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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Dems rip Nunes' plan for private huddle with Barr to discuss criminal allegations — House Democrats are crying foul over a plan by the Intelligence Committee's top Republican, Rep. Devin Nunes, to meet privately with Attorney General William Barr to push the Justice Department …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Stone cites Barr, Kavanaugh writings in last-ditch effort to dismiss Mueller indictment
Stone cites Barr, Kavanaugh writings in last-ditch effort to dismiss Mueller indictment
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Roger Stone connected to matters still under investigation, Justice Dept. says
Roger Stone connected to matters still under investigation, Justice Dept. says
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Now Outraged, Trump Boasted On 9/11 That His Building Was Tallest After Attack — Appallingly insensitive — and false, Democratic strategist Paul Begala recalls after the president tries to bash Rep. Ilhan Omar using images of the terrorist strike. — President Donald Trump is expressing outrage …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Ilhan Omar Falls Victim to the Outrage Exhibitionists — When the ideological left engages in what is variously denigrated as “political correctness,” virtue-signaling, performative wokeness, or “social-justice warrior” cry-bullying, many on the right find it easy to spot the flaws in those modes of discourse.
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CBS News, New York Times, Talking Points Memo and No More Mister Nice Blog
Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
Yemeni bodegas boycott New York Post over attacks on Ilhan Omar — Murdoch-owned paper published front page that Yemeni American Merchants Association says ‘provoked hatred’ — A group of New York corner-store owners has announced a boycott on the sale of the New York Post …
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Washington Post, New York Post and NPR
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Trump's plan to send migrant detainees to sanctuary cities draws concerns about cost, legality — Should President Trump follow through on a proposal to release migrants in U.S. “sanctuary cities,” it would be a major departure from the way federal agencies are handling detainees.
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
How to Resist Validating President Trump's View of Sanctuary Cities — On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that the Trump Administration has tried to pressure Immigration and Customs Enforcement to transport detained immigrants to sanctuary cities and release them there.
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Washington Post, The Colorado Independent, Axios, IJR and Althouse
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
House Democrats give IRS hard deadline of April 23 to turn over Trump tax returns, say administration's concerns ‘lack merit’ — House Democrats are giving the Trump administration a hard-deadline of April 23 to turn over President Trump's tax returns, pushing back against Treasury Secretary …
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Slate, Associated Press, The Guardian, Raw Story, Political Wire and New York Post
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
The Many Reasons to Run for President When You Probably Don't Stand a Chance — There is no discernible mass groundswell for an Eric Swalwell presidential campaign. — The case against: He is a 38-year-old California congressman of little legislative distinction.
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Democrats, Please Take Whatever Precautions Are Necessary To Prevent This Terrible Disaster — All of this has happened before. — I'm a Republican and I'm here to help. — I want to help because we live in the same country and while our politics may diverge, our future is inextricably bound together.
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Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / New York Times:
Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police — The tech giant records people's locations worldwide. Now, investigators are using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk of snaring the innocent. — When detectives in a Phoenix suburb arrested a warehouse worker …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Trump and the Annihilation of Shame — Charles Van Doren's death marks the end of an era. — I had never heard of Charles Van Doren until, in college, I saw the movie “Quiz Show,” and I probably never thought of him again until I read his obituary this week in The Times.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents — A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal information of thousands of federal agents and law enforcement officers, TechCrunch has learned.
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Gizmodo, Trending Home, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Daily Beast and Axios, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
As Ecuador Harbored Assange, It Was Subjected to Threats and Leaks — The secrets came directly from the phones of President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador: intimate pictures of him and his family on vacation, text messages from his wife, even a photograph of the president himself in a posh bedroom, eating a lobster in bed.
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Radio Free Asia:
North Korea Stages Public Executions to Strengthen ‘Social Order’ — North Korean authorities staged a public trial and shot two female fortune tellers to death last month, forcing tens of thousands of people to watch, in what appeared to be a resumption of public executions.
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The Babylon Bee:
Ocasio-Cortez Appears On ‘The Price Is Right,’ Guesses Everything Is Free — HOLLYWOOD, CA—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was pumped to attend a taping of The Price Is Right in Hollywood this week. The special guest introduced herself as a U.S. representative and rising star of the Democratic Party.
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It's Showing Promise. — The inaugural class of third and fourth graders at the school has posted extraordinary results on its first set of test scores. — AKRON, Ohio — The students paraded through hugs and high-fives from staff …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Tax Day Update: Americans Still Not Seeing Tax Cut Benefit — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Americans file their 2018 income taxes, they are now able to evaluate whether they benefited from the sweeping Republican-sponsored tax overhaul, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in December 2017.
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Biden's bulldogs give him an edge in 2020 — When Joe Biden was embroiled in controversy over his “tactile” politics, he didn't have to lift a finger before Sen. Chris Coons rushed to his defense. — “I didn't need to,” said his fellow Delaware Democrat when asked if he spoke to Biden …
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Only a heckler can improve an evening with the money-grabbing Clintons — Now that they've been dismissed, defanged and declawed by their own party, Bill and Hillary Clinton are doing what comes naturally: Hitting people up for money. — Thursday night marked the kickoff, in New York City, of their national speaking tour.
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Conservative News Today, Liberty Unyielding, Althouse, The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo
Tom Jones / Poynter:
There are a lot of great journalism movies. Here are our top 25. — There a lot of movies about journalism. A lot more than you might think. And most of them, actually, are quite good. — It's not like sports. For every sports classic such as “Hoosiers” or “Raging Bull” or …