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New York Times:
Honor the Truth, John Kelly — John Kelly, President Trump's chief of staff, is grimly suited to addressing the family of a fallen service member. Mr. Kelly, a retired four-star general, is the highest-ranking officer to lose a child in Iraq or Afghanistan. His son Second Lt. Robert Kelly was killed in Afghanistan in 2010.
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is wrong about John Kelly — Of all the repellent statements issued by President Trump or his aides, the one that came out of the mouth of Sarah Huckabee Sanders last week was maybe the most chilling. There she stood, asking a White House reporter who the hell …
Kim Janssen / Chicago Tribune:
Des Plaines police probe alleged lynching threat made against congresswoman on Facebook
Des Plaines police probe alleged lynching threat made against congresswoman on Facebook
Alison R. Parker / Shareblue Media:
Now Sarah Sanders says John Kelly's blatant lying isn't “wrong” because it's “what he felt”
Now Sarah Sanders says John Kelly's blatant lying isn't “wrong” because it's “what he felt”
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
In sparring with a grieving widow, Trump follows his no-apology playbook
In sparring with a grieving widow, Trump follows his no-apology playbook
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Washington Post:
Small Montana firm lands Puerto Rico's biggest contract to get the power back on — For the sprawling effort to restore Puerto Rico's crippled electrical grid, the territory's state-owned utility has turned to a two-year-old company from Montana that had just two full-time employees on the day Hurricane Maria made landfall.
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Ken Klippenstein / The Daily Beast:
$300m Puerto Rico Recovery Contract Awarded to Tiny Utility Company Linked to Major Trump Donor … Puerto Rico has agreed to pay a reported $300 million for the restoration of its power grid to a tiny utility company that is primarily financed by a private-equity firm founded and run by a man …
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Detroit Free Press:
Kid Rock: Of course I'm not running for Senate … CONNECT — Mocking people who took the idea seriously, Kid Rock said this morning he's not running for U.S. Senate. — “F— no, I'm not running for Senate. Are you kidding me?” Rock said on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show. “Who couldn't figure that out?
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
One in four troops sees white nationalism in the ranks — Nearly one in four troops polled say they have seen examples of white nationalism among their fellow service members, and troops rate it as a larger national security threat than Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new Military Times poll.
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Military Times Poll: What you really think about Trump
Military Times Poll: What you really think about Trump
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Bill O'Reilly ‘mad at God’ over sexual misconduct allegations — Bill O'Reilly on sexual misconduct: It's all crap — Bill O'Reilly has repeatedly blamed reports of sexual misconduct on a politically motivated media. On Monday, he admitted that he also blames a higher power. — “You know, am I mad at God?
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Republican Sen. Bob Corker stands by his criticism of Trump and White House as an ‘adult day care center’ — Republican Sen. Bob Corker today stood by his remarks criticizing the White House as an “adult day care center” and arguing that President Trump is putting the United States on a path toward “World War III.”
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Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Roy Moore: Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Was ‘Worse’ Than Upholding Slavery In Dred Scott — Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore said late last year that the Supreme Court's decision legalizing gay marriage was “even worse” than the notorious 1857 Dred Scott ruling that upheld slavery.
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Stephen M. Walt / Foreign Policy:
What the End of ISIS Means — Five questions to help understand what exactly America's latest Middle Eastern war has, and hasn't, accomplished. — Unless you're someone who thinks beheading people is an appropriate way to advance a repressive political cause, the imminent demise of the Islamic State is welcome news.
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Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
After obsessively demanding Obama say “radical terrorism,” Trump silent on deadly ISIS raid
After obsessively demanding Obama say “radical terrorism,” Trump silent on deadly ISIS raid
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Business Insider and IJR
Pew Research Center:
Political Typology Reveals Deep Fissures on the Right and Left — Conservative Republican groups divided on immigration, ‘openness’ — Nearly a year after Donald Trump was elected president, the Republican coalition is deeply divided on such major issues as immigration …
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Washington Post, Politico and NPR
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Why ‘Medicare for All’ Will Sink the Democrats — Repeal-and-replace may be done for now, but for Senator Bernie Sanders, the war is just beginning — and it has already become a fracas that is dividing the Democratic Party, to its detriment. — Mr. Sanders — who, of course …
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People's Policy Project and Washington Free Beacon
Toni Airaksinen / Campus Reform:
Prof: Algebra, geometry perpetuate white privilege — A math education professor at the University of Illinois argued in a newly published book that algebraic and geometry skills perpetuate “unearned privilege” among whites. — Rochelle Gutierrez, a professor at the University of Illinois …
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Glenn Whipp / Los Angeles Times:
After 38 women accuse filmmaker James Toback of sexual harassment, 200 more reach out to share their stories — After the Los Angeles Times ran a story in which 38 women accused director James Toback of sexual harassment, almost 200 women responded with similar stories. (Tiziana Fabi / AFP/Getty Images)
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Hillary Clinton's Top Aides Still Being Paid by Campaign Nearly One Year After Defeat — Most have remained by Clinton's side post-election — A number of longtime aides to failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are still being paid from her campaign committee nearly …
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The Daily Caller
The Daily Beast:
Russian Propaganda Hosted by Man on Staten Island, New York … Russia's propaganda campaign targeting Americans was hosted, at least in part, on American soil. — A company owned by a man on Staten Island, New York, provided internet infrastructure services to DoNotShoot.Us …
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PRI
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Harvey Weinstein: how lawyers kept a lid on sexual harassment claims — Nineteen years ago this month, Zelda Perkins walked out of Miramax's London offices on Brewer Street in Soho for the last time and went to see a lawyer with a female colleague. They were seeking urgent advice.
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Anna North / Vox:
Listen to what socialist women are saying about misogyny on the left — A controversy involving the podcast Chapo Trap House shines a light on bigger issues. — Like many women, Margaret McLaughlin is used to dealing with sexism and harassment, whether it's on the street or in the workplace.
Jonathan Drew / Associated Press:
Trump comments concern judge, loom over Bergdahl sentencing — https://www.apnews.com/4260f2a3a8274391 98cebf42f77885ec — Link copied! — FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump's criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has become a factor in the soldier's sentencing …
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Nick Juliano / Politico:
Zinke funneled millions to questionable PACs — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has directed millions of dollars in political contributions since 2014 to a network of Washington operatives that prominent conservatives have accused of profiting by misleading donors.
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Political Wire
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reid gone from D.C. — but still pulling strings — LAS VEGAS — The Senate is done with Harry Reid, but Harry Reid isn't done with politics — not even a little bit. — The 77-year-old ex-Democratic Senate leader has been encouraging multiple Democrats to run for president …
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Political Wire
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Republicans quietly craft Dreamers deal — Key Senate Republicans have begun privately discussing the contours of an immigration plan to shield the hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who will lose work permits and deportation protections starting early next year.
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Political Wire
Steve Phillips / The Nation:
The Obsession With White Voters Could Cost Democrats the Virginia Governor's Race — If Ralph Northam's campaign is any indication, Democrats have learned the wrong lesson from 2016. — One simple statistic highlights the folly of much of the Democratic Party's strategy and spending.