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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Chris Christie: I warned Trump about Flynn — Source: Michael Flynn to plead the Fifth — Washington (CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Monday that if it were up to him, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn never would have had a White House job. — After ending his own presidential bid …
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Simon Maloy / The Week:
The Trump White House is collapsing — Donald Trump certainly seems like he's having a lovely time on his first international trip as president. He touched down in Saudi Arabia over the weekend and was given an over-the-top reception by his hosts. The Saudis presented him with a medal …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: AP Source says Flynn will invoke Fifth Amendment — The Latest on ongoing investigations into Russia's alleged interference with the U.S. election (all times local): — Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will invoke his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination …
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NBC News, HuffPost, Vox, ABC News, Mother Jones and Patterico's Pontifications
Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Christie on Comey: He's not a ‘nut job’
Christie on Comey: He's not a ‘nut job’
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Chris Christie: 'I wouldn't let General Flynn in the White House, let alone give him a job'
Chris Christie: 'I wouldn't let General Flynn in the White House, let alone give him a job'
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Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Trump's views on Islam ‘continue to evolve,’ Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says
Trump's views on Islam ‘continue to evolve,’ Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says
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Daily Wire
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Trump's bizarre and un-American visit to Saudi Arabia
Trump's bizarre and un-American visit to Saudi Arabia
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Daily Mail:
Shalom! Trump lands in Israel in pursuit of elusive peace deal and vows to make the Middle East …
Shalom! Trump lands in Israel in pursuit of elusive peace deal and vows to make the Middle East …
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The Last Tradition
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Official: Trump's ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ wording changed because he's ‘exhausted’
Official: Trump's ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ wording changed because he's ‘exhausted’
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Vox, Reuters and Conservative News Today
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 5-3 Vote Affirms NC Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Thomas in Majority and Roberts in Dissent — The Supreme Court has issued this 5-3 opinion in Cooper v. Harris. Justice Kagan wrote the opinion for the Court, with Justice Thomas making the fifth vote for affirmance.
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Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina maps for Congress — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that racial considerations pervaded the way North Carolina lawmakers drew congressional maps after the 2010 Census in order to maximize Republicans' advantage.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Reject 2 Gerrymandered North Carolina Districts, Citing Racial Bias — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down two North Carolina congressional districts, ruling that lawmakers had violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on race in drawing them.
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The Nation, electionlawblog.org, Outside the Beltway, vice and Fusion
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina Congressional Districts
Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina Congressional Districts
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Washington Post, Politico, Common Dreams, The Root and New York Magazine
Haaretz:
Trump tells Netanyahu he ‘never mentioned’ Israel in intel leak to Russians — Trump arrives in Israel on first-ever direct flight from Saudi Arabia Trump: Growing realization among Arab neighbors that they have common cause with Israel on Iran Netanyahu: I hope an Israeli PM can one day fly from Tel Aviv to Riyadh
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The Guardian, IJR, Gizmodo, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Politicus USA
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump: ‘I never mentioned’ Israel to Russian officials in Oval Office meeting — President Donald Trump said today that he “never mentioned” Israel during his controversial Oval Office meeting with Russian officials, in which he reportedly disclosed classified information that could have compromised an Israeli intelligence source.
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Washington Free Beacon, The Hill, Hot Air, Common Dreams and TheBlaze
CNN:
Trump: ‘I never mentioned the word or the name Israel’ to Russians
Trump: ‘I never mentioned the word or the name Israel’ to Russians
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Telegraph, Raw Story, The Week, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Root
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
The President Just Told a Room of Israelis That He “Just Got Back From the Middle East”
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: I never said ‘Israel’ in meeting with Russians
Trump: I never said ‘Israel’ in meeting with Russians
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The Hill, Axios and The Gateway Pundit
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How One Pro-Trump Site Keeps A Debunked Conspiracy Theory Alive — The top story on pro-Trump media last week was a conspiracy about a murdered DNC staffer and his alleged connection to Wikileaks. — A typical Gateway Pundit headline. — In July, a few days before the Wikileaks release …
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Moves to Block Ethics Inquiry Into Ex-Lobbyists on Payroll — The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government's top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White House or federal agencies.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House seeks 90-day delay in Obamacare subsidy suit
White House seeks 90-day delay in Obamacare subsidy suit
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ABC News, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones and Hot Air
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The case for impeaching Trump — and fast — This is the exact situation impeachment was meant for. Let's hurry up. — Impeachment of an American president is a weighty measure that's only been used a handful of times in our history. And on two of those occasions, the judgment of history has come down against the impeachers.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Blood in the Water — Donald Trump has left the country …
Blood in the Water — Donald Trump has left the country …
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Daily Kos
Tampa Bay Times:
Suspect tells police he killed Tampa Palms roommates for disrespecting his Muslim faith — TAMPA — A man accused of shooting his roommates in a New Tampa apartment told police he shared neo-Nazi beliefs with the two men until he converted to Islam then killed them because they disrespected his faith.
