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Morning Joe Asks Howard Schultz How Much a Box of Cheerios Costs. He Does Not Know. — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was asked a question on MSNBC Wednesday that may shed some light on how well he connects with the little things Americans tend to notice in their everyday lives.
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The Daily Beast, twitchy.com, VICE News, Chicks On The Right, Joe.My.God., Hot Air and Fox News
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Howard Schultz is above the political fray — so high above he often doesn't vote — Like a lot of outsider business execs who want to come in and fix politics, Howard Schultz has kept some distance from the mess of democracy in the past. By not voting. — Howard Schultz wants to run …
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Here's What Starbucks Is Telling Employees To Say About Howard Schultz — The coffee chain's weekly memo discusses how to defuse the situation should someone share “aggressive political opinions.” — Starbucks is doing what it can to prepare employees for potentially uncomfortable customer encounters …
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Althouse, AOL, Contemptor, IJR and Washington Post
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Exclusive: Foxconn reconsidering plans to make LCD panels at Wisconsin plant — (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group is reconsidering plans to make advanced liquid crystal display panels at a $10 billion Wisconsin campus, and said it intends to hire mostly engineers and researchers rather …
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GOP delay in naming House Intelligence Committee members may have cost Mueller — Democrats have been unable to authorize release of witness transcripts to the special counsel without GOP members who were just named Wednesday. — WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. …
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With sanctions lifted, Trump transition member gets board position on Russian oligarch's company
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ThinkProgress, Joe.My.God., Shakesville, CNN, Washington Press, Mother Jones and Law & Crime
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Republican move allows House Intel to resume work
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Chicago police confirm surveillance video in homophobic, racist assault of ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett — Chicago police said late Wednesday that detectives have found video footage of suspects who allegedly attacked “Empire” star Jussie Smollett. — Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi …
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Police: No footage yet showing ‘Empire’ actor being attacked
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The Gateway Pundit and Louder With Crowder
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Mueller says Russians using his discovery materials in disinformation effort — Russians are using materials obtained from special counsel Robert Mueller's office in a disinformation campaign apparently aimed at discrediting the investigation into Moscow's election interference, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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The Guardian
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Pro-Russian Twitter account used non-public material from Mueller's team in effort to discredit Russia probe
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller: Shared evidence was used to discredit special counsel probe
Mueller: Shared evidence was used to discredit special counsel probe
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The Daily Beast and The Week
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So Roger Stone, Jim Mattis and Lanny Davis walk into a steakhouse . . . — Hey, isn't that . . . a cable news hour's worth of President Trump's friends and enemies at Washington's favorite power lunch spot? — Just before noon Tuesday, Trump's longtime friend …
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Graham wants FBI to justify ‘tactics’ of Roger Stone arrest
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Hullabaloo
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham asks FBI to brief Senate panel on Roger Stone's arrest
Lindsey Graham asks FBI to brief Senate panel on Roger Stone's arrest
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Breitbart and thenationalsentinel.com
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Roger Stone faces a gag order. He has a plan to resist it.
Roger Stone faces a gag order. He has a plan to resist it.
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Law & Crime, One America News Network, CBS News, POLITICUSUSA and YouTube
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Virginia Governor Defends Letting Infants Die — This morning on WTOP's “Ask The Governor,” Virginia governor Ralph Northam defended the new abortion bill introduced by state Democrats this month, the Repeal Act, which would legalize abortion up to the point of birth.
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Townhall, YouTube, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller, thenationalsentinel.com, No More Mister Nice Blog, LifeNews.com, The Gateway Pundit, Live Action News, RedState, Conservative News Today, Chicks On The Right, Faithwire, Louder With Crowder, Daily Wire, The Daily Signal, Law & Crime and The Resurgent
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Va. Gov. Northam faces fierce conservative backlash over abortion bill
David French / National Review:
Yes, the Virginia Abortion Bill Is Just as Barbaric as You've Heard
Yes, the Virginia Abortion Bill Is Just as Barbaric as You've Heard
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YouTube, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
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Bezos Launches Investigation Into Leaked Texts With Lauren Sanchez That Killed His Marriage — The Amazon chief's security consultants suspect the leak to the National Enquirer may have been politically motivated. — Jeff Bezos' personal security team has launched an investigation …
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Gizmodo, Front Page Magazine, Splinter and Mediaite
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Donald Trump's Chance to Bring Peace to Afghanistan and End America's Longest War — Afghanistan, in the foreign imagination, has never been associated with certainty. For centuries, visitors and invaders alike have applied conflicting stereotypes to the country—that Afghans …
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Breitbart and New York Times
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Why winning and losing are irrelevant in Syria and Afghanistan
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New York Times and New Republic
Ryan Crocker / Washington Post:
I was ambassador to Afghanistan. This deal is a surrender.
