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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset  —  Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset.  —  This doesn't mean he's a spy, but neither is it a flip accusation.  Russia attacked our country in 2016.  It is attacking us today.  Its attacks will intensify in 2020.  Yet each time we try to raise our defenses …
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Nicole Goodkind / Newsweek:
Mitch McConnell Received Donations from Voting Machine Lobbyists Before Blocking Election Security Bills  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell squashed two bills intended to ensure voting security on Thursday, just one day after former special counsel Robert Mueller warned that Russians …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Rand Paul Fights Sanctions on Russian Pipeline  —  The Trump ally has quietly moved to postpone efforts to hit the Russian project, and is lobbying his colleagues against a new sanctions bill.  —  Advocates for a massive Russian natural gas pipeline project have a powerful, quiet ally in Congress …
Shane Croucher / Newsweek:
MoscowMitch Trends on Twitter as Mitch McConnell Blocks Election Security Bills Despite ‘Unprecedented Level’ of Russian Interference  —  The hashtag #MoscowMitch was trending on Twitter on Friday morning after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked two election bills designed …
The Atlantic:
Why We're Moving Forward With Impeachment  —  Our Constitution requires it.  Our democracy depends on it.  —  Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Committee U.S. representative from Rhode Island U.S. representative from Washington U.S. representative from Texas
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New York Times:
Raising Prospect of Impeaching Trump, House Seeks Mueller's Grand Jury Secrets  —  In a court filing, House Democrats said they need access to secret grand jury evidence because they are weighing whether to recommend impeaching President Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee …
Joshua Matz / Washington Post:
The House has already opened an impeachment investigation against Trump
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Pelosi says she's ‘not trying to run out the clock’ on Trump impeachment
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
Just Security:
How Congress Can Access the Legal Powers of Impeachment Without a Formal Inquiry
VICE:   Democrats Just Delivered a Perfectly Confusing Message On Impeachment
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:   House Judiciary Committee Is Investigating Possible Impeachment Of Donald Trump
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Lets Trump Proceed on Border Wall  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday gave President Trump a victory in his fight for a wall along the Mexican border by allowing the administration to begin using $2.5 billion in Pentagon money for the construction.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says Trump can proceed with plan to spend military funds for border wall construction  —  A split Supreme Court said Friday night that the Trump administration could proceed with its plan to use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to build part of the president's wall project along the southern border.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court gives Trump go-ahead on border wall  —  President Donald Trump scored a major victory at the Supreme Court on Friday, as the justices lifted a lower court order blocking a key part of his plan to expand the border wall with Mexico.  —  The Justice Department had asked the justices …
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:   U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed funds for border wall
Max Londberg / Cincinnati.com:
$250 million Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post dismissed by federal judge  —  Ted Sandmann, father Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann, on why he wants doxing legislation to criminalize revealing a minor's identity online  —  The $250 million lawsuit filed by Nick Sandmann …
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Richard Leiby / Washington Post:
Judge dismisses libel suit against Washington Post brought by Covington Catholic High School student
Discussion: Mediaite
Anna Merlan / Jezebel:
The New Yorker Seriously Mischaracterized the Story of One of Al Franken's Accusers  —  This week, the New Yorker ran a long piece by Jane Mayer re-examining the sexual harassment allegations against Al Franken, a piece which minimized the accusations themselves while giving Franken ample space to defend himself.
Paul Brand / ITV:
ITV News exclusive: Jacob Rees-Mogg issues style guide to staff  —  The new Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogghas instructed all staff in his new office to use imperial measurements and refer to ‘non-tiled males’ as ‘esquire’.  —  Issuing a style guide in the first week of his job …
The Daily Beast:
Lil Nas X Shuts Down Mayor Pete Buttigieg ‘Old Town Road’ Collaboration  —  The 2020 candidate was set to recite the lyrics to the chart-topping megahit for a BuzzFeed event, but the singer nixed the idea, leading to the mayor's exit.  —  Lil Nas X has collaborated with the likes of Billy Ray Cyrus, Keith Urban, BTS, and Young Thug.
Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
She Verbally Consented To Sex But The School Determined He Committed Sexual Assault Because He ‘Cajoled’ Her With Flattery  —  A new lawsuit filed against Pennsylvania State University includes several abnormalities, including the school's decision to review the first hearing …
Discussion: RedState
David K. Li / NBC News:
Emmett Till memorial in photo of gun-toting Mississippi students will be made bulletproof  —  The bullet-riddled historical marker will be replaced with a new steel, bulletproof sign.  —  A vandalized memorial to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in Mississippi was removed and is set to be replaced with a new bulletproof sign.
Discussion: ProPublica
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Martha Roby to retire  —  Rep. Martha Roby (R-Ala.) announced Friday she plans to retire at the end of her term, becoming the third Republican lawmaker to announce their retirement this week.  —  “While my name will not be on the ballot in 2020, I remain committed to continuing …
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Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Alabama GOP Rep. Martha Roby not running for reelection
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
‘I Have a Moral Responsibility to Come Forward’: Colonel Accuses Top Military Nominee of Assault  —  WASHINGTON — Col. Kathryn A. Spletstoser of the Army says she had returned to her hotel room and was putting on face cream on the night of Dec. 2, 2017, after a full day at the annual Reagan …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Axios, Vanity Fair and Mediaite
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Ilhan Omar SPLITS with her husband and moves into luxury penthouse as she heads for SECOND divorce with father of her three children  — Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and her husband Ahmed Hirsi - the father of her three children - have split, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively
Representative Chris Pappas:
Congressman Pappas Issues Statement on Impeachment Inquiry  —  Manchester, N.H.- Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement regarding an impeachment inquiry.  —  “Good afternoon.  Today marks 204 days since I was sworn in as a member of Congress representing the people of New Hampshire's 1st District.
Josephine Wolff / Slate:
You Have a Moral Obligation to Claim Your $125 From Equifax  —  Help make sure that companies pay the consequences for data breaches.  —  Go claim your $125 from Equifax.  Right now.  Even if $125 isn't a sum of money that matters to you, even if you don't feel you were really directly affected by the breach.
Carl Bildt / Washington Post:
I was Sweden's prime minister and no, Mr. Trump, I could not have freed A$AP Rocky either  —  I have no idea whatsoever what happened that evening in the streets of Stockholm in late June that led to the detention of three U.S. citizens — including the rapper A$AP Rocky — and to them facing assault charges.
Sky News:
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson ‘already working on’ UK-US free trade deal  —  The US president is said to be committed to an “ambitious free trade agreement”, with formal talks to begin after Brexit.  —  Created with Sketch.  —  Donald Trump has said he and Boris Johnson have already started working …
Discussion: Politico
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ITV:   Donald Trump talks up Boris Johnson and the Queen after talking ‘unparalleled’ trade opportunities with new PM
Angie Maxwell / Washington Post:
What we get wrong about the Southern strategy  —  It took much longer — and went much further — than we think.  —  Most Americans have heard the story of the “Southern strategy”: The Republican Party, in the wake of the civil rights movement, decided to court Southern white voters by capitalizing on their racial fears.
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth  —  Alan Duffy was confused.  On Thursday, the astronomer's phone was suddenly flooded with calls from reporters wanting to know about a large asteroid that had just whizzed past Earth, and he couldn't figure out “why everyone was so alarmed.”
 
 
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Jonathan Montpetit / CBC News:
Video of man taunting mom, daughter with slurs prompts more worries about racial tensions in Quebec
Washington Post:
Adviser, son-in-law and hidden campaign hand: How Kushner is trying to help Trump win in 2020
Ellen Huet / Bloomberg:
Juul Targeted Children at Schools and Online, U.S. House Panel Says
Discussion: New York Post and Chalkbeat
Derek Willis / Politico:
How conservative operatives steered millions in PAC donations to themselves
Discussion: ProPublica
dsca.mil:
Pakistan - Technical Security Team (TST) in Continued Support of the F-16 Program
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the effort to turn Trump against Amazon's bid for a $10 billion contract
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Charlottesville Lawyers Dump Nazi Clients
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
What Were Robespierre's Pronouns?
Discussion: Splinter
Media Matters for America:
Lies, damn lies, and media: Right-wing repetition of debunked narratives reshapes reality
The Intercept:
Ohio Republicans Balked at a Nuclear Bailout, so the Industry Elected New Republicans …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Zach Dorfman / Yahoo News:
Shadow force: The secret history of the U.S. intelligence community's battle with Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The American System Is Already Failing
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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