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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi on Impeaching Trump: 'He's Just Not Worth It' — Nancy Pelosi stands up in her spacious office in the U.S. Capitol, walks past an enormous window with a commanding view of the Mall and the Washington Monument, and picks up a small plaque from her desk.
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Madeline / Media Matters for America:
Unearthed audio shows Tucker Carlson using white nationalist rhetoric and making racist remarks … Carlson: Immigrants should be “hot” or “really smart” because people picking lettuce aren't going to build a stronger country. — TUCKER CARLSON: You got me going.
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
That Time Tucker Carlson Called Me the C-word — For Fox News, Carlson's history of foul sexist comments is a plus, not a liability. — Media Matters unearthed some appalling radio footage of Fox host Tucker Carlson liberally calling women the C-word, railing against those he finds ugly …
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Charles Davis / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Defended Statutory Rape in 2015 With Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes — The Fox News star dismissed his past defense of statutory rape as being ‘more than a decade ago.’ But more video shows he's done it more recently. — Tucker Carlson, the 49-year-old Fox News primetime star …
David French / National Review:
The Culture of Fake Outrage Comes for Tucker Carlson — Ideological search-and-destroy missions are worse for America than shock-jock interviews. — Media Matters is at it again. Its diligent efforts to find bad things said by conservatives has paid off.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Tucker Carlson's Desperate Need to Please — Don't ask me to sculpt a defense for all the bawdy, beastly things Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson said in weekly on-air appearances to Florida shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge between 2006 and 2011, which the liberal watchdogs at Media Matters …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fox News under fire
Fox News under fire
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for Facebook breakup — Facebook removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants. — But the social network later reversed course after POLITICO reported …
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Anand Giridharadas / TIME:
The Two Elizabeth Warrens: Bankruptcy Law Liz and Michelob Ultra Betsy
Washington Post:
Former vice president Cheney challenges Pence at private retreat, compares Trump's foreign policy to Obama's approach — A chummy discussion between Vice President Pence and former vice president Richard B. Cheney quickly turned into a vigorous back-and-forth over President Trump's foreign policy …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Cheney grills Pence on Trump's foreign policy — Dick Cheney lit into Vice President Mike Pence behind closed doors over the direction of the Trump administration's foreign policy, flouting a set of agreed-upon subjects and forcing Pence on the defensive over President Donald Trump's foreign policy.
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Axios
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
LePage: Democratic Party's ‘Money’ Comes From Jews ‘For The Most Part’ — While instructing American Jews to be insulted by comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), former Maine Gov. Paul LePage said something pretty offensive about American Jews himself. — “The Jewish people in America …
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Washington Free Beacon:
Rep. Rashida Tlaib Follows Anti-Semitic Instagram Account — In the wake of the anti-Semitism scandal involving Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) that rocked the Democratic Party last week, Omar's close friend and fellow Muslim representative Rashida Tlaib was discovered following an Instagram page …
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Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
Federal court moves to unseal documents in Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal — A federal court of appeals in New York on Monday took the first step in unsealing documents that could reveal evidence of an international sex trafficking operation allegedly run by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein …
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Trump's 2020 budget proposal seriously cuts the nation's safety net — Ahead of 2020, Trump is going after Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, and more. — President Donald Trump's administration unveiled its third budget proposal Monday, cementing a vision for the United States …
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New York Times:
'My Dad's Not a Racist': Book Describes Ivanka Trump's Defense After Charlottesville — WASHINGTON — When Gary D. Cohn was considering resigning as the top White House economic adviser after President Trump blamed “both sides” in a deadly white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Va. …
Des Moines Register:
Beto O'Rourke to make first trip to Iowa ahead of possible 2020 run — Beto O'Rourke will make his first trip to Iowa this weekend, further fueling speculation the former congressman will soon enter the 2020 presidential race. — According to an announcement video posted to Twitter …
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The Daily Beast:
‘Colony of Hell’: 911 Calls From Inside Amazon Warehouses — 189 calls were made from 46 sites, raising new questions about working conditions. One ex-employee said ‘breakdowns [are] a regular occurrence’ at Amazon. — Warning: This story addresses suicidal threats by Amazon employees.
