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Charlie Rose / CBS News:
Breitbart's Bannon declares war on the GOP — Steve Bannon, Trump's ex-chief strategist, tells 60 Minutes why he's out at the White House and criticizes the GOP for not supporting the president. “They're gonna be held accountable,” he says — Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon …
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Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
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CBS News:
Steve Bannon's not done... More from Charlie Rose's 60 Minutes interview with Steve Bannon, the controversial former chief strategist and campaign architect for President Trump — President Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon left the White House on August 18 after a turbulent tenure …
Discussion:
Business Insider, The Daily Caller and New York Times
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bannon plotting primaries against slate of GOP incumbents — President Donald Trump's closest allies are planning a slate of primary challenges against Republican senators, potentially undermining the party's prospects in 2018 and further inflaming tensions between GOP leaders and the White House.
Discussion:
ABC News and Media Matters for America
David Cohen / Politico:
Bannon: Hill Republicans said Obamacare would be replaced by Easter
Bannon: Hill Republicans said Obamacare would be replaced by Easter
Discussion:
Washington Post and Axios
CBS News:
Hillary Clinton on why she lost and “the most important” mistake she made — Hillary Clinton has spent the last 10 months trying to figure out why she isn't the president of the United States. — “I am good,” Clinton told “Sunday Morning” anchor Jane Pauley.
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Bloomberg, Mashable, Grabien News, Splinter, MichelleMalkin.com, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Was So Confident of Victory She Bought Second Home in Chappaqua to Accommodate White House Staff — Hillary Clinton was so confident of victory last year that she bought a second house next to her residence in Chappaqua, New York, to accommodate White House staff during presidential retreats there.
Discussion:
IJR
Alison R. Parker / Shareblue:
“A cry from the white nationalist gut”: Clinton knew Trump from day one
“A cry from the white nationalist gut”: Clinton knew Trump from day one
Discussion:
IJR
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Clinton: ‘I am done with being a candidate’
Clinton: ‘I am done with being a candidate’
Discussion:
Liberal Values, TheBlaze, AOL, twitchy.com, RedState and Political Wire
Colin Kalmbacher / LawNewz:
Hillary Blames Obama's Climate Change Rules For Her Campaign's ‘Biggest Gaffe’
Hillary Blames Obama's Climate Change Rules For Her Campaign's ‘Biggest Gaffe’
Discussion:
IJR and The Gateway Pundit
Sean Rossman / USA Today:
Dozens of dogs abandoned, left unable to escape as Irma bears down … The streets of Miami, Florida were mostly empty as thousands of people huddled in shelters or battened-down homes as Hurricane Irma approached. Video provided by Reuters Newslook — CONNECT
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David Smiley / miamiherald:
She delivered baby at home because Hurricane Irma kept the paramedics away
She delivered baby at home because Hurricane Irma kept the paramedics away
Discussion:
The Daily Caller
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Florida residents want to know why Trump isn't opening his resorts to hurricane victims — As shelters filled to capacity ahead of Hurricane Irma's imminent arrival in South Florida, some residents are asking why Donald Trump isn't stepping up to help them.
Discussion:
Splinter, The News-Press, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Miami New Times, Raw Story and The Independent
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump: Hurricanes are helping the Coast Guard improve its ‘brand’ — President Trump said Sunday that the major hurricanes hitting the U.S. are improving the “brand” of the U.S. Coast Guard. — Trump told a reporter that the country has “great people” responding to the massive storms and that …
Discussion:
Raw Story
Katie Paris / Shareblue:
Trump tells cabinet Hurricane Irma means wealthy need their tax cuts faster
Trump tells cabinet Hurricane Irma means wealthy need their tax cuts faster
Discussion:
IJR
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Miami airport busts Trump social media director for spreading fake news in midst of storm — White House social media director Dan Scavino took on a new role this weekend as a storm watcher. It didn't turn out well. — Trump's social media director, Dan Scavino, got caught making a little fake news.
Discussion:
Raw Story, CNBC, Washington Post, Mother Jones, Business Insider and Mediaite
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Jeff Sessions' lie detector idea — Attorney General Jeff Sessions has told associates he wants to put the entire National Security Council staff through a lie detector test to root out leakers. It's unclear whether this will ever happen, but Sessions floated the idea to multiple people, as recently as last month.
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, Splinter, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
As Irma's Winds Rise, So Does a Debate Over TV Storm Reporting — Early Sunday morning, Bill Weir, a veteran CNN correspondent, was talking to the anchor Chris Cuomo in the middle of a live shot in Key Largo, Fla. He could barely stand up straight in the lashing winds of Hurricane Irma.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Month Has Passed Since Trump Declared an Opioid Emergency. What Next? — When President Trump announced in early August, following a presidential commission's recommendations, that the opioid crisis was a “national emergency,” he called it “a serious problem the likes of which we have never had.”
Discussion:
Jamie Dupree - AJC
New York Times:
Hurricane Irma Live: Storm Makes Landfall on Marco Island, on Florida's Gulf Coast — After wreaking devastation through the Caribbean and forcing one of the largest evacuations in American history, Hurricane Irma ripped away from the Florida Keys on Sunday afternoon and moved toward southwest Florida …
Discussion:
The Hill, Mediaite, Hullabaloo, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Jamie Dupree - AJC, CBS Miami, fox13now.com, TalkLeft, AOL and Business Insider
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CNN:
Irma, now a Category 3 hurricane, barrels toward Naples
Irma, now a Category 3 hurricane, barrels toward Naples
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CNNMoney, WSVN-TV, fox13now.com, KTLA, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, ThinkProgress, Mashable, KFOR-TV, New York Magazine, TVNewser, Mother Jones, CBS Miami, New York Post, Mediaite, IJR, RedState, NPR, New York Times and twitchy.com, more at Mediagazer »
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Hurricane Irma now heading toward Tampa as it tears through Florida
Hurricane Irma now heading toward Tampa as it tears through Florida
Discussion:
Mother Jones, Associated Press, IJR, TVNewser, twitchy.com and CNN
Lucia Graves / The Guardian:
The Wall Street Journal's Trump problem — Dozens have left the paper in the past year and interviews with current and ex-staffers show outrage over pressure from management to normalize Trump … n Monday 13 February, just over three weeks after Donald Trump's inauguration …
Eli Watkins / CNN:
John McCain: 'I'm facing a challenge' — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Sen. John McCain acknowledged the severity of his cancer prognosis Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union,” saying in his first national interview since receiving the diagnosis that it is the latest test in a lifetime of tough fights.
Discussion:
KFOR-TV, KTLA and Political Wire
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
McCain says he is facing ‘very vicious’ form of cancer
McCain says he is facing ‘very vicious’ form of cancer
Discussion:
IJR
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
‘The New Washington’: How Schumer's Power Play Led to a Deal With Trump — WASHINGTON — Almost from the moment Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act collapsed this summer and weary senators fled the capital, Senator Chuck Schumer began calculating how best to take advantage …
Discussion:
Business Insider
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Ingrid Jacques / Detroit News:
Farmer gets boot for expressing his beliefs — When East Lansing officials told Steve Tennes he was no longer welcome to sell his apples and doughnuts at the city-run farmers market, he couldn't believe it. — All it took to earn the government's wrath was penning a social media post about his faith.
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit