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Feb. 14: The New York Times reports that Trump's team had continuous contact with Russian operatives during his campaign.
Feb. 22: The Minority President calls media the enemy. The intelligence officer who led the raid against Osama Bin Laden calls Trump's attacks on the press "the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime."
Feb. 23: CNN reports that the White House called senior FBI officials and asked them to deny the Russia story - interfering with the FBI's investigation.
Feb. 24: White House press minion Sean Spicer bans NY Times, CNN and others from a media briefing.
Feb. 25: I make a "tribute donation" to the Center for Public Integrity (which funds investigative journalism) in the name of Sean Spicer, "Just because I care".


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Date: 2017-02-26 02:54 pm (UTC)(There was also this troublesome development in the story as well: White House communicated with two members of Congress about rebutting Russia stories)
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Date: 2017-02-26 04:09 pm (UTC)John Dean (who engineered the Watergate cover-up for Nixon!) even said as much.