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New York Times:
Michael Flynn Misled Pentagon About His Russia Ties, Letter Says  —  WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn misled Pentagon investigators about his income from Russian companies and contacts with Russian officials when he applied for a top-secret security clearance last year, according …
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Chris Christie: I warned Trump about Flynn  —  Source: Michael Flynn to plead the Fifth  —  Washington (CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Monday that if it were up to him, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn never would have had a White House job.  —  After ending his own presidential bid …
Discussion: Axios, Political Wire, IJR and Mediaite
Simon Maloy / The Week:
The Trump White House is collapsing  —  Donald Trump certainly seems like he's having a lovely time on his first international trip as president.  He touched down in Saudi Arabia over the weekend and was given an over-the-top reception by his hosts.  The Saudis presented him with a medal …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Escalating probes rattle Trump and his aides
Discussion: Politicus USA
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Chris Christie: 'I wouldn't let General Flynn in the White House, let alone give him a job'
Brian Naylor / NPR:
Flynn Takes The 5th, Refuses To Turn Over Documents To Senate Panel
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Reject 2 Gerrymandered North Carolina Districts, Citing Racial Bias  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down two North Carolina congressional districts, ruling that lawmakers had violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on race in drawing them.
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina maps for Congress  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that racial considerations pervaded the way North Carolina lawmakers drew congressional maps after the 2010 Census in order to maximize Republicans' advantage.
Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN, The Week and Political Wire
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How One Pro-Trump Site Keeps A Debunked Conspiracy Theory Alive  —  The top story on pro-Trump media last week was a conspiracy about a murdered Democratic National Committee staffer and his alleged connection to WikiLeaks.  —  A typical Gateway Pundit headline.
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The Daily Beast:
Fox News Staffers ‘Embarrassed’ by Hannity's Conspiracy Theory Crusade … Fox News staffers are growing increasingly dismayed as network star Sean Hannity and others continue to promote the unfounded conspiracy theory that Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer was murdered last year for talking to WikiLeaks.
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:   For 1st Time in 17 Years, Fox News Was 3rd in Prime Time Demo
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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:   The President Just Told a Room of Israelis That He “Just Got Back From the Middle East”
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
The price tag on universal health care is in, and it's bigger than California's budget  —  It would cost $400 billion per year to remake California's health insurance marketplace and create a publicly funded universal heath care system, according to a state financial analysis released Monday.
Discussion: Instapundit and twitchy.com
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Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Single-payer healthcare could cost $400 billion to implement in California
Discussion: Vox and Hot Air
Tampa Bay Times:
Suspect tells police he killed Tampa Palms roommates for disrespecting his Muslim faith  —  TAMPA — A man accused of shooting his roommates in a New Tampa apartment told police he shared neo-Nazi beliefs with the two men until he converted to Islam then killed them because they disrespected his faith.
Monica Lewinsky / New York Times:
Roger Ailes's Dream Was My Nightmare  —  This is not another obituary for Roger Ailes, who died last week a year after being ousted at Fox News.  It is, I hope, instead an obituary for the culture he purveyed — a culture that affected me profoundly and personally.
Discussion: Raw Story
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James Poulos / The Week:   Will cable news punditry die with Roger Ailes?
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Moves to Block Ethics Inquiry Into Ex-Lobbyists on Payroll  —  The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government's top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White House or federal agencies.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House seeks 90-day delay in Obamacare subsidy suit
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The case for impeaching Trump — and fast  —  This is the exact situation impeachment was meant for.  Let's hurry up.  —  Impeachment of an American president is a weighty measure that's only been used a handful of times in our history.  And on two of those occasions, the judgment of history has come down against the impeachers.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Blood in the Water  —  Donald Trump has left the country …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Kate Royals / Mississippi Today:
Rep. Karl Oliver: Those removing Confederate monuments ‘should be lynched’  —  A state representative from Winona who urged in a weekend Facebook post that those who support the removal of Confederate monuments be lynched has apologized.  —  Rep. Karl Oliver, R-Winona, wrote …
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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Frustrated Utah Republicans, Democrats form new centrist political party  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Some disaffected Republicans and Democrats who say extreme views are co-opting their parties have decided to carve out a middle ground in Utah politics.  —  Taking a centrist approach …
Discussion: Political Wire
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Report Shows 304,000 Illegal Immigrants Overstayed 2015 Visas into 2017  —  Roughly 304,000 foreigners arrived at U.S. airports and seaports legally in 2015 but then overstayed their visas until at least January 2017, according to a new report by the Department of Homeland Security.
Discussion: New York Times
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Alan Gomez / USA Today:
More than 600K foreigners overstayed visas in 2016
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Israeli Officers: You're Doing ISIS Wrong  —  The United States is headed for disaster in Syria, some in Israel are warning.  —  ASSANIA MOUNTAIN, ON THE ISRAEL-SYRIAN BORDER—The Israeli military is not too impressed with President Donald Trump's escalation against the Islamic State.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: I never said ‘Israel’ in meeting with Russians
Discussion: The Hill, The Gateway Pundit and Axios
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
California Democrats flip off Donald Trump  —  The anti-Trump fervor at California's Democratic Party convention this weekend can be summarized in choice words from outgoing chair of the California Democratic Party, John Burton: “F*%!  Donald Trump.”  —  The always foul-mouthed Burton …
Palm Beach, FL:
Sinkhole in front of Mar-a-Lago  —  A 4' x 4' sinkhole has formed on Southern Boulevard directly in front of Mar-a-Lago.  It appears to be in the vicinity of the newly installed water main.  West Palm Beach Utilities distribution crews have secured the area and will most likely need to do some exploratory excavation today.
Washington Post:
Trump close to choosing outside counsel for Russia investigation  —  President Trump is moving rapidly toward assembling outside counsel to help him navigate the investigations into his campaign and Russian interference in last year's election, and in recent days he and his advisers …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jenni Fink / IJR:
Sheriff Clarke Denies Plagiarism Claim as His Supporters Go After the Reporter Who Broke the Story  —  On Saturday, CNN KFILE writers Andrew Kaczynski, Christopher Massie, and Nathan McDermott accused Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke of plagiarizing his master's thesis.
Washington Post:
Behold!  President Trump and the mysterious glowing orb.  —  When President Trump laid hands on the glowing Saudi mystery orb, he pledged allegiance to “Its Luminescence,” summoned the forces of Sauron to take over Middle-earth and created an “army of Moderate Muslims to fight terror.”
 
 
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Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Tomi Lahren lands job with a pro-Trump Great America Alliance
Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:
Five Baltimore officers from Freddie Gray case face internal discipline; three could be fired
Discussion: RT and The Root
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Trump's views on Islam ‘continue to evolve,’ Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says
Discussion: Daily Wire
Elise Tempelhoff / News24:
Hunter dies after elephant falls on him
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Texas GOP Chairman Tom Mechler resigns
 Earlier Items: 
Hank Berrien / Daily Wire:
Surprise, San Francisco Restaurant Workers! Minimum Wage Hike Is Killing Restaurants By The Dozens
Discussion: RedState
Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
Taking the Nuclear Option Off the Table
CNN:
Trump's casino was a money laundering concern shortly after it opened
Dave Mosher / Business Insider:
Scientists have found a way to photograph people in 3D through walls using Wi-Fi
Discussion: Infowars
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Report: Girl in Weiner sexting case lied to damage Clinton
Discussion: WhoWhatWhy and CANNONFIRE
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Why Sally Yates Stood Up to Trump
Discussion: Fusion, Above the Law and The Week
Washington Post:
Poll: Democrats have edge over Republican front-runner in Va. governor's race
 

 
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