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Melissa Brown / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Alabama newspaper editor calls for Klan return to ‘clean out D.C.’ — The editor of a small-town Alabama newspaper published an editorial calling for “the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again” against “Democrats in the Republican Party and Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes in Alabama.”
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Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
16 States Sue to Stop Trump's Use of Emergency Powers to Build Border Wall — WASHINGTON — A coalition of 16 states, including California and New York, on Monday challenged President Trump in court over his plan to use emergency powers to spend billions of dollars on his border wall.
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, Mashable and Daily Kos
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Li Zhou / Vox:
16 states sue the Trump administration over national emergency declaration — They're contesting the president's attempt to move funding around for his border wall. — Sixteen states, including California, New York, and Michigan, are suing over Trump's decision to declare a national emergency to obtain funding for a border wall.
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One America News Network, Politico, KTLA, Shareblue Media and Axios
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Coalition of states sues Trump over national emergency to build border wall
Coalition of states sues Trump over national emergency to build border wall
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Front Page Magazine, The Week and ThinkProgress
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Hurd says 1,000 Texas farmers could have land seized to build Trump's border wall
Hurd says 1,000 Texas farmers could have land seized to build Trump's border wall
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Arizona Republic
CBS Chicago:
Jussie Smollett Case: Clues Into Potential Motive Behind The Attack — (CBS) -"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, upset after a racist letter sent to the show's studio didn't get a “bigger reaction,” is suspected of paying two men to attack him a week later, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.
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TMZ.com:
Jussie Smollett — Rehearsed ‘Attack’ with 2 Brothers ... Law Enforcement Says
Jussie Smollett — Rehearsed ‘Attack’ with 2 Brothers ... Law Enforcement Says
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American Greatness, Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, The Root, USA Today, RedState and BlackSportsOnline
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Fact Check: Brian Stelter Falsely Claims Media Was ‘Really Careful’ Not to Push Jussie Smollett Hoax
Fact Check: Brian Stelter Falsely Claims Media Was ‘Really Careful’ Not to Push Jussie Smollett Hoax
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Townhall, The Bulwark, NB Blog, Big League Politics, The Resurgent, RedState and Daily Wire
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Fakers Like Jussie Smollett Play Victim, Politicians Buy It And Play Right Into Trump's Hands
Fakers Like Jussie Smollett Play Victim, Politicians Buy It And Play Right Into Trump's Hands
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Associated Press, Daily Wire, Breitbart, Louder With Crowder, twitchy.com and New York Post
Kevin Fitzpatrick / Vanity Fair:
Even Nancy Pelosi Has Waded into the Jussie Smollett Fiasco
Even Nancy Pelosi Has Waded into the Jussie Smollett Fiasco
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Fox News, Hollywood in Toto, USA Today and Townhall
Lia Eustachewich / Page Six:
Al Sharpton: Hold Jussie Smollett accountable if he staged attack
Al Sharpton: Hold Jussie Smollett accountable if he staged attack
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Law & Crime, The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
BuzzFeed News:
Roger Stone Posted A Photo Of The Judge Presiding Over His Case Next To Crosshairs — Roger Stone, a longtime Republican operative and adviser to President Donald Trump who was charged with lying to Congress, posted a photo Monday on Instagram of a judge presiding over his case in which she appears to be next to a crosshairs symbol.
