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Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
NRA's Wayne LaPierre Says He Is Being Extorted, Pressured to Resign — Group's longtime leader says Oliver North, president of the NRA, wants him out — Longtime National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre has told the group's board he is being extorted and pressured to resign …
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Politico, The Trace, Raw Story, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
In N.R.A. Power Struggle, Insurgents Seek to Oust Wayne LaPierre — INDIANAPOLIS — Turmoil wracking the National Rifle Association is threatening to turn the group's annual convention into outright civil war, as insurgents maneuver to oust Wayne LaPierre, the foremost voice of the American gun rights movement.
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Joe.My.God., National Review and ThinkProgress
The Daily Beast:
NRA Takes a Shot at Its Own President in Court — The gun-rights group usually goes after enemies on the left. Now the NRA's lawyers are zeroing in on one of their own: Ollie North. — The National Rifle Association took a shot at its own president just days before the kick-off of its huge national meeting.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
‘I can land the plane’: How Rosenstein tried to mollify Trump, protect Mueller and save his job — Rod J. Rosenstein, again, was in danger of losing his job. The New York Times had just reported that — in the heated days after James B. Comey was fired as FBI director …
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Murray Waas / The New York Review of Books:
Mueller Prosecutors: Trump Did Obstruct Justice — Prosecutors working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded last year that they had sufficient evidence to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice over the president's alleged pressuring …
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Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Reporter Rips Colleagues Over Charlottesville: You Sound Like ‘White Supremacist Chat Room’ — In emails obtained by The Daily Beast, one bold Fox reporter stands up to two of his colleagues who defended Trump's ‘both sides’ comment about neo-Nazi rallygoers.
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Media Matters for America, Shakesville, Politico, Raw Story, Hullabaloo and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox News' Jon Decker Blasts Colleagues Over Charlottesville in Leaked Emails: Like a ‘White Supremacist Chat Room’
Fox News' Jon Decker Blasts Colleagues Over Charlottesville in Leaked Emails: Like a ‘White Supremacist Chat Room’
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Washington Post
Scott Jones / FTVLive:
EXCLUSIVE! Fox News Internal Emails Regarding Biden's Announcement
EXCLUSIVE! Fox News Internal Emails Regarding Biden's Announcement
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POLITICUSUSA and Contemptor
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump defends Charlottesville comments by praising a Confederate general
Trump defends Charlottesville comments by praising a Confederate general
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CBS News, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Mediaite, What The Fuck … and Outside the Beltway
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Is Trump trying to get impeached? — **Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day? Sign up here. On the roster: Is Trump trying to get impeached? - What would a Biden v. Bernie race look like? - Dem candidates line up in Las Vegas - Boom: U.S. economy shows strong first quarter - Don't mess with a bride tribe
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USA Today, The Cook Political Report, The Daily Beast, NBC News and Breitbart
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Scott Bland / Politico:
Biden crushes it in first-day fundraising: $6.3 million
Biden crushes it in first-day fundraising: $6.3 million
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Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, Fox News, Joe.My.God., Bloomberg, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway and Breitbart
New York Times:
Excerpts From Anita Hill's Interview With The Times
Excerpts From Anita Hill's Interview With The Times
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Slate, Glamour and Washington Post
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Biden raises $6.3M in first 24 hours after campaign launch
Biden raises $6.3M in first 24 hours after campaign launch
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IJR
Washington Post:
A majority of Americans oppose impeachment. Most also say Trump lied to the public. — A majority of Americans say they oppose calls for Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against President Trump in the wake of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation into Russian interference …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Joe.My.God., Political Wire and Mediaite
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Washington Post:
Majority of Americans oppose impeaching Trump, though most say he lied to U.S. public — Poll Questions — Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president? Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat? — Hide Results
Gary Langer / ABC News:
31% believe Trump is exonerated after Mueller report, 56% oppose impeachment: Poll — Donald Trump's approval rating is essentially unchanged at a historically weak 39 percent after the release of the Mueller report, just three in 10 Americans accept the president's claim to have been exonerated …
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Breitbart, Shareblue Media and Axios
Annie Karni / New York Times:
To Trump, ‘Leakers Are Traitors and Cowards,’ and He Wants to Find Them — WASHINGTON — It was emailed to 388 administration officials every night as an attachment: a copy of President Trump's private daily schedule, outlining his upcoming meetings and their locations, helping the White House staff plan around his day.
