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Mona Charen / New York Times:
I'm Glad I Got Booed at CPAC — I've been a conservative my entire life. I fell hard for William F. Buckley as a teenager and my first job was as editorial assistant at Buckley's National Review, followed by stints writing speeches for first lady Nancy Reagan and then working for the Gipper himself.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Trump's Takeover of Conservatism Is Complete and Total
Politico:
California Democrats decline to endorse Feinstein — The party declines to give its backing to the state's senior senator. — SAN DIEGO — In a sharp rebuke of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democratic Party has declined to endorse the state's own senior senator in her bid for reelection.
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Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
California Democratic Party declines to endorse Dianne Feinstein in re-election bid — SAN DIEGO — The California Democratic Party declined to make an endorsement in this year's U.S. Senate race early Sunday morning, snubbing Sen. Dianne Feinstein in her bid for a fifth full term.
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Los Angeles Times:
California Democratic Party offers no endorsements in U.S. Senate or governor's races
California Democratic Party offers no endorsements in U.S. Senate or governor's races
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Feinstein loses California Democratic Party's endorsement
Feinstein loses California Democratic Party's endorsement
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump approval slides, matches lowest point of presidency — WASHINGTON (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS stands at 35%, down five points over the last month to match his lowest level yet. — The slide follows a January bump …
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USA Today:
Poll: Americans support tougher gun laws, don't expect Congress to act — WASHINGTON — Americans overwhelmingly support tougher gun laws, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but they also overwhelmingly agree on this: Congress isn't likely to act anytime soon.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Assessing the new Democratic intel memo — It took a while, owing to delays over classified information, but Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have finally released their rebuttal to the “FISA abuse” memo put forth earlier this month by committee Republicans.
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump urges national unity, investigation of ‘the other side’ amid Russia probe
Trump urges national unity, investigation of ‘the other side’ amid Russia probe
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The Democratic rebuttal to the Nunes memo tears it apart
The Democratic rebuttal to the Nunes memo tears it apart
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Nunes Memo Is Fake and the Russia Scandal Is Very Real
The Nunes Memo Is Fake and the Russia Scandal Is Very Real
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The Atlantic, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Post
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russian spies hacked the Olympics and tried to make it look like North Korea did it, U.S. officials say … Russian military spies hacked several hundred computers used by authorities at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, according to U.S. intelligence.
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Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
A Total Failure of the State — During Wednesday's horrible fiasco of a “Town Hall”, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel spelled it out: … I was sufficiently struck by the above to write it down - because it was clear even then that Sheriff Israel is an incompetent deployer of the power he already has.
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Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Broward sheriff: 'I won't resign' — Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel pushed back Sunday on calls for his resignation in the aftermath of the shooting at a high school in his jurisdiction that killed 17 people. — Israel was asked by host Jake Tapper on CNN's “State of the Union” …
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Hot Air, Front Page Magazine, Axios and Breitbart
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘I do not know if the president is having an affair’: Michael Wolff squirms on Dutch TV … After several minutes of interrogation about a central drama surrounding his new book, Michael Wolff said this: “I will just clean this up. . . . I do not know if the president is having an affair.”
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Andrew Sparrow / The Guardian:
Fire and Fury author and Tony Blair accuse each other of lying
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
White House Legal Team Considers Ways Trump Could Testify Before Mueller — Possible options include written answers to special counsel's questions or limited verbal testimony by president — President Donald Trump's lawyers are considering ways for him to testify before special counsel Robert Mueller …
Anthony Swofford / New York Times:
I Was a Marine. I Don't Want a Gun in My Classroom. — Before the United States Marine Corps allowed me to carry a live M-16 assault rifle, I went through hundreds of hours of firearms training. Classroom sessions devoted to nomenclature, maintenance and basic operation accounted …
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Katie Kindelan / ABC News:
US could be witnessing ‘end of a two-party system’: Republican governor — Ohio Gov. John Kasich said he believes Americans could be witnessing the “end of a two-party system.” — “I don't think either party is answering people's deepest concerns and needs,” Kasich told ABC News Chief …
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Katie Kindelan / ABC News:
Florida shooting creates ‘a window’ to reform gun laws: Republican governor
Florida shooting creates ‘a window’ to reform gun laws: Republican governor
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Politico, Washington Post and Breitbart
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Will Trump Wage A Privately Funded War? — In one of the most frightening stories I've read since the start of the Trump presidency, The New York Times reported on Saturday that the administration is seriously considering paying for the new U.S. embassy it wants to build in Jerusalem …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
This Snake Can't Shed His Skin — On her way to work one morning, down the path along the lake, a tenderhearted woman saw a rich, coldhearted, frozen snake. — His tangerine skin was all caked with makeup and his bald spot was frosted with the dew. — “Poor thing,” she cried, “I'll take you in, and I'll take care of you.”
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Edges of Reason — When I was a child I lived in several worlds.
The Edges of Reason — When I was a child I lived in several worlds.
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Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Supreme Court could cripple public unions in run-up to 2018 midterms — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case that could shrink government unions and their campaign war chests by as much as two thirds, with potentially devastating consequences for the Democratic Party in a competitive election cycle.
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The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, SCOTUSblog, Political Wire, KQED News and The Guardian