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CNN:
Sources: Russia tried to use Trump advisers to infiltrate campaign  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI gathered intelligence last summer that suggests Russian operatives tried to use Trump advisers, including Carter Page, to infiltrate the Trump campaign, according to US officials.
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Leah McElrath / Shareblue:
Breaking: U.S. investigators find “signs of possible collusion between the campaign and Russian officials”  —  Only one week after the Guardian quoted British sources as saying there was “specific concrete and corroborative evidence of collusion” between the Trump campaign and the Russian government …
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Sends Letter to Nine Jurisdictions Requiring Proof of Compliance with 8 U.S.C.  § 1373  —  Today, the Department of Justice sent the attached letters to nine jurisdictions which were identified in a May 2016 report by the Department of Justice's Inspector General …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Feel The Propaganda, Feel the Hate  —  We're familiar with President Trump's dystopian vision of an America in chaos, preyed on by foreigners and awash in citizens violated by feral criminals and “illegals.”  Through last year's campaign and into this year, Trump has repeatedly lied …
Discussion: Scripting News
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump admin warns 9 ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions they may lose funds
Discussion: Political Wire
Joseph Tanfani / Los Angeles Times:
Justice Department warns sanctuary cities in California, 8 other jurisdictions to cooperate with immigration enforcement
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and CNBC
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Schumer jabs White House over offer to fund Obamacare subsidies in exchange for border wall  —  The White House is offering Democrats a dollar-for-dollar deal to fund Obamacare subsidies and the border wall in the upcoming spending bill, according to budget director Mick Mulvaney …
Discussion: TheBlaze and New York Magazine
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
White House budget chief floats trade on ObamaCare, border wall funding  —  President Trump's budget chief Mick Mulvaney said Friday that the White House is offering Democrats money for key ObamaCare payments in exchange for money to help fund the president's proposed border wall.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Business Insider
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:   The White House Seems Excited to Shut Down the Government
Associated Press:
THE LATEST: TRUMP SAYS DREAMERS SHOULD ‘REST EASY’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump says young immigrants shielded from deportation - often referred to as “dreamers” - should “rest easy” about his immigration policies.
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
Trump wades into French elections  —  Two days before a French election that has Europe on edge, President Donald Trump weighed in Friday with a tweet that seemed to imply support for the controversial far-right populist Marine Le Pen.  —  Trump's Friday morning tweet responded to a shooting …
Sid Verma / Bloomberg:
Analyst Who Predicted Trump's Ascendancy Bets on Le Pen Win
Mary Ellen Klas / miamiherald:
Hooters ‘calendar girl’ and Playboy ‘Miss Social’ were Artiles' paid consultants  —  TALLAHASSEE  —  Just months before his resignation Friday, Sen. Frank Artiles scored a coup in November when he unseated Democrat Dwight Bullard with an aggressive $1 million campaign in a district that favored Democrats.
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Milo Yiannopoulos Plots Comeback at UC Berkeley  —  Yiannopoulos wouldn't say who is backing the effort, financially or otherwise, nor would he say which, if any, student group has invited him to speak at Berkeley.  —  Milo Yiannopoulos is plotting his comeback, allegedly to take place at UC Berkeley …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and IJR
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Berkeley Once Stood for Free Speech. Now It Rolls Over.
New York Times:
Berkeley Is Being Tested on 2 Fronts: Free Speech and Safety
Discussion: Business Insider
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
At a ‘Unity’ Stop in Nebraska, Democrats Find Anything But  —  WASHINGTON — Rarely has a municipal election in a midsize city ignited such a fierce national debate over what defines a Democrat.  But the election this spring for mayor of Omaha is pitting abortion rights activists …
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
Bernie Sanders Defends Campaigning For Anti-Abortion Rights Democrat
May Bulman / The Independent:
Donald Trump has ‘dangerous mental illness’, say psychiatry experts at Yale conference  —  Mental health experts say President is ‘paranoid and delusional’  —  Donald Trump has a “dangerous mental illness” and is not fit to lead the US, a group of psychiatrists has warned during a conference at Yale University.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Today's executive orders are the nail in the coffin of Trump's economic populism  —  There's no workers' party here.  —  Friday afternoon, Donald Trump traveled to the US Treasury Department where he's expected to sign a new executive order.  The order aims at making life easier …
Discussion: ABC News and Common Dreams
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WTAE:
Trump to unveil tax plan with ‘massive’ cuts next week, AP says  —  President Donald Trump says businesses and individuals will receive a “massive tax cut” under a tax reform package he plans to unveil next week.  —  In an interview with The Associated Press, Trump says the plan will result …
Discussion: Axios
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Bloomberg:   Trump Plan Said Unlikely to Back Ryan's Border-Adjusted Tax
San Francisco Chronicle:
Massive power outage hits San Francisco, shuts down businesses, BART station, cable cars, traffic lights  —  A massive power outage in San Francisco caused a blackout Friday morning in several neighborhoods, from the Financial District to the Presidio, forcing the closure of businesses …
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
The Persistence of Trump Derangement Syndrome  —  Suddenly, Trump Derangement Syndrome is a thing, or is trying to become one.  —  We're told by many wise and well-meaning people that it is a huge and even fatal mistake for liberals (and for constitutional conservatives) …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
John R. Ellement / BostonGlobe.com:
Second parchment copy of Declaration of Independence found — in England  —  Two Harvard University researchers announced Friday that they have found a second parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence in a tiny records office in southern England.  —  The only other parchment copy …
Discussion: CBS Boston
Robert Snell / Detroit News:
2nd doctor, wife arrested in genital mutilation case  —  Federal agents Friday arrested a second doctor in connection with the nation's first genital mutilation case, sources told The Detroit News.  —  Dr. Fakhruddin Attar is accused of letting Dr. Jumana Nagarwala perform mutilations at his Burhani Medical Clinic on Farmington Road.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Won't Waive Sanctions for Oil Project Exxon Planned in Russia  —  Exxon Mobil renewed push for waiver to drill in Black Sea in March  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump, whose family and political aides have faced scrutiny over their ties to Russia …
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
Treasury won't grant Exxon drilling waiver for Russia
Discussion: Vox and Common Dreams
Christopher Weaver / Wall Street Journal:
Theranos Secretly Bought Outside Lab Gear, Ran Fake Tests: Court Filings  —  Company says it disagrees with many of allegations, saying they reflect ‘one-sided filing’  —  Theranos Inc. misled company directors about its laboratory-testing practices, used a shell company to “secretly” …
Discussion: Engadget, New York Magazine and Axios
Omar Mahmood / USA Today:
Islam needs Islamophobia right now: Voices  —  In Pakistan, a mob killed a journalism student because he didn't believe.  That could have been me.  —  Last week, a 23-year-old journalism student was beaten to death by a mob outside the cafeteria of Abdul Wali Khan University in northern Pakistan.
Center for American ProgressCenter …:
Premium Increases for Pre-Existing Conditions Under Latest ACA Repeal Plan, by State  —  Repealing protections for people with pre-existing health conditions could be on Congress' agenda as early as next week.  Facing pressure from the Trump administration, Congress may be ready once again …
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week
 
 
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Hey, GOP: Your constituents use Planned Parenthood
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
No, Gov. Dean, there is no ‘hate speech’ exception to the First Amendment
Michael Wines / New York Times:
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