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The Great Republican Abdication — A party that no longer believes in American values. — So all the “fake news” was true. A hostile foreign power intervened in the presidential election, hoping to install Donald Trump in the White House. The Trump campaign was aware of this intervention and welcomed it.
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There's a Bigger Prize Than Impeachment — Keeping Trump in office will destroy the Republican Party. — Mr. Lockhart served as White House press secretary from 1998 to 2000. — In the fall of 1998, Erskine Bowles, the White House chief of staff, traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with the speaker of the House.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Shakesville and The Stranger
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Democrats must seize and define this moment. Otherwise, Trump will.
Democrats must seize and define this moment. Otherwise, Trump will.
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The Mueller Report Was My Tipping Point — Let's start at the end of this story. This weekend, I read Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report twice, and realized that enough was enough—I needed to do something. I've worked on every Republican presidential transition team for the past 10 years …
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FiveThirtyEight, Washington Post and Raw Story
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Poll: Trump approval sinks 5 points after Mueller report, tying all-time low — President Donald Trump's approval rating has dropped 5 points, equaling his presidency's low-water mark, since last week's release of the special counsel report into the 2016 election, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post and The Week
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump's Monday night retweeting blitz
Trump's Monday night retweeting blitz
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Breitbart, Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
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Unexpected Candor In The New York Times — Sen. Kamala Harris has a pen and a phone and she's not afraid to shriek into it! The NY Times explains that she won't pin her hopes for gun control on Congress and will rely on executive orders. They include this surprisingly candid assessment (my mockery):
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What you missed in the Mueller report — Robert Mueller keeps on giving. — Dozens of overlooked nuggets are buried deep inside the special counsel's 448-page report that raise yet more intriguing questions about Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and shed new light on charges Mueller considered …
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Political Wire and The Week
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Rivals are scrambling to dig up dirt on Pete Buttigieg — Buttigieg was on nobody's radar as a serious presidential contender until a few weeks ago. Now his competitors are scrambling to find vulnerabilities. — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Caught off guard by his sudden surge …
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Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
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(Re)Introduction | MJ For Texas — Air Force veteran, working mom, taking on entrenched incumbent John Cornyn. MJ Hegar is running for Senate. Join the team: https://www.mjfortexas.com
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What to do about Sarah Sanders? White House reporters have a few ideas. — Reporters have long approached White House press secretary Sarah Sanders with a trust-but-verify attitude, knowing full well that Sanders is tasked with spinning some of the more unspinnable statements made by her boss, President Trump.
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RedState and PJ Media Home
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At a White House Tradition, Politics Color Everything but the Easter Eggs
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Joe.My.God., Splinter and IJR
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Sri Lanka Bombings Live Updates: ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attacks — • The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the Easter Sunday bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people. The group's Amaq news agency made the claim.
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Friendly Atheist, Daily Caller News Foundation, Political Wire, ABC, The Atlantic, The Daily Caller and Reason, more at Mediagazer »
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Mueller's findings: Too stupid to conspire. Too incompetent to obstruct. — I learned the hard way that predictions are perilous in the current age: I literally ate a column asserting that Republicans would never nominate Donald Trump for president. — So please forgive this victory lap …
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Raw Story and Rolling Stone
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Constraints on presidency being redefined in Trump era, report fallout shows
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Just Security, Raw Story, Mercury News, What The Fuck … and Mediaite
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Puts Off Formal Rebuttal to Mueller as He Defends Trump
Giuliani Puts Off Formal Rebuttal to Mueller as He Defends Trump
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Trump Isn't Just Reversing Obama's Foreign Policies. He's Making it Impossible for His Successor to Go Back to Them. — Who says the Trump administration doesn't know what it's doing in the Middle East? — Sure, there's plenty of confusion, diplomatic malpractice and dysfunction in Trumpian foreign policy.
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Suzanne Maloney / Brookings:
As Trump moves to cut off Iran's oil revenues, what's his endgame?
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Joe Biden campaign launch back in flux, potentially delayed — WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's plans are in flux again. — If the former vice president does launch his presidential campaign this week, it won't involve a trip to Charlottesville, Va., and plans for potential public events …
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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Joe Biden will open his 2020 campaign by taking on Trump, not his Democratic opponents
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Joe.My.God.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Inside Biden's battle plan
Inside Biden's battle plan
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New York Times and MARK HALPERIN'S WIDE WORLD …
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White House tells official not to comply with Democratic subpoena over security clearances — (CNN)The White House has instructed a former official who was in charge of the security clearance process to not comply with a House subpoena demanding his appearance for an interview …
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PJ Media Home, Political Wire and The Week
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Biden, Beto falter in new progressive straw poll — Bernie Sanders has solidified his front-runner standing among members of the progressive political action committee Democracy for America, while Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke have both fallen back sharply, according to the group's latest straw poll.
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Washington Post, Political Wire and Axios
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Herman Cain Withdraws From Federal Reserve Board Nomination Process — Executive blames salary, not Senate opposition, in a setback for Trump agenda for the central bank — WASHINGTON—Herman Cain withdrew from consideration for the Federal Reserve Board on Monday, saying he did so primarily …
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Talking Points Memo and Dealbreaker
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Donald Trump's state visit to the UK set for 3 June — US President Donald Trump will make a three-day state visit to the UK from 3 to 5 June, Buckingham Palace has announced. — The president and First Lady Melania Trump will be a guest of the Queen and attend a ceremony in Portsmouth to mark the 75th Anniversary of D-Day
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Breitbart, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
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Zia Weise / Politico:
Donald Trump set for UK state visit in June
Donald Trump set for UK state visit in June
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Washington Post, CNN and The Guardian
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‘CBS Has a White Problem’: Executive Blasts Toxic Culture at Network in Explosive Letter — Last year, CBS hired two white-shoe law firms to conduct an independent investigation into alleged misconduct by then-CEO Leslie Moonves, as well as broader cultural issues at CBS.
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The Supreme Court must see through the obvious sabotage behind Trump's census question — THE SUPREME COURT will hear arguments Tuesday about who counts, quite literally, in the eyes of the federal government. How many representatives the various states get in Congress for the decade beginning in 2020 …
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