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Andrew G. McCabe / The Atlantic:
Every Day Is a New Low in Trump's White House — The president steps over bright ethical and moral lines wherever he encounters them. Everyone in America saw it when he fired my boss. But I saw it firsthand time and time again. … On Wednesday, May 10, 2017, my first full day on the job …
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CBS News:
McCabe says he ordered the obstruction of justice probe of President Trump — The former FBI acting director tells 60 Minutes about the measures taken to ensure investigations into President Trump wouldn't “vanish.” See the full story Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS
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New York Times:
McCabe Says Justice Officials Discussed Recruiting Cabinet Members to Push Trump Out of Office — WASHINGTON — Andrew G. McCabe, the former deputy F.B.I. director, said in an interview aired on Thursday that top Justice Department officials were so alarmed by President Trump's decision …
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters — [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] — Amazon said on Thursday that it was canceling plans to build a corporate campus in New York City. The company had planned to build a sprawling complex …
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The Amazon Blog:
Update on plans for New York City headquarters — After much thought and deliberation, we've decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens. For Amazon, the commitment to build a new headquarters requires positive …
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New York Times:
Trump Puts Best Face on Border Deal, as Aides Try to Assuage an Angry Right — WASHINGTON — In pursuit of a wall, President Trump ran into one. A single-minded drive to force Congress to finance his signature campaign promise has left Mr. Trump right back where he started …
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CNN:
Trump privately gripes that GOP was outplayed by Democrats — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump appears to be moving — unhappily — closer to signing a bipartisan agreement that provides only a fraction of the money he demanded for a border wall. But in conversations with allies …
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
‘He was in his face’: Trump fumes over abortion, courts evangelicals
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
The Ocasio-Cortez Effect: Wave of Challenges Hits Entrenched N.Y. Democrats — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may be just the beginning. — Less than eight months after Ms. Ocasio-Cortez stunned the political world by unseating a powerful Democratic congressman, her home state is emerging …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
'Here's the system, it sucks': Meet the Hill staffers hired by Ocasio-Cortez to upend Washington — One is the daughter of an immigrant from Nigeria who wanted to understand the causes of her mom's plight, starting a search that would lead her to Spelman, Oxford, Harvard, Georgetown …
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Jedediah Britton-Purdy / New York Times:
The Green New Deal Is What Realistic Environmental Policy Looks Like
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP wants to pit Ocasio-Cortez against Democrats in the Senate
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Isn't Looking to Retire Yet, But Is Another Supreme Court Justice Ready to Go? — No one tells a Supreme Court Justice when to retire. But there are currently two retirement dramas under way at the Court—one semi-public and the other semi-private …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's DHS Guts Task Forces Protecting Elections From Foreign Meddling — “It's very curious why the leadership has not committed resources to prepare for the 2020 election,” one DHS official tells The Daily Beast. — Two teams of federal officials assembled to fight foreign election interference …
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Jim DeRogatis / New Yorker:
Prosecutors Are Moving to Indict R. Kelly, After the Discovery of Another Videotape — According to a senior law-enforcement official, the tape shows Kelly sexually assaulting an underage girl. — A videotape from the R. & B. superstar R. Kelly's past may soon lead to his indictment in Illinois …
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Moritz Rakuszitzky / bellingcat:
Third Suspect in Skripal Poisoning Identified as Denis Sergeev, High-Ranking GRU Officer — Bellingcat previously confirmed that a third GRU officer was present in the UK during the time Sergey and Yulia Skripal fell into a coma, after what the UK authorities said was a deliberate poisoning with Novichok.
