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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. told court of source's political influence in request to wiretap ex-Trump campaign aide, officials say … The court that approved surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Trump was aware that some of the information underpinning the warrant request was paid …
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QJurecic / Lawfare:
Thoughts on the Nunes Memo: We Need to Talk About Devin — After more than two weeks of mounting anticipation and hype, the memo on alleged surveillance abuses prepared by Rep. Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, has finally been #released.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Memo Escalates Clash Over Russia Probe — Release comes after the FBI expressed ‘grave concerns’ over the accuracy of the document — WASHINGTON—A Republican memo released Friday by the House of Representatives alleges abuses in how top law-enforcement officials sought the surveillance …
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Lawfare and Senator Susan Collins
Phillip Carter / Slate:
Survival at All Costs — On its face, the so-called Nunes memo regarding government surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page in 2016 does little to undermine the case against President Trump and his confederates. It does not contradict the indictments against Paul Manafort …
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Washington Is Abuzz Over the Nunes Memo. His California District, Not So Much. — VISALIA, Calif. — As Washington was abuzz Friday over the release of a classified memo, Democrats and Republicans were up in arms over its allegations. And right in the middle was Devin Nunes …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The Memo Is Neither ‘Treasonous’ Nor ‘Worse Than Watergate’ — Republicans allege a major flaw in the system for secretly spying on Americans, but we don't know enough to evaluate that claim. — House Speaker Paul Ryan was correct. Nothing in the highly anticipated memo from the Republicans …
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Asha Rangappa / New York Times:
Thank Progressives for the Nunes Memo — House Republicans released a secret memo on Friday that alleges that F.B.I. and Justice Department officials misused their authority in conducting surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page. It also claims the officials abused …
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
How Trump's Allies Fanned an Ember of Controversy Into Flames of Outrage
How Trump's Allies Fanned an Ember of Controversy Into Flames of Outrage
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Wall Street Journal:
A Reckoning for the FBI — The House memo reveals disturbing facts …
A Reckoning for the FBI — The House memo reveals disturbing facts …
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Paul Rosenzweig / Politico:
Even If You Take the Nunes Memo Seriously, It Makes No Sense
Even If You Take the Nunes Memo Seriously, It Makes No Sense
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Nunes didn't read the FISA applications mentioned in memo
Nunes didn't read the FISA applications mentioned in memo
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Jenna Lifhits / Weekly Standard:
Nunes: More Memos Are Coming
David French / National Review:
The Big Flaw in the Memo
The Big Flaw in the Memo
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
The Nunes memo: 5 takeaways
The Nunes memo: 5 takeaways
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump escalates his war with U.S. law enforcement after memo release
Trump escalates his war with U.S. law enforcement after memo release
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Bryan Logan / Business Insider:
Devin Nunes admits he didn't view the underlying intelligence his memo was based on
Devin Nunes admits he didn't view the underlying intelligence his memo was based on
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twitchy.com and CNNMoney
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry — The actress is finally ready to talk about Harvey Weinstein. — Yes, Uma Thurman is mad. — She has been raped. She has been sexually assaulted. She has been mangled in hot steel. She has been betrayed and gaslighted by those she trusted.
Josh Campbell / New York Times:
Why I Am Leaving the F.B.I. — One of the greatest honors of my life was walking across the stage at the F.B.I. Academy and receiving my special agent badge from the director at the time, Robert Mueller. After 21 weeks of intensive training, my class swore an oath and became federal agents entrusted …
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Joseph A. Wulfsohn / Mediaite:
Hannity on Memo: ‘If We Care About The Constitution,’ Mueller Probe ‘Must Be Disbanded Immediately’ — On Friday night, Sean Hannity sounded the alarms after the controversial GOP memo was made public. — The Fox News host began by touting his own coverage of the scandal for being “ahead of the curve” for months.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump's Saturday Night Massacre Is Already Happening
Trump's Saturday Night Massacre Is Already Happening
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Axios:
Exclusive poll: GOP turns on FBI — President Trump's hammering on the FBI — and green-lighting yesterday of the Russia memo's release over Bureau objections — is having a profound effect: — A SurveyMonkey poll for Axios finds that not even 40% of Republicans approve …
Maria Panaritis / Philly.com:
Bucks County Judge Clyde W. Waite was nearly arrested at his own home for being black. That's not OK. | Maria Panaritis — Judge Clyde W. Waite won't do it. Won't get angry. The low-key jurist decided long ago that even simmering rage is often counterproductive.
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
He helped Halle Berry and Taraji Henson to stardom. Now 9 minority women are accusing him of sexual harassment. … LOS ANGELES — Tamika Lamison was a 27-year-old stage actress living in New York City in June 1996 when she stepped into Hollywood manager Vincent Cirrincione's hotel suite …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Secret Alliance: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes in Egypt, With Cairo's O.K. — The jihadists in Egypt's Northern Sinai had killed hundreds of soldiers and police officers, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, briefly seized a major town and begun setting up armed checkpoints to claim territory.
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
YoMemoJokes trends nationwide, adding to Trump's humiliation over memo failure — Twitter users mocking the failed memo pushed the hashtag to the top of the national trends list overnight. — As Donald Trump took to Twitter to try to convince Americans that the GOP's overhyped memo …
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Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved … Nigel, a handsome gannet bird who lived on a desolate island off the coast of New Zealand, died suddenly this week. Wherever his soul has landed, the singles scene surely cannot be worse.
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New York Times:
Long Dominant in Statehouses, Republicans Brace for Energized Democrats — NEWTOWN, Pa. — For Republicans in the states, the political warning signs keep mounting: In Virginia, it was an electoral shellacking that nearly snapped their 20-year grip on the State House.
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Raw Story
Crispian Balmer / Reuters:
African migrants injured in Italian drive-by shootings: police — ROME (Reuters) - An Italian man opened fire on African migrants in the central city of Macerata on Saturday, injuring several people, police said, in an attack that appeared to be racially motivated.
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CNN, The Daily Caller and The Week
Jonathan Lai / Philly.com:
Pa. Supreme Court justice was biased in gerrymandering case, Republicans say — Top Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers are asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to vacate its order overturning the state's congressional district map as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, saying at least one justice in the case was biased.
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Husband of former Trump household aide scores government job — A home improvement contractor married to one of Donald and Melania Trump's former household staffers is now working as an official at the Environmental Protection Agency, the latest example of someone with a personal connection …
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