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ProPublica:
Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser's Office in Money Laundering Probe — Federal authorities raided the office of Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy last summer, seeking records related to his dealings with foreign officials and Trump administration associates, according to a sealed search warrant obtained by ProPublica.
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Daily Kos, Law & Crime, POLITICUSUSA and The Week
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Raised $6.1 Million Online in First 24 Hours of Campaign — WASHINGTON — Beto O'Rourke raised more than $6 million online in the first 24 hours after announcing his presidential campaign last week, according to his campaign, outpacing his rivals for the Democratic nomination …
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Washington Post, CNN, Vanity Fair, SFist, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mediaite, The Texas Tribune, The Week and Axios
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David Siders / Politico:
Despite crowds, Beto campaign gets a rocky rollout
Despite crowds, Beto campaign gets a rocky rollout
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Washington Post
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Beto O'Rourke raises $6.1 million on first day, topping Sanders and all other rivals
Beto O'Rourke raises $6.1 million on first day, topping Sanders and all other rivals
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RedState, Townhall, Shakesville, Daily Wire, POLITICUSUSA, Splinter, IJR and New York Post
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Beto O'Rourke raised massive $6.1 million his first day in the 2020 race, campaign says
Beto O'Rourke raised massive $6.1 million his first day in the 2020 race, campaign says
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The Daily Caller, Althouse and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter's Insiders Are Skeptical About Beto O'Rourke. Iowans Don't Seem To Care.
Twitter's Insiders Are Skeptical About Beto O'Rourke. Iowans Don't Seem To Care.
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Washington Monthly and No More Mister Nice Blog
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Decrying court packing, Michael Bennet pleads with Democrats to care more about electability — THE BIG IDEA: — CONCORD, N.H.—Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) slammed his head on the table four times when I asked what he thought about other Democratic presidential contenders embracing …
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Washington Free Beacon
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Exclusive: 7 U.S. Military Members Identified As Part Of White Nationalist Group — Leaked chat logs revealed active military servicemen with ties to the extremist group Identity Evropa. — Leaked chat logs have connected seven current members of the U.S. armed forces to a white nationalist group …
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Shakesville, Task & Purpose, Splinter and Raw Story
USA Today:
Poll: Half of Americans say Trump is victim of a ‘witch hunt’ as trust in Mueller erodes — After almost two years, Mueller's Russia investigation status can be confusing. Here's an overview of the central question, and what we know. — CONNECT — WASHINGTON - Amid signs …
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Political Wire and Mediaite
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Martin Lederman / Washington Post:
Why there may be much less — and much more — to the Mueller report than people expect
Why there may be much less — and much more — to the Mueller report than people expect
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Just Security, New York Daily News, Raw Story and Law & Crime
Ilhan Omar / Washington Post:
We must apply our universal values to all nations. Only then will we achieve peace. — Ilhan Omar, a Democrat, represents Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives. — Since I began my first term in Congress, I have sought to speak openly and honestly about the scale of the issues …
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Splinter, The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo
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Washington Post:
The meeting was supposed to ease tensions between Muslim and Jewish Democrats. It ended with tears. — It was supposed to be a chance for Muslim and Jewish House Democrats to ease tensions and find common ground. It ended with one lawmaker in tears. — At a late-night meeting blocks …
Laura Strickler / NBC News:
Ben Carson's schedule shows Friday trips to Florida, lunch with My Pillow founder — For 5 Fridays out of 31, Carson was off or had no appointments. For 5 more he left before 2 p.m. to fly to South Florida, where he owns a mansion. — WASHINGTON — Ben Carson's daily schedule from 2017 shows …
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Talking Points Memo, The Root, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story and Politico
Siena College Research Institute:
2/3 of Voters Say Amazon Cancelling Queens HQ Bad for NY — 2/3 of Voters Say Amazon Cancelling Queens HQ Bad for NY; 2-to-1 Support for Deal if Amazon Reconsiders — Huge Support: Requiring Parents to Have Children Vaccinated; Strong Support: Property Tax Cap; Support …
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Fox News, IJR and The Daily Caller
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Alana Goodman / Washington Examiner:
AOC group pushing left-wing candidates raked in ‘soft money’ she wants to ban
AOC group pushing left-wing candidates raked in ‘soft money’ she wants to ban
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IJR
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Ocasio-Cortez is the ‘villain’ in Amazon HQ2 pullout: poll
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
2020 Dems warm to expanding Supreme Court — After watching Mitch McConnell transform the judiciary over the past four years, liberals are demanding a bold response. And Democrats are listening. — Sens. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand told POLITICO they would not rule …
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Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA and twitchy.com
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Michael Flynn's Family Is at War With Each Other Over QAnon — The retired general's brother and sister are fanning the flames. His son is a public skeptic. — Michael Flynn's family members appear to be at war with each other over the QAnon conspiracy theory and whether Flynn himself is playing a role in it.
