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Simon van Zuylen-Wood / New York Magazine:
Does This Man Know More Than Robert Mueller? — It's 10:45 p.m. Rio de Janeiro time. Glenn Greenwald and I are finishing dinner at a deserted bistro in Ipanema. The restaurant, which serves its sweating beer bottles in metal buckets and goes heavy on the protein, is almost aggressively unremarkable …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Graham: Stephen Miller makes immigration deal impossible — (S.C.) warned on Sunday that the White House staff is undercutting President Trump — and Congress's ability to get a deal on immigration. — “Every time we have a proposal it is only yanked back by staff members.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Graham tees off on Stephen Miller over immigration — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday renewed his criticism of White House aides' handling of immigration, portraying them as having undercut President Donald Trump's ability to cut a deal as the government shutdown entered its second day.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
The Shutdown Is About Who Gets to Be an American
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law — That's peanuts compared with what the Koch brothers will save. — Just days after the House passed its version of the federal tax law slashing corporate tax rates, House Speaker Paul Ryan collected nearly $500,000 …
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Ryan Koronowski / ThinkProgress:
White House attempts to distance itself from incendiary ad approved by Trump. It didn't go well. — The ad literally concludes “I'm Donald Trump and I approve this message.” — On Saturday, Donald Trump's re-election campaign aired an incendiary, unhinged new ad claiming that Democrats …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FBI ‘Failed To Preserve’ Five Months Of Text Messages Between Anti-Trump FBI Agents — The FBI “failed to preserve” five months worth of text messages exchanged between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, the two FBI employees who made pro-Clinton and anti-Trump comments while working on the Clinton email …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
More texts turned over from FBI agent taken off Mueller team
More texts turned over from FBI agent taken off Mueller team
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Newly released texts between ex-Mueller team members suggest they knew outcome of Clinton email probe in advance
Newly released texts between ex-Mueller team members suggest they knew outcome of Clinton email probe in advance
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YouTube:
Complicit — Donald Trump was elected President to build the wall and keep American families safe from evil, illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes against lawful U...
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Trump campaign ad says Democrats are “complicit” in murders committed by undocumented immigrants
Trump campaign ad says Democrats are “complicit” in murders committed by undocumented immigrants
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Eric Trump: The government shutdown is ‘good for us’ politically
Eric Trump: The government shutdown is ‘good for us’ politically
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Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post:
Trump's 24-year-old drug policy appointee was let go at law firm after he 'just didn't show' — A former Trump campaign worker appointed at age 23 to a top position in the White House's drug policy office had been let go from a job at a law firm because he repeatedly missed work, a partner at the firm said.
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Now on Stage, Stormy Daniels: A Strip Club and a Presidency Meet After Dark — GREENVILLE, S.C. — One by one, the patrons lurched to the stage's edge, summoned by the siren song of stale arena rock and toplessness — a sea of large men with small bills and slight smiles …
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The Daily Beast:
FBI: Devin Nunes Won't Show Us Memo Alleging Surveillance Abuses — The FBI has yet to see a controversial memo alleging the intelligence community engaged in grave abuses. And that could make friction between the Hill and the bureau even worse. — BETSY WOODRUFF1.21.18 4:17 PM ET
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Barton Deiters / WOOD-TV:
Kzoo doctor detained by ICE after 40 years in US — KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Even as the issue of immigration has been central to the government shutdown in Washington, a respected doctor at Kalamazoo's Bronson Methodist Hospital who has been living in America for nearly 40 years finds himself …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump calls for Republicans to trigger ‘nuclear option’ if stalemate continues — on Sunday called for Senate Republicans to trigger the so-called nuclear option if the government shutdown continues and pass a long-term budget with 51 votes. — “Great to see how hard Republicans are fighting …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Shutdown could hurt Democrats seeking reelection in Trump states
Shutdown could hurt Democrats seeking reelection in Trump states
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Amid record low one-year approval rating, half of Americans question Trump's mental stability: POLL — A year in the presidential spotlight hasn't been kind to President Donald Trump: His approval rating is the lowest in modern polling for a president at this point, with deep deficits on policy and personal matters alike.
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Jen Yamato / Los Angeles Times:
Yes, Scarlett Johansson was calling out James Franco in her Women's March speech — Addressing the 500,000 Women's March attendees gathered in downtown Los Angeles Saturday and even more onlookers livestreaming it at home, Scarlett Johansson began her speech with a pointed barb aimed squarely at James Franco.
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New York Daily News:
Midtown alt-right bash turns violent after protester slugs, chokes partygoer — Violence erupted outside an alt-right gala in Midtown Saturday when a black-clad protester punched and choked a partygoer, cops said. — Far-right provocateur Mike Cernovich was inside the event at the FREQNYC nightclub …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
1 Son, 4 Overdoses, 6 Hours — Drug deaths draw the most notice, but more addicted people live than die. For them and their families, life can be a relentless cycle of worry, hope and chaos. — PEMBROKE, N.H. — The first time Patrick Griffin overdosed one afternoon in May …
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