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New York Times:
A Back-Channel Plan for Ukraine and Russia, Courtesy of Trump Associates — A week before Michael T. Flynn resigned as national security adviser, a sealed proposal was hand-delivered to his office, outlining a way for President Trump to lift sanctions against Russia.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Big Shoe Just Dropped — I don't know how much attention it's received. But the appearance of the name of Felix Sater in this new article in the Times is one of the biggest shoes I've seen drop on the Trump story in some time. — The new story explains that a group of Trump operatives …
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Financial Times, Sputnik International, CANNONFIRE, Balloon Juice and Raw Story
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Amid Russia scrutiny, Trump associates received informal Ukraine policy proposal — President Trump's personal lawyer and a former business associate met privately in New York City last month with a member of the Ukrainian parliament to discuss a peace plan for that country …
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alan.com and Talking Points Memo
Milo Yiannopoulos / Facebook:
A note for idiots (UPDATED): — I do not support pedophilia. Period. It is a vile and disgusting crime, perhaps the very worst. There are selectively edited videos doing the rounds, as part of a co-ordinated effort to discredit me from establishment Republicans, that suggest I am soft on the subject.
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BizPac Review, The Guardian, twitchy.com, The Daily Caller and RedState
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Jim Mattis to Baghdad: 'We're Not in Iraq to Seize Anybody's Oil' — BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Baghdad on Monday, promising that, despite what President Trump said last month, the administration would not try to seize Iraq's oil. — Nor, he said, would the …
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Trump clarifies remarks on Sweden: I got it from Fox News story — President Trump sought to explain his reference to a nonexistent terrorism incident in Sweden at a rally Saturday night, pointing to a story from Fox News. — “My statement as to what's happening in Sweden was in reference …
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Sweden offers to teach Trump about its immigration policies
Sweden offers to teach Trump about its immigration policies
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Raw Story, The Guardian, The Local, France 24, Mediaite, twitchy.com, The Week, CBS New York, RedState, Mashable and The Huffington Post
Susan Fowler / Susan J. Fowler:
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — As most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January. I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about why I left and what my time at Uber was like. It's a strange, fascinating …
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Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
Video surfaces of Milo Yiannopoulos defending pedophilia, ACU board reportedly not consulted on CPAC invite — The American Conservative Union, which hosts the annual gathering of conservatives called “CPAC,” announced over the weekend that alt-Right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos would be this year's keynote speaker.
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump supporters see a successful president — and are frustrated with critics who don't — MELBOURNE, Fla. — Many of President Trump's most dedicated supporters — the sort who waited for hours in the Florida sun this weekend for his first post-inauguration campaign rally — say their lives changed on election night.
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Lefties keep showing off their civic ignorance — Michael Moore stars in “TrumpLand,” a filmed political stage show. — MORE FROM: — Last week, cable news personality Sally Kohn tweeted what she called a “straightforward” plan that would eject Donald Trump and install Hillary Clinton into the presidency: “1.
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Reality collides with Trump's promises — President Donald Trump touts “incredible progress” in his first month in office. But the frenetic period that opened with an inaugural address about “American carnage” and ended with a raucous campaign rally has brought a spotty record that falls short of his promises.
Tim Skoczek / CNN:
Lewandowski: Trump's staff is letting him down — The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. The author works for the podcast. — Chicago (CNN)President Donald Trump has been hampered …
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Rather Than Continued Stalemate, Federal Election Commission May Now Lead Way to Campaign Finance Deregulation — As we have long been expecting, Federal Election Commissioner Ann Ravel has announced her resignation from the Federal Election Commission, effective March 1.
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Democratic Member to Quit Election Commission, Setting Up Political Fight
Democratic Member to Quit Election Commission, Setting Up Political Fight
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Hot Air and Washington Post
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Internet-Regulating FEC Commissioner to Resign
Internet-Regulating FEC Commissioner to Resign
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The Gateway Pundit and Ann Ravel
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
For Generation Z, ‘Live Chilling’ Replaces Hanging Out in Person — Teens are finding their friends via video chat, in apps such as Houseparty, Fam and Kik — Almost every day when they get home from school, Gracie, age 16, and Sarah, age 14, open the app Houseparty …
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Instapundit
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Democrats would like their rabid base to cool it with the impeachment talk — You've probably seen multiple instances on social media by now of Democrats and liberals calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump despite the fact that he's barely had time to organize the contents of his desk …
Donald Trump / Aftonbladet:
In English: This happened in Sweden Friday night, Mr President — U.S. president Donald Trump gave a speech in Melbourne, Florida, Saturday evening. — While speaking about keeping America safe he mentioned the major terrorist attacks in Nice, Paris and Brussels - and in the same sentence …
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Vox, Mashable, NBC News, Hullabaloo, The Moderate Voice, 24Ahead, IJR, Associated Press, Mediaite, Washington Post, The Hill, NPR, New York Times, Slate and The Guardian
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In Trump's Volleys, Echoes of Alex Jones's Conspiracy Theories — Way back on Friday, President Trump declared that several news organizations — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, The New York Times — were “the enemy of the American people.” You know who's not the enemy, in his book? — Alex Jones.
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alan.com
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Kasich: Repealing Medicaid expansion is ‘a very, very bad idea’ — Kasich: World leaders unsure about Trump — Washington (CNN)Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he won't “sit silent” and watch the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion get “ripped out” as Republicans work to repeal the law.
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