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Situational awareness: President Trump's morning tweets have focused on the infamous but largely unverified Steele dossier (which was at least partially funded by the Clinton campaign and DNC), retiring Sens. Bob Corker and Jeff Flake, and the work on tax cuts. See the tweets.
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