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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Michael Cohen case shines light on Sean Hannity's property empire — Fox News host who said Trump's fixer ‘knows real estate’ has a portfolio that includes support from Department of Housing and Urban Development, a fact he did not mention when interviewing secretary Ben Carson last year
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Talking Points Memo, CNNMoney, New York Magazine, Raw Story, Splinter, Daily Kos, Lawyers, Guns & Money, RedState, Mediaite, Axios and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Sean Hannity linked to shell companies that spent $90M on property: report — Fox News host Sean Hannity is linked to a group of shell companies that have spent $90 million buying hundreds of homes across the U.S through the help of foreclosures and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Guardian reported Sunday.
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The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Stormy Daniels lawyer claims Hannity, Cohen relationship was ‘extensive’
Stormy Daniels lawyer claims Hannity, Cohen relationship was ‘extensive’
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RedState
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
‘No credible sightings’ of Waffle House shooting suspect as manhunt continues, police say … Police continued their intensive search Monday for the 29-year-old suspected of opening fire at a Tennessee Waffle House and killing four people one day earlier. — The Metro Nashville Police Department …
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National Review and Daily Kos
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Tennessean.com:
Waffle House shooting: Father of suspect Travis Reinking previously took away son's guns — At least four people are dead and four others wounded after a gunman opened fire at a Waffle House in Antioch early Sunday morning — The 29-year-old Illinois man accused of carrying …
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Christal Hayes / USA Today:
Waffle House suspect Travis Reinking deemed himself a ‘sovereign citizen,’ part of anti-government group
Waffle House suspect Travis Reinking deemed himself a ‘sovereign citizen,’ part of anti-government group
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Raw Story
Tennessean.com:
The 29-year-old hero from Waffle House shooting: ‘I saw the opportunity and I took it’
The 29-year-old hero from Waffle House shooting: ‘I saw the opportunity and I took it’
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Martin Cizmar / Raw Story:
Waffle House shooter was part of rightwing extremist movement: report
Waffle House shooter was part of rightwing extremist movement: report
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Washington Post, USA Today and ABC News
Frank Miles / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton, not on ballot, is star of GOP midterm plan — Hillary Clinton won't go away. — So conservatives are giving her a seat at the table. — Clinton is starring in the Republican Party's 2018 midterm strategy. With no Democrat to attack in the White House for the first time in nearly …
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Splinter
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Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Dems Still Crushing Their GOP Rivals In Fundraising
Senate Dems Still Crushing Their GOP Rivals In Fundraising
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Political Wire
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
The Republicans' Desperate Obsession With Nancy Pelosi
The Republicans' Desperate Obsession With Nancy Pelosi
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The Atlantic
Steve Peoples / Yahoo:
Hillary Clinton, not on ballot, is star of GOP midterm plan
Simon Hattenstone / The Guardian:
Shania Twain on abuse, betrayal and finding her voice: ‘I wanted a break - but not for 15 years’ — As she begins her first album tour since 2002, she talks about the violent childhood and devastating divorce that make her pop's great survivor — Shania Twain was at the peak of her powers when she lost her voice.
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Martin Cizmar / Raw Story:
An iconic female country singer just came out as a Trump supporter
An iconic female country singer just came out as a Trump supporter
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The Guardian and AOL
New York Times:
Mueller Guides Us Through the Swamp — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. — The special counsel, Robert Mueller, has not yet presented evidence that the Trump campaign conspired …
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
'She's a lucky duck': GOP implodes again for McCaskill — Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is up for reelection. And, like clockwork, the Republican Party of Missouri is in complete turmoil again. — McCaskill won a second term term in 2012 when GOP Rep. Todd Akin's campaign imploded …
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Watch President Trump repeat Fox News talking points — From Fox hosts' lips to the president's ears — President Donald Trump doesn't hide his feelings: He thinks Fox News is the “fairest” source of news. He watches Fox all the time. Fox talking points frequently show up in his tweets and speeches.
USA Today:
Love him or hate him, Jeff Sessions is why Mueller's Russia probe is still on track — Thank Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein and Robert Mueller for running Justice and the Russia probe by the book despite extreme pressure from Donald Trump. — CONNECT — One of us is a supporter …
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Above the Law and New York Post
Patrick Radden Keefe / New Yorker:
McMaster and Commander — Can a national-security adviser retain his integrity if the President has none? — When Donald Trump had a phone conversation with Vladimir Putin on the morning of March 20th, the two were at an excruciatingly delicate juncture.