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Christian Vasquez / Politico:
Stone apologizes to federal judge for posting photo of her with crosshairs — Days after a federal judge gagged Roger Stone from talking about the special counsel's Russia investigation around U.S. District Court in Washington, the Republican strategist and provocateur on Monday posted a photo …
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Law & Crime, One America News Network, Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News and Washington Post
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren To Unveil Sweeping Plan For Universal Child Care — The proposal could put the issue on top of the 2020 campaign agenda. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will unveil a major new initiative on Tuesday designed to make sure every family can afford high-quality child care …
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Axios
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Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
Kamala Harris Says She'd Support Changing “Columbus Day” To “Indigenous Peoples' Day” — PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Sen. Kamala Harris told a crowd Monday that she would push for the federal government to rename Columbus Day “Indigenous Peoples' Day,” a focal point for some progressives who say the holiday …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Faces Questions About ‘Democratic Socialist’ Label and Jussie Smollett in N.H. Debut
Kamala Harris Faces Questions About ‘Democratic Socialist’ Label and Jussie Smollett in N.H. Debut
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Althouse
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein expected to leave Justice Department in mid-March — (CNN)Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave the Justice Department in mid-March, according to a Justice Department official who spoke to CNN Monday. — The official disputed the idea …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why allegations of a ‘coup’ against Trump are unfounded
Why allegations of a ‘coup’ against Trump are unfounded
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Law & Crime, The New Civil Rights Movement, Daily Wire, Vox and The Daily Caller
Jacob Solis / The Nevada Independent:
Warren: If officials believe Trump cannot fulfill duties, they must invoke 25th Amendment
Warren: If officials believe Trump cannot fulfill duties, they must invoke 25th Amendment
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Cosmic Convergence, Hot Air, Lawfare, Townhall, Power Line, IJR, The Daily Caller, Front Page Magazine, Washington Times, RedState, NPR, Hill Reporter and No More Mister Nice Blog
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
CBS's Lara Logan Calls Media ‘Mostly Liberal’ in Scorched Earth Interview: I'm Committing ‘Professional Suicide’ — In a recent interview, CBS News Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan critiqued the international “liberal” media while holding up outlets like Breitbart as the opposite side of the coin.
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Daily Wire, Washington Times, Breitbart, Power Line and Instapundit
John DiStaso / WMUR:
Key Bernie Sanders supporter says presidential announcement coming Tuesday — Vermont senator's supporters to receive email laying out his plans — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Bernie Sanders is getting ready for a second run for president. — WMUR has learned that an email announcing …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
David French / National Review:
Stephen Miller's Own Words Show the Weakness of the Trump Legal Argument on the Wall — One of the first rules of effective litigation is that you don't want your client to make statements out loud that reveal the weakness of your legal case. On Sunday morning, Trump adviser Stephen Miller violated that rule.
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Power Line and Raw Story
New York Times:
The Vatican's Secret Rules for Priests Who Have Children — ROME — Vincent Doyle, a psychotherapist in Ireland, was 28 when he learned from his mother that the Roman Catholic priest he had always known as his godfather was in truth his biological father. — The discovery led him to create …
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KBZK and The Daily Caller
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Justin Trudeau's Political Crisis Widens as Top Aide and Friend Resigns — OTTAWA — The top political adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada resigned on Monday, deepening a political crisis over allegations the government tried to interfere in a criminal court case.
Brennan Weiss / Business Insider:
RANKED: The greatest US presidents, according to political scientists — Nearly 200 political scientists ranked the presidents by order of greatness in a survey, and President Donald Trump came in last. — President Abraham Lincoln was first. — Members of the American Political …
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Breitbart
Meredith Watson / Washington Post:
I'm willing to testify in public. Justin Fairfax should, too. — Meredith Watson lives in Maryland. — When I came forward to report that Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax raped me when we were both Duke University students in 2000, I did so to support another victim of sexual assault …
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National Review, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Anti-Defamation League:
Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan Teams Up With Notorious Holocaust Denier at Saviours' Day 2019 Conference — Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam teamed up with a Holocaust denier and anti-Semitic ideologue to attack the Jewish religion and blame numerous ills of modern society on Jews …
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Algemeiner.com
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Cameron Cawthorne / Washington Free Beacon:
Farrakhan: The ‘Wicked Jews’ Use Me to Attack Women's Movement, March Leaders
Farrakhan: The ‘Wicked Jews’ Use Me to Attack Women's Movement, March Leaders
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Daily Wire, RedState, Washington Times, twitchy.com and CNSNews
abc7ny.com:
11-year-old arrested in Florida after not reciting Pledge of Allegiance — An 11-year-old boy in Florida refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and ended up getting arrested over it, and now, his mother is demanding the charges be dropped. — The sixth grader at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy …
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