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    Sean Hannity was very concerned about conflicts of interest — until he had one

    Sean Hannity isn't apologizing for failing to disclose his attorney-client relationship with Michael Cohen, even as he has spent weeks defending President Trump's lawyer in the face of increasing legal jeopardy. In fact, the Fox News host says he has “a right to privacy” when it comes to his...
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    6 Rules for Thinking Like a CIA Analyst to Beat Fake News

    Know Thyself It’s here were a news consumer has to watch out for “confirmation bias” — reading or watching only the sources of news that you already agree with. ... Know the Outlet Doing the Reporting “In the age of digital media, new sources of information pop up every day; it’s important to...
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    Neil Gorsuch sides with liberals to tip decision to immigrant in Supreme Court deport

    WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a law subjecting non-citizens to deportation for crimes of violence is unconstitutionally vague, handing the Trump administration an early defeat — thanks to the vote of Justice Neil Gorsuch. President Trump's nominee to the high court joined...
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    Trump Advisors See Inquiry Into Cohen as Greater Threat Than Mueller

    WASHINGTON — President Trump’s advisers have concluded that a wide-ranging corruption investigation into his personal lawyer poses a greater and more imminent threat to the president than even the special counsel’s investigation, according to several people close to Mr. Trump. As his lawyers...
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    EPA broke spending law on Pruitt phone booth: government watchdog

    A government watchdog agency concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency violated federal laws in spending more than $43,000 to install a private phone booth in EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s office. The Government Accountability Office found that the EPA did not comply with the...
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    Michael Cohen Has Also Been Representing… Sean Hannity!

    During a court hearing on Monday, Michael Cohen’s lawyers attempted to keep secret the identity of a third client represented by President Trump’s fixer. But Judge Kimba Wood ruled that the identity of the client must be revealed to the public. Now we know why the lawyers tried so hard...
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    Coverup

    The criminal case against a 26-year-old white supremacist caught tampering with the controls on an Amtrak train in late October has unfolded with notable quiet by the Department of Justice. The man, Taylor Michael Wilson, of St. Charles, MO, was charged with terrorism by Jeff Sessions’ DOJ in...
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    Wage growth well short of what was promised from tax reform

    The latest Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows weekly employee earnings have grown $75 since tax reform passed, well short of the $4,000 to $9,000 annual increases projected by President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). During the three months...
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    Mueller has evidence Cohn in Prague in 2016, confirming another part of the dossier

    WASHINGTON The Justice Department special counsel has evidence that Michael Cohen secretly made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Confirmation of the trip would lend credence to a retired British spy’s report...
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    And another blow against America

    China said it is rolling out new tariffs on meat, fruit, wine and other products from the United States as retaliation against taxes approved by President Donald Trump on imported steel and aluminum. The Chinese finance ministry said in a statement that the new tariffs will take force on...
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    You knew this was going to happen

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    Laura Ingraham apologizes too late.

    Lost 13 major advertisers after taunting Parkland survivor David Hogg. Bad idea.
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    Conditioning echos; why it's good to be contradicted

    Sherman mentioned that there are a lot of liberal forums available for those not happy with the right wing bias here. It's true. And I don't post on any of them. The only one I actually know of now,is democratic underground. I've been to some, and stayed a while. But I've noticed that...
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    Needed: Debate on China Policy

    Trump’s China Policy Has a Flaw: It Makes China the Winner President Trump’s announcement last week that the United States would impose a battery of tariffs against as much as $60 billion worth of Chinese goods while restricting Chinese investments in American technology companies has set policy...
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    Protecting the integrity of the investigation

    Protecting Mueller and his investigation—particularly at the very moment of its maximum vulnerability—could not be more crucial. History suggests a way forward. On April 30, 1973, with evidence of White House complicity in the Watergate cover-up mounting, President Richard Nixon announced the...
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    Kuschner Problem

    The Jared time bomb Federal investigators are scrutinizing whether any of Jared Kushner’s business discussions with foreigners during the presidential transition later shaped White House policies in ways designed to either benefit or retaliate against those he spoke with, according to...
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    Immigration enforcement change - Putting more Americans at risk

    Under the previous administration, there was a heavy emphasis on deporting dangerous criminals who were here illegally. The majority of deportations and removals involved illegal aliens who had been convicted or arrested for serious crimes. The new policy has been to place emphasis on those...
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    Donald Trump's grandfather deported as illegal alien

    On one of his trips home to Kallstadt, Friedrich married the girl next door, Elizabeth, and took her to New York. Elizabeth, however, was homesick, and in 1904 the family returned to Kallstadt. Friedrich “worked, for a year, to get his citizenship back” from the German authorities, according to...
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