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New York Times:
The Rematch: Bernie Sanders vs. a Clinton Loyalist — WASHINGTON — The bad blood started early. — In 2008, Neera Tanden, then a top aide on Hillary Clinton's first presidential campaign, accompanied Mrs. Clinton to what was expected to be an easy interview at the Center for American Progress …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
‘Stop Sanders’ Democrats Are Agonizing Over His Momentum — WASHINGTON — When Leah Daughtry, a former Democratic Party official, addressed a closed-door gathering of about 100 wealthy liberal donors in San Francisco last month, all it took was a review of the 2020 primary rules to throw a scare in them.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Times and Politico
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders takes on Fox — and emerges triumphant — BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Bernie Sanders entered the Fox's den on Monday night — and he not only survived the hour-long encounter, but often dominated. — Appearing at a Fox News-hosted town hall smack dab in the middle of Trump Country …
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Washington Post, CNBC, Breitbart, The Guardian, Jezebel and Joe.My.God.
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
A ‘Medicare For All’ Question Backfired At Bernie Sanders' Fox News Town Hall
A ‘Medicare For All’ Question Backfired At Bernie Sanders' Fox News Town Hall
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Washington Post, The Federalist and Vox
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Sanders proves his critics right: Thin skin, sharp elbows and not a team player
Sanders proves his critics right: Thin skin, sharp elbows and not a team player
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Washington Monthly and The Atlantic
Daniel González / Arizona Republic:
ICE deports spouse of U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan — Immigration officials have deported the spouse of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving the couple's 12-year-old daughter, a U.S. citizen, in Phoenix without parents, according to the deported man's lawyer.
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, New York Post, CNN, KTLA, Splinter and Fox News
New York Times:
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris Catches Fire — PARIS — Notre-Dame cathedral, the iconic symbol of the beauty and history of Paris, was scarred by an extensive fire on Monday evening that caused part of its delicate spire to collapse, bruised the Parisian skies with smoke and further disheartened …
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Tom O'Connor / Newsweek:
Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque Fire Burns at the Same Time As Flames Engulf Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris — A fire broke out at the revered Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem just as flames ravaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. — Footage showing smoke and fire emerging from the roof …
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Scroll.in and Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Notre Dame fire: Cathedral towers saved, but Paris monument suffers ‘colossal damage’
Notre Dame fire: Cathedral towers saved, but Paris monument suffers ‘colossal damage’
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NBC News, New York Times, The Daily Beast, BBC, Al Jazeera, ABC News, Washington Square News, VICE News, Outside the Beltway and Splinter, more at Mediagazer »
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Tax returns show 2020 candidates gave to charity, but not a ton
Matthew Gabriele / Washington Post:
Fire was the scourge of medieval cathedrals. But they rebuilt from the ashes.
Fire was the scourge of medieval cathedrals. But they rebuilt from the ashes.
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Vanity Fair, fox8.com, New Republic and The Forward
Washington Post:
A computerized YouTube fact-checking tool goes very wrong: In flaming Notre Dame, it somehow sees Sept. 11 tragedy
A computerized YouTube fact-checking tool goes very wrong: In flaming Notre Dame, it somehow sees Sept. 11 tragedy
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BuzzFeed News, Variety and twitchy.com
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Anchors Shut Down Conspiracy Theories About Notre Dame Fire
Fox News Anchors Shut Down Conspiracy Theories About Notre Dame Fire
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Newsweek, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
NBC News:
White House officials concerned about being exposed by Mueller report — Some of the dozen-plus officials interviewed by Mueller are concerned about president's “wrath” if they are seen as a source of damaging information in Thursday's report. — WASHINGTON — Some of the more than one dozen current …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, Axios, Law & Crime, The Week and No More Mister Nice Blog
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter Left Up Ilhan Omar Death Threats So Law Enforcement Could Investigate — Twitter left up tweets threatening Rep. Ilhan Omar's life over the weekend so law enforcement could investigate them, BuzzFeed News has learned. — Omar on Sunday said that threats on her life have increased …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why Trump Won't Stop Talking About Ilhan Omar
Why Trump Won't Stop Talking About Ilhan Omar
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Washington Post, Fox News Insider, The Week and Religion in Public
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Does Anyone Really Support Stephen Moore at the Fed? — Donald Trump's pick for the Federal Reserve Board gets a not-exactly-ringing endorsement. — What's worse than damning with faint praise? How about damning with no praise at all. — Stephen Moore's campaign for a seat …
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The Hill
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Stephen Moore once slammed Trump's ‘dangerous’ …
Stephen Moore once slammed Trump's ‘dangerous’ …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
New York Times:
Gina Haspel Relies on Spy Skills to Connect With Trump. He Doesn't Always Listen. — WASHINGTON — Gina Haspel was trying to brief President Trump early in her tenure as the C.I.A. director, but he appeared distracted. Houseflies buzzing around the Oval Office were drawing his attention, and ire.
