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KMOV-TV:
Blackmail alleged as Governor Greitens admits to extramarital affair — ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — Governor Eric Greitens on Wednesday night confirmed to News 4 he had an extramarital affair, an admission a months-long News 4 investigation prompted. — In a recording obtained by News 4 …
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Politico, Raw Story, Axios, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, twitchy.com, AOL, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and The Gateway Pundit
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Moira Donegan / thecut:
I Started the Media Men List My name is Moira Donegan. — In October, I created a Google spreadsheet called “Shitty Media Men” that collected a range of rumors and allegations of sexual misconduct, much of it violent, by men in magazines and publishing. The anonymous, crowdsourced document …
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New York Times, The Guardian, Mashable, ThinkProgress, Splinter and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
A Feminist Twitter Campaign Targets Harper's Magazine and Katie Roiphe — It started with a tweet on Tuesday afternoon. By the next morning, five writers were said to have pulled stories planned for future issues of Harper's Magazine — an effort to pressure the magazine not to reveal …
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Washington Post, Mashable, Splinter, Fast Company, thecut, No More Mister Nice Blog and bradford-delong.com, more at Mediagazer »
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Mueller adds veteran cyber prosecutor to special-counsel team — Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has added a veteran cyber prosecutor to his team, filling what has long been a gap in expertise and potentially signaling a recent focus on computer crimes.
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Wall Street Journal, Politico, Washington Monthly, Raw Story, Hullabaloo, The Gateway Pundit and Axios
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Bradley P. Moss / Politico:
This Is How Trump's Lawyers Are Probably Prepping Him for the Mueller Showdown — As reports emerge that special counsel Robert Mueller is looking to put President Donald Trump in the interview chair, you're probably wondering how the president's legal team can and should prepare him for that meeting if it happens.
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The Daily Beast, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Post
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
GOP may skip budget, kneecapping 2018 ambitions — Republican leaders are considering skipping passage of a GOP budget this year — a blow to the party's weakened fiscal hawks that would squash all 2018 efforts to revamp entitlements or repeal Obamacare. — White House and Hill GOP leaders discussed …
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Shareblue Media, New York Magazine, ABC News and Breitbart
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Democratic leaders face internal mutiny over Dreamers deal — Democratic leaders are facing a potential revolt within their ranks as they edge toward a deal with Republicans that would protect Dreamers from deportation but also include concessions to conservatives that many Democratic lawmakers say are unacceptable.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Political Wire
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump's secret plan to scrap Obamacare
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Democrats to invite sex misconduct victims to Trump's State of the Union — WASHINGTON — Some Democratic House members are planning to invite victims of sexual assault to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address later this month to highlight the issue, according to an aide …
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Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, Business Insider, thecut and Shareblue Media
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Wolff Eats Its Own — Guess what? Donald Trump is a raving idiot. Every sentient person knows this, and if Michael Wolff is to be believed, so does most everyone in the White House. So why are we talking about Wolff's book “Fire and Fury” as if it's the news sensation of the decade?
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RealClearPolitics, The Atlantic, Slate and New York Magazine
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David Byler / Weekly Standard:
The Republican Civil War Heads to Arizona — New poll shows Arpaio and McSally in a tight race. — On Tuesday, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, jumped into the race for Arizona's now-open Senate seat. Arpaio is, to put it mildly, controversial.
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National Review, Business Insider, New York Times, ThinkProgress and RedState
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Amita Kelly / NPR:
‘Deport Them’: Arpaio Departs From Trump On DACA Recipients
‘Deport Them’: Arpaio Departs From Trump On DACA Recipients
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The Atlantic, IJR, Notes, The Hill and KNXV
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Republicans Have 4 Convicted Criminals Running For Congress In 2018
Republicans Have 4 Convicted Criminals Running For Congress In 2018
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twitchy.com
David Harsanyi / New York Post:
The Trump dossier's credibility is collapsing — No sooner did Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, unilaterally release the testimony of Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson than liberals and their advocates in the media were claiming victory.
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Power Line and Business Insider
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
The Crime Is Worse Than The Coverup
The Crime Is Worse Than The Coverup
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Vox, The Guardian, Booman Tribune, Washington Post, Shareblue Media, The Mahablog and New York Magazine
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You can count on me — I am unequivocally running for re-election and confident that my views reflect the values and the needs of my constituents here in Orange County. I've never run away from a fight over things I believe and I'm not about to start now. I have faith in myself and I have faith in our voters.
