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Ben White / Politico:
Soak the rich? Americans say go for it — The prospect of 70 percent tax rates for multimillionaires and special levies on the super-rich draw howls about creeping socialism and warnings of economic disaster in much of Washington. — But polling suggests that when it comes to soaking the rich …
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Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
Ana Maria Archila, Queens Woman Who Confronted Jeff Flake, Will Be Ocasio-Cortez's SOTU Guest — Ana Maria Archila, the Queens woman who famously confronted Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in a Capitol Hill elevator, will be Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's State of the Union guest on Tuesday.
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill and Hullabaloo
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Site Behind Northam Revelations Is Backed by GOP Operatives — The website that broke the story of the racist yearbook photo that is imperiling Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam is a scrappy, pro-Trump outfit backed by Republican operatives.
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Splinter and Political Wire
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Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic:
Ralph Northam's Mistake — On Friday, faced with a photo on his medical-school yearbook page featuring one person in blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam apologized. By Saturday, he said he'd never taken the photo, never seen the yearbook …
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The Daily Beast, New York Times and The Resurgent
Washington Post:
Northam meets with senior staff and considers options, including resignation
Northam meets with senior staff and considers options, including resignation
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Rewire.News, WTKR-TV and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ — When we go off to war. When we exercise our rights. When we soar to our greatest heights. — When we mourn and pray. When our neighbors are at risk. When our nation is threatened. There's someone to gather the facts. — To bring you the story. No matter the cost.
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USA Today, The Guardian, HuffPost, Conservative News Today, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Townhall, Instapundit and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Trump Calls for Keeping Troops in Iraq to Watch Iran, Possibly Upending ISIS Fight — WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to keep United States troops in Iraq to monitor and maintain pressure on neighboring Iran, committing to an American military presence in the region's war zones …
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The Daily Beast, The American Conservative, Informed Comment, Breitbart, CNBC and CBS News
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WWBT-TV:
Lt. Gov. Fairfax slams ‘defamatory and false’ sexual assault allegation — RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax issued a statement early Monday after an online article hinted at sexual assault allegations against him in 2004. — The site “Big League Politics” …
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Patrick Howley / Big League Politics:
Stanford Fellow Hints At Possible Justin Fairfax Sex Assault
Stanford Fellow Hints At Possible Justin Fairfax Sex Assault
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WVEC, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon and WTKR-TV
Axios:
Scoop: Leaked private schedules show Trump spent 60% of last 3 months in “Executive Time” — A White House source has leaked nearly every day of President Trump's private schedule for the past three months. — Why it matters: This unusually voluminous leak gives us unprecedented visibility into how this president spends his days.
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Raw Story, Mediaite, The National Memo, CNBC, The Week, Washington Press, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA, Splinter, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, Mother Jones, Washington Monthly and Washington Post
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Democrats have reason to fret Schultz — Democrats have broken into a panic over Howard Schultz's talk of an independent bid for president. A new poll suggests they have reason to be worried. — The POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows anti-Trump and Democratic voters are more open …
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POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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CNN:
CNN Poll: 4 in 10 call this the worst governing of their lifetimes — State of the Union: Paralyzed over border wall fight — (CNN)With a looming February 15 deadline to fund parts of the US government, few are optimistic the President and Congress will be able to reach agreement …
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Political Wire
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Dems hope to draw blood from potential Trump SCOTUS pick — When the conservative lawyer Neomi Rao appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, she'll be interviewing for a job on the country's second most powerful court. — But both her allies and enemies will be watching …
Associated Press:
Trump campaign takes steps to prevent a challenge within GOP — WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about a potential Republican primary challenge, President Donald Trump's campaign has launched a state-by-state effort to prevent an intraparty fight that could spill over into the general-election campaign.
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Political Wire
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Biden Is Close to Saying Yes — Joe Biden reliably blows through every public and private deadline for making a decision about running for president. But he's giving everyone he's seen in recent weeks the feeling that he's very close to saying yes. — The urgency of Biden's planning …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Attacking a Pay Wall That Hides Public Court Filings — WASHINGTON — The federal judiciary has built an imposing pay wall around its court filings, charging a preposterous 10 cents a page for electronic access to what are meant to be public records. A pending lawsuit could help tear that wall down.
USA Today:
Watergate's lesson? If Democrats want to heal America, Trump must be held accountable — Accountability is essential to the long-term health of our democracy, more important than even healing the nation's partisan divisions. — CONNECT — Democrats are wrestling with how aggressively …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Schumer and Sanders: Limit Corporate Stock Buybacks — Corporate self-indulgence has become an enormous problem for workers and for the long-term strength of the economy. — Mr. Schumer and Mr. Sanders are U.S. senators. — From the mid-20th century until the 1970s …
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CNBC
J.D. Capelouto / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: ICE arrests rapper 21 Savage, says he is actually British and overstayed visa — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested rapper 21 Savage early Sunday morning, claiming that he is actually from the United Kingdom and overstayed his visa, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.
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TMZ.com, Variety, NPR, The Daily Beast, WQAD-TV, theGrio, The Gateway Pundit, fox13now.com, The Week, Washington Post, ImmigrationProf Blog and The Root
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump says he doesn't know if he wants Mueller report made public — “It depends,” Trump said. “I have no idea what it's going to say.” — President Donald Trump said in a CBS News interview that aired Sunday that he isn't sure if he wants special counsel Robert Mueller's report to be made public.
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Just Security
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Won't Commit to Making Mueller Report Public
Trump Won't Commit to Making Mueller Report Public
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The National Memo, Above the Law, Shareblue Media, The Week, Mediaite, Law & Crime, TheStreet, The Daily Caller and Breitbart