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Lynh Bui / Washington Post:
Self-proclaimed white nationalist planned mass terror attack, government says. ‘I am dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on earth.’ — A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant and self-identified white nationalist has been arrested after federal investigators uncovered a cache of weapons …
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Justice Department preparing for Mueller report as early as next week — Washington (CNN)Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary …
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Washington Post:
Justice Department preparing for Mueller report in coming days — Justice Department officials are preparing for the end of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and believe a confidential report could be issued in coming days …
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Raw Story
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump butters up Barr amid signs of Mueller conclusion — Facing the possible completion of a special counsel investigation that could upend his presidency, Donald Trump is lashing out at everything and everybody — except his new attorney general, Bill Barr.
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emptywheel:
Questions to Ask before Reporting a BREAKING Mueller Report
Questions to Ask before Reporting a BREAKING Mueller Report
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CNN:
Actor Jussie Smollett now a suspect in criminal investigation — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been “officially classified” as a suspect in a criminal investigation for allegedly filling a false police report, according to a tweet from Chicago police communications Officer Anthony Guglielmi.
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Politicians use Jussie Smollett, while a 1-year-old boy shot in the head is set aside
Column: Politicians use Jussie Smollett, while a 1-year-old boy shot in the head is set aside
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The American Conservative
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Jussie Smollett Faces Felony Charge, Accused of Faking Own Assault
Jussie Smollett Faces Felony Charge, Accused of Faking Own Assault
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Townhall, TalkLeft, The Resurgent, Gay Star News and The New Civil Rights Movement
CBS Chicago:
Video Shows Brothers Linked To Jussie Smollett Attack Buying Items Allegedly Worn In Assault
Video Shows Brothers Linked To Jussie Smollett Attack Buying Items Allegedly Worn In Assault
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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
“Activists Masquerading as Journalists”: Why the Right-Wing Media Is So Furious About the Jussie Smollett Affair
“Activists Masquerading as Journalists”: Why the Right-Wing Media Is So Furious About the Jussie Smollett Affair
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RedState, Coffee House, Breitbart, Spectator USA and Page Six
John McWhorter / The Atlantic:
What the Jussie Smollett Story Reveals
What the Jussie Smollett Story Reveals
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“She Was Pitching Her Intimate Knowledge of the Mueller Probe”: Sarah Isgur Flores, Former Trumper, Talked to MSNBC Before Signing with CNN — The former Jeff Sessions spokesperson is now a power player at a network she once called the “Clinton News Network.” How'd she close the deal?
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
CNN's hiring of a GOP operative as political editor is even worse than it looks
CNN's hiring of a GOP operative as political editor is even worse than it looks
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Brett Murphy / USA Today:
Blackface, KKK hoods and mock lynchings: Review of 900 yearbooks finds blatant racism — In one of the most extensive searches of college yearbooks ever, we found blackface and Ku Klux Klan photos like Ralph Northam's far beyond Virginia. — The old yearbook photos capture the lighthearted moments …
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Nicole Carroll / USA Today:
I became part of our story on racist images in college yearbooks. I'm here to apologize for publishing that photo — The news is full of blackface pictures. — There can be no debate about whether or not such images are racist and hurtful. They are. — It was recently brought …
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Raw Story
Shannon Young / Union-News:
UMass poll gives Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders edge in 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary — Although former Vice President Joe Biden has yet to enter the 2020 White House race, he continues to lead declared Democratic candidates among expected New Hampshire voters with less than one year …
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twitchy.com and Political Wire
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why Sanders's money haul doesn't mean very much
Why Sanders's money haul doesn't mean very much
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Wall Street Journal and CNN
CNN:
Bernie Sanders to sign ‘affirmation’ he will run as a Democrat in 2020
Bernie Sanders to sign ‘affirmation’ he will run as a Democrat in 2020
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Washington Free Beacon
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A more liberal Democratic electorate gets a more liberal primary field — to an extent
A more liberal Democratic electorate gets a more liberal primary field — to an extent
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Politico, CNN, The Atlantic, Breitbart and National Review
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi: House moving ‘swiftly’ to block Trump's emergency declaration — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is throwing her muscle behind a legislative effort to block President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration, the first formal step to counter Trump and squeeze Republicans on the border wall.
