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McSally's GOP Senate Challenger Wants to...Annex Mexico — Donald Trump wants to build the wall. A wannabe-Donald Trump in Arizona wants to annex Mexico. — Ahead of a general election where the Grand Canyon State could be a bit of a problem for the president, the wealthy owner of a cosmetics company …
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A progressive revolt against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is exactly why Trump will win (again) — Opinion: Progressive Democrats want to censure the first Arizona Democrat to win a Senate seat in 30 years. Genius idea. — CONNECT — A group of Arizona Democrats are demonstrating …
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‘The ground is shifting’: Arizona emerges as a 2020 trouble spot for Trump — Arizona has long been touted as a potential swing state in the presidential election. Its time may have finally come. — Demographic shifts, progressive organizing efforts and President Donald Trump's potential weakness …
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Internal poll shows Kobach trailing Democrat in Kansas Senate race
Internal poll shows Kobach trailing Democrat in Kansas Senate race
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‘Feel free to leak this’: Inside the Pelosi-Nadler impeachment schism — In a closed-door meeting last week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi stunned lawmakers and aides with a swipe at Democratic staff on the House Judiciary Committee. — Pelosi criticized the panel's handling of impeachment in harsh terms …
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Corey Lewandowski's stonewall campaign finally crumbles: Are impeachment counts coming?
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
33 Questions About Lewandowski's Lie
33 Questions About Lewandowski's Lie
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Bulwark:
Let Corey Be Corey — Corey Lewandowsky wants to beat a woman.
Let Corey Be Corey — Corey Lewandowsky wants to beat a woman.
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
After hours of questioning Lewandowski, Democrats finally land punches
After hours of questioning Lewandowski, Democrats finally land punches
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Bolton unloads on Trump's foreign policy behind closed doors — John Bolton, President Donald Trump's fired national security adviser, harshly criticized Trump's foreign policy on Wednesday at a private lunch, saying inviting the Taliban to Camp David sent a “terrible signal” and that it was …
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How Electable Is Elizabeth Warren, Anyway? — Elizabeth Warren is not leading the polls (yet), but she is on a trajectory to win the Democratic presidential nomination. She is well-liked by supporters of other candidates, giving her room to grow. And the sequence of votes gives …
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Bernie Sanders has parted ways with Iowa political director — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) parted ways with his Iowa political director in recent weeks, his campaign confirmed Wednesday, part of a series of recent staff shake-ups in key early states. — The campaign announced in March …
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Jimmy Carter says he couldn't have managed presidency at 80
Jimmy Carter says he couldn't have managed presidency at 80
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‘This Is Not the Way Everybody Behaves.’ How Adam Neumann's Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork. — The skills that helped fuel We Co.'s breakneck growth are piling up as potential liabilities as the company prepares to go public — Adam Neumann was flying high. Literally.
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A 21st Century Breakup Inside the divorce rattling Silicon Valley and Democratic politics.
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Mark Zuckerberg to meet with lawmakers in Washington
Mark Zuckerberg to meet with lawmakers in Washington
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Military has spent nearly $200,000 at Trump's Scottish resort since 2017 — Since Donald Trump took office, the U.S. military has spent nearly $200,000 at the president's luxury Scotland resort, according to figures and documents the Pentagon provided to the House Oversight Committee.
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Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Donald Trump's luxury helicopter charter plans fail to take off
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Pentagon Says It Spent $184,000 in 2 Years at Trump's Scotland Resort
Pentagon Says It Spent $184,000 in 2 Years at Trump's Scotland Resort
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How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Learned to Play by Washington's Rules — WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks after being sworn in last year, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a young progressive star fresh off an upset of one of the top Democratic leaders in the House …
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‘SNL’ Boss Lorne Michaels Reportedly Hired Shane Gillis to Appeal to Conservative Viewers — Just when you thought the Shane Gillis controversy was over, new details have emerged about his Saturday Night Live casting. According to a new report from Variety's Joe Otterson and Michael Schneider …
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Joe Kennedy to formally announce he'll run for Senate — Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, the last member of the Democratic dynasty serving in Washington, plans to formally announce Saturday that he is launching a primary challenge to Senator Edward J. Markey, an audacious political move …
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Trump Insider Claims Melania Has a Long-Term Boyfriend (and Donald Trump Knows About it) — It's pretty obviously to anyone with eyes that Donald and Melania Trump don't exactly have a lovey-dovey relationship. — From the hand-swatting to the Playboy model to the porn stars …
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Leonard Greene / New York Daily News:
Parents of UN students don't want them in photo op with Melania Trump
Parents of UN students don't want them in photo op with Melania Trump
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Netanyahu Is in Trouble, and Other Takeaways From the Israeli Election — Israeli voters went to the polls on Tuesday for the second time in five months. The results aren't certain, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to gain the support he had hoped for.
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Israel's Arabs poised to gain new voice after tight election
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Why an Assault Weapons Ban Hits Such a Nerve With Many Conservatives — The premise of Trumpist populism is that the political preferences of a shrinking minority of citizens matter more than democracy. — “Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” Beto O'Rourke exclaimed at last week's Democratic debate.
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Barack Obama says any president should avoid TV and social media when making a decision — it ‘clouds your judgment’ — Former US president Barack Obama said that when making a decision, it's helpful not to watch TV or read social media. — That's because those things create …
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Ina Fried / Axios:
Obama swipes Trump on watching TV and using Twitter
Obama swipes Trump on watching TV and using Twitter
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Lindsey Graham's appeasement of Trump appears to have reached its limit — Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) has all but admitted to the game he's playing with President Trump. The man who once derided Trump as a “bigot” and a “kook” during the 2016 campaign has acknowledged his pro-Trump conversion …
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Why the Kavanaugh Confirmation Still Haunts Us — On Sunday, The New York Times published an excerpt of a new book on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh by Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly. The snippet focused on the story of Deborah Ramirez—a classmate of Kavanaugh's at Yale …
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This report tallied the human and economic toll of gun violence in all 50 states. The cost is staggering. — 2017 marked the first time firearms killed more people than motor vehicle accidents, the report said. — Gun violence hits America's youth and rural states the hardest and has reached …
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EXCLUSIVE: Here's The Document The White House, Barr Are Using To Push Gun Control On Republicans — The White House and Department of Justice (DOJ) have met with multiple Republican senators and congressmen to shop legislation on expanding background checks consistent with the Manchin-Toomey bill …
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American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging flight has ties to ISIS, prosecutors say — Flight aborted after crew notices error with air data module system — MIAMI - An American Airlines mechanic accused of disabling a navigation system on a flight scheduled to take off …
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This Article Is Spying on You — The same news organizations that do a great job of reporting on privacy problems — have privacy problems. — Mr. Libert is a faculty member in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. — The press has performed admirably in reporting …

GOP Senator ‘Doubtful’ He'll Support Trump Court Pick Steven Menashi — “If he'll treat a United States senator the way he treated us, I wonder how he would treat the people,” said Sen. John Kennedy. — WASHINGTON ― Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Wednesday that he's not inclined …
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Pennsylvania State Senator Resigns After Arrest On Child Porn Charges — A Pennsylvania state senator has stepped down following his arrest on charges of possession of child pornography. — Sen. Mike Folmer submitted his letter of resignation on Wednesday to Republican colleagues in Harrisburg …
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