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Amy Klobuchar launches her 2020 bid with a Wisconsin dig at Hillary Clinton — After navigating the blizzard in which she launched her 2020 presidential campaign on Sunday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) concluded her big day with a subtle dig at Hillary Clinton.
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Republicans gush over Klobuchar
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‘Presidential wood chips’: Kellyanne Conway doesn't have much nice to say about the 2020 Democratic field
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The climate lines worth noting from Amy Klobuchar's 2020 launch
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Jewish House Democrats urge Pelosi to denounce Ilhan Omar for ‘hateful tropes’ in tweets — Two Jewish House Democrats, alarmed by what they view as anti-Semitic comments from new Muslim colleagues, are urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants to denounce the divisive rhetoric and take action to stop it.
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Jewish advocacy group calls on Omar to apologize after ‘stunningly anti-Semitic’ tweet — A major Jewish advocacy organization on Sunday called on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to apologize for suggesting that a pro-Israel lobbying group was buying off lawmakers, calling her tweet “stunningly anti-Semitic.”
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Omar ignites new anti-Semitism controversy with comments on AIPAC
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Harris takes on questions about her ‘blackness’ — (CNN)Sen. Kamala Harris directly confronted critics Monday who have questioned her black heritage, her record incarcerating minorities as a prosecutor and her decision to marry a white man. — In an interview with The Breakfast Club hosts DJ Envy …
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Kamala Harris calls for marijuana legalization: ‘I think it gives a lot of people joy’ — Sen. Kamala Harris called for the legalization of marijuana at a federal level in a Monday morning interview, making her the latest 2020 contender to weigh in on an issue that has become front-and-center as the presidential campaign season begins.
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Kamala Harris' A.G. Office Tried to Keep Inmates Locked Up for Cheap Labor
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‘Progressive Prosecutor’: Can Kamala Harris Square the Circle?
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Mistress' Brother Leaked Bezos' Racy Texts to Enquirer, Sources Say — Multiples sources tell The Daily Beast that Michael Sanchez, a Trumpworld associate and brother to Bezos' lover, gave the couple's texts to The National Enquirer. — The brother of Jeff Bezos' mistress, Lauren Sanchez …
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Steve Schmidt Storms Off Own Podcast When Asked About Advising Howard Schultz — “This is bullsh*t,” Schmidt exclaims. “I'm not doing this.” — Anti-Trump strategist and pundit Steve Schmidt is feeling the heat from all sides since his client, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz …
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Private Mossad for Hire — Inside a plot to influence American elections, starting with one small-town race. — One evening in 2016, a twenty-five-year-old community-college student named Alex Gutiérrez was waiting tables at La Piazza Ristorante Italiano, an upscale restaurant in Tulare, in California's San Joaquin Valley.
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I'll Be Voting for President Trump and Vice President Pence in 2020 — This week in 2016, I declared I would be “Never Trump.” A friend suggested I use a hashtag that had started circulating on Twitter, i.e #NeverTrump. The piece exploded and pushed me into a whirlwind of coverage.
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Rep. Roybal-Allard Statement on ICE Detention Beds
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Newsom pulling National Guard troops from border to fight ‘real threats’ — SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom will withdraw most of the California National Guard troops who were deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border last year, saying the state needs them to prepare for wildfires …
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California governor to draw down guard troops at border
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California Is Expected to Pull National Guard Troops Out of Border Duty
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Roger Stone's and Jerome Corsi's Time in the Barrel — Why the mismatched operatives matter to Trump—and to the Mueller investigation. — Roger Stone's house, in Fort Lauderdale, is situated between a quiet street and one of the city's canals, which are the only feature Fort Lauderdale shares with its Italian sister city, Venice.
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‘Everyone deserves to be heard,’ Fairfax says in interview as Democrats explored impeachment — RICHMOND — Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) said he will not step down and will preside over the Senate Monday regardless of any attempts to remove him from office amid allegations that he sexually assaulted two women.
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Justin Fairfax placed on leave by his law firm after rape allegation
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‘Weaker candidate than Hillary’: Democrats cast deep doubt on Biden's 2020 value — Joe Biden is everything a Democratic political consultant should love: He's experienced, well-liked, and his poll numbers look great against Donald Trump. — And yet many party strategists have a bleak assessment …
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Devastated by one shutdown, dreading the next — FRESNO, Calif. — The federal government had finally called her back to work after 35 days, but now Vicki Ibarra wondered how she could afford to get there. Her used sedan had been repossessed by the bank a few days earlier.


A note to Barr and Whitaker: The Mueller report must be made public — IN FRIDAY testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker insisted that he has not tried to stymie the Justice Department's Russia probe and has not discussed it with the White House.
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Meal, Ready-to-Trump: MRE package bears striking resemblance to president — and Kanye? — In case it has yet to be brought to the attention of Meal, Ready-to-Eat aficionados, one of the MRE's newer bag designs of figures flanking a rifle stack features one individual who bears an uncanny resemblance …


Fox & Friends host says he hasn't washed hands in 10 years: 'Germs are not a real thing — I can't see them' — Don't miss stories. Follow Raw Story! — Fox News host Pete Hegseth explained on Sunday that he doesn't wash his hands because “germs are not a real thing.”
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About a third of Americans say blackface in a Halloween costume is acceptable at least sometimes — A slight majority of Americans (53%) think it is generally unacceptable for a white person to use makeup to darken their skin to appear to be a different race as part of a Halloween costume …
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In Closed Hearing, a Clue About ‘the Heart’ of Mueller's Russia Inquiry — WASHINGTON — Of the few hints to emerge from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, about evidence of possible collusion between President Trump's campaign and Russia, one of the most tantalizing surfaced almost …