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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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CNN, The Week and Political Wire
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
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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Politico, Vox, American Prospect, New York Magazine, Gothamist, CNBC and The Mahablog
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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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Washington Monthly, The Federalist, Salon, CNN, The Root, Common Dreams, NPR, The Hill, The Week, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, CNBC, New York Magazine, Just Security, Washington Examiner, vice, Shakesville, Raw Story, twitchy.com, Balloon Juice, RT and New York Times
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ross Gushes About Lack of Protesters, “Bad Placards” in Saudi
Ross Gushes About Lack of Protesters, “Bad Placards” in Saudi
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Mother Jones
Alex Pappas / Washington Examiner:
Tillerson says Trump's views on Islam ‘continue to evolve’
Tillerson says Trump's views on Islam ‘continue to evolve’
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RedState
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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Axios, Political Wire and IJR
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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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IJR, The Guardian, 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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The Hill, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, Common Dreams and TheBlaze
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump becomes first US president to visit Western Wall
Trump becomes first US president to visit Western Wall
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The Gateway Pundit
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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Axios
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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RT, Shakesville, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, The Week, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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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
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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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
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 …
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
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.
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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Breitbart, Washington Times, Infowars, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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.
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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RedState, Palm Beach Post, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, myfox8.com, AOL and The Week
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Why Sally Yates Stood Up to Trump — The former acting Attorney General reflects on the F.B.I., Michael Flynn, and how the President ended her career at the Justice Department. — It is hard to locate when President Trump first declared war on the government establishment, but the story may well begin on the night of January 30th.
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Fusion, The Week and Above the Law
Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
Taking the Nuclear Option Off the Table — Last Thursday, fifteen states and the District of Columbia moved to intervene in House v. Price, the case about the ACA's cost-sharing reductions. At the same time, they asked the court to hear the case promptly.
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Balloon Juice and bradford-delong.com
Dave Mosher / Business Insider:
Scientists have found a way to photograph people in 3D through walls using Wi-Fi — Wi-Fi can pass through walls. — This fact is easy to take for granted, yet it's the reason we can surf the web using a wireless router located in another room. — But not all of that microwave radiation makes it to …
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Infowars
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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Mother Jones, The Atlantic, Mashable, New York Times, The Root, NPR and CNN
Washington Post:
Poll: Democrats have edge over Republican front-runner in Va. governor's race — RICHMOND — Widespread opposition to President Trump and his policies has heightened the challenge for Republicans hoping to retake the Virginia governor's mansion this year, with GOP front-runner Ed Gillespie trailing …
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The Daily Caller
James Poulos / The Week:
Will cable news punditry die with Roger Ailes? — For enemies of moneyed conservatism, the end of the Roger Ailes era augurs a coming eclipse of big businesses Republicanism as the force that tips the scales in American politics. For establishment meritocrats staking out the respectable political center …
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Turkey condemns U.S. over ‘aggressive’ acts against its bodyguards during Erdogan's visit to D.C. — ISTANBUL — Turkey's foreign ministry on Monday lodged a formal protest with the U.S. ambassador to Ankara over what it said were “lapses of security” during a violent confrontation between protesters …
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The Atlantic, Hot Air, The Guardian, New York Times, TheBlaze, Daily Wire, bellingcat and rubber hose