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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Washington Loves General McMaster, But Trump Doesn't — The national security adviser has lost sway. The White House says everything's fine. — For the Washington establishment, President Donald Trump's decision to make General H.R. McMaster his national security adviser in February was a masterstroke.
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NBC News:
Obama Warned Trump Against Hiring Mike Flynn, Say Officials — Former President Obama warned President Donald Trump against hiring Mike Flynn as his national security adviser, three former Obama administration officials tell NBC News. — The warning, which has not been previously reported …
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NBC News:
Flynn Never Told DIA That Russians Paid Him, Say Officials — The Defense Intelligence Agency didn't know former director Mike Flynn had been paid nearly $34,000 by a Russian state media outlet when it renewed his security clearance in April 2016, two U.S. officials told NBC News.
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Key moments from Sally Yates' Flynn testimony — Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates broke her silence Monday, detailing her role in the ousting of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. — Her testimony, before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Sally Yates is about to bring back the Russia story in a big way
Sally Yates is about to bring back the Russia story in a big way
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JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
Yates Changes Her Tune — Then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates at the Department of Labor, April 2016 / Department of Labor — “Sally Yates made the fake media extremely unhappy today—she said nothing but old news!” So tweeted our President a few hours ago about today's testimony …
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Washington Post:
Full transcript: Sally Yates and James Clapper testify on Russian election interference
Full transcript: Sally Yates and James Clapper testify on Russian election interference
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Acting attorney general fired by Trump stands by decision not to defend travel ban
Acting attorney general fired by Trump stands by decision not to defend travel ban
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Politico, The Daily Signal and The Daily Caller
John Ivison / National Post:
White House advisors called Ottawa to urge Trudeau to help talk Trump down from scrapping NAFTA — White House staff called the Prime Minister's Office last month to urge Justin Trudeau to persuade President Donald Trump not to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to multiple Canadian government sources.
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KCRG-TV:
Blum walks out of interview with TV9 — DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) - Congressman Rob Blum, who represents Iowa's First District, sat down one on one with TV9 Investigative Reporter Josh Scheinblum for an interview. — But the interview ended abruptly, with Rep. Blum walking out during our second question.
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. to run for Congress against Rep. Julia Brownley — Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. is running for Congress, challenging Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village), who represents the southern central coast and most of Ventura County, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday.
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Greg Howard / New York Times:
Keith Olbermann Was Once Cable News's Liberal Standard-Bearer. Now He's Missing Its Boom Times. — Keith Olbermann doesn't look much like a warrior. His gray hair is giving way to white, his midsection threatens the buttons of his sport coats and he walks gingerly, with a gnarly limp from an aging knee.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Le Pen's defeat is good news for Trump — The media are framing the defeat of Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election as a defeat for President Trump and his brand of populist nationalism. The Post reported that “France on Sunday shrugged off the siren call of right-wing populism …
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Eric Geller / Politico:
Trump's silence on French hacks troubles cyber experts
Trump's silence on French hacks troubles cyber experts
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Political Wire, New York Times, Boing Boing, France 24, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Sputnik International and The Atlantic
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Trump Advisers Call for More Troops to Break Afghan Deadlock — WASHINGTON — Senior Trump administration and military officials are recommending sending several thousand additional American troops to Afghanistan to try to break a military deadlock in the 15-year war there …
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
U.S. poised to expand military effort against Taliban in Afghanistan
U.S. poised to expand military effort against Taliban in Afghanistan
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Political Wire
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump is waging a war on millennials — Trumpcare is, on the whole, terrible. But if you're a millennial, it does have one thing going for it: It's virtually the only piece of the Trump platform that advantages the young at the expense of the old. — The rest of the Trump agenda …
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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Duke Divinity Crisis: The Documents Are Out — A source at DDS sends me the original e-mail exchanges that have caused the current crisis. Here they are, chronologically presented: — 1. On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Anathea Portier-Young wrote: — Dear Faculty Colleagues,
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dem senator rips GOP insurance claim: ‘What the f—k is that?’ — Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) ripped a GOP lawmaker's claim that individuals won't die without healthcare, saying, “What the f—k is that?” — “Like this guy, this congressman, you might as well say, 'People don't starve …
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Less Than A Third Of The Public Supports The GOP's New Health Care Bill
Less Than A Third Of The Public Supports The GOP's New Health Care Bill
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John Cicchitti / Need To Know Network:
ACLU Lawyer Says Travel Ban ‘Could Be Constitutional’ if Enacted by Hillary Clinton — Omar Jadwat, arguing before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, admitted that President Trump's order could be constitutional if Hillary Clinton had enacted the same order.
