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The Daily Beast:
Mueller Is Telling Us: He's Got Trump on Collusion — The special counsel is connecting the dots and it doesn't paint a pretty picture for Trump. — For nearly two years, since the U.S. intelligence community released its report on the Russian campaign to assist Donald Trump in the 2016 election …
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New York Times:
Is This the Beginning of the End for Trump? — Sentencing memos reveal damning evidence about collusion and campaign finance violations. — Mr. Berke is a lawyer specializing in white-collar criminal defense. Mr. Bookbinder is a former federal corruption prosecutor.
Ken White / The Atlantic:
Manafort, Cohen, and Individual 1 Are in Grave Danger — Federal prosecutors filed three briefs late on Friday portending grave danger for three men: the former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, the former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, and President Donald Trump.
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Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
The Mueller Investigation Nears the Worst Case Scenario — WE ARE DEEP into the worst case scenarios. But as new sentencing memos for Trump associates Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen make all too clear, the only remaining question is how bad does the actual worst case scenario get?
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Hullabaloo, The Week, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, Althouse, Common Dreams, Washington Post and New York Times
Mike Allen / Axios:
When Russia approached, Trump officials gladly obliged — The flashing siren in the “known knowns” of the Russia probe is how often people close to Vladimir Putin approached people close to Donald J. Trump — and how often they gladly connected. And then lied about it.
Just Security:
Mueller's Roadmap: Major Takeaways from Cohen and Manafort Filings — Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and from the Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed significant documents in the criminal cases of President Donald Trump's former personal attorney …
Lawfare:
‘Totally Clears the President’? What Those Cohen and Manafort Filings Really Say — President Trump responded to today's filings from federal prosecutors in the cases of Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort with a Twitter cry of triumph: … Don't spend a lot of time looking through …
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Associated Press:
Closer legal peril for Trump in probes; he sees no collusion
Closer legal peril for Trump in probes; he sees no collusion
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FOX6Now.com and Townhall
David French / National Review:
The Special Counsel's Cohen Sentencing Brief Is Ominous for Trump
The Special Counsel's Cohen Sentencing Brief Is Ominous for Trump
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New York Times, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Chicks On The Right, CNBC, CBS San Francisco, Sputnik International and Mediaite
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Ocasio-Cortez for 2028?
POLITICO Playbook: Ocasio-Cortez for 2028?
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KBZK, The Daily Caller and Splinter
Elie Honig / CNN:
Mueller is putting the puzzle pieces together on Trump
Mueller is putting the puzzle pieces together on Trump
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KBZK, Booman Tribune and Washington Monthly
New York Times:
John Kelly, Trump's Chief of Staff, to Leave White House — WASHINGTON — John F. Kelly, the retired Marine general tapped as chief of staff by President Trump last year to bring order to his chaotic White House, will leave the job by the end of the year, Mr. Trump said on Saturday …
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Associated Press:
Trump says chief of staff John Kelly to leave at year's end — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by year's end amid an expected West Wing reshuffling reflecting a focus on the 2020 re-election campaign and the challenge …
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SARAH PALIN and The Daily Caller
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Chief of Staff John Kelly to leave White House by end of month, Trump says — President Trump confirmed Saturday that White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly will leave by the end of the year, capping the retired Marine general's rocky tenure as the president's top aide.
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Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
Trump says John Kelly to leave chief of staff role by year end
Trump says John Kelly to leave chief of staff role by year end
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BuzzFeed News and CNBC
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Trump announces Army chief Mark Milley as pick for next Joint Chiefs chairman
Trump announces Army chief Mark Milley as pick for next Joint Chiefs chairman
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Nick Ayers is Trump's next chief of staff — unless his enemies can stop him
Nick Ayers is Trump's next chief of staff — unless his enemies can stop him
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New York Times:
The Wooing of Jared Kushner: How the Saudis Got a Friend in the White House — Senior American officials were worried. Since the early months of the Trump administration, Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and Middle East adviser, had been having private, informal conversations …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How a chilling Saudi cyberwar ensnared Jamal Khashoggi
How a chilling Saudi cyberwar ensnared Jamal Khashoggi
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Boston Magazine
Anne-Elisabeth Moutet / New York Post:
In France, les deplorables strike back — PARIS — Glittering shops from Louis Vuitton to Dior are boarded up on both sides of the Champs-Élysées. The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre will be closed. Paris has hunkered down for the latest Yellow Saturday, the fourth in a row …
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New York Times:
Police Crack Down on ‘Yellow Vests’ in France With Tear Gas and Hundreds of Arrests
Police Crack Down on ‘Yellow Vests’ in France With Tear Gas and Hundreds of Arrests
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Mother Jones, Vox, RT, NPR, Washington Press, The Week, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, Daily Caller News Foundation, Splinter and Axios
Carol Matlack / Bloomberg:
Pro-Russia Social Media Takes Aim at Macron as Yellow Vests Rage
Pro-Russia Social Media Takes Aim at Macron as Yellow Vests Rage
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Joe.My.God. and Outside the Beltway
NBC News:
Man at the center of North Carolina election fraud allegations has complicated past — Leslie McCrea Dowless has been linked to past election fraud allegations and spent time in jail for insurance fraud — WASHINGTON — Leslie McCrae Dowless, the man at the center of election fraud allegations …
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Nick Ochsner / Popular Information:
Vice Chair of Bladen County Board of Elections abruptly resigns
Vice Chair of Bladen County Board of Elections abruptly resigns
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Home Run by Trump — In nominating William Barr for AG, the president could not have done better — In 2007, the Justice Department was in disarray. Though it was largely exaggerated, a controversy over the firing of some United States attorneys, the intrusion of politics …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's favorite pollster was the least accurate in the midterms — (CNN)First things first: The theme song of the week is the theme to Love, American Style composed by Charles Fox and Arnold Margolin. — Number of the week: A new Marist College poll finds President Donald Trump's approval rating at 43% among registered voters.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Calls Senator Richard Blumenthal ‘The Dick’ in Bizarre Tweets — After watching Senator Richard Blumenthal on TV, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack him again and nickname him “The Dick.” — Many times when Blumenthal has spoken out against Trump …
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Chicks On The Right and Raw Story
Mark Penn / Fox News:
House Democrats shouldn't impeach Trump - It will anger voters and the Senate won't remove him — If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, then perhaps the Democrats on a crusade to impeach President Trump should think twice about the road they are heading down.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
I'm So Sorry to Report that Ted Cruz's New Beard Looks Great — I have no particular fondness for this subject and it brings me no pleasure to cover it. But as a truth-seeking journalist, I feel I must write what follows: Sen. Ted Cruz's new beard looks great.
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Althouse
BuzzFeed News:
Millions Of Comments About The FCC's Net Neutrality Rules Were Fake. Now The Feds Are Investigating. — People's names and addresses were listed on the FCC's website beside net neutrality comments they didn't make. Now the FBI is interested. — The Justice Department is investigating whether crimes …
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