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Democratic memo: FBI was investigating Trump campaign associates weeks before receiving dossier — The FBI team investigating the 2016 Trump campaign's contacts with Russians had already opened inquiries into multiple people connected to the campaign when it received a controversial dossier …
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2 Weeks After Trump Blocked It, Democrats' Rebuttal of G.O.P. Memo Is Released — WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee released a redacted Democratic memorandum on Saturday that counters Republican claims that top F.B.I. and Justice Department officials had abused their powers in spying on a former Trump campaign aide.
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Takeaways From the House Intelligence Democrats' Memo — President Trump lost no time dismissing the memo released Saturday by the House intelligence committee Democrats in response to the earlier memo prepared by Rep. Devin Nunes on the origins of the Carter Page surveillance:
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The Atlantic, New York Magazine and The Gateway Pundit


Dems' rebuttal to GOP FISA memo is released; Trump deems it a ‘bust’ — President Trump on Saturday dismissed a Democratic rebuttal to the GOP memo outlining government surveillance abuses in the 2016 campaign as a “total political and legal bust,” claiming that it only confirms the …

Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Releases Democratic Response Memo — f t # e — Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: — “After reviewing the memorandum drafted …
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Business Insider, The Guardian and Politicus USA


Trump urges national unity, investigation of ‘the other side’ amid Russia probe — Saying there were “no phone calls, no meetings, no collusion,” President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed for an investigation of “the other side” amid the FBI probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election …
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Political Wire and Axios


The Democratic rebuttal to the Nunes memo tears it apart — Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff brought receipts. — Late on Saturday afternoon, House Democrats surprised the country by releasing their rebuttal to the so-called Nunes memo — the document, prepared by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) …

House panel releases Democrats' memo defending FBI surveillance of ex-Trump campaign aide
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After testy call with Trump over border wall, Mexico's president shelves plan to visit White House … Tentative plans for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to make his first visit to the White House to meet with President Trump were scuttled this week after a testy call between …
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CNN, Breitbart, Business Insider, Washington Press, KTLA and Political Wire


CPAC speaker Mona Charen stuns with fiery rebuke of Trump, Le Pen — A conservative columnist was escorted out of the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday after slamming President Trump and conservatives for behaving like “hypocrites” when it comes to women's issues.
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Mona Charen Slams Sexist Hypocrisy, Racism at CPAC: ‘You cannot claim that you stand for women’
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Michael Steele Responds to Racial Insult Hurled by CPAC Communications Director — Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) communication director Ian Walters sparked controversy with a racially charged insult hurled at former RNC chair Michael Steele on Friday night.
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Watch ex-RNC head Michael Steele unleash holy hell on CPAC exec over ‘black guy’ slur
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Michael Steele Confronts Matt Schlapp Over CPAC Official's Racial Insult: ‘What the Hell?!’
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Michael Steele addresses CPAC official's ‘painfully stupid’ comment about race
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Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, The Root and RedState


Scoop: Corey Lewandowski returns to the Oval Office — Two days before President Trump gave his unchained, campaign-style speech at CPAC, he had a secret visitor in the Oval Office. — You didn't see it on the president's schedule, and the news hasn't leaked out until now …
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Michael Wolff Says Donald Trump And Jared Kushner ‘Will Throw Each Other Under The Bus’
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Raw Story


Mueller Is Gaining Steam. Should Trump Worry? — WASHINGTON — In a fiery speech to supporters on Friday, President Trump went after his vanquished opponent from 2016. “We had a crooked candidate,” he declared. The crowd responded with a signature chant from the campaign trail: “Lock her up!”
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In Donald Trump, Evangelicals Have Found Their President — Last August, President Trump sat behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office and looked me straight in the eyes. With a look of reflection and purposefulness, he discussed his upbringing and fondly recalled a vivid childhood memory from the 1950s …
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Law professor says NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch ‘loves watching Americans die’ — How much do you want to bet that even if CNN held its town hall on guns this Saturday night, well after information emerged about how the Broward County Sheriff's Office took up positions outside the school and waited …
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Maxine Waters: Time ‘to get ready for impeachment’ — (D-Calif.), who has been a leading opponent of President Trump — on Capitol Hill, told thousands of Democratic activists and officials “to get ready for impeachment.” — Speaking at the California Democratic Party's annual convention in San Diego …
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Political Wire


Many Are Calling For NRAtv To Be Removed From Amazon Prime, Apple TV, And Google Chromecast — #GUN CONTROL #POLITICS #AMAZON #GOOGLE #APPLE — There is a growing list of companies who have decided to end their respective partnerships with the National Rifle Association following …
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USA Today, AOL and The Daily Caller


Inside the toxic atmosphere at ‘Megyn Kelly Today’ — Megyn Kelly has fashioned herself as a champion of the #MeToo movement, filling her NBC talk show, “Megyn Kelly Today,” with brave women fighting injustice. — But a former colleague says it's all an act.
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Mediaite


Trump would like to see a military parade on Veterans Day with ‘a lot of plane flyovers’ … President Trump on Saturday night said he is hopeful that a military parade “with a lot of plane flyovers” can be staged in Washington on Veterans Day but acknowledged that the expense could be a concern.
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Political Wire