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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How the White House and Republicans Blew Up the House Russia Investigation — The evidence is now clear that the White House and Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, have worked together to halt what was previously billed as a sweeping investigation of Russian interference in last year's election.
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Axios, New York Magazine, Occupy Democrats, Politico, New York Times, Washington Post, Mother Jones, The Guardian, Washington Monthly and Yahoo
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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Could Be Facing an Ethics Probe for Spilling Secrets — The controversy surrounding House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes may just be getting started. Nunes could soon be staring down the barrel of a House Ethics Committee investigation, lawyers familiar with the House's rules tell The Daily Beast.
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Washington Post, BillMoyers.com, New York Times, Just Security and Axios
Rep. Devin Nunes / National Review:
Devin Nunes Should Step Down as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee
Devin Nunes Should Step Down as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee
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CANNONFIRE, Raw Story, Hot Air and NewsHounds blog
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
Trey Gowdy Stands Up For Nunes: I Don't Care If Info Came From White House Or Waffle House If It's True
Trey Gowdy Stands Up For Nunes: I Don't Care If Info Came From White House Or Waffle House If It's True
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Scott Wong / The Hill:
First GOP lawmaker calls for Nunes to recuse himself
First GOP lawmaker calls for Nunes to recuse himself
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Politico, Mediaite, Shareblue, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Washington Times and New York Magazine
Sam Gustin / Motherboard:
Here's the Data Republicans Just Allowed ISPs to Sell Without Your Consent — Financial and medical information. Social Security numbers. Web browsing history. Mobile app usage. Even the content of your emails and online chats. — These are among the types of private consumer information …
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Hot Air, Instapundit and Associated Press, more at Mediagazer »
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The White House:
S.J.Res. 34 - Disapproving the Federal Communications Commission's Rule on Privacy of Customers of Broadband Services
S.J.Res. 34 - Disapproving the Federal Communications Commission's Rule on Privacy of Customers of Broadband Services
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Washington Post, ABC News, New York Times, Motherboard, NPR, Common Dreams, Axios, The FADER, Mashable and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Tom Wheeler / New York Times:
How the Republicans Sold Your Privacy to Internet Providers
How the Republicans Sold Your Privacy to Internet Providers
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Shakesville and Althouse
Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney:
Congress just killed your Internet privacy protections
Congress just killed your Internet privacy protections
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Common Dreams
The Hill:
How North Korea could kill 90 percent of Americans — The mainstream media, and some officials who should know better, continue to allege North Korea does not yet have capability to deliver on its repeated threats to strike the U.S. with nuclear weapons. False reassurance is given …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Clayton Cramer
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood charged with 15 felonies — The two antiabortion activists who mounted a hidden-camera investigation against Planned Parenthood officials have been charged with 15 felonies for violating the privacy of health-care providers …
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Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Antiabortion activists face 15 felony charges over undercover videos that targeted Planned Parenthood — David Daleiden, right, leaves a courtroom after a hearing in Houston last year. (Pat Sullivan / AP) — Two antiabortion activists whose controversial undercover videos accused Planned …
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ThinkProgress, The Lid, New York Magazine, Mother Jones and KTLA
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Embattled DNC Asks All Staffers For Resignation Letters — Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has launched a major overhaul of the party's organization, which has been stung by recent crises — and the DNC has requested resignation letters from all current staffers.
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RedState, Breitbart, Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, Townhall.com, The Gateway Pundit, Business Insider, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, Liberal Values, TheBlaze, Hot Air and SARAH PALIN
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Why Is the Democratic National Committee “Embattled”?
Why Is the Democratic National Committee “Embattled”?
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Scared Monkeys and Geller Report
Anna Palmer / Politico:
SCOOP: WHITE HOUSE eyeing young lawyers for judgeships — TAX TALK — BANNON reaching out to the Hill on health care — CLINTON jabs TRUMP in SF — ASH CARTER's new job — DRIVING THE DAY — PLAYBOOK SCOOP — The White House Counsel's office is interviewing lawyers in their late 30s …
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Morning Consult
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Trump Approval Underwater After GOP's Obamacare Repeal Effort Stalls
Trump Approval Underwater After GOP's Obamacare Repeal Effort Stalls
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The Daily Caller
ABC News:
Shots fired near Capitol, suspect in custody: Police — Shots were fired this morning near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. — U.S. Capitol Police responded to the area at Washington Ave and Independence Ave, which is located near the U.S. Botanic Garden and the Rayburn House Office Building.
