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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Peter Thiel Has Been Hedging His Bet On Donald Trump  —  Peter Thiel has said publicly that Trump's administration is “off to a terrific start.”  Privately, he's told friends that there is a 50% chance the current presidency “ends in disaster.”  —  Donald Trump's most prominent Silicon Valley supporter …
David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
The Congressional Map Has A Record-Setting Bias Against Democrats  —  When Democrats think about their party's problems on the political map, they tend to think of President Trump's ability to win the White House despite losing the popular vote and Republicans' potent efforts to gerrymander congressional districts.
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Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
Tax writers see peril in Trump's Obamacare persistence  —  Republicans acknowledge that the aggressive timeline they have set up for overhauling the tax code this fall leaves them little room for error.  —  There could be one problem with that: Obamacare isn't going away.
Jake Zuckerman / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Manchin one of three Democratic senators not to sign tax-reform stance  —  Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is one of three Senate Democrats who didn't sign a letter establishing the party line on tax reform, though he said Tuesday he agrees with all its components.
CNNMoney:
Kayleigh McEnany appears in pro-Trump ‘news’ video after leaving CNN  —  Kayleigh McEnany appears in Pro-Trump ‘newscast’ after leaving CNN  —  Former CNN commentator Kayleigh McEnany is now hosting campaign-style videos for President Trump's Facebook page.
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The Daily Beast:
Lara Trump ‘Running the Show’ at ‘Trump TV’ … President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law is “running the show” at his Trump TV project funded by his reelection campaign, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.  —  When the Trump campaign unveiled a new Trump-friendly news product on social media last week …
Jake Sherman / Politico:
TRUMP to head back to New York next week — BUZZ: KAYLEIGH MCENANY joining the RNC — PETER THIEL waffling on POTUS  —  Good Monday afternoon.  NEWS — KAYLEIGH MCENANY is joining the RNC as its national spokesman, bringing in house a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump.
Joe Concha / The Hill:   Kayleigh McEnany named RNC spokesperson
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump TV's ‘real news’ sounds more like real propaganda
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Ex-CNN commentator hosts video ‘news’ segment on Trump Facebook page
Discussion: RedState
Stan Collender / Forbes:
These 3 Federal Debt Ceiling Nightmares Should Keep You Awake At Night  —  This easily got lost amid all of last week's other Washington-related craziness: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that Democrats should provide the votes the Trump administration …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Edward D. Kleinbard / New York Times:
The Debt-Ceiling Crisis Is Real
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
The Dems Need to Take a Hard Line on the Debt Ceiling
Discussion: New York Times
San Francisco Chronicle:
Rich SF residents get a shock: Someone bought their street  —  Thanks to a little-noticed auction sale, a South Bay couple are the proud owners of one of the most exclusive streets in San Francisco — and they're looking for ways to make their purchase pay.  —  Tina Lam and Michael Cheng snatched …
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
‘Apply by fax’: Before it can hire foreign workers, Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club advertises at home — briefly  —  President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club needs to hire 35 waiters for this winter's social season in Palm Beach, Fla.  —  Late last month, the club placed an ad on page C8 of the Palm Beach Post …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
New York Post:
The police boycott of Dunkin' Donuts is fully on … The NYPD runs on . . . bodega coffee.  —  The police boycott of Dunkin' Donuts is apparently heating up, as a sergeant was spotted Sunday walking into the 73rd Precinct station house with trays full of what appeared to be generic, corner-market brew.
Maryam Saleh / The Intercept:
Around Mar-a-Lago, No Deportation Exemption for Trump Supporters  —  Francisco Javier Gonzalez manages an upscale pizzeria in Palm Beach, just two miles down the road from Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's private Florida club.  The Trumps have long been a presence in the community …
Discussion: Raw Story
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
DHS chief information officer resigns after three months on job  —  The chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security has resigned from his position after only three months on the job, the department confirmed on Monday.  —  Richard Staropoli, a former U.S. Secret Service agent …
Discussion: IJR
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Many Politicians Lie.  But Trump Has Elevated the Art of Fabrication.  —  WASHINGTON — Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant here, likes to tell his clients that there are “three keys to credibility.”  —  “One, never defend the indefensible,” he says.  “Two, never deny the undeniable.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Trump's Trade Pullout Roils Rural America  —  EAGLE GROVE, Iowa—On a cloud-swept landscape dotted with grain elevators, a meat producer called Prestage Farms is building a 700,000-square-foot processing plant.  The gleaming new factory is both the great hope of Wright County …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Here Is The Alias Email Account Loretta Lynch Used As Attorney General  —  Like her predecessor, Eric Holder, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch used an email alias to conduct government business, The Daily Caller has confirmed.  —  Several of Lynch's emails were included in 413 pages …
Kat Rosenfield / Vulture:
The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter … The Black Witch, a debut young-adult fantasy novel by Laurie Forest, was still seven weeks from its May 1 publication date, but positive buzz was already building, with early reviews calling it “an intoxicating tale of rebellion and star-crossed romance,” …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
US federal department is censoring use of term ‘climate change’, emails reveal  —  Exclusive: series of emails show staff at Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service advised to reference ‘weather extremes’ instead … Staff at the US Department of Agriculture …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Hayley Dixon / Telegraph:
Woman drugged and kidnapped in Italy revealed as Page 3 model Chloe Ayling  —  A British model has described how she was drugged, handcuffed, gagged and put in a bag in the boot of a car by kidnappers who then tried to to sell her as a sex slave in an online auction.
Discussion: KFOR-TV, AOL and The Daily Caller
Glenn Smith / Post and Courier:
Emails: South Carolina AG coordinated with key figure in statehouse probe on letter booting special prosecutor off case  —  S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson criticizes his appointed special prosecutor, 1st Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe, during a March 2016 press conference regarding the Statehouse corruption probe.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
How the Trump hotel changed Washington's culture of influence  —  The hotel's managers press conservative, Republican and Christian groups to do business where they can rub shoulders with Trump's Cabinet.  —  On a June morning, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and his wife enjoyed croissants …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Former DNC chair criticizes ‘whiny’ left … Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean ripped what he called the “whiny” portion of the Democratic Party on Saturday in response to criticism of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) by a number of progressives.
Virginia Hale / Breitbart:
Sweden: Police Say Situation ‘Completely Unacceptable’ after 550 Per Cent Rise in Grenade Attacks  —  The number of hand grenade attacks in Sweden has risen by 550 per cent in just three years, with police describing the situation as “completely unacceptable”.
Lev Facher / STAT:
With Trump in the White House, Obama science experts operate shadow network to press their positions  —  ASHINGTON — Nearly all of the Obama administration's science staff has departed the White House since January, and the Trump administration has moved slowly to replace them.
New York Times:
Take the Generic, Patients Are Told.  Until They Are Not.  —  This article was written through collaboration between The New York Times and ProPublica, the independent, nonprofit investigative journalism organization.  —  It's standard advice for consumers: If you are prescribed a medicine, always ask if there is a cheaper generic.
 
 
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