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Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier — The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Clinton lawyer, DNC helped bankroll research that led to Trump-Russia dossier — The Democratic National Committee and a lawyer for Hillary Clinton helped bankroll research that led to the now-infamous dossier on alleged ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian government operatives …
The Daily Beast:
GOP Leaders Refusing To Pay For Dana Rohrabacher's Travel Over Russia Fears … House Republican leaders have taken the extraordinary step of curtailing Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's (R-CA) ability to conduct official business out of fear that he is too compromised by his ties to Russia.
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Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Hillary Clinton's Top Aides Still Being Paid by Campaign Nearly One Year After Defeat
Hillary Clinton's Top Aides Still Being Paid by Campaign Nearly One Year After Defeat
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate … Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.
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Jeff Flake's full speech announcing he won't run for re-election — Mr. President, I rise today to address a matter that has been much on my mind, at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than it is by our values and our principles.
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Spare Me Your “Poor Jeff Flake is a Victim” Horsecrap Hot Takes — Oh poor Jeff Flake. Jeff Flake got bullied out of Washington by Trumpism. Flake is such a nice guy and there is no room for nice guys in the GOP any more. I am seeing all this all over social media and it is such horse crap.
Hot Air:
Trump Takeover Complete: Jeff Flake Not Running For Reelection; Update: “Mr President, I Rise To Say ‘enough’” — In the end he had two choices. One: Brace himself for a war in the Republican primary with the Bannon-backed Kelli Ward that he'd be lucky to survive, only to then have to fight another war …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Republicans Need a Better Response Besides Quitting
Republicans Need a Better Response Besides Quitting
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Flake announces retirement as he denounces Trump
Flake announces retirement as he denounces Trump
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Corker: Flake stands up against ‘demagogues’
Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Faces Another Money-Laundering Probe — Manhattan U.S. attorney's inquiry comes as President Donald Trump is weighing candidates to run the office — The Manhattan U.S. attorney's office is pursuing an investigation into possible money laundering …
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Trump-Corker feud explodes ahead of critical Hill visit — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)The ongoing public feud between Sen. Bob Corker and President Donald Trump exploded Tuesday ahead of the President's high-stakes visit to Capitol Hill for tax negotiations …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Protester throws Russian flags at President Donald Trump ahead of Capitol Hill lunch
Protester throws Russian flags at President Donald Trump ahead of Capitol Hill lunch
Elana Schor / Politico:
Trump tries to rally Senate Republicans after reigniting civil war
Trump tries to rally Senate Republicans after reigniting civil war
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Leon Wieseltier Admits ‘Offenses’ Against Female Colleagues as New Magazine Is Killed — Leon Wieseltier, a prominent editor at The New Republic for three decades who was preparing to debut a magazine this fall, apologized on Tuesday for “offenses against some of my colleagues in the past” …
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Leon Wieseltier acknowledges ‘misdeeds’ with female colleagues — A company backed by Laurene Powell Jobs, the philanthropist and widow of Steve Jobs, severed ties with former New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier after learning of “past inappropriate workplace conduct,” the company said in a statement.
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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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Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
Enough — Jeff Flake, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Arizona. — As I contemplate the Trump presidency, I cannot help but think of Joseph Welch. — On June 9, 1954, during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Welch, who was the chief counsel for the Army, famously asked the committee chairman …
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Larry O'Connor / Mediaite:
FactsFirst? CNN's Don Lemon Reads Letter To Trump Then Weeps On Air — Just hours after CNN self-importantly and sanctimoniously claimed they'd be the network of “Facts First” one of the 3rd place news outlet's anchors took to the air and read a letter he'd written to President Donald Trump and Gold Star Widow Myeshia Johnson.
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A black man is charged in racist graffiti incidents that shook Mich. campus, drew national attention — Last fall and in the spring, the otherwise quiet campus of Eastern Michigan University was hit by three ugly incidents of vandalism targeting blacks. — The first came in September …
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Sydney Nimeth / The Eastern Echo:
Former EMU student arraigned for racial graffiti on campus
Former EMU student arraigned for racial graffiti on campus
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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?
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Colin Kaepernick lands million-dollar book deal — Colin Kaepernick has inked a book deal worth just over $1 million with Random House imprint One World, Page Six has exclusively learned. — One World's headed by book world superstar Chris Jackson, who also publishes Jay-Z and Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Colin Kaepernick is shopping a book
Colin Kaepernick is shopping a book
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Alex Thompson / VICE News:
Exclusive: Zuckerberg group to spend $45 million on political causes — Mark Zuckerberg's listening tour of the United States, he insists, is not a political campaign. But while “Zuck 2020” may not be happening, the 33-year-old Facebook co-founder is planning to influence American politics for generations to come.
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court dismisses Hawaii's challenge to Trump travel ban — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday formally dropped plans to hear the last remaining challenge to an earlier version of President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Bill O'Reilly Dropped by Talent Agency After $32M Settlement Reveal (Exclusive) — The former Fox News anchor's relationship with UTA has been severed following a report last weekend about a massive settlement he paid out. — Bill O'Reilly is no longer a client of the talent agency UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
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Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Exclusive: Terry Richardson banned from working with Vogue and other leading mags, leaked email shows — Terry Richardson, the fashion photographer, has been barred from working with some of the world's bestselling magazines, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.
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PolitiFact:
What you need to know about Hillary Clinton, Russia, and uranium — A 2016 campaign attack involving former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her role in a uranium sale that involved Russia is back in the news. — With new revelations, increased media attention and reader requests, we decided to take another look.
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Karl Mathiesen / Climate Home:
Jerry Brown: ‘California will sue Trump over climate’ — Governor says state will use the courts to block the erosion of US climate actions, 'just like the Republicans tried to block Obama's efforts' — California governor Jerry Brown said on Tuesday that his state would fight Donald Trump's erosion …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Cindy Sheehan: ‘Bush Was No Better’ Than Donald Trump … With the controversy swirling about President Trump's phone call with the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson who, along with three other service members who were killed in Niger, it's worth recalled the case of Cindy Sheehan.
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