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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump's America will be on vivid display at annual conservative gathering — The conservative movement in America now belongs to President Trump. — Thousands of activists will arrive in Washington this week for an annual gathering that will vividly display how Trump has pushed …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How Alt-Right “Fellow-Traveller” Milo Yiannopoulos Cracked Up the Right
How Alt-Right “Fellow-Traveller” Milo Yiannopoulos Cracked Up the Right
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Sophie Gilbert / The Atlantic:
Simon & Schuster's Completely Avoidable Milo Yiannopoulos Disaster
Simon & Schuster's Completely Avoidable Milo Yiannopoulos Disaster
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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
CPAC Organizer Tries To Pawn Off Milo Yiannopoulos as “Libertarian”
CPAC Organizer Tries To Pawn Off Milo Yiannopoulos as “Libertarian”
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Ben Howe / The Atlantic:
Milo Yiannopoulos and the Church of Winning
Milo Yiannopoulos and the Church of Winning
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Support for Obamacare is rising — The 2010 health care law is becoming more popular, even as it heads toward the chopping block — further complicating efforts by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to repeal and replace it. — While both Trump and Republicans …
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Republicans at risk in 2018 steering clear of town halls
Republicans at risk in 2018 steering clear of town halls
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
This time, Grassley hears pro-Obamacare voices
This time, Grassley hears pro-Obamacare voices
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
A lone GOP Georgia congressman holds a rocky town hall meeting
A lone GOP Georgia congressman holds a rocky town hall meeting
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump officials weigh fate of birth-control mandate
Trump officials weigh fate of birth-control mandate
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Stop Chuck Todd Before He Tweets Again — If Twitter is hurting Trump, what is it doing to credibility of the press? — Among the commentariat, it is an article of faith that Donald Trump's fondness for Twitter only damages himself and his presidency. — That may turn out to be right …
The Hill:
Trump steps up deportation push — The Trump administration on Tuesday released a pair of memos outlining aggressive enforcement of immigration laws, potentially resulting in millions of deportations if the White House puts muscle and money behind the policies.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump administration issues new immigration enforcement policies, says goal is not ‘mass deportations’
Trump administration issues new immigration enforcement policies, says goal is not ‘mass deportations’
Laura Smitherman / NPR:
Homeland Security Outlines New Rules Tightening Enforcement Of Immigration Law
Homeland Security Outlines New Rules Tightening Enforcement Of Immigration Law
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
These are the American people Trump calls enemies of the American people — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, a fourth-generation military man, deployed twice to Afghanistan. The second time, as a 22-year-old Marine corporal in 2010, he led an eight-man infantry team into combat.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Why Is Facebook Helping Fund CPAC? — A pillar of famously-liberal Silicon Valley is underwriting Washington's biggest gathering of conservatives. — Sources with direct knowledge of the matter tell The Daily Beast that Facebook made a six-figure contribution to CPAC …
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Helene Fouquet / Bloomberg:
Le Pen Wins Over Women Voters Who Feel Left Behind in France — Anti-EU candidate attracted 2 million women voters since 2012 — Nationalist vows to defend France's freedom against Islamists — French women are starting to picture their next president as a divorced mother of three.
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The Hill:
Ellison holds edge in DNC race — As Democrats head to Atlanta this weekend to vote on their party's next chair, the race to lead the Democratic National Committee chair is coming down to its two leading candidates. — Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.) has the edge over former Labor secretary Tom Perez …
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Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
With NAFTA in Trump's crosshairs, Mexico's border factories brace for the unknown — EL PASO — If you sleep on a memory foam mattress, chances are good that its fabric cover was made here in a small factory in this desert border town on the westernmost edge of Texas.
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NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Americans Worried About War, Feel Favorably Toward NATO — Nearly two-thirds of Americans, divided sharply along party lines, are worried that the United States will become engaged in a major war in the next four years, according to results from the latest NBC News| SurveyMonkey poll.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
'They're trying to turn Elizabeth into a boogeyman' — Republicans need a new campaign villain — and Elizabeth Warren is looking increasingly like their choice. — With Barack Obama and Harry Reid out of office and Nancy Pelosi toiling deep in the minority, Republicans are in search …
New York Times:
Mr. Trump's ‘Deportation Force’ Prepares an Assault on American Values — The homeland security secretary, John Kelly, issued a remarkable pair of memos on Tuesday. They are the battle plan for the “deportation force” President Trump promised in the campaign.
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Fox News:
Louisiana woman hailed as a hero for stopping man from beating police officer — Authorities said a Louisiana woman “made a big difference” Sunday when she jumped on a suspect's back to save a police officer from a brutal beatdown. — Vickie Williams-Tillman, 56, was being hailed as a hero, The Advocate reported.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Man sentenced for vandalizing Trump's Hollywood star — A Los Angeles man was sentenced Tuesday for destroying President Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. — James Lambert Otis, 53, pleaded no contest to one felony count of vandalism stemming from the incident last October, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Dana Liebelson / The Huffington Post:
School Asks Teachers To Take Down Pro-Diversity Posters, Saying They're ‘Anti-Trump’ — Now, the students are fighting back. — WASHINGTON School administrators in a 93 percent white Maryland county recently asked high school teachers to take down pro-diversity posters from classrooms …
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Democrats face fierce urgency of 2018 — Near a nadir of political power, Democrats across the country say their comeback must begin with key races next year — and warn that failure to make big gains in state races in 2018 will doom them to another decade in the minority in Washington.
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Trump's 3,000 websites — and what they say about his rise to power — In Trump We Trust — .com, that is. — Not your politics? Maybe check out ThrowOutTrump.com. — Actually, they're both empty websites, what you call parked domain names: bought and paid for, but not used.
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
I Ignored Trump News for a Week. Here's What I Learned. — I spent last week ignoring President Trump. Although I am ordinarily a politics junkie, I didn't read, watch or listen to a single story about anything having to do with our 45th president. — What I missed, by many accounts …
Washington Post:
100 days of Trump claims — Throughout President Trump's first 100 days, the Fact Checker team will be tracking false and misleading claims made by the president since Jan. 20. — Jump to the full list — In the days so far, we've counted 132 false or misleading claims. — Highlight claims about:
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump, Pseudoauthoritarian — Donald Trump is an authoritarian by instinct. He displays the classic traits of an authoritarian personality — a man obsessed with domination and humiliation, and unable to tolerate cognitive dissonance. (Guidance for Trump's presidential daily brief directs …
CNN:
Sweden: Riots erupt in Stockholm neighborhood — US President Donald Trump earlier suggested immigrants in Sweden were to blame for an increase in crime — Stockholm, Sweden (CNN)Riots broke out in a predominantly immigrant neighborhood of Stockholm Monday night, as residents clashed …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Americans overwhelmingly oppose sanctuary cities — An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that cities that arrest illegal immigrants for crimes should be required to turn them over to federal authorities. — The poll shows that President Trump has broad public support in his effort to crack down on sanctuary cities.
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Dan Hendrickson / WHOTV:
13Raw: Emotional Crowd Yells After Sen. Ernst as Town Hall Meeting Wraps … MAQUOKETA, Iowa — The national trend of Republican lawmakers facing angry crowds of constituents arrived in Iowa today. — Tuesday afternoon Sen. Joni Ernst sat through a 45 minute town hall meeting in Maquoketa.
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