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Chicago Sun Times:
Holocaust denier poised to claim GOP nomination in Illinois race for Congress — Sign-Up for our Newsletter — Arthur Jones — an outspoken Holocaust denier, activist anti-Semite and white supremacist — is poised to become the Republican nominee for an Illinois congressional seat representing parts of Chicago and nearby suburbs.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
House GOP: More memos to come — “The memo” — which pitted the Justice Department against the White House and brought ugly partisan sniping into stark relief — is only the beginning. Republican sources close to Devin Nunes tell me he's assured them there's much more to come.
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Republican lawmakers distance themselves from Trump on memo … Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee dissented Sunday from President Trump's view that corruption has poisoned the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Fox News Insider:
Trump Jr.: Memo Is a ‘Little Bit of Sweet Revenge’ for Me and My Family — Donald Trump Jr. joined Jesse Watters on “Watters' World” Saturday night to react to the Republican memo on alleged government surveillance abuses. — Trump Jr. said the memo — which was declassified by the White House …
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Nunes ‘abused’ his power on intelligence committee, former CIA director says
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Manu Raju / CNN:
House Intel could vote Monday to release Dem memo rebutting GOP allegations against FBI
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
‘Very possible’ GOP congressman ‘coordinated with the White House’ on Russia memo: Democratic rep
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Trey Gowdy on “Face the Nation,” Feb. 4, 2018 — Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, was one of the key authors of the House Intelligence Committee's now-declassified memo about the application under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to surveil former Trump official Carter Page.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Jerry Nadler's Leaked Rebuttal of the Nunes Memo Is Very Weak — Representative Nadler is a shrewd lawyer but he has spent his life in legislatures rather than courtrooms. — Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee …
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Washington Post, AOL and Common Dreams
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Gowdy: Memo has no impact on Russia probe — Rep. Trey Gowdy, who was involved in the drafting of the controversial FISA memo, told CBS' “Face the Nation” it has no effect on the Russia investigation: — There is a Russia investigation without a dossier... the dossier has nothing to do with the meeting at Trump Tower.
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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.
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Power Line
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
In a strange land: Deported from Michigan, Jorge Garcia feels lost in Mexico — Jorge Garcia was torn away from his Lincoln Park family in January. Brought to the United States at 10, Garcia was not eligible for the DACA program. He has two teenagers and a wife and is now waiting to see what his future will be.
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Washington Post:
Trump nominee for U.N. migration post called Muslims violent, Christians top priority … The Trump administration's nominee to coordinate billions of dollars in assistance to migrants around the world has suggested in social-media posts that Islam is an inherently violent religion …
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ThinkProgress and Axios
Washington Post:
Father of Otto Warmbier, who died after being held in North Korea, will attend the Olympics Opening Ceremonies … SEOUL — Fred Warmbier, the father of Otto Warmbier, an American student who was jailed in North Korea and who died last year after returning to the United States …
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The Daily Caller
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Gowdy: 'I've been a pretty lousy politician' — (R-S.C.), who will retire from Congress at the end of his current term, said in a new interview that he considers himself “a pretty lousy politician.” — “My wife hates it when I say this, but I was a pretty good prosecutor, I think.
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RedState
Lauren Handley / fox13now.com:
Good Samaritan with concealed firearm comes to rescue of Utah police officer during assault — SPRINGVILLE, Utah — A man is in custody after assaulting a Springville police officer Friday afternoon, and a good Samaritan with a concealed firearm helped end the attack.
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Kaepernick raises $20K in celebrity donations for group honoring convicted cop-killer — Assata's Daughters named for FBI most-wanted terrorist Assata Shakur — Colin Kaepernick said Friday he has raised $20,000 for Assata's Daughters, named after convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Ivanka, Rubio find a new project: Paid family leave — Marco Rubio is starting to strategize with Ivanka Trump to win over skeptical Republicans on a traditionally Democratic issue: paid family leave. — Capitalizing on President Donald Trump's endorsement of the idea in his State of the Union address …
Cory Turner / NPR:
Why Schools Fail To Teach Slavery's ‘Hard History’ — “In the ways that we teach and learn about the history of American slavery,” write the authors of a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), “the nation needs an intervention.” — This new report, titled Teaching Hard History …
David Caplan / ABC News:
Trump Jr. suggests Russia investigation akin to ‘McCarthyism,’ says Dems are ‘left of commie’ — President Donald Trump's oldest son suggested on Saturday that claims by Democrats of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia are ironic, since such accusations resemble McCarthyism.
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