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Leah McElrath / Shareblue:
Republicans find themselves damned by 2016 attacks on Hillary Clinton — Donald Trump and the GOP repeatedly declared that Hillary Clinton should not be president because of an FBI investigation into her email practices. Now that James Comey has revealed an investigation exists …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How the White House Got James Comey Wrong — Early on Monday morning, a couple of hours before the start of the first House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia's involvement in the Presidential election, one of Donald Trump's closest White House advisers made a startling …
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Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Russians Did Not ‘Hack The Election.’ Repeat. The Russians Did Not ‘Hack The Election’ — After FBI Director James Comey confirmed the existence of an investigation into potential ties between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, conspiracy theorists rejoiced. Yet it's almost certain they won't get what they desire.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Nixon counsel during Watergate: Trump WH ‘in cover-up mode’ — The former White House counsel to President Nixon who was charged for helping cover up the Watergate scandal says he thinks President Trump's White House is “in cover-up mode.” — “In fact [the White House] is in cover-up mode …
Lawrence Richard / SARAH PALIN:
CONTROVERSY: Check Which Major Foundation FBI Director Has Connections To.. — During his congressional hearing yesterday, Director James Comey of the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not face any heat from regarding a review which was released of his “professional history and relationships.”
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Raw Story, Sarah Palin and AOL
New York Times:
Trump Warns House Republicans: Repeal Health Law or Lose Your Seats — WASHINGTON — President Trump offered a closing argument on Tuesday to on-the-fence lawmakers, warning House Republicans that they risked losing re-election next year if they failed to get behind legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Trump Thinks Passing a Terrible Health-Care Bill Makes Sense — Almost every great vote-wrangling drama in Congress, especially on a high-profile issue in the first year or two of a new presidency, is eventually reduced to a simple test of strength. Like a bad war, the original objective falls …
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Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Republican Opposition To Health Care Bill Cracks Open Door To Negotiations
Republican Opposition To Health Care Bill Cracks Open Door To Negotiations
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus chairman shrugs off Trump warning on 2018
Freedom Caucus chairman shrugs off Trump warning on 2018
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Raw Story, The Daily Signal, Politicus USA and RedState
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump to GOP critics of health care bill: 'I'm gonna come after you'
Trump to GOP critics of health care bill: 'I'm gonna come after you'
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat
Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat
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Jed Handelsman Shugerman / Slate:
Neil Gorsuch and the “Frozen Trucker” — The judge's infamous dissent reveals he may not have the temperament to serve on the Supreme Court. — I have tried to be balanced in reviewing Judge Neil Gorsuch's record. In a post right after his nomination, I called his decision criticizing …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Schumer calls for delaying Gorsuch vote because of Trump-Russia probe — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a delay of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's confirmation Tuesday given the ongoing FBI investigation into potential collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian officials.
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Fox News:
Gorsuch rebuffs Leahy on Trump travel ban questions
Gorsuch rebuffs Leahy on Trump travel ban questions
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Paul Callan / CNN:
Judge Gorsuch and the frozen truck driver
Judge Gorsuch and the frozen truck driver
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Raw Story and electionlawblog.org
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Gorsuch Defends His ‘Unkind’ Opinion In So-Called Frozen Trucker Case
Gorsuch Defends His ‘Unkind’ Opinion In So-Called Frozen Trucker Case
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Los Angeles Times, MichelleMalkin.com and Daily Kos
Blair Miller / TheDenverChannel.com:
Former Colorado GOP chairman Steven Curtis charged with voter fraud — WELD COUNTY, Colo. - The former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party is charged with forgery and voter fraud for allegedly forging his wife's mail-in ballot from last year's election, according to court records and sources.
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Rob Low / FOX31 Denver:
Former Colorado GOP chairman charged with voter fraud, forgery
Former Colorado GOP chairman charged with voter fraud, forgery
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Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
A President's Credibility — Trump's falsehoods are eroding public trust, at home and abroad. — If President Trump announces that North Korea launched a missile that landed within 100 miles of Hawaii, would most Americans believe him? Would the rest of the world?
