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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Choose Milwaukee for 2020 National Convention — The Democratic Party has selected Milwaukee to hold its 2020 national convention, choosing to nominate its challenger to President Trump in the key battleground state of Wisconsin.
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miamiherald:
Why Miami won't be hosting the 2020 Democratic convention (and Milwaukee will) — Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez selected Milwaukee on Monday as the site of the party's 2020 presidential convention, choosing America's heartland — and perhaps his heart — over the melting pot of Miami.
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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Axios
Madeline / Media Matters for America:
In unearthed audio, Tucker Carlson makes numerous misogynistic and perverted comments — During interviews on Bubba The Love Sponge, Carlson said he “love[s]” the idea of young girls sexually experimenting, used sexist terms to refer to a number of women, and defended statutory rape
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Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Calls Women ‘Extremely Primitive’ in Unearthed Audio
Tucker Carlson Calls Women ‘Extremely Primitive’ in Unearthed Audio
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The Wrap, Shareblue Media, Raw Story and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump proposes $4.7 trillion budget with domestic cuts, $8.6 billion in new funding for border wall — President Trump is releasing a $4.7 trillion budget plan Monday that stands as a sharp challenge to Congress and the Democrats trying to unseat him, the first act in a multi-front struggle …
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Mother Jones, taxpolicycenter.org and ThinkProgress
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Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Pentagon Eyes Windfall as Trump Seeks $750 Billion Defense Budget
Pentagon Eyes Windfall as Trump Seeks $750 Billion Defense Budget
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Bloomberg, New York Times, Shareblue Media, Common Dreams and Power Line
Melissa Quinn / Washington Examiner:
Trump's 2020 budget calls for $2.7T in spending cuts, promises to erase deficit in 15 years
Trump's 2020 budget calls for $2.7T in spending cuts, promises to erase deficit in 15 years
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IJR
Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
‘Wonder Woman’ takes on Netanyahu with anti-racism post on Instagram — JERUSALEM — It looks like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might have gone and upset Wonder Woman. — With less than a month to go before Israelis head to the polls on April 9, the long-serving leader …
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Fox News and Associated Press
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Netanyahu-Trump Partnership Is Stronger Than Ever. Are These Its Final Days?
Netanyahu-Trump Partnership Is Stronger Than Ever. Are These Its Final Days?
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The Week
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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Althouse
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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 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Denies Calling Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple.’ It Happened on TV. — Last week, President Trump made a small, comic gaffe when he called Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, “Tim Apple.” Friday night, at a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago, Trump called the reports “fake news.” Jonathan Swan reports that Trump told …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump lied to RNC donors about “Tim Apple” video
Scoop: Trump lied to RNC donors about “Tim Apple” video
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump tells RNC donors: “The Democrats hate Jewish people”
Trump tells RNC donors: “The Democrats hate Jewish people”
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Tom Llamas / ABC News:
'He's not taking me to Washington?' Michael Cohen furious at snub: Stormy Daniels' former lawyer — Keith Davidson, the former attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, detailed his role in negotiating hush-money deals to keep both women quiet …
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Washington Post
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Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Cummings seeks testimony from two more Trump attorneys about Cohen payments
Cummings seeks testimony from two more Trump attorneys about Cohen payments
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Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Associated Press:
UK prime minister fights to save Brexit deal — LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May refused to admit defeat for her European Union divorce deal Monday, despite deadlocked talks with the bloc a day before Parliament is scheduled to vote on the plan.
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Charlie Cooper / Politico:
Brexit vote to go ahead but uncertainty remains over its status
Brexit vote to go ahead but uncertainty remains over its status
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One America News Network
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Brexit talks “deadlocked” ahead of crucial vote
Brexit talks “deadlocked” ahead of crucial vote
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Daily Express, Sky News, BBC and One America News Network
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 …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News “Strongly” Condemns Host Jeanine Pirro's Comments About Muslim Congresswoman — “They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly,” the network said on Sunday night. — In a rare rebuke of a high-profile host, Fox News on Sunday night came …
New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Moves Toward a 2020 Race He Could Upend, Ready or Not — Beto O'Rourke has driven alone across the plains, straining to find his emotional bearings — or at least a Pancake House in Liberal, Kan. He has collected an “El Pasoan of the Year” award, before a modest audience …
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CNN
Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone:
Will the Masses Finally See Fox News for What It Is? — The unholy union between the president and Rupert Murdoch's propaganda network is under fresh scrutiny — Less than one week after New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer published a thoroughly reported exposé about Fox News …
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Washington Free Beacon and Mediaite
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Democratic congressman says DNC is wrong to not hold primary debates on Fox News
Democratic congressman says DNC is wrong to not hold primary debates on Fox News
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The Hill, Townhall and Talking Points Memo
Michael Bamberger / Golf.com:
President Trump won a 2018 club championship — without actually playing in it! — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump takes great pride in his golf game. Shinzo Abe and Tiger Woods and countless others can tell you about that. He once tweeted “I don't cheat at golf” …
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Shareblue Media and New York Post
David Frum / The Atlantic:
If Liberals Won't Enforce Borders, Fascists Will — I. The Wave That's Still Building — Through much of the 20th century, the United States received comparatively few immigrants. In the 60 years from 1915 until 1975, nearly a human lifetime, the United States admitted fewer immigrants than arrived …
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
‘F—ing insane’: De Blasio allies warn against 2020 run — NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio may be thinking of running for president, but many of those closest to him aren't on board. — As de Blasio touted his liberal record in Iowa and South Carolina in recent weeks …
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Splinter
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
The week that could reveal Mueller's end-game — Buckle up: The next five days could reveal how the Mueller probe will play out. — Paul Manafort will know how long he'll be serving in prison, closing the book on special counsel Robert Mueller's most visible legal fight.
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emptywheel and Raw Story
Osita Nwanevu / New Yorker:
Democrats Push to Make Washington, D.C., the Fifty-first State — In the coming days, the House will vote on, and likely pass, H.R. 51, a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the fifty-first state. The bill, which has two hundred co-sponsors, was introduced by Eleanor Holmes Norton …
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Splinter