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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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Political Wire, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., New York Times and The Guardian
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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 …
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Talking Points Memo, RealClearPolitics, TheBlaze, Daily Kos, Raw Story, NBC News, LewRockwell and Washington Post
Associated Press:
Trump seized on what memo could mean even before reading it — WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before he'd read the memo, President Donald Trump seized on what it could mean. — The president first learned of the House Intelligence Committee document last month from some Republican allies in Congress …
Washington Post:
Once the party of law and order, Republicans are now challenging it … Republican leaders' open defiance last week of the FBI over the release of a hotly disputed memo revealed how the GOP, which has long positioned itself as the party of law and order, has become an adversary …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
This is the week that the GOP truly became the party of Trump — This was the week when the Republican Party finally went all in with President Trump. What once seemed unlikely is now reality. The Republican establishment — there are a few dissenting voices, of course …
Noah Bookbinder / USA Today:
Nunes memo aims at Russia probe, backfires on Trump and GOP — The controversial Nunes memo is out. It claims the FBI and the Justice Department abused their surveillance authority on Trump's 2016 Presidential campaign. Democrats say the memo is misleading.
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New York Times, The Guardian, Politicus USA, NBC News and Business Insider
Asha Rangappa / New York Times:
Thank Progressives for the Nunes Memo
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Hullabaloo and Washington Post
The Intercept:
Nunes Memo Accidentally Confirms the Legitimacy of the FBI's Investigation
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Washington Post, Lawfare, Hullabaloo, VICE, Balloon Juice, Politico, National Review, Splinter, The Gateway Pundit, Sputnik International, France 24, bizpacreview.com, Breitbart, KQED News and CBS Miami
New York Times:
Kashyap Patel, Main Author of Secret Memo, Is No Stranger to Quarrels
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The Hill, RedState, IJR, The Liberty Review, The Daily Caller and The Daily Signal
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Officials disclosed source's political funding in FISA application: report
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RedState, Splinter and Liberty Unyielding
Phillip Carter / Slate:
Survival at All Costs — On its face, the so-called Nunes …
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Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, New York Times, Booman Tribune, Mashable, Mediaite, Daily Kos and PolitiFact
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. told court of source's political influence in request to wiretap ex-Trump campaign aide, officials say
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Politico, The Hill, Washington Monthly, CNN, Hullabaloo, Splinter, neo-neocon, Outside the Beltway, KTLA, RedState, The Mahablog, ThinkProgress, 89.3 KPCC, NPR, USA Today, Althouse, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal and New York Times
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.
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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 …
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New York Times:
Trump's Unparalleled War on a Pillar of Society: Law Enforcement
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Shareblue Media, Fox News Insider and Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Inside the FBI: Anger, worry, work — and fears of lasting damage
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Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Josh Campbell / New York Times:
Why I Am Leaving the F.B.I.
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The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, TheBlaze, Axios, Shareblue Media and Raw Story
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 …
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Failed memo stunt leaves Nunes in danger of losing his seat — Devin Nunes is doing the work of the White House — and it's not going over well with his constituents. — GOP Rep. Devin Nunes has represented California's 22nd Congressional District since 2003 — in title, at least.
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The Hill
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Washington Is Abuzz Over the Nunes Memo. His California District, Not So Much.
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Los Angeles Times
Nick Coltrain / Coloradoan Online:
Protests turn violent at CSU after Charlie Kirk speech — Protests around a conservative speaker at CSU on Friday night started peaceful, even if it got rowdy at times, but quickly turned violent when a group wielding riot shields, large flashlights and face masks emblazoned with skulls stormed …
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RedState, Washington Examiner, Colorado Politics and FOX31 Denver
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump Hotel caught directly profiting off taxpayer dime — Ethics watchdogs have warned about Donald Trump's conflicts of interest since before he took office — and for good reason. Despite claiming that he would divest from his businesses, Trump simply turned them over to his sons …
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
AN ARCTIC SPY MYSTERY — An arrest in Moscow shakes Norway's far north — Frode Berg volunteered in a soup kitchen in rural Russia. He helped organize an annual cross-border festival and ski race. His congregation supported a new church in a Russian town just over the boundary line that divides East from West.
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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New York Times:
As F.B.I. Took a Year to Pursue the Nassar Case, Dozens Say They Were Molested — For more than a year, an F.B.I. inquiry into allegations that Lawrence G. Nassar, a respected sports doctor, had molested three elite teenage gymnasts followed a plodding pace as it moved back and forth among agents in three cities.
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thecut, Axios and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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