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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Defends McMaster as Conservatives Seek His Dismissal — President Trump defended Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, his embattled national security adviser, on Friday in the face of a full-bore campaign by the nationalist wing of his political coalition accusing him of undermining the president's agenda and calling for his dismissal.
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Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Far-right Bannon Affiliates Attack McMaster for Being ‘Controlled by Jews’ and ‘Hostile to Israel’ — Campaign against McMaster intensified after he fired a number of mid-level officials from the National Security Council, who were considered loyal to Bannon and to the former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn
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H.R. McMaster faces attacks from conservatives
H.R. McMaster faces attacks from conservatives
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The National Interest and The Gateway Pundit
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The War Against H.R. McMaster
The War Against H.R. McMaster
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creepingsharia.wordpress.com, The Week, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit, ThinkProgress and Vox
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Fox News Host Sent Unsolicited Lewd Text Messages To Colleagues, Sources Say — Eric Bolling, a co-host of “The Specialists,” said through an attorney that he “does not believe he sent any such communications.” — Eric Bolling, a longtime Fox News host, sent an unsolicited photo …
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New York Times:
Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn — Investigators working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, recently asked the White House for documents related to former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, and have questioned witnesses about whether he was secretly paid …
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New York Magazine, The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Daily Kos, twitchy.com, Raw Story, Axios, Mediaite and Associated Press
Karen Ocamb / Los Angeles Blade:
Trump's Trans Military Ban Now Policy — President Donald Trump may be on a 17- day vacation but his White House has been scrambling to hand him a “win” by the time he returns. Trump's tweets last week announcing a ban on transgender individuals serving openly in the U.S. military was turned into a …
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The New Civil Rights Movement
Louise Matsakis / Motherboard:
Google Employee's Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’ — At least eight Google employees tweeted Friday about a document that was circulated within the company calling for replacing Google's diversity initiatives with policies that encourage “ideological diversity” instead.
US Department of State:
Communication Regarding Intent To Withdraw From Paris Agreement — Media Note — Office of the Spokesperson — Washington, DC — Today, the United States submitted a communication to the United Nations, in its capacity as depositary for the Paris Agreement, regarding the U.S. intent …
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ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, AOL, Politico and UPI
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
Trump files notice with UN to withdraw US from Paris climate deal — The Trump administration issued a formal notice announcing the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate deal, the State Department said Friday. — The State Department sent the notice to the United Nations through diplomats …
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
What the Trump-Russia Grand Jury Means — Hours after news broke that Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia probe, has impanelled a grand jury as part of his investigation, President Trump declared at a rally in West Virginia that “the Russia story is a total fabrication.
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Mmejido / WABC-AM | Cumulus:
Alan Dershowitz Tells Rita Cosby New Mueller D.C. Grand Jury Racially and Ethnically Stacked Against Trump
Alan Dershowitz Tells Rita Cosby New Mueller D.C. Grand Jury Racially and Ethnically Stacked Against Trump
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ThinkProgress, Washington Free Beacon, CANNONFIRE, The Last Tradition, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Special counsel Robert Mueller using multiple grand juries in Russia inquiry
Special counsel Robert Mueller using multiple grand juries in Russia inquiry
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RedState, Boing Boing, The Last Tradition and The Gateway Pundit
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The GOP has become the party of the grotesque — Southern Gothic is a literary genre and, occasionally, a political style that, like the genre, blends strangeness and irony. Consider the current primary campaign to pick the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions.
Jordan Sekulow / American Center for Law and Justice:
DOJ Document Dump to ACLJ on Clinton Lynch Meeting: Comey FBI Lied, Media Collusion, Spin, and Illegality — We have just obtained hundreds of pages in our ongoing investigation and federal lawsuit on former Attorney General Loretta Lynch's tarmac meeting with former President Bill Clinton …
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Ruth May / Dallas Morning News:
Tangled web connects Russian oligarch money to GOP campaigns — Party loyalty is often cited as the reason that GOP leaders have not been more outspoken in their criticism of President Donald Trump and his refusal to condemn Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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The Washington Journal
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
Keep deleting, morons: Everyone who thinks Dana Loesch said ‘fist’ owes her an apology — A bunch of blue-checkmarked journalists are busy deleting tweets right now after wrongly accusing NRA spox Dana Loesch of saying she and the NRA were going to “fist” the New York Times over the paper's horrible coverage of guns in the past.
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The Guardian, Joe.My.God., Dana Loesch, VICE News, RedState, IJR, Mediaite and Business Insider
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David Siders / Politico:
Democrats fear Russia probe blowback — ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — Democrats are increasingly conflicted about how forcefully to press the issue of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. — Fearful of alienating voters who appear more concerned about the economy and health care …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Ken Starr killed irony today — Ken Starr: We don't want a fishing expedition — (CNN)On CNN's “New Day” Friday morning, former independent counsel Ken Starr raised questions about whether current special counsel Bob Mueller might be over-stepping the bounds of his mandate in investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.
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Political Wire
Duane Patterson / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster on MSNBC with Hugh — The transcript: — HH: General H.R. McMaster, thank you for joining me. — HRM: Thanks, Hugh. It's a pleasure to be with you. — HH: This Sunday in Venezuela, more demonstrations are expected. Your old friend James
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Would you even care if he was guilty? — **Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day? Sign up here. Continue Reading Below … WOULD YOU EVEN CARE IF HE WAS GUILTY? — The stock market is up, unemployment is down and the economy seems to be picking up some steam.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Fledgling Presidency Has Already Collapsed — President Trump's approval rating has dropped by about one percentage point per month and now sits in the mid-30s. At the current rate, it would hit zero in September 2020. (A highly unlikely possibility, though with Donald Trump, anything is possible.)
Wall Street Journal:
Kelly's Rules for Trump's West Wing: Stop Bickering, Get in Early, Make an Appointment — New Chief of Staff John Kelly moves quickly to bring order and discipline to a West Wing riven by conflict — White House Chief of Staff John Kelly with Donald Trump's son-in-law and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner at the White House on Thursday.
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Business Insider, The Moderate Voice and Raw Story
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
John Kelly's big challenge: Controlling the tweeter in chief
John Kelly's big challenge: Controlling the tweeter in chief
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RedState and Joe.My.God.
CNN:
Exclusive: FBI tracked ‘fake news’ believed to be from Russia on Election Day — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)The FBI monitored social media on Election Day last year in an effort to track a suspected Russian disinformation campaign utilizing “fake news,” CNN has learned.
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Bill Scher / Politico:
Memo to Mark Zuckerberg: So You Want to Be President ... You've road tripped to meet with real Americans in a quest to visit all 50 states. You've hired Barack Obama's pollster along with his first campaign manager to advise your philanthropic fund. You've given a flat “no” …
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