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The Intercept:
Former Wives of Top White House Aide Rob Porter Both Told FBI He Abused Them  —  As the FBI conducted a background check on an incoming senior White House official last year, the bureau learned of the man's history of domestic abuse.  Rob Porter, a top aide to President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ANOTHER ex-wife of Trump aide Rob Porter - who is dating Hope Hicks - tells DailyMail.com he choked, punched and belittled her about her weight her during their five-year marriage  — Colbie Holderness, 37, a senior analyst for the U.S. government and the first wife of Rob Porter …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigns amid abuse allegations  —  White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned today after his two ex-wives came forward with abuse allegations.  —  What we're hearing: Nobody pressured him to resign, per multiple officials.
Discussion: thecut, twitchy.com and Mediaite
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House aide Rob Porter resigns after allegations from ex-wives  —  White House staff secretary Rob Porter, a mostly unknown but deeply influential aide who spends almost every day by President Donald Trump's side, said Wednesday he plans to resign following abuse allegations from his ex-wives.
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Senior White House official to resign following allegations of abuse … A senior White House official announced Wednesday he will resign following allegations by his two ex-wives of physical and emotional abuse.  —  The official, Rob Porter, served as the staff secretary and often controlled …
CNN:
White House aide denies abuse allegations but resigns  —  (CNN)White House staff secretary Rob Porter, a top aide to President Donald Trump, has resigned, the White House confirmed Wednesday, following allegations of abuse from his two ex-wives.  —  Porter denied the allegations in a statement issued in the wake of his resignation.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Jake Gibson / Fox News:
FBI lovers' latest text messages: Obama ‘wants to know everything’  —  Newly revealed text messages between FBI paramours Peter Strzok and Lisa Page include an exchange about preparing talking points for then-FBI Director James Comey to give to President Obama, who wanted “to know everything we're doing.”
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Fox News' latest ‘bombshell’ on Obama and the FBI is a total fraud  —  Early Wednesday, Fox News published an explosive new story alleging President Obama sought detailed briefings about the Clinton email investigation.  The report is based on texts between FBI agents Peter Strzok …
hsgac.senate.gov:
Chairman Johnson Releases Interim Report Including Strzok-Page FBI Text Messages
Discussion: NewsBusters
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: Quincy Jones  —  In both music and manner, Quincy Jones has always registered — from afar, anyway — as smooth, sophisticated, and impeccably well-connected.  (That's what earning 28 Grammy awards and co-producing Michael Jackson's biggest-selling albums will do.)
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘marching orders’ to the Pentagon: Plan a grand military parade … President Trump's vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and White House, where officials say they have begun to plan …
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Washington Post:
Sweeping budget deal would add $400 billion in federal spending, end months of partisan wrangling … Congressional leaders on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping budget deal that would add about $400 billion in federal spending over the next two years, delivering the military funding boost demanded …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Left seethes as Senate clinches budget deal
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:   Congressional Leaders Say They Agree on Budget Deal
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump's Hair Illusion Came Undone and We All Missed It  —  Last Friday, at the end of one of those frenetic weeks of news that now happen every week, President Trump boarded Air Force One.  The wind whipped across the tarmac with unusual force.  Trump, who normally has a MAGA hat for such occasions, was unusually unprepared.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
No, Trump has not been ‘contained.’ He's still as big a threat as ever.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Here's where we are today: President Trump's allies fear that refusing an interview with the special counsel, as his lawyers want, could trigger a destructive showdown that could go all the way to the Supreme Court.
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CNN:
Former CIA analysts: We can't trust Devin Nunes
Discussion: New York Times and New Republic
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Trumping of the FBI  —  President Trump and his allies …
Discussion: Reason
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Democrats flipped a Missouri state legislature seat that Trump won by 28 points  —  Special elections are painting a bleak outlook for the GOP.  —  Democrats had another good Tuesday night of special elections, this time in Missouri, where Mike Revis won a 3-point victory in House District 97 …
Discussion: Politico
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Jack Suntrup / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Democrats snag Missouri House seat, Republicans hang onto 3 others in special election
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Russian Trolls Ran Wild On Tumblr And The Company Refuses To Say Anything About It  —  Tumblrs run by Russian trolls generated hundreds of thousands of interactions with anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Bernie Sanders content.  —  Russian trolls posed as black activists on Tumblr and generated hundreds …
Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon declined chance to speak with Vice President Pence  —  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Vice President Pence is set to arrive here soon to lead the official U.S. delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic opening ceremony, a delegation that is making a strong political statement …
Reena Flores / Politico:
Meghan McCain believes Trump won't mock her father  —  President Donald Trump won't be trashing Sen. John McCain anytime soon.  —  After months of criticizing the war veteran over his stance on a GOP health bill and more, the president called the Arizona Republican's daughter Meghan in the fall …
Discussion: CNN, bizpacreview.com and Raw Story
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Terri Peters / TODAY.com:
Meet the first Gerber baby with Down syndrome; his name is Lucas!  —  The 2018 Gerber baby is Lucas Warren, a 1-year-old from Dalton, Georgia who is the first child with Down syndrome to be named a Gerber baby since the contest's start in 2010.  —  “He's very outgoing and never meets a stranger …
The Daily Beast:
Cash for Coalition Against Trump Going Into Consultants' Pockets Instead … Omar Siddiqui couldn't make it to an August fundraiser in Beverly Hills for the Democratic Coalition Against Trump.  But he ponied up the $2,000 ticket price after the group's senior adviser, Scott Dworkin, sent him a personal invitation.
Discussion: Splinter and Eschaton
Gabriel Bell / Salon:
Here's what the critics are saying about “Black Panther” — it's a “masterpiece”  —  The first reviews of the Marvel film are streaming in, and they're even better than expected  —  “Black Panther,” the new Marvel film starring Chadwick Boseman, was always going to make history …
E&E News:
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Discussion: New Republic and Mediaite
Sara Murray / CNN:
Trump wants to talk to Mueller despite lawyers' concerns  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's lawyers have aimed to hit the brakes on a potential sit-down with Robert Mueller, but Trump remains eager to speak with the special counsel, according to his allies.  —  One person familiar …
Sarah Aswell / Splitsider:
How Facebook Is Killing Comedy  —  Last month, in its second round of layoffs in as many years, comedy hub Funny or Die reportedly eliminated its entire editorial team following a trend of comedy websites scaling back, shutting down, or restructuring their business model away from original online content.
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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