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Lara Takenaga / New York Times:
Our Top Editor Revisits How We Handled E. Jean Carroll's Allegations Against Trump — Dean Baquet, our executive editor, says “we were overly cautious” in our handling of a prominent writer's allegations against the president. — After an article last week reported the advice columnist E …
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Is the Media Ignoring What E. Jean Carroll Says About Trump?
Is the Media Ignoring What E. Jean Carroll Says About Trump?
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The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump accused of rape, major media yawns: Why was E. Jean Carroll's story not front page news?
Trump accused of rape, major media yawns: Why was E. Jean Carroll's story not front page news?
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The Atlantic, Axios and CNN
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll voices frustration about lack of consequences for repeated allegations …
Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll voices frustration about lack of consequences for repeated allegations …
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The Gateway Pundit
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Why is the big-shot media ignoring the latest rape allegation against Trump?
Why is the big-shot media ignoring the latest rape allegation against Trump?
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USA Today, Columbia Journalism Review and No More Mister Nice Blog
Andrew Hollinger / ushmm.org:
Statement Regarding the Museum's Position on Holocaust Analogies — Press Contacts — WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum unequivocally rejects efforts to create analogies between the Holocaust and other events, whether historical or contemporary.
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Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
US Holocaust museum denounces AOC's ‘concentration camp’ remarks — The US Holocaust Memorial Museum on Monday denounced “efforts to create analogies between the Holocaust and other events” - a reaction to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's equating border facilities for migrants to concentration camps.
Sister Toldjah / RedState:
In Tweet Rebuking Steve King, AOC Accidentally Reminds People of Her Party's Tolerance for Anti-Semitism
In Tweet Rebuking Steve King, AOC Accidentally Reminds People of Her Party's Tolerance for Anti-Semitism
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Talking Points Memo, NB Blog and Newsweek
Associated Press:
Government moves migrant kids after poor conditions exposed — The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 children were detained there, caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.
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Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Hundreds of Migrant Children Are Moved Out of an Overcrowded Border Station — Following a public outcry, hundreds of migrant children have been transferred out of a filthy Border Patrol station in Texas where they were detained for weeks without access to soap, clean clothes or adequate food, the authorities confirmed on Monday.
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Washington Post:
White House moves to bar counselor Kellyanne Conway from testifying to Congress about alleged violations of Hatch Act — The White House will block counselor Kellyanne Conway from testifying before a House panel about allegations by a government watchdog that she violated the Hatch Act …
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Politico and Political Wire
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway Just ‘Disregarded’ The Law, Trump-Appointed Watchdog to Testify
Kellyanne Conway Just ‘Disregarded’ The Law, Trump-Appointed Watchdog to Testify
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, The Week, Washington Press, Breitbart, Politico and Axios
Sara Gideon for Maine:
Sara Gideon for Maine — Sara Gideon is running against Susan Collins for U.S. Senate in Maine. Get updates from the team here. Let's do this!
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CNN:
Murdoch lieutenant ordered removal of New York Post story on Trump sexual assault allegation, sources say — New York (CNN)The New York Post's former top editor, a supporter of President Trump and an old lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch who returned to the conservative tabloid as an adviser in early 2019 …
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Political Wire
Tawnell D. Hobbs / Wall Street Journal:
Don't Want Your School to Be Named for a Confederate General? Find Someone Else Named Lee — Schools honor others with surname to avoid costs of repainting or new signs — The North East Independent School District in Texas was facing pressure to change the name of Robert E. Lee High School …
Danny Danon / New York Times:
What's Wrong With Palestinian Surrender? — Knowing when to give up is often the first step to making peace. — Mr. Danon is Israel's ambassador to the United Nations. — The “economic workshop” in Bahrain this week, a summit of business leaders and political figures …
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Jon Lerner / CNN:
Trump's Middle East plan is a refreshing change
John Ellis / Common Dreams:
How the Media Will Pick the Next Democratic Presidential Candidate — The real campaign plays out in Manhattan and Washington television studios — Democratic primary voters and caucus-attendees are of two minds about the 2020 presidential general election campaign.
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Robby Soave / Reason:
Bernie Sanders Wants To Cancel All Student Debt and Make College Free, at a Cost of $2.2 Trillion
Bernie Sanders Wants To Cancel All Student Debt and Make College Free, at a Cost of $2.2 Trillion
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Mediaite, Washington Post, CNBC, IJR and Conservative Review
Project Veritas:
Insider Blows Whistle & Exec Reveals Google Plan to Prevent “Trump situation” in 2020 on Hidden Cam — Insider: Google “is bent on never letting somebody like Donald Trump come to power again.” — Google Head of Responsible Innovation Says Elizabeth Warren “misguided” on “breaking up Google”
Rob Hotakainen / E&E News:
Emails show scramble to dump Stonewall pride flag: ‘Oy vey’ — After spending $66 to buy a new 3-by-5-foot nylon rainbow flag, the National Park Service flew it high at one of the agency's newest monuments: the historic Stonewall Inn in New York's Greenwich Village, where a riot on June 28 …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Star-studded cast to perform play based on Mueller report — A star-studded cast — including John Lithgow, Alyssa Milano, Alfre Woodard, Annette Bening and many others — will perform in a play based on the Mueller report. — The performers will take the stage Monday for “The Investigation …
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Just-Promoted DCCC Official Has History of Homophobic, Racist Comments — Top committee staffer Tayhlor Coleman deletes tweets after Free Beacon inquiry — A Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee official tapped last week to lead a new multimillion-dollar initiative to connect with …
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Federal Judge Opens a Longshot Path to Striking Down Census Citizenship Question — A federal judge in Maryland found on Monday that the Trump administration's addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census might have been motivated by a desire to reduce the political clout of Hispanics …
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USA Today:
Supreme Court limits access to government records in loss for Argus Leader, part of the USA TODAY Network — Argus Leader will be heard in the U.S. Supreme Court April 22. Here's why. — CONNECT — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court limited public and media access to government records Monday …
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Premier:
Doctors must not abort mentally-ill woman's baby, appeal judges rule — A judge on Friday concluded that a pregnancy termination was in the woman's best interests. — Mrs Justice Lieven had analysed evidence at a hearing in the Court of Protection, where issues relating to people who lack …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Trump Aide Jason Miller Leaves High-Powered Firm After Jerry Nadler ‘Fat F*ck’ Tweets — The departure, Miller tells The Daily Beast, was “by mutual consent.” — Jason Miller, a former top campaign aide and close adviser to Donald Trump, has left his job as a managing director at Teneo …
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Trump Administration Pushes To Make Health Care Pricing More Transparent — President Trump signed an executive order Monday on price transparency in health care that aims to lower rising health care costs by showing prices to patients. The idea is that if people can shop around, market forces may drive down costs.
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John Ziegler / Mediaite:
Here is Why Trump ‘Wins’ When Facing Non-Friendly Interviews, and What Should Be Done About It — A large part of President Donald Trump's “genius” is that he understands the inherent advantage being able to lie with impunity provides the fabricator when going up against someone who cares about the truth.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Joe Biden Doesn't Look So Electable in Person — He may be a likable white man, but his performance on the trail doesn't inspire confidence. — On Saturday, Joe Biden was one of 20 presidential candidates to speak at a Planned Parenthood forum in Columbia, S.C., held right next door to the state's Democratic convention.
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Shakesville
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Beto O'Rourke proposes ‘war tax’ as part of veterans' plan — Tapper presses Beto O'Rourke about low poll numbers — (CNN)Non-military households would pay a “war tax” to help cover the health care of veterans of newly-authorized wars under a plan Beto O'Rourke's campaign unveiled Monday.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Ex-Fox Newser Carl Cameron takes his ‘unfinished business’ to progressive startup — When folks leave Fox News, they quite often pursue projects that align with the worldview of their former employer. They might launch a conservative talk show airing on Sinclair stations …
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Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Trump Promised a Manufacturing Renaissance. What Happens in 2020 in Places That Lost Those Jobs? — Donald J. Trump carried Michigan on a vow to end manufacturing job losses. That has not happened. — DIMONDALE, Mich. — In August 2016, Donald J. Trump was full of promises when he spoke …
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A. G. Hamilton / National Review:
What the Viral Border-Patrol Video Leaves Out — News outlets seized on the video as evidence of the Trump administration's cruelty, but they omitted the crucial context. — In an attempt to justify Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's absurd comparison of American detention facilities …
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