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Towergate: Trump's great gamble — I have learned that some — though definitely not all — members of President Trump's inner circle share his belief that the Obama administration tapped his Trump Tower phones in October. And a White House official told me President Trump not only doesn't regret …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and CANNONFIRE
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Why Trump might suspect Obama bugged Trump Tower — President Trump's claim that his predecessor bugged Trump Tower during the election has sent the media into fits, wondering where on earth he could've gotten such an idea. But it's all-too-obvious why Trump would be suspicious.


Right-Wing Media Scramble To Recast Obama As Trump-Era Villain — In science, nature abhors a vacuum. On cable news, Fox News abhors not having a Democratic villain. So the network is trying to bring back former President Barack Obama for the starring role.
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The Guardian and Hot Air


Conway challenges Comey to release info on Trump's wiretap allegation
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Los Angeles Times, The Hill and BizPac Review

A Conspiracy Theory's Journey From Talk Radio to Trump's Twitter
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Sydney Morning Herald, Washington Post, New York Magazine, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week, Shakesville, TheBlaze, CNN, WRBL-TV, Daily Wire, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, Media Matters for America, Patterico's Pontifications, Little Green Footballs, Fox News Insider and Talking Points Memo


Inside Trump's fury: The president rages at leaks, setbacks and accusations — President Trump spent the weekend at “the winter White House,” Mar-a-Lago, the secluded Florida castle where he is king. The sun sparkles off the glistening lawn and warms the russet clay Spanish tiles …
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Knives are out for Reince — With the White House struggling to gain its footing almost two months into Donald Trump's presidency, administration officials are increasingly putting the blame on one person: Reince Priebus. — In interviews, over a dozen Trump aides, allies …
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RedState, Raw Story, The Week, Little Green Footballs and Washington Post


A top House Republican says he's seen no evidence to back Trump wiretap claim — A top congressional Republican said Monday that he has not seen any evidence to corroborate President Trump's claim that former president Barack Obama ordered a wiretap on his phones before the election …
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Talking Points Memo, The Mahablog and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Chaffetz: I've seen no evidence Obama ordered wiretap of Trump
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Daily Kos

White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn't believe Comey that Obama didn't wiretap
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Talking Points Memo

Former Bush attorney general: Trump right that there was surveillance
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Politico, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Tradition, IJR, Liberty Unyielding, The Last Refuge, Associated Press and New York Times

Here's the List: More Than a Dozen Proven Victims of Obama's Many Wiretaps
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Daily Wire

WH spokeswoman doesn't think Trump accepts FBI's reported denial of alleged wiretapping

The Note: Trump's whirlwind weekend on wiretapping
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ThinkProgress, RedState, The Week, Political Wire and Axios


Russian Hackers Said to Seek Hush Money From Liberal U.S. Groups — Post-election crime wave by attackers demanding bitcoins — Center for American Progress said to be among victims — Russian hackers are targeting U.S. progressive groups in a new wave of attacks …
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Mediaite, The Verge, The Daily Caller and The Week
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Supreme Court Won't Hear Major Case on Transgender Rights — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would not hear a major case on transgender rights after all, acting after the Trump administration changed the federal government's position on whether public schools …
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Supreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights — The Supreme Court is handing a transgender teen's case back to a lower court without reaching a decision. — The justices said Monday they have opted not to decide whether federal anti-discrimination law gives high school senior Gavin Grimm …
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Washington Post, RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Liberty Unyielding, twitchy.com and The Resurgent


In Conversation: David Letterman … Since retiring after 33 years on the late night television, David Letterman has kept a low public profile — aided by the growth of a truly impressive beard. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been as fixated on politics as the rest of us.
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Breitbart, Business Insider, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Root, AOL, Raw Story, Politicus USA, TVNewser and The Week


Conway: New immigration order will take effect March 16 — President Trump's aide Kellyanne Conway on Monday said the new immigration executive order will take effect March 16 and will no longer include Iraq. — “This is a very important week in this White House where the president …
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Pause This Presidency! — The American people must immediately demand a cessation of all consequential actions by this “president” until we can be assured that Russian efforts to hack our election, in a way that was clearly meant to help him and damage his opponent, did not also include collusion …
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Liberty Unyielding and Raw Story
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U.S. Warned of Foreign Intel Operations After Russian Met With Team Trump at RNC — The day Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak mingled with Trump campaign advisers—including then-Sen. Jeff Sessions—at a conference near the Republican National Convention, the Department of Homeland Security began preparing …
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Axios and Washington Post

State Dept. staffers have one question: Where's Rex? — The State Department resumes its formal press briefing this week — an event that offers Secretary of State Rex Tillerson an ideal setting to appear before the public, assert to the world that America remains a diplomatic force and reassure …
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The Week and Washington Examiner
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Donald Trump's Worst Deal — The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. — Heydar Aliyev Prospekti, a broad avenue in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, connects the airport to the city.


David Bossie: The Man the Trump Train Left Behind — Late last month, Fox News Channel announced that it had signed David Bossie, the Citizens United president and Donald Trump's former deputy campaign manager, as a contributor for political analysis on Fox News and Fox Business.