Ronald Radosh / The Daily Beast:
How Ilhan Omar's Attempt to Shame Elliott Abrams Backfired — The new committee member's very rhetorical questions to ‘Mr. Adams’ suggested deep suspicion of America's foreign affairs, and limited knowledge of them. — Ronald Radosh — The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Paul Manafort Keeps Lying About Russia Collusion. Is It to Protect Donald Trump? — Last night, a federal judge ruled that Paul Manafort violated his plea agreement by lying repeatedly to federal prosecutors about the Russia investigation. Some of Manafort's lies go …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The three 2020 Democrats Trump's campaign is watching most closely — Donald Trump's political advisers are homing in on three declared Democratic candidates who they believe are the most viable at this early stage of the campaign. — The reelection campaign has begun compiling opposition research …
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Vaccine Facebook Ads Target Women in Measles-Stricken States — Nearly 150 spots are targeting women over the age of 25—the group most likely to include mothers of children who might need to be vaccinated. — BEAST INSIDE … Facebook's advertising platform is being used …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Senate confirm William Barr as attorney general — [Breaking: Senate votes to confirm William P. Barr as attorney general. He will oversee the Mueller probe as lawmakers grow eager to see its results. — Barr, who previously served as attorney general in the George H.W. Bush administration …
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The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh:
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh eyewitness accounts of the incident involving Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Publisher John Robinson Block — After much careful consideration, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh has decided to release some of the eyewitness accounts of the incident involving Pittsburgh …
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Ivan Dikov / European Views:
Belgian Counterintelligence Chief Suspected of Spying for Russia — Belgium's intelligence service ADIV has been plagued by a long-standing conflict between its intelligence and counter-intelligence departments. — Clement Vandenborre, counterintelligence head in Belgium's intelligence service …
Andrea Drusch / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Worried Texas Republicans call for more national help in 2020 — Texas Republicans have long coasted to re-election while ignoring their Democratic opponents. Not anymore. — For 2020, GOP incumbents in what has historically been one of the most solidly red states in the union …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Is Making ‘Socialism’ Sound Pretty Good — And in any case, Democrats are not planning to seize the means of production anytime soon. — Only a handful of Democrats in Congress (and just one Democrat-adjacent presidential contender) identify as “socialist,” but they appear …
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Daily Mail:
Timeline of the London girls' journey into ISIS' heart of terror - but now one wants to come home — December - Counter terrorism police question Shamima Begum, Kadiz Sultana and Amira Abase after their friend Sharmeema Begum goes to Syria. — Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-olds Shamima Begum …
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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Amazon's Home Surveillance Chief Declared War on “Dirtbag Criminals” as Company Got Closer to Police — On March 17, 2016, Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff emailed out a company-wide declaration of war. The message, under the subject line “Going to war,” made two things clear to the home surveillance …
miamiherald:
A remembrance of the victims from the Parkland shooting — as told by their classmates — BY STUDENTS OF MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS SPECIAL TO THE MIAMI HERALD — Twelve months ago, 14 students and three adults were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland. On Valentine's Day.
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Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
El Chapo escaped two prisons in Mexico — but no one's ever busted out of the American ‘ADX’ — There's a supermax prison in Florence, Colo., two hours outside Denver. It's the highest-security penitentiary in the United States. Since opening in 1994, no prisoner has escaped …
Mike Allen / Axios:
House Democrats may target Ivanka Trump in their Russia probe — Outlining a blueprint for the vast Russia probe planned by the new House majority, a Democratic member of Congress suggested at a roundtable with reporters this week that lawmakers may seek testimony from Ivanka Trump.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Jussie Smollett Goes There: If I Said My Attackers Were Muslim or Mexican, Doubters Would Support Me — In his Thursday interview with Good Morning America, Empire actor Jussie Smollett struck back at those who have doubted his story of an alleged hate crime attack in Chicago.
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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Journalists Have Been Banned From A Powerful Database That Lets You Search People's Phone Numbers And Addresses — Until now, Trace IQ let journalists search names, phone numbers and addresses in one database - now they've been banned, but other groups, such as debt collectors, haven't.
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Silicon Valley Index shows the misery and triumph of the world's tech capital … Living at the center of the tech universe? Well, I have some good news and some bad news. — The good news is that Silicon Valley is thriving economically, generating new technology and good jobs.
Laura Strickler / NBC News:
‘Whistleblower’ seeks protection after sounding alarm over White House security clearances — Tricia Newbold says her supervisor “repeatedly mishandled security files and has approved unwarranted security clearances.” — Specialist in White House security clearance office suspended without pay
Liel Leibovitz / Tablet Magazine:
Virginia Democratic Candidate Apologizes to Jewish Community for Past Statements — Coming on the heels of Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) anti-Semitic statements and subsequent apology, another Democratic politician was forced to apologize for vitriolic statements about Israel.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Union: Los Angeles Times management wants ‘unfettered’ control over staffers' book projects — The Los Angeles Times Guild is raising concerns about a proposal from the newspaper's management to assert “unfettered control” over the outside projects — books and TV shows, for example …
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