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<i>The Atlantic </i> Politics & Policy Daily: The Boys are CPAC in Town

The four-day Conservative Political Action Conference is underway in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
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During joint remarks with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus at the Conservative Political Action Conference, chief strategist Steve Bannon the “deconstruction of the administrative state” as one of the Trump administration’s priorities. Richard Spencer, the founder of the self-proclaimed “alt-right” movement, after the event’s organizer called the alt-right a “hateful, left-wing fascist group.” Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly there will.” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer there will be “greater enforcement” of the federal marijuana law under the Trump administration.

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