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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 …
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 …
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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  —  Kayleigh McEnany, who recently departed CNN as a contributor, will be the next spokesperson for the Republican National Committee.  —  “I am excited to be joining the RNC at such an important and historic time in our country,” said McEnany, a frequent surrogate for Donald Trump
CNNMoney:
Kayleigh McEnany appears in pro-Trump ‘news’ video after leaving CNN
Glenn Smith / Post and Courier:
Emails: South Carolina AG coordinated with key figure in statehouse probe on letter booting special prosecutor off case
Discussion: Political Wire
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Breaks From Vacation to Tweet Criticism of Media and Rally His Base
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 …
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller blasted a reporter as ‘cosmopolitan.’ But he lives in a $1 million CityCenter condo.  —  White House senior adviser Stephen Miller famously used the adjective “cosmopolitan” to insult CNN's Jim Acosta during an exchange in the White House briefing room last week …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Fox News:
Lynch used email alias ‘Elizabeth Carlisle’ to write about Clinton tarmac meeting
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.
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Source: Trump Is Upset With New Book About Bannon's Role On Campaign  —  President Donald Trump is not pleased with a new book claiming White House chief strategist Steve Bannon had a major role in Trump's electoral victory, a source tell The Daily Caller.  —  Bloomberg writer Joshua Green's new book …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
People don't care if Bill Gates gets richer, Steve Forbes says about limiting taxes for the wealthy
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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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
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 …
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.
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
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.
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.
Washington Times:
Bakers refused to make pro-Trump birthday cake for 9-year-old boy: Report  —  A boy whose letter to President Trump made national headlines last month reportedly wanted a pro-Trump cake for his birthday party, but his mother was unable to find a baker willing to fulfill the order.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
‘Good Conservative’ Grassley Ramps Up His Panel's Trump-Russia Probe  —  Republican Grassley calls himself ‘equal opportunity overseer’  —  Some Republicans question Grassley's Judiciary Committee probe  —  Donald Trump may have annoyed the wrong man in Congress.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
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 …
Discussion: IJR
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. May Begin Airstrikes Against ISIS in Philippines  —  The Pentagon is considering a plan that allows the U.S. military to conduct airstrikes on ISIS in the Philippines, two defense officials told NBC News.  —  The authority to strike ISIS targets as part of collective self-defense …
Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller and NBC News
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Alabama Senate GOP primary poll: Moore leads with 30 percent support  —  Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore leads the crowded Republican primary field in the state's Senate race, according to a new poll.  —  Moore has 30 percent support in the JMC Analytics and Polling survey.
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: Talking Points Memo and IJR
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
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Refuse to Accept the Lies - Before It Is Too Late  —  A woman gave birth the other day, and the liberal media squeed in delight, which is weird - usually the media only cares about babies in the context of waxing them in the womb.  Plus, don't the sacraments of the Weird Weather Religion deem babies bad …
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
 
 
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Right-Wing Militias Are Now Actively Supporting Some State and Local Pro-Trump Politicians
Discussion: Raw Story
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Discussion: AOL and Motherboard
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