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Our President of the Perpetual Grievance — “The Russian hoax is finally dead,” President Trump declared on Thursday night, at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “The collusion delusion is over.” Trump, though, was not over it, and he was definitely not moving on.
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Poll: After Barr Letter, Overwhelming Majority Wants Full Mueller Report Released — Days after Attorney General William Barr released his four-page summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report, overwhelming majorities of Americans want the full report made public …
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‘Lock them up’? Trump's attention turns to his enemies list — Analysis: At the president's first rally since the attorney general announced he wouldn't be prosecuted, Trump went on offense against Democrats, media. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump identified the enemies of his state Thursday night.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Rush Limbaugh Rages at Bret Baier About Russia, the Media, Immigration: ‘We Are Being Invaded!’
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Trump Mocks and Jeers Media, Calls For Revenge as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Them Up!’
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A Mueller mystery: How Trump dodged a special counsel interview — and a subpoena fight
A Mueller mystery: How Trump dodged a special counsel interview — and a subpoena fight
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The Missing Piece of the Mueller Investigation — Gaming out the counterintelligence part of Mueller's probe — Americans are fiercely divided about one aspect of the Mueller investigation: the prospect that President Donald Trump committed a crime—such as conspiracy with Russians …
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House Democrats increasingly troubled by Barr's plan for Mueller report — House majority staff members described their frustration with the attorney general. — WASHINGTON — House Democrats are on a collision course with Attorney General William Barr as it appears increasingly unlikely …
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Nominee For No. 3 At Justice Department Withdraws After Backlash From GOP Senators — President Trump's pick to serve as third in command at the Justice Department, overseeing health care and immigration cases, withdrew her name from consideration Thursday evening amid backlash …
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Even Congress Might Not Get the Full Mueller Report
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IPBA Statement on Jussie Smollett Case Dismissal — The Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association serves as the voice for nearly 1,000 front line prosecutors across the State who work tirelessly towards the pursuit of justice. The events of the past few days regarding the Cook County State's Attorney's handling …
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The Democrats and Identity Politics in 2020 — If you weren't able to make it to the National Review Institute Ideas Summit — boy, are you missing out. But you can catch Rich Lowry's interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo here. — Making the click-through worthwhile …

Jussie Smollett's Lawyer Welcomes FBI Investigation, as Chicago Demands Actor Pay Up
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Eric Zorn / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Kim Foxx will and should lose her job over the Jussie Smollett case
Column: Kim Foxx will and should lose her job over the Jussie Smollett case
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The blue state Trump thinks he can flip in 2020 — President Donald Trump is muscling into a blue state where Democrats are reeling: Virginia. — With a tenuous grip on states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the president is looking for opportunities to expand his electoral playing field.
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McConnell to Trump: Health care's all yours
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
McConnell inches closer to nuclear option
McConnell inches closer to nuclear option
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Exclusive: Key Trump health official spends millions on GOP-connected consultants — The Trump appointee who oversees Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare quietly directed millions of taxpayer dollars in contracts to Republican communications consultants during her tenure atop the agency …
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UK can't escape Irish backstop with no-deal Brexit — No deal is no escape from the Northern Ireland backstop. — The U.K. will face firm preconditions for any talks with the EU following a no-deal Brexit, European Commission Secretary-General Martin Selmayr told ambassadors at a meeting in Brussels today.
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The European Union Thinks The UK Is Left With Two Choices After The Last 24 Hours Of Brexit Chaos
The European Union Thinks The UK Is Left With Two Choices After The Last 24 Hours Of Brexit Chaos
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Chasten Buttigieg Is Winning the 2020 Spouse Primary — Maybe the most noteworthy thing about Chasten Buttigieg's sudden internet fame is that he has a public profile at all. At this stage in a presidential race, most candidates' spouses are ornamental figures, taken gingerly out of the storage box …
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Is Pete Buttigieg Just Another White Male Candidate, or Does His Gayness Count as Diversity?
Is Pete Buttigieg Just Another White Male Candidate, or Does His Gayness Count as Diversity?
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Trump's North American trade deal at risk of stalling in Congress — President Trump's effort to rework a major trade deal with Canada and Mexico is showing signs of faltering on Capitol Hill, straining under a variety of angry complaints from lawmakers of both parties who won't commit to backing the plan.

‘Clearly an end-run’: Federal judge rejects Trump's health care plan to go around Obamacare — A federal judge in Washington ruled late Thursday that the Trump administration's push to make health insurance plans available outside the Affordable Care Act that avoid the requirements …
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Politico and POLITICUSUSA

President Donald Trump reverses course on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Less than a month after proposing a federal budget that would have cut Great Lakes cleanup money from $300 million to $30 million, President Donald Trump pledged to provide the full $300 million during a campaign rally in Michigan.
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The Taxman Is (Not) Coming After You — The federal government is ignoring the easy part of the solution to its fiscal problems — collecting billions of dollars in unpaid taxes. — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.

Donald Trump's management style: He loves to put aides in their place — After 24 hours of brutal coverage of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' defense of scrapping funding for the Special Olympics, President Trump stepped in to claim he was saving a program his own budget had threatened.
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The Man Trying to Make Sense of Brexit Is Tired and Would Like to Stop Now — LONDON — By day, Jon Worth works as a communications consultant for European politicians. By rest-of-his-day he makes Brexit flowcharts — 27 versions since January, to be exact.

George Clooney calls for hotel boycott over Brunei LGBT death penalty — (CNN)Film star George Clooney has called for a boycott of nine hotels because of their links to Brunei, where homosexual acts will from next week be punishable by death. — In an opinion piece written for Deadline …
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