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Heat Street and The Gateway Pundit
Monica Lewinsky / New York Times:
Roger Ailes's Dream Was My Nightmare — This is not another obituary for Roger Ailes, who died last week a year after being ousted at Fox News. It is, I hope, instead an obituary for the culture he purveyed — a culture that affected me profoundly and personally.
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James Poulos / The Week:
Will cable news punditry die with Roger Ailes?
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Frustrated Utah Republicans, Democrats form new centrist political party — SALT LAKE CITY — Some disaffected Republicans and Democrats who say extreme views are co-opting their parties have decided to carve out a middle ground in Utah politics. — Taking a centrist approach …
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Political Wire
Hollywood Reporter:
Billy Bush Breaks His Silence on Trump, the ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape, NBC and a Comeback Plan (Exclusive) — Seven months after the infamous “grab them by the pussy” recording got Bush fired (and nearly toppled Trump's White House run), the former ‘Today’ host goes public with what happened on that bus …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Billy Bush on notorious Trump tape: It wasn't ‘locker room talk’
Billy Bush on notorious Trump tape: It wasn't ‘locker room talk’
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AOL, Althouse, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Behold! President Trump and the mysterious glowing orb. — When President Trump laid hands on the glowing Saudi mystery orb, he pledged allegiance to “Its Luminescence,” summoned the forces of Sauron to take over Middle-earth and created an “army of Moderate Muslims to fight terror.”
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Jenni Fink / IJR:
Sheriff Clarke Denies Plagiarism Claim as His Supporters Go After the Reporter Who Broke the Story — On Saturday, CNN KFILE writers Andrew Kaczynski, Christopher Massie, and Nathan McDermott accused Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke of plagiarizing his master's thesis.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Report: Girl in Weiner sexting case lied to damage Clinton — The teenage girl who had exchanged sexually explicit text messages with former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) lied about her age and political motivations to harm Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
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WhoWhatWhy and CANNONFIRE
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
The price tag on universal health care is in, and it's bigger than California's budget — It would cost $400 billion per year to remake California's health insurance marketplace and create a publicly funded universal heath care system, according to a state financial analysis released Monday.
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Instapundit and twitchy.com
Palm Beach, FL:
Sinkhole in front of Mar-a-Lago — A 4' x 4' sinkhole has formed on Southern Boulevard directly in front of Mar-a-Lago. It appears to be in the vicinity of the newly installed water main. West Palm Beach Utilities distribution crews have secured the area and will most likely need to do some exploratory excavation today.
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Kate Royals / Mississippi Today:
Rep. Karl Oliver: Those removing Confederate monuments ‘should be lynched’ — A state representative from Winona who urged in a weekend Facebook post that those who support the removal of Confederate monuments be lynched has apologized. — Rep. Karl Oliver, R-Winona, wrote …
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CNN:
Trump's casino was a money laundering concern shortly after it opened — (CNN)The Trump Taj Mahal casino broke anti-money laundering rules 106 times in its first year and a half of operation in the early 1990s, according to the IRS in a 1998 settlement agreement.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
John Podesta Unloads on Trump — Donald Trump is “unfit for office,” a president whose actions are often “absolutely crazy” and whose White House has “a complete disregard for the truth.” His firing of James Comey, the FBI director overseeing an investigation of Russian interference …
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Hank Berrien / Daily Wire:
Surprise, San Francisco Restaurant Workers! Minimum Wage Hike Is Killing Restaurants By The Dozens — If you're a leftist in San Francisco or Oakland, California (highly likely), you probably cheered as the city implemented a minimum wage hike last summer raising the wage to $13 an hour …
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