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David Brooks / New York Times:
We've All Just Made Fools of Ourselves — Again — The awful corruption of scandal politics. — “You have a president who, in my opinion, beyond a shadow of a doubt, sought to, however ham-handedly, collude with the Russian government, a foreign power, to undermine and influence our elections.”
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Liberty Unyielding, Outside the Beltway and The Hill
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
After Mueller Report, News Media Leaders Defend Their Work — There have been tipping points and bombshells, walls closing in and turning points. And there have been so, so many declarations of “The beginning of the end!” that the comedian John Oliver had a recurring “We got him!” …
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Politico, RedState, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, Mediaite, RealClearPolitics, The Guardian and The Daily Signal, more at Mediagazer »
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
The Critical Part of Mueller's Report That Barr Didn't Mention — On Sunday afternoon, Attorney General Bill Barr presented a summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's conclusions that contained a few sentences from Mueller's final report, one of which directly addressed the question …
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Obstruction, not collusion, worried Trump's legal team — By the time Martin and Jane Raskin joined Trump's defense, Mueller's prosecutors were rarely asking probing questions about Russia, sources said. — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's lawyers — including the ones who don't appear …
New York Times:
Disappointed Fans of Mueller Rethink the Pedestal They Built for Him — The sense of mourning started to take hold over the weekend, after Attorney General William Barr said that Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, had not found coordination between President Trump's campaign …
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Politico, Liberty Unyielding, Washington Post and twitchy.com
Washington Post:
Democrats largely give up on impeachment in wake of Mueller report — Many Democrats conceded Monday that the possibility of impeachment proceedings against President Trump is over, at least for now — marking a dramatic retreat in the wake of the conclusion by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III …
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The Daily Beast, Daily Wire, Front Page Magazine, Liberty Unyielding, Politico, The Week, POLITICUSUSA, Big League Politics, Raw Story and Breitbart
NBC News:
House committee chairs demand full Mueller report by April 2 deadline
House committee chairs demand full Mueller report by April 2 deadline
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Axios, The Week, Fox News, Reuters, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Press and Splinter
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The Reckoning Finally Arrives for the Trump Resistance
The Reckoning Finally Arrives for the Trump Resistance
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The Guardian, The Week, Townhall, NB Blog, New York Magazine and Daily Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
MSNBC Panel Admits Mueller Report ‘Undercuts Almost Everything’ In Steele Dossier
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell blocks resolution calling for Mueller report to be released publicly
McConnell blocks resolution calling for Mueller report to be released publicly
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Shareblue Media, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, TheBlaze, ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, USA Today and RT
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
William Barr has made this a win for Moscow
William Barr has made this a win for Moscow
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USA Today, The Atlantic, Conservative News Today and CNBC
John Solomon / The Hill:
Trump-Russia collusion did affect an American election — the one in 2018
Trump-Russia collusion did affect an American election — the one in 2018
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Politico, Breitbart and Law & Crime
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Give It Up, Democrats. The Russia Investigation Is Over.
Give It Up, Democrats. The Russia Investigation Is Over.
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New York Times, RedState and Raw Story
Joyce White Vance / Washington Post:
One person the Mueller report didn't ‘exonerate’? Vladimir Putin.
One person the Mueller report didn't ‘exonerate’? Vladimir Putin.
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Washington Monthly, Fox News and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Barr's Declaration on Trump Puts Justice Dept. Back in Political Crucible
Barr's Declaration on Trump Puts Justice Dept. Back in Political Crucible
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National Review, The Nation and American Greatness
emptywheel:
Rod Rosenstein Didn't Even Clear Trump on All the Topics He Hired Mueller to Investigate
Rod Rosenstein Didn't Even Clear Trump on All the Topics He Hired Mueller to Investigate
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Just Security, RedState and NB Blog
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Thanks to Mueller, 2020 won't be about 2016
Thanks to Mueller, 2020 won't be about 2016
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CounterPunch and Raw Story
CNN:
Trump administration now says entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down — (CNN)The Trump administration on Monday said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down, in a dramatic reversal. — In a filing with a federal appeals court, the Justice Department said it agreed …
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Bloomberg, Shakesville and The Week
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
In shift, Trump administration backs judge's ruling that would kill Obamacare — The Trump administration on Monday said it supports a federal judge's ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act should be thrown out, signaling a shift in the Justice Department's position and alarming Democrats who vowed to oppose the move.
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Talking Points Memo, Vox, Vanity Fair, Hit & Run, No More Mister Nice Blog, Townhall and Balloon Juice
Dylan Scott / Vox:
The Trump administration wants all of Obamacare overturned by the courts
The Trump administration wants all of Obamacare overturned by the courts
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Politico, National Review and Talking Points Memo
Sam Baker / Axios:
The Trump administration's ACA strike-down stance raises the stakes
The Trump administration's ACA strike-down stance raises the stakes
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Washington Post, The Incidental Economist, New York Times, HillReporter.com, Reason and Raw Story
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Justice Department sides with court ruling Obamacare invalid
Justice Department sides with court ruling Obamacare invalid
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RedState, Raw Story and Liberty Unyielding
Tom Howell Jr / Washington Times:
Justice Department escalates fight against Obamacare with unconstitutional determination
Justice Department escalates fight against Obamacare with unconstitutional determination
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Daily Wire
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Now Trump Wants Judges To Throw Out The Entire Affordable Care Act
Now Trump Wants Judges To Throw Out The Entire Affordable Care Act
Discussion:
POLITICUSUSA and ACA Signups
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump administration asks court to completely invalidate Obama's Affordable Care Act
Trump administration asks court to completely invalidate Obama's Affordable Care Act
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NBC News, CNBC, Splinter, Common Dreams and Fox News
Rep. Cheri Bustos / The Hill:
Washington Republicans are STILL attacking your health care
NBC News:
Mike Pence talked Dan Coats out of quitting the Trump administration — Whenever Trump is souring on Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, whom he calls “Mister Rogers,” Pence encourages him to stick with Coats. — WASHINGTON — The country's intelligence chief was on the verge …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, Raw Story and Splinter
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
GOP congressman quotes Hitler's ‘Mein Kampf’ to slam Trump's adversaries as liars — Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) took to the House floor on Monday to portray President Trump's detractors as Nazis, but ended up slurring them using an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory drawn verbatim from Adolf Hitler's writings.
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Washington Post:
Stephen Moore edges closer to Fed seat as key GOP lawmakers express support — A number of key Senate Republicans are expressing openness to confirming conservative economist Stephen Moore to the Federal Reserve's board of governors, a positive sign for the White House as aides gauge support for the controversial pick.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Stephen Moore could inflict more long-term damage than any of Trump's other nominations — President Trump has made a lot of ill-advised nominations. But perhaps no single choice could inflict more long-term damage than the one he announced Friday: Stephen Moore, Trump's pick to join the Federal Reserve Board.
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New York Times, Raw Story and Quartz
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
Mueller Madness: The media pundits who got it most wrong — Special counsel Robert Mueller has definitively put to rest the collusion theory of President Trump's election. That's not a little embarrassing for the many journalists, talking heads, celebrities and instant-experts who spent …
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The Hill, Louder With Crowder, Breitbart, Contemptor and Mediaite
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Obama Warns New House Dems That Liberal Policies Like the Green New Deal Are Very Expensive — Former President Barack Obama has cautioned freshmen House Democrats that the liberal policies becoming popular in their ranks—such as Medicare for All and the Green New Deal—will cost a lot of money.
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Peter Kiefer / Hollywood Reporter:
Commentator Andrew Sullivan Jeered at Hollywood Inclusion Event — Attendees at the morning panel included actresses Amy Landecker, Michaela Watkins and Sophia Bush, plus showrunners Sarah Gertrude Shapiro and Jenji Kohan. — At an event billed as 'A Day of Unreasonable Conversation …
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The American Conservative
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Testing Novel Power, Trump Administration Detains Palestinian After Sentence Ends — WASHINGTON — Swept up by authorities after the Sept. 11 attacks, Adham Hassoun, a Palestinian computer programmer who lived in Florida, served 15 years in prison for sending support to Islamist militants abroad.
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Just Security
New York Times:
In Test of Boeing Jet, Pilots Had 40 Seconds to Fix Error — During flight simulations recreating the problems with the doomed Lion Air plane, pilots discovered that they had less than 40 seconds to override an automated system on Boeing's new jets and avert disaster.
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
German billionaire family that owns Einstein Bros. Bagels admits Nazi past — The German family whose holding company owns controlling stakes in companies such as Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread, Pret a Manger and Einstein Bros. Bagels profited from the horrors of the Nazi regime …
Washington Post:
Pentagon announces $1 billion transfer for border barriers, angering Democrats — The Pentagon announced Monday night that it has authorized the transfer of up to $1 billion to the Army Corps of Engineers to build additional barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that drew sharp objections from Democratic lawmakers.
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NPR, CNN, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, Outside the Beltway, The Week, TheBlaze and POLITICUSUSA
Douglas Ernst / Washington Times:
Ex-CIA chief offers mea culpa on Trump: 'I don't know if I received bad information' — Former CIA chief John O. Brennan now says his months of attacks on President Trump may have been based on “bad information.” — One of the president's harshest critics had a muted tone on Monday …
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Sara A. Carter, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze, Townhall, Conservative News Today, twitchy.com, New York Post and Front Page Magazine
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Kamala Harris' teacher pay price tag: $315B — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris proposed Tuesday spending a staggering $315 billion over 10 years to boost teacher pay, a move that would have an immediate pocketbook impact on a large and influential group of voters who are in high demand.
Joe Perticone / Business Insider:
Despite Mueller's findings of no collusion, freshman Democrat Rashida Tlaib is privately urging colleagues to join effort to impeach Trump — Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan has sent a letter asking her fellow Democrats to join a resolution urging the House Judiciary Committee …
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National Review and Breitbart
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
House set for failure on vote to overturn Trump's border emergency veto — The House on Tuesday will try — and fail — to overturn President Donald Trump's veto of a congressional resolution killing his national wall emergency, capping off a months-long congressional battle over the president's signature campaign issue.
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Talking Points Memo and The Guardian