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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
‘This was the worst call by far’: Trump badgered, bragged and abruptly ended phone call with Australian leader — It should have been one of the most congenial calls for the new commander in chief — a conversation with the leader of Australia, one of America's staunchest allies, at the end of a triumphant week.
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Mark Kenny / Sydney Morning Herald:
Malcolm Turnbull's approach vindicated by President Donald Trump's madness — Malcolm Turnbull, who has spent much of this week defending government secrecy over his phone conversation with Donald Trump, has just been done a favour by the forces of media scrutiny and public accountability.
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Balloon Juice
Vivian Salama / Associated Press:
TRUMP TO MEXICO: TAKE CARE OF ‘BAD HOMBRES’ OR US MIGHT — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” unless the Mexican military does more to control them, according to an excerpt …
Vivian Salama / Associated Press:
WHITE HOUSE: TRUMP COMMENTS ON MEXICO ‘LIGHTHEARTED’
WHITE HOUSE: TRUMP COMMENTS ON MEXICO ‘LIGHTHEARTED’
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Althouse
Christopher Woody / Business Insider:
Report: In a ‘humiliating’ and ‘threatening’ tone, Trump lambasted Mexico's president during a phone call
Report: In a ‘humiliating’ and ‘threatening’ tone, Trump lambasted Mexico's president during a phone call
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Raw Story, The Guardian, The Talking Dog, Hullabaloo and AOL
Public Affairs / Berkeley News:
Milo Yiannopoulos event canceled after violence erupts — Amid an apparently organized violent attack and destruction of property at UC Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, the UC Police Department (UCPD) determined it was necessary to evacuate controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos …
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CBS San Francisco:
Riot Forces Cancellation Of Yiannopoulos Talk At UC Berkeley — BERKELEY, Calif. (CBS SF/AP) — Protesters armed with bricks and fireworks mounted an assault on the building hosting a speech by polarizing Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos Wednesday night, forcing the event's cancellation.
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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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Sen. Ron Wyden / National Review:
Senator Wyden Must Resign — ‘O tempora, o mores’ — I have disagreed with Senator Ron Wyden on practically every political question there is, but he always has struck me as a decent and honest man, and so it is with a heavy heart that I write these words: Senator Wyden must resign his seat …
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
The Note: Divisions Down Under
The Note: Divisions Down Under
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Radley Balko / Washington Post:
In Gorsuch, Trump gave Democrats a gift. They should take it.
In Gorsuch, Trump gave Democrats a gift. They should take it.
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Neil Gorsuch Is Not a Villain
Neil Gorsuch Is Not a Villain
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New York Times:
Raid in Yemen: Risky From the Start and Costly in the End — WASHINGTON — Just five days after taking office, over dinner with his newly installed secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, President Trump was presented with the first of what will be many life-or-death decisions …
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Ayesha Rascoe / Reuters:
U.S. military probing more possible civilian deaths in Yemen raid — The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was looking into whether more civilians were killed in a raid on al Qaeda in Yemen on the weekend, in the first operation authorized by President Donald Trump as commander in chief.
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CNN:
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: ‘Pray for Arnold’ — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump veered off script at the start of the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday when he asked a room full of lawmakers, foreign dignitaries and religious leaders to pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger …
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump asks for prayers for Arnold Schwarzenegger's ratings at National Prayer Breakfast
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: Pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: Pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Trump Offers Prayer for Arnold Schwarzenegger, ‘Apprentice’ Ratings
Trump Offers Prayer for Arnold Schwarzenegger, ‘Apprentice’ Ratings
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump aide: Bannon's experience crushing ‘left-wing rivals’ an asset on NSC — An aide to President Trump says Stephen Bannon's experiences at Breitbart News will be an asset for the president's chief strategist in his new role on the National Security Council (NSC).
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David Von Drehle / TIME:
Is Steve Bannon the Second Most Powerful Man in the World? — Most modern Presidents chart their opening moves with the help of a friendly think tank or a set of long-held beliefs. — Donald Trump's first steps had the feel of a documentary film made by his chief strategist …
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Washington Post and No More Mister Nice Blog
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Anthony Scaramucci Won't Join White House, Official Says
Anthony Scaramucci Won't Join White House, Official Says
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Washington Post
Sarah Posner / The Nation:
Leaked Draft of Trump's Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination — If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for people and organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, and trans identity. — By ,
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
TX Gov blocks funding over sanctuary policy — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has cut funding to Travis County, the home of the city of Austin, following through on a threat to block state grants over a new sheriff's refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
JK Rowling roasts former fans who threatened to burn her books over Trump criticism — J.K. Rowling ripped one of her former fans who tweeted that she burned all her “Harry Potter” books because of the author's criticism of President Trump. — “[J]ust burned all my Harry Potter books after being a fan for 17 years.
Fox News:
DHS secretary: Border wall should be finished in two years — MCALLEN, Texas - EXCLUSIVE: In his first television interview as Homeland Security secretary, retired four-star Marine Gen. John F. Kelly told Fox News he wants the U.S.-Mexico border wall finished in two years …
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Hot Air, The Last Refuge and Washington Times
Lawrence K. Altman / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Longtime Doctor Says President Takes Hair-Growth Drug — WASHINGTON — President Trump takes medication for three ailments, including a prostate-related drug to promote hair growth, Mr. Trump's longtime physician, Dr. Harold N. Bornstein, said in a series of recent interviews.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam - sources — The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Eyeing the House, Democrats move to hire operatives in 20 GOP-held districts — Democrats are moving urgently to harness the wave of grass-roots protests that have greeted President Trump in his first weeks in office to reclaim the House majority in next year's midterm elections.
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Political Wire and Balloon Juice