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Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
The Catastrophic Performance of Bill Barr  —  I was willing to give Bill Barr a chance.  Consider me burned.  —  When Barr was nominated, I wrote a cautious piece for this magazine declining to give him “a character reference” and acknowledging “legitimate reasons to be concerned about …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
A Democratic Congressman just brutally mocked the cowardice of Trump's attorney general with a hilarious stunt  —  A member of the House Judiciary Committee just sent #ChickenBarr trending on Twitter when Trump's Attorney General William Barr refused to appear for fear of being questioned by the panel's lawyers.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
William Barr's Justice Department Just Filed the Most Nakedly Political Brief in the Agency's History  —  On Wednesday afternoon, after Attorney General William Barr finished his truculent and mendacious testimony before the Senate, the Department of Justice filed perhaps the most embarrassing …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Washington Post:
Trump finds in Barr the attorney general — and shield — he long sought  —  For a time, President Trump was reluctant to select William P. Barr as his attorney general.  The veteran Justice Department official from the George H.W. Bush administration was not a longtime Trump loyalist …
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
For Fear of William Barr  —  The attorney general gets attacked because his probe endangers many powerful people.  —  The only thing uglier than an angry Washington is a fearful Washington.  And fear is what's driving this week's blitzkrieg of Attorney General William Barr.
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Barr's theory would create a tyrannical presidency  —  Attorney General William Barr three times now has tread on the dangerous ground of asserting that the president can assess his own guilt or innocence and, by extension, of the culpability of underlings as well.  —  Barr's claims are meretricious nonsense.
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Pelosi accuses Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
At least one person came out smelling like a rose
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump, Wrecker of Reputations
Discussion: PJ Media Home, NB Blog and IJR
HuffPost:   Are House Democrats Running Out The Clock On Impeachment?
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
William Barr's Mueller Report Testimony Has Everyone Wondering What Happened To Him
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Vox
New York Times:
F.B.I. Sent Investigator Posing as Assistant to Meet With Trump Aide in 2016  —  WASHINGTON — The conversation at a London bar in September 2016 took a strange turn when the woman sitting across from George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, asked a direct question: Was the Trump campaign working with Russia?
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook bans far-right leaders including Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos for being “dangerous”  —  The bans are a sign that the social network is more aggressively enforcing its hate speech policies under pressure from civil rights groups.  —  Facebook said on Thursday …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook bans Alex Jones and Laura Loomer for violating its policies against dangerous individuals  —  Milo Yiannopoulos and Louis Farrakhan have been banned as well  —  Facebook today removed Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer …
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Other Far-Right Figures
Discussion: NBC News and TechCrunch
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Instagram and Facebook Ban Far-Right Extremists
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars and others from its platforms as ‘dangerous’
The Daily Beast:
Mark Halperin Enlists Pals Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Michael Smerconish to Rehab His Career After Sexual Misconduct Scandal  —  The disgraced pundit has re-emerged from #MeToo hiding and has met with media friends for new punditry work—including a scrapped gig with the hosts of MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe.’
Discussion: Mediaite
Daily Mail:
Grim-faced Obama with president-elect Trump as they depart of White House for the inauguration.  —  Obama was cordial to the president elect in their face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office, but in private Obama called Trump a conman straight out of Huckleberry Finn.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
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John Gage / Washington Examiner:
Obama saw the 2016 loss of Hillary Clinton as a ‘personal insult’
Discussion: TheBlaze
Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Moore Withdraws as Trump's Federal Reserve Board Pick After Anti-Women Remarks Unearthed  —  The former Trump campaign advisor's views on women and other subjects sparked criticism from lawmakers, including Republicans.  —  Stephen Moore withdrew himself from consideration to sit …
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Charles Sykes / Politico:
Stephen Moore Went Down for the Wrong Thing
Discussion: The Atlantic, Contemptor, Fortune and NPR
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
California Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns  —  The California state Senate on Thursday approved a bill to require candidates appearing on the presidential primary ballot — including President Trump — to release five years' worth of income tax returns.
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
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Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:   Someone Did Get to Look at Trump's Tax Returns: Deutsche Bankers
Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:
Barr Unable to Give Honest Answer to Drive-Thru Window at Arby's  —  BETHESDA, Maryland (The Borowitz Report)—Attorney General William Barr on Thursday proved unable to give honest answers to a drive-thru window at a Bethesda, Maryland, Arby's restaurant.  —  Barr, who drove up to the window …
Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Mayor Pugh resigns after month on leave amid investigation into her business deals  —  Pictures of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh through the years  —  Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh resigned Thursday, apologizing for the harm she has caused to the city's image and the mayor's office amid …
Discussion: Axios, WBAL and Daily Wire
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Washington Post:
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigns amid book scandal, health problems
John Solomon / The Hill:
Ukrainian embassy confirms DNC contractor solicited Trump dirt in 2016  —  The boomerang from the Democratic Party's failed attempt to connect Donald Trump to Russia's 2016 election meddling is picking up speed, and its flight path crosses right through Moscow's pesky neighbor, Ukraine.
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre Questioned on Travel Expenses  —  Lawyer for the gun-rights organization says vast majority of the money was spent on donor outreach, fundraising and other business
Discussion: The Week
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Authorities: Alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave and seeking Norwegians' devotion  —  BERLIN — An alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave a Norwegian port city, in what appears to be a high-profile defection after a week of global attention on the unnamed beluga.
Eric Beech / Reuters:
Trump says he's not inclined to let former counsel McGahn testify to Congress  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not believe he would allow former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify to committees in Congress, saying McGahn had already spoken to the special counsel on the Russia probe.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Fox News:
Trump tells Dems 'it's over,' says McGahn won't testify, hits Biden's ‘very dumb statement’ in Fox News interview
Discussion: swampdrain.com and Breitbart
CNN:
Bernie Sanders personally spearheaded campaign strategy to take on Joe Biden  —  Sanders: Dems must campaign on policy issues, not attacks  —  (CNN)The decision by Bernie Sanders' campaign to immediately engage with Joe Biden — in a series of public remarks, tweets and emails to supporters …
Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Chasten Buttigieg has been a homeless community-college student and a Starbucks barista.  Now, he could be ‘first gentleman.’  —  “Are you going to write about my meal?”  Chasten Buttigieg asks, scanning the breakfast menu of a Manhattan cafe last month.  —  He had oatmeal with a side of fresh fruit.
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Conservatives seize on Alabama state Dem's abortion comments  —  Republicans pounced Wednesday on remarks made by an Alabama state representative opposing a state bill that would criminalize abortion.  —  State Rep. John Rogers (D) said abortion “ought to be a woman's choice,” before adding …
Julia Harte / Reuters:
Exclusive: Foreign government leases at Trump World Tower stir more emoluments concerns  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress …
Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Democrats' Most Liberal Wing Is Struggling To Gain Power  —  I argued in a piece published earlier this week that the “Super Progressive” bloc of the Democratic Party was largely losing its fights with the party's Progressive Old Guard wing.  Big ideas pushed by more liberal Democrats …
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Reps. Scalise and Zeldin: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we must commit to fighting anti-Semitism
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Michael Bennet:
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Lawsuit seeks to block Barr's order denying bail to asylum seekers
Discussion: ACLU
Associated Press:
Trump easing offshore drilling safety rules from Deepwater
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Why I — a Bland White Guy You've Never Heard Of — Am Running for President
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Wall Street Journal:
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Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
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