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POLITICUSUSA
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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Women Did Everything Right. Then Work Got ‘Greedy.’ — How America's obsession with long hours has widened the gender gap. — Daniela Jampel and Matthew Schneid met in college at Cornell, and both later earned law degrees. They both got jobs at big law firms, the kind that reward people …
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The Daily Caller
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Rich guys are most likely to have no idea what they're talking about, study suggests — Researchers attempt to measure how often people oversell themselves in society — Researchers embarked on a novel study intent on measuring what a Princeton philosophy professor contends …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Russian Agent Maria Butina Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison: ‘I Destroyed My Own Life’ — The government says she illegally courted U.S. figures, including conservatives and NRA leaders, on behalf of Moscow. — Betsy Woodruff — Maria Butina, who admitted to conspiring to act …
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BuzzFeed News:
Trump Says Mar-A-Lago Can't Find US Workers To Hire. New Documents Show Dozens Applied. — Trump often says his resorts have no choice but to hire foreign guest workers — there just aren't any Americans to take the jobs. But government records show nearly 60 US residents applied for those jobs, and only one was hired.
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Washington Monthly, Raw Story, Shareblue Media and Daily Kos
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
TurboTax Deliberately Hides Its Free File Page From Search Engines — The makers of TurboTax as well as H&R Block promised the IRS to offer free filing for many Americans. But they're keeping Google from seeing it. … This week, we reported on how TurboTax uses deceptive design …
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Gizmodo, Splinter and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
F.B.I. Warns of Russian Interference in 2020 Race and Boosts Counterintelligence Operations — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director warned anew on Friday about Russia's continued meddling in American elections, calling it a “significant counterintelligence threat.”
Discussion:
NY State of Politics and The Daily Beast
Dan Margolies / NPR:
Kansas Supreme Court Rules State Constitution Protects Right To Abortion — Updated at 11 a.m. ET — The Kansas Constitution protects a woman's right to an abortion, the state's Supreme Court ruled Friday. — The landmark ruling now stands as the law of the land in Kansas with no path for an appeal.
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The Federalist, Joe.My.God., Daily Caller News Foundation and The Daily Beast
Peter Funt / USA Today:
Kamala Harris owns a handgun. That's disqualifying for a 2020 Democrat in my book. — Harris, a former DA, apparently thinks it's fine to own a handgun for personal safety. That's a position held by the NRA, not progressive Democrats. — CONNECT — When it comes to gun ownership in America …
ProPublica:
Saudi Fugitives Accused of Serious Crimes Get Help to Flee While U.S. Officials Look the Other Way — The FBI, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies have known for years that Saudi diplomats were helping Saudi fugitives. But Washington avoided even raising the problem …
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Mike Konczal / The Nation:
Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions. — If you think the fight with insurance companies is tough, just wait until single-payer advocates have to go head-to-head with doctors. — The debate over expanding Medicare is at the center of the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
During NRA speech, Trump drops out of another global arms treaty — President calls pact “badly misguided” and a threat to American freedoms. — Missy Ryan, John Hudson - · - 54 minutes ago - · — The Fix — The Fix - Analysis — Why women of color booed Bernie Sanders at a recent speech
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Washington Post:
Pentagon set to expand military role along southern border — The Pentagon is preparing to approve a loosening of rules that bar troops from interacting with migrants entering the United States, expanding the military's involvement in President Trump's operation along the southern border.
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Townhall, Reuters, The Week, The Daily Caller, Task & Purpose and Daily Kos
Sarah Gray / Business Insider:
Cory Booker's tax returns show an eye-popping financial stat that sets him apart from other 2020 Democrats — Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey and 2020 presidential candidate, released 10 years of his tax returns on Wednesday evening — and one financial stat stands out compared with the other Democratic candidates.
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Meet the Photographer Donald Trump Can't Shut Up About — Earlier in his administration, as Donald Trump launched attack after attack on the mainstream media, a series of newspaper photographs caught his attention, in a good way. The photos all appeared in the New York Times …