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Flynn contacted GOP Mueller critic while cooperating with special counsel — Why Mueller cares about Michael Flynn (2018) — Washington (CNN)While he was cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn contacted at least …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Amid cooperation bid, Flynn messaged top Mueller critic in Congress
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Hot Air
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller's House testimony likely off until at least June
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Conservative News Today and Townhall
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump blames Obama for not warning him about Michael Flynn. Which Obama did.
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Acting secretary blocked Stephen Miller's bid for another DHS shakeup — An attempt by President Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller to engineer a new shake-up at the Department of Homeland Security was blocked this week by Kevin McAleenan, the department's acting secretary …
Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
Louisiana governor breaks with Democratic Party on abortion — BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Nearly three decades ago, when Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards' wife was 20 weeks pregnant with their first child, a doctor discovered their daughter had spina bifida and encouraged an abortion.
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twitchy.com and Fortune
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Dem Louisiana governor prepared to sign fetal ‘heartbeat’ ban — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) is reportedly prepared to break with the Democratic Party to sign a bill banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat detected if it passes a final vote in the state House, The Associated Press reported.
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Fox News and twitchy.com
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Our Fury Over Abortion Was Dismissed for Decades As Hysterical — I have been thinking, like so many people this week, about rage. Who I'm mad at, what that anger's good for, how what makes me maddest is the way the madness has long gone unrespected, even by those who have relied on it for their gains.
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NARAL Pro-Choice America, Balloon Juice and Vox
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Abortion Is Morally Good — Abortion, Bill Clinton once said …
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twitchy.com and Spectator USA
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Dear Millennials: The Feeling Is Mutual — Joe Biden dares to take offense at those who specialize in being offended. — Earlier this month, a video of Joe Biden saying he had “no empathy” for “the younger generation” that “tells me how tough things are” resurfaced on social media.
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Vox
New York Times:
Steven Mnuchin Refuses to Comply With Subpoena for Trump's Tax Returns — WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday refused to comply with a congressional subpoena to hand over President Trump's tax returns, a move that is likely to be the final step before the matter heads to the courts.
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CNN, Outside the Beltway, Joe.My.God., Bloomberg and Mediaite
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David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
This month's abortion laws are anything but conservative — “First, do no harm” — the timeless admonition to new doctors — gets about as close to the core of conservative philosophy as four words can. A conservative measures twice before cutting, heeds the doctrine of unintended consequences …
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Splinter and Mother Jones
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NEWS.com.au:
Scott Morrison clinches unlikely victory over Bill Shorten in bombshell election result — Prime Minister Scott Morrison has swept to a sensational win over Bill Shorten in a shock election result that keeps the Coalition in power. — Federal Election 2019: The best photos from ScoMo's campaign1:48
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Michael Heath / Bloomberg:
Ex-Australian PM Abbott Loses Seat in ‘Unprecedented’ Defeat
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BBC and The Guardian
Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News:
President Trump's Air Force One video trashing Mayor Bill de Blasio may have violated law — President Trump tried to give his latest attack on Mayor Bill de Blasio an aura of authority — but he may just have broken the law in the process. — While jetting on Air Force …
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PJ Media Home, New York Times and Daily Wire
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio admits first debate may be out of reach
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Political Wire, The Daily Caller and Axios
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Which candidates have made the Democratic debate stage?
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Joe.My.God., Boston Globe and NTK Network
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Barr Again Casts Doubt on Russia Inquiry's Origins, Aligning With Trump's Attacks — WASHINGTON — When Attorney General William P. Barr described the early stages of the Russia investigation as “spying” on the Trump campaign, he prompted questions about whether he had used that word spontaneously …
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Vox and The Gateway Pundit
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News' Chris Wallace: Bill Barr ‘Clearly Is Protecting’ Trump
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Raw Story, Breitbart and Contemptor
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
‘I Did My Best to Stop American Foreign Policy’: Bernie Sanders on the 1980s — In an interview, one of the leading candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination discusses his long-held opposition to war and his support for socialist leaders. — As Burlington's mayor from 1981 to 1989 …
Alex Spence / BuzzFeed:
Researchers Say Many Of The Brexit Party's Twitter Followers Aren't Behaving Like Genuine Voters — High volumes. Short intervals. Odd times of day. Twitter thinks this is the online behaviour of regular British voters, but researchers have raised doubts.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans take $400k from casino mogul accused of sexual assault — The national Republican Party has accepted nearly $400,000 in donations from disgraced ex-casino mogul Steve Wynn — a move that comes just over a year after he was accused of sexually harassing or assaulting employees over a decade-long period.
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Shareblue Media, Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo, One America News Network, Raw Story and Mediaite
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Joe Biden heads to Philadelphia to give pitch on uniting the country — Former Vice President Joe Biden will head to Philadelphia Saturday, for the third and final phase of his presidential campaign rollout — making his pitch to unite the country. — Biden will hold his first campaign rally …
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Joe Biden makes leadership hires for 2020 Iowa caucus campaign
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie Sanders Wants to Destroy the Best Schools Poor Urban Kids Have — Bernie Sanders today is announcing the foundation of his K-12 education plan, which is to crack down on public charter schools. If enacted, the Sanders plan would snuff out one of the most successful social policy innovations …
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Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller and CNN
The Daily Beast:
DHS Urges Cybersecurity Staff to ‘Deploy’ to Border Instead — Employees are encouraged to set aside their cybersecurity work to head to the border because ‘serving the needs of the homeland is the cornerstone of what we do.’ — The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency …
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Axios
Chester Dawson / Bloomberg:
Toyota Rebukes Trump for Sending Message That Carmaker ‘Not Welcomed’ in U.S. — Japanese company criticizes national security threat finding — Warns consumers will be biggest losers if quotas are imposed — Toyota Motor Corp. rebuked President Donald Trump's declaration …
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Featured News | Hub and Raw Story
Mikhael Smits / Washington Free Beacon:
Arson Suspected in Three Fires At Jewish Centers — Fires at Jewish centers in Massachusetts were deliberately set, authorities now believe. Two were an hour apart, and two struck one house the same week. — Police responded to reports of fires two Massachusetts cities Thursday night.
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VICE News and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Adam Mill / American Greatness:
How the FBI Broke the Rules Using Christopher Steele — Attorney General Bill Barr recently asked a question that all Americans should be asking: “How did we get to the point where . . . the evidence is now that the president was falsely accused of colluding with the Russians and accused …
Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Venezuela's Collapse Is the Worst Outside of War in Decades, Economists Say — Butchers have stopped selling meat cuts in favor of offal, fat shavings and cow hooves, the only animal protein many of their customers can afford. — MARACAIBO, Venezuela — Zimbabwe's collapse under Robert Mugabe.
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Fox News
Kansas City Star:
Kansas' Kobach is weighing a Senate bid. National Republicans are ready to stop him. — National Republicans are prepared to intervene in the Kansas Senate primary to ensure that conservative firebrand Kris Kobach does not win the party's nomination should he run, multiple sources told the Kansas City Star.
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