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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
The Media Wildly Mischaracterized That Video of Covington Catholic Students Confronting a Native American Veteran — Journalists who uncritically accepted Nathan Phillips' story got this completely wrong. — Partial video footage of students from a Catholic high school allegedly harassing …
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RedState, NPR, Detroit News, twitchy.com, Indian Country Today, The Resurgent, The Daily Beast, CBS Denver and Splinter
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Adam Forrest / The Independent:
MAGA hat boy's mother blames ‘black Muslims’ for her son harassing Native American man — Parent claims musician ‘drummed in his face’ while ‘black Muslims yelled profanities’ — The mother of a boy filmed harassing a Native American man along with his friends at a rally in Washington DC has blamed …
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
The Catholic Bonfire At The Stake — Good morning from Dublin. It is really interesting to observe US public controversies from outside the American bubble. I am startled by the massive controversy that has erupted over the Covington (KY) Catholic school boys and the Native American man …
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Contemptor, Washington Post, Cincinnati.com, Indian Country Today, Associated Press and Catholic Conference …
Daniel McCarthy / Spectator USA:
What makes a liberal want to punch a child? — If someone walks up to you and bangs a drum in your face, are you guilty of harassing the drummer? You might be if you're white and wearing a MAGA hat. Just a day after rushing to judgment about a BuzzFeed story that claimed President Trump …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump says he's willing to give ‘amnesty’ in ‘much bigger deal’
POLITICO Playbook: Trump says he's willing to give ‘amnesty’ in ‘much bigger deal’
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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Native American leader of Michigan: ‘Mob mentality’ in students was ‘scary’
Native American leader of Michigan: ‘Mob mentality’ in students was ‘scary’
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The Gateway Pundit, Hollywood Reporter, FOX59, Breitbart, CNN, twitchy.com and Washington Post
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
The Mayor of Covington, Kentucky, Explains What His City Stands For
The Mayor of Covington, Kentucky, Explains What His City Stands For
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National Review, Mother Jones, Townhall, Breitbart, Slate, ThinkProgress, Cincinnati.com, TheBlaze and Hullabaloo
Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
Radical evil, and the online lynching of a kid from Kentucky
Radical evil, and the online lynching of a kid from Kentucky
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Power Line, National Review, Instapundit and Al Jazeera
NBC News:
Giuliani: Trump Tower Moscow negotiations ‘as far as October, November’ 2016 — Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, says that negotiations over Trump Tower Moscow likely went up to the 2016 election, during an interview with Meet the Press.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani: ‘So What’ If Trump Talked To Cohen About His Testimony — The president's attorney said on Sunday that it's possible the president spoke with his former attorney Michael Cohen prior to Cohen's congressional testimony. — Gideon Resnick — Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal attorney …
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Politico, Breitbart and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Giuliani Says Talks for Trump Tower in Moscow Lasted Through 2016 Election — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, said on Sunday that discussions about building a Trump Tower in Moscow lasted through the November 2016 election, months longer than previously confirmed.
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Philly.com, Vox, Raw Story, The Guardian, emptywheel, Contemptor and Daily Kos
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Adam Schiff on “Face the Nation,” January 20, 2019
Transcript: Rep. Adam Schiff on “Face the Nation,” January 20, 2019
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Political Wire and POLITICUSUSA
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The media's ‘Gotcha!’ hysteria is shameful
The media's ‘Gotcha!’ hysteria is shameful
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Contemptor, Washington Times, Washington Free Beacon, Maggie's Farm and Townhall
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Giuliani: Discussions on Trump Tower in Moscow were ‘active’ throughout 2016 election
Giuliani: Discussions on Trump Tower in Moscow were ‘active’ throughout 2016 election
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Mother Jones
Nolan Rappaport / The Hill:
Trump offers to limit his border wall to strategic locations — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should give serious consideration to the settlement proposal that President Donald Trump made in his televised address from the White House. — Her objection all along has been to building …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump defends immigration proposal against ‘amnesty’ criticism from conservatives — President Trump early Sunday sought to sell his new immigration proposal, which includes funding for a wall along the southern border and extended protection for certain immigrant groups, amid pushback from Democrats and hard-line conservatives.
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ABC News, NBC News, New York Times and Daily Wire
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Ann Coulter blasts Trump shutdown compromise: ‘We voted for Trump and got Jeb!’
Ann Coulter blasts Trump shutdown compromise: ‘We voted for Trump and got Jeb!’
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Vox, New York Times, ThinkProgress, POLITICUSUSA and The Guardian
Heather Caygle / Politico:
‘Only with Nancy’: How Schumer and Pelosi stuck together on the shutdown
‘Only with Nancy’: How Schumer and Pelosi stuck together on the shutdown
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Raw Story, American Greatness and Politico
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Gabbard says Democrats share blame in shutdown logjam
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Mark Meadows, Trump whisperer
Hannes Grassegger / BuzzFeed News:
The Unbelievable Story Of The Plot Against George Soros — The glass tower that houses George Soros's office in Manhattan is overflowing with numbers on screens, tracking and predicting the directions of markets around the world. But there's one that's particularly hard to figure out …
Washington Post:
The man who stood behind Trump — After his laugh was heard around the country, Joe Davidson is wondering: “I'm a good person. Isn't that what people say about me?” — A man on his way to see President Trump was speeding along a two-lane highway when his phone rang. — “Yes ma'am . . .”
CNN:
BuzzFeed editor and reporter defend scoop — Ben Smith and Anthony Cormier say they are confident in their disputed reporting about President Trump telling Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. “This will be borne out,” Cormier says. — Source: CNN — Ben Smith and Anthony Cormier …
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Mother Jones, Splinter and New York Times
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
‘I would not rule out a wall in certain instances’ along the southern border: House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson — The Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said that he “would not rule out a wall in certain instances” after President Donald Trump proposed …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Fire damages Fox, C-SPAN, MSNBC studios — A fire Sunday morning in Northwest Washington, D.C., damaged studios for Fox News, C-SPAN and MSNBC, and forced “Fox News Sunday” to relocate its broadcast to a local affiliate's studio. — D.C. Fire and EMS tweeted that an electrical fire broke …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Slippage in Support is Real — The president is losing support—not just among independents, but from his evangelical and white-male base, too. — The veteran and shrewd New York political operative Bruce Gyory, who's always worth listening to, writes: — Wanted to drop you a note.
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Axios:
Trump is so obsessed with cable news that his staff prints off chyrons to show him post-speech — For all his media bashing, President Trump sees the White House as the greatest show on earth and obsesses over the staging — micromanaging his own lighting, and constantly consuming the coverage …
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Raw Story