate the 2015 Iran nuclear deal …
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The Times of Israel and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Daily Express:
Shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar’ erupt in court as Rotherham men JAILED for child sex abuse — A WOMAN who was sexually exploited by a number of men in Rotherham from the age of 11 and made pregnant when she was 12 has watched as five of her abusers were given jail sentences of up to 20 years.
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The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
America's Leading Authoritarian Intellectual Is Working for Trump — The most intellectually important essay of the 2016 election cycle, and possibly of the whole political era that has begun, is “The Flight 93 Election.” Its previously anonymous author turns out to be former Bush …
Andrew Wolfson / Courier-Journal:
Navy: Special forces flew Trump flag in convoy — The President wants churches to get their voices back. Veuer's Nick Cardona tells us what he promised religious leaders. Buzz60 — It's official: The military convoy seen flying a Trump flag in Louisville on Sunday belonged …
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