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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Does Stephen Miller Speak for Trump?  Or Vice Versa?  —  The 31-year-old is a driving force behind the White House's policies.  —  by  —  From Subscribe Reprints  —  Stephen Miller's corner office in the West Wing of the White House is utterly barren—no pictures on the walls …
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Axios:   The ministers of Trump's truths
Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
DeVos sparks controversy with comments on black colleges  —  President Donald Trump's efforts to bolster relations with historically black colleges erupted in controversy Tuesday after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a statement equating the history of the schools …
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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Insane Betsy DeVos Press Release Celebrates Jim Crow Education System as Pioneer of “School Choice”  —  Donald Trump met Monday at the White House with the leaders of a number of historically black colleges and universities.  Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos commemorated the meeting …
Walter M. Kimbrough:
My Statement: White House HBCU Event
Discussion: Washington Post and ThinkProgress
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The ‘Kellyanne Conway on the couch’ controversy is so incredibly dumb  —  On Monday night, this photo began making the rounds on the Internet:  —  The photo, taken Monday, shows White House counselor Kellyanne Conway perched on a couch in the Oval Office as President Trump stands behind …
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Make yourself at home, Kellyanne!  White House adviser is taken to task after she makes herself comfortable on the Oval Office couch while wearing her heels as Trump hosts leaders of black colleges  — Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, was seen in a series of photos in the Oval Office on Monday
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The White House's Politico slime job, from start to finish  —  Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt paid a certain price for his Sunday scoop about White House press secretary Sean Spicer's treatment of his underlings in the White House communications office.  Under the headline …
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Plans to Begin E.P.A. Rollback With Order on Clean Water  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at rolling back one of former President Barack Obama's major environmental regulations to protect American waterways, but it will have almost …
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Erik Ortiz / TODAY.com:
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Trump camp's alleged Russia ties: ‘We need to get answers’  —  PLAY VIDEO - 8:40 PLAY VIDEO - 8:40  —  Does the ghost of a murdered congressman haunt the Capitol?  —  Trump's address to joint session of Congress: What to expect
The Hill:
GOP leader: Leaked ObamaCare replacement ‘no longer’ viable  —  A day after House conservatives panned a leaked GOP draft ObamaCare replacement plan, a top Republican leader on Tuesday described the proposed legislation as “no longer even a viable draft that we're working off of.”
Discussion: CNN, ThinkProgress and Raw Story
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Fight for Obamacare Has Turned  —  The campaign to let 20 million Americans keep their health insurance is working.  —  It still has a long way to go, and it's not guaranteed to succeed.  But the progress of the last couple months is remarkable.  —  Thanks in part to a surge of activism …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Are Republicans Ready To Charge Ahead On Obamacare Repeal?
Sam Dorman / Washington Free Beacon:
Elderly Veteran Lays on Floor in Pain While Waiting at VA Hospital  —  An elderly veteran lay on the floor in pain and resorted to using his bag of medication as a pillow while waiting at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Durham, North Carolina on Friday.
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Blaine Tolison / WSB-TV:
Photo depicts veteran lying on ground while waiting at VA
Discussion: twitchy.com
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
George W. Bush Breaks His Silence on the Direction of the Country Under President Trump: 'I Don't Like the Racism and Name-Calling'  —  For eight years since leaving the White House, George W. Bush has refused to criticize publicly those who succeeded him, saying he didn't want to make an already tough job …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Republican governors divided on Obamacare replacement
Discussion: CBS News and Vox
Michael Kruse / Politico:
'He's a Performance Artist Pretending to be a Great Manager'  —  More than 27 years before Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, Bruce Nobles, then the president of the Trump Shuttle airline, assessed with some befuddlement the business and managerial practices of his boss.
Discussion: Shakesville, Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Igor Bobic / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Blames SEAL's Death On Military: ‘They Lost Ryan’  —  The buck stops with ‘them.’  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday dodged responsibility for a botched mission he ordered in Yemen last month, placing the onus on the military and Barack Obama's administration instead.
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NBC News:
Yemen SEAL Raid Has Yielded No Significant Intelligence: Officials
Kansas City Star:
Trump's silence on deadly Olathe shooting is disquieting  —  By The Kansas City Star editorial board  —  At some point, embarrassingly late begins to verge on something more disquieting.  —  President Donald Trump has silently planted himself in that space.
