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Elie Honig / CAFE:
Flipping Roger Stone — As a federal prosecutor working organized crime cases, I routinely staked trials on testimony from some of the worst human beings on the planet. Prosecutors call them “cooperating witnesses,” defendants and defense attorneys call them “rats,” “snitches” and worse, and trials often turn on their testimony.
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Julian Sanchez / New York Times:
Mueller's Real Target in the Roger Stone Indictment — It was probably not Stone himself, but rather his electronic devices. — Mr. Sanchez is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. — For many, Friday's arrest of Roger Stone, the veteran political trickster and longtime adviser to Donald Trump …
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Washington Monthly, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Media Matters for America
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Dithering GOP Stalls House's New Trump-Russia Probe — Democrats now in control of the crucial intelligence committee want to get back to their Russia probe. It can't happen until the Republicans formally join. — The new leadership on the House intelligence committee is eager to revive …
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Axios, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Pelosi / Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Special Counsel Indictment and Arrest of Trump Campaign Advisor Roger Stone
Pelosi Statement on Special Counsel Indictment and Arrest of Trump Campaign Advisor Roger Stone
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Stone Indictment Underscores That There Was No Trump-Russia Conspiracy
Stone Indictment Underscores That There Was No Trump-Russia Conspiracy
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
‘I Will Piss on Your Grave’: Emails Reveal Roger Stone's Abuse of Frenemy Randy Credico
‘I Will Piss on Your Grave’: Emails Reveal Roger Stone's Abuse of Frenemy Randy Credico
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Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
“We Can See Collusion”: With the Stone Indictment, Mueller Begins Making His Case
“We Can See Collusion”: With the Stone Indictment, Mueller Begins Making His Case
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The Guardian, Mediaite and TheBlaze
Zachary Basu / Axios:
House Intelligence to hand over transcripts to Mueller investigation
House Intelligence to hand over transcripts to Mueller investigation
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New York Times:
Trump and His Associates Had More Than 100 Contacts With Russians Before the Inauguration — Among these contacts are more than 100 in-person meetings, phone calls, text messages, emails and private messages on Twitter. Mr. Trump and his campaign repeatedly denied having such contacts with Russians during the 2016 election.
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New York Times:
Trump Meets With Hard-Right Group Led by Ginni Thomas — WASHINGTON — President Trump met last week with a delegation of hard-right activists led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, listening quietly as members of the group denounced transgender people and women serving …
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CNN:
Inside the White House, aides and advisers are despondent over a wasted month — Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump announced in the Rose Garden on Friday that his quixotic bid to secure more than $5 billion for a border wall would end with no money, he was met with applause from his Cabinet secretaries and senior aides.
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
‘He lied about it’: Ann Coulter rips Trump for failing to secure border wall funding — Conservative pundit Ann Coulter had high hopes for President Trump, anointing him an “emperor god” and writing the book “In Trump We Trust” to celebrate his White House bid.
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Slate, Fox News Insider and NPR
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What we've learned post-shutdown
POLITICO Playbook: What we've learned post-shutdown
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and TheBlaze
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For a President Consumed With Winning, a Stinging Defeat
For a President Consumed With Winning, a Stinging Defeat
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Washington Post, New York Daily News, ThinkProgress, The Resurgent, Conservative News Today, Al Jazeera, IJR and Mother Jones
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump warns border security compromise ‘will not be easy’
Trump warns border security compromise ‘will not be easy’
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Willie Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
Sure, I dated Kamala Harris. So what? — I've been peppered with calls from the national media about my “relationship” with Kamala Harris, particularly since it became obvious that she was going to run for president. Most of them, I have not returned. — Yes, we dated. It was more than 20 years ago.
New York Times:
A Bruised Trump Faces Uncertain 2020 Prospects. His Team Fears a Primary Fight. — With his approval rating sinking, and foes within the party wooing potential Republican challengers, aides to the president are working to shore up his support. — Mr. Trump, close associates acknowledge …
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump's demand for a border wall shut down the government. At the same time, his company was firing undocumented workers. — OSSINING, N.Y — They had spent years on the staff of Donald Trump's golf club, winning employee-of-the-month awards and receiving glowing letters of recommendation.
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Ayaz Gul / Voice of America:
U.S.-Taliban Agree on Troop Withdrawal Plan, Sources Tell VOA — The United States and the Taliban may have agreed on a plan for American troops to leave Afghanistan, sources privy to the development told VOA Saturday. In return, the insurgent group has given assurances …
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Greenville, NC:
FIRST ON WITN: Congressman Walter Jones in hospice — FARMVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Congressman Walter Jones is in hospice, his wife Joe Anne Jones confirmed Saturday at their home in Farmville. — The family declined to give any other details about his condition.
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Telegraph:
Melania Trump - An Apology — Following last Saturday's (Jan 19) Telegraph magazine cover story “The mystery of Melania”, we have been asked to make clear that the article contained a number of false statements which we accept should not have been published.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Ex-Starbucks CEO Could Get Trump Re-elected — Before there was Jill Stein, there was Ralph Nader. Before there was Nader, there was Ross Perot. — None won. All argued that the Republican Party and the Democratic Party were basically the same, and the only way to make real change was to ditch them both.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Loneliness of the Moderate Democrat — ‘It takes a lot of spine to be a centrist in America today.’ — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — I did it. I found a significantly accomplished, defensibly qualified Democratic officeholder who isn't flirting with — and hasn't fantasized about — a presidential run in 2020.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Yes, Venezuela Is a Socialist Catastrophe — In the age of A.O.C., the lesson must be learned again. — Conspicuous by its relative absence in much of the mainstream news coverage of Venezuela's political crisis is the word “socialism.” Yes, every sensible observer agrees …
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David Roth / The Concourse:
You Can't Get There From Here — “It's not going to change a damn thing,” the President of the United States told an assemblage of news anchors at an off-the-record White House meeting some weeks ago. “But I'm still doing it.” To a certain extent, that groaning is just standard Trump shit …
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Michael R. Pompeo / US Department of State:
U.S. Department of State — Search Input — Remarks at a United Nations Security Council Meeting on Venezuela — Remarks — Secretary of State United Nations New York City — Good morning. On behalf of President Trump and the American people I first want to thank Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas …
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Hans von der Burchard / Politico:
EU ramps up pressure on Venezuela
EU ramps up pressure on Venezuela
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consilium.europa.eu, One America News Network, The Daily Beast and The Guardian