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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
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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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
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, Washington Post and Raw Story
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Seb Gorka Out at Fox News, Berates Mediaite Editor Over Email: 'You Don't Have Any Friends'
Seb Gorka Out at Fox News, Berates Mediaite Editor Over Email: 'You Don't Have Any Friends'
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The Week and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘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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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
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 …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
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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Axios and Above the Law
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
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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Washington Post:
House Democrats demand documents from more than 80 people and institutions affiliated with Trump
House Democrats demand documents from more than 80 people and institutions affiliated with Trump
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Breitbart
U.S. House of Representatives Permanent …:
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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Axios and POLITICUSUSA
Committee on the Judiciary:
House Judiciary Committee Document Requests 3.4.19
House Judiciary Committee Document Requests 3.4.19
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Vox, Variety, The Guardian and ABC News
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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Political Wire and Politico
Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times:
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.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
House Dems will vote on a resolution in response to Ilhan Omar's Israel comments — House Democratic leaders will put a resolution on the floor Wednesday in response to controversial remarks about Israel from Rep. Ilhan Omar. — The resolution, which is still being finalized …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Rep. Omar's comments prompt House vote on anti-Semitism measure — The House will vote this week on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism prompted by comments made last week by Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, according to three people familiar with internal discussions.
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Townhall, The Federalist, Washington Free Beacon and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Eric H. Holder Jr / Washington Post:
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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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
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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Talking Points Memo and Politico
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
How John Hickenlooper Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination
How John Hickenlooper Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
John Hickenlooper, former Colorado governor, joins Democrats' 2020 slate
John Hickenlooper, former Colorado governor, joins Democrats' 2020 slate
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Washington Monthly, The Daily Caller and Axios
Washington Post:
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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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton has 2020 advice, but few candidates seeking it
Bill Clinton has 2020 advice, but few candidates seeking it
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Joe Lockhart / CNN:
Amy Klobuchar's funny speech gives her a lift
Amy Klobuchar's funny speech gives her a lift
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The Daily Caller, Axios and Washington Times
The Guardian:
Banking leak exposes Russian network with link to Prince Charles — Exclusive: investigation reveals how Troika Dialog channelled $4.6bn to Europe and US — A charity run by Prince Charles received donations from an offshore company that was used to funnel vast amounts of cash from Russia …
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BuzzFeed News:
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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The Guardian
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / New York Magazine:
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.
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
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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Reuters:
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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Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller and New York Post
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Kirstjen Nielsen digs in after surviving Trump's wrath — Shortly after President Donald Trump returned last March from a visit to the San Diego border, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen found herself in a familiar place — saying no to her boss.
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Talking Points Memo
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Mariah Carey's former manager Stella Bulochnikov Stolper suing Trump Russian associate Felix Sater — Mariah Carey's former manager is suing former Trump Russian associate Felix Sater for more than $1 million, alleging he hacked into her computers and phones to steal her famous clients' showbiz secrets while they were dating.
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Trump Told Cohen to Lie to Congress About “Collusion” in General—Not just the Moscow Tower deal — Analysts are still picking through all the crimes in which Michael Cohen directly implicated his former boss, President Donald Trump. Among the most significant crimes are those offences …
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