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Talking Points Memo, Bearing Arms, CBS New York, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
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Glenn Garner / Out Magazine:
BREAKING: Trump Administration Omits LGBTQ People from 2020 Census … The Trump Administration recently submitted a list of data categories it will collect for the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS). Although the Supreme Court, in 2013, struck down the Defense of Marriage Act …
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NPR
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Kayley Whalen / National LGBTQ Task Force:
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Erased from 2020 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS)
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Erased from 2020 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS)
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The Huffington Post, Hot Air, Towleroad, Heat Street and AOL
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Trump administration nixes sexual orientation questions on 2020 Census
Trump administration nixes sexual orientation questions on 2020 Census
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National LGBTQ Task Force, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and Refinery29
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reeling Republicans desperate for a win on Gorsuch — Mitch McConnell told his leadership team in private this week what's becoming increasingly obvious on Capitol Hill: Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch probably won't get 60 votes to avoid a filibuster. — But the Senate majority leader …
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Raw Story
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump breaks the silent treatment with Schumer: ‘Hello, Chuck’
Trump breaks the silent treatment with Schumer: ‘Hello, Chuck’
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New York Magazine, Hot Air, NPR and Axios
BBC:
Article 50: UK set to formally trigger Brexit process — Theresa May has signed the letter that will formally begin the UK's departure from the European Union. — Giving official notice under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, it will be delivered to European Council president Donald Tusk later.
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The Daily Caller
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Stephen Castle / New York Times:
U.K. Initiates ‘Brexit’ and Wades Into a Thorny Thicket
U.K. Initiates ‘Brexit’ and Wades Into a Thorny Thicket
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Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and Washington Post
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
2 Black Women Sue Fox News, Claiming Racial Discrimination — Fox News, whose chairman, Roger Ailes, was ousted last year after a string of sexual harassment claims, is facing new allegations of discrimination. — In a lawsuit filed Tuesday night in State Supreme Court in the Bronx …
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New York Magazine, Media Matters for America, Mediaite, The Root and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
Hillary Clinton makes most political remarks since losing election — (CNN)Hillary Clinton took the stage at a diversity conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, making her most political comments since losing the 2016 presidential election. — “There is no place I'd rather be than here with you …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
April Ryan on Sean Spicer's insulting behavior: 'I'll be back'
April Ryan on Sean Spicer's insulting behavior: 'I'll be back'
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The Hill, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review, Daily Wire, The Atlantic, The Gateway Pundit, Politicus USA, IJR and Hot Air
New York Times:
President Trump Risks the Planet — That didn't take long. — Only 10 weeks into his presidency, and at great risk to future generations, Donald Trump has ordered the demolition of most of President Barack Obama's policies to combat climate change by reducing emissions from fossil fuels.
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The White House, Vox, Motherboard, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Washington Post and The FADER
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Democrats Have a Shot in a Georgia District Dominated by Republicans — In a special election, anything can happen. — “Anything” may already be happening in the special election in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District, heralded as a key test of whether Democrats can capitalize on President Trump's unpopularity.
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Washington Post, National Review, Red Alert Politics and Daily Kos
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
With Trump Struggling, Wealthy Backers Rush in to Shore Him Up — Supporters prepare 10-state television advertizing blitz — Campaign comes in wake of failed GOP bid to repeal Obamacare — With President Donald Trump trying to find his footing after his failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act …
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Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Stuart Rothenberg / Inside Elections:
Even More Reason to Watch the House in 2018 — Barely ten days into the Donald Trump Administration, I wrote that the new president's “fast start” made it likely the House of Representatives would be “in play” in 2018. — Some, I'm sure, thought that suggestion ridiculous.
Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg:
Domino's Will Begin Using Robots to Deliver Pizzas in Europe — Will use Starship's sidewalk droid in Holland, Germany — Adds to Starship's partnerships in food, parcel delivery — Starship Technologies, the London-based company that has created six-wheeled self-driving delivery robots …
Ben Kew / Breitbart:
USA Today: Hijab Emerging as ‘Symbol of Resistance and Feminism’ — The newspaper USA Today ran an article on Monday claiming that Donald Trump's election last November has led to the hijab, commonly known as a symbol of oppression in the Muslim world, becoming a “symbol of resistance and feminism.”
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Geller Report, BizPac Review and twitchy.com
Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Trump's business network reached alleged Russian mobsters — To expand his real estate developments over the years, Donald Trump, his company and partners repeatedly turned to wealthy Russians and oligarchs from former Soviet republics — several allegedly connected to organized crime …
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WhoWhatWhy, Balloon Juice, Occupy Democrats, CANNONFIRE, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo