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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump sought release of classified Russia memo, putting him at odds with Justice Department … On Wednesday, as Republicans were clamoring to make public a secret document that they think will undercut the investigation into Russian meddling, President Trump made clear his desire: release the memo.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department withholds majority of FBI texts — The Justice Department has given Congress less than 15 percent of the texts between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page - and that is all Congress is likely to get, at least until department experts finish an effort to recover …
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American Thinker and The Gateway Pundit
Jill Abramson / The Guardian:
Trump's attack on the FBI is an attack on the US constitution itself
Trump's attack on the FBI is an attack on the US constitution itself
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Daily Kos and Washington Post
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Necessity of Stephen Miller — After 12 years of failed attempts at immigration reform, the current round of negotiations are turning on a strangely personalized question: When a deal is being made, should Stephen Miller be at the table? — Miller is the White House's point man for immigration policy …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC finance chair Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment allegations — Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn on Saturday stepped down as Republican National Committee finance chairman, according to three senior Republicans briefed on the decision. — The decision followed a Friday report …
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Nicole Karlis / Salon:
RNC silent on millions of dollars donated by Steve Wynn
RNC silent on millions of dollars donated by Steve Wynn
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Scandal-ridden GOP donor spoke at Mar-a-Lago last week
Scandal-ridden GOP donor spoke at Mar-a-Lago last week
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Hits Alps, but Melania Is Frosty in Florida — WASHINGTON — Melania has learned a few things from the master. — The first lady will never be as brilliant at trolling as her husband. He is an idiot-savant who plays in the roiling ocean of Twitter as naturally as a blubbery-necked sea lion.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Jordan Bhatt / International Business Times:
Donald Trump tells Theresa May he won't visit the UK unless she bans protests — Trump sets no-protest condition for visit to UK. — Donald Trump is refusing to visit the UK unless Theresa May can ensure that he is not met with protests. — Bloomberg revealed that Trump complained …
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in final weeks of 2016 campaign — Russian-linked automated Twitter accounts, or bots, retweeted Donald Trump almost half a million times in the final weeks before the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Twitter told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Twitter: Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in last months of election
Twitter: Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in last months of election
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New York Times:
The Follower Factory — Everyone wants to be popular online. — Some even pay for it. — Inside social media's black market. — Celebrities, athletes, pundits and politicians are buying millions of fake followers. — While the world's social media platforms look the other way.
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Plot Against America — I. The Wisdom of Friends — the clinic permitted paul manafort one 10-minute call each day. And each day, he would use it to ring his wife from Arizona, his voice often soaked in tears. “Apparently he sobs daily,” his daughter Andrea, then 29, texted a friend.
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Political Wire
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Let Him Stay. Women Say His Harassment Continued. — Hillary Clinton at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. — Justin Sullivan / Getty Images — In 2007, while working for the candidate who hoped to be the first female president, a young woman filed a complaint …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Russian opposition leader Navalny arrested — MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russian protests Sunday (all times local): — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been arrested in Moscow as protest demonstrations called by him took place across the country.
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John A. Farrell / Politico:
Can Joe Kennedy Beat the State of the Union Curse? — This year's opposition response to the State of the Union address has two elements to lift it from its status as a star-crossed, sometimes futile exercise: One, the president's name is Donald Trump; two, the responder is named Kennedy.
Associated Press:
Amid turmoil, Trump seeking a reset with State of the Union — WASHINGTON (AP) — Beset by poor poll numbers and the grind of the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump will look to reset his term with his first State of the Union address, arguing that his tax cut and economic policies will benefit all Americans.
Associated Press:
Trump: I would be ‘tougher’ in Brexit talks than UK's May — U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming he would take a “tougher” attitude toward Brexit negotiations with the European Union than the approach now being used by British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Every One of the World's Big Economies Is Now Growing
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans redefine morality as whatever Trump does — Someday, likely three years from now, perhaps sooner, perhaps — gulp — later, President Trump will depart the stage. — But what will be left of us? — New evidence suggests that the damage he is doing to the culture is bigger than the man.
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Common Dreams
Fox News:
Florida Democrat removed from office, faces corruption charges following FBI sting — FBI sting operation busts Hallandale Beach mayor. — A Florida mayor was removed from office Friday after she was arrested and charged with three felony corruption charges.
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Sun-Sentinel and IJR
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Susannah Bryan / Sun-Sentinel:
Mayor sought illegal funds for political allies, records allege
Mayor sought illegal funds for political allies, records allege
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