I was ambassador to Afghanistan. This deal is a surrender.
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Power Line, Politico, VICE News, The Daily Beast and One America News Network
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Sarah Sanders: God ‘wanted Donald Trump to become president’ — (CNN)White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said she believes God wanted President Donald Trump to win the 2016 election, the Christian Broadcasting Network reported on Wednesday. — “I think God calls all of us …
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The Root
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McConnell says bill that would make Election Day a federal holiday is a ‘power grab’ by Democrats — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that a Democratic bill that would make Election Day a federal holiday is a “power grab,” sparking a fierce backlash online.
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Axios, Mother Jones, Balloon Juice, Common Dreams, IJR, Jezebel, Jamie Dupree - AJC and Political Wire
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Mitch McConnell: making Election Day a federal holiday is a Democratic “power grab”
Mitch McConnell: making Election Day a federal holiday is a Democratic “power grab”
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and POLITICUSUSA
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Rand Paul awarded more than $580K after neighbor's attack — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses on Wednesday in his lawsuit against the neighbor who tackled him and broke several of his ribs in a dispute over lawn maintenance.
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Axios, Political Wire and NPR
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We Asked 2016 ‘Never Trump’ Republicans if They'll Back the President in 2020: 'I Mean, He's in Office' — In 2016, a number of Senate Republicans made the rare political decision to oppose their own party's nominee, then-candidate Donald Trump. They were known as “Never Trumpers.”
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Axios, Shareblue Media, Political Wire and The Guardian
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In latest attack on intelligence agencies, Trump ignores where they actually agree — President Trump lashed out at the government's most senior intelligence leaders Wednesday, his latest assault on the spies and analysts who work for him but sometimes deliver facts that he doesn't want to hear.
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Undocumented worker who was fired by Trump Organization to attend State of the Union — An undocumented worker who was fired from the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., after she publicly disclosed her immigration status will attend President Trump's State of the Union address next week.
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Politico, CNN, Splinter, Political Wire, KTLA, Joe.My.God., illegal immigration …, VICE News, NorthJersey.com, POLITICUSUSA, WTKR-TV and New York Times
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Tim Scott still opposes Thomas Farr, and has sharp words for conservative critics — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has a message for the conservatives excoriating him for opposing Thomas Farr to be a district court judge: They ought not challenge the conclusion of the Senate's only black Republican …
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Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Mueller Witness' Team Gamed Out Russian Meddling ... in 2015 — One former analyst at the Wikistrat consulting firm called it “disturbing.” — Days after Donald Trump rode down an escalator at Trump Tower and announced he'd run for president, a little-known consulting firm with links …
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Talking Points Memo, Politico and The New Civil Rights Movement
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Loss of newspapers contributes to political polarization — NEW YORK (AP) — The steady loss of local newspapers and journalists across the country contributes to the nation's political polarization, a new study has found. — With fewer opportunities to find out about local politicians …
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Political Wire
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Has-Been James Woods Tweets Stream Of Misogynistic Hate At Kamala Harris — James Woods punked everybody last year when he pretended he gave a damn about hurricane survivors to gain some social media traction. Here's how he's spending that goodwill. — The misogyny and racism oozing …
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Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is charging a whopping $200,000 per speaking gig — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is currently quoting $200,000 and the use of a private jet for domestic speaking engagements, according to five people with knowledge of the arrangement.
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Washington Post, Joe.My.God., AOL, Axios and Talking Points Memo
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The BuzzFeed Layoffs as Democratic Emergency — Digital media has always been a turbulent business, but last week's layoffs suggest a reason for panic. — Working in digital media is like trying to build a fort out of marshmallows on a foundation made of marbles in a country ruled by capricious and tyrannical warring robots.
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Digiday, more at Mediagazer »
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Special Report: Inside the UAE's secret hacking team of U.S. mercenaries — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two weeks after leaving her position as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. National Security Agency in 2014, Lori Stroud was in the Middle East working as a hacker for an Arab monarchy.
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Why Trump's superfans dig Ocasio-Cortez — They detest what she stands for. They think her policies would destroy the country. And they wish she would just go away. — All the same, many of President Donald Trump's most media-conscious supporters can't help but admit it: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has got serious political game.
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Jezebel and Splinter
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We Now Know The Law Firm Representing The Mystery Foreign-Owned Company That Is Fighting A Grand Jury Subpoena — WASHINGTON — The law firm of Alston & Bird is representing the mystery company owned by a foreign country that is fighting a grand jury subpoena at the Supreme Court …
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CNN
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Powell dismisses suggestion that Trump swayed the Fed: 'We won't make mistakes of character or integrity' — Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell dismissed the possibility that President Trump's criticism factored into the central bank's decision Wednesday not to raise interest rates.