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  1. The Barbarian

    Just when you think those guys can't get any lower...

    Glenn Haab, the father of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School junior and mass shooting survivor Colton Haab, has admitted that he altered words in an email sent by a CNN producer, ultimately producing the illusion the news network had demanded his son only ask their pre-written questions at a...
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    A more efficient federal government...

    WASHINGTON — Department of Housing and Urban Development officials spent $31,000 on a new dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson’s office in late 2017 — just as the White House circulated its plans to slash HUD’s programs for the homeless, elderly and poor, according to federal procurement...
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    And you thought the "Time Man of the Year" cover was the only faked artwork he owns..

    And you thought the "Time Man of the Year" cover was the only faked artwork he owns.. Years ago, while reporting a book about a real-estate developer and reality-TV star named Donald Trump, Tim O’Brien accompanied his subject on a private jet ride to Los Angeles. The plane, as you can imagine...
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    Having trouble keeping up with it all?

    Over 100 Charges, 19 People and 3 Companies: The Mueller Inquiry, Explained By Emily Cochrane and Alicia Parlapiano Feb. 23, 2018 In the nine months since Robert S. Mueller III was appointed to oversee the investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, he...
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    Cool metaphor

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    "Glad I got booed"

    I’ve been a conservative my entire life. I fell hard for William F. Buckley as a teenager and my first job was as editorial assistant at Buckley’s National Review, followed by stints writing speeches for first lady Nancy Reagan and then working for the Gipper himself. Looking toward the 1988...
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    Most admired

    Normally, the most admired man in America is the president. Been that way for the last 8 years. Currently? Most admired man is Barack Obama. Most admired woman is Hillary Clinton. That snarling sound you hear is Donald Trump chewing on the rug.
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    Russian collusion, Mk II

    Russian-linked bots flooded Twitter with political propaganda in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Florida on Wednesday, according to data from a website tracking Russian activity on the social media site. The website, created by the think tank the German Marshall Fund, tracks the...
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    Is Trump Guilty, or Does He Just Look Guilty?

    When absorbing news about the Mueller investigation, I can't help thinking of Saddam Hussein. No, I'm not equating our president with the late Iraqi dictator. I'm thinking more about our assumptions regarding Saddam's guilt. In the run-up to the Iraq War, the whole world was asking whether...
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    One By One, Companies Cut Ties With The NRA

    As a groundswell grows against the National Rifle Association in the aftermath of last week’s school massacre in Parkland, Fla., several businesses say they are ending their partnerships with the gun advocacy group. The brands — ranging from insurance companies to rental cars — all announced...
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    And another one pleads guilty

    Mueller probe: Manafort hit with new charges after Gates pleads guilty WASHINGTON — Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort was hit with new charges on Friday, including an allegation he secretly recruited and funded a group of former European politicians to lobby in the United States on...
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    And another one...

    Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri was indicted on a felony invasion of privacy charge on Thursday by grand jurors in St. Louis. Mr. Greitens, a first-term Republican, photographed a nude or partially nude person without the person’s knowledge or consent in 2015, according to charging documents...
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    Putin in a bind in Syria

    IN DECEMBER last year Vladimir Putin used a surprise visit to Syria to declare that Russia’s mission there was “basically accomplished”. His troops had saved the regime of Bashar al-Assad. And Russia had played the decisive part in a conflict that America had failed to control. Coming after the...
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    Trump opposes chain immigration - unless...

    WASHINGTON — The parents of the first lady, Melania Trump, have obtained lawful permanent residency in the United States, a lawyer for the couple confirmed Wednesday, but it remains unclear how or when the couple received their green cards. The lack of clarity about when and how Viktor and...
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    Democrats flip another legislature seat

    Last night, Democrats flipped a Kentucky state legislature seat in a district Trump won by 49 points Early Tuesday evening, Democrat Linda Belcher was pronounced the winner of the special election in Kentucky’s House District 49, a seat that Donald Trump carried by a 72-23 margin in 2016 and...
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    Meuller gets another one.

    Special counsel Robert Mueller has charged a lawyer with allegedly lying to investigators about covering up his discussions about Ukraine with former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates and another person in September 2016, while the Trump campaign operation was in full swing. The filing is further...
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    What's next in Russiagate?

    And the real question here will be that question - what did people inside of the Trump campaign know? Were they unwitting dupes, or were they somehow intentionally involved? And, of course, we have what's become public - this knowledge about the June 2016 meeting at Trump Towers where there was...
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    Another worm out of the can

    Special counsel Robert Mueller is interested in Jared Kushner’s attempts to secure foreign financing for his real estate company during the presidential transition, CNN reported on Monday. Mueller, who is leading the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and any possible...
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    FBI investigating NRA

    The FBI is investigating whether a top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump win the presidency, two sources familiar with the matter have told McClatchy. FBI counterintelligence investigators have focused on the...
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    Has the NRA finally gone too far?

    But when it comes to funding, the NRA may have finally gone too far: the FBI recently launched an investigation to determine whether a Russian central banker, and Putin ally, illegally funneled money through the organization to help the Trump campaign. These allegations have prompted a...
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