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The Daily Caller, Common Dreams and Raw Story
Campaign Legal Center:
BREAKING: Record Fines Imposed Totaling $940,000 for Foreign Interference in Presidential Election by Chinese Corporation — Biggest FEC fine since Citizens United and third highest fine in history of Federal Election Commission — WASHINGTON - A record fine was handed …
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Associated Press:
Democrats turn to blue-collar Milwaukee for 2020 convention — Democrats selected Milwaukee to host their 2020 national convention Monday, setting up the party's 2020 standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old industrial belt that delivered Donald Trump to the White House.
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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Choose Milwaukee for 2020 National Convention
Democrats Choose Milwaukee for 2020 National Convention
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Former Gillibrand aide resigned in protest over handling of sex harassment claims — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), one of the most outspoken advocates of the #MeToo movement who has made fighting sexual misconduct a centerpiece of her presidential campaign, spent last summer pressing legislators …
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Incendiary N.R.A. Videos Find New Critics: N.R.A. Leaders — The flash point was Thomas the Tank Engine. — Last September, the National Rifle Association's famously combative spokeswoman, Dana Loesch, provoked widespread outrage when she took to the gun group's streaming service …
Jaspreet Singh Boparai / Quillette:
The French Genocide That Has Been Air-Brushed From History — On March 4 2011, the French historian Reynald Secher discovered documents in the National Archives in Paris confirming what he had known since the early 1980s: there had been a genocide during the French Revolution.1 Historians …
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
In appearances before two supportive audiences, Biden is expected to talk about a message he might bring to the 2020 campaign if he decides to run. — WASHINGTON — Joe Biden may not be ready yet to tell Americans if he's running for president. But starting with appearances this week …
Davey Alba / BuzzFeed News:
The US Government Will Be Scanning Your Face At 20 Top Airports, Documents Show — In March 2017, President Trump issued an executive order expediting the deployment of biometric verification of the identities of all travelers crossing US borders. That mandate stipulates facial recognition identification …
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CNN:
White House rejects Cummings' request to interview former official — Cummings: Want more info on Ivanka's security clearance after CNN report — (CNN)The White House is rejecting House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings' request to interview a former White House official who now represents …
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Why I remain a Never Trumper, and what it means — My colleague Philip Klein had an excellent column Thursday on why he is a “Trump skeptic” but “not a Never Trump absolutist.” I associate myself with almost the entirety of his thoughtful essay. But I must also emphasize the important distinction …
Breitbart:
Exclusive — President Donald Trump on Immigration: 'I Don't Want to Have Anyone Coming in That's on Welfare' — President Donald Trump, in an exclusive Oval Office interview with Breitbart News on Monday afternoon, said he does not want immigrants coming to the United States to be dependent on welfare programs.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Trouble With Biden — Defeating Trump isn't the same thing as defeating Trumpism. — As they begin their search for a nominee, most Democrats — more than half, according to a February poll from Monmouth University — prize electability above all else. They want a sure thing, someone who will beat President Trump.
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Stacey Abrams: ‘2020 is definitely on the table’ — Washington (CNN)Stacey Abrams, a rising star in the Democratic Party, said Monday it was possible she could seek her party's presidential nomination next year. — Abrams' comment came after an interview at the South by Southwest conference in Texas …
Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
The Six Wings Of The Democratic Party — There's a lot of news right now about conflicts within the Democratic Party, and similar stories will likely continue to pop up for the next two years. Much of this is normal and unsurprising. The American political system has only two major parties …
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Mueller probe already financed through September: officials — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the team he assembled to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump and his associates have been funded through the end of September 2019, three U.S. officials said on Monday …