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New York Times:
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration — We work for the president but we have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. … President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader. — It's not just that the special counsel looms large.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘The sleeper cells have awoken’: Trump and aides shaken by ‘resistance’ op-ed — President Trump and his aides reacted with indignation Wednesday to an unsigned opinion column from a senior official blasting the president's “amorality” and launched a frantic hunt for the author …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The story behind the New York Times' anonymous op-ed blasting Trump — Several days ago a senior official in the Trump administration used an intermediary to contact New York Times op-ed page editor Jim Dao. — Through the go-between, the senior official expressed interest in writing …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
This Is a Constitutional Crisis — Impeachment is a constitutional mechanism. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment is a constitutional mechanism. Mass resignations followed by voluntary testimony to congressional committees are a constitutional mechanism. Overt defiance of presidential authority …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The White House is discussing potential replacements for Jim Mattis — Well before this week's revelations about President Trump's interactions with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Bob Woodward's new book, officials inside the White House have been actively discussing who will replace Mattis …
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Woodward book prompts West Wing witch hunt, sources say — Sanders discredits Woodward book on Trump — (CNN)President Donald Trump, showing his outrage over Bob Woodward's explosive new book, is ordering a real witch hunt in the West Wing and throughout his administration …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
We're Watching an Antidemocratic Coup Unfold — The title of Bob Woodward's new book, Fear, contains a multitude of meanings. For one thing, it describes the attitude of many of President DonaldTrump's own aides toward his judgment. — It's not just that many sources were willing …
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Associated Press:
Trump rips searing Times op-ed from unnamed senior official — WASHINGTON (AP) — In a striking anonymous broadside, a senior Trump administration official wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times on Wednesday claiming to be part of a group of people “working diligently from within” …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The 2 most overlooked, inexplicable stories from Bob Woodward's Trump book
The 2 most overlooked, inexplicable stories from Bob Woodward's Trump book
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Jessica Roy / Los Angeles Times:
No, anonymous Trump official, you're not ‘part of the resistance.’ You're a coward
No, anonymous Trump official, you're not ‘part of the resistance.’ You're a coward
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Weekly Standard, The Daily Caller and ABC News
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Everybody on the Inside Knows It's True”: Woodward's Reality Bomb Is Blowing Up the West Wing
“Everybody on the Inside Knows It's True”: Woodward's Reality Bomb Is Blowing Up the West Wing
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
An Insider's Lament About Trump Serves No Public Good
An Insider's Lament About Trump Serves No Public Good
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Washington Post, The Guardian and New York Times
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
White House Searches For Anonymous Inside Critic
White House Searches For Anonymous Inside Critic
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The Guardian, CNN and Breitbart
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Attack on Woodward's Book Hits a Bump: He Actually Did Call Jeff Sessions a ‘Retard’
Trump's Attack on Woodward's Book Hits a Bump: He Actually Did Call Jeff Sessions a ‘Retard’
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Hot Air, Sputnik International and TheBlaze
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jerome Corsi, Conspiracy Theorist, Is Subpoenaed in Mueller Investigation — Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist and political commentator with connections to the former Trump adviser Roger J. Stone Jr., has been subpoenaed to testify on Friday before the grand jury in the special counsel investigation …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh stumbled over two critical tripwires — More than abortion or gun control or health care, what is at stake in the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh is the security of our constitutional system and the rule of law. We've not had such a Supreme Court battle …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How bad will Trump's abuses get? Today's Kavanaugh hearing could provide a clue.
How bad will Trump's abuses get? Today's Kavanaugh hearing could provide a clue.
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Brookings
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh debates and dodges on Day 2 of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing
Kavanaugh debates and dodges on Day 2 of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing
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Politico, Axios, The Daily Beast, ABC News, Breitbart, Reason and Power Line
David French / National Review:
The Democrats' No Good, Frivolous, Ridiculous Day
The Democrats' No Good, Frivolous, Ridiculous Day
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Leahy Trips Kavanaugh Up With Questions About Allegedly Stolen Emails
Leahy Trips Kavanaugh Up With Questions About Allegedly Stolen Emails
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Mother Jones, Media Matters for America, VTDigger and Washington Post
BuzzFeed News:
I Am Part Of The Resistance Inside The New York Times Opinion Desk — BuzzFeed News today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous, and entirely satirical, op-ed essay. We have done so at the request of the author, a senior editor for the New York Times Opinion page …
David Siders / Politico:
‘This is the first wave of an invasion’ — Channeling their anger, progressives are staging their own tea party-style revolt. — Ordinary voters flocking to political protests. Activists channeling their anger at the president and his policies. Several otherwise safe incumbents taken down in primaries.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
DeSantis to name Nuñez as Florida's first Cuban-American female running mate
DeSantis to name Nuñez as Florida's first Cuban-American female running mate
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Florida Politics
The Daily Caller:
Full Transcript Of Trump's Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sat for an exclusive Oval Office interview Tuesday with The Daily Caller's Saagar Enjeti and Vince Coglianese for approximately 38 minutes. — The transcript is as follows:
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Judge orders independent candidate off the ballot in Va. congressional race, citing ‘out and out fraud’ — RICHMOND — A Richmond Circuit Court judge on Wednesday ordered independent candidate Shaun Brown removed from the ballot in Virginia's 2nd District congressional race …
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Patrick Wilson / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Richmond judge finds ‘out and out fraud,’ …
Richmond judge finds ‘out and out fraud,’ …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Rubio to Alex Jones: 'Don't touch me, man' — (R-Fla.) and InfoWars host Alex Jones clashed Wednesday outside a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, with Rubio threatening to take care of Jones after the Infowars host touched his shoulder. — For nearly five minutes as Rubio answered questions …
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Watch: Alex Jones and Marco Rubio nearly come to blows in the Senate hallway
Watch: Alex Jones and Marco Rubio nearly come to blows in the Senate hallway
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Justice to convene meeting on whether social media companies are ‘intentionally stifling’ free speech
Justice to convene meeting on whether social media companies are ‘intentionally stifling’ free speech
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illegal immigration … and Politico
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
NBC/Marist poll: Democrat Joe Donnelly has slight edge in Indiana Senate race — Donnelly leads 49 percent to Mike Braun's 43 percent support among likely voters in a two-way race. — WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly has a slight advantage over Republican challenger Mike Braun …
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Johnathan Silver / Austin American-Statesman:
Unapproved O'Rourke text message asks for ‘undocumented immigrant’ vote — A person who a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke's Senate campaign said was pretending to be a “texting team” volunteer sent an unauthorized message to voters Wednesday asking them to help “transport undocumented immigrants” to the polls.
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sandiegouniontribune.com:
Hunter indictment sheds light on ‘personal relationships’ for congressman — Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret Hunter were arraigned on charges related to a 60-count indictment filed this week in San Diego. — The criminal indictment issued against Rep. Duncan Hunter …
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CNN:
State Department's top candidate to lead efforts countering disinformation: A Fox News reporter — (CNN)A Fox News correspondent is a leading candidate to head the State Department agency tasked with combating propaganda and disinformation from foreign adversaries, CNN has learned.
C-SPAN.org:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Testifies on Content Monitoring — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee about his company's algorithm and content monitoring practices.
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NBC News:
Trump admin rejected report showing refugees did not pose major security threat — Hardliners issued their own report that several ex-officials say misstates evidence and inflates the threat posed by people born outside the U.S. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has consistently sought …
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Splinter