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Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
A GOP congressman is peppered with questions about Trump during raucous town hall  —  Voters in U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler's suburban New York swing district heaped criticism on the Republican during a raucous town hall Sunday night, peppering him with questions around President Donald Trump's aggressive agenda …
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Washington Post:
These 6 Republican ‘red lines’ could complicate Trump's policy plans
Discussion: Semafor, Raw Story and Press Herald
Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler faces another rowdy town hall as police carry away audience member
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:   Lawler town hall devolves into chaos
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
‘60 Minutes’ Thumbs Its Nose at Trump With Scathing Segment  —  NOT SCARED OF YOU  —  The show brought on lawyers and firms targeted by President Donald Trump's sweeping executive orders.  —  60 Minutes examined Donald Trump's revenge tour against Big Law in a scathing episode on Sunday …
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MSNBC:
Would take ‘Herculean effort’ to rebuild: Voice of America employee speaks out amid Trump order  —  An appeals court put a ruling on pause that ordered Voice of America employees to return to work.  Now, workers face uncertainty about the future of their jobs as President Trump's executive order winds its way through courts.
Discussion: Fox News and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump  —  The president's older sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, spent the past two weeks traveling the world and announcing deals, many of which will financially benefit their father.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump promised no new business deals with foreign governments. He lied.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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The Guardian:
Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Put 100% Tariff on Movies Made Outside U.S.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked  —  A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages, 404 Media has learned.
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Giorgio Leali / Politico:
Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump's war on universities as ‘gigantic miscalculation’
Scott Bessent / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Three Steps to Economic Growth  —  His tariffs, tax cuts and deregulation efforts make up a coherent strategy to benefit Main Street.  —  Readers of this paper know better than anyone: Wall Street has experienced historic success over the last four decades.  Since 1980, the S&P 500 has increased more than 5,500%.
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
How Trump could make Americans permanently poorer
Associated Press:
Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say  —  Israel approved plans on Monday to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, in a move that if implemented would vastly expand Israel's operations …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Trump Tells Hate Leader And J6 Seditionist ‘I Love You Guys’ At Mar-A-Lago: Report  —  The president chatted with the former extremist group boss as he was dining at Trump's country club.  —  Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys and convicted seditionist in the Jan. 6 …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:   Our Megalomaniacal President  —  More headlines from the disaster zone: … Happy Monday
Andres Picon / Politico:
GOP may be closer than ever to enacting a massive rule-busting bill  —  “For those who say it would make a radical change ... I'd say, ‘Thank heaven above for that,’” says Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee.  —  Conservative Republicans have spent more than a decade working toward a wholesale rollback …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kristin Wright / NPR:
An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters  —  An exhibit showing victims of gun violence has been taken down at the headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Justice has confirmed.
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Memorial to victims of gun violence taken down at ATF headquarters
Discussion: Townhall
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump Throws a Tantrum After Getting Roasted by Karl Rove  —  LATE-NIGHT RANT  —  The president was stung after the Republican strategist ripped into him on tariffs, communications, and the AI image of Trump as the pope.  —  President Donald Trump ripped into Republican strategist Karl Rove …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump administration offers $1,000 to migrants who self-deport  —  The Trump administration announced Monday it would give migrants a $1,000 payment if they “self-deport” using a government app.  —  The announcement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called the funds a way to …
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Janet Lorin / Bloomberg:
Ackman Slams Harvard for Failures, Calls to Remove Pritzker  —  Bill Ackman rattled off a list of concerns over how his alma mater Harvard University has handled the conflict with President Donald Trump, arguing it needs a change in board leadership.  —  The Pershing Square Capital Management …
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Trump and Harvard Both Want ‘Viewpoint Diversity.’ What Does It Mean?
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Clearly Unhinged’: Critics Sink Trump's ‘Asinine’ Plan To Reopen Alcatraz Prison  —  The president wants to turn the park back into a penitentiary despite the fact that it would cost a fortune.  —  President Donald Trump's plan to expand and reopen Alcatraz as a prison …
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Associated Press:
Trump says he's going to reopen Alcatraz prison. Doing so would be difficult and costly
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
We need a way to aggregate what Donald Trump is doing to this country  —  News organizations, along with good-government groups and other interested parties, are doing a commendable job of chronicling the damage the Trump regime is doing to the government, the country, and the world.
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Pence says January 6 attack's failure ‘became a triumph of freedom’ as he receives JFK Profile in Courage Award  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday while receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award that January 6, 2021, “became a triumph of freedom” …
Politico:
Senators unveil bipartisan plan to lower drug costs  —  Sens. Josh Hawley and Peter Welch are teaming up on bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering drug costs by barring drug companies in the U.S. from charging higher prices than the international average.  While their bill is different …
John Wisely / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan AG Dana Nessel drops all charges against U-M pro-Palestinian Diag protesters  —  Decision came after calls for Nessel to recuse herself.  —  Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has dropped all charges against seven pro-Palestinian protesters arrested last year on the University of Michigan Diag.
Bloomberg:
The Trade War Is Coming for Your Plumbing  —  Sweeping tariffs will harm makers of plumbing products — just like other manufacturers.  —  A fair summary of the president's kaleidoscopic vision for the American economy might go something like this: Workers should have rewarding manufacturing jobs …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The most disturbing aspect of Trump's first 100 days  —  Too many American businesses are acting like he's already a dictator  —  Almost everything Donald Trump does becomes a bizarre, larger-than-life spectacle.  —  But precisely for that reason, it's important to remember that “normal” …
 
 
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Trump isn't making America great —he's making it unrecognizable
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