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TIME:
Carter Page Touted Kremlin Contacts in 2013 Letter  —  Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page bragged that he was an adviser to the Kremlin in a letter obtained by TIME that raises new questions about the extent of Page's contacts with the Russian government over the years.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Answering 3 key questions about the House memo  —  It's fair to say that much of the media reaction to the House Intelligence Committee “FISA abuse” memo has been a mixture of scorn and ridicule.  Many commentators have called the memo wrong, worthless, or worse.  —  House Republicans expected as much, from the usual suspects.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Judge responds to Justice Department over Nunes memo  —  Washington (CNN)A federal judge told the Department of Justice to explain why the release of the House Intelligence Committee's memo today shouldn't force investigators to acknowledge the existence of more records related to foreign surveillance.
Discussion: RedState
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Democratic rebuttal calls Nunes memo ‘deliberately misleading’  —  WASHINGTON — A top House Democrat is challenging the core conclusion of the memo released by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes on Friday, calling the allegation that the Justice Department and FBI withheld key details …
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:   Column: Democrats melt down over Nunes memo and enter the Upside Down
National Review:   The Nunes Memo Should Be Just the Start
Noah Bookbinder / USA Today:
Nunes memo aims at Russia probe, backfires on Trump and GOP
Washington Post:
Once the party of law and order, Republicans are now challenging it
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Deletes Tweet Lauding a $1.50 Benefit From the New Tax Law  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul D. Ryan faced a backlash on Saturday after he pointed to a secretary's $1.50 weekly increase in take-home pay as a sign of the Republican tax plan's success.  —  “A secretary at a public high school …
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Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media:
Paul Ryan: It's ok I gave billionaires tax breaks because a secretary got $1.50
Discussion: ACA Signups and Mediaite
Dan Balz / Washington Post:   This is the week that the GOP truly became the party of Trump
Associated Press:   Trump seized on what memo could mean even before reading it
Sofi Sinozich / ABC News:
Strength in party strongholds: A key to midterm outcomes (POLL)  —  The wide Democratic advantage in congressional vote preference comes entirely in districts the party already holds, raising questions about the extent of its possible gains in November.  Yet the closeness of the contests …
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Early gauge of 2018 turnout shows good signs for Democrats
Discussion: Political Wire
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Journalism is Dead  —  This week we saw a perfect example of how corrupt journalism has become.  There was an opportunity to report the news and journalists and their fellow travelers in the pundit class balked.  While that wasn't unusual, what was is how they did it in the lead up to the news …
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:   The Ticking Memo  —  The House Intelligence Committee memo is pretty simple.
Washington Post:
Inside the FBI: Anger, worry, work — and fears of lasting damage
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
South Carolina train crash leaves at least 2 dead, 70 hurt  —  CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train in South Carolina on Sunday killed two people and injured about 70 others, authorities said.  —  The Amtrak train was heading from New York …
Discussion: Vox and Politico
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CNN:
Two killed in crash involving Amtrak train, freight train  —  Amtrak train derailment causes fatalities  —  (CNN)Two people were killed in a crash involving a freight train and an Amtrak passenger train early Sunday in South Carolina, authorities said.  —  Amtrak Train 91 was traveling between …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
White House to withdraw controversial nominee to head Council on Environmental Quality … This post has been updated.  —  The White House plans to withdraw its controversial nominee to head the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, according to two administration officials briefed …
Discussion: CNN, Business Insider, NPR and Axios
National Journal:
The GOP's Deep Fundraising Funk  —  Congressional Republicans are struggling to raise money for their campaigns.  If they don't turn things around, they won't be able to fully capitalize on the improving political mood.  —  Republicans badly need the tax bill to raise their financial fortunes …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
The U.S. government is set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year … It was another crazy news week, so it's understandable if you missed a small but important announcement from the Treasury Department: The federal government is on track to borrow nearly $1 trillion …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Molly K. McKew / Politico:
How Twitter Bots and Trump Fans Made #ReleaseTheMemo Go Viral  —  On Tuesday morning — the day after the House Intelligence Committee voted along partisan lines to send Rep. Devin Nunes' memo, alleging abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, to President Trump for declassification …
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Failed memo stunt leaves Nunes in danger of losing his seat  —  GOP Rep. Devin Nunes has represented California's 22nd Congressional District since 2003 — in title, at least.  For the past year, however, Nunes has served the interests of the Trump White House while hanging his constituents out to dry.
Discussion: The Hill
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David Siders / Politico:
Nunes challenger seizes on FBI memo uproar
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Discussion: Raw Story
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