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Washington Post:
CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity … The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases — including “fetus” and “transgender” — in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.
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New York Times:
‘Trump, Trump, Trump!’ How a President's Name Became a Racial Jeer — For more coverage of race, sign up here to have our Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox. — The high school basketball squad from Eagle Grove, population 3,700, had traveled 60 miles up Highway 69 …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI officials' text message about Hillary Clinton said to be a cover story for romantic affair — Two senior FBI officials who texted each other about President Trump and Hillary Clinton relied on work phones to try to hide their romance from a spouse and made the bureau's probe …
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Althouse and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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David Sirota / International Business Times:
Donald Trump And GOP Leaders Could Be Enriched By Last Minute Tax Break Inserted Into Final Bill — Republican congressional leaders and real estate moguls could be personally enriched by a real-estate-related provision GOP lawmakers slipped into the final tax bill released Friday evening …
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Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
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New York Times:
A Middle-Class Tax Cut? Americans Aren't Buying It — Republican congressional leaders say their tax overhaul would raise wages, accelerate economic growth and give middle-class families a badly needed tax cut. — They are having a hard time convincing Americans of those claims.
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The Nation, The Verge, The Gateway Pundit and VICE News
CNN:
Trump lawyers set for key meeting with special counsel next week — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)President Donald Trump's private lawyers are slated to meet with special counsel Robert Mueller and members of his team as soon as next week for what the President's team considers an opportunity …
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The Guardian, twitchy.com, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Politicus USA
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Jenny Strasburg / Wall Street Journal:
Deutsche Bank Was Asked for Information on Transactions Potentially Linked to Michael Flynn
Deutsche Bank Was Asked for Information on Transactions Potentially Linked to Michael Flynn
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Arizona Republic, CNBC and RedState
New York Times:
E.P.A. Contractor Has Spent Past Year Scouring the Agency for Anti-Trump Officials — One of the top executives of a consulting firm that the Environmental Protection Agency has recently hired to help it with media affairs has spent the past year investigating agency employees who have been critical …
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Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Hundreds of EPA Employees Have Quit Under Trump
Hundreds of EPA Employees Have Quit Under Trump
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The Right Scoop and MichelleMalkin.com
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Why Democrats failed to tank tax reform — The tax fight has all the ingredients that helped Democrats kill Obamacare repeal: party unity on Capitol Hill, energized liberal activists and legislation that polls in the toilet. But this time it doesn't appear to be enough.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Grande Dame of Documentary is Leaving Her Home at HBO — After almost 40 years, she has reels of memorable film, a pile of awards and plenty of perspective on the current battle of the sexes. — When Sheila Nevins first started working in television in the 1970s, she thought …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Nine more women say judge subjected them to inappropriate behavior, including four who say he touched or kissed them — Nine more women say that Alex Kozinski — a high-profile judge who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit — subjected them to sexual comments or other conduct …
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Political Wire, KTLA, NPR and Axios
BostonGlobe.com:
Black conservatives reel after Omarosa resigns — WASHINGTON — When the White House senior staff convened Friday for a regular briefing, there was not one black person among the roughly 30 people gathered, and few minorities overall. — The departure Wednesday of Omarosa Manigault …
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Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Omarosa Manigault Newman's White House role fraught with tension, sources say
Omarosa Manigault Newman's White House role fraught with tension, sources say
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Business Insider, Raw Story and CBS Los Angeles
Kathy Lally / Washington Post:
The two expat bros who terrorized women correspondents in Moscow — Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames trafficked in hideous stereotypes and body-shaming. — There's more than one way to harass women. A raft of men in recent weeks have paid for accusations of sexual harassment with their companies, their jobs, their plum political posts.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Brookings fellow rips Trump: I entered through lottery system — A fellow at the Brookings Institution blasted President Trump — 's derision of the visa lottery system on Friday, putting himself forward as an example of the program's effectiveness. — “I won a green card through …
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Althouse and Hullabaloo
Rebecca Spalding / Bloomberg:
Puerto Rico to Lose Tax Advantages Under GOP Plan, Expert Says — Plan likely signals sweeping changes to the island's economy — 'It's so complicated, it's not even funny,' expert says — The final version of the Republican tax plan would end some of the tax advantages companies …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
As a Must-Pass Republican Tax Bill Headed for the Finish Line, Rubio Saw an Opening — WASHINGTON — As the Republican Party sprinted toward notching its first, and much-needed, significant legislative win in the form of a $1.5 trillion tax cut, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida spied an opening.
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Politico and Wall Street Journal
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
In Italy, #MeToo Is More Like ‘Meh’ — ROME — The women took their seats behind each of the more than 600 desks in Italy's lower house of Parliament and listened to Laura Boldrini, the chamber's president, talk about how the “Weinstein scandal” had set off a worldwide reckoning with sexual harassment and misconduct.
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
Trump hosted the NRA at the White House on the anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre — Trump thumbs his nose at the victims of the Connecticut school killing spree and enjoys quiet time at the White House with NRA gun boss. — Not only did Donald Trump not tweet out messages of condolences …
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Daily Kos, NBC News and Common Dreams
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Real Russia Scandal — In November 2006 I wrote a column for The Wall Street Journal under the headline “Russia: The Enemy.” It was then a controversial view. — At the time, Moscow had bombed Chechnya into submission. But it hadn't yet invaded Georgia and Ukraine.
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Politico, Fox News, Power Line, Washington Free Beacon and Vox
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Trump promised ‘America First’ would keep jobs here. But the tax plan might push them overseas. — Delegates hold signs reading “Make America First Again” during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. It was a theme of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
Facebook:
Hard Questions: Is Spending Time on Social Media Bad for Us? — By David Ginsberg, Director of Research, and Moira Burke, Research Scientist at Facebook — With people spending more time on social media, many rightly wonder whether that time is good for us. Do people connect in meaningful ways online?
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Fox News Women Furious Over Rupert Murdoch Comments On Sexual Misconduct — The media mogul said claims of rampant sexual harassment at the network are “nonsense.” — Current and former female Fox News employees say they are stunned, disgusted and “hungry for justice” …
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