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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.
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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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.
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Jezebel
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
Trump's Takeover of Conservatism Is Complete and Total
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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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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Ivanka Trump: Arming teachers an option that ‘needs to be discussed’ — Ivanka Trump said in an exclusive interview with NBC News on Sunday that her father's suggestion of arming teachers is an option worth discussing. The president made the proposal after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, this month.
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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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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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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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Max Boot / Washington Post:
If this is what conservatism has become, count me out — I'm used to being vilified by the far left as a bloodthirsty neocon warmonger for the Original Sin of having supported the invasion of Iraq along with 72 percent of the American public. It has been a little more surprising …
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
Feinstein loses California Democratic Party's endorsement
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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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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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Fox News Insider:
Parkland Shooting Survivor Slams Sheriff on NRA Criticism, Officer Inaction — ‘The Most Patriotic Race’: NASCAR Runs Annual ‘Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500’ to Help Gold Star Families — 'I've Given Amazing Leadership': Sheriff Defends Handling of FL Shooting, Rips Lawmaker's ‘Resign’ Demand
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Sun-Sentinel, Fox News, RedState, WINK NEWS, The Gateway Pundit, Hit & Run and The Week
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Bronte Coy / NEWS.com.au:
Fire And Fury author Michael Wolff flees Today interview after questions over Trump's affairs — THE author of an explosive book about Donald Trump abruptly killed his interview with Today's Ben Fordham after one curly question he clearly didn't like. — Trump author flees Today interview0:38
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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 …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump campaign uses image of Fla. shooting survivor in email asking for donations — 's reelection campaign on Saturday used an image of a survivor of the recent Florida school shooting in an email asking for donations from its supporters. — The email led with an image of Trump …
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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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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Longtime Lawyer, Michael Cohen, Knows Way Too Much. So Why is He Still in Exile? … Before his remarks at a $35,000-per-plate fundraiser last June in Miami, Florida, President Donald Trump took the podium to acknowledge his biggest boosters in the crowd.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Schiff Memo Harms Democrats More Than It Helps Them — It confirms that the FBI and the DOJ relied heavily on uncorroborated, third-hand, anonymous sources in their FISA application. — Maybe Adam Schiff has more of a sense of humor than I'd have given him credit for.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Edges of Reason — When I was a child I lived in several worlds. First was the world that I understood to be the normal one: a world where people had professional degrees and followed their doctor's instructions strictly and carefully; a world ruled by a solid-seeming secular …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
This Snake Can't Shed His Skin