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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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Rowaida Abdelaziz / HuffPost:
Latest Attacks On Ilhan Omar Show That Anti-Muslim Hate Isn't A Partisan Issue
Latest Attacks On Ilhan Omar Show That Anti-Muslim Hate Isn't A Partisan Issue
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Washington Post, Breitbart and Raw Story
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Ilhan Omar Falls Victim to the Outrage Exhibitionists
Ilhan Omar Falls Victim to the Outrage Exhibitionists
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New York Post, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Press, CBS News and No More Mister Nice Blog
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Now Outraged, Trump Boasted On 9/11 That His Building Was Tallest After Attack
Now Outraged, Trump Boasted On 9/11 That His Building Was Tallest After Attack
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Business Insider, Washington Free Beacon, New York Times, Washington Press and ThinkProgress
Associated Press:
Trump sanctuary city idea could help migrants stay in US — PHOENIX (AP) — An idea floated by President Donald Trump to send immigrants from the border to “sanctuary cities” to exact revenge on Democratic foes could end up doing the migrants a favor by placing them in locations that make it easier …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's immigration policies have been a failure. …
Trump's immigration policies have been a failure. …
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Mother Jones and Opinion Today
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Trump's plan to send migrant detainees to sanctuary cities draws concerns about cost, legality
Trump's plan to send migrant detainees to sanctuary cities draws concerns about cost, legality
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USA Today, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal, IJR and Shareblue Media
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
How to Resist Validating President Trump's View of Sanctuary Cities
How to Resist Validating President Trump's View of Sanctuary Cities
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Washington Post, USA Today, Althouse, The Colorado Independent and Instapundit
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The mob-boss presidency — A normal president confronted with a news story suggesting he ordered underlings to illegally transport asylum seekers to so-called sanctuary cities in order to retaliate against political enemies would deny knowledge of such a heinous plot.
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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.
CNN:
House committee sends new letter to IRS demanding Trump's tax returns — (CNN)House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal is not backing down on his request for six years of the President Donald Trump's personal and business tax returns, he writes In a new letter sent Saturday to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig.
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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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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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Future Majority:
Did the #TrumpTaxScam raise your taxes? — Trump will be in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday - Tax Day - for a MAGA rally where he'll trumpet the GOP tax law. — You heard that right. — Throughout this tax season, Americans expecting a big tax cut promised by Trump and the GOP got the opposite - a tax increase.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump White House braces for full Mueller report — While most of official Washington is on edge ahead of the expected release of special counsel Robert Mueller's full report, Trump White House aides are shrugging off the fevered anticipation with a simple message: been there, done that.
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Reading ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ in Baghdad: What Vonnegut taught me about what comes after war — A group of kids sat on the schoolhouse wall and watched Stryker 2-1 approach, and they had a way of knowing that children often do. Some of them plugged their ears. — It was March 14, 2007, in Iraq, which is on Earth.
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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Gabe Rottman / The Reporters Committee …:
Reporters Committee analysis of U.S. government indictment of Julian Assange
Reporters Committee analysis of U.S. government indictment of Julian Assange
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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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Bipartisan Report, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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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
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Joe.My.God., ABC News and Raw Story
Megan Specia / New York Times:
Can the Holocaust Be Forgiven? Bolsonaro Says Yes, Drawing Israelis' Ire — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil drew Israel's ire on Saturday for saying the crimes of the Holocaust are forgivable. — Mr. Bolsonaro made the comments Thursday night at a meeting with evangelical pastors in Rio de Janeiro.
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 …
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Salena Zito / New York Post:
This tiny election proves Trump's coalition is alive and well — Less than a month ago, conservative Judge Brian Hagedorn was a dead man walking. — As he raced against liberal Judge Lisa Neubauer for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the local press portrayed him as an anti-gay extremist and bigot.