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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
EXCLUSIVE: Yorktown Elitist and Bronx Hoaxer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Went by “Sandy” Well into College at Boston U (VIDEO) — Congresswoman and Democrat-Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grew up and attended school in affluent Westchester, New York but likes to pretend like she grew up in the Bronx.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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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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Power Line, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Daily Wire, Althouse, Louder With Crowder, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones and Mashable
Eliza Relman / INSIDER:
THE TRUTH ABOUT ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ …
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Washington Post and The Atlantic
Kolbe Nelson / CBS News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says “no question” Trump is a racist in 60 Minutes interview
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The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
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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Talking Points Memo, The American Conservative and Axios
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Is this the dark before the light? — DRIVING THE DAY — SHUTDOWN ... DAY 17 ... The one positive element our sources took out of yesterday's meeting at the White House is that this government funding stalemate needs to get much worse before it gets solved, and that is what began happening yesterday.
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Political Wire and Associated Press
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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The Week
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Park Service takes ‘extraordinary step’ of dipping into entrance fees to bolster operations at popular sites
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Splinter, NPR, East Bay Times, Gizmodo, Talking Points Memo, Townhall, Roll Call, KTLA, CNN and Axios
New York Times:
Posing as Prohibitionists, 2nd Effort Used Online Fakery in Alabama Race — The “Dry Alabama” Facebook page, illustrated with stark images of car wrecks and videos of families ruined by drink, had a blunt message: Alcohol is the devil's work, and the state should ban it entirely.
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Washington Post, Axios and Talking Points Memo
Bloomberg:
When Mueller Issues Report, Trump May Try to Suppress Some of It — White House options include assertion of executive privilege — Democrats in Congress will demand public airing of the report — The White House may try to block portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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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Talking Points Memo, The Week and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign moves to stave off mayhem at 2020 convention — President Donald Trump is tightening his iron grip on the Republican Party, launching an elaborate effort to stamp out any vestiges of GOP opposition that might embarrass him at the 2020 Republican convention.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo
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.
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Emma Best
Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Reuters:
Saudi teen barricades herself in Thai hotel to stop being returned to family — Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Ghaida Ghantous — BANGKOK/DUBAI (Reuters) - An 18-year-old Saudi woman fleeing her family barricaded herself inside a Thai airport hotel on Monday, refusing to allow immigration officials …
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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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The Daily Caller, sdf-press.com/en, Splinter, Task & Purpose and NPR
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
House Democrats prepare fusillade of Trump investigations — Democrats want to investigate the Trump Hotel deal and President Donald Trump's taxes. They want to haul up conflicted Cabinet officials and dig into controversial changes to the census and food stamps.
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What, precisely, do Democrats want to impeach Trump for? — Newly sworn-in Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib electrified progressives with her passionate declaration that she and her colleagues will “ impeach the motherfucker” — the “motherfucker,” of course, being President Trump.
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
What Romney Exposed About Late-Stage Trumpism — For some reason, Trump supporters get angry when critics discuss the president's character. — Last week's op-ed from Mitt Romney was interesting not just for what it was, but for what the response to it revealed.
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Real Clear Politics, LewRockwell and USA Today
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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NBC News
Martin Evans / Telegraph:
Artificial intelligence tool used to catch people who lie to the police — British scientists have developed a new computer programme that can spot if someone has lied to police about being robbed. — The groundbreaking software analyses the wording of a victim's statement in order to identify tell tale signs of fake reports.
David Tweed / Bloomberg:
These Are the 10 Biggest Risks in the World, According to Eurasia Group — The global geopolitical environment is at its most dangerous in decades, according to Eurasia Group, the consultancy founded by Ian Bremmer. Here is a look at Eurasia's top predictions for risks that could impact the world in 2019.
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 …
Brian Ellsworth / Reuters:
Former Venezuela Supreme Court judge flees to U.S., denounces Maduro — CARACAS (Reuters) - Former Venezuelan Supreme Court Justice Christian Zerpa has fled to the United States to protest President Nicolas Maduro's second term that will begin with his inauguration this week …
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
‘More aggressive and in your face’: Newsom takes power in California — SAN FRANCISCO — Gavin Newsom sweeps into the California governor's mansion Monday hinting that he'll take a more confrontational posture toward Donald Trump in Washington, but his biggest challenge may be dealing …
CBS News:
Nancy Pelosi: “We have a problem” if Trump doesn't care about governance — Nancy Pelosi capped her unlikely comeback this past week surrounded by children. The California Democrat was elected, once again, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and become the most powerful woman in American history.
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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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