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Correspondents’ Association throws comedian under bus over jokes on Sanders’ appearance (Fox News)

The White House Correspondents’ Association distanced itself late Sunday from comedian Michelle Wolf after her comedy routine on Saturday that some found vulgar and personal.

“Last night’s program was meant to offer a unifying message about our common commitment to a vigorous and free press while honoring civility, great reporting and scholarship winners, not to divide people,” Margaret Talev, the WHCA president, said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the entertainer’s monologue was not in the spirit of that mission.” [Read More]

Declassified Congressional Report: James Clapper Lied About Dossier Leaks To CNN (The Federalist)

Buried within a newly declassified congressional report on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections is a shocking revelation: former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper not only leaked information about the infamous Steele dossier and high-level government briefings about it to CNN, he also may have lied to Congress about the matter.

In one of the findings within the 253-page report, the House intelligence committee wrote that Clapper leaked details of a dossier briefing given to then-President-elect Donald Trump to CNN’s Jake Tapper, lied to Congress about the leak, and was rewarded with a CNN contract a few months later. [Read More]

Joy Reid Keeps Changing Her Story About Her Anti-Gay Blog Posts [VIDEO] (The Daily Caller)

MSNBC host Joy Reid repeatedly claimed to have evidence that anti-gay posts on her old blog were fabricated by hackers, only to admit on Saturday that she had no such evidence.

Archives of Reid’s blog posts, first dug up by a liberal Twitter user on April 19, show Reid accusing several prominent political figures of being secretly gay, and using homophobic jokes to denigrate her political opponents. [Read More]

Exclusive: Democrats lose ground with millennials (Reuters) 

Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among millennials as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections, according to the Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll. [Read More]

Ana Navarro: Michelle Wolf ‘should be the one getting the Nobel Peace Prize’ (Washington Examiner)

CNN contributor Ana Navarro praised comedian Michelle Wolf following her routine at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, saying she should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for doing what “nobody else has been able to do.”

“I’d say to Michelle Wolf, ‘Hallelujah, girl. You should be the one getting the Nobel Peace Prize,’” Navarro said on CNN’s “New Day.”

“She was able to do what nobody else has been able to do: Get Trump supporters to actually go on TV and defend women from being skewered and offended for their looks,” Navarro added. [Read More]

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