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Shree:
Such a Great Country, Such Nasty Bigotry — The night of the election, my iPhone screen shattered. The joke I like to make is that there was glass shattering on November 8th but not the kind we wanted. — There's something symbolic about the shattered glass on my phone and it serves …
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Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
Sean Spicer ambushed while shopping at the Apple Store — White House press secretary Sean Spicer was accosted while shopping at an Apple store in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. — “How does it feel to work for a fascist? Have you helped with the Russia stuff? Are you a criminal as well?
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Talking Points Memo, RedState, Raw Story and The Hill
Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:
Watch: Spicer Asked How It Feels ‘To Work for a Fascist?’ In Apple Store
Watch: Spicer Asked How It Feels ‘To Work for a Fascist?’ In Apple Store
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Guardian
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
Spicey ambushed: Sean Spicer is confronted in an Apple Store by Indian-American woman who calls …
Spicey ambushed: Sean Spicer is confronted in an Apple Store by Indian-American woman who calls …
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The Gateway Pundit, Power Line and The Last Tradition
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
‘How Does it Feel to Work For a Fascist?’: Sean Spicer Got Harassed at an Apple Store
‘How Does it Feel to Work For a Fascist?’: Sean Spicer Got Harassed at an Apple Store
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IJR, TheBlaze, twitchy.com and AOL
Mike Kelly / USA Today:
Kellyanne Conway suggests even wider surveillance of Trump campaign — ALPINE, N.J. — The White House is offering yet another wrinkle in its attempt to support President Trump's allegation — unfounded, so far — that his campaign headquarters in Manhattan was wiretapped by the Obama administration.
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Kellyanne Conway: 'I don't have any evidence' of latest speculations surrounding Trump wiretapping claim
Kellyanne Conway: 'I don't have any evidence' of latest speculations surrounding Trump wiretapping claim
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Washington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, CNN, The Hill, Associated Press and RedState
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
King defends controversial tweet: ‘I meant exactly what I said’ — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Monday defended a weekend tweet endorsing the views of a far-right Dutch politician. — “Well, of course I meant exactly what I said,” King told CNN's “New Day.”
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Steve King Says Civilization Can't Be Restored With 'Somebody Else's Babies' — Representative Steve King, a Republican from Iowa who has a history of making inflammatory statements viewed by many as insensitive or outright racist, was roundly criticized on Sunday for his apparent endorsement of white nationalism.
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Business Insider, NPR, Daily Kos, Blogcritics, Daily Wire, Politicus USA, Shakesville, Washington Times, The Week, The Hill, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Booman Tribune, TheBlaze, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Axios and Raw Story
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Is Trump Trolling the White House Press Corps? — At daily briefings, Sean Spicer calls on young journalists from far-right sites. The mainstream media sees them as an existential threat. — In normal times, White House press briefings make for boring television.
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Media Matters for America and Althouse, more at Mediagazer »
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Big Winner in Donald Trump's Decision to Fire Preet Bharara Might Be Rupert Murdoch — Throughout his six-decade career working on three continents, Rupert Murdoch has used his media properties to advance the prospects of politicians whose policies help his business interests.
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Washington Post, CNBC, Above the Law, Media Matters for America, Gothamist, Taylor Marsh, Reuters, The Week, Vanity Fair and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Texas state rep. proposes fines for masturbation — A Texas state representative has introduced legislation that would fine men for masturbating and require them to undergo counseling before obtaining a prescription for Viagra, in an effort to highlight anti-abortion laws that place restrictions on women.
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RedState, Daily Wire, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
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Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
With proposal to penalize men for masturbating, legislator aims to shake up health debate
With proposal to penalize men for masturbating, legislator aims to shake up health debate
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Mediaite, New York Magazine and TheBlaze
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce — President Trump's budget proposal this week would shake the federal government to its core if enacted, culling back numerous programs and expediting a historic contraction of the federal workforce.
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Politico, New York Magazine and Hot Air
Axios:
The risks Republicans are taking with Trumpcare — It was never a secret that Republicans would take a risk by repealing Obamacare, as unpopular as it was, and taking ownership of what happens next. But it's striking just how many political dangers they're putting themselves in — and how they're ignoring pretty much all of them.
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Politico, Bloomberg, Balloon Juice and Daily Kos
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Waiting for the CBO score
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN hires Chris Cillizza — The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza is joining CNN Politics as a reporter and editor at large, with a digital presence and an on-air role. — Cillizza is leaving behind the blog known as The Fix he built at the Post over more than a decade.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
New surveillance footage of Michael Brown sparks protests — (CNN)New video captured hours before Michael Brown was killed shows the 18-year-old exchanging marijuana for cigarillos with the clerks of a Ferguson, Missouri, store, a documentary director told CNN on Monday.
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The Hill, Vox, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Root
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Republicans brace for CBO report of health care coverage — The CBO will issue a report likely showing that millions of people may lose coverage under Republican health care legislation — Washington (CNN)Republicans may soon get a preview of the political price of health reform.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Another key Republican senator knocks GOP Obamacare plan
Another key Republican senator knocks GOP Obamacare plan
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LasVegasSun.com and Balloon Juice
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Tom Price is lying about the GOP health plan
Tom Price is lying about the GOP health plan
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, bradford-delong.com, The Guardian and Hot Air
Adelle Platon / Billboard:
Snoop Dogg on ‘Lavender’ Video Parodying Trump: 'Nobody's Dealing With the Real Issue With This F—king Clown as President' — The rapper's latest video features a Snoop Loops commercial, Michael Rapaport and a clown mocking president Donald Trump. — The concept for Snoop Dogg's new video for …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
No easy answers: why left-wing economics is not the answer to right-wing populism — On November 20, less than two weeks after Donald Trump's upset win, Bernie Sanders strode onto a stage at Boston's Berklee Performance Center to give the sold-out audience his thoughts on what had gone so disastrously wrong for the Democratic Party.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Health Plan Would Hit Rural Areas Hard — Poor, older Americans would see largest increase in insurance-coverage costs, analysis shows — The House Republican effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act could hit many rural areas particularly hard, according to a new analysis …
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Want to Keep the President at Bay? Two Consultants Have an Inside Track — For a fee, Corey Lewandowski, President Trump's pugilistic former campaign manager, and Barry Bennett, a former Trump senior adviser, will protect you from “tweet risk” — what happens to the stock price and reputation …
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RedState
Reuters:
Exclusive: Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea, sources say — Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.
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The Daily Caller
Leyla Hussein / The Guardian:
My vulva cupcakes were confiscated but I gained a sense of home — Campaigning against FGM around the world gets Leyla Hussein into some interesting situations. But she didn't expect to be so affected by going ‘home’ — muggling vulva-decorated cupcakes into the Somali region of Ethiopia …