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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump ‘very pissed off’ at former White House aide's tell-all — President Donald Trump is “very pissed off” and “really hopping mad” at former aide Cliff Sims' new book that reveals firsthand the chaos and infighting that is ever present in his White House, according to several current and former White House officials.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Mediaite and Political Wire
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
An Obscure White House Staffer's Jaw-Dropping Trump Tell-All — “This is the worst f—ing job I've ever had.” — So snapped John Kelly on a March morning in the West Wing, according to a new book by Cliff Sims. The chief of staff was sitting in his office, a light-filled space …
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Want to see the Lincoln bedroom?’: Trump relishes role as White House tour guide — When President Trump brings senators, New York friends or other guests to the Oval Office, he occasionally opens a door near his desk summoning guests to follow. Flashing a grin, he wants his friends …
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ABC News, Talking Points Memo, Conservative News Today, Raw Story, The Root, Splinter, Joe.My.God., The Big Lead, Althouse and Mediaite
Cliff Sims / Politico:
‘Mean as a Snake’: When President Trump Met the Real Mitch McConnell — It's nearly impossible to have a conversation while waiting on the president to make an appearance. Instead, everyone steals glances at the closed door, waiting for it to open, and converses in short …
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Raw Story
Mike Bloomberg:
Mike Bloomberg Statement on Independent Run — Last fall I spent over $100 million of my own money to elect Democrats to the House because I believed it was absolutely imperative to ensure a congressional counterweight to President Trump. Thankfully, we were successful.
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CNN, Townhall, Talking Points Memo, VICE, IJR, Axios, Raw Story, The Daily Beast, The Week, New York Times, POLITICUSUSA and NTK Network
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Howard Schultz May Save the Democratic Party From Itself — The Starbucks founder Howard Schultz is the Twitter villain of the hour. If hot takes actually generated heat, Schultz would already have been vaporized under the onrush of magma. His offense: contemplating a run for president as a self-funded independent centrist.
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CNBC, Breitbart, Daily Wire, The Daily Beast, GeekWire, Power Line and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Howard Schultz Might Reelect Trump Because He Doesn't Understand How Politics Works — Billionaire coffee-shop mogul Howard Schultz is seriously thinking of running for president as an independent. Schultz appears to be one of those rich people who has confused his success in one field …
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ABC News, American Prospect, Vox, New York Times, NBC News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mike Allen / Axios:
Howard Schultz knows some Dems are going to hate him — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz tells Axios he's “unfazed” by the online trashing from Democrats who think that by running for president as an independent, he could split the anti-Trump vote and re-elect the president.
Ben White / Politico:
Wall Street freaks out about 2020 — NEW YORK — Top Wall Street executives would love to be rid of President Donald Trump. But they are getting panicked about the prospect of an ultraliberal Democratic nominee bent on raising taxes and slapping regulations on their firms.
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ABC News, Common Dreams, One America News Network and Splinter
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CNN:
Kamala Harris' big challenge — Kamala Harris: America, we are better than this — David Axelrod, a CNN commentator, was senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
New Party, Who Dis? — A new poll shows New Hampshire Democrats prefer …
New Party, Who Dis? — A new poll shows New Hampshire Democrats prefer …
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NBC News, The Daily Caller and The Resurgent
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's 2020 Strategy: Stand Out by ‘Nerding Out’
Elizabeth Warren's 2020 Strategy: Stand Out by ‘Nerding Out’
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National Review and NB Blog
Ylan Mui / CNBC:
The government shutdown cost the economy $11 billion, including a permanent $3 billion loss, Congressional Budget Office says — The federal government shutdown cost the economy $11 billion, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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Joe.My.God. and Shakesville
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Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Shutdown cost the U.S. $3 billion that won't be recovered, CBO says
Shutdown cost the U.S. $3 billion that won't be recovered, CBO says
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ABC News and One America News Network
CBO Publications:
The Effects of the Partial Shutdown Ending in January 2019
The Effects of the Partial Shutdown Ending in January 2019
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Vox, National Review, ABC News, Associated Press, The Guardian, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Shutdown Cost U.S. Economy $11 Billion, C.B.O. Says
Shutdown Cost U.S. Economy $11 Billion, C.B.O. Says
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Outside the Beltway
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump calls Bible literacy classes in schools ‘great’ — President Donald Trump on Monday cheered on the controversial push to introduce Bible literacy classes to public schools. — “Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible.
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Vox, Daily Wire, The Hill, Raw Story and The Week
Jason Sweeten / BuzzFeed:
Do You Still Have A Job At BuzzFeed? — “As you know, the company is going thru a reorganization...” — This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone create a post. Learn more or post your buzz!
