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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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Milo Yiannopoulos / Facebook:
I am a gay man, and a child abuse victim. — I would like to restate my utter disgust at adults who sexually abuse minors. I am horrified by pedophilia and I have devoted large portions of my career as a journalist to exposing child abusers. I've outed three of them, in fact -\-\ three more than most of my critics.
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The Daily Beast:
CPAC Disinvites Milo Yiannopoulos, Despite His Attempt at Contrition — Milo Yiannopoulos, the conservative provocateur and face of the alt-right, has been disinvited from the Conservative Political Action Conference after a recording surfaced where he appeared to defend pedophilia.
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Leon Wolf / TheBlaze:
ACU board bewildered by Milo Yiannopoulos CPAC invitation, may revolt at this week's meeting — Every year, the American Conservative Union hosts the Conservative Political Action Conference, one of the largest gatherings of conservative activists in the country.
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
CPAC Blasted for Milo Yiannopoulos Invite After Pedophilia Remarks Resurface
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Milo Yiannopoulos disinvited from CPAC slot amid tape controversy
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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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Fox News:
Trump may have been unclear, but Sweden experiencing a migrant crime wave — Police investigator Peter Springare isn't likely to be among those mocking President Trump for his remarks about refugees in Sweden. — Trump's comments during a Florida campaign rally on Saturday …
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Former Swedish PM: More murders in Florida where Trump spoke than in Sweden last year — Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt responded to President Trump's remarks on Sweden again — this time with statistics on the country's crime rates. — In a tweet Monday morning …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
33 questions about Donald Trump and Russia — There's an awful lot of loose ends here. — Michael Flynn's resignation — under fire — as national security adviser has the larger question of Donald Trump's relationship with Russia back in the news. It's a story that centers on three big …
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Amid Russia scrutiny, Trump associates received informal Ukraine policy proposal
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Learning Eye-Popping Details About Mr Sater
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Thousands expected to attend ‘Not My Presidents Day’ rallies across the country — Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to attend demonstrations across the country to rally against President Trump on President's Day. — Protesters have used the federal holiday to organize …
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Mickey White / RedState:
The Usual People Plan 'Not My President's Day' Protests in the Usual Places
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Soly / No Laying Up:
Rory McIlroy Played Golf With Donald Trump This Weekend
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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 …
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Jamie Schram / New York Post:
Russian ambassador to UN rushed to hospital — Russia's ambassador to the United Nations was rushed to a Manhattan hospital Monday morning after suffering heart problems, sources told The Post. — Vitaly Churkin was at the Russian embassy on East 67th Street when he became sick with a …
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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 …
CNN:
Pence met with open skepticism in Brussels — Brussels (CNN)Even as he worked to assure European leaders that the Trump administration isn't looking to scrap longstanding transatlantic ties, Vice President Mike Pence was met with outward skepticism from the bloc's top leaders on Monday.
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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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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Joe Piscopo Considers Running for Governor of New Jersey. No Joke. — He found fame in the 1980s impersonating Frank Sinatra, President Ronald Reagan and countless others on “Saturday Night Live,” followed by numerous Hollywood gigs, stand-up routines and a drive-time radio show.
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
NBC: Russia setting up dossier on Trump — A dossier on President Trump's psychological makeup is being prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a report Monday by NBC News. — A senior Kremlin adviser describing the dossier to NBC said Trump is a “risk-taker” who can be “naïve.”
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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.
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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Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Va. Democrats to challenge GOP state lawmakers in each district Clinton won — Buoyed by a wave of progressive activism that began after the election of President Trump, Virginia Democrats plan to challenge 45 GOP incumbents in the deep-red House of Delegates this November …
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