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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
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
Records Show Far More Calls For Sheriff's Deputies To Visit Suspected Florida Shooter's Home — Broward County sheriff's officials have publicly insisted they responded to just 23 calls regarding the suspected Florida school shooter and his family over the years, but records obtained BuzzFeed News show at least 22 more.
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National Review:
Broward's Cowards — The failure of the Broward County sheriff's department in this matter has been comprehensive. — FILM & TV — Vexation in Annihilation — By , KYLE SMITH — Natalie Portman's sci-fi puzzler leaves the audience to piece it together. — CULTURE
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Scott calls for probe into Broward sheriff shooting response, but not suspension
Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
A Total Failure of the State
A Total Failure of the State
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Vox, USA Today, The Gateway Pundit and Hit & Run, more at Mediagazer »
Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Broward sheriff: 'I won't resign'
Broward sheriff: 'I won't resign'
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Hot Air, Axios, Breitbart and Front Page Magazine
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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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Feinstein loses California Democratic Party's endorsement — California Democrats rebuked Sen. Dianne Feinstein at their annual convention this weekend, denying her the party's endorsement in this year's Senate race and giving a majority of their votes to her liberal primary challenger.
Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
California Democratic Party declines to endorse Dianne Feinstein in re-election bid
California Democratic Party declines to endorse Dianne Feinstein in re-election bid
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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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Joseph Weber / Fox News:
California Democratic Party doesn't endorse Feinstein re-election bid
California Democratic Party doesn't endorse Feinstein re-election bid
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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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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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump privately talks up executing all big drug dealers — In Singapore, the death penalty is mandatory for drug trafficking offenses. And President Trump loves it. He's been telling friends for months that the country's policy to execute drug traffickers is the reason its drug consumption rates are so low.
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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 …
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Monica Lewinsky / Vanity Fair:
Emerging from “the House of Gaslight” in the Age of #MeToo — On the 20th anniversary of the Starr investigation, which introduced her to the world, the author reflects on the changing nature of trauma, the de-evolution of the media, and the extraordinary hope now provided by the #MeToo movement.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump privately pushing personal pilot to run FAA — The president's personal pilot is on the administration's short list to head the Federal Aviation Administration. Trump has told a host of administration officials and associates that he wants John Dunkin — his longtime personal pilot …
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Political Wire
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Xi Jinping to cement his power with plan to scrap two-term limit — China's Communist party chiefs propose constitutional change to allow president to stay on … The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, already considered the country's most dominant since Mao Zedong, looks to have further cemented …
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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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Fox News, Power Line and The Daily Caller
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New York Times:
Behind a Key Anti-Labor Case, a Web of Conservative Donors — In the summer of 2016, government workers in Illinois received a mailing that offered them tips on how to leave their union. By paying a so-called fair-share fee instead of standard union dues, the mailing said …
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Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Supreme Court could cripple public unions in run-up to 2018 midterms
Supreme Court could cripple public unions in run-up to 2018 midterms
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Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller, SCOTUSblog and Political Wire
Friendly Atheist:
Louisiana College Allegedly Wouldn't Hire Coach Because of His “Jewish Blood” — It's one thing for a private Christian college to seek faculty members who share their religious views, but it's quite another for that school to reject a practicing Christian because one of his parents was Jewish.
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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