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Wired:
15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook — Scandals. Backstabbing. Resignations. Record profits. Time Bombs. In early 2018, Mark Zuckerberg set out to fix Facebook. Here's how that turned out. — THE STREETS OF Davos, Switzerland, were iced over on the night of January 25 …
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Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
NBC News:
Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show — Facebook's leaders seriously discussed selling access to user data — and privacy was an afterthought. — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg oversaw plans to consolidate the social network's power …
New York Times:
Deutsche Bank Is Subpoenaed for Trump Records by House Democrats — Congressional investigators on Monday intensified their pursuit of President Trump's personal and business financial records by issuing a subpoena to his longtime lender, Deutsche Bank. — The two committees that issued the subpoena …
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The Guardian, Daily Kos, CANNONFIRE, The Week, Axios, Financial Times, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Cristina Maza / Newsweek:
Should William Barr Recuse Himself From Mueller Report? …
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
N.R.A. Sues Contractor Behind NRATV — It's the N.R.A. versus NRATV. — The National Rifle Association sued one of its largest and most enduring contractors late last week and raised concerns about the contractor's relationship to the association's own president, Oliver North …
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Fox News, Joe.My.God., The Week, Wall Street Journal and Media Matters for America
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
The President Is Now Making Policy By Meme — Releasing detained illegal immigrants into sanctuary cities isn't going to help Trump's immigration policy goals. But it sure will own the libs. — In the age of Trump, an age full of little irritations, perhaps none has been so maddening as this …
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Raw Story, New York Post, Breitbart and wgbh.org
Brad Miller / The Daily Beast:
Here's How the House Can Finally Nail Trump — ‘The scope of the power of inquiry,’ the Supreme Court wrote, ‘is as penetrating and far-reaching as the potential power to enact and appropriate under the Constitution.’ — President Trump may complain on Twitter or Fox News …
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Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
Behind the Obama administration's shady plan to spy on the Trump campaign — In Senate testimony last week, Attorney General William Barr used the word “spying” to refer to the Obama administration, um, spying on the Trump campaign. Of course, fainting spells ensued, with the media-Democrat complex in meltdown.
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Althouse
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden Spanish-language ad becomes ‘hot mess’ — In the run-up to his expected presidential campaign announcement, former Vice President Joe Biden's supporters cut a Spanish-language ad in South Florida over the weekend emphasizing healthcare, education and his biography.
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Talking Points Memo and Vanity Fair
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Trump's 2020 plan: Target seniors on Facebook — The Trump campaign is spending nearly half (44%) of its Facebook ad budget to target users who are over 65 years old, as opposed to Democratic candidates who are only spending 27% of their budget on that demographic, according to data given …
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Vanity Fair
Julia Horowitz / CNN:
Russia's Rusal was sanctioned by the US. Now it's investing $200 million in a Kentucky mill — London (CNN Business)Russian aluminum giant Rusal spent most of last year under US sanctions. Now it's pumping $200 million into a new project in Kentucky. — Rusal, the largest producer …
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Raw Story