The Daily Beast:
House Judiciary Committee Planning Hearing on the Rise of White Nationalism — Days after the massacre in New Zealand, lawmakers are looking for more information from federal agencies on what's being done to confront the threat. — The House Judiciary Committee is planning on hosting …
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Contemptor, New York Post, Washington Times and The Guardian
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Katie Galioto / Politico:
Trump claims media is trying to blame him for New Zealand mass shooting
Trump claims media is trying to blame him for New Zealand mass shooting
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Townhall, ThinkProgress, Washington Post and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Gunman Aboard a Tram Kills at Least 3 in Utrecht, the Netherlands — Three people died and five were injured on Monday in a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht, which the authorities called a possible terrorist attack, and a manhunt was underway for a gunman who escaped the scene.
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NBC News, Politico, fox8.com and The Daily Caller
Princeton University News:
Alan Krueger, prominent Princeton economist, passes away — Alan Krueger, prominent Princeton economist, passes away — Princeton University is saddened to share that Alan Krueger, James Madison Professor of Political Economy, passed away over the weekend.
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Bloomberg, NPR and New York Times
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is an Optimist Now A conversation about race and 2020. — In recent days, as Democrats debated the definition of “reparations,” Joe Biden rationalized his opposition to integration, and socialist congresswomen started demanding the rebirth of a nation, inquiring minds wanted to know: What would Ta-Nehisi say?
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
It Isn't Complicated: Trump Encourages Violence — He doesn't deserve blame for any specific attack. He does deserve blame for the increase in white-nationalist violence. — The president of the United States suggested last week that his political supporters might resort to violence if they didn't get their way.
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Mother Jones and Bloomberg
Eric Kaufmann / New York Times:
Americans Are Divided by Their Views on Race, Not Race Itself — It's a crucial difference — and grounds for optimism. — Mr. Kaufmann is the author of “Whiteshift: Immigration, Populism and the Future of White Majorities.” — Amid the uproar over the Ralph Northam blackface photograph …
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Althouse and Instapundit
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Are Denying Trump's Completely Open Bigotry Against Muslims — The man who murdered 50 Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, has hailed President Trump as a “symbol of renewed white identity.” But Trump's supporters piously deny he is any such thing.
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Wisconsin swing voters tire of Trump — Wisconsin voters who supported Barack Obama in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016 are sick of Trump, saying in a focus group that they're getting tired of his “lies” and how he treats people, Axios' Alexi McCammond reports from Appleton.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump was the face of the 737 probe — Several days after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed outside Ethiopia's capital city, the Trump administration's senior air safety official was still defending the plane. — Acting Federal Aviation Administration chief Daniel K. Elwell …
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Wall Street Journal, The Verge, The Week, Power Line and The Seattle Times
Washington Post:
Inside YouTube's struggles to shut down video of the New Zealand shooting — and the humans who outsmarted its systems — SAN FRANCISCO — As a grisly video recorded by the alleged perpetrator of Friday's bloody massacres at two New Zealand mosques played out on YouTube and other social media …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP moves to rein in president's emergency powers — Republicans are digging in for a long fight over reining in the president's emergency powers, setting up a potential clash with both the White House and Democrats. — President Trump on Friday vetoed Congress's attempt to block …
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The Right Scoop, IJR and POLITICUSUSA
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Bernard-Henri Lévy on the Rights of Women and of the Accused — “The history of France, a permanent miracle, has the singular privilege of impassioning the peoples of the earth to the point where they all take part in French quarrels,” the French author André Maurois wrote.
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The American Conservative and Eschaton