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Axios, Associated Press and Raw Story
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Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
Pelosi says House will vote on resolution opposing Trump's emergency declaration
Pelosi says House will vote on resolution opposing Trump's emergency declaration
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Political Wire
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
U.S. House Democrats move to block Trump's emergency declaration on border
U.S. House Democrats move to block Trump's emergency declaration on border
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NBC News:
Pentagon chief briefing irks lawmakers, draws expletives from Sen. Lindsey Graham — The episode highlighted Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's increasingly strained relationship with Capitol Hill two months after he replaced Jim Mattis. — Acting Defense Secretary and Sen. Graham spar over Syria policy
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside Patrick Shanahan's clash with Congress in Munich over Syria
Inside Patrick Shanahan's clash with Congress in Munich over Syria
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Roll Call, Daily Kos, Task & Purpose and Politico
Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan's Rocky Meeting in Munich: 'You've Just Lost the Senate'
Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan's Rocky Meeting in Munich: 'You've Just Lost the Senate'
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Vox
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Dutch professor exposes Tucker Carlson's fraud — “Tucker Carlson Tonight” is a binary production. Here's how it breaks down: The host, Tucker Carlson, either welcomes a guest with whom he agrees, in which case the segment is a facile lovefest, or he welcomes a guest with whom he disagrees …
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Candidate's son warned father of N.C. political operative's alleged tactics — RALEIGH, N.C. — The son of Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris testified Wednesday that he warned his father repeatedly that he believed a political operative now at the center of an election-fraud investigation …
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Luke Thompson:
The Congresswoman Loves the Swamp — Her Wealthy Chief of Staff used a PAC to Pay Her Boyfriend — Luke ThompsonBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing — Last Friday, my mentions died for your sins. I posted a screen grab of Riley Roberts's House Microsoft Outlook card, including his official house …
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office sure looks swampy
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office sure looks swampy
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twitchy.com and checkyourfact.com
John Solomon / The Hill:
FBI's top lawyer believed Hillary Clinton should face charges, but was talked out of it — For most of the past three years, the FBI has tried to portray its top leadership as united behind ex-Director James Comey's decision not to pursue criminal charges against Hillary Clinton …
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump's pick to chair new climate panel once said CO2 has been maligned like “Jews under Hitler” — William Happer has bizarre, backward views about climate science. — The Pentagon and several federal agencies have repeatedly warned over the years that climate change is a threat to national security.
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Former Trump Staffer Filed A Class Action To Invalidate All Of The Campaign's Nondisclosure Agreements — WASHINGTON — A former Trump campaign staffer filed a class action Wednesday seeking to invalidate all of the nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreements that the Trump campaign required all staffers to sign.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Classicist Who Sees Donald Trump as a Tragic Hero — Many of the books written in support of Donald Trump's Presidency have been authored by Trump family hangers-on or charlatans looking to make a buck. (Examples include “Trump's Enemies: How the Deep State Is Undermining the Presidency …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Kamala Harris shamed by Jamaican father over pot-smoking joke — Kamala Harris made headlines last week when she joked in a radio interview that of course she smoked marijuana in her younger years: “Half my family's from Jamaica, are you kidding me?” — But the crack didn't go over well with at least …
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Political Wire
Sean Hannity:
MANUFACTURED CRISIS? Border Agents Seize $13 MILLION of Meth Hidden in Frozen Strawberries — Border and Customs agents in south Texas seized $13 million worth of methamphetamines concealed in a frozen strawberry delivery truck over the weekend; discovering the illicit drugs …
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CNN
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump says he directed Pompeo not to let ISIS bride back in U.S. — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had directed the State Department not to allow the return of an Alabama woman who in 2014 joined the Islamic State terrorist group, days after the woman made public pleas to be let back into the U.S.
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Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Alabama Woman Who Joined ISIS Can't Return Home, Pompeo Says
Alabama Woman Who Joined ISIS Can't Return Home, Pompeo Says
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