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David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump Tower meeting with Russians ‘treasonous’, Bannon says in explosive book … Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president's son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” …
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Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Didn't Want to Be President — One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration's shocked first days. — Election Night: It “looked as if he had seen a ghost.” — On the afternoon of November 8, 2016, Kellyanne Conway settled into her glass office at Trump Tower.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon touches the third rail of Trumpworld — Steve Bannon gave an interview to author Michael Wolff that is jaw dropping — even by Bannon's extreme standards. — Why this matters: Bannon's comments won't surprise anyone who's spoken to him, but as on the record statements they are shocking sources close to the president.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
New book: Rupert Murdoch called Trump a ‘f—ing idiot’ — Rupert Murdoch once called President Trump — a “f—ing idiot” according to an excerpt of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” by Michael Wolff, that was published by New York Magazine on Wednesday.
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Breitbart:
Book: Steve Bannon Calls Kushner, Manafort, Don Jr. Trump Tower Meeting with Russians ‘Treasonous’ — Former Trump Chief Strategist Steve Bannon describes Don Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort's infamous Trump Tower meeting with Russians during the 2016 campaign as “unpatriotic” …
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Bannon: 2016 Trump Tower meeting was ‘treasonous’ — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — The book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” by Michael Wolff, is based on hundreds of interviews — Bannon also reportedly told Wolff: “They're going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV”
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Bannon said there's ‘zero’ chance Trump didn't know about Don Jr.'s Russia meeting: report
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Furious: Steve Bannon ‘Not Only Lost His Job, He Lost His Mind’
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
WAR: Bannon Goes To War With Trump, Calls Trump-Russia Campaign Activities ‘Treasonous’
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The scary reality behind Trump's long Tuesday of weird tweets — He's relying on Fox News for all his information. — As many of the people I follow on social media headed to bed on January 2 alarmed by President Donald Trump's decision to tweet out a penis size comparison challenge …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Some White House officials fear accidental war — President Trump's boast last night that he has a “bigger & more powerful” Nuclear Button (caps, Trump's) than North Korea has some administration insiders worried that we could blunder into war. — What they're saying …
Paul Musgrave / Washington Post:
There is no secret master plan. Trump is the WYSIWYG president. — No, the tweets aren't just a distraction. — Donald Trump has dominated discussions of American politics since his June 2015 speech announcing his candidacy. He sparked the first of a seemingly endless series …
CNN:
North Korea calls hotline to South Korea in diplomatic breakthrough
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Protesters accuse Twitter CEO of being ‘complicit’ after Trump nuclear button tweet
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New York Times:
The Republicans' Fake Investigations — A generation ago, Republicans sought to protect President Richard Nixon by urging the Senate Watergate committee to look at supposed wrongdoing by Democrats in previous elections. The committee chairman, Sam Ervin, a Democrat, said that would be …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Fusion GPS founders say they were ‘shocked’ by contents of ‘Steele dossier’
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Trump-Russia dossier firm just told all in bombshell NY Times op-ed
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Associated Press:
The Latest: 2 new Democrats sworn in as senators — The Latest on the swearing in of two new Senate Democrats (all times local): — Noon: — Vice President Mike Pence has sworn into office the two newest members of the Senate, Democrats Doug Jones of Alabama and Tina Smith of Minnesota.
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump UN pick who praised Milo Yiannopoulos among nominations sent back to White House
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Senate Transforms With Arrival Of 2 New Democrats
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Some Trump Supporters Think Mueller's Grand Jury Has Too Many Black People — The racist attack on the federal grand jury in D.C. adds to the ways the president's backers are trying to discredit the Russia probe. — WASHINGTON Supporters of President Donald Trump have opened a new line …
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Fox's Kilmeade: Mueller grand jury not even ‘demographically pursuing justice’
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Melanie Schmitz / ThinkProgress:
Fox & Friends host delivers racist attack on Mueller grand jury
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The Register:
‘Kernel memory leaking’ Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign — Other OSes will need an update, performance hits loom — A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug.
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TMZ.com:
Paul Sorvino Says About Harvey Weinstein, ‘I Will Kill That MF’ for Blacklisting Mira — Paul Sorvino seems to prefer street justice to the whole judicial thing ... because he wants revenge against Harvey Weinstein in the worst way. — Sorvino was leaving Bristol Farms in WeHo Tuesday night …
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks on Power and the #MeToo Moment — In a wide-ranging conversation, the stars discuss President Trump, the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein case and why they hadn't worked together until “The Post.” — “The Post” tells of the tense days leading …
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James Risen / The Intercept:
My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror … I was sitting in the nearly empty restaurant of the Westin Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia, getting ready for a showdown with the federal government that I had been trying to avoid for more than seven years.
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Mandy Mayfield / Washington Examiner:
Roy Moore's Jewish lawyer voted for Doug Jones, raised money for his campaign — The Jewish attorney who Roy Moore's wife touted employing in an attempt to fight off claims of anti-Semitism is actually a longtime friend and supporter of Senator-elect Doug Jones, who defeated Moore last month.
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New York Times:
Florida's 1.5 Million Missing Voters — Everyone remembers that the 2000 presidential election was decided by 537 votes in Florida. Far fewer remember another important number from the state that year — 620,000, the Floridians who were barred from voting because state records showed …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Hoda Kotb's ‘Today’ salary won't even compare to Lauer's — Hoda Kotb made history by officially landing Matt Lauer's former “Today” show job — but she is still being paid around $18 million less per year than her disgraced male predecessor. — On Monday, Kotb was named co-anchor of the NBC franchise …
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CNN:
Winter ‘bomb cyclone’ threatens East Coast, bringing temps colder than Mars — (CNN)A massive “bombogenesis” — an area of rapidly declining low pressure — will wreak havoc on the Northeast this week, threatening hurricane-force winter wind gusts in a region already crippled by deadly cold.
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