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Wall Street Journal:
Susan Rice Unmasked — Obama's security adviser sought the name of at least one Trump official in intelligence reports. — Well, what do you know. On the matter of who “unmasked” the names of Trump transition officials in U.S. intelligence reports, we now have one answer: Susan Rice, Barack Obama's national security adviser.
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CNN Goes on Rampage Against Susan Rice Bombshell, Instructs Viewers to Ignore Story — ‘We will not aid and abet the people trying to misinform you’ — Since news broke Monday that the Obama Administration's National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, directed the “unmasking” …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Susan Rice and the Latest Bogus Attempt to Justify Trump's Wiretapping Tweet — Ever since President Trump tweeted, in the early morning of Saturday, March 4th, that “Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory,” the White House and its defenders have labored to find a justification for the false allegation.
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Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
ABC, NBC Cover-Up Revelation Susan Rice Ordered Trump Aides Unmasked, CBS Defends
ABC, NBC Cover-Up Revelation Susan Rice Ordered Trump Aides Unmasked, CBS Defends
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Why Is CNN Refuting The Susan Rice Story It Refuses To Cover?
Why Is CNN Refuting The Susan Rice Story It Refuses To Cover?
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Washington Free Beacon
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Susan Rice may ‘be of interest to us,’ says Senate Intelligence chairman
Susan Rice may ‘be of interest to us,’ says Senate Intelligence chairman
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Trump just keeps creating smokescreens to mask his Russia problem
Trump just keeps creating smokescreens to mask his Russia problem
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Susan Rice isn't a ‘smoking gun,’ but she does have some explaining to do
Susan Rice isn't a ‘smoking gun,’ but she does have some explaining to do
Andrea Mitchell / MSNBC:
‘I leaked nothing to nobody,’ Susan Rice insists
‘I leaked nothing to nobody,’ Susan Rice insists
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John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Trump Has a Problem With NSA—But So Does Obama
Trump Has a Problem With NSA—But So Does Obama
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Hot Air
Jay Caruso / RedState:
Dear CNN: Why Is a Former Obama Appointee Reporting on Susan Rice Revelation?
Dear CNN: Why Is a Former Obama Appointee Reporting on Susan Rice Revelation?
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Republican Health Proposal Would Undermine Coverage for Pre-existing Conditions — Throughout the debate to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, President Trump and Republican congressional leaders have insisted they would retain a crucial, popular part of the health law …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Pence presents new healthcare offer to Freedom Caucus
Pence presents new healthcare offer to Freedom Caucus
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Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
The House GOP Health Care Bill Is Very Much Alive
The House GOP Health Care Bill Is Very Much Alive
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Poll: Trump approval rating plummets
Poll: Trump approval rating plummets
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The GOP's new Obamacare repeal push is in flux. Here's what we know.
The GOP's new Obamacare repeal push is in flux. Here's what we know.
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The Daily Beast:
Assad Apparently ‘Gasses’ Civilians Days After Tillerson Hints He Can Stay in Power — Days ago, in Ankara, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signaled that the U.S. had no quarrel with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a man Tillerson's predecessor compared to Adolf Hitler after he slaughtered …
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CNN:
Syria gas attack reportedly kills dozens, including children — (CNN)Dozens of people, including at least ten children, have been killed and more than 200 injured in a suspected chemical attack in northern Syria, multiple activist groups said. — Airstrikes hit the city of Khan Sheikhoun …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Spicer: Syrian chemical attack a ‘consequence’ of Obama ‘weakness’
Spicer: Syrian chemical attack a ‘consequence’ of Obama ‘weakness’
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Considers Far-Reaching Steps for ‘Extreme Vetting’ — Foreigners entering U.S. could be forced to hand over phones, answer questions on ideology; changes could apply to allies like France and Germany — Foreigners who want to visit the U.S., even for a short trip …
Washington Post:
White House explores two new tax ideas — a value-added tax and carbon tax — as leading proposal to raise revenue falters — President Trump's administration is exploring the creation of two controversial new taxes — a value-added tax and a carbon tax — as part of a broad overhaul of the tax code …
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Axios, Mother Jones and Daily Wire
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
How to End the Politicization of the Courts — Mainstream news coverage has a hard time making subtle distinctions between the behavior of the two political parties. When Democratic and Republican tactics are blatantly different — on voter suppression, for instance — journalists are often comfortable saying so.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
A (probably futile) plea for sanity in the Senate — If you think there isn't enough extremism in American politics, this week's for you. — If all goes as expected, the week will conclude with the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch as a Supreme Court justice. This outcome is lamentable.