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
Yes, It Is Definitely Possible For The House And Senate To Agree On Health Care — Senate Republicans are already working with the leader of the House Freedom Caucus. — WASHINGTON After the House passed its health care bill last week, Senators looked apt to take that dramatically conservative plan …
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Daily Kos and Business Insider
Carole Cadwalladr / Observer:
The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked — A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum. As Britain heads to the polls again, is our electoral process still fit for purpose?
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump call for Muslim ban deleted from site after reporter's question … President Trump's campaign appears to have scrubbed the 2015 press release calling for a halt on Muslim immigration to the United States following a reporter's question on Monday — as well as all its other campaign statements.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump is turning liberals into conspiracy theorists — (CNN)Much has been written about how President Trump's election has had a profound impact on the Republican party. What's drawn less attention — but deserves more! — is how Trump is affecting Democrats.
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Jason Whitlock / Wall Street Journal:
How a Gawker-Affiliated Website Made ESPN Politically Correct — Deadspin ended the sports network's frat-boy culture, but also infused it with a deadening ideology.
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Mediaite and Instapundit
Rebecca Mansour / Breitbart:
Radio talker Glenn Beck has been moved from SiriusXM's conservative talk radio channel. — Starting this week, conservative host David Webb is replacing the Glenn Beck Program in the 9am to noon Eastern time slot on SiriusXM's Patriot Channel 125. — Beck's program can now be heard from 9am …
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
The 43 people who might run against Trump in 2020 — The 2020 presidential election could feature the most crowded Democratic primary in decades, with scores of Democrats rumored as potential contenders. — The potential field could see some familiar faces as well as a mix of ambitious senators, governors and House members.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
This Republican Is an Endangered Species — MIAMI — If Democrats are going to take back the House, they're going to have to start here. — Almost two dozen interviews with voters this weekend from across GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo's sprawling district — which stretches from southwest Miami …
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Sophia Bollag / Associated Press:
California may end ban on communists in government jobs — Being a communist would no longer be a fireable offense for California government employees under a bill passed Monday by the state Assembly. — Lawmakers narrowly approved the bill to repeal part of a law enacted during the Red Scare …
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The Gateway Pundit
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
Researchers have answered a big question about the decline of the middle class — America is getting richer every year. The American worker is not. — Far from it: On average, workers born in 1942 earned as much or more over their careers than workers born in any year since …
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Mother Jones
Anthony Gockowski / Campus Reform:
Prof: House GOP ‘should be lined up and shot’ — An Art Institute of Washington professor recently declared that House Republicans “should be lined up and shot” for their passage of an Obamacare-replacement bill. — [RELATED: Prof reported to FBI for tweeting Trump 'must hang']
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Steve Bannon's Former Hollywood Partner Breaks Silence: “He's Not a Racist” (Q&A) — The Firm founder Jeff Kwatinetz, a passionate liberal who was in business with Bannon for two years, says the White House chief counsel has “great character.” — President Donald Trump's controversial …
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Leaving Over Campus Carry — Professor's public resignation letter points to tensions in Kansas as new law takes effect this summer. — Jacob Dorman isn't going quietly. — After 10 years (and earning tenure) in the history department at the University of Kansas, he's leaving in large part …
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