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Alvin Chang / Vox:
A week of Fox News transcripts shows how they began questioning Mueller's credibility — The data shows how this storyline developed. — Conservative media's attack on special counsel Robert Mueller was in the works far before Mueller brought indictments against high-level Trump campaign officials.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
‘I want to quit’: Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was ‘an embarrassment’ — Some employees at Fox News were left embarrassed and humiliated by their network's coverage of the latest revelations in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
It sure looks like there was collusion between the Trump operation and Russia — Look at the whole story and tell me this isn't suspicious. — Two things are true about the indictments unsealed by special counsel Bob Mueller Monday: — They don't provide a “smoking gun” …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Plot Against America — On Monday morning, after America learned that Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's lobbying partner, Rick Gates, had been indicted and turned themselves in to federal authorities, the president tried to distance himself from the unfolding scandal.
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Watch a Trump crony spin the indictments so badly he gets called out by Fox News — Three former Trump campaign officials — Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, and George Papadopoulos — have been indicted for multiple federal charges ranging from conspiracy against the United States to laundering foreign money …
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IJR and The Guardian
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Got Early Word Russia Had Democrats' Emails — WASHINGTON — The indictment of a 30-year-old campaign aide — so green that he listed Model United Nations in his qualifications — shifted the narrative on Monday of the Trump campaign's interactions with Russia …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Bannon pushing Trump to take action on Mueller: reports
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Washington Post:
Upstairs at home, with the TV on, Trump fumes over Russia indictments — President Trump woke before dawn on Monday and burrowed in at the White House residence to wait for the Russia bombshell he knew was coming. — Separated from most of his West Wing staff — who fretted …
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The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Tells Trump To Bring In New Lawyers as He Looks For Ways to Kneecap Mueller … Steve Bannon spoke on the phone with his old boss, Donald Trump, on Monday and offered a message: get yourself some new lawyers. — The former White House chief strategist has grown increasingly concerned …
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BuzzFeed:
Washington's Legions Of Lobbyists See Danger In Special Counsel's Indictment Of Manafort
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Associated Press:
Trump fumes as Mueller probe enters new phase with charges
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Bloomberg:
Mueller Raises Pressure on Trump With Papadopoulos-Russia Link
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel's office: Papadopoulos ‘small part’ of ‘large scale investigation’
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Robert Mueller Is Just Beginning to Put the Pressure On
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CNN:
Trump ‘seething’ as Mueller probe reaches former aides
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
In wake of indictments, Trump's attorney reiterates ‘pardons are not on the table’
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Historians respond to John F. Kelly's Civil War remarks: ‘Strange,’ ‘sad,’ ‘wrong’ — White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly was the guest for the premiere of Laura Ingraham's new show on Fox News Monday night. During the interview, he outlined a view of the history of the Civil War …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ta-Nehisi Coates Schools John Kelly On History Of Civil War And ‘Compromise’ — After White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on Monday night said that the Civil War was the result of “the lack of an ability to compromise” and called Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee an “honorable man,” author Ta-Nehisi Coates tore into Kelly on Twitter.
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
John Kelly Pins Civil War on ‘Lack of Ability to Compromise’
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Kelly wants investigation into allegations surrounding Clinton
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Jess McIntosh / Shareblue Media:
Shareblue Media reporter violently arrested while covering GOP nominee for Virginia governor — Shareblue Media reporter Mike Stark has been harassed, ejected from public events, and prevented from covering Republican Ed Gillespie's campaign for governor of Virginia.
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Larry O'Connor / Mediaite:
Virginia Governor's Race Turns Ugly With Ad Depicting Republicans As Racist Predators
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Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
Virginia ad features minority kids chased by truck with Gillespie sticker, Confederate flag
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
America's Most and Least Popular Governors — Republican leaders in blue states continue to shine — Getty Images / Morning Consult illustration — The latest installment of Morning Consult's Governor Approval Rankings — a survey of more than 255,000 registered voters nationwide conducted online …
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The Daily Caller and The Week
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
How Voters View 2018's Most Vulnerable Senators a Year Out
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bizpacreview.com and IJR
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
White House releases Trump, Pence official portraits — President Trump is seen smiling broadly in his official portrait that will hang in federal buildings across the country. — The White House released the official photographs of Trump and Vice President Pence on Tuesday.
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bizpacreview.com, IJR and The Week
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House won't rule out a Trump-Putin meeting in Asia
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RedState
The Hill:
Senate GOP: We are unified on controversial tax policy change — Senate Republicans say that a brewing controversy in the House on state and local tax deductions won't be much of a problem in the upper chamber. — They point out that a test vote held earlier this year shows the Senate GOP conference …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Daily Kos
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David Morgan / Reuters:
U.S. House tax chief says state income tax deduction will not remain
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Political Wire
Catherine Boudreau / Politico:
Clovis said to be ‘cooperative witness’ in Senate Russia probe — Sam Clovis, President Donald Trump's controversial nominee to be the Agriculture Department's chief scientist, has been “a fully cooperative witness” in the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation of Russian interference …
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Chris Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Andy Dick Fired From Movie Over Sexual Harassment Claims — Though the 51-year-old actor denies he groped anyone, he does admit to other inappropriate behavior: “I might have kissed somebody on the cheek to say goodbye and then licked them. That's my thing.”
Public Policy Polling:
Support For Impeachment At Record High — PPP's newest national poll finds a record level of support for impeaching Donald Trump. 49% of voters support impeaching him, to 41% who are opposed to doing so. This marks the 6th month in a row we've found a plurality of voters in favor of impeaching Trump …
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Political Wire, Politicus USA and IJR
Alice Paul Tapper / New York Times:
I'm 10. And I Want Girls to Raise Their Hands. — Last year on a fourth-grade field trip, I noticed that all the boys stood in the front and raised their hands while most of the girls politely stayed in the back and were quiet. It made me upset. — On the car ride home I told my mom about what happened.
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