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Trump Data Guru: I Tried to Team Up With Julian Assange … Alexander Nix, who heads a controversial data analytics firm that worked for President Donald Trump's campaign, wrote in an email last year that he reached out to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange about Hillary Clinton's missing 33,000 emails.
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The Trump campaign is scrambling to distance itself from Cambridge Analytica amid Assange-Hillary Clinton email flap — The Trump campaign's executive director and digital director downplayed Cambridge Analytica's work for the campaign in separate remarks on Wednesday.


Second Woman: George H.W. Bush Groped Me — Earlier this week, actress Heather Lind said in a now-deleted Instagram post that former president George H.W. Bush had sexually assaulted her. “He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side,” she wrote.
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George H.W. Bush responds after actress accuses him of sexual assault — (CNN)Former president George H.W. Bush has responded after an actress alleged that he touched her inappropriately while he was sitting in his wheelchair during a photo op that took place a few years ago.
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Axios


Key Russia Probe Splinters as Grassley, Feinstein Set Own Paths — Judiciary chairman, top Democrat launch separate inquiries — Grassley looking into Hillary Clinton emails, uranium case — The Senate Judiciary Committee's bipartisan Russia probe has fractured, with Chairman Chuck Grassley …
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Raw Story
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FEC complaint accuses Clinton campaign, DNC of violating campaign finance law with dossier payments
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NewsBusters

FEC Complaint: Hillary for America & DNC Failure to Disclose
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The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com

What to Know About the Dossier of Trump Research and Who Paid for It

GOP spin about the new ‘Steele Dossier’ story is disingenuous nonsense
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and CANNONFIRE


Fox News Poll: Storms erode Trump's ratings — Was it the tweet storms or the hurricanes? Something hit President Trump's numbers. His personal ratings have deteriorated and his job approval has hit a low. — Thirty-eight percent of voters approve of the job Trump is doing in a new Fox News poll, down from 42 percent last month.
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Axios and Politicus USA
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Fox News poll: Dems lead by 15 points on generic ballot
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Political Wire


As G.O.P. Bends Toward Trump, Critics Either Give In or Give Up — Despite the fervor of President Trump's Republican opponents, the president's brand of hard-edge nationalism — with its gut-level cultural appeals and hard lines on trade and immigration — is taking root within his adopted party …
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and NewsBusters
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McConnell allies declare open warfare on Bannon — Allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared open warfare on Wednesday against Stephen K. Bannon, the former White House chief strategist and leader of an insurrection aimed at defeating mainstream GOP candidates in next year's midterm elections.
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Political Wire


San Juan mayor calls for canceling ‘alarming’ contract for Puerto Rican power repairs … WASHINGTON — A $300 million contract to fix Puerto Rico's hurricane-damaged power grid that was given to a tiny Montana company should be voided, said San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz …
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Tesla Turns Power Back On At Children's Hospital In Puerto Rico
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Mashable, The Daily Caller and Grist


FBI informant in Obama-era Russian nuclear bribery cleared to testify before Congress — The Justice Department on Wednesday night released a former FBI informant from a confidentiality agreement, allowing him to testify before Congress about what he witnessed undercover …
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The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
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Hey, I Can Play This Game Too, Guys — I have a confession to make. I'm black. — I'm a black guy with black parents and black relatives and even some black friends. I also work at Morgan State, a historically black university. And since we're keeping it 100, I'm the political editor at The Root …


Trump: ‘I went to an Ivy league college’ — President Trump on Wednesday cited his Ivy League education in pushing back at the notion that he is an uncivil leader. — “You know people don't understand, I went to an Ivy League college,” he told reporters at the White House. “I was a nice student.
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Pitched as Calming Force, John Kelly Instead Mirrors Boss's Priorities — WASHINGTON — Last summer, the Trump administration debated lowering the annual cap on refugees admitted to the United States. Should it stay at 110,000, be cut to 50,000 or fall somewhere in between? John F. Kelly offered his opinion.


Kellogg's to replace racially insensitive Corn Pops boxes following Twitter call out — Kellogg's will be redesigning Corn Pops cereal boxes after a complaint about racially insensitive art on the packaging. — The Battle Creek, Mich.-based cereal and snack maker said on Twitter Wednesday …
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grubstreet, The Root and Vox Popoli


‘I Was Blind And Complicit And Just, Like, Did Nothing’: New Republic Staffers Speak Out — The magazine's literary editor, Leon Wieseltier, is accused of harassment and inappropriate behavior. — WASHINGTON Soon after the long-whispered allegations concerning Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein came …


Reddit Is Removing Nazi And Alt-Right Groups As Part Of A New Policy And Some Users Are Confused — Reddit is purging Nazi, white supremacist, and other hate-based groups from its site as part of a new policy change announced Wednesday that targets and bans certain violent material.
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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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Business Insider, RedState, twitchy.com and Raw Story


Progressive, “Fair Wage” Pizza Shop Closing Its Doors — In the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston back in 2015, the people at the nonprofit organization Haley House came up with a novel idea. They would open a pizza shop based on the principles of economic justice and fair wages to support the community.
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Why Joe Biden Didn't Run . . . And Why He's Not Ruling Out 2020 — In a cruel twist, Joe Biden's planned 2016 presidential campaign was upended by the death of its foremost booster, his 46-year-old son, Beau, from brain cancer. Will the former vice president make a run in 2020?
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ABC News, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, IJR, Washington Free Beacon, New York's PIX11 and Political Wire


Record-High Support for Legalizing Marijuana Use in U.S. — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to warm to legalizing marijuana, with 64% now saying its use should be made legal. This is the highest level of public support Gallup has found for the proposal in nearly a half-century of measurement.
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Las Vegas shooter's laptop missing its hard drive — A laptop computer recovered from the Las Vegas hotel room where Stephen Paddock launched the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was missing its hard drive, depriving investigators of a potential key source of information on why he killed …
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The Gateway Pundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller, IJR, TheBlaze and neo-neocon


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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Black customer terrified by locksmith's racist text message — SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) - A Southfield woman in need of a locksmith was shocked after getting a glimpse of a text conversation the worker had about her. — The message may have been a joke but that woman was not laughing - instead she was pretty shaken up.


Child faces deportation after crossing checkpoint for gall bladder surgery — A Guatemalan migrant mother and son have called an Austin, Texas church home for more than a year. They have no intentions of leaving it, due to their fear of being deported. (Feb. 23) AP — CONNECT
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The Hill, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Raw Story and The Guardian

With business booming under Trump, private prison giant gathers at president's resort — DORAL, Fla. — In recent years, the private prison company GEO Group has held its annual leadership conference at venues near its Boca Raton headquarters. But this year, the company moved its gathering …
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Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo and Joe.My.God.


Clovis student who participated in racist messages is beat up at school — Buchanan High School students are reporting that a student who participated in a racist Snapchat conversation was beat up last week upon his return to school. — A video circulating on social media shows …