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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel — White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Trump's risk of impeachment rises — Liberal Democrats could yet see their dreams come true. — Last week, a new poll from the liberal outfit Public Policy Polling (PPP) asked Americans if President Trump should resign if evidence emerges that his campaign worked with Russia to help defeat Hillary Clinton
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Russiagate Scam Will Blow Up In The Democrats' Smug Faces
The Russiagate Scam Will Blow Up In The Democrats' Smug Faces
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Mother Jones, Politico, NBC News, Occupy Democrats and Talking Points Memo
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Susan Rice In Crosshairs as Potential Felon
Susan Rice In Crosshairs as Potential Felon
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner and Althouse
Jonathan Allen / Roll Call:
Opinion: The S.S. Trump Is Sinking — Find a Lifeboat
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Eli Lake: Susan Rice Requested Unmasking of People Connected to Trump Transition
Eli Lake: Susan Rice Requested Unmasking of People Connected to Trump Transition
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National Review, The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
Adam Jentleson / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's Nuclear Trigger Finger — In the 1944 noir film “Gaslight,” a villain hides his crimes by convincing his innocent wife she's insane, feeding her barely perceptible lies and altering small aspects of her environment until she doubts her own instincts and observations.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senators fear fallout of nuclear option — Senators in both parties are speculating that a blowup over President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court could lead not only to the end of the filibuster for such nominations, but for controversial legislation as well. — While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Democrats Should Do Everything They Can to Block Neil Gorsuch
Democrats Should Do Everything They Can to Block Neil Gorsuch
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CNN:
Senate Dems close to reaching filibuster threshold on Gorsuch
Senate Dems close to reaching filibuster threshold on Gorsuch
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Patrick Leahy / U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont:
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of Neil Gorsuch To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of Neil Gorsuch To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Democrats Have Votes to Halt Gorsuch Confirmation, Tally Shows
Democrats Have Votes to Halt Gorsuch Confirmation, Tally Shows
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Appear Poised to Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination
Senate Democrats Appear Poised to Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Democrats Have The Votes To Filibuster Neil Gorsuch
Democrats Have The Votes To Filibuster Neil Gorsuch
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Los Angeles Times:
Why Trump lies … Donald Trump did not invent the lie and is not even its master. Lies have oozed out of the White House for more than two centuries and out of politicians' mouths — out of all people's mouths — likely as long as there has been human speech.
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Los Angeles Times:
Our Dishonest President … It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to appeal to the worst in American voters. The Times called him unprepared and unsuited for the job he was seeking, and said his election would be a “catastrophe.”
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jared Kushner Visits Iraq on Invitation From Joint Chiefs Chairman — Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, made a trip to Iraq over the weekend, visiting the country as the American military is aiding Iraqi forces in their brutal fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State.
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Wall Street Journal:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's Rent in Washington: $15,000 a Month — Owner is a Chilean magnate who bought house for $5.5 million — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's daughter and her White House adviser husband, are paying $15,000 a month to rent their new home …
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NBC News:
North Korean Defector Tells Lester Holt ‘World Should be Ready’ — SEOUL, South Korea — A senior North Korean defector has told NBC News that the country's “desperate” dictator is prepared to use nuclear weapons to strike the United States and its allies. — Thae Yong Ho is the most high …
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Financial Times:
Trump ready to tackle North Korea alone — FT exclusive — President says US will act unilaterally if China does not pressure Pyongyang … Donald Trump has warned that the US will take unilateral action to eliminate the nuclear threat from North Korea unless China increases pressure on the regime in Pyongyang.
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Trump Supporter Labeled ‘Fake News’ By ‘60 Minutes’ Beats Everyone To Susan Rice Scoop — Mike Cernovich, a journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories and was deemed “fake news” by “60 Minutes,” was the first to break the news that Obama's former national security advisor Susan Rice …
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Mike Cernovich / Medium:
Susan Rice Requested Unmasking of Incoming Trump Administration Officials
Susan Rice Requested Unmasking of Incoming Trump Administration Officials
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ProPublica:
Trump Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants — Without Ever Telling Us — When President Donald Trump placed his businesses in a trust upon entering the White House, he put his sons in charge and claimed to distance himself from his sprawling empire.
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Katie Kieffer / Townhall.com:
Why Isn't Hillary Clinton in Jail? — She feels safe enough to “come out of the woods,” exactly the time for a Trump administration special prosecutor to launch a broadside. — Mentally strong people don't need five months to overcome setbacks. Thomas Edison famously said: “I have not failed 10,000 times. ...
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Susan Bordo / The Guardian:
The destruction of Hillary Clinton: sexism, Sanders and the millennial feminists
The destruction of Hillary Clinton: sexism, Sanders and the millennial feminists
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Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Two nail bombs on St Petersburg metro rip through carriages, killing at least 10 as Putin visits city for meeting — Two nail bombs on the metro in St Petersburg ripped through train carriages killing at least 10 people today. — The incident occurred at two separate locations …
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New York Times:
St. Petersburg Metro Explosion Kills 10 as Putin Visits City
St. Petersburg Metro Explosion Kills 10 as Putin Visits City
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Shira Rubin / Vocativ:
ISIS Celebrates St. Petersburg Metro Blast That Killed 9
ISIS Celebrates St. Petersburg Metro Blast That Killed 9
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Contributor files sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News — Another Fox News host hit the network with a lawsuit on Monday that includes allegations against former chairman and CEO Roger Ailes. — Julie Roginsky, who appeared regularly on the network most notably on news discussion programs …
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
How to Lose a Majority — The very public intra-party fight between President Trump and the Freedom Caucus is just the latest twist in the ongoing fight over the philosophical, strategic and ideological direction of the Republican party. As has been his mode of operation since his candidate days …
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Daily Wire
The White House:
White House Releases Official Portrait of First Lady Melania Trump — The White House is announcing the release of the first official portrait of First Lady Melania Trump, taken in her new residence at the White House. — “I am honored to serve in the role of First Lady …
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Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
Tucker Carlson's Fighting Words — On Fox News, an unlikely star thrives in the tumult of Trump-era politics. — Tucker Carlson started wearing a bow tie in 1984, when he was in tenth grade at St. George's, a Rhode Island prep school with a dress code. He stopped wearing a bow tie on April 11 …
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Records show deep ties between FBI and Best Buy computer technicians looking for child porn — Technicians for Best Buy's “Geek Squad City” computer repair facility had a long, close relationship with the FBI in “a joint venture to ferret out child porn,” according to claims in new federal court documents …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump administration cracks down on visas for computer programmers — The Trump administration has quietly issued new policy guidance that would make it harder for companies to use the H-1B visa program to bring foreign computer programmers into the U.S. — A policy memo from the U.S. Citizenship …
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