BBC:
UK flight ban on electronic devices announced — The British government has announced a cabin baggage ban on laptops on direct passenger flights to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. — The ban, which also applies to tablets and DVD players, follows a similar US move affecting eight countries.
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Alex Davies / Wired:
THE TSA'S NEW BAN ON LAPTOPS IN CABINS MAY NOT BE THE WORST THING
THE TSA'S NEW BAN ON LAPTOPS IN CABINS MAY NOT BE THE WORST THING
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New York Times:
Devices Banned on Flights From 10 Countries Over ISIS Fears
Devices Banned on Flights From 10 Countries Over ISIS Fears
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Department of Homeland Security:
Fact Sheet: Aviation Security Enhancements for Select Last Point of Departure Airports …
Fact Sheet: Aviation Security Enhancements for Select Last Point of Departure Airports …
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New York Times:
Why Letting Go, for Trump, Is No Small or Simple Task — WASHINGTON — President Trump is a man seriously susceptible to snagging himself in the nettles of obsession. In the last three weeks, no compulsion has so consumed his psyche, and his Twitter account, as the deeply held …
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Axios
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Inside the identity crisis at the Independent Journal Review, the outlet that has become a powerhouse in the Trump era — It was supposed to be Independent Journal Review's week to shine. — The upstart, millennial-focused news website, which has emerged as a favorite …
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Heat Street, Daily Wire, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
How Sean Spicer lost his credibility — Sean Spicer's credibility problem — The White House press secretary has always been a spin artist. — Spinning is not lying, Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers once said, but rather “marshaling the facts in service of an argument.”
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CNN, Daily Wire, Mediaite, New York Magazine and IJR
Julia Horowitz / CNNMoney:
Trump's first pick for labor secretary is out as fast food CEO — Andrew Puzder in 60 seconds — President Trump's first pick to lead the Labor Department was forced to bail last month. Now he's lost his old job, too. — CKE Restaurants, which owns the Hardee's and Carl's Jr. fast food chains …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower — There, indeed, was an FBI wiretap involving Russians at Trump Tower. — But it was not placed at the behest of Barack Obama and the target was not the Trump campaign of 2016. For two years ending in 2013 …
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Newly Obtained Documents Prove: Key Claim of Snowden's Accusers is a Fraud — For almost four years, a cottage industry of media conspiracists has devoted itself to accusing Edward Snowden of being a spy for either Russia and/or China at the time he took and then leaked documents from the National Security Agency.
Will Bredderman / Observer:
GOP Congressman Warns Trump's Refusal to Retract Obama Wiretap Claim Could Endanger the Country — GOP Congressman Peter King of Long Island called upon President Donald Trump to rescind his recent social media assertions that former President Barack Obama bugged his phone lines during …
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The Guardian:
Bank that lent $300m to Trump linked to Russian money laundering scam — Deutsche Bank among western institutions that processed billions of dollars in cash of ‘criminal origin’ through Latvia — The German bank that loaned $300m (£260m) to Donald Trump played a prominent role …
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Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gorsuch refuses Whitehouse's request to ask shadowy backers to reveal themselves — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday pointedly refused Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse — 's (D-R.I.) request that he publicly ask conservative donors funding …
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Hit & Run, Common Dreams and RedState
Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner's White House Role Complicates Skyscraper Deal — Adviser's father talks to other investors for Manhattan building as China buyer teeters — More than two years ago, Charles Kushner had a vision to convert his family's trophy Manhattan office and retail skyscraper …
Robert Jimison / CNN:
US infant mortality rates down 15% — (CNN)Infant mortality rates have reached new lows, according to a report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. — From 2005 to 2014, the infant mortality rate in the US dropped 15%, from 6.86 infant deaths per 1,000 live births to 5.82.
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