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Washington Post:
Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel  —  The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi­mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish …
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Ali Watkins / BuzzFeed:
A Former Trump Adviser Met With A Russian Spy  —  Carter Page told BuzzFeed News that he had been in contact with at least one Russian spy working undercover out of Moscow's UN office in 2013.  —  NEW YORK — A former campaign adviser for Donald Trump met with and passed documents …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump campaign advisor Carter Page targeted by Russian spies  —  Two years before joining the Trump campaign as a foreign policy adviser, New York business consultant Carter Page was targeted for recruitment as an intelligence source by Russian spies promising favors for business opportunities in Russia …
Discussion: RedState
NBC News:
Blackwater Founder Repped Trump at Secret Meeting Overseas: Sources  —  Blackwater founder Erik Prince represented Donald Trump at a secret overseas meeting convened by the United Arab Emirates in early January, two intelligence sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Far from idle speculation’: Dem. senator says ‘looming’ impeachment is reason to filibuster Gorsuch  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) argued on Monday that Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, should not be nominated in the midst of a “looming” constitutional crisis.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Do Democrats really want to provoke an unprecedented showdown over Gorsuch?  —  Something unprecedented could happen this week when the Senate votes on Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court — but it won't be Republicans triggering the so-called nuclear option to confirm him a by simple-majority vote.
Discussion: Slate, The Daily Caller, IJR and CNN
Patrick Leahy / U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont:
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of Neil Gorsuch To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
Discussion: The Daily Signal and Daily Kos
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Here are 9 steps the Senate may take to ‘go nuclear’ and approve Gorsuch
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Richard L. Hasen / Washington Post:
Neil Gorsuch got where he is because of a form of affirmative action
Discussion: Daily Kos and Common Dreams
Bloomberg:
Democrats Choose Path on Gorsuch That Could Change Washington
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel  —  White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign …
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Adam Housley / Fox News:
Susan Rice requested to unmask names of Trump transition officials, sources say
Circa:
Watch |  Circa's Sara Carter reports on Susan Rice and her involvement in unmasking intel on Trump associates.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Susan Rice In Crosshairs as Potential Felon
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
We now have a better idea who's behind ‘unmasking’ Trump officials' contact with foreign agents — and why
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
At Fox News, fear and silence amid O'Reilly controversy  —  Lawyer: Payouts are the ‘cost of doing business’ at Fox  —  There are women at Fox News who want to speak up.  But they're afraid.  They've seen other women stand up for themselves — against former Fox News chief Roger Ailes …
Washington Post:
Sessions orders Justice Department to review all police reform agreements  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with troubled police forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure these pacts do not work against the Trump …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Sweeping Federal Review Could Affect Consent Decrees Nationwide
Discussion: Mother Jones
Lili Bayer / The Forward:
EXCLUSIVE: Controversial Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka Backed Violent Anti-Semitic Militia  —  As a Hungarian political leader in 2007, Sebastian Gorka, President Trump's chief counter-terrorism adviser, publicly supported a violent racist and anti-Semitic paramilitary militia that was later banned …
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Putin Derangement Syndrome Arrives  —  Whatever the truth about Trump and Russia, the speculation surrounding it has become a dangerous case of mass hysteria  —  So Michael Flynn, who was Donald Trump's national security adviser before he got busted talking out of school to Russia's ambassador …
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Devin Nunes Isn't a Joke Back Home  —  He's become a figure of great fun in Washington, even among his fellow Republicans (e.g., Senator Lindsey Graham, who mocked his “Inspector Clouseau investigation” of the Trump-Russia connection).  HBO comedian John Oliver said he had managed somehow to make …
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Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Amid the storm, Devin Nunes' two worlds render vastly different judgments of him
Discussion: Raw Story
Business Insider:
AOL and Yahoo plan to call themselves by a new name after the Verizon deal closes: Oath  —  When Verizon merges Yahoo with AOL after its acquisition of Yahoo closes, the newly created division will get a new name.  —  That new name is Oath, sources tell Business Insider.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House, conservatives mull deal to revive Obamacare repeal  —  House conservatives and the White House are mulling a potential agreement to revive the GOP Obamacare replacement bill that was pulled from the House floor just over a week ago, POLITICO has learned.
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:   A New Tribalism Spreads in Donald Trump's Washington
Wall Street Journal:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's Rent in Washington: $15,000 a Month  —  Owner is a Chilean magnate who bought house for $5.5 million  —  Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's daughter and her White House adviser husband, are paying $15,000 a month to rent their new home …
Discussion: AOL
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Los Angeles Times:
Why Trump lies … Donald Trump did not invent the lie and is not even its master.  Lies have oozed out of the White House for more than two centuries and out of politicians' mouths — out of all people's mouths — likely as long as there has been human speech.
Amber Randall / The Daily Caller:
Black Lives Matter Philly Bans White People From Its Meetings  —  Black Lives Matter Philly banned white people from an upcoming event, claiming it is a “black only space.”  —  The April 15 meeting plans to discuss projects and initiatives for the upcoming year and a place for people to “meet, strategize and organize.”
Discussion: Daily Wire
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Theaters to play ‘1984’ in global Trump protest  —  Nearly 200 movie theaters worldwide reportedly plan to screen the film version of “1984” simultaneously Tuesday in protest against President Trump.  —  The demonstration, called “National Screening Day,” primarily involves cinemas in the U.S …
CNBC:
Trump signs repeal of US broadband privacy rules  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed a repeal of Obama-era broadband privacy rules, the White House said.  —  Republicans in Congress last week narrowly passed the repeal of the privacy rules with no Democratic support and over the strong objections of privacy advocates.
Discussion: The Week and Politicus USA
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
New details emerge about 2014 Russian hack of the State Department: It was ‘hand to hand combat’  —  Over a 24-hour period, top U.S. cyber defenders engaged in a pitched battle with Russian hackers who had breached the unclassified State Department computer system and displayed an unprecedented level …
Discussion: Axios and Shakesville
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
Trump snubbed Angela Merkel, but happily shakes hands with brutal dictator — twice  —  In March, Donald Trump snubbed one of our most important allies, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, refusing to shake her hand or even look her in the eye.  That blatant disrespect stands in sharp contrast …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Washington Post
 
 
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Associated Press:
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
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Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump tells Sisi U.S., Egypt will fight Islamist militants together
Discussion: New York Magazine