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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Sanders on Trump: ‘This guy is a fraud’ — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that President Donald Trump is “a fraud” and is working with Wall Street as he looks to roll back some banking regulations. — “It is hard not to laugh, to see President Trump alongside these Wall Street guys.
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
McConnell rebukes Trump's judge attack — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday distanced himself from President Donald Trump's positions on Russia, voter fraud and the travel ban, while criticizing the president for attacking a federal judge. — “It is best not to single out judges …
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-5-17: VP Mike Pence, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Sen. Ben Sasse
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-5-17: VP Mike Pence, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Sen. Ben Sasse
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The Week and Associated Press
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
VP Mike Pence Did Not Ask Supreme Court Nominee About Roe V. Wade
VP Mike Pence Did Not Ask Supreme Court Nominee About Roe V. Wade
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Associated Press, Hot Air, Politico and Mediaite
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Appeals court rejects Trump administration's request to restore travel ban — A federal appeals court early Sunday rejected the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to restore President Trump's travel ban on immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
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Scripting News, alan.com, RedState and IJR
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Pence: Judge ‘certainly’ has right to halt travel ban
Pence: Judge ‘certainly’ has right to halt travel ban
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Mashable, AOL, Politicus USA and Liberty Unyielding
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
9th Circuit Court declines to quickly reinstate travel ban
9th Circuit Court declines to quickly reinstate travel ban
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New York Times, Booman Tribune, NPR, Gothamist, RedState, CBS San Francisco, Mediaite, IJR, NBC News, Hot Air, CBS Los Angeles and Business Insider
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
DOJ appealing travel ban ruling
DOJ appealing travel ban ruling
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New York Times, Reuters, Common Dreams, The Gateway Pundit, MichelleMalkin.com, Raw Story, Mediaite and Business Insider
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Appeals Court Denies Request For “Immediate” Order Bringing Back Trump's Travel Ban
Appeals Court Denies Request For “Immediate” Order Bringing Back Trump's Travel Ban
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Power Line, Outside the Beltway, Politicus USA and New York Times
John Fund / National Review:
Round Two for the Supreme Court?
Julie Westfall / Los Angeles Times:
Hundreds of people showed up for a town hall with California's Rep. Tom McClintock, and things got intense — The scene inside and outside Rep. Tom McClintock's town hall meeting Saturday morning was at times raucous, and the California congressman ultimately was escorted out by police.
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Tampa Bay Times:
A Bilirakis gathering turns out to be strongly pro-Obamacare — PALM HARBOR — Rep. Gus Bilirakis issued the call to residents of his conservative district on Facebook: Come share your thoughts on the future of health care. — More than 200 people took the Republican congressman up on it …
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ThinkProgress
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
McClintock exits with police escort after raucous town hall meeting in Roseville
McClintock exits with police escort after raucous town hall meeting in Roseville
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Talking Points Memo, Power Line, The Guardian, 6, Occupy Democrats, The Hill, Washington Post, Daily Kos and RedState
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats aim to make Steve Bannon a scarier Karl Rove — Democrats spent years turning George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove into a boogeyman whose mere mention sent liberals' blood boiling. Now, members of Congress are doing the same to top Trump hand Steve Bannon — but in much darker terms.
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Political Wire
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David Cohen / Politico:
Albright on Trump: Bannon ‘pulling the strings’
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Trump's Radical Anti-Americanism — As the President rejects our foundational principles, all we can turn to is our instinct for shared defiance. — Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, the couple who did so much to bear witness to the terrible truths of the Second World War, came to town last week …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: No federal money for voter fraud probe — (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he doesn't want to spend federal funds to investigate what President Trump claimed was massive voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election. — While McConnell says there is voter fraud, he doesn't believe it's …
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Joe.My.God.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Free Melania - From Our Expectations — WASHINGTON — Now, stacked on the Trump tower of petrifying things we have to worry about — war with Iran, war with China, war with Mexico, war with Islam, war with koala bears — there is yet another looming disaster.
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New Yorker
Alberto Luperon / LawNewz:
Judge Wears Anti-Trump Pussy Hat to Court — Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt has been rocking headgear with strong anti-Trump symbolism: The Pussy hat. To say it's politically charged is like saying third-rails are shocking: These hats are pointed symbols in opposition to President Donald Trump …
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The Gateway Pundit
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Robert Barnes / LawNewz:
On Trial: Why Trump's Immigration Ban Will Win Over Seattle Judge's Nationwide Order
On Trial: Why Trump's Immigration Ban Will Win Over Seattle Judge's Nationwide Order
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Hot Air, The Last Refuge and The Gateway Pundit
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
How far can protesters go before the government steps in? — The protests of 2016, against pipelines and police shootings and a presidential candidate, have sparked lawmakers in eight states to consider bills boosting penalties for unlawful demonstrations. They include one that would protect drivers …
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Hot Air
Gregory Locke / Facebook:
I got on the subway in Manhattan tonight and found a Swastika on every advertisement and every window. The train was silent as everyone stared at each other, uncomfortable and unsure what to do. — One guy got up and said, “Hand sanitizer gets rid of Sharpie. We need alcohol.”
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New York Times, IJR, Business Insider, NBC News, Mashable and Joe.My.God.
David Rose / Daily Mail:
Exposed: How world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data — The report claimed the pause in global warming never existed, but it was based on misleading, ‘unverified’ data — The Mail on Sunday today reveals astonishing evidence that the organisation …
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Power Line and The Daily Caller
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Trump's DOJ lays out travel ban defense — Trump travel ban remains suspended for now — (CNN)Top Justice Department lawyers are now in charge of defending the Trump administration's hastily drawn up executive order, and they are assiduously avoiding President Donald Trump's blunt …
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NBC News, Deadline and Jamie Dupree
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Prosecute the Rioters — And make sure that we condemn them as well. — From time to time over the years, the eminent historian Daniel Pipes has lamented that treason, not just as a crime but as a concept, appears defunct in the West. The question of bringing treason charges against jihadists has been raised from time to time.