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Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Stephen Miller's Affinity for White Nationalism Revealed in Leaked Emails — In the run-up to the 2016 election, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature, pushed racist immigration stories and obsessed over the loss of Confederate symbols …
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
It's high time for Trump to dump Stephen Miller — Less than a year into Donald Trump's presidency, Republicans came within inches of achieving their immigration dreams with a deal that would build a border wall and more detention facilities while curbing legal immigration and enacting E-Verify.
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The White House isn't quite so organized. — Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney will not sue to quash his impeachment subpoena after all, and will just defy it outright, because criming is a way of life at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. these days. — Mulvaney and White House …
Luke Darby / GQ:
White House Advisor Stephen Miller Just Got Outed for Explicit White Supremacist E-mails
White House Advisor Stephen Miller Just Got Outed for Explicit White Supremacist E-mails
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Southern Poverty Law Center, Shareblue Media and Occupy Democrats
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Aides are counseling Trump not to fire Mulvaney, as acting chief of staff changes course again
Aides are counseling Trump not to fire Mulvaney, as acting chief of staff changes course again
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Stephen Miller privately promoted stories from white nationalist and fringe media organizations
Stephen Miller privately promoted stories from white nationalist and fringe media organizations
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Slate
Gabby Orr / Politico:
White House preps for impeachment show with an awkward chief-of-staff sideshow
White House preps for impeachment show with an awkward chief-of-staff sideshow
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The Week, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Group says Stephen Miller shared story ideas on race, immigration with Breitbart
Group says Stephen Miller shared story ideas on race, immigration with Breitbart
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HuffPost, Occupy Democrats, Southern Poverty Law Center and VICE
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's how little Republicans were allowed to participate in the closed-door depositions — When a group of Republican legislators barged into a secure facility on Capitol Hill last month to register their opposition to impeachment inquiry depositions taking place behind closed doors …
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Rep. Adam Schiff: Trump's Potentially Impeachable Offenses Include Bribery — Toggle more options — With the House set to begin public impeachment inquiry hearings against President Trump on Wednesday, the man tasked with leading the Democrats' investigation says he already sees several …
NBC News:
How to watch the Trump impeachment hearing: Schedule, witnesses and more
How to watch the Trump impeachment hearing: Schedule, witnesses and more
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Deseret News, The Hill, Washington Post, Politico, One America News Network and TheBlaze
Jenna Ellis Rives / The Hill:
Trump impeachment is blueprint to overthrow government from within
Trump impeachment is blueprint to overthrow government from within
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New York Times:
Trump Has Considered Firing Intelligence Community Inspector General — The president blames Michael Atkinson, whom he appointed, for finding the anonymous whistle-blower's complaint on his interactions with Ukraine to be credible. — President Trump has discussed dismissing …
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Washington Post:
At donor dinner, Giuliani associate said he discussed Ukraine with Trump, according to people familiar with his account — The April 2018 dinner was designed to be an intimate affair, an opportunity for a handful of big donors to a super PAC allied with President Trump to personally interact with the president and his eldest son.
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Rudy Giuliani / Wall Street Journal:
The Case for the Impeachment Defense — My client's call with the Ukrainian president was innocent, and the House inquiry is a travesty. — If your only sources of news the past two months have been CNN and MSNBC, you probably think President Trump has committed some heinous act …
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Raw Story, The Hill, Washington Post and Mediaite
New York Times:
The Man Trump Trusts for News on Ukraine — Who is John Solomon? His name popped up frequently in closed-door testimony in the impeachment query. He is a regular on Hannity. And his work helps shape how millions of Americans understand this moment. — WASHINGTON — In weeks …
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Charles Whitaker / Medill:
Whitaker shares statement on The Daily Northwestern's coverage of campus events — “Journalists have a heady responsibility performing our role as the authors of the first rough draft of history, the term that the late Washington Post President and Publisher Philip L. Graham is credited with coining to describe our work.
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Fox News, The College Fix, Hot Air, Spectator USA, TheBlaze, Mediaite, Twitchy, The Stranger, CBS Chicago, Washington Post and The Wrap, more at Mediagazer »
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Yes, the Daily Northwestern screwed up. But who are we to judge?
Yes, the Daily Northwestern screwed up. But who are we to judge?
