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Annie Karni / Politico:
Leaked Trump tape: ‘You are the special people’ — President Donald Trump, living alone inside the White House, often hungers for friendly interaction as he adjusts to the difficult work of governance. At his clubs, he finds what's missing. — That showed last November at a cocktail …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Sun, Sand and Influence: For Mar-a-Lago Members, Proximity Is Power — On any given weekend, you might catch President Trump's son-in-law and top Mideast dealmaker, Jared Kushner, by the beachside soft-serve ice cream machine, or his reclusive chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, on the dining patio.
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ThinkProgress and The Week
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Leaked tape reveals Trump invited club guests to ‘come along’ during cabinet interviews
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alan.com and Joe.My.God.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Candidates for National Security Adviser Spar Over Staffing — Retired Vice Adm. Bob Harward and retired Gen. David Petraeus have dropped out of consideration — President Donald Trump won't guarantee that his next national security adviser will have full control over staffing and process …
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Washington Free Beacon, Axios, Business Insider, Political Wire, Politico, Hot Air, FOX News Radio, The Daily Caller, Sputnik International and NBC News
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Reports: Petraeus off the list, Trump down to three candidates to replace Flynn — Retired general and former CIA Director David Petraeus has reportedly pulled his name from consideration to replace Michael Flynn as National Security Adviser. — According to a report by the Wall Street Journal Friday …
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Politico, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and RedState
New York Times:
President Trump, White House Apprentice — It's with a whiff of desperation that President Trump insists these days that he's the chief executive Washington needs, the decisive dealmaker who, as he said during the campaign, “alone can fix it.” What America has seen so far is an inept White House led by a celebrity apprentice.
Julian E. Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Petraeus Says National Security Adviser Should Hire Own Staff
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Flynn replacement pick dropped out over Trump's press conference: report
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IJR
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Milo Yiannopoulos Tapped as Keynote Speaker at Conservative Political Action Conference (Exclusive) — The controversial figure, known as a harsh critic of Hollywood liberalism, will get more stage time at the conservative event than any other speaker, inlcuding VP Mike Pence and Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Axios, Politico, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Bill Maher and Milo Yiannopoulos Find Common Ground
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Breitbart, Townhall.com, Lawyers, Guns & Money and IJR
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Milo Yiannopoulos spars with Bill Maher, attacks female comics
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Daily Wire, Washington Times and American Thinker
Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker:
Michael Flynn, General Chaos … Two days before the Inauguration of Donald Trump as the forty-fifth President of the United States, Michael Flynn, a retired lieutenant general and former intelligence officer, sat down in a Washington restaurant. On the tablecloth, he placed a leather-bound folder …
Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, dies at 69 — Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unwed, mired in addiction and poverty, and desperate for a way out of an unwanted pregnancy when she became Jane Roe, the pseudonymous plaintiff of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision …
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New York Post, Axios, TheBlaze, Refinery29, AOL, New York Magazine and The Resurgent
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
DeVos criticized teachers at D.C. school she visited — and they are not having it — Newly minted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had a hard time getting inside the District's Jefferson Middle School Academy last week when protesters briefly blocked her from entering.
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NPR, Townhall.com and garnetnews.com
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WNYW-TV:
Ivanka Trump brand tops Amazon Best Sellers list — NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - First Daughter Ivanka Trump could be getting the last laugh at brick and mortar stores that have dropped her brand of clothing, shoes, perfumes and more. — On Friday morning, Ivanka Trump Eau de Parfum Spray For Women …
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The Gateway Pundit
Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Pope Francis: ‘Muslim Terrorism Does Not Exist’ — In an impassioned address Friday, Pope Francis denied the existence of Islamic terrorism, while simultaneously asserting that “the ecological crisis is real.” — “Christian terrorism does not exist, Jewish terrorism does not exist, and Muslim terrorism does not exist.
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The Gateway Pundit, Geller Report and BizPac Review
New York Times:
Popular Domestic Programs Face Ax Under First Trump Budget — WASHINGTON — The White House budget office has drafted a hit list of programs that President Trump could eliminate to trim domestic spending, including longstanding conservative targets like the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …
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Los Angeles Times, Common Dreams, The Root and Political Wire
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Ariz. sheriff ending policy of holding immigrants past release date — The Phoenix area's new sheriff is scrapping the policy of holding inmates past their release date, which was used to assist federal authorities on immigration background checks. — According to the Associated Press …
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Raw Story
Marc Champion / Bloomberg:
Four NATO Nations Would Pick Russia to Defend Them If Threatened: Poll — Gallup poll of 66 nations shows shifting global alliances — China and Russia prefer each other's support, survey shows — Who you gonna call? For the citizens of four NATO countries asked which military power …
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Sputnik International
John Hayward / Breitbart:
Marine Veteran Arrested After Pipe Bombs Allegedly Found in Hotel Safe — 37-year-old Adam Nauveed Hayat of Denver, Colorado, is under arrest and facing federal charges after police allegedly discovered pipe bombs in the safe of his hotel room. — The details surrounding Hayat's arrest …
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Geller Report, TheDenverChannel.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Denver Post and CBS Los Angeles
Christinne Muschi / Reuters:
Eight people flee U.S. border patrol to seek asylum in Canada — ((This version of the Feb. 17 story corrects the headline and first paragraph to eight people from nine)) — Eight asylum-seekers, including four children, barely made it across the Canadian border on Friday …
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The Gateway Pundit, ThinkProgress, PRI, NCPR Daily News, CBC News and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Republicans Charge Into Resistance at Tumultuous Town Halls — MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — The Republican lawmakers stood with fixed smiles, shifting in place, facing down turmoil but no trial inside a municipal courtroom overstuffed with constituents. — Across the room, the first questioner foretold …
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The Buffalo News, Common Dreams and Balloon Juice
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
John McCain the Republican vs. John McCain the Patriot — John McCain (ambivalently, agonizingly) takes on the president. — John McCain was hustling down the hallway in the Russell Senate Office Building with the purpose of an Aaron Sorkin character. It was not yet two weeks …
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Talking Points Memo and No More Mister Nice Blog
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Americans want Democrats to work with Trump — A strong majority of Americans say Democrats should look to cooperate with President Trump to strike deals, according to the inaugural Harvard-Harris poll provided exclusively by The Hill. — The survey found that 73 percent of voters …
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