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20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist reforms — Thirty-five years later, Debbie Vasquez's voice trembled as she described her trauma to a group of Southern Baptist leaders. — She was 14, she said, when she was first molested by her pastor in Sanger …
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Russell Moore and The American Conservative


Border talks at impasse as shutdown looms Friday, officials say — Bipartisan talks aimed at resolving the border wall dispute and averting a government shutdown Friday have broken down and are at an impasse, two people familiar with the situation said Sunday.
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Splinter, POLITICUSUSA, The Guardian and The Week
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Shutdown talks stalled — Negotiations to avert another government shutdown abruptly fell apart over the weekend, raising the risk of another shuttering of services, a stopgap funding bill or a declaration by President Donald Trump of a national emergency at the southern border.

White House chief of staff Mulvaney won't rule out possibility of another shutdown
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Sara A. Carter, Mother Jones, New York Times, The Daily Caller and The Week


Klobuchar's opening pitch sidetracked by staff horror stories — MINNEAPOLIS — Sen. Amy Klobuchar is pitching herself for the White House as the commonsense Midwestern answer to President Donald Trump — while former staffers portray her as a brutal boss who mistreated them.
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RedState and Balloon Juice
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Klobuchar expected to announce 2020 presidential bid
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Reuters, Outside the Beltway and The Week


Bob Costas, unplugged: From NBC and broadcast icon to dropped from the Super Bowl — IN DECEMBER 2015, the movie “Concussion” was set for a Christmas Day release in nearly 3,000 theaters across America. The film told the story of the NFL's attempts to discredit research tying brain damage to football …


Michael Cohen's secret agenda … NEW YORK — At first, Michael Cohen appeared indifferent as he listened to the group of Republican leaders urge his boss to run for governor. — It was the fall of 2013, and Donald Trump was already fixated on “the big thing,” as he referred to running for president.
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Politico, Booman Tribune and Raw Story


The mysterious case of AOC's scrubbed ‘Green New Deal’ details — On Feb. 5, the congressional office of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a new blog entry under “energy issues” detailing her “Green New Deal” proposal and answering “frequently asked questions.”
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Washington Free Beacon, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA, Power Line and Daily Wire
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's staff says a document that supported paying Americans 'unwilling …
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twitchy.com


Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children and locked in a cell for seven HOURS after calling a transgender woman a man on Twitter — More than two months after her arrest and she has had neither her mobile phone or laptop returned — A mother was arrested in front of her children …
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The First Street Journal, Breitbart and Louder With Crowder

“I'm not going anywhere”: Northam vows to remain in office despite calls to resign — Watch the full interview with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on “CBS This Morning” on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. ET. — Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam says he considered resigning …
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National Review, USA Today, BuzzFeed News, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Beast
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Virginians are split on governor's fate amid blackface scandal
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Vox, New York Times, Mediaite, The Week and Politico


This petty poster war says everything you need to know about the immigration debate in Congress — There may be no better way to understand the immigration debate on Capitol Hill than to take a walk through the second floor of the Rayburn House Office Building.
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ImmigrationProf Blog


Scoop: Bob Woodward writes email to Jeff Bezos: “It's Watergate redux” — Bob Woodward — author of “FEAR: Trump in the White House,” and an associate editor of The Washington Post, where he has worked since 1971 — wrote an email of support on Friday to Post owner Jeff Bezos, following his Medium post defying the National Enquirer:


What If There Were 42 Million at the Border? — Here's a good question about caravans: How many more are coming? — Gallup asked the whole population of Latin America. There are 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Roughly 450 million adults live in the region.


Colorado Sen. Bennet hints about joining crowded Democratic race for president — Sen. Michael F. Bennet had a message for fellow Democrats this weekend as two more White House contenders formally jumped into the 2020 presidential race: Don't forget about me.
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Political Wire


Our Brains Aren't Designed to Handle the Trump Era — Or mine isn't, anyway. — I am trying to think about when, exactly, I realized that my brain was wretchedly ill suited to the modern world. Was it when Twitter began? With the internet itself? — Certainly by this current presidency.


Protesters Raise Funds To Transport Trump Baby Blimp In Time For President's El Paso Rally — A major protest is planned as Trump kicks off his first campaign rally of the year in the Texas border city. — In less than a day, activists from El Paso raised enough money to transport …
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CBS News


Republicans can't wait to debate Medicare for All — The only people more eager than progressive Democrats for hearings on Medicare for All are conservative Republicans. — GOP lawmakers, fresh off an electoral shellacking fueled in large part by health care concerns …
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Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Beast