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Anderson Cooper / CBS News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The rookie congresswoman challenging the Democratic establishment — The youngest woman ever elected to Congress tells 60 Minutes she thinks President Trump is racist and responds to criticisms she could be pushing the Democratic Party too far to the left
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Mother Jones, Louder With Crowder and Mashable
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Eliza Relman / INSIDER:
THE TRUTH ABOUT ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: The inside story of how, in just one year, Sandy the bartender became a lawmaker who triggers both parties — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a bartender when she pulled together a scrappy populist campaign for US Congress and stunned the political world …
Kolbe Nelson / CBS News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says “no question” Trump is a racist in 60 Minutes interview — The congresswoman says the president uses words “which are historic dog whistles of white supremacy” — In a 60 Minutes interview that touched on a number of subjects, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said there's …
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The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
As shutdown drags on, Trump officials make new demands, seek novel ways to cope with its impacts — Trump administration officials began taking extraordinary steps to contain the fallout from the partial federal government shutdown Sunday, as the budget impasse between the president …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Park Service takes ‘extraordinary step’ of dipping into entrance fees to bolster operations at popular sites — Critics say the unprecedented move, which comes as trash and other problems mount, could be illegal. — The National Park Service will take the unprecedented step of tapping entrance fees …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Eyes Radical Move to Escape Impasse Over Wall and Shutdown — Reiterated threat of declaring national emergency to fund wall — Move would prompt immediate legal challenge by Democrats — Donald Trump edged closer toward a radical move to fund his border wall after the prospect …
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Washington Post:
Trump sticks to demand for border wall funding as shutdown drags on
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One America News Network
Quint Forgey / Politico:
White House asks Congress for $5.7 billion for ‘steel barrier’
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POLITICUSUSA, Splinter, Raw Story, Breitbart and Axios
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump says he's ‘in no hurry’ to replace acting Cabinet members
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Washington Monthly
Boris Sanchez / CNN:
Trump inclined to declare national emergency if talks continue to stall
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Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, KTLA, WGN-TV, Daily Kos, The Week, ThinkProgress and Associated Press
Bruce Ackerman / New York Times:
No, Trump Cannot Declare an ‘Emergency’ to Build His Wall
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Splinter and No More Mister Nice Blog
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Susan Zirinsky will replace David Rhodes as CBS News president, becoming first woman to lead division — Longtime producer Susan Zirinsky is replacing CBS News President David Rhodes in March, becoming the first woman to lead the storied division in the network's history.
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Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Susan Zirinsky Replaces David Rhodes as CBS News President — David Rhodes will step down as president of CBS News after an eight-year tenure and will be replaced by veteran producer Susan Zirinsky, CBS announced Sunday night, a maneuver executives and anchors alike no doubt hope will end an era of turmoil at the famous news division.
New York Times:
Biden Sees Himself as Democrats' Best Hope in 2020, Allies Say — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is in the final stages of deciding whether to run for president and has told allies he is skeptical the other Democrats eyeing the White House can defeat President Trump …
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The American Conservative and Axios
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
American ISIS Member Caught on Syrian Battlefield, Militia Says — A 34-year-old man from Houston who is said to have sent a résumé and cover letter seeking a job with the Islamic State has been seized on a battlefield in Syria, an American-backed militia fighting the militants said Sunday.
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sdf-press.com/en, Splinter and Task & Purpose
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Bolton promises no troop withdrawal from Syria until ISIS contained, Kurds' safety guaranteed
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Hullabaloo and Splinter
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
No Syria withdrawal without Turkish pledge not to attack Kurds, Bolton says
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ThinkProgress and The Week
Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
WikiLeaks tells reporters 140 things not to say about Julian Assange — LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks on Sunday advised journalists not to report 140 different “false and defamatory” statements about its founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 2012.
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Fox's Chris Wallace Repeatedly Nails Sarah Sanders on Bogus Border Terror Threat Claims — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders ran into a buzzsaw Sunday morning when Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace challenged the Trump administration's repeated false claims about terrorism …
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, IJR, Talking Points Memo and Contemptor
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
‘I been eatin like a boss’: Federal prisoners served steak by unpaid guards during shutdown — With the federal government shutdown solidly into its third week, there is no shortage of hypocritical or ironic or just plain sad moments to further enrage apoplectic taxpayers:
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Inc.com:
In an Astonishing Letter, Delta and United Airlines Pilots Just Told President Trump To Stop and Think — Airline pilots are very worried about the government shutdown. — Will he react? — By Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.
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Hullabaloo
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
No, it's not sexist to call Elizabeth Warren ‘unlikable’ — In 2020, all women will be likable. They have to be, since the charge of “unlikable” is now, yes, sexist. — A recent Politico article wondered whether Sen. Liz Warren's newly announced 2020 bid was going to remind people …
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The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Daily Kos
John F. Harris / Politico:
Jerry Brown's Midnight in America — SACRAMENTO—Nearly a half-century on the national stage surely entitles a leader to some valedictory words, and if Jerry Brown were a conventional politician one could easily imagine what those words might be: — Though the sun is setting …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Tucker Carlson's Monologue Insults His Viewers — Conservatives are abuzz about a long monologue delivered on Fox News by the host Tucker Carlson, who intimated solidarity with “normal Americans” while accusing U.S. elites of callously betraying their countrymen.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, twitchy.com and American Greatness
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
A family felt a black child's killing was a hate crime. An arrest gave police a ‘new direction.’ — Texas authorities have charged a man in the fatal shooting of a black 7-year-old girl, whose death captured national attention and sparked a manhunt for the killer.
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abc13.com, New York Times and The Daily Caller
Neil Dwyer / Washington Examiner:
We need more GOP women, but not in the mold of Rep. Elise Stefanik — The Republican Party heads into 2019 having lost its House majority. Much like in the aftermath of Mitt Romney's loss in the 2012 presidential election, some are calling for an autopsy of what went wrong.
Ian Sample / The Guardian:
‘Sonic attack’ on US embassy in Havana could have been crickets, say scientists — Noise which saw diplomats complaining of headaches and nausea could be song of Indies short-tailed cricket — The US embassy in Havana more than halved its staff in 2017 when diplomats complained of headaches …
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