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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Man accused of making threats against Jewish community centers arrested in St. Louis — A man accused of making at least eight threats against Jewish Community Centers was arrested by the FBI in St. Louis, Missouri, this morning. — The suspect, 31-year-old Juan Thompson …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Former journalist arrested, charged with threats against Jewish facilities — Authorities investigating recent bomb threats against Jewish institutions across the country arrested a former journalist on Friday morning and said he was behind at least some of the threats as part of a campaign to harass a woman.
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Man Arrested For JCC Bomb Threats Was Liberal Journalist Fired For Fabrication — Juan Thompson, the St. Louis native arrested for making bomb threats against Jewish centers, used to write at left-wing website The Intercept before being fired for fabrication. — Here's Mediaite's report on his firing a year ago.
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The Intercept:
Statement on the Arrest of Former Intercept Reporter Juan Thompson — We were horrified to learn this morning that Juan Thompson, a former employee of The Intercept, has been arrested in connection with bomb threats against the ADL and multiple Jewish Community Centers in addition to cyberstalking.
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Justice News:
Cyberstalking Charge Brought In Manhattan Federal Court Against Missouri Man For A Pattern Of Harrassment Involving Threats To Jewish Community Centers — Juan Thompson's Campaign to Harass and Intimidate His Victim Allegedly Included Eight Threats Made to Jewish Community Organizations
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Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
Trump Can't Accept That His Allies Are Targeting Jews — So He Blames His Opponents
Trump Can't Accept That His Allies Are Targeting Jews — So He Blames His Opponents
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Suspect Who Phoned 8 Bomb Threats To Jewish Community Centers Arrested...And He's A Left-Wing Fake News Reporter
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Anti-Trump Communist Arrested For Jewish Community Center Bomb Threats
Anti-Trump Communist Arrested For Jewish Community Center Bomb Threats
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
St. Louis Man Charged With Making Bomb Threats Against Jewish Sites
St. Louis Man Charged With Making Bomb Threats Against Jewish Sites
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
St. Louis man arrested in anti-Semitic bomb threat case
St. Louis man arrested in anti-Semitic bomb threat case
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Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Sessions Used Political Funds for Republican Convention Expenses — Records show attorney general used campaign account for travel expenses to Cleveland, where he met Russian envoy — The Trump administration says Attorney General Jeff Sessions was acting as a then-U.S. senator …
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Another Trump adviser has significantly changed his story about the GOP's dramatic shift on Ukraine — The Trump campaign's national-security policy representative for the Republican National Convention, J.D. Gordon, told CNN on Thursday that he pushed to alter an amendment to the GOP's draft policy …
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Kaitlan Collins / The Daily Caller:
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak Appeared As Obama White House Visitor At Least 22 Times — Attorney General Jeff Sessions came under fire this week for meeting with him — Attorney General Jeff Sessions Just Made A Major Announcement About His Future — POLITICS | KAITLAN COLLINS
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The Hill:
Trump tweets photo of Schumer with Putin: ‘Hypocrite!’
Trump tweets photo of Schumer with Putin: ‘Hypocrite!’
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak is Washington's most dangerous diplomat
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak is Washington's most dangerous diplomat
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Flashback: Chuck Schumer Meets with Putin in New York City
Flashback: Chuck Schumer Meets with Putin in New York City
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Paul Demko / Politico:
New details in GOP Obamacare replacement leaked — Latest plan still includes a tax credit that conservatives panned as a new entitlement. — House Republicans aren't backing down from their Obamacare repeal plan that sparked backlash from the party's conservative wing.
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Tony Cook / Indianapolis Star:
Pence used personal email for state business — and was hacked — Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, at times discussing sensitive matters and homeland security issues. — Emails released to IndyStar in response …
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal / New York Times:
You May Want to Marry My Husband — I have been trying to write this for a while, but the morphine and lack of juicy cheeseburgers (what has it been now, five weeks without real food?) have drained my energy and interfered with whatever prose prowess remains.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: When the smoke is the fire — Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accompanied by Chief of Staff Jody Hunt, at yesterday's presser / AP's Susan Walsh — Good morning, Day 43 of the Trump presidency — a week from halftime of the 100 days. — I was chatting with a smart Republican …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump aides' bid to plug leaks creates unease among some civil servants — President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used his first senior staff meeting last month to tell his new aides he would not tolerate leaks to the news media, sources familiar with the matter said.
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Washington Post:
Garfield's a boy ... right? How a cartoon cat's gender identity launched a Wikipedia war. — Garfield is lazy; Garfield is a cat; Garfield likes lasagna. — Is there really much more to say about Garfield? The character is not complicated. Since the comic debuted in 1978 …
myfox8.com:
NC man accused of committing anti-gay attack: ‘You live in Trump country now’ — RICHLANDS, N.C. — A North Carolina man was arrested after police in Florida say he yelled anti-gay slurs and threats at a couple last month. — Around 1 a.m. on Feb. 23, Kevin Seymour and Kevin Price …
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Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Why Does Everybody Seem to Hate Omarosa Manigault? — When the unnerving sight of Kellyanne Conway digging her bent knees and shoe heels into the fabric of one of the yellow sofas inside the Oval Office disturbed the fabric of the internet, the images sidelined what was supposed …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Goodbye Spin, Hello Raw Dishonesty — The latest big buzz is about Jeff Sessions, the attorney general. It turns out that he lied during his confirmation hearings, denying that he had met with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign. In fact, he met twice with the Russian ambassador …
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Felicia Gans / BostonGlobe.com:
Hillary Clinton speaks at Wellesley College in a private, closed-to-the-press program — Hillary Clinton appeared at a private event at Wellesley College Thursday night, speaking to students at her alma mater about the presidential election and her time at the college.
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CNN:
Sebastian Gorka, now a fierce defender of Trump, once said he had ‘no depth’ and was ‘full of bluster’ — (CNN)Sebastian Gorka, a top counterterrorism adviser to President Donald Trump, frequently criticized Trump's approach to foreign policy during the 2016 presidential campaign …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Two Republicans sign onto effort demanding Trump's tax returns — Two House Republicans endorsed a Democratic effort on Friday calling on the House and Senate committees with oversight of the Internal Revenue Service to request copies of President Trump's tax returns.
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Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
The Walled Off Hotel: Banksy opens dystopian tourist attraction in Bethlehem — The Presidential Suite boasts “the worst view of any hotel in the world”. The piano lounge is decorated with mounted CCTV cameras. And the doorman in the top hat at the front stands just feet from one of the Middle East's most-reviled structures.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Wilbur Ross: We're ‘up to our eyeballs’ finding regulations to nix — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Friday that he and others on the economic team of President Donald Trump “are up to our eyeballs” in their search for government regulations to be undone.
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New York Post:
Fire erupts inside Trump International Hotel — A fire broke out in an apartment under construction at the Trump International Hotel and Tower early Friday on Columbus Circle, according to reports. — The blaze started at around 4:12 a.m. on the 47th floor of the 52-story building at 1 Central Park West.
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