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“We’ve all known this day was coming. And because the Drive-Bys have been salivating for this story to amount to something that it never will amount to, what today really means is that we are now looking forward to another six months of intense news stories, allegations of Trump-Russia collusion. But there wasn’t any. Flynn does not know of any, and he’s not going to report any.”
• USAToday: Matt Lauer Scandal: There May Be as Many as 8 Victims, Lauer Breaks His Silence
• UKDM: ‘No One Wanted Megyn Here, She Was Forced Upon Us and Today Reinforced Why She Will Never be Part of the Today Family.’ Staff are Outraged at ‘Smug’ Kelly and Her Insensitivity to Colleagues Over Matt Lauer Firing
• Politico: NBC’s Shifting Statements on Lauer Draw Scrutiny
• New York Post: Matt Lauer’s Lawyers Trying to Get Him $30M Payout after Firing
• Vanity Fair: Matt Lauer Might Lose His New Zealand Farm, Too
• ABC: Flynn has Promised Special Counsel ‘Full Cooperation’ in Russia Probe: Source – Brian Ross
• CNBC: Stocks Fall Sharply on Report that Michael Flynn was Directed by Trump to Talk to Russians
• National Review: The Michael Flynn Charge: Monstrous Injustice or Prelude to Bigger Things?
• Wall Street Journal: GOP Says It Has Enough Votes to Pass Senate Tax Bill
• CBS: Jury Finds Garcia Zarate Not Guilty In Steinle Murder Trial; Trump Calls Verdict ‘Disgraceful’
• National Review: What the Flynn Plea Means – Andrew McCarthy
• Washington Post: FBI Reviewed Flynn’s Calls with Russian Ambassador but Found Nothing Illicit
• Washington Post: Trump Fumes After San Francisco Jury Acquits Illegal Immigrant Charged in Kate Steinle Killing
• NewsBusters: Nets Ignored Obama’s Silence, But Blast Trump ‘Politicizing’ Steinle
• Breitbart: Kate Steinle Murder Verdict: Angel Families ‘Devastated’ by ‘HUGE Slap’ in the Face
• Bloomberg: Kushner Is Said to Have Ordered Flynn to Contact Russia
• Sporting News: 49ers’ Eric Reid: NFL Wants to use Breast Cancer, Military Funds to Quiet Protesting Players
• Washington Post: Garrison Keillor, Founder of ‘A Prairie Home Companion,’ Fired After Allegations of Improper Behavior
• AP: Garrison Keillor Firing Prompts Backlash from Fans; MPR Reports 1 Formal Complaint
“What we have here is the Drive-By Media and ABC News so damned eager for what they’ve been lying about for a year to actually be true that they cannot restrain themselves. They can’t contain themselves, and they’re seeing what isn’t there. They are reporting their hopes. They are reporting their dreams.”
SHOW PREP
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