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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
John Kelly Finally Lets Loose on Trump — MORRISTOWN, N.J.—Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council aide and impeachment witness President Donald Trump fired Friday, was just doing his job, former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told students and guests …
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William Westhoven / Daily Record:
Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly admits: ‘It was a killer’ working for Trump — MORRISTOWN — For more than an hour, Gen. John Kelly focused on the “Governance Versus Politics” topic promised during his speaking appearance Wednesday at the Mayo Performing Arts Center.
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Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Trump takes on Judge Amy Berman Jackson ahead of Roger Stone's sentencing — First he went after the prosecutors who recommended a multiyear sentence for his friend Roger Stone. Then President Trump turned his Twitter ire to the “witch hunt disgrace” of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Here's What The Lead Roger Stone Juror Said During Jury Selection
Here's What The Lead Roger Stone Juror Said During Jury Selection
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Lead Juror In Roger Stone Case Ran For Congress As A Democrat In 2012
Lead Juror In Roger Stone Case Ran For Congress As A Democrat In 2012
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Roger Stone jury foreperson's anti-Trump social media posts surface after she defends DOJ prosecutors
Roger Stone jury foreperson's anti-Trump social media posts surface after she defends DOJ prosecutors
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Laura Testino / The Tennessean:
Memphis woman, head juror in Roger Stone trial, stands up for prosecutors
Memphis woman, head juror in Roger Stone trial, stands up for prosecutors
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hope Hicks to Return to the White House After a Nearly Two-Year Absence — President Trump's former communications director will return as an aide to Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser. — Hope Hicks, a close aide to President Trump who resigned nearly two years ago …
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ABC News:
Hope Hicks returning to Trump White House as senior adviser — A Trump favorite is making a return after departing for the Fox Corporation. — Hope Hicks, formerly President Donald Trump's most trusted and longest serving aide, is expected to return to the administration in the coming weeks …
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Washington Post:
The president's rhetoric has changed the way hundreds of children are harassed in American classrooms, The Post found — Left: Students at Royal Oak Middle School in Michigan chant “Build the wall!” the day after the 2016 election. Students' faces blurred in provided video (Storyful).
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
First on CNN: Jessie Liu resigns from Treasury after pulled nomination — (CNN)The US attorney whose nomination for a top Treasury Department job was yanked because she ran the office that oversaw Roger Stone's prosecution has resigned, an administration official tells CNN.
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Washington Post:
Trump seeks to bend the executive branch as part of impeachment vendetta
Trump seeks to bend the executive branch as part of impeachment vendetta
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Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
McClatchy files bankruptcy to shed costs of print legacy and speed shift to digital — McClatchy Co. filed for bankruptcy Thursday, a move that will end family control of America's second largest local news company and hand it to creditors who have expressed support for independent journalism.
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Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times:
The Bloomberg Campaign Is a Waterfall of Cash — The billionaire has deployed his corporation in service of his presidential bid, producing slick events and recruiting staff members with unusually high pay and other perks. — MIAMI — In a warehouse covered in murals in the Design District here …
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Politico:
Inside Bloomberg's 48-hour dash to contain his stop-and-frisk crisis — Mike Bloomberg's highly disciplined presidential campaign was suddenly facing a crisis beyond its control. — As his staff was planning a week of events in Super Tuesday states and hoping to capitalize on continued feuding among …
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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg's Campaign Suddenly Drops Memes Everywhere — A campaign of sponsored content for the candidate flourished suddenly on Instagram. A new outfit, called Meme 2020, is behind it. — Mike Bloomberg has contracted some of the biggest meme-makers on the internet …
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
U.S. House removes ERA ratification deadline, one obstacle to enactment — The U.S. House of Representatives gave the Equal Rights Amendment a temporary new lease on life Thursday by voting to remove a 1982 deadline for ratification by the states. — The vote on a resolution introduced …
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Politico:
Senate paves way to limit Trump's war powers after killing Cotton amendment — Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a last-ditch effort to tank a measure restraining President Donald Trump's authority to go to war with Iran, all but ensuring that the War Powers resolution will pass.
