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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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Michael Anton / American Greatness:
Tucker Carlson Must Not Be Silenced — Let's be completely clear here. Nobody—least of all the leftwing mobs attacking Tucker Carlson right now—cares what he said on the radio a decade ago. Except to the extent that his words can be wrapped around his neck like a noose.
Washington Post:
Why can't Fox apologize? It won't back down even amid Pirro, Carlson controversies — Fox News has no regrets and no remorse. It isn't sorry. — Faced with yet another uproar — actually, two of them within 24 hours — the cable network has blandly, mildly offered . . . well, very little in response.
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
That Time Tucker Carlson Called Me the C-Word
That Time Tucker Carlson Called Me the C-Word
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The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson: Iraqis Are ‘Semiliterate Primitive Monkeys’
Tucker Carlson: Iraqis Are ‘Semiliterate Primitive Monkeys’
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Charles Davis / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Defended Statutory Rape in 2015 With Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes
Tucker Carlson Defended Statutory Rape in 2015 With Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Tucker Carlson's Desperate Need to Please
Tucker Carlson's Desperate Need to Please
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David French / National Review:
The Culture of Fake Outrage Comes for Tucker Carlson
The Culture of Fake Outrage Comes for Tucker Carlson
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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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Ali Schmitz / TCPalm.com:
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan focuses on policy, gridlock in Vero Beach lecture — Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan reflected on his tenure in Congress, from health care to political debates, during a lecture Monday in Vero Beach. — Ryan, who served as Speaker of the House …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Ryan warns Trump could be beat in 2020 — Former House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday warned that President Donald Trump's reelection prospects could be in danger next year if he chooses to rely on his personality, rather than focus on policy, to win another four years in the White House.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Ryan says Trump can be beat in 2020, Pelosi on impeachment and the DCCC's big money night — DRIVING THE DAY — GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT! ... PAUL RYAN SPEAKS!, via Treasure Coast Newspapers' Ali Schmitz: “Ryan ... said [during a Vero Beach speech] …
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New York Times:
New York Attorney General Opens Investigation of Trump Projects — The New York attorney general's office late on Monday issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank for records relating to the financing of four major Trump Organization projects and a failed effort to buy the Buffalo Bills …
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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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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Warren took tech's money while ripping its biggest players — The presidential candidate took at least $90,000 from employees of Amazon, Google and Facebook between 2011 and 2018. — While Sen. Elizabeth Warren was railing against big tech companies, she was taking their money — plenty of it.
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Nelson W. Cunningham / The Daily Beast:
Mueller May Drop Second Report That Can't Be Buried — The special counsel isn't only looking for crimes: he continues the counterintelligence investigation that started with suspicious Trump-Russia contacts in 2016. — Breathless media alerts notwithstanding, there is reason to be skeptical …
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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 …
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. …
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miamiherald:
Wanted in Russia, he partied at Mar-a-Lago - and invested in cheap South Florida homes — Last year, President Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club hosted a black-tie “Safari Night” fundraiser for a favorite charity of one of his older sisters. The event included Chinese dancers …
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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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Dan Merica / CNN:
Buttigieg feels momentum after CNN town hall, with $600K raised in 24 hours — (CNN)Pete Buttigieg had the single biggest fundraising day of his 2020 campaign on Monday, according to an aide to the South Bend, Indiana, mayor, receiving a significant boost after a widely heralded performance during a CNN town hall.
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Lauded Farmers, Medicare and AIDS Programs. Then He Unsheathed the Budget Knife. — WASHINGTON — On Friday, the White House announced that Karen Pence, the second lady, would lead a delegation to the United Arab Emirates in support of disabled American athletes at the Special Olympics.
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Nick Ochsner / WBTV-TV:
Federal investigators issue subpoenas in NC-9 investigation — CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas for a federal grand jury investigation into allegations of election fraud in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District. — The US Department …
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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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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Power of Petty Personal Rage — Straw police, hamburger paranoia and the state of the right. — Today's column is about plastic straws, hamburgers and dishwashing detergent. Also Captain Marvel. — No, I haven't lost my mind, or at least I don't think so.
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu: Money to Hamas part of strategy to keep Palestinians divided — “Now that we are supervising, we know it's going to humanitarian causes,” the source said, paraphrasing Netanyahu. — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel's regular allowing of Qatari funds to be transferred into Gaza …
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Breitbart:
Exclusive — Donald Trump: ‘Seductive’ Socialism Would Send Country ‘Down the Tubes’ in a Decade or Less — President Donald Trump told Breitbart News on Monday that he feels “very strongly” that the United States will never succumb to socialism. — “I feel that—I feel it very strongly …
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Socialism and “The “Experts” — New York magazine has produced a list of the “best books to understand socialism” that is so stupefyingly inane that you wonder if this is intended as satire or a really big put on. But no—they are quite earnest about this list, because it was curated by “experts.”
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Gillibrand defends office investigation into sexual harassment claims — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Monday evening defended her office's handling of sexual harassment allegations from last summer and said she had “complete confidence” in Jess Fassler, her former chief of staff …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
House Dems likely to ditch budget vote and avoid intraparty clash — Democrats are finally in charge of the House. But they're likely to skip one of their most fundamental responsibilities: passing a budget. — Eager to steer clear of another public intraparty battle …
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Roy Moore supporter takes 5th dozens of times under questioning about alleged bribery attempt — A Roy Moore supporter refused to answer questions about an alleged bribery attempt aimed at boosting Moore's 2017 campaign for a U.S. Senate seat from Alabama, claiming dozens of times while under oath …
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Need a ‘safe’ place to wear your MAGA hat? A new app will help conservatives find one. — Are you a conservative who is wary of dining out while wearing your red “Make America Great Again” hat? Do you wish you knew where you could freely sport a “Trump 2020” shirt while out running errands?
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Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
Federal court moves to unseal documents in Jeffrey Epstein 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 and his former partner …
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