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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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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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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Report: Trump's lawyer hand-delivered Michael Flynn a secret plan to lift sanctions on Russia
Report: Trump's lawyer hand-delivered Michael Flynn a secret plan to lift sanctions on Russia
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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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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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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
'We're not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil:' Pentagon chief arrives in Iraq with a message of cooperation — BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made his first trip to Iraq as Pentagon chief on Monday to determine what is needed to accelerate the campaign against the Islamic State …
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DN.SE:
Swedish police featured in Fox News segment: Filmmaker is a madman — Trump's comments about Sweden during his rally in Melbourne, Florida, spawned headlines in newspapers all around the world. The American president later clarified on Twitter, saying that he was referring to a segment …
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Trump clarifies remarks on Sweden: I got it from Fox News story
Trump clarifies remarks on Sweden: I got it from Fox News story
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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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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.
Associated Press:
AP source: Revised travel ban targets same countries — WASHINGTON — A draft of President Donald Trump's revised immigration ban targets the same seven countries listed in his original executive order and exempts travelers who already have a visa to travel to the U.S., even if they haven't used it yet.
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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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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.
Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
Trump's White House: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight — The Constitution-straining conflicts surrounding the president, his top aides, some of his children, and his licensing-and-development business are a problem with no end in sight. — We aren't even a third of the way through …
Avalon Zoppo / NBC News:
Employees Across U.S. Fired After Joining ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protest — More than 100 protesters across the country were fired from their jobs after skipping work to take part in last week's “Day Without Immigrants” demonstration. — Restaurants and day cares were among the businesses …
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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 …
John Fund / National Review:
Trump Is a Lot Like the LBJ Whom Liberals Still Idolize — President Johnson at a White House press conference, 1967 (LBJ Presidential Library) — Johnson was reckless, grandiose, and intimidating, but he got things done, with the help of the GOP. — Austin, Texas - As president, he cut a grandiose figure.
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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.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Judd Apatow Denounces Trump in Epic Stand-Up Set: 'I Feel Like I've Just Been Raped' — Before Judd Apatow was the ultra-successful producer of movies like Anchorman, Bridesmaids, and this year's Sundance hit The Big Sick, all he wanted to be in life was a stand-up comedian.
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Jenny Gold / CNN:
‘Post-election stress disorder’ strikes on both sides — Journalists managing election year stress — Wally Pfingsten has always been a news junkie. But since President Donald Trump was elected, he's been so anxious about the political tumult that even just having the TV news on in the background at home is unbearable.
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