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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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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God. and The Atlantic
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Tax Cuts Are the Glue Holding a Fractured Republican Party Together — WASHINGTON — The Republican tax plan is a bit like having a baby to save a failing marriage. — With divisions roiling the party, the prospect of a once-in-a-generation bill to cut taxes on businesses …
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Washington Post, The American Conservative, ABC News and Politico

Jeff Flake's Defiant Surrender — In 1911, in the midst of a debate about whether Britain's House of Lords should willingly give up its veto power over legislation or fight a doomed battle to retain its privileges, a British peer, Lord Selborne, framed the debate for his fellow lords this way …
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JustOneMinute, Political Wire and The American Conservative


Virtually every Republican now a Trump Republican — So much media coverage centers on four Republican Trump critics — one retired, two retiring and one facing a deadly, possibly career- or life-ending cancer: George W. Bush, Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker …
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House GOP tax leader threatens to break Trump's promise not to change 401(k) rules — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady on Wednesday suggested a tax bill he is preparing to introduce could force changes to 401(k) plans and other retirement accounts, potentially bucking …


After Day of Feuding, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker Join Trump to Upend a Major Consumer Protection
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Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate
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Jeff Flake Authenticates The Party Of Trump
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Poll: Voters see Trump as reckless, not honest
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The Daily 202: Flake and Corker feel liberated to speak their minds. That should terrify Trump.
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Spare Me Your “Poor Jeff Flake is a Victim” Horsecrap Hot Takes
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No More Mister Nice Blog


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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The Clinton camp and DNC funded what became the Trump-Russia dossier: Here's what it means
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, IJR and National Review

Clinton Campaign and Democratic Party Helped Pay for Russia Trump Dossier
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, RedState and The Daily Caller

The FBI's Political Meddling
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Former US president George HW Bush apologises after actress claims he ‘sexually assaulted’ her from his WHEELCHAIR in this photograph - with his wife Barbara standing by his side — Actress Heather Lind made allegations Tuesday claiming when she met former President George H.W. Bush, 93 …
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George H. W. Bush Apologizes to Actress After She Claims He ‘Sexually Assaulted’ Her During a Photo Shoot — George H. W. Bush has apologized to an actress who accused him of sexually assaulting her while they posed for a photograph together four years ago.
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Four Quitters Walk Into a Bar... I have met Trump haters before, lots of them, the kind who seize upon every conspiracy theory and refuse to give him any benefit of any doubt. The four people I recently spent the morning with at Solly's Tavern in D.C. (sans booze, don't worry) were not Trump haters.
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Political Wire


US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown faced complaints over ‘cultural misunderstanding’ — U.S Ambassador Scott Brown explains his conduct during a Peace Corps function in Samoa. — US Ambassador Scott Brown has fronted over mounting “innuendo and rumour” about a State Department investigation into his behaviour.
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NAACP Issues National Travel Advisory for American Airlines — Calls for Meeting with Airlines to Discuss Troublesome Issues — (October 24, 2017) - The NAACP, the nation's original and largest social justice advocacy organization, has released the following statement today announcing …
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Republicans on House's Trump-Russia Probe Not That Interested in Trump or Russia … In front of cable news cameras and on Twitter, the tensions between Republicans and Democrats on the House intelligence committee's Trump-Russia investigation are pointed and more than occasionally nasty.
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Salon, Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo
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Trump-Russia investigators gathering documents from estate of GOP operative, sources say
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Clinton lawyer, DNC helped bankroll research that led to Trump-Russia dossier
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YouTube Trumpkin and Former Milo Intern Kills His Own Dad for Calling Him a Nazi … Something had set Lane Davis off, but that wasn't unusual. — It was a clear summer afternoon on July 14, on Samish Island—a small, idyllic community off the northwest coast of Washington state—where Lane …
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Raw Story


Breakdown in North Korea Talks Sounds Alarms on Capitol Hill — WASHINGTON — Diplomatic efforts between the United States and North Korea are in peril with Pyongyang shunning talks in response to President Donald Trump's increased public attacks on Kim Jong Un, according to multiple U.S. government and congressional officials.
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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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Under Trump, Made in America Is Losing Out to Russian Steel — An oligarch-owned steel company is winning pipeline contracts, and foreign steel imports are up 24 percent this year. — Four days after his inauguration, Donald Trump signed a handful of executive memos to advance …

With my husband deployed, covering the news hits home — Gen. Kelly speaks at White House (full remarks) — A CNN correspondent whose husband is on his sixth deployment anchors a show and struggles to keep it together as the White House briefing turns to military deaths
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Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Action Suits — Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to strike down a sweeping new rule that would have allowed millions of Americans to band together in class-action lawsuits against financial institutions. — The overturning of the rule …
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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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Leon Wieseltier acknowledges ‘misdeeds’ with female colleagues
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