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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller's bushels of Pinocchios for false voter-fraud claims — White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller appeared on ABC's “The Week” on Sunday, spouting a bunch of false talking points on alleged voter fraud. (He also repeated similar claims on other Sunday talk shows.)
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Talking Points Memo, Vox and Mediaite
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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, ThinkProgress, LAist, BizPac Review and twitchy.com
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Trump Adviser Doubles Down on Claims of Voter Fraud and of ‘Thousands’ of Voters Bused Into New Hampshire — Senior White House policy adviser Stephen Miller doubled down on President Trump's unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud, including the president's reported claim that thousands …
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The Gateway Pundit, NPR, IJR, BostonGlobe.com and CBS News
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
White House adviser: We have provided ‘enormous’ evidence of voter fraud
White House adviser: We have provided ‘enormous’ evidence of voter fraud
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RedState
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump friend says Priebus is ‘in way over his head’ — One of President Trump's longtime friends made a striking move on Sunday: After talking privately with the president over drinks late Friday, Christopher Ruddy publicly argued that Trump should replace his White House chief of staff.
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Mother Jones, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, twitchy.com and Mediaite
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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
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Palace intrigue: Trump friend goes off on Priebus
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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Business Insider, AOL, Liberal Values, Althouse 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.
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Hot Air
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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Talking Points Memo, RedState, Business Insider, Mediaite and Raw Story
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.
Loren Grush / The Verge:
A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone — Two weeks ago, Sidd Bikkannavar flew back into the United States after spending a few weeks abroad in South America. An employee of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Bikkannavar had been on a personal trip …
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Gizmodo and Balloon Juice
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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Gothamist
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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.
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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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
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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Patterico's Pontifications, Red Alert Politics, Towleroad and BizPac Review
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Hezbollah leader: Having ‘idiot’ Trump in White House makes us optimistic — The leader of Lebanon's Shiite militant group and political party Hezbollah said having an “idiot” in the White House makes the group optimistic, a reference to President Trump. — “We are very optimistic …
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RedState and Associated Press
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, Liberal Values and KTLA
The Hill:
Trump aide sees sexism in Tapper's Conway interview — Dr. Sebastian Gorka, an assistant deputy to President Donald Trump, is disappointed with CNN anchor Jake Tapper's treatment of Kellyanne Conway, one of Trump's closest counselors. — Gorka's remarks come after a contentious Tuesday interview …
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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alan.com
Cynthia Littleton / Page Six:
Grammys producer wants stars to be political during speeches — Originally Published By: — Ken Ehrlich to Produce Grammy Awards Through 2020 — In a fraught moment of political protest across the country, the live mic at televised award shows has become a potent weapon.