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New York Times:
Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses — Newly obtained tax information reveals that from 1985 to 1994, Donald J. Trump's businesses were in far bleaker condition than was previously known. — By the time his master-of-the-universe memoir “Trump …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
New York legislature advances bill that would allow release of Trump's state tax returns
New York legislature advances bill that would allow release of Trump's state tax returns
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JustOneMinute, Media Matters for America and The Week
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
By protecting Trump, Republicans risk limiting their ability to hold future Democratic presidents accountable
By protecting Trump, Republicans risk limiting their ability to hold future Democratic presidents accountable
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CNN
Alison Durkee / Vanity Fair:
Donald Trump May Be One of the Biggest Losers in America
Donald Trump May Be One of the Biggest Losers in America
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Politico, Washington Post, New York Times and The Week, more at Techmeme »
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Keeping Trump's Tax Returns Secret Is an Insanely Huge Security Risk
Keeping Trump's Tax Returns Secret Is an Insanely Huge Security Risk
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USA Today, Washington Post, The Week, The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo, TaxProf Blog and Breitbart
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
New York Times story on Trump's billion-dollar tax write off was told by Trump 15 years ago on ‘The Apprentice’
New York Times story on Trump's billion-dollar tax write off was told by Trump 15 years ago on ‘The Apprentice’
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New York Times, Washington Post, The Daily Beast and twitchy.com
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The New York Times drops another tax bomb on Trump
POLITICO Playbook: The New York Times drops another tax bomb on Trump
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Breitbart, LGBTQ Nation and Denver Post
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Ocasio-Cortez suggest Trump ‘vulnerable to shady activity’ due to alleged business losses decades ago
Ocasio-Cortez suggest Trump ‘vulnerable to shady activity’ due to alleged business losses decades ago
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Politico
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report — WASHINGTON — President Trump asserted executive privilege on Wednesday in an effort to shield hidden portions of Robert S. Mueller III's unredacted report and the evidence he collected from Congress.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Only one 2020 Democrat fully grasps the threat Trump poses — Is President Trump an aberration whose defeat in 2020 would allow the nation to begin rebounding toward normalcy? Or does his ascendance reflect long-running national pathologies and deeply ingrained structural economic …
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Pelosi says Trump is ‘becoming self-impeachable’ — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said President Trump is “becoming self-impeachable,” pointing to his efforts to fight all subpoenas from congressional investigations and prevent key aides from testifying before Congress.
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Pelosi: Trump is becoming ‘self-impeachable’
Pelosi: Trump is becoming ‘self-impeachable’
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Daily Wire, Washington Free Beacon, Associated Press and Daily Kos
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
Trump asserts executive privilege over Mueller report in latest confrontation with Congress
Trump asserts executive privilege over Mueller report in latest confrontation with Congress
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Committee on the Judiciary, Vanity Fair, Common Dreams and Political Wire
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Nadler: Trump claim of executive privilege could delay Mueller testimony
Nadler: Trump claim of executive privilege could delay Mueller testimony
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The Hill, TheBlaze, Axios, Law & Crime and Talking Points Memo
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Clash Between Trump and House Democrats Poses Threat to Constitutional Order
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Durbin: McConnell ignored election security because GOP benefited from Russians
Durbin: McConnell ignored election security because GOP benefited from Russians
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Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Breitbart, IJR, Salon, Fox News, Front Page Magazine and New York Magazine
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Further investigation into Matt Gaetz is needed for tweet at Michael Cohen, Florida Bar determines. — The Panhandle Republican faces discipline for a message he posted the day before Trump's former lawyer testified to Congress. — An investigation into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz will proceed …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain's Husband Ben Domenech Goes on Unhinged Homophobic Rant Against ‘Cuck’ Seth Meyers — The conservative writer and founder of The Federalist later deleted the tweets in which he called the ‘Late Night’ host a ‘piece of sh*t’ for grilling his wife. — Matt Wilstein
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Seth Meyers Grills Meghan McCain: Your Rep. Ilhan Omar Comments Are ‘Dangerous’ — The late-night host got into it with the conservative heiress on Tuesday night. — Marlow Stern — On Tuesday evening, conservative heiress Meghan McCain—daughter of the late Senator John McCain …
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Mediaite and Contemptor
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Meghan McCain Gets Super-Testy with Seth Meyers Over Ilhan Omar: ‘Are You Her Publicist?’
Meghan McCain Gets Super-Testy with Seth Meyers Over Ilhan Omar: ‘Are You Her Publicist?’
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Townhall
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Robert Pear, a Mainstay Times Reporter in Washington, Dies at 69 — Robert Pear, a reporter whose understated demeanor belied a tenacious pursuit of sources and scoops during his 40 years at The New York Times covering health care and other critical national issues, died on Tuesday in Rockville, Md. He was 69.
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New York Times:
Kamala Harris Is Trying to Reset Her Campaign by Taking On Trump — DETROIT — Senator Kamala Harris of California structures her stump speech around two themes — “truth” and “justice” — meant to evoke her career as a barrier-breaking prosecutor and cultivate a reputation as a fearless public advocate.
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Big League Politics and Political Wire
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Electability Trap — Every four years, the party out of the White House grapples with the question of who they want to serve as their standard bearer. And, like clockwork, the first thing they think about is what went wrong in the previous campaign. Last time, the thinking goes …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
How Joe Biden is eating into Bernie Sanders' coalition
How Joe Biden is eating into Bernie Sanders' coalition
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Washington Post
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Bernie Sanders Thinks He Needs the Fight
Bernie Sanders Thinks He Needs the Fight
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Shakesville, Associated Press, The Hill and Washington Post
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Nearly half of white Republicans say it bothers them to hear people speaking foreign languages — A new survey finds white Republicans are far more likely to be put off by foreign language speakers than their Democratic counterparts. — According to Pew Research Center …
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Political Wire
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Juliana Menasce Horowitz / Pew Research Center:
Americans See Advantages and Challenges in Country's Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity
Americans See Advantages and Challenges in Country's Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity
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Front Page Magazine
New York Times:
School Shooting Leaves 1 Student Dead and 8 Injured — [The authorities on Wednesday identified the suspects as an adult male and a juvenile female. Read the latest updates here.] — HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Last month, as the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting approached …
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Aram Roston / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Months before evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr.'s game-changing presidential endorsement of Donald Trump in 2016, Falwell asked Trump fixer Michael Cohen for a personal favor, Cohen said in a recorded conversation reviewed by Reuters.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Goes to Bat for His Pal Matt Schlapp's Casino Client — The two even used the same language to fight the legislation: tying it to Elizabeth Warren. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday weighed in on an obscure piece of legislation granting rights to a Native American tribe seeking a casino in Massachusetts.
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Politico and Power Line
Robert Griffin / Democracy Fund Voter Study Group:
Two Years In — How Americans' Views Have — and Have Not — Changed During Trump's Presidency — TABLE OF CONTENTS: — Americans More Optimistic About Direction of the Country, Though Large Split Between Partisans — Key Findings — President Trump's favorability ratings have been stable over his presidency.
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
John Kelly Says Trump Family Must Be ‘Dealt With’ in White House — Former chief of staff spoke in interview with Bloomberg — Kelly resigned after almost two years in the administration — Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said members of President Donald Trump's family serving …
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Vanity Fair and The Week
The Daily Beast:
Howard Schultz Has Largely Stopped His Presidential Prep Work — Back surgery has sidelined the former Starbucks CEO. But even his social-media presence is virtually gone. — When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz first declared that he was entertaining the idea of running for president …
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Splinter
New York Times:
U.S. Threatens New Sanctions as Iran Plans to End Compliance With Parts of Nuclear Deal — WASHINGTON — Iran's president declared on Wednesday that the country would stop complying with two of its commitments under the Iranian nuclear deal, pushing the growing confrontation between Washington …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: China backtracked on nearly all aspects of U.S. trade deal - sources — WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The diplomatic cable from Beijing arrived in Washington late on Friday night, with systematic edits to a nearly 150-page draft trade agreement that would blow up months …
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Sasha Watson / Washington Post:
Beto + Sasha — The bizarre experience of watching my college boyfriend run for president — On an afternoon in January, I sat in the library of the school in Boston where I teach, gathering my things after a faculty meeting and checking my email one last time.
T.J. Stiles / Washington Post:
America is losing its memory — T.J. Stiles received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for History, the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2009 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He is a member of the governing boards of the Society of American Historians and the Organization of American Historians.
William J. Burns / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘deal of the century’ for Arab-Israeli peace is doomed by delusions — William J. Burns is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a former deputy secretary of state and the author of “The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal.”
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
“All I'm Thinking Is, 'I'm Going to Die'”: Howard Stern Reveals Cancer Scare, Trump Regrets and Details of a Dishy New Book — After a health crisis that had him “scared s***less,” the $90 million-a-year radio legend opens up about retirement, the one time he lied to his listeners …
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Daily Wire, Althouse, Page Six and Fox News
Mark I. Pinsky / Poynter:
THE APOLOGISTS — In January, the Orlando Sentinel posted an impassioned apology for inflaming racial tensions decades ago in a 1949 case called “The Groveland Four.” Four young African American men were accused of raping a white woman, charges that resulted in the extra-judicial killings …