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Eric Trump Offers Surprisingly Candid Thoughts On Nepotism — No modern president has put as much power in the hands of so many family members as Donald Trump. On January 9, he named son-in-law Jared Kushner as his senior advisor despite anti-nepotism laws previously believed to prevent such an appointment.
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Political Wire, Axios, Raw Story and Occupy Democrats
Ben Popken / NBC News:
Advertisers Flee Fox's Bill O'Reilly Show Amid Sexual Harassment Lawsuits — Fox News is in a jam this week as major automakers and smaller outfits pull their ads from the network's popular “O'Reilly Factor” show, following a series of sexual harassment claims against host Bill O'Reilly.
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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro — “If we've had a pause in upgrades and updates, we're sorry for that — what happened with the Mac Pro — and we're going to come out with something great to replace it.” — Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller …
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Mac Pro Lives
The Mac Pro Lives
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Hans Fiene / The Federalist:
Why Men and Women Can Never Be ‘Just Friends’ — The latest numbers on American birth rates are in, and they yield only one reasonable conclusion: All of us need to start having more babies or else the upcoming demographic tsunami will consume our nation, cripple our social programs …
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
CNN Had a Problem. Donald Trump Solved It. — Inside the strange symbiosis between Jeff Zucker and the president he helped create. — At 3:58 on a recent Wednesday afternoon in Washington, CNN's largest control room was mostly empty but for a handful of producers hunched over control panels and …
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Trump promises to rebuild country in speech to construction workers — President Trump on Tuesday vowed to repair the country using American products and construction workers in a speech to builders. — “Together, we are going to rebuild our nation,” Trump said at the North America's Building Trades Union …
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Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:
Former Border Chief: Arizona Wall Put A Dramatic Stop To Illegal Crossings — A former border chief cites an Arizona wall that dramatically cut illegal immigrant crossings as proof barriers can work to keep people out in testimony prepared for a Senate hearing Tuesday.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
‘It went off the rails almost immediately’: How Trump's messy transition led to a chaotic presidency — Two days after the November election, leaders of President Trump's transition team presented his inner circle with more than 100 names of candidates for key Cabinet and other senior positions in the new administration.
Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones Threatens To “Beat” Rep. Adam Schiff's “Goddamn Ass” In Anti-Gay Tirade — ROGER STONE: What we're hearing from the Democrats both in the House and Senate is red-baiting — ALEX JONES: That's on Drudge. — STONE: — fear-mongering — It is well beyond the point of recklessness …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘If I have to get a lawyer, I will’: Trump voter upset the border wall will put her house on Mexico side — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Trump supporters in Texas are coming to the realization that their vote for the president may force some out them of their homes for less …
Donald J. Trump / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's Authoritarian Vision … Standing before the cheering throngs at the Republican National Convention last summer, Donald Trump bemoaned how special interests had rigged the country's politics and its economy, leaving Americans victimized by unfair trade deals, incompetent bureaucrats and spineless leaders.
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Liberal Values, Occupy Democrats, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Former Trump adviser admits to 2015 communication with Russian spy — Carter Page, who served briefly as a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, made an appearance in a federal espionage case several years ago because he communicated with a Russian intelligence agent under surveillance by the FBI.