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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
“Even if He Did Do It, It Wouldn't Be a Crime”: Rudy Giuliani on President Trump — On Sunday, Rudy Giuliani, one of President Trump's lawyers, made a startling admission to the Times and NBC's “Meet the Press” that Trump had been involved in discussions to build a Trump Tower Moscow throughout …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Giuliani Says His Moscow Trump Tower Comments Were ‘Hypothetical’ — President Trump's personal lawyer on Monday walked back the timeline he had offered a day earlier on when negotiations ended with Russian officials about a proposed Trump Tower project in Moscow, calling his comments “hypothetical” and not intended to convey facts.
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Raw Story, CNN and Fox News Insider
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Emin Agalarov cancels US concert tour after not reaching testimony deal with Mueller and Congress
Emin Agalarov cancels US concert tour after not reaching testimony deal with Mueller and Congress
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FOX 61
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Giuliani walks back statements on Trump Tower Moscow talks
Giuliani walks back statements on Trump Tower Moscow talks
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Washington Post and The Daily Beast
CNN:
After BuzzFeed article, Trump legal team reached out to Mueller's office, Giuliani says
After BuzzFeed article, Trump legal team reached out to Mueller's office, Giuliani says
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emptywheel, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Townhall and Washington Post
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Trump ‘never spoke’ with Michael Cohen about false testimony, Rudy Giuliani says in latest Moscow deal twist
Trump ‘never spoke’ with Michael Cohen about false testimony, Rudy Giuliani says in latest Moscow deal twist
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Joe.My.God. and The Daily Caller
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Covington Catholic High students in blackface at past basketball game — This won't help Kentucky student Nick Sandmann's case. — A photo said to be featuring Covington Catholic High School students clad in blackface during a 2015 basketball game made the rounds on Twitter Monday morning amid …
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Snopes.com and HuffPost
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Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
After Viral Video, Families of Covington Are Swiftly Circling to Protect Their Boys — COVINGTON, Ky. — On Friday night, all anyone at Covington Catholic High School was talking about was that their star Colonels basketball team had unexpectedly lost to the rival St. Xavier Bombers, 55-45.
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Townhall, Patterico's Pontifications, The Atlantic and The Federalist
Laura Wagner / The Concourse:
Don't Doubt What You Saw With Your Own Eyes — Two days ago, video was posted online that pretty much everyone who saw immediately recognized for what it was—footage of white teens taunting and harassing a Native American elder named Nathan Phillips on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Washington Examiner, UPI, HuffPost and The New Neo
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter suspends account that helped ignite controversy over viral encounter — New York (CNN Business)Twitter suspended an account on Monday afternoon that helped spread a controversial encounter between a Native American elder and a group of high school students wearing Make America Great Again hats.
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Washington Times, The Guardian and Talking Points Memo, more at Techmeme »
Courier-Journal:
Louisville PR firm played a key role in Covington Catholic controversy — This video clip went viral, throwing Covington Catholic into the national spotlight. Longer video has since emerged showing how the incident started. — CONNECT — In the hours after video clips showed Covington …
Discussion:
New York Times and TheBlaze
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Twitter Allows ‘Verified’ Calls for Violence Against Conservative High School Kids
Twitter Allows ‘Verified’ Calls for Violence Against Conservative High School Kids
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Power Line, RedState, The Daily Caller and The Daily Signal
Hunter Hooligan / The Cut:
Staring Down the Smug Face of American Violence
Staring Down the Smug Face of American Violence
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POLITICUSUSA and CNN
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Maybe Reexamine Your Life If You Want to Punch a Kid in the Face
Maybe Reexamine Your Life If You Want to Punch a Kid in the Face
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The Gateway Pundit, NB Blog, Grabien News and Instapundit
Pardes Seleh / Mediaite:
Journalists and Celebs Rush to Delete Tweets Slamming MAGA-Hat Kids
Journalists and Celebs Rush to Delete Tweets Slamming MAGA-Hat Kids
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Daily Wire, Talking Points Memo, Townhall, RedState, IJR, Friendly Atheist, Conservative News Today, Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Instapundit and TheBlaze
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Absolutely out of control’: Cliff Sims's book depicts life in Trump's White House — President Trump watched on television, increasingly angry, as House Speaker Paul D. Ryan criticized his handling of the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. He held the remote control …
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The Week, Hullabaloo, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Joe.My.God. and National Review
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Russian Oligarch and Allies Could Benefit From Sanctions Deal, Document Shows — WASHINGTON — When the Trump administration announced last month that it was lifting sanctions against a trio of companies controlled by an influential Russian oligarch, it cast the move as tough on Russia and on the oligarch …
Discussion:
The Week and Joe.My.God.
