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The Making of the Fox News White House — Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda? — In January, during the longest government shutdown in America's history, President Donald Trump rode in a motorcade through Hidalgo County, Texas, eventually stopping on a grassy bluff overlooking the Rio Grande.
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Fox News's propaganda isn't just unethical — research shows it's enormously influential — Without the “Fox effect,” neither Bush nor Trump could have won. — Jane Mayer, the New Yorker's longtime star investigative reporter, has a fantastic new longform piece out detailing the extent …
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Mediaite, Hullabaloo, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
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With Sweeping Document Request, Democrats Launch Broad Trump Corruption Inquiry — WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee delivered a flurry of document demands to the executive branch and the broader Trump world on Monday that detailed the breadth of the Democrats' investigation …
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‘Inane and anti-Semitic’: Rep. Jerry Nadler blasts Rep. Jim Jordan for tweet using ‘$’ to spell Trump foe Tom Steyer's name — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler on Monday blasted Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio for an ‘inane AND anti-Semitic’ tweet that spelled billionaire …
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The Daily Caller, Shareblue Media and The Week
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House Democrats open sweeping corruption probe into Trump's world — A key House committee with the power to impeach President Donald Trump kicked off a sweeping new investigation on Monday with document demands from the White House, Trump's namesake company, charity, transition …
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House Judiciary Committee Document Requests 3.4.19 — Alan Garten (letter, document requests) Alexander Nix (letter, document requests)
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House Democrats send message: Impeachment is on — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says there is no doubt President Trump has obstructed justice. — “It's very clear that the president obstructed justice,” Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler told ABC Sunday.
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Democrats are set to take a big step toward impeaching Trump — Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the New York Democrat who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, is set to demand documents from more than 60 people related to President Trump and his businesses. As Nadler puts it, this is necessary because Trump has been …
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House Democrats demand documents from more than 80 people and institutions affiliated with Trump — House Democrats sent more than 80 letters Monday demanding documents from family members, business associates, political confidants and others with ties to President Trump …
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House Chairmen Request Documents and Interviews on President Trump's Communications with Putin
House Chairmen Request Documents and Interviews on President Trump's Communications with Putin
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Whether you call it impeachment or pre-impeachment, the Trump accountability era is here
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See the more than 80 names receiving House Judiciary Committee letters in its investigation
See the more than 80 names receiving House Judiciary Committee letters in its investigation
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Mike Allen / Axios:
House Democrats plan a slow-bleed strategy to publicly examine Trump's finances and presidency
House Democrats plan a slow-bleed strategy to publicly examine Trump's finances and presidency
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump on new investigation: ‘I cooperate all the time with everybody’
Trump on new investigation: ‘I cooperate all the time with everybody’
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House Dems will take floor action to confront Omar's latest Israel comments — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democrats will take floor action Wednesday in response to controversial remarks by Rep. Ilhan Omar about Israel, the second such rebuke of the freshman Democrat from party leaders in recent weeks.
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Rep. Omar's comments prompt House vote on anti-Semitism measure
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Dems respond to Omar by drafting anti-Semitism resolution
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Greenpeace co-founder tears into Ocasio-Cortez, Green New Deal: ‘Pompous little twit’ — Patrick Moore, the co-founder of the environmentalist group Greenpeace, ripped into New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over the weekend as a “pompous little twit,” saying the Green …
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Michael Burke / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez on impeaching Trump: ‘I defer to party leadership’
Ocasio-Cortez on impeaching Trump: ‘I defer to party leadership’
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Axios and Political Wire
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McConnell: Senate will pass resolution blocking Trump's emergency declaration — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday said that he expects a resolution blocking President Trump's emergency declaration to pass the Senate, but he does not believe lawmakers will be able to override a veto.
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Multibillion-Dollar Money-Laundering Scheme Run By Russia's Largest Private Investment Bank Uncovered, Report Says — An almost $9 billion global money-laundering scheme allegedly set up and run by Russia's largest private investment bank and having close ties to the country's ruling elite …
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Matthew Whitaker, former acting attorney general, leaves Justice Department … Matthew Whitaker, the former acting attorney general whose brief appointment generated intense controversy, resigned from the Justice Department over the weekend. — Justice Department officials said Whitaker's last day at the agency was Saturday.
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Google Moves to Address Wage Equity, and Finds It's Underpaying Many Men — SAN FRANCISCO — When Google conducted a study recently to determine whether the company was underpaying women and members of minority groups, it found that more men than women were receiving less money for doing similar work.
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Eric Holder: I won't run, but I will fight to elect the right Democratic president — Eric H. Holder Jr. was U.S. attorney general from 2009 to 2015. — There is in the United States today a crisis of leadership — caused and perpetuated by an administration that uses fear to stoke divisions and lies to support broken policies.
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WWF's Secret War: One Of The World's Biggest Charities Funds Guards Who Have Tortured And Killed People — The World Wide Fund for Nature funds vicious paramilitary forces to fight poaching. A BuzzFeed News investigation reveals the hidden human cost. — Down the road from the crocodile …
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President Trump has made 9,014 false or misleading claims over 773 days — Powered by his two-hour stemwinder at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 2 — which featured more than 100 false or misleading claims — President Trump is on pace to exceed his daily quota set during his first two years in office.
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POLITICUSUSA, The Root, The Week and Task & Purpose
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Bill Clinton has 2020 advice, but few candidates seeking it
Bill Clinton has 2020 advice, but few candidates seeking it
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Pinkos Have More Fun Socialism is AOC's calling card, Trump's latest rhetorical bludgeon, and a new way to date in Brooklyn. — It's the Friday after Valentine's Day. The radical publishing house Verso Books is throwing its annual Red Party, an anti-romance-themed banger.
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Pro-Trump Conspiracy Peddler Jerome Corsi Apologizes to Seth Rich's Family — Corsi retracted a column parroting the baseless conspiracy that Rich and his brother hacked the DNC in 2016 — WASHINGTON - The family of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staffer whose unsolved murder …
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Exclusive: OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma exploring bankruptcy - sources — (Reuters) - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is exploring filing for bankruptcy to address potentially significant liabilities from thousands of lawsuits alleging the drug manufacturer contributed to the deadly opioid crisis sweeping …
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NC sets dates for election redo forced by ballot tampering, as candidates line up — Read more about the investigation into the 9th Congressional District — The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Monday voted to set new dates for elections that will decide the country's last unsettled congressional race from 2018.
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Trump-Russia dossier author Christopher Steele backs out of public appearance — His planned remarks at an upcoming conference would have been his first in years. — Christopher Steele, the British spook who authored a largely unverified dossier about President Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia …
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