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Michael Warren / CNN:
Bernie Sanders' path to the nomination was blazed by Trump 4 years ago — The key lessons we learned from New Hampshire — Washington (CNN)It might sound strange, but Bernie Sanders right now has a lot in common with Donald Trump from 2016. — Like Trump, after coming in a close second …
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Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Bezos Buys David Geffen's Los Angeles Mansion for a Record $165 Million — The Amazon CEO also bought a plot of land from the estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen for $90 million — Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has purchased the Warner Estate from media mogul David Geffen for $165 million …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Inside the Bloomberg machine — DRIVING THE DAY — G'morning from NASHVILLE. — IF A FEW CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS were sitting at a bar and dreamed up how they'd run a nationwide presidential primary campaign with no constraints, no qualms and no care for tradition …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Sanders Joins Trump in Telling the Media to Go to Hell — Where are those medical records you promised to show us, NBC News' Chuck Todd asked last weekend on “Meet the Press.” Sen. Bernie Sanders sounded polite enough, as he exhaled a puffy cloud of obfuscation.
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New York Times:
Biden Needs Black Voters to Lift His Campaign. But He Has Competition. — Joe Biden is looking ahead to South Carolina to resurrect his candidacy. There are signs that it may be a bigger challenge after defeats in Iowa and New Hampshire. — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Even before the final results …
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Biden on phone call: 'I'll be damned if we're gonna lose this nomination'
Biden on phone call: 'I'll be damned if we're gonna lose this nomination'
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LasVegasWeekly.com:
Our 2020 Nevada caucus endorsement: Amy Klobuchar and Joe Biden — For all the talk of Democrats being divided along moderate-progressive ideological lines and for all the debate among party candidates on fractious issues like health care and immigration, poll after poll shows that the majority …
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Playing on Kansas City Radio: Russian Propaganda — Radio Sputnik, a propaganda arm of the Russian government, began broadcasting on three Kansas City-area radio stations during prime drive time. — When commuters spin the radio dial as they drive through Kansas City, Mo., these days …
John Haltiwanger / Business Insider:
‘There need to be mass protests’: Authoritarianism experts say time is running out for Americans to stop Trump — Americans are running out of time to stop President Donald Trump's authoritarian slide, experts warned. — “There need to be mass protests,” a Yale philosophy professor and expert on fascism told Insider.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Manchin voted to oust Trump. He could endorse his reelection. — The West Virginia Democrat is already looking to reconcile with the president. — President Donald Trump has lately attacked Sen. Joe Manchin as a “Munchkin”; Manchin, in turn, has criticized Trump for not mounting …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
The establishment's dangerous habit of crying wolf — Exaggerating the short-term threat from populism inures people to the threat it poses — Brexiters dubbed it “Project Fear”. President Donald Trump's supporters call it Trump derangement syndrome and Bernie Sanders fans think of it as corporate scaremongering.
Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:
End the GOP — There are two figures in the Republican Party who best represent the state of the GOP in the Trump era. The first, of course, is Donald Trump. The second is Roy Moore. By the time Moore defeated Jeff Sessions's replacement, Luther Strange, in the Republican primary …
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Democrats Should Welcome Michael Bloomberg to Their Debates—ASAP — The billionaire former New York mayor should have to answer honestly for his record in business and politics, not hide behind ads. — Right now billionaire businessman and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is the phantom of the Democratic primary.
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Tracy Kornet / WSMV-TV:
Woman punches man in Broadway bar over MAGA-style birthday hat — NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - A man's surprise birthday gift led to a surprise attack at a Broadway bar. — Daniel Sprague was at The Stage bar on Broadway sporting a gift his wife gave him for his 50th birthday bash—a hat that says “Make 50 Great Again.”
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