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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
Fox News's propaganda isn't just unethical — research shows it's enormously influential
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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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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 …
Washington Post:
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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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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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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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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Mike Allen / Axios:
House Democrats plan a slow-bleed strategy to publicly examine Trump's finances and presidency — House Democratic leaders worry impeachment proceedings against President Trump could backfire if they move too fast. — The state of play: They plan to pursue a slow-bleed strategy …
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Committee on the Judiciary:
House Judiciary Committee Document Requests 3.4.19
House Judiciary Committee Document Requests 3.4.19
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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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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.
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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John Wagner / Washington Post:
McConnell: Measure to block Trump's national emergency has enough votes to pass Senate
McConnell: Measure to block Trump's national emergency has enough votes to pass Senate
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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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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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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 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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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.
Garrett M. Graff / New York Times:
How Giuliani Might Take Down Trump — The parallels between the Mafia and the Trump Organization are striking, and Giuliani perfected the template for prosecuting organized crime. — Mr. Graff is the author of “The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller's F.B.I. and the War on Global Terror.”
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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Katie Galioto / Politico:
Bernie Sanders: ‘Too many lives are being destroyed’ by pot policy — Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that “too many lives are being destroyed” by federal laws banning marijuana use, telling a morning radio show that he supports decriminalizing the drug even though his personal experience with it is limited.
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Emily Cadei / Sacramento Bee:
Big-dollar donors, including Donald Trump, fueled Kamala Harris' political rise in California — Asked last week if she believes President Donald Trump is a racist, California Sen. Kamala Harris told The Root, “I don't think you can reach any other conclusion.”
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“I'm Sorry for the Tweet That I Sent”: Inside the Bonkers Michael Cohen-Matt Gaetz Apology — The exchange proved that the perils of entering Trump's inner circle have been lost on his newest loyalists. — Michael Cohen was trying to decompress. He'd just returned to his hotel room …
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The Intercept:
Sanders, Warren, Ocasio-Cortez, and Other Lawmakers Sign Pledge to End America's “Forever Wars” — Eight members of Congress have taken a pledge to work to bring ongoing U.S. global military conflicts to a “responsible and expedient” end, the result of a first-of-its kind lobbying effort by military veterans on Capitol Hill.
Deirdre Shesgreen / USA Today:
Exclusive: Pompeo on the failed North Korea talks, Otto Warmbier and his own trip to Iowa — WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to say if he believes that Kim Jong Un did not know about Otto Warmbier's mistreatment while the American college student was imprisoned in North Korea, as President Trump has asserted.
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