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The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Russians Impersonated Real American Muslims to Stir Chaos on Facebook and Instagram … The Facebook group United Muslims of America was neither united, Muslim, nor American. — Instead, sources familiar with the group tell The Daily Beast, it was an imposter account …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Russian-bought Black Lives Matter ad on Facebook targeted Baltimore and Ferguson — At least one of the Facebook ads bought by Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign referenced Black Lives Matter and was specifically targeted to reach audiences in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore …
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New York Times:
Twitter, With Accounts Linked to Russia, to Face Congress Over Role in Election — SAN FRANCISCO — After a weekend when Americans took to social media to debate President Trump's admonishment of N.F.L. players who do not stand for the national anthem, a network of Twitter accounts suspected …
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Associated Press:
Senator: Russian trolls using NFL debate to sow discord — Russian internet trolls are exploiting the controversy over NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to stir up divisions in the United States, a Republican on the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday.
The Daily Beast:
Zuckerberg Blew Off Russian Troll Warnings Before the Attack on America
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Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
Trump-Russia investigators close in on sources named in explosive dossier
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Russian-generated Facebook posts pushed Trump as ‘only viable option’
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New York Times:
Roy Moore's Alabama Victory Sets Off Talk of a G.O.P. Insurrection — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Republicans are confronting an insurrection on the right that is angry enough to imperil their grip on Congress, and senior party strategists have concluded that the conservative base now loathes …
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CNN:
Pro-Confederate activists held ‘Secession Day’ event at Roy Moore's foundation two years in a row — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Pro-Confederate activists twice held events to commemorate Alabama's 1861 secession from the United States at the headquarters of the foundation led at the time by Roy Moore …
CNN:
Trump infuriated after backing Alabama loser — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Returning from a high-dollar fundraiser in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, an infuriated President Donald Trump watched aboard Air Force One as Fox News called the Alabama Senate primary for Roy Moore against Trump's favored candidate, Luther Strange.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Alabama defeat leaves Trump weakened, isolated amid mounting challenges
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Meghan McCain rips report Trump is physically mocking her father
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
The 7 most inflammatory things Roy Moore has said
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just endorsed a lawless bigot in Alabama. Here's how Democrats will run against him.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Trump Tax Plan Benefits Wealthy, Including Trump — WASHINGTON — The tax plan that the Trump administration outlined on Wednesday is a potentially huge windfall for the wealthiest Americans. It would not directly benefit the bottom third of the population. As for the middle class, the benefits appear to be modest.
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
The ‘doubled standard deduction’ in the GOP tax plan is a lie — In selling their soon-to-be-released tax plan, Republicans have been leaning hard on what they say is a provision to cut and simplify taxes for the middle class: doubling the standard deduction that people who pay income tax may take.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's new tax plan shows how unserious Republicans are about governing
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Here's the GOP tax plan
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New York Times:
Trump Proposes the Most Sweeping Tax Overhaul in Decades
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Hannah Fingerhut / Pew Research Center:
More Americans favor raising than lowering tax rates on corporations, high household incomes
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New York Times and Opinion Today
Luke Dittrich / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Great Escape — On the evening of Sept. 14, a man who looked an awful lot like Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the president of the United States, boarded Air Canada Jazz Flight AC 8889 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He made his way down the aisle of the Bombardier CRJ 900 …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
White House is restricting lawmakers from visiting Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, aides say — The Trump administration is restricting lawmakers in both parties from visiting storm-ravaged Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands aboard military aircraft this weekend in order to keep focused …
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Mark Zuckerberg:
I want to respond to President Trump's tweet this morning claiming Facebook has always been against him. — Every day I work to bring people together and build a community for everyone. We hope to give all people a voice and create a platform for all ideas. — Trump says Facebook is against him.
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Ugliest Line in Trump's NFL Attack — It wasn't what you think. — Donald Trump's frothing critique of Colin Kaepernick and the players, coaches, and teammates who have come to his side has garnered many revelatory reactions. Some of these responses tell us more about ourselves …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Is the Steele Dossier About to Have Its Moment of Truth? — In a defamation suit, BuzzFeed is trying to compel testimony from James Comey or James Clapper to establish the document's centrality to the Russia investigation. — The now famous Trump-Russia dossier, filled with explosive …
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Ashley Feinberg / Wired:
Jared Kushner Voted As a Woman, According to His Registration — SINCE MOVING INTO the White House months ago, Jared Kushner—senior advisor and son-in-law to the President, savior of the Middle East, and possible person of interest in a federal investigation—has amassed a rather extensive project portfolio.
Dialynn Dwyer / Boston Globe:
Michelle Obama: ‘Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice’ — Former First Lady Michelle Obama criticized women who voted for President Donald Trump during a wide-ranging conversation in Boston Wednesday that addressed life in the White House, her forthcoming book …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump twists Democratic Sen. Donnelly's arm over taxes in Indiana
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John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
California moves its presidential primary to March in push for electoral relevance — Backing an effort for California to claim a bigger share of the attention from presidential candidates, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill moving the state's primary elections to early March.
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Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Trump preparing executive order to let Americans purchase health insurance across state lines — President Trump is preparing an executive order to allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines, a reform conservatives have long championed as a way to bring costs …
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Mark Harris / Wired:
God Is a Bot, and Anthony Levandowski Is His Messenger — Many people in Silicon Valley believe in the Singularity—the day in our near future when computers will surpass humans in intelligence and kick off a feedback loop of unfathomable change. — When that day comes, Anthony Levandowski will be firmly on the side of the machines.
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
It's Official: ‘The View’ Adds Meghan McCain as Conservative Co-Host (EXCLUSIVE) — Elizabeth Wagmeister — Elizabeth's Most Recent Stories — Meghan McCain has officially signed onto “The View” as a regular co-host, Variety has learned exclusively. — McCain's hire comes just days …
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Washington Post:
EPA's Pruitt took charter, military flights that cost taxpayers more than $58,000 — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has taken at least four noncommercial and military flights since mid-February, costing taxpayers more than $58,000 to fly him to various parts of the country …
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