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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
If This Isn't Impeachable, Nothing Is — The president of the United States reportedly sought the help of a foreign government against an American citizen who might challenge him for his office. This is the single most important revelation in a scoop by The Wall Street Journal …
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en.hromadske.ua:
“Trump Did Not Pressure Zelenskyy, Ukraine Is Independent State” - Foreign Minister Prystaiko — Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko denies that U.S. President Donald Trump had pressured President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a telephone conversation. — Prystaiko said this in an interview with hromadske.
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden accuses Trump of ‘abuse of power’ in whistleblower scandal — DES MOINES, Iowa - An angered Joe Biden on Saturday accused President Donald Trump of “using every element of his presidency to try and smear me,” and called for an investigation into Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
President Trump and the warping of democratic governance — Not for the first time, President Trump has revealed the fragility of this country's democratic system. Three years into his presidency, the evidence of a weakened system is all around. It has happened in plain sight.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden: 'I've Never Spoken to My Son About' Ukraine Business Deals
Joe Biden: 'I've Never Spoken to My Son About' Ukraine Business Deals
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Robert Kraychik / Breitbart:
Peter Schweizer on Whistleblower: Media Trying to Turn a Biden Scandal into a Trump Scandal
Peter Schweizer on Whistleblower: Media Trying to Turn a Biden Scandal into a Trump Scandal
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Behind the Whistle-Blower Case, a Long-Held Trump Grudge Toward Ukraine
Behind the Whistle-Blower Case, a Long-Held Trump Grudge Toward Ukraine
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump and Election Interference, Whistle-Blower Edition
Trump and Election Interference, Whistle-Blower Edition
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CNN:
Trump's interest in Ukraine ramped up as Giuliani pressed on Biden claims
Trump's interest in Ukraine ramped up as Giuliani pressed on Biden claims
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Missing piece to the Ukraine puzzle: State Department's overture to Rudy Giuliani
Missing piece to the Ukraine puzzle: State Department's overture to Rudy Giuliani
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Cory Booker memo: May not be in race ‘much longer’ if he can't raise millions in days — The Democratic presidential candidate's campaign manager warned the NJ senator won't stick around without a viable chance to win. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker must raise nearly $2 million …
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Cory Booker / Medium:
Now or Never: Radical Transparency about the Next 10 Days of This Race — From: Addisu Demissie, Campaign Manager, Cory 2020 — Cory Booker decided to run for president because he believes that the only way to beat Donald Trump and heal our country is to bring people together — and he's the best person to do that.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Booker campaign warns end is near without fundraising surge
Booker campaign warns end is near without fundraising surge
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Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Campaigns Prep Early For Steak Fry Spectacle
Campaigns Prep Early For Steak Fry Spectacle
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders deputy field director in Iowa is no longer with campaign — Bernie Sanders has parted ways with one of his deputy field directors in Iowa, the campaign confirmed Saturday. — Kevin Lata joined the Vermont senator's 2020 team after working in several positions during his first run for the White House.
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New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Calls for Eliminating Americans' Medical Debt — On top of his “Medicare for all” proposal, Mr. Sanders's new plan would wipe out an estimated $81 billion in existing medical debt and ignore such debt in credit scores. — WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders has long wanted to remake …
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Bernie Sanders's plan to eliminate medical debt, explained — Bernie Sanders wants to eliminate $81 billion in medical debt and set up a public credit registry. — Americans go bankrupt every year because of unpaid medical bills. — Now Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) …
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
DoD deletes tweet that joked about blowing up millennials trying to storm Area 51 — Exclusive Hot Mic From ‘Storm Area 51’ — Sometimes a joke just doesn't work. — For example, the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service tweeted and subsequently deleted a Gilbert Gottfried-esque misfire …
Washington Post:
Should U.S. troops put their lives on the line for Saudi Arabia? — PRESIDENT TRUMP has so far responded with sanctions and diplomacy to the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil production facilities last weekend, which his administration and the Saudi government have blamed on Iran.
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Steve Leblanc / Associated Press:
Rep. Joe Kennedy formally announces US Senate campaign — BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III formally declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Saturday, becoming the first member of the Kennedy political dynasty to bid for the upper chamber of Congress since Edward M. Kennedy in 1962.
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson 2024 — I tried to imagine a president worse than Trump. Welcome to my nightmare. — Presidents these days always seem to get worse, don't they? — To many on the left, Donald Trump is an order of magnitude more disastrous a commander in chief than was George W. Bush …
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Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox:
An exchange at an LGBTQ forum reopens questions about Joe Biden's treatment of women — Moderator Lyz Lenz called Biden's comments towards her “a little condescending,” and said, “You shouldn't be calling women sweethearts.” — Former Vice President Joe Biden, the leading Democratic …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Trump unleashed: He's talking more and tweeting more — Washington (CNN)For better or worse, we're getting more Donald Trump these days. — If you feel like you are hearing the President's voice all the time, you are not imagining things. Trump is talking and tweeting more in 2019 than he did in 2018 …
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Gerry Shih / Washington Post:
‘Boiling us like frogs’: China's clampdown on Muslims creeps into the heartland, finds new targets — LINXIA, China — Worrying signs first emerged two years ago in this Muslim pocket in China's heartland. Calls to prayer, once broadcast from local mosques, fell silent.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Lost Her Dream Job but Gained a Path to 2020 — She had a plan to take on big banks. In the fight to get it done, she honed the approach to politics that defines her presidential campaign. — Elizabeth Warren did not want a goodbye party.
Hank Berrien / Daily Wire:
WATCH: White Liberals Lecture Candace Owens On White Supremacy. She Leaves Them In Tatters. — On Wednesday, Candace Owens appeared at a hearing before House Oversight Joint Subcommittee as they took on the subject of white supremacy, and after white witnesses lambasted her Owens absolutely eviscerated …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Candace Owens to Congress: ‘White Supremacy and White Nationalism Are Not a Problem’
Candace Owens to Congress: ‘White Supremacy and White Nationalism Are Not a Problem’
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