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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
In Trump's right-wing media universe, it was a day like any other — It's Tuesday afternoon. Imagine, for a moment, that President Trump logs on to Twitter. News is breaking that could prove existential for his presidency. But his social media feed hardly records the magnitude of the developments.
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Lanny Davis / gofundme.com:
Michael Cohen Truth Fund — $17,822 of $500,000 goal Raised by 377 people in 9 hours — On July 2, 2018, Michael Cohen declared his independence from Donald Trump and his commitment to tell the truth. — On August 21, Michael Cohen made the decision to take legal responsibility and to continue his commitment to tell the truth.
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Six Big Questions After the Cohen and Manafort Bombshells — THE HOUR OF 4 pm Tuesday, potentially one of the most consequential hours in the history of the American presidency, made clear that history books will almost certainly note Donald Trump's surprise 2016 election win with an asterisk.
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Mark Penn / The Hill:
Cohen's plea deal is prosecutor's attempt to set up Trump — Here we go, from Russia with love to campaign finance with love. — Why was Michael Cohen investigated? Because the “Steele dossier” had him making secret trips to meet with Russians that never happened, so his business dealings got …
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NBC News:
The party of ‘Lock her up!’ faces a choice: Defend Trump or investigate? — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — For a candidate whose supporters cried, “Lock her up! …
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Axios:
GOP fears Cohen set road to impeachment — Impeachment proceedings against President Trump went from a theoretical danger to a vivid reality with yesterday's guilty plea by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, sources close to the White House tell Axios. — The big picture: Cohen's guilty plea …
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Colin Dwyer / NPR:
Michael Cohen's Lawyer Says His Client Would Never Accept Pardon From ‘Corrupt’ Trump — Less than a day after Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts in a federal court — ranging from tax evasion to campaign finance violations — Trump's longtime attorney and fixer is downplaying the possibility of a pardon.
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New York Times:
A One-Two Punch Puts Trump Back on His Heels — WASHINGTON — In two courtrooms 200 miles apart on Tuesday, President Trump's almost daily attempts to dismiss the criminal investigations that have engulfed his White House all but collapsed. — Mr. Trump has long mocked the investigations as …
Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Cohen willing to tell Mueller about ‘conspiracy to collude’: lawyer — Michael Cohen is willing to speak with Special Counsel Robert Mueller about a “conspiracy to collude” with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign, his lawyer said on Tuesday night.
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David Crook / DCReport.org:
New York Prosecutors Can Go After Trump Now, Even If Mueller Won't
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New York Sun:
The President in a Vise — From President Trump's point of view …
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
10 Things I Hate About What's Just Happened
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
6 Takeaways About Paul Manafort And Michael Cohen's Legal Woes
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump's company approved $420,000 in payments to Cohen, relying on ‘sham’ invoices, prosecutors say
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Cohen lawyer Lanny Davis suggests his client has knowledge implicating Trump in 'criminal conspiracy …
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Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
With the Manafort Convictions and Cohen Plea, President Trump Has Been Implicated in a Criminal Conspiracy
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New York Times:
All the President's Crooks — One of them, Mr. Trump's own lawyer …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump takes shot after guilty plea: 'Don't retain the services of Michael Cohen!'
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen's tweet about Hillary Clinton and prison came back to haunt him. Now it's gone.
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Curtis Houck / NewsBusters:
MSNBC Guest Dismisses Mollie Tibbetts as Some ‘Girl in Iowa’ ‘Fox News Is Talking About’
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Cohen won't accept pardon from Trump, attorney says
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Washington Post:
An alleged co-conspirator in the White House
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump advises against Michael Cohen's legal services
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Analysis: With Cohen plea, GOP faces familiar Trump quandary
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Jermaine Ong / KGTV-TV:
San Diego Congressman Duncan Hunter addresses federal indictment in 10News interview — SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) told 10News that he's innocent of accusations of campaign funding misuse one day after he and his wife Margaret were indicted by a federal grand jury.
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POLITICO Playbook: GOP frets as Trump world implodes
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
10 of the ickiest allegations in the Duncan Hunter indictment
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Des Moines Register:
Cristhian Rivera, charged in Mollie Tibbetts' death, worked at a farm owned by a prominent Iowa Republican family — Cristhian Rivera, the man accused in the death of Mollie Tibbetts, worked for a Brooklyn-area farm owned by the brother of a prominent Iowa Republican.
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Benny Arthur Johnson:
I promised myself I would stay off of politics while on vacation. I'll break that promise just once. — Mollie Tibbetts was an Iowan. She was raised not far from me. She went to the University of Iowa, just like me. Rooted for the Hawkeyes. She had hopes, dreams, a good upbringing & a loving family cheering for her future.
TMZ.com:
Asia Argento and 17-Year-Old Boy in Bed in Sexual Encounter — Asia Argento says she did not have sex with then 17-year-old Jimmy Bennett, but a photo and various text messages between Argento and a friend tell a very different story ... she flat-out says she had sex with him.
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Georgia County Can't Support Claim It Must Close Polling Places Over Access Issues — Officials in majority-black Randolph County lack the data to back a proposal to shutter most voting spots. — Officials in a majority-black Georgia county accused of trying to close almost all polling places …
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Republicans are using federal disability law to disenfranchise minority voters
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
DNC calls FBI after detecting attempt to hack its voter database — (CNN)The Democratic National Committee contacted the FBI on Tuesday after it detected what it believes was the beginning of a sophisticated attempt to hack into its voter database, a Democratic source tells CNN.
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Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:
Saudi Arabia reportedly calls off Aramco IPO and disbands advisers — The initial public offering was expected to be the largest ever and underpinned an ambitious plan to overhaul the Saudi economy. — Saudi Arabia has scrapped its plans to list shares of its state-owned energy giant Aramco on stock exchanges, Reuters reports.
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Seeks the Death Penalty for Female Activist
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Verizon throttled fire department's “unlimited” data during Calif. wildfire — Fire dep't had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response. — Verizon Wireless' throttling of a fire department that uses its data services has been submitted as evidence in a lawsuit …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP's midterm nightmare: Party “looks like a criminal enterprise” — Corruption instantly becomes a centerpiece issue in the midterm campaigns — a huge new weight for Republicans in marginal races. — What we're hearing: With a corruption indictment of Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) …
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NBC News:
In case of Mueller firing, break glass: Democrats prep an emergency plan — Congressional action and protest rallies are among the contingencies being planned if Trump tries to shut down the Russia probe. — WASHINGTON — It would start within minutes of special counsel Robert Mueller being fired …
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Christopher Hooks / GQ:
Beto O'Rourke vs. Ted Cruz and the Fight for America — Down in deep-red Texas, a fresh-faced liberal named Beto O'Rourke has a shot at beating Ted Cruz. But huge as that would be, the race has grander implications: It helps explain all the giddy hopes and secret fears of Democrats everywhere.
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