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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump expected to propose DACA-TPS immigration compromise — President Trump plans to use remarks from the Diplomatic Reception Room on Saturday afternoon to propose a notable immigration compromise, according to sources familiar with the speech.
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Axios:
Democrats dismiss Trump shutdown offer — Even before President Trump's shutdown remarks on Saturday, Democratic aides on the Hill were dismissing his planned shutdown compromise offer as inadequate. — As first reported by Axios, Trump was expected to make two offers to Democrats in exchange …
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Washington Post:
Trump offers 3-year extension of protection for ‘dreamers’ in exchange for $5.7 billion for wall; Democrats call it a ‘non-starter’ — President Trump made a new offer Saturday to Democrats aimed at ending the 29-day partial government shutdown that would extend deportation protections …
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Pelosi: Trump proposals to reopen government a ‘non-starter’ — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday called reports of a deal to be proposed by President Trump to end a record-long partial government shutdown a “non-starter.” — “Democrats were hopeful that the President …
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
Trump proposes deal on immigration, Pelosi calls shutdown offer a “non-starter”
Trump proposes deal on immigration, Pelosi calls shutdown offer a “non-starter”
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's bid to negotiate on wall met by Democratic rejection
Trump's bid to negotiate on wall met by Democratic rejection
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Support DACA Protections for More Wall Funding
Trump to Support DACA Protections for More Wall Funding
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CNN:
Trump plans to make Democrats an offer to end shutdown, not declare national emergency …
Trump plans to make Democrats an offer to end shutdown, not declare national emergency …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘Theater of the absurd’: How the shutdown's bleakest week unfolded for Trump
‘Theater of the absurd’: How the shutdown's bleakest week unfolded for Trump
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Vincent Schilling / Indian Country Today:
Outrage as non-Native youth wearing #MAGA hats taunt and disrespect Native elder — Native Twitter has gone ablaze as a Native American elder singing the AIM Song in Washington DC during the Indigenous Peoples March was ridiculed, taunted and mocked by a group of non-Native youth.
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Max Londberg / Cincinnati.com:
CovCath faces backlash after video of incident at Indigenous Peoples March surfaces — Covington Catholic High School faced backlash on social media Saturday morning after video was posted and widely shared showing a tense incident involving indigenous marchers and a group of young men in Washington, D.C.
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Lisa Ryan / The Cut:
Mob of MAGA Hat-Wearing Teen Boys Caught on Video Harassing Native Elder — Native American activists and allies gathered in Washington on Friday for the Indigenous Peoples March - just days after President Donald joked on Twitter about a Native American massacre.
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Axios:
Mueller's BuzzFeed statement is a reckoning for journalism in the age of Trump — Last night's rare on-the-record statement from the Mueller team is a reckoning that journalism had coming: Amid some of the most impressive reporting of our lifetimes, there's plenty of questionable coverage in this shock-a-minute era.
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emptywheel:
Peter Carr Speaks — Yesterday, Mueller's spox Peter Carr issued a statement vaguely denying Thursday's Buzzfeed story claiming that Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie. … Clearly, there are parts of the story that are correct, in that they provide specific details that match the vague ones Mueller himself has released.
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Alan Dershowitz / Fox News:
BuzzFeed report (and Mueller rebuke) a vivid example of “Get Trump” media mindset
BuzzFeed report (and Mueller rebuke) a vivid example of “Get Trump” media mindset
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Washington Post:
In a rare move, Mueller's office denies BuzzFeed report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow project
In a rare move, Mueller's office denies BuzzFeed report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow project
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Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
CNN And MSNBC Repeatedly Floated Impeachment Over Disputed BuzzFeed Report
CNN And MSNBC Repeatedly Floated Impeachment Over Disputed BuzzFeed Report
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New York Times:
As Beto O'Rourke Weighs 2020 Run, Democrats Chafe at His Go-It-Alone Style — For a moment in August, an event hall in Texas teemed with hope, taquitos and unity. — It was a border-town stop for Beto O'Rourke's Senate campaign, but another Democratic politician commanded particular attention …
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Beto O'Rourke:
I had been to Ulysses, Kansas once before, briefly. — Mike and I were driving back to Texas from New York in the summer of 1998. I had bought a used truck in Long Island for a thousand dollars, put my worldly possessions in the back and we drove the 2,200 miles to El Paso. One of the funnest times in my life.
David Siders / Politico:
Beto O'Rourke's road trip drives home his message
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
“Would you like to speak to the president?” — PARIS — “Would you like to speak to the president?” — That was about the last question I expected from a stranger on a Friday night in Paris. — I was at a brasserie in the Latin Quarter, enjoying dinner with James McAuley, the Post's Paris correspondent.
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
A black R&B artist hoped singing for Trump would build ‘a bridge.’ It derailed her career instead. — Chrisette Michele is singing to nearly empty concert halls. She says she's finding a new path to happiness. — GLENSIDE, Pa. — Chrisette Michele held hands with her band members during a final prayer …
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Raw Story
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
Attempts to steal fuel from Mexican pipeline set off massive fireball, killing at least 66 — MEXICO CITY — At least 66 people were killed when a fuel pipeline exploded outside Mexico City, unleashing a massive fireball after residents tapped into the duct to steal buckets of gasoline, officials said Saturday.
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Mark Stevenson / Associated Press:
Horrifying fireball at ruptured Mexico oil pipeline kills 21
Horrifying fireball at ruptured Mexico oil pipeline kills 21
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Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
FAIL: Only 10,000 Are Expected At This Year's Women's March Following Anti-Semitism Scandal — This year's Women's March has taken a significant hit after reports in 2018 that the founders of the organization were openly anti-Semitic. Many of the founders are supporters …
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Associated Press:
Arizona: Four women convicted after leaving food and water in desert for migrants — Federal judge finds activists guilty of entering a national wildlife refuge without a permit to give aid to migrants — A federal judge has found four women guilty of entering a national wildlife refuge without …
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Axios
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Useful idiots, Kristof edition — Lo these many years since the Russian Revolution and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the New York Times is still doing public relations for Communism. The most recent example — I find it almost unbelievable — is Nicholas Kristof's January 18 Times column …
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