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The Daily Beast
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Retirements of veteran Republicans fuel GOP fears of losing House majority
Retirements of veteran Republicans fuel GOP fears of losing House majority
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Politico, Washington Examiner and Splinter
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Rep. Darrell Issa to retire, handing Democrats another big pick-up opportunity in California
Rep. Darrell Issa to retire, handing Democrats another big pick-up opportunity in California
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Shareblue Media
Washington Post:
Trump's Netherlands ambassador was asked to name a person ‘burned’ because of Islam. He couldn't. — Peter Hoekstra, the newly minted U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, held his first conference with the Dutch media at his new residence in the Hague Wednesday. — It did not go well.
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Politico, The Intercept, Splinter and Raw Story
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Top Fox News D.C. Reporter James Rosen Left Network After Harassment Claims — On the Friday before Christmas, Fox News confirmed that its chief Washington correspondent, James Rosen, had left the network. He had worked there for 18 years and had become something of a legend.
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Washington Examiner, NBC News, IJR, Washington Post, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, AOL, RedState, Mediaite, twitchy.com and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »
Nick Penzenstadler / USA Today:
Trump sold $35M in real estate in 2017, mostly to secretive buyers — President Trump's companies sold more than $35 million in real estate in 2017, mostly to secretive shell companies that obscure buyers' identities, continuing a dramatic shift in his customers' behavior that began during the election, a USA TODAY review found.
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Axios
National Review:
The GOP Must Win a Better Deal on DACA — At a partially televised bipartisan meeting about immigration on Tuesday, President Trump demonstrated that he's not, despite the fevered fantasies of the Left, senile; unfortunately, he also demonstrated that he's not necessarily reliable on immigration policy.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Seeks to Change Rules on Bank Lending to the Poor — Regulators plan to revamp rules governing banks under the Community Reinvestment Act — The Trump administration plans to unveil a major revision to decades-old banking rules that mandate lending to poor borrowers.
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The Daily Caller
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Google's New ‘Fact-Checker’ Is Partisan Garbage — In the midst of the “fake news” hysteria last year, Google launched a project to help curate reliable information for its readers by identifying articles and sites that need fact-checking. And this may come as a surprise to some of you …
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Power Line, LifeNews.com, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and The Resurgent
John Sexton / Hot Air:
Steven Pinker: Here's How Political Correctness Winds Up Creating Its Own Antagonists — This is a week old so forgive me if you've seen it already but I just came across it today. In this clip, Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker makes the case that political correctness actually winds …
PRRI:
Diversity, Division, Discrimination: The State of Young America | MTV/PRRI Report — I. Perceptions of Discrimination, Personal Experience with Bias, and Concerns about Safety — Experiences with bias and discrimination are relatively common among young people age 15-24.
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Washington Post
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Post reporter Joel Achenbach suspended for 90 days for ‘inappropriate workplace conduct’ — The Washington Post suspended reporter Joel Achenbach on Wednesday for what it called “inappropriate workplace conduct” involving current and former female colleagues.
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New York Times, The Hill and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Harriet Sinclair / Newsweek:
DONALD TRUMP'S SPIRITUAL ADVISER PAULA WHITE SUGGESTS PEOPLE SEND HER THEIR JANUARY SALARY OR FACE CONSEQUENCES FROM GOD — Donald Trump's spiritual adviser has suggested that people send her money in order to transform their lives, or face divine consequences.
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The Daily Caller
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Sessions tries to impress Trump with moves at Justice. It hasn't worked. — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to find his way back into President Trump's good graces. — For months, Sessions has asked senior White House aides to make sure the president knows what he is doing …
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Political Wire
AJ Dellinger / International Business Times:
Project Veritas Twitter Video: Company Responds To Allegations It Can Share Trump's Deleted, Direct Messages — Project Veritas, the controversial investigative publication founded by James O'Keefe and best known for posting edited undercover video footage that is sometimes doctored …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit and Project Veritas
WREG-TV:
Navy veteran's mother denied visa to attend his funeral — BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. — He proudly served his country, but when it came time to bury him, a Navy veteran's father said the government wouldn't grant his son's mother a visa to attend his funeral. — Ngoc Truong, a four-year Navy veteran …
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Raw Story