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
John Bolton chaired anti-Muslim think tank — WASHINGTON — John Bolton, President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, chaired a nonprofit that has promoted misleading and false anti-Muslim news, some of which was amplified by a Russian troll factory, an NBC News review found.
Mary Spicuzza / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bryan Steil announces run for Speaker Paul Ryan's congressional seat — University of Wisconsin Regent Bryan Steil on Sunday launched his campaign for House Speaker Paul Ryan's congressional seat, touting himself as a “problem solver” who would take on the political establishment.
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Roll Call
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Washington Post:
America is still unprepared for a Russian attack on our elections — AS THIS year's midterm elections approach, the country is still unprepared for another Russian attack on the vote, and President Trump continues to send mixed signals — at best — about what he would do if the Kremlin launched …
Bloomberg:
Amazon Has a Top-Secret Plan to Build Home Robots — Prototypes can navigate from room to room like driverless cars — Company hopes to start testing bots in homes later this year — Ten years ago, Amazon introduced the Kindle and established the appeal of reading on a digital device.
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Justin Lahart / Wall Street Journal:
Still Waiting for the Tax-Cut Boost — How much government stimulus is needed to ramp up economic growth? — The U.S. economy slowed down in the first quarter. That isn't a surprise, but considering the stimulus hitting the economy it counts as disappointment.
Martin Cizmar / Raw Story:
‘Nazi scum get out!’: Watch entire New York bar chant at Milo Yiannopoulos until he leaves — You can't tell from Twitter, but rightwing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is in New York today. — He wanted to go out for a drink, and ended up picking the wrong bar—one where members …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Setting Tone for Post-Presidency, Obama Will Speak in South Africa on Tolerance — WASHINGTON — He's been photographed kite-surfing with Richard Branson off Necker Island, relaxing on David Geffen's yacht in French Polynesia with Bruce Springsteen and Oprah Winfrey, river-rafting with his family …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Democrats Have Great Female Presidential Candidates. They Need to Avoid the Victim Trap. — Last June, Senator Kamala Harris used a televised hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee to mercilessly dismantle Jeff Sessions, the attorney general. Sessions told the committee he could not answer …
Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:
Can Mueller be more honest than his colleagues? — I think it's entirely possible — likely, in fact — that Robert Mueller — is an honest broker and performing his job as special counsel without fear or favor. That he will investigate until he reaches the end of the logical trail …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House fears VA secretary will get denied — Senior administration officials and senators from both parties on the Veterans Affairs Committee are growing increasingly concerned about Ronny Jackson's prospects to be confirmed as Trump's Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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Political Wire
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Bernie Sanders Is Quietly Building a Digital Media Empire — For a brief moment in late October 2016, when Hillary Clinton was surfing on a six-point national lead over Donald Trump and James Comey had yet to dive-bomb the presidential race, the talk of the political class was a set …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Time for Big Economic Ideas — The headlines may talk about growth, but we are living in a dark economic era. For most families, income and wealth have stagnated in recent decades, barely keeping pace with inflation. Nearly all the bounty of the economy's growth has flowed to the affluent.
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
US trade rep racked up bill as he flip-flopped on purchase of pricey office desk — President Donald Trump's trade representative racked up a hefty bill on the purchase and subsequent return of a new desk for his office, emails reviewed by ABC News show. — According to emails …
Sarah Vander Schaaff / Washington Post:
Opioid deaths prompt Ohio to reimagine classroom lessons, starting with kindergarten — Ohio, a state where 4,329 people died of drug overdoses in 2016, a death rate second only to neighboring West Virginia, is taking the fight against the opioid epidemic into the classroom with a new style of drug-abuse-prevention education.
New York Times:
Inside One of America's Ugliest Political Feuds: Cuomo vs. de Blasio — It was, almost without question, the low point of Andrew M. Cuomo's political career. — The year was 2002 and Mr. Cuomo was badly trailing in the Democratic primary for governor and desperately seeking a graceful exit.
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NY State of Politics and New York Daily News
John F. Harris / Politico:
'I Don't Like to Be Called a Nazi.' — James Bennet, the editor of the New York Times editorial page, lately has been waging his share of battles, which he no doubt would be enjoying more if he did not give a damn about rude things combatants say about him and his publication. — But he does give a damn.