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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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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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A Back-Channel Plan for Ukraine and Russia, Courtesy of Trump Associates
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Report: Trump's lawyer hand-delivered Michael Flynn a secret plan to lift sanctions on Russia
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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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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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'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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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.

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.

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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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 …


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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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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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.
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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.


Workers fired after participating in ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ strike — NOLENSVILLE, TN (WCMH) — While people all over the country participated in “A Day Without Immigrants” protests, one business in Nolensville, Tennesee, has fired 18 people for joining the movement.
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Employees Across U.S. Fired After Joining ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protest
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White House confirms adviser reassigned after disagreeing with Trump — West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN)A senior National Security Council adviser was reassigned to his old job at the National Defense University, a White House spokeswoman confirmed Sunday, after he criticized the Trump administration's Latin American policies.
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SENIOR TRUMP APPOINTEE FIRED AFTER CRITICAL COMMENTS
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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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Sweden offers to teach Trump about its immigration policies
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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 …


‘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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