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
President Trump Posts Altered Photos to Facebook and Instagram That Make Him Look Thinner — President Donald Trump's social media accounts are filled with vile racism, idiotic xenophobia, and inaccurate statistics. And now we can add another category to the list: fake photos.
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POLITICUSUSA, Towleroad Gay News, Washington Press, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
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Alison Bowen / Chicago Tribune:
It started when he couldn't grasp a pen. Diagnosed with ALS at 37, former Obama staffer hopes to use campaign skills to raise funds for a cure. — Brian Wallach, who has been diagnosed with ALS, and his wife, Sandra Abrevaya, are launching I Am ALS, which they hope leads to a better understanding …
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Biden Expresses Regret for Support of Crime Legislation in the 1990s — WASHINGTON — Former Vice-President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Monday he made a mistake in supporting the tough-on-crime drug legislation of the 1980s and 1990s, expressing regret in particular over a bill …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump marks MLK day with 2-minute memorial visit
Trump marks MLK day with 2-minute memorial visit
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Breitbart, ABC News and Washington Post
John Verhovek / ABC News:
Joe Biden: White America 'has to admit there's still a systemic racism'
Joe Biden: White America 'has to admit there's still a systemic racism'
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Axios, The American Mirror, twitchy.com and Breitbart
Nicholas Frankovich / National Review:
An Apology — Early Sunday morning, I posted a “strongly worded” (Rich Lowry's description) condemnation of the conduct, seen far and wide on video, of a group of high-school students at the conclusion of the March for Life on Friday afternoon. I was preachy and rhetorically excessive, and I regret it.
Discussion:
American Greatness and Instapundit
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Greenland's Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say — Greenland's enormous ice sheet is melting at such an accelerated rate that it may have reached a “tipping point,” and could become a major factor in sea-level rise around the world within two decades, scientists said in a study published on Monday.
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The Daily Caller and The Guardian
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Exclusive: GOP reaches landmark agreement to juice small-dollar fundraising — President Donald Trump's political team and top Republican officials have reached a landmark agreement to reshape the party's fundraising apparatus and close the financial gap that devastated them in the midterms.
Discussion:
CNN and electionlawblog.org
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump voters now blame him for the government shutdown — MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. — Two years ago, Jeff Daudert was fed up with politics. He wanted to shake up the status quo. He didn't mind sending a message to the establishment — and, frankly, he liked the idea of a disruptive president.
Discussion:
POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Tyler Silvy / Greeley Tribune:
Rep. Lori Saine says blacks, whites lynched in ‘nearly equal numbers’ for being Republican — A Colorado representative said black people and white people were lynched in nearly equal numbers for being Republican in the post-Reconstruction era. — Rep. Lori Saine, R-Firestone …
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Raw Story
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The GOP has become the pro-Russia party — Once upon a time, Ayn Rand-reading, red-baiting Republicans denounced Soviet Russia as an evil superpower intent on destroying the American way of life. — My, how things have changed. — The Grand Old Party has quietly become the pro-Russia party …
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Raw Story
Jill Lepore / New Yorker:
Does Journalism Have a Future? — In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face. — The wood-panelled tailgate of the 1972 Oldsmobile station wagon dangled open like a broken jaw, making a wobbly bench on which four kids could sit, eight legs swinging.
Jonathan S. Tobin / National Review:
Democrats Should Police Hate on Their Side of the Aisle, Too — Republicans disciplined Steve King, but Democrats have rewarded Ilhan Omar despite her anti-Semitism. — When Republicans finally acted to disassociate their caucus from Representative Steve King (R., Iowa) because of his extremism …
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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Ilhan Omar and the Myth of Jewish Hypnosis