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Splinter, Chicks On The Right, The Daily Caller and Conservative News Today, more at Mediagazer »
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As Trump slides in new poll, he retreats deeper into Fox News fantasyland — A new Post-ABC News poll finds that most Americans believe President Trump is failing spectacularly by many different metrics. Large majorities say he doesn't have the temperament to be president …
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NBC News, Outside the Beltway and Talking Points Memo
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Justin Wise / The Hill:
Trump rips into Fox News over shutdown, border wall coverage
Trump rips into Fox News over shutdown, border wall coverage
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Vox, Washington Post, Hot Air, Chicks On The Right, The Week, Salon, The Root, AOL and IJR
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Trump Goes After Fox News: ‘Even Less Understanding’ of Wall than ‘Fake News CNN and MSNBC’
Trump Goes After Fox News: ‘Even Less Understanding’ of Wall than ‘Fake News CNN and MSNBC’
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The Hill, Conservative News Today, Contemptor, IJR, Splinter and Joe.My.God.
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
$1.5 trillion U.S. tax cut has no major impact on business capex plans: survey — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's $1.5 trillion cut tax package appeared to have no major impact on businesses' capital investment or hiring plans, according to a survey released a year …
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The Democrats
New York Times:
Woman Stuck in Elevator of Manhattan Townhouse for Entire Weekend — [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] — The owners of a Manhattan townhouse arrived home Monday morning after a weekend away to discover that a female employee had been stuck …
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New York Post, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and The Week
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
Another Side of #MeToo: Male Managers Fearful of Mentoring Women — DAVOS, Switzerland — Men attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this year were worried about a lot of things. A global economic slowdown. Threats to cybersecurity. Populism. War.
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Hullabaloo, Jezebel and Althouse
CNN:
State of the Union will not take place Tuesday, Pelosi aide says — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's second State of the Union address will not take place on Tuesday, an aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told CNN. — The aide confirmed that the address, which was originally scheduled for Tuesday …
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The Daily Beast, Joe.My.God., The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo and The Guardian
Robert VerBruggen / National Review:
Who's Benefiting from Medicaid Expansion? — There's a new study of how the Affordable Care Act, especially the Medicaid expansion, played out in California: … In other words, the expansion brought in federal money that benefited hospitals and government budgets, and it made care …
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NBER, American Hospital Association and Mother Jones
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
U.S. and Taliban Agree in Principle to Peace Framework, Envoy Says — KABUL, Afghanistan — American and Taliban officials have agreed in principle to the framework of a peace deal in which the insurgents guarantee to prevent Afghan territory from being used by terrorists …
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Foreign Policy, CNN, The Daily Beast, The Week, The Resurgent and National Review
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won't Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’ — SAN FRANCISCO — Despite a trade war between the United States and China and past admonishments from President Trump “to start building their damn computers and things in this country,” Apple is unlikely to bring its manufacturing closer to home.
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Mother Jones, Gizmodo and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Tony Briscoe / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago's record for coldest temperature ever could fall as polar vortex has city ‘in the crosshairs’ — Snow over the Chicago area arrives ahead of an arctic blast of air that may set new record cold temperatures. — One of the coldest air masses in years will envelop the Midwest …
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Fox News, Mother Jones, Breitbart and Washington Post
Elizabeth Goitein / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Destroying His Own Case for a National Emergency — It has now been more than three weeks since President Donald Trump first began his public flirtation with declaring a national emergency as a way of getting funding to build a wall on the southern border.
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Women's March Leader Omits Jews From Holocaust Remembrance Statement — Linda Sarsour attacked the White House for the same thing in 2017 — Women's March leader Linda Sarsour penned a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement that omitted any mention of the Jewish people …
Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Latest polling data point to major re-election challenges for Trump in Wisconsin — With less than two years to go before the 2020 election, President Donald Trump faces an uphill climb in winning a second victory in Wisconsin, a battleground that will be at the epicenter of the next presidential campaign.
David Martin / CBS News:
Private company launches “largest fleet of satellites in human history” to photograph Earth — A private company has set off a revolution in space by launching hundreds of small satellites, enough to photograph the entire landmass of the Earth every day — For decades the U.S. Has relied …
Andrew C. McCarthy / The Hill:
Stone indictment makes clear there was no Trump-Russia conspiracy — Special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of Roger Stone elucidates what has been apparent to the public for a year, and therefore must have been known to prosecutors and the FBI for much longer: There was no criminal conspiracy between …
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CNN, JONATHAN TURLEY and emptywheel
David Byler / Washington Post:
Want to know which Democrats can actually beat Trump? We don't have to guess. — In the 2020 primary, Democrats face the same task that every party does in every race: to nominate someone who both represents them and can win. At this crossroads for the party, polling, demographic data …
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Hiding Out With Randy Credico, the Stand-Up Comic Who Could Help Put Roger Stone in Prison — It is the Wednesday after the midterms, and comedian and longtime New York political stuntman Randy Credico is smoking an e-cigarette at the Friars Club bar, expounding on his theory that the president …
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The Daily Caller and NY State of Politics