Politico:
New NSC chief pushed Trump to moderate his language on terrorism  —  What words the president uses from the podium tonight will give a hint about McMaster's clout.  —  President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, advised him in a closed-door meeting last week …
Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
'It's got bad karma': Trump-branded hotel grand opening shunned by Vancouver officials  —  VANCOUVER, B.C. — Kerry Jang, a council member in this picturesque Canadian city, recalls being in the crowd nearly four years ago to welcome Donald Trump to announce plans for an iconic new skyscraper …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
City officials try to keep the Trumps out of town
Discussion: Raw Story
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump says Obama behind leaks  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said he believes former President Barack Obama has been behind the leaks within his administration and the sizable, angry town hall crowds Republicans have faced across the country.  —  Trump was asked in an interview on Fox News' …
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
This Is How Your Hyperpartisan Political News Gets Made  —  BuzzFeed News traced a group of liberal and conservative websites back to the same company.  “The product they're pitching is outrage,” said one liberal writer.  —  The websites Liberal Society and Conservative 101 appear to be total opposites.
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
MSNBC:
New Commerce Secretary at nexus of lucrative Trump Russian deal  —  With a line that runs through newly confirmed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Rachel Maddow connects the dots between a billionaire Russian oligarch and a Donald Trump deal worth tens of millions of dollars. ...
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
GOP senator: Trump budget ‘dead on arrival’ … Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  (R-S.C.) said Tuesday that President Trump's first budget was “dead on arrival” and wouldn't make it through Congress.  —  “It's not going to happen,” said Graham, according to NBC News.  “It would be a disaster.”
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Senior House Democrat plans to skip Trump's speech to Congress  —  A liberal House Democrat from California plans to skip President Donald Trump's address to Congress this evening.  —  Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee …
Discussion: Politico
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Trump is delivering on his campaign promises  —  A majority of voters say they believe President Donald Trump is keeping his campaign promises, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll that confirms what is expected to be the central theme of his first speech to a joint session of Congress.
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
New York Times:
The Highs and Lows of President Trump's Job Approval  —  President Trump heads into his first address to Congress with the lowest job approval of any chief executive since Dwight D. Eisenhower, when Gallup began tracking the initial months of a president's term.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
FCC chairman says net neutrality was a mistake  —  He's ready to roll it back  —  FCC chairman Ajit Pai said today that net neutrality was “a mistake” and that the commission is now “on track” to return to a much lighter style of regulation.  —  “Our new approach injected tremendous uncertainty …
Discussion: Shakesville
CBS San Francisco:
Storm Runoff In California Gold Country Exposing New Motherlode?  —  JAMESTOWN, Tuolumne County (KPIX 5) — Weeks of rainy weather across Northern California and the storm runoff through the hills of gold country have triggered a new gold rush.  —  “Miner Gary” Thomas said he always finds …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Slow to Submit Nominations for Top Administration Posts  —  Of 549 key positions that require Senate confirmation, just 15 picks have been confirmed  —  President Donald Trump wants to overhaul the tax code, replace the national health-care system and roll back regulations on most major industries.
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Did the Oscars Just Prove That We Are Living in a Computer Simulation?  —  Last night's Oscar bizarreness was not just bizarre but bizarre in a way that is typical of this entirely bizarre time.  The rhythm of the yes-they-won-oh-my-God-no-they- didn't event, with “La La Land” replaced by …
Discussion: The Atlantic
 
 
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jon Stewart Dresses Down the Media: ‘Stop Your Whining’ and Hold Trump Accountable
Discussion: TheBlaze
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump slams Pelosi: 'I think she's incompetent, actually'
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate Republicans to meet for Obamacare strategy session
Discussion: The Hill, Daily Kos and Axios
Chicago Tribune:
‘Gary from Chicago’ goes from prison to live at the Oscars
Discussion: AOL and Los Angeles Times
Henry J. Gomez / Plain Dealer:
Tim Ryan won't run for Ohio governor
Discussion: Political Wire
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Metaphysics of Trump  —  Paradox: How does a supposedly …
Discussion: The Resurgent
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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Transgender Sister Of Singer At Trump Inauguration Wins Federal Court Bathroom Ruling
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Nikita Stewart / New York Times:
Fight Looms as Bill de Blasio Plans to Seek 90 New Homeless Shelters
Rachel Bishop / Mirror.co.uk:
EDELMIRA BARREIRA, SPAIN'S ‘SEX TSAR ’ TALKS OF DEMOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION
Discussion: The Local
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Trump's First Month: An Evaluation
Discussion: CNBC, CNN and Common Dreams
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