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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.
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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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The Hill, RealClearPolitics, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Raw Story, NPR, LewRockwell and Washington Post
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Democrats melt down over Nunes memo and enter the Upside Down — The Democratic Media Complex is once again suffering hysterics, pulling out its hair and screaming over the release of the House Republican report, aka “the memo.” — The memo alleges abuses by top officials of the FBI …
Washington Post:
Once the party of law and order, Republicans are now challenging it
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Washington Post:
Inside the FBI: Anger, worry, work — and fears of lasting damage
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Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump's Unparalleled War on a Pillar of Society: Law Enforcement
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Mediaite, Washington Post, Fox News Insider, Sputnik International, AOL and Axios
Noah Bookbinder / USA Today:
Nunes memo aims at Russia probe, backfires on Trump and GOP
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New York Times, Politico, The White House, Politicus USA and The Mahablog
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Officials disclosed source's political funding in FISA application: report
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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 …
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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
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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
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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 …
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.
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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.
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 …
Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Midterm clashes set to define Trump era — They will mark the first nationwide referendum on the Trump era. And the 2018 midterm elections promise to carry with them the drama, enthusiasm, frustrations, and wild storylines we've come to expect in politics.
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 …
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