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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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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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Hullabaloo, Washington Monthly and Media Matters for America
Grabien News RSS:
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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Breitbart, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times and twitchy.com
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
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Rice denies Obama administration inappropriately unmasked Trump team
Rice denies Obama administration inappropriately unmasked Trump team
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Fox News, Daily Kos, JONATHAN TURLEY and Common Dreams
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
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Breitbart, Occupy Democrats, New York Magazine and NewsBusters
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
Andrea Mitchell / MSNBC:
‘I leaked nothing to nobody,’ Susan Rice insists
‘I leaked nothing to nobody,’ Susan Rice insists
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The Nation, Fox News Insider, Daily Wire, AOL and Fox News
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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National Review, The Gateway Pundit, Slate, FOX News Radio, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite, Politicus USA and RedState
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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Vox, RedState, Mother Jones, Center for Security Policy and Breitbart
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
Axios:
Trumpcare revival talks falling apart ahead of Pence meeting — Attempts to reach a deal this week on health care are unraveling fast, with conservatives already blaming House Speaker Paul Ryan for blocking the White House bill, and leadership sources saying that's nonsense and that the Freedom Caucus …
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Republican Health Proposal Would Undermine Coverage for Pre-existing Conditions
Republican Health Proposal Would Undermine Coverage for Pre-existing Conditions
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Washington Post, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, The Slot, KFOR-TV, The Nation, Daily Kos, Hot Air, Balloon Juice, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, The Week and Politico
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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The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo and STAT
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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Mother Jones, Washington Times, Business Insider, The Federalist and Washington Free Beacon
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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Dan Merica / CNN:
Spicer: Syrian chemical attack a ‘consequence’ of Obama ‘weakness’ — Video shows aftermath of deadly gas attack — (CNN)White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Tuesday that a gas attack in a rebel-controlled area of Syria was perpetrated by the forces tied …
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Breitbart, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, Mediaite and Politicus USA
CNN:
Syria gas attack reportedly kills dozens, including children
Syria gas attack reportedly kills dozens, including children
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BBC, ThinkProgress, Raw Story, The Huffington Post, ABC News, Shakesville, WHNT-TV, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and IJR
Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Worst Chemical Attack in Years in Syria; U.S. Blames Assad
Worst Chemical Attack in Years in Syria; U.S. Blames Assad
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The Atlantic, Vox, Reuters, Right Wing Watch, Balloon Juice and BizPac Review
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, New York Magazine and Daily Wire
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Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
White House exploring new value-added tax and carbon tax: report
White House exploring new value-added tax and carbon tax: report
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MattBruenig
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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The Daily Beast, Politicus USA, RedState, Business Insider and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
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Jim Norman / Gallup:
Affordable Care Act Gains Majority Approval for First Time — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five percent of Americans now support the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a major turnaround from five months ago when 42% approved and 53% disapproved. This is the first time a majority of Americans …
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Business Insider, Talking Points Memo and Politico
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 …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
WATCH: Boos erupt after Trump tells room full of construction workers that he won most of their votes — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked with a room full of construction union members, and things got a little awkward for him when he started boasting about his big election victory.
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Trump promises to rebuild country in speech to construction workers
Trump promises to rebuild country in speech to construction workers
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Politico
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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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Raw Story, Occupy Democrats and Axios
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
A (probably futile) plea for sanity in the Senate
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Mac Pro Lives — Let's not beat around the bush. I have great news to share: — Apple is currently hard at work on a “completely rethought” Mac Pro, with a modular design that can accommodate high-end CPUs and big honking hot-running GPUs, and which should make it easier for Apple …
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Mashable, The Guardian, Business Insider, Axios, The Verge and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro
Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro
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Daring Fireball, Business Insider and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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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Mediaite, TVNewser, The Week and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
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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Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Kirsten Gillibrand Is Becoming a Progressive Champion. Is a 2020 Run Next? — The Democrats' most unlikely holy warrior smells rebellion in the air. — As Kirsten Gillibrand ascended to the pulpit at the Bridge Street AME Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant in late February, the congregation seemed to tense with apprehension.
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BizPac Review, Occupy Democrats, Daily Wire, Shareblue and twitchy.com
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
A birthday video call captures a telling moment in Trump's Russia connections — WASHINGTON — Several businessmen and celebrities from the former Soviet Union gathered on the Turkish Riviera in June 2005 to celebrate the grand opening of what was billed then as the country's most luxurious hotel.
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Talking Points Memo and Financial Times