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Stephanie Carter:
The #MeToo Story That Wasn't Me — It happened again two weeks ago. I was at an industry conference comprised of my female peers—what would be my last time there as I had announced my intent to start my own company—when a friend ran up to me joyously stating she had “seen me”.
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Politico, Washington Post, Axios, Mediaite and twitchy.com
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New York Times:
Joe Biden Scrambles to Stem Crisis After Lucy Flores's Allegation — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. scrambled on Sunday to contain a quickly growing crisis for his likely presidential bid, putting forward several former female aides and allies to praise his treatment of women after Lucy Flores …
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Politico, NPR and New York Post
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Between the lines: Trump privately thinks ACA lawsuit will fail in court — A major misconception on Capitol Hill right now is the notion that Mick Mulvaney is behind President Trump's decision to back a lawsuit to demolish the Affordable Care Act. — After a week of talking …
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Breitbart
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Kris Schneider / ABC News:
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney guarantees Americans covered by ‘Obamacare’ won't lose health care
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney guarantees Americans covered by ‘Obamacare’ won't lose health care
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Breitbart, New York Post and Politico
Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
Sen. Rick Scott becomes Trump point man on GOP health care policy
Sen. Rick Scott becomes Trump point man on GOP health care policy
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
William Cummings / USA Today:
White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney guarantees no one will lose coverage if Obamacare struck down
White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney guarantees no one will lose coverage if Obamacare struck down
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Common Dreams
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Loses Finance Director as She Struggles in Early Fund-raising — MEMPHIS — On a Sunday afternoon earlier this month, Senator Elizabeth Warren began a swing through the South by proclaiming that she was running “a different type of campaign” — one that did not include high …
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twitchy.com and Axios
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump “saving” Judge Amy Barrett for Ruth Bader Ginsburg seat — As he was deliberating last year over replacing Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, President Trump told confidants he had big plans for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. — “I'm saving her for Ginsburg,” Trump said of Barrett …
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Townhall, Splinter, Political Wire, Daily Wire, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
‘Fox & Friends’ apologizes for headline about ‘3 Mexican Countries’ — “Fox & Friends Weekend” apologized on Sunday after displaying a graphic referring to “3 Mexican countries,” drawing attention on social media. — The show displayed a graphic at the bottom of the screen that read “Trump cuts U.S. aid to 3 Mexican countries.”
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TVNewser, Washington Post, The Atlantic, Contemptor, Mother Jones, Outside the Beltway and Slate
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Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Emboldened Trump hopes a cruel border crisis will get him reelected in 2020 — The Honduran had taken incredible risks to reach the promise of liberty on U.S. soil — traveling 1,700 miles from his homeland by riding illegally on the network of freight trains that Central Americans call …
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Splinter, Washington Post and The Guardian
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Trump not bluffing about closing U.S.-Mexico border, Conway says
Trump not bluffing about closing U.S.-Mexico border, Conway says
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Washington Post, CNN, Hullabaloo, Outside the Beltway, Common Dreams, One America News Network, Axios and Breitbart
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Russia Ordered a Killing That Made No Sense. Then the Assassin Started Talking. — RIVNE, Ukraine — The target lived on the sixth floor of a cheerless, salmon-colored building on Vidinska Street, across from a thicket of weeping willows. Oleg Smorodinov found him there, rented a small apartment on the ground floor, and waited.
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Russia's Military Mission Creep Advances to a New Front: Africa — OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Russia has been steadily expanding its military influence across Africa, alarming Western officials with increasing arms sales, security agreements and training programs for unstable countries or autocratic leaders.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mitch McConnell Plans To Change The Rules Again To Confirm Trump Judges — The GOP leader, who blocked lots of Obama's court picks, is ready to make it easier to confirm district judges now. — WASHINGTON He changed the rules to make it easier to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court picks.
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
Why Courtrooms Are Kryptonite for Alex Jones — Shock jocks lose their power when forced to tell the truth, the whole truth. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. — Nothing like a three-hour deposition under oath to turn an excitable conspiracy theorist into a man subdued, deferential and humbled.
John Binder / Breitbart:
Pew Research: U.S. Home to Nearly 20% of World's Migrant Population — The United States is home to nearly 20 percent of the globe's migrant population, a new study finds. — The Pew Research Center reveals in a new study that the U.S. has admitted more foreign nationals than any other country in the world.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House official: Trump doesn't want a spending deal — Both parties hate the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration. But in a closed-door Hill meeting last week, White House legislative affairs official Paul Teller said the president is fine with it.
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Raw Story, Townhall and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
The ACLU Is Ready To Spend $30 Million On The 2020 Election — The group wants 2020 candidates to commit to reducing the prison population by half. — The American Civil Liberties Union is pushing 2020 presidential candidates to commit to cutting the federal prison population in half …
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Axios and twitchy.com
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Jake Tapper: CNN Didn't Get ‘Anything’ Wrong In Russiagate Reporting — Jake Tapper said Sunday that CNN has not gotten “anything” wrong during the course of reporting on Russiagate, even though his network has bungled numerous stories over the past two years. — “I'm not sure what you're saying the media got wrong.
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats Might Not Get Their Hands On Trump's Taxes Before November 2020 — They've hesitated to make a request that will likely set up an unprecedented court fight. — WASHINGTON Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) can ask for copies of Donald Trump's federal tax returns whenever he wants …
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Common Dreams and Axios
Daily Mail:
Mr Livingstone told a meeting of pro-Corbyn activists that he had been victimised by ‘the elite’, who were trying to stop Mr Corbyn becoming Prime Minister — He added: 'Jeremy Corbyn's office did not want it to happen. It was about distracting ... this is endemic if you have a genuine socialist leader …
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Most Americans don't think Trump is in the clear yet on Russia, new poll finds — President Trump's approval remains stable and a third of voters say they don't know whether the summary of Mueller's findings clears him of wrongdoing in a new NBC News/WSJ poll.
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Washington Post, Power Line, Washington Monthly, POLITICUSUSA, Rolling Stone, twitchy.com, Slate and Axios
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Trump's intervention in Venezuela has stalled — because Caracas knows he's bluffing — Back in January, the Trump administration launched an aggressive effort to convince the Venezuelan military that if it did not topple President Nicolás Maduro, it would be destroyed by sanctions and, perhaps, a U.S. invasion.
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The American Conservative and New York Times
New York Times:
New York State Budget Deal Brings Congestion Pricing, Plastic Bag Ban and Mansion Tax — ALBANY — After weeks of intraparty bickering, the New York Legislature and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo agreed to a $175 billion budget early Sunday morning, approving several progressive initiatives …
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Simple Justice and Axios
BBC:
Zuzana Caputova becomes Slovakia's first female president — Anti-corruption candidate Zuzana Caputova has won Slovakia's presidential election, making her the country's first female head of state. — Ms Caputova, who has almost no political experience, defeated high-profile diplomat Maros Sefcovic …