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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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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 — Rep. Trey Gowdy stood by his colleague, Chairman Devin Nunes, even after Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have demanded his resignation due to uncertainty over whether …
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Washington Monthly and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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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Aidan Quigley / Politico:
Nunes tries to blame Democrats for troubled Russia probe
Nunes tries to blame Democrats for troubled Russia probe
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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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Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
Anti-Abortion Activists Face Dubious Eavesdropping Charges in California
Anti-Abortion Activists Face Dubious Eavesdropping Charges in California
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California Attorney …, Associated Press, Daily Wire, Hot Air, LifeNews.com, The Federalist and National Review
Andrew Dalton / USA Today:
Felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood
Felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood
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Shareblue, Associated Press and The Slot
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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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
The Fundamental Dishonesty of the Gorsuch Hearings — Soon after his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch confided to a number of senators that President Trump's attacks on federal judges are “disheartening and demoralizing.” — Is there a better description …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination is on track to change the Senate — and further divide the country — Sens. Roger E. Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) are not usually partisan firebrands, particularly on presidential appointments. — Back in 2013, Wicker helped temporarily defuse …
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Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
Red state Dems say no to Gorsuch, refuse to surrender stolen Supreme Court seat without a fight
Red state Dems say no to Gorsuch, refuse to surrender stolen Supreme Court seat without a fight
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Townhall.com and Politico
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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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
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Health care debacle takes toll on Trump
Poll: Health care debacle takes toll on Trump
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Business Insider and Washington Times
ABC News:
Woman in custody after ‘criminal’ incident near Capitol; police say ‘no nexus to terrorism’ — U.S. Capitol Police have apprehended a female driver after she nearly hit several officers and struck another vehicle near the U.S. Capitol, police said this morning.
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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, Washingtonian, Motherboard, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Washington Post, Business Insider and The FADER
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Sam Gustin / Motherboard:
Here's the Data Republicans Just Allowed ISPs to Sell Without Your Consent
Here's the Data Republicans Just Allowed ISPs to Sell Without Your Consent
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CNNMoney, Hot Air, Washington Post, The White House, FOX6Now.com, Instapundit, Associated Press, ABC News, New York Times, Common Dreams, NPR, Daily Kos, Axios and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
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
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
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Hatch: I may retire if Romney runs to replace me — (R-Utah) says he would consider retiring if Mitt Romney ran to replace him. — Hatch told National Journal in a Wednesday interview that he hasn't made a decision yet on whether he will run for reelection in 2018.
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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.
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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Mediaite, New York Magazine, Media Matters for America, The Root and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Kayley Whalen / National LGBTQ Task Force:
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Erased from 2020 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS) — Original Document March 2017: “Subjects Planned for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey” — Document Modified March 28, 2017: “Subjects Planned for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey”
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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, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Refinery29
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's poll numbers are low. But the people who put him in office say it's not time to judge him — yet — Trump supporter David Ambrulavage attends a minor league hockey game at the Mohegan Sun Arena — where Donald Trump held a rally during the election — in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times)
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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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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, Red Alert Politics, National Review and Daily Kos
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 …
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The Daily Caller
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
Tom Perriello Is Not Bernie Sanders — The first time I saw Tom Perriello, he was walking slowly down a light-soaked hall at Reagan National Airport, hands stuffed in his pockets, head bent in a textbook example of an attentive listening posture. He was talking with two airport workers …
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Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Judge Andrew Napolitano Stands by British Surveillance Report in Return to Fox News — Judge Andrew Napolitano spoke on Fox News, Wednesday, making his first appearance on the network after pushing a controversial report in defense of President Trump's claims of wiretapping during the 2016 election.
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Talking Points Memo and SARAH PALIN, more at Mediagazer »
Scott Bland / Politico:
Trump serves as rocket fuel for Democratic fundraising — Democrats are on a torrid fundraising pace in the first months of the Donald Trump era, powered by enraged small donors who are plowing millions of dollars worth of online contributions into campaign and committee treasuries.
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AOL and Political Wire
David Daley / Washington Post:
Trump can't stop the Freedom Caucus. He has GOP gerrymandering to blame. — For years, Republicans have used redistricting to grab power. Now they can't control their own far-right flank. — Someday, when Paul D. Ryan and John A. Boehner reflect on the difficulties of herding …
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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