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Trump's Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort as Special Counsel Closed In — WASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Trump broached the idea of Mr. Trump pardoning two of his former top advisers, Michael T. Flynn and Paul Manafort, with their lawyers last year …
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Miriam Rozen / National Law Journal:
John Dowd Calls Mueller ‘Terrific’ After Passing Trump Baton — Dowd said representing the president was hard work, and now he wants to “just take it easy, and get some rest.” — After 39 weeks and six days working for President Donald Trump, John Dowd figures he deserves a break.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump attack unleashes oppo against Mueller
Trump attack unleashes oppo against Mueller
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence — WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official had repeated communications during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential race with a business associate tied to Russian intelligence, according to a document released …
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Joseph Curl / Daily Wire:
Gun Rights Provocateur David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied — David Hogg, a self-appointed spokesman for a generation, revealed on Tuesday that four universities he has applied to have rejected his application. — The Florida high school student …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump hates Amazon, not Facebook — Capitol Hill wants Facebook's blood, but President Trump isn't interested. Instead, the tech behemoth Trump wants to go after is Amazon, according to five sources who've discussed it with him. “He's obsessed with Amazon,” a source said. “Obsessed.”
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Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:
Trump Loses First Skirmish in Suit Over D.C. Hotel Profits — U.S. judge says joint Maryland-D.C. case goes forward for now — Justice Department argument seeking complete dismissal fails — President Donald Trump will have to contend for now with a lawsuit claiming he is improperly profiting …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters believe Stormy over Trump — Voters believe adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. — They believe her claim that she and Donald Trump had sex before he ran for president, and that Trump has been unfaithful to his wife. Only one-third think the president is honest. More than half think he has low morals.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Why Is Trump So Quiet? — It's quiet at the White House.
Why Is Trump So Quiet? — It's quiet at the White House.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
As Stormy Daniels tells her story, six conservative Americans debate whether Trump is a role model
As Stormy Daniels tells her story, six conservative Americans debate whether Trump is a role model
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: ‘Roseanne’ Revival Skyrockets With Stunning Premiere — The ABC comedy returns nearly three decades after its original premiere, averaging a whopping 18.1 million and an unbelievable 5.1 rating in the key demo. — Roseanne returned Tuesday. The ABC sitcom, away from the air …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
‘Heartbroken’ Trump Critic Ann Coulter: He's a ‘Shallow, Lazy Ignoramus’ … Right-wing firebrand Ann Coulter, whose 2016 campaign book In Trump We Trust touted the many virtues of the Republican nominee, is having second, third, and possibly even fourth thoughts about Donald J. Trump.
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Jessica Valenti:
On The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, and hiring men who want women dead — Yesterday, I spent much of my day fuming and tweeting about The Atlantic hiring Kevin Williamson—who compared a nine year old black boy to a primate and argued women who have abortions should be executed by hanging …
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David French / National Review:
The Sliming of Kevin Williamson
The Sliming of Kevin Williamson
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump: I look forward to meeting with Kim Jong-un — President Trump confirmed in a tweet this morning that his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is still on. The president expressed hope that Kim, who just visited Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, “will do what is right for his people and for humanity.”
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook scoop: Republicans to push balanced-budget amendment
Playbook scoop: Republicans to push balanced-budget amendment
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Us Weekly:
Donald Trump Jr. and Aubrey O'Day ‘Were Trying’ to Have a Baby During Affair … Donald Trump Jr. and Aubrey O'Day's affair was much more than a one-night stand, so much so that they even considered the prospect of starting a family together, a source reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump proposal would penalize immigrants who use tax credits and other benefits … Immigrants who accept almost any form of welfare or public benefit, even popular tax deductions, could be denied legal U.S. residency under a proposal awaiting approval by the Trump administration …
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg:
Robert Mercer's Secret Adventure as a New Mexico Cop — Why was the fabulously wealthy Trump donor wearing a badge and a gun in a tiny desert town? To obtain something that's impossible to buy. — Robert Mercer probably would have flown into Roswell. From there—1,800 miles from home …
Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
White House staffers view post-Hope Hicks era with trepidation — The reign of Hope Hicks, the unflappable White House communications director and the right side of President Trump's brain, comes to an end this week, leaving a communications team bitterly divided and an impetuous president increasingly isolated.
Matt Mencarini / Lansing State Journal:
MSU spent $500K in January to monitor social media accounts of Nassar victims, others — EAST LANSING - A public relations firm billed MSU for more than $500,000 for January as it tracked social media activity surrounding the Larry Nassar case, which often included the accounts of victims and their families …
Dana R. Fisher / Washington Post:
Here's who actually attended the March for Our Lives. (No, it wasn't mostly young people.) — In the days before and after more than two million Americans participated in the March for Our Lives, the gun-violence conversation has focused on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas survivors and their “student movement.”
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The Parkland kids have triggered conservative snowflakes — Over the weekend, the March for Our Lives event featured gigantic rallies across the nation, including one in Washington, D.C., that drew several hundred thousand people — depending on estimates, perhaps the largest single rally there in American history.
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National Center on Sexual Exploitation:
Press Statement: Walmart to Remove Cosmopolitan Magazine from Checkout Lines Following Advocacy by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation — Washington, DC - The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has instigated a significant policy change at Walmart as part of our continued work …
Emily Flitter / New York Times:
Morgan Stanley Knew of a Star's Alleged Abuse. He Still Works There. — A top Morgan Stanley broker was repeatedly accused of violence against ex-wives and girlfriends. Bank managers were told. But he kept his job. — Over 15 years, four women in Lake Oswego, Ore., a wealthy Portland suburb …
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Al D'Amato curses at his wife while she's laid up in the hospital amid child care dispute — Sen. Pothole blew his top. — Al D'Amato's estranged wife released a disturbing video Wednesday showing him cursing her out as she wept in a hospital bed. — “Poor abused girl! Bullcrap!
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Leaked Memo: EPA Issues Approved Talking Points Downplaying Climate Change — Point 5: Suggest that humans are only responsible “in some manner.” — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday evening sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office …
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Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed:
Julian Assange Just Got His Internet Privileges Revoked — No more will the WikiLeaks founder be able to tweet or send other messages from inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has had his ability to communicate with the outside world cut off, the Ecuadorian government announced Wednesday.
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Robert Barnes / Law & Crime:
ANALYSIS: Constitution Compels Sessions Dismiss Mueller From Non-Campaign Cases — Paul Manafort's legal team brought a motion to dismiss on Tuesday, noting that Rosenstein could not appoint Mueller to any investigation outside the scope of the 2016 campaign since Sessions did not recuse himself for anything outside the campaign.
Mike Konczal:
Why Are There No Good Conservative Critiques of Trump's Unified Government? — Obama Prelude — I had the “Obama in 2009” word vomit recently. I was talking with several people on the left involved in politics in the early Great Recession, and Larry Summers' new paper on regional inequality came up.
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Tim Cook says Facebook should have regulated itself, but it's too late for that now — “I think we're beyond that here.” — Apple CEO Tim Cook has doubled down on his call for regulation that would limit Facebook and others companies' ability to use customer data.
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
New York Post Botches Concealed Carry Hit Piece On Donald Trump Jr. — Page Six, the New York Post's gossip column, botched a concealed carry hit piece on Donald Trump, Jr., on Monday, alleging that he has avoided applying for a New York concealed carry permit because it might require the disclosure of his tax returns.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Justices cast doubt on partisan redistricting — The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a case with the potential to reorder the country's political landscape: How much gerrymandering is too much gerrymandering? — Republicans who sued to overturn the congressional district lines …
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PR Newswire:
Statement from Playboy Enterprises, Inc. regarding Facebook — For years, it has been difficult for Playboy to express our values on Facebook due to its strict content and policy guidelines. We have been faced with the only alternative being to alter Playboy's voice in order to meet Facebook's views …
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix Names Ambassador Susan Rice to Board of Directors — Netflix has added Obama administration official Susan Rice to its board of directors. — Rice, 53, was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and served for four years as President Barack Obama's national security advisor …
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