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CBS Chicago, The Hill, New York Post and The Federalist, more at Mediagazer »
Dawn Rhodes / Chicago Tribune:
Daily Northwestern staffers apologized for recent coverage of Jeff Sessions visit.
Daily Northwestern staffers apologized for recent coverage of Jeff Sessions visit.
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The Daily Caller, Washington Post, IJR and Boing Boing
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Appears Ready to Let Trump End DACA Program — The justices are considering whether the Trump administration can shut down a program that shields about 700,000 young immigrants from deportation. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Tuesday appeared ready …
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Molly Jong-Fast / gen.medium.com:
Three Legendary Sexists Now Hold Power Over the Equal Rights Amendment
Three Legendary Sexists Now Hold Power Over the Equal Rights Amendment
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court appears inclined to let Trump end DACA program
Supreme Court appears inclined to let Trump end DACA program
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Polls:
Few Caucusgoers Tied to 2020 Choice — Buttigieg joins a crowded pack of front-runners; No groundswell of support for Bloomberg — West Long Branch, NJ - South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has joined former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Vermont …
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. inspector general invites witnesses to review draft of Russia report, signaling public release is close — The Justice Department inspector general has begun scheduling witnesses to review draft sections of his report on the FBI's investigation of President Trump's 2016 campaign …
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NBC News:
Senior Trump official embellished resume, had face on fake TIME cover — State Dept. official Mina Chang claimed to be a Harvard Business School “alumna” who ran a nonprofit that worked in 40 countries. — WASHINGTON — A senior Trump administration official has embellished her resume …
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NBC News:
In private speech, Bolton suggests some of Trump's foreign policy decisions are guided by personal interest — The former national security director was especially critical of the president's handling of Turkey, according to multiple sources present for his remarks.
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MIX / The Next Web:
Facebook is secretly using your iPhone's camera as you scroll your feed — 3,072 — iPhone owners, beware. It appears Facebook might be actively using your camera without your knowledge while you're scrolling your feed. — The issue has come to light after a user going by the name Joshua Maddux took …
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CBS News:
Steve Bannon says Pelosi's impeachment strategy is “actually quite brilliant” — Washington — Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon praised House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday, saying her handling of the impeachment inquiry is “actually quite brilliant.”
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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
What Trump Is Hiding From the Impeachment Hearings — The president's efforts to prevent the House from doing its job are just as worrisome as the Ukraine scandal. — Mr. Katyal is a former acting solicitor general and a law professor. — The public impeachment hearings this week …
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Balloon Juice, Redstate, CD Media and PJ Media Home
Abbey Marshall / Politico:
Clinton says she is being urged by ‘many, many, many people’ to run in 2020 — Hillary Clinton on Tuesday declined to rule out launching a future presidential campaign after her two failed bids, saying “many, many, many people” were pressuring her to enter the race.
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ACLU:
Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers' Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional — GOVERNMENT MUST HAVE REASONABLE SUSPICION OF DIGITAL CONTRABAND BEFORE SEARCHING ELECTRONIC DEVICES AT THE U.S. BORDER — BOSTON — In a major victory for privacy rights, a federal court …
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Brian Sharp / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
GOP seeks to strip powers from incoming county executive Adam Bello — One week after voters elected Adam Bello as the first Democratic county executive in nearly three decades, the Republican-controlled Legislature sought to significantly reduce the power of the office and increase their own.
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump to face limits of his power in impeachment hearings — NEW YORK (AP) — For three years, Donald Trump has unapologetically defied the conventions of the American presidency. On Wednesday, he comes face to face with the limits of his power, confronting an impeachment process enshrined …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
ABC scrambles to figure out identity of Amy Robach leaker, who goes by ‘Ignotus’ — ABC bigwigs are going potty to find the identity of the leaker behind the Amy Robach tape — after the alleged source posted a letter online slamming the network under the name “Ignotus,” a wizard from the “Harry Potter” franchise.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Tells Crowd Ivanka Has Created 14 Million New Jobs — At a speech to the Economic Club of New York today, President Trump declared that his daughter, Ivanka, has personally created 14 million new jobs. The president announced this figure — so astonishingly ludicrous it would embarrass …
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Vox, Occupy Democrats and Boing Boing