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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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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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Slate, The Week, Talking Points Memo and Mashable
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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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
Zuckerberg Blew Off Russian Troll Warnings Before the Attack on America
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Business Insider and Shakesville
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’
Russian-generated Facebook posts pushed Trump as ‘only viable option’
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Associated Press and Mediaite
Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:
Facebook, Google, And Twitter Have Been Asked To Testify Publicly In The Senate's Russia Investigation
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 …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Alabama defeat leaves Trump weakened, isolated amid mounting challenges
Alabama defeat leaves Trump weakened, isolated amid mounting challenges
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FIREHOUSE Strategies and Politico
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
The 7 most inflammatory things Roy Moore has said
The 7 most inflammatory things Roy Moore has said
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PR Newswire:
American Icon and Playboy Founder, Hugh M. Hefner, Has Died — Hugh M. Hefner, the American icon who in 1953 introduced the world to Playboy magazine and built the company into one of the most recognizable American global brands in history, peacefully passed away today from natural causes at his home …
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Natalie Stone / People.com:
Hugh Hefner, Playboy Magazine Founder and Star of Girls Next Door, Dies at 91 — Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine and star of E! reality show The Girls Next Door, has died, PEOPLE confirms. He was 91. — Born Hugh Marston Hefner on April 9, 1926 in Chicago …
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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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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
The ‘doubled standard deduction’ in the GOP tax plan is a lie
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Hannah Fingerhut / Pew Research Center:
More Americans favor raising than lowering tax rates on corporations, high household incomes
More Americans favor raising than lowering tax rates on corporations, high household incomes
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New York Times and Opinion Today
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's new tax plan shows how unserious Republicans are about governing
Trump's new tax plan shows how unserious Republicans are about governing
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Business Insider, New York Magazine, The Atlantic and TheBlaze
New York Times:
Trump Proposes the Most Sweeping Tax Overhaul in Decades
Trump Proposes the Most Sweeping Tax Overhaul in Decades
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Republicans are desperately hoping they can find unity over tax cuts
Republicans are desperately hoping they can find unity over tax cuts
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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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Shareblue, Los Angeles Times, CNN, NBC News and Axios
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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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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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Michael McCarthy / Sporting News:
Why didn't TV networks show angry, booing NFL fans Sunday or Monday? — With President Donald Trump's attacks against protesting NFL players still reverberating, the league's TV partners decided to air live coverage of the national anthem before Week 3 games.
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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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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.
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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Politico, Mother Jones, The Week, Capitol Weekly and Political Wire
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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The Hill, The Last Refuge, IJR and Viking Pundit
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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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Trump administration abruptly drops out of Obamacare events in Mississippi — “It's clearly sabotage.” — For the past three years, the US Health and Human Services Department has partnered with a health advocacy group in Mississippi on an education tour before Obamacare enrollment started.
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