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President Trump’s choice of a Republican congressman with little national security experience to serve as his top intelligence advisor is another step in his slow-motion purge of administration officials who offer facts that challenge his worldview. latimes.com/politics/story…
Senate Republicans have given a tepid response to Rep. Ratcliffe, who has not been formally nominated.

“I haven’t met him yet,” Sen. McConnell said when asked if he was qualified. latimes.com/politics/story…
President Trump removed any doubt about why he chose Rep. Ratcliffe.

Intelligence agencies have "run amok" and Ratcliffe can "rein it in," he told reporters.

Dan Coats was "a little confused" when he didn't toe Trump's line. latimes.com/politics/story…
“The most important thing to do is tell the president what he does not want to hear. Trump just doesn’t have many people like that in his White House. And that’s a shame," says @ccwhip latimes.com/politics/story…
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This is a weird thing to say when the @latimes has done strong reporting on both of these issues.
Here’s a story on farmers losing land to the bullet train and never getting paid. latimes.com/local/californ…
Here’s a story on how consultants made big money by leading high-speed rail astray. (Both of these are by @RVartabedian) latimes.com/local/californ…
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“After two years of President Trump’s words and actions, when will Americans have enough?” A message from the leaders of the Washington National Cathedral cathedral.org/press-room/hav…
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Rep. Ratcliffe’s national security resume appears to be thinner than he’s portrayed — no examples of him actually prosecuting a terrorism case during his short stint as a U.S. attorney in Texas latimes.com/politics/story…
Even after clarifying Rep. Ratcliffe’s limited role in the Holy Land financing case, his office still maintains he “opened, managed and supervised numerous domestic and international terrorism related cases.”

No examples have been identified. latimes.com/politics/story…
And here’s another embellishment. For the uninitiated, federal prosecutors don’t arrest people.
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