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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
McConnell: ‘