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David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Talking bag of pus’: Twitter rips Stephen Miller for ‘clearly reading from script’ on Sunday shows — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — After appearing on four Sunday news shows, Stephen Miller, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, was ruthlessly mocked on Twitter.
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Talking Points Memo, LAist and ThinkProgress
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
White House adviser: We have provided ‘enormous’ evidence of voter fraud — White House policy adviser Stephen Miller on Sunday insisted that the Trump administration has provided ample evidence of widespread voter fraud, an unsubstantiated claim that President Trump has said cost him the popular vote.
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RedState
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Trump Adviser Doubles Down on Claims of Voter Fraud and of ‘Thousands’ of Voters Bused Into New Hampshire
Trump Adviser Doubles Down on Claims of Voter Fraud and of ‘Thousands’ of Voters Bused Into New Hampshire
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IJR, NPR, BostonGlobe.com and CBS News
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller's bushels of Pinocchios for false voter-fraud claims
Stephen Miller's bushels of Pinocchios for false voter-fraud claims
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Talking Points Memo, Vox and Mediaite
Aaron Short / New York Post:
Trump's White House eyes potential foes in 2020 election — The White House is already tracking which Democrats could challenge President Trump in 2020 and Gov. Cuomo and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand aren't on the list, sources told The Post. — Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon …
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Liberal Values, Business Insider, AOL and Political Wire
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Matt Latimer / Politico:
Hillary Clinton Is Running Again — Hillary Clinton will run for president. Again. — No inside information informs this prediction. No argument is advanced as to whether her run is a good or a bad idea—there are many ways to make a case either way.
Dwain Price / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Mark Cuban warns CEOs to be careful with talk about President Trump
Mark Cuban warns CEOs to be careful with talk about President Trump
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IJR, Business Insider, BizPac Review and The Week
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump hits Cuban: 'He's not smart enough to run for president'
Trump hits Cuban: 'He's not smart enough to run for president'
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RedState, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Mediaite and Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Palace intrigue: Trump friend goes off on Priebus — President Trump's friend Chris Ruddy appeared Sunday on CNN's Reliable Sources. Unprompted, Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax Media, attacked the President's chief of staff, Reince Priebus, as weak and incompetent. — Here's what Ruddy said:
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump friend says Priebus is ‘in way over his head’
Trump friend says Priebus is ‘in way over his head’
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The Hill, Mother Jones and Mediaite
John Wagner / Washington Post:
A hastily called news conference caps a surreal day for Trump in South Florida
A hastily called news conference caps a surreal day for Trump in South Florida
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CNN and New York Magazine
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Christie says he has ‘absolutely no intention’ of joining Trump administration — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Sunday he doesn't expect to be asked to serve in the Trump administration in the coming years. — “I have absolutely no intention, nor any understanding …
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RedState
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Pam Key / Breitbart:
Franken Calls for ‘Independent Investigation’ Into Trump's ‘Putin Crush’
Franken Calls for ‘Independent Investigation’ Into Trump's ‘Putin Crush’
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CNN and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Christie: Flynn needs to clear up Russia conversation details with Trump, Pence
Christie: Flynn needs to clear up Russia conversation details with Trump, Pence
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Political Wire
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
The Spy Revolt Against Trump Begins — Intelligence Community pushes back against a White House it considers leaky, untruthful and penetrated by the Kremlin — In a recent column, I explained how the still-forming Trump administration is already doing serious harm to America's longstanding global intelligence partnerships.
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Washington Post, The Guardian, The Hill, Fox News, Booman Tribune and Talking Points Memo
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Meryl Streep Pledges to Stand Up to ‘Brownshirts’ in Tirade Against Trump — Meryl Streep, in a fiery speech criticizing President Trump on Saturday night, pledged to stand up against “brownshirts and bots” at a time when she and others are increasingly denouncing his administration's policies and the president himself.
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Washington Post, Hollywood Reporter, Hit & Run, Deadline and Gothamist
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Sen. Al Franken confirms to CNN's Tapper that GOP senators are concerned about Trump's mental health — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) told CNN's Jake Tapper that “a few” Republicans in Congress have grave concerns that President Donald Trump has mental health problems.
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New York Post:
$325K wedding nixed after brawl erupts at rehearsal dinner, suit says — Till death do us punch. — A ritzy Manhattan wedding-rehearsal dinner descended into a brawl after the groom's parents objected to a toast on the eve of the couple's $325,000 nuptials at The Pierre hotel, according to a lawsuit between warring would-be in-laws.
Chadwick Moore / New York Post:
I'm a gay New Yorker — and I'm coming out as a conservative — Chadwick Moore in his East Williamsburg home … When Out magazine assigned me an interview with the Breitbart.com rabble-rouser Milo Yiannopoulos, I knew it would be controversial. In the gay and liberal communities in particular …
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Red Alert Politics, Patterico's Pontifications, Towleroad and BizPac Review
Stan Collender / Forbes:
GOP Grand Scheme On Obamacare Repeal & Tax Reform Quickly Going South — The GOP strategy on quickly repealing the Affordable Care Act and enacting tax reform that seemed to be so creative and smart when it was first revealed right after the election may soon become the prime source of legislative hell for House and Senate Republicans.
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Political Wire
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Al Jarreau, seven-time Grammy-winning singer, dies at 76 — Al Jarreau, a Grammy Award-winning singer whose versatile tenor voice and vibrant stage style blurred the lines between jazz, soul and pop music, died Feb. 12 at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 76.
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New York Times, Power Line and KTLA
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway's dangerous game — Kellyanne Conway once again put herself at the center of controversy last week when she went on national television and declared she was doing a “free commercial” for Ivanka Trump's clothing line, ethics laws be damned. Media snarked, ethics watchdogs barked …
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Raw Story
Sean McElwee / Salon:
Trump's supporters believe a false narrative of white victimhood — and the data proves it — Trump voters believe that whites and Christians face discrimination — but they call the left sensitive snowflakes — The right sees its political opposition as #triggered snowflakes who need a “safe space.”
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