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The Post's endorsements in Virginia — THE RESULTS of Virginia's gubernatorial primaries this spring, in which Democrat Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie each beat more extreme party challengers, looked promising for the commonwealth's voters, whose record of electing …
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Washington Post:
What Va. voters can agree on: These guys and Trump are from different planets — At a happy-hour gathering at Freddie's Beach Bar, a gay tiki bar in Crystal City, the evening's main dish was Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, the amiable pediatrician from the Eastern Shore who is the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to Lowest Level Yet in New NBC News/WSJ Poll — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has declined to the lowest point of his presidency, and nearly half of voters want their vote in the 2018 midterms to be a message for more Democrats …
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Axios and Political Wire
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Roger Stone Banned From Twitter After Threatening CNN Anchors — Although Stone's account is gone, some of his tweets were embedded by news outlets in stories, so the text remains. — Roger Stone has been banned from Twitter permanently after a vulgar meltdown Friday aimed at CNN reporters …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Roger Stone vows legal action over Twitter suspension
Roger Stone vows legal action over Twitter suspension
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Political Wire
BuzzFeed:
FBI Probe Of Paul Manafort Focuses On 13 “Suspicious” Wire Transfers — BuzzFeed News has learned of a series of wire transfers, made by companies linked to Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, that federal officials deemed suspicious. Many of the wires went …
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Political Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Trumps set to launch two real estate projects in India, despite conflict-of-interest concerns — KOLKATA, India — President Trump's eldest son, Donald Jr., is expected to launch two residential projects in India for the Trump Organization in the coming weeks, continuing the family's promotion …
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Political Wire
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump sons to launch real estate project in India
Los Angeles Times:
When men with power go too far: After years of whispers, women speak out about harassment in California's Capitol — It started with a dinner invitation from a former assemblyman more than twice her age. He had offered his services as a mentor, but his hand reaching for her knee under the table revealed other intentions.
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Obama's Campaign Paid $972,000 To Law Firm That Secretly Paid Fusion GPS In 2016 — Since April of 2016, Obama's campaign organization has paid nearly a million dollars to the law firm that funneled money to Fusion GPS to compile a dossier of unverified allegations against Donald Trump.
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Washington Post, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos and Vox
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Home Builders Will Oppose Republican Tax Bill — National Association of Home Builders concerned about mortgage-interest deduction; Republicans say will retain an itemized deduction for property taxes — WASHINGTON—An influential home builders group will oppose the House Republicans' forthcoming tax bill …
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Axios
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Misery Filter — At Christmas in 2015, the psychiatrist and blogger Scott Alexander wrote a post about his experience treating people “in a wealthy, mostly white college town consistently ranked one of the best places to live in the country.” Despite being in the sort of place …
Brian Faler / Politico:
House GOP tosses conservative playbook in bid for tax reform — House Republicans are so desperate for a win on taxes that they're agreeing to proposals that would have caused internal party warfare just a year or two ago. — They're considering forgoing a big cut in the top income tax rate on the rich …
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Political Wire
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump team's response to Russia news: Focus on Clinton, leaks or anything else — The White House has been anticipating for months that special counsel Robert Mueller would eventually file criminal charges in his Russia investigation. But President Donald Trump, his lawyers …
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Hullabaloo, Raw Story and CANNONFIRE
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump lawyers scramble to prepare for new stage of Russia probe
Trump lawyers scramble to prepare for new stage of Russia probe
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ThinkProgress, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, TalkLeft, Lawfare, IJR, The Week, Shareblue Media, Political Wire, Mediaite and WRIC-TV
Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Campaign flier paid for by Virginia GOP ‘misgenders’ Democratic candidate — Democratic nominee for the House of Delegates 13th district seat, Danica Roem, left, is running against Del. Bob Marshall in the 13th House of Delegates District. Marshall has introduced legislation similar to North Carolina's transgender bathroom law.
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
‘White Lives Matter’ organizers cancel second rally after taunts from counterprotesters … SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Crowds of protesters began gathering at 8 a.m. on a cold, cloudy Saturday. They'd come to see Nazis. But, two hours later, there were still none.
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The Root, Balloon Juice and The Week
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