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New York Times:
Senate Republicans Warn White House Against Mexico Tariffs  —  WASHINGTON — Republican senators sent the White House a sharp message on Tuesday, warning that they were opposed to President Trump's plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, just hours after the president said lawmakers would be “foolish” to try to stop him.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Republicans ready to quash Cuccinelli
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
GOP lawmakers warn White House they'll try to block Trump's Mexico tariffs
Politico:
Republicans threaten revolt, may block Trump's Mexico tariffs
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Use of emergency declaration to impose tariffs on Mexico is legally questionable, scholars say
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Beto O'Rourke calls for term and donation limits in new voting rights plan  —  O'Rourke: Call to impeach Trump isn't a rushed decision  —  (CNN)Beto O'Rourke is proposing term limits for Supreme Court justices and members of Congress and far-reaching new restrictions on donations …
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Democrat O'Rourke unveils voting rights plan to get 35 million more to the polls  —  (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke issued an ambitious plan on Wednesday to revamp the U.S. voting system by cracking down on voter suppression and getting an additional 35 million people to the ballot box by the 2024 elections.
Discussion: Political Wire
Beto For America:
Voting Rights  —  Beto O'Rourke's Plan to Realize the Full Potential …
Discussion: Axios and UPI
David Siders / Politico:
O'Rourke proposes new term limits, electoral reforms
Discussion: Vox
Joe Perticone / Business Insider:
Joe Biden's climate plan appears to directly copy multiple lines from other organizations — but his campaign says it was a mistake … - Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released a climate change proposal on Tuesday.  — In at least three instances …
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Washington Post:
Joe Biden's campaign acknowledges lifting language from other groups for its policy plans
Guillermo Contreras / ExpressNews.com:
Emails show Texas governor requested the voter purge that used flawed data  —  Electronic communications made public Tuesday show Gov. Greg Abbott's office was a driving force in the state's program to purge nearly 100,000 suspected non-U.S. citizens from Texas' voter rolls.
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RealClearInvestigations:
Policing Noncitizen Voting: What We Have Here Is a Failure of Data  —  The downfall of Texas Secretary of State David Whitley began in January with the blockbuster announcement that tens of thousands of noncitizens might have voted illegally in recent Texas elections.
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Texas Governor Asked Officials To Hunt For Noncitizen Voter Records Before Botched Purge
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
House passes immigration bill to protect ‘dreamers,’ offer a path to citizenship  —  The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would offer a path to citizenship to more than 2 million undocumented immigrants, including “dreamers” who were brought to the United States as children.
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Democrat-led House passes Dreamers bill in rebuttal to Trump
Discussion: Fox News and Politics K-12
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
House passes latest DREAM Act, hoping to place millions of immigrants on path to citizenship
Discussion: The Week
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Talks Between Democrats and Justice Dept. in Doubt Over Barr Contempt Vote  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats said on Tuesday that they were willing to renew negotiations with the Justice Department over access to the special counsel's full report and investigative files …
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BuzzFeed News:   Justice Department Clarifies Redactions To Mueller Report
Nick Statt / The Verge:
YouTube decides that homophobic harassment does not violate its policies  —  The company sides with edgy commentator Steven Crowder  —  YouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive and controversial feud between Vox writer and video host Carlos Maza and conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder.
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
A right-wing YouTuber hurled racist, homophobic taunts at a gay reporter.  The company did nothing.  —  Carlos Maza, a video producer for the news site Vox, said the harassment began about two years ago.  —  Steven Crowder, a right-wing commentator and comedian, had begun to call …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Marla Was Under Duress”: Revealed in His Marla Maples Prenup, Donald Trump's Draconian Art of the Marriage Deal  —  She only got $1 million.  Trump called himself a billionaire, but likely wasn't.  Child support would cease if Tiffany joined the Army or the Peace Corps.  And other secrets of the Trump-Marla prenup.
Lauren Chadwick / euronews:
Noa Pothoven: Raped girl, 17, dies by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands  —  A teenager who said she was raped by two men died by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands, it's emerged.  —  Noa Pothoven made a “sad last post” to social media last week in which she announced she would “die within 10 days”.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Detroit News:
Biden, Sanders other Democrats lead Trump in Michigan poll  —  Lansing — While most Michigan voters don't want Congress to impeach President Donald Trump, a majority said they would vote against him if the election were held today, according to a new statewide poll.  —  More:Potential Amash bid could hurt Biden in Michigan
Discussion: Washington Times
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Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
Potential Amash bid could hurt Biden in Michigan
Discussion: Political Wire
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Joe Biden's long evolution on abortion rights still holds surprises  —  As a senator from Delaware, he once supported stripping exceptions for rape and incest from federal funding.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden's decadeslong evolution on abortion rights has in many ways mirrored …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Will Senate Republicans defy Trump this time? Will it matter?
Chris York / HuffPost UK:
Trump Interview: 7 Takeaway Moments From Piers Morgan's ITV Sit-Down  —  From his controversial comments on the NHS and Meghan Markle to climate change, nothing was off limits on Good Morning Britain.  —  In what appears to now be a tradition, Donald Trump has given his only TV interview …
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Diane Smith / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:   Board votes to fire teacher over tweets, but she remains employed pending possible appeal
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
F.B.I., Pushing to Stop Domestic Terrorists, Grapples With Limits on Its Power  —  EVERETT, Wash. — Dakota Reed's mind brimmed with thoughts of mass murder.  In November, he wrote on Facebook, “I am shooting for 30 Jews.”  —  The next month, he uploaded a video of himself in his bedroom …
Susan Page / USA Today:
Harry Reid changes opinion, says Pelosi-led House should open Trump impeachment inquiry  —  Impeaching a U.S. president might not be the be all end all for their career.  Not only can a president remain in office after impeachment, but even see higher approval ratings.  We explain.  —  CONNECT
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump to hit Biden as globalist on trade issues  —  Watch for Trump allies to begin framing Joe Biden as a free-trading globalist who would undo the president's trade agenda.  —  Why it matters: Trump will try to direct the conversation with his megaphone, and invite attacks on Biden from the left.
Discussion: Washington Post
Edward Fitzpatrick Globe / BostonGlobe.com:
Make that four political parties for Lincoln Chafee  —  T his story is part of the Globe's new initiative to enhance coverage of Rhode Island.  Sign up to receive a daily briefing in your inbox each morning.  Tell us your tips, thoughts, and ideas here.  —  PROVIDENCE — Lincoln D. Chafee …
Discussion: Splinter and Front Page Magazine
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
‘It was a political lynch mob’: Steve King pledges to fight GOP over his exile  —  Rep. Steve King, hellbent on making a congressional comeback, is vowing to look at all procedural options to force his way back onto the committees from which he was exiled.  —  But the Iowa Republican …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mike Allen / Axios:
Terry McAuliffe eyes another run for Virginia governor  —  Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who was popular when he left office last year, is hinting to Democrats that he may run for governor again in 2021.  —  Why it matters: McAuliffe, who bowed out of the 2020 presidential race …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Cory Booker's Housing Plan Offers Tax Credit to Millions of Renters  —  Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey on Wednesday unveiled a plan to tackle affordable housing that would provide a tax credit for renters to ensure they would not spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent …
Discussion: Axios
Christopher Rowland / Washington Post:
Pfizer had clues its blockbuster drug could prevent Alzheimer's.  Why didn't it tell the world?  —  A team of researchers inside Pfizer made a startling find in 2015: The company's blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis therapy Enbrel, a powerful anti-inflammatory drug, appeared to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease by 64 percent.
 
 
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Matt Walsh / Daily Wire:
LGBT People Are Not Oppressed Or Persecuted In This Country. Here's How We Know.
Discussion: The Guardian
Vanessa Grigoriadis / New York Times:
Madonna at Sixty  —  The original queen of pop on aging …
Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Missouri's new abortion ban has Nicole Galloway leaning toward campaign for governor
Eric Boehm / Reason:
Trump's Trade War Turns 1. Here's What We've Lost.
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
President Donald Trump joins world leaders to pay tribute on 75th anniversary of D-Day
John D. Sutter / CNN:
Feds are still trying to stop the ‘climate kids’ lawsuit
Discussion: Splinter and Talking Points Memo
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Don't Let China Export Its Internet
 Earlier Items: 
Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:
Bernie Sanders Is Endorsing Marie Newman Against One Of The Last Anti-Abortion Democrats In Congress
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Tennessee prosecutor: Gay people not entitled to domestic violence protections
Reuters:
Satellite data shows Amazon deforestation rising under Brazil's Bolsonaro
Washington Post:
Amid London protests, Trump appears in denial over his standing abroad
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Remember when Republicans were prepared to impeach Hillary Clinton?
Emily Todd VanDerWerff / Vox:
HBO's Chernobyl is a terrific miniseries. Its writer hopes you don't think it's the whole truth.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Hate crimes surge in NYC, attacks on Jews almost double
Washington Post:
Meet the GOP operatives who aim to smear the 2020 Democrats — but keep bungling it
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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