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Yemeni bodegas boycott New York Post over attacks on Ilhan Omar — Murdoch-owned paper published front page that Yemeni American Merchants Association says ‘provoked hatred’ — A group of New York corner-store owners has announced a boycott on the sale of the New York Post …
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Latest Attacks On Ilhan Omar Show That Anti-Muslim Hate Isn't A Partisan Issue
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RedState, Joe.My.God. and CBS News

Ilhan Omar Falls Victim to the Outrage Exhibitionists
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Mediaite, Townhall, Joe.My.God., New York Times and No More Mister Nice Blog

Now Outraged, Trump Boasted On 9/11 That His Building Was Tallest After Attack
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Mother Jones, Business Insider, The Guardian, Washington Press and ThinkProgress


Trump White House braces for full Mueller report — While most of official Washington is on edge ahead of the expected release of special counsel Robert Mueller's full report, Trump White House aides are shrugging off the fevered anticipation with a simple message: been there, done that.
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Dems rip Nunes' plan for private huddle with Barr to discuss criminal allegations — House Democrats are crying foul over a plan by the Intelligence Committee's top Republican, Rep. Devin Nunes, to meet privately with Attorney General William Barr to push the Justice Department …
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Bipartisan Report, Hullabaloo and Raw Story

Stone cites Barr, Kavanaugh writings in last-ditch effort to dismiss Mueller indictment
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Joe.My.God., ABC News and Raw Story


The mob-boss presidency — A normal president confronted with a news story suggesting he ordered underlings to illegally transport asylum seekers to so-called sanctuary cities in order to retaliate against political enemies would deny knowledge of such a heinous plot.
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USA Today, Outside the Beltway and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »
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Trump's plan to send migrant detainees to sanctuary cities draws concerns about cost, legality
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The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal, IJR, Shareblue Media and Conservative News Today

How to Resist Validating President Trump's View of Sanctuary Cities
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Washington Post, USA Today, Althouse, The Colorado Independent and CNN


The Many Reasons to Run for President When You Probably Don't Stand a Chance — There is no discernible mass groundswell for an Eric Swalwell presidential campaign. — The case against: He is a 38-year-old California congressman of little legislative distinction.


House Democrats give IRS hard deadline of April 23 to turn over Trump tax returns, say administration's concerns ‘lack merit’ — House Democrats are giving the Trump administration a hard-deadline of April 23 to turn over President Trump's tax returns, pushing back against Treasury Secretary …
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House committee sends new letter to IRS demanding Trump's tax returns — (CNN)House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal is not backing down on his request for six years of the President Donald Trump's personal and business tax returns, he writes In a new letter sent Saturday to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig.
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Talking Points Memo, The Root and ThinkProgress


Did the #TrumpTaxScam raise your taxes? — Trump will be in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday - Tax Day - for a MAGA rally where he'll trumpet the GOP tax law. — You heard that right. — Throughout this tax season, Americans expecting a big tax cut promised by Trump and the GOP got the opposite - a tax increase.


Democrats, Please Take Whatever Precautions Are Necessary To Prevent This Terrible Disaster — All of this has happened before. — I'm a Republican and I'm here to help. — I want to help because we live in the same country and while our politics may diverge, our future is inextricably bound together.
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Bernie Sanders pushes back at critics of his new wealth: 'I didn't know it was a crime to write a good book' — Gary, Indiana (CNN)Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday rejected suggestions that his growing nest egg, mostly amassed from book sales following his 2016 campaign, undermines his political message.
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Axios and Booman Tribune


As Ecuador Harbored Assange, It Was Subjected to Threats and Leaks — The secrets came directly from the phones of President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador: intimate pictures of him and his family on vacation, text messages from his wife, even a photograph of the president himself in a posh bedroom, eating a lobster in bed.
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Politico
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Reporters Committee analysis of U.S. government indictment of Julian Assange
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Hullabaloo


Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police — The tech giant records people's locations worldwide. Now, investigators are using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk of snaring the innocent. — When detectives in a Phoenix suburb arrested a warehouse worker …
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Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »


Bernie Sanders Imagines a Progressive New Approach to Foreign Policy — In the early summer of 2017, a little less than a year after his Presidential campaign had ended, Bernie Sanders spent a few days on a speaking tour in England, to promote the European version of his book “Our Revolution.”
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The American Conservative


Trump and the Annihilation of Shame — Charles Van Doren's death marks the end of an era. — I had never heard of Charles Van Doren until, in college, I saw the movie “Quiz Show,” and I probably never thought of him again until I read his obituary this week in The Times.