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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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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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The Daily Caller, Des Moines Register and The Gateway Pundit
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Ex-Defense secretary's wife says photo of her with Biden misleading
Ex-Defense secretary's wife says photo of her with Biden misleading
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Washington Post, Political Wire, 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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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
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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Politico, Breitbart and New York Post
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
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
'Barr gets to handle this. …
'Barr gets to handle this. …
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POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart and Politico
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, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Splinter, Daily Wire and Mediaite
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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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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Washington Post, The Guardian and Splinter
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
We're All Stuck Inside George and Kellyanne's Marriage
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
The Conservative Case For Conservatism — For us actual conservatives, one of the most tiresome aspects of our struggle to retake our country is our never-ending struggle to get the Fredocons who still populate our movement to take our own side in this fight.
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 …
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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.
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
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
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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The Atlantic, Washington Post, TVNewser, Contemptor, Slate, Mother Jones and Outside the Beltway