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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Former senior national security officials to issue declaration on national emergency — A bipartisan group of 58 former senior national security officials will issue a statement Monday saying that “there is no factual basis” for President Trump's proclamation of a national emergency to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
GOP donors: Trump campaign lacks a strategy to win in 2020 — Late last month, more than 100 major Republican donors gathered at the Trump International Hotel for a presentation from the president's campaign manager Brad Parscale and other top political hands on their plans to keep the White House …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Warren shuts down donor dinners, insider access — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced Monday her campaign will shun fundraising through some of the old-fashioned means: dinners, donor calls and cocktail parties. — In an email to supporters Monday, Warren also said she won't sell access …
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Axios
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Concerns rise over Neomi Rao, Trump's D.C. Circuit nominee — A new obstacle has emerged in the path to Neomi Rao replacing Brett Kavanaugh on the powerful D.C. Circuit Court. — The state of play: A source close to the White House confirmation process told me that Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Trump's hawkish approach to Venezuela was spurred by a chance Oval Office encounter — Many observers see Trump's hawkish approach to Venezuela as a foreign policy aberration. In reality, though, it's pure Trump. Over a week of interviews, people with intimate knowledge …
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The American Conservative and Bloomberg
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
On Foreign Trips, Pence Steps Out of Trump's Shadow but Always Stays on Message
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The Week
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
The stakes could not be higher for Trump in extraordinary split screen week — (CNN)Even by the combustible standards of Donald Trump, the spectacle set to unfold around his presidency in time zones 12 hours apart in the next few days could defy description.
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Just Security, Political Wire, Politico and Mediaite
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Foster Klug / Associated Press:
Vietnam vows ‘maximum level’ security for Trump-Kim summit
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Politico
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Senate Dems demand ‘serious diplomatic plan’ ahead of Trump-Kim summit
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ABC News, Washington Press, One America News Network, The Guardian, Mother Jones and Contemptor
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Kamala Harris attracts crowds in Iowa, but leaves questions about what she believes — DES MOINES, Iowa — Kamala is here. The news spread quickly on Friday evening through the lobby of a downtown Des Moines hotel, where out-of-town progressives attending a political training and Iowans …
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Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Robert Kraft, Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and a day of reckoning for America's billionaires — He could have gone anywhere, but Robert Kraft — one of the 100 richest men in America, owner of the Super Bowl champion (sigh) New England Patriots — went to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa …
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The Daily Beast
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Ex-Clinton staffers slam Sanders over private jet flights — In his campaign launch video last week, Bernie Sanders singled out the fossil fuel industry for criticism, listing it among the special interests he planned to take on. But in the final months of the 2016 campaign …
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Sanders Asks Campaign Surrogates To ‘Engage Respectfully’ With Democratic Rivals
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New York Post:
Where in the world does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez live? … She may be America's most famous freshman congresswoman, but in New York, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a virtual ghost. — She has no district office and no local phone number, unlike the state's three other freshman members.
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Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, twitchy.com, Front Page Magazine, Louder With Crowder and Young Conservatives
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez stars as a ‘butt-kicking’ political superhero in new comic book
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The Guardian, RedState and Washington Post
Justin Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ is the worst best picture winner since ‘Crash’ … “Green Book” is the worst best picture Oscar winner since “Crash,” and I don't make the comparison lightly. — Like that 2005 movie, Peter Farrelly's interracial buddy dramedy is insultingly glib and hucksterish …
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Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
Dianne Feinstein Doesn't Need a Do-Over — On Friday morning in San Francisco, the Sunrise Movement faced off against the Sunset Movement—and the Sunset Movement won. It won big. — A group of jackbooted tots and aggrieved teenagers showed up at the local office of Dianne Feinstein …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Roger Stone's Proud Boys “Volunteers” Have Been Defending Him Online After The Judge Entered A Gag Order — WASHINGTON - Questioned in court last week about his recent Instagram post featuring a photo of the judge presiding over his case with what resembled a crosshairs symbol …
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Talking Points Memo, Splinter and Hullabaloo
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
House Democrats target Trump's personal finances — House Democrats are planning to cross one of President Donald Trump's red lines: investigating his personal finances. — With special counsel Robert Mueller expected to wind up his work soon, Democrats are launching an investigation …
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Raw Story
Alan Suderman / Associated Press:
Virginia's Fairfax compares himself to lynching victims — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Embattled Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax compared himself to Jim Crow-era lynching victims in a surprise speech Sunday, as he resists widespread calls to resign prompted by allegations of sexual assault.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump to Legal Team: Stay for Coming Legal Hellscape — The president has made private admissions that federal investigations bedeviling his first term in office will be haunting him for possibly years to come. — Late last year, over the course of three separate conversations …
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POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Liberty Unyielding
TheDenverChannel.com:
Former Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran announces primary challenge to Rep. Diana DeGette — Duran: “It is time for something new & different.” — Denver7 — Former Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran will challenge longtime Congresswoman Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary …
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