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The New York Times reports: Swedes reacted with confusion, anger and ridicule on Sunday to a vague remark by President Trump that suggested that something terrible had occurred in their country. During a campaign-style rally on Saturday in Florida, Mr. Trump issued a sharp if discursive attack on refugee policies in Europe, ticking off a list of places that have …

The Washington Post reports: Sen. John McCain spoke out Saturday in defense of the free press after President Trump lashed out against the news media several times over the past week, at one point declaring it “the enemy of the American People!” Such talk, McCain (R-Ariz.) said on NBC News in an interview set to air Sunday, was “how dictators …

As many of you know by now, a couple of days ago the Trump team put out an absolutely insane anti-media poll to their mailing list. And surprise, surprise, the entire thing backfired. From the New York Daily News: Twitter users circulated the link far and wide — with several sharing screenshots of their answers bolstering mainstream outlets like CNN, …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump, living alone inside the White House, often hungers for friendly interaction as he adjusts to the difficult work of governance. At his clubs, he finds what’s missing. That showed last November at a cocktail and dinner reception celebrating longtime members of his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club. Deep into the process of meeting potential Cabinet …

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump launched another salvo in his incessant war against reporters, saying that the news media is “the enemy of the Ameican people.” “The FAKE NEWS media (failing @Nytimes, @CNN, @NBCNews and many more) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American people. SICK!,” the President posted on Twitter Friday afternoon. …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump praised himself on Friday for his Thursday battle with reporters — a more-than-hour-long meandering spectacle that one headline dubbed a “news conference for the ages.” Trump used his favorite social media platform to thank supporters who he said made “nice statements” about the speech and to take more aim at the press. “Thank you for …

Entertainment Weekly recaps: “It’s kind of hard to characterize the press conference,” the host admitted in a clip from Thursday’s episode. “Words fail me.” He wasn’t the only one; the show then jumped to a clip of a Fox News anchor saying, “Well, alrighty then,” when Trump finished speaking. Colbert went on, “He started off by defending the rough start …

The Week reports: President Donald Trump praised Fox News during his combative press conference Thursday, but he certainly would not have liked what he saw if he turned on his TV afterward. Fox News’ Shep Smith did not hold back when tearing into the president after the presser: “It’s crazy what we’re watching everyday,” Smith said. “It’s absolutely crazy. [Trump] …

The Week reports: President Trump declared during his Thursday press conference: “The leaks are real. The news is fake.” Trump was insisting that the leaks that informed the media’s reports on Trump’s campaign aides’ alleged contact with senior Russian intelligence officials were “real,” but the resulting reports on those very “real” leaks were “fake.” A reporter later asked Trump to …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Thursday called for The New York Times and other publications to apologize after reporting leaked information, saying the spotlight is on “low-life leakers.” In a subsequent tweet, the president said those who leaked information will be caught. The president, who praised WikiLeaks during the campaign, has been going after the intelligence community recently and …

YouTube comedian Vic Berger today posted one of his famous supercuts, this time of the many, many times Propaganda Minister Kellyanne Conway dodged and weaved around direction questions from increasingly frustrated news anchors. You’ll enjoy this. Watch below.

The Washington Post recaps: John Oliver is now in the advertising business. On the season four premiere of “Last Week Tonight,” he revealed a series of TV spots that will run when he believes Donald Trump will be watching — during morning news shows on MSNBC, Fox News and CNN. The commercials are designed to educate the president, Oliver said, …

CNN reports: Andrew Sullivan says it’s time for journalists to talk publicly about President Trump’s “mental stability.” “To have such an unstable figure, incapable of accepting reality, at the center of the world, is an extremely dangerous thing,” Sullivan said in an interview for Sunday’s “Reliable Sources” on CNN. Sullivan’s view is that the president is exhibiting “bonkers” behavior — …

Popular YouTube comedian Vic Berger’s Super Deluxe channel today posted a compilation of Trump’s insane tweets sung in the style of an “early 2000s emo band.” Watch below. Top comment so far: “The best part is that you could play this at Hot Topic and no one would be the wiser.” BONUS VIDEO: Here’s the latest “Sassy Trump” clip as …

Via Mediaite: George Stephanopoulos got particularly heated with White House senior policy advisor Stephen Miller over recent claims by President Trump of voter fraud. The president claimed last week that he would have won New Hampshire if “thousands” of people hadn’t been bussed in to illegally vote. Miller argued to Stephanopoulos that “anyone who’s worked in New Hampshire politics” is …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump can’t stop—won’t stop—talking about the election. On Thursday, during a meeting with 10 senators that was billed as a listening session about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, the president went off on a familiar tangent, suggesting again that he was a victim of widespread voter fraud, despite the fact that he won the presidential election. …

This morning Trump screamed that the “FAKE NEWS” New York Times lied in their story about his call with Chinese president Xi Jingping. As you can see, the very first line of their story mentions last night’s call. Twitter wags note that Trump is probably looking at the print version of today’s Times, which went to press before the White …

Remember all those times I posted live-steams of Josh Earnest’s White House press briefings because we just HAD to see how he was going to handle Obama’s latest lying meltdown? No? Watch below as Sean Spicer does exactly that for Hair Furor. Scheduled start is 1:30PM.

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump took aim at a pair of senators who have criticized him in recent days on Thursday morning, saying Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) “emboldens the enemy” by criticizing a recent military operation while accusing Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) of being a serial liar after he relayed critical comments from Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Thursday contradicted a spokesman for his Supreme Court nominee in a tweet blasting Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who told reporters that Judge Neil Gorsuch called Trump’s tweets attacking federal judges “demoralizing.” Blumenthal said Wednesday that Gorsuch called Trump’s tweets attacking federal judges “disheartening” and “demoralizing.” In a later statement, Blumenthal urged Gorsuch to make …