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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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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Milwaukee to host Democrats' 2020 convention
Milwaukee to host Democrats' 2020 convention
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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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Townhall, The Hill and Talking Points Memo
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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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fox News under fire
Fox News under fire
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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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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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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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Tom Llamas / ABC News:
Fox News reporter had details of alleged Donald Trump-Stormy Daniels affair before election: Lawyer — Fox News reporter Diana Falzone appeared to have obtained specific details about the alleged 2006 affair between Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election, according to a former attorney for the adult-film actress.
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
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 …
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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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?
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
RIVLIN: CAMPAIGN RHETORIC REGARDING ISRAELI ARABS ‘COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE’
RIVLIN: CAMPAIGN RHETORIC REGARDING ISRAELI ARABS ‘COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE’
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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 …
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David Goldman / CNN:
Fox News rebukes Jeanine Pirro after she questioned Ilhan Omar's hijab
Fox News rebukes Jeanine Pirro after she questioned Ilhan Omar's hijab
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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 and Balloon Juice
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 …
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
In Leaked Chats, Nebraska GOP Gov's Field Director Pushed White Nationalist — Bennett Bressman has “more compassion for small dogs than illegals” and claims his “whole political ideology revolves around harming journalists.” He uses the n-word freely and cracks jokes about the Holocaust.
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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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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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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 …
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National Review and Splinter
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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Eschaton, Splinter and Vanity Fair
Sohrab Ahmari / First Things:
Giving the Boot — The Corrosion of Conservatism: — Why I Left the Right — liveright, 288 pages, $24.95 — Not too long ago, the columnist and die-hard Never Trumper Max Boot posted a video to his Twitter account, in which he alternately read from positive reviews of his book …
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 …
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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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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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
‘Court packing’ ideas get attention from Democrats — The once-remote idea of adding more justices to the Supreme Court to change its ideological bent is prompting growing discussion within the Democratic Party, creating a new frontier for presidential candidates looking to display their liberal credentials.
New York Times:
No End in Sight to Venezuela's Blackout, Experts Warn — VALLE DE LA PASCUA, Venezuela — Sporadic looting and spontaneous protests. Desperate patients begging doctors to be kept alive. Residents bracing for wider attacks on markets and restaurants after the sun goes down.
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