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French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen estimated to be through to second round - live — Independent centrist Macron estimated to have taken 23.7% of vote with Front National leader Le Pen on 21.7%; official results to follow — Gérard Collomb, the Socialist mayor of Lyon …
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Live Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen win first round of French elections - early polls — Live: French election 2017 — Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen are set to face each other in a May 7 runoff for the French presidency after coming first and second …
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The Daily Signal, Hot Air and The Week


THE LATEST: EARLY FRENCH COUNT CONTINUES TO SHOW LE PEN LEAD
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SARAH PALIN and The Gateway Pundit

Marine Le Pen Is In A Much Deeper Hole Than Trump Ever Was
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Vox, American Prospect, Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Magazine

FRANCE BEGINS PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN TEST FOR POPULISM
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Vox Popoli


CNN's Alisyn Camerota: Roger Ailes sexually harassed me — For a long time Alisyn Camerota was reluctant to describe the dark side of working at Fox News. — She respects many of her former colleagues. She has close friends who work there. But she perceives that something has changed …
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Trump Pal Sean Hannity Accused Of Sexual Harassment As Fox News Scandal Grows — A former Fox News contributor has accused Sean Hannity of sexual harassment after he invited her back to his hotel room and then never booked her for his show again after she declined.
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portal.liberalamerica.org, Daily Kos and Occupy Democrats


‘Roger Ailes did sexually harass me,’ says former Fox journalist Alisyn Camerota
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The Week

Bill O'Reilly Is Gone, But Fox News' Legal Nightmare Continues
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Media Matters for America, Raw Story, ThinkProgress, The Root and USA Today, more at Mediagazer »


Nearing 100 days, Trump's approval at record lows but his base is holding — President Trump nears the 100-day mark of his administration as the least popular chief executive in modern times, a president whose voters remain largely satisfied with his performance, but one whose base of support …
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Disapproval of President Donald Trump Grows in Latest WSJ/NBC News Poll
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President Trump is least popular president at 100-day mark
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Wash Post poll hides: Trump still beats Clinton, 43%-40%
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Geller Report, Washington Post and The Gateway Pundit

Public Gives Trump Low Marks for First 100 Days: NBC News/WSJ Poll
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Hullabaloo, Business Insider and Politico


‘Everyone tunes in’: Inside Trump's obsession with cable TV — During a small working lunch at the White House last month, the question of job security in President Trump's tumultuous White House came up, and one of the attendees wondered whether press secretary Sean Spicer might be the first to go.
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Trump's Fake War on the Fake News
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Sessions: Erroneous tax credits to ‘mostly Mexicans’ could pay for wall — The proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could be paid for by reducing erroneously issued tax credits that go to “mostly Mexicans,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Sunday.
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Senate Trump-Russia Probe Has No Full-Time Staff, No Key Witnesses — There are just seven part-time staffers working on the Senate inquiry. None of them are trained investigators. And they haven't interviewed a single player in Trump's orbit. — The Senate Intelligence Committee's probe …


Kate Walsh O'Beirne R I P — Kate O'Beirne was part of National Review's world before she joined the staff. When she became the magazine's Washington editor in 1995 her resume already included stints at Senator Jim Buckley's office, the Reagan administration, and the Heritage Foundation.


Trump eyeing second Supreme Court seat — Talk is already heating up that President Trump could have a chance to appoint a second person to the Supreme Court. — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley — (R-Iowa) said this week that another opening could come as soon as this summer …
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SARAH PALIN
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Trump reschedules dinner with Supreme Court justices
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Julie Silverbrook's Blog and Raw Story

Uber's C.E.O. Plays With Fire — Travis Kalanick's drive to win in life has led to a pattern of risk-taking that has put his ride-hailing company on the brink of implosion. — SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, visited Apple's headquarters in early 2015 to meet …
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The Verge, Boing Boing, Axios and Eschaton, more at Techmeme »

Trump to host conservative media at reception — President Donald Trump will welcome members of the conservative media for a small reception at the White House on Monday. — Among those attending: One America News Network, The Daily Caller and Breitbart, as well as some columnists and talk radio hosts.

Exclusive: Trump plans pre-100th day executive order spree — President Trump is going on an executive order frenzy in the final week of his first 100 days. — By Friday, Trump will have signed at least 32 executive orders — the most signed in the first 100 days of a new administration since World War II.
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Politico


North Korea threatens to strike US aircraft carrier to show 'military's force' — North Korea threatened Sunday to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military prowess as two Japanese Navy ships joined a U.S. strike group for exercises in the Philippine Sea.
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Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Tradition and SARAH PALIN


Palestinians fume over barbecue taunt of terrorist hunger strikers, as hundreds drop out — Threats of new Intifada if any hunger strikers die, as anti-Israel groups claim barbecue was torture. — we reported on how Israeli protesters barbecued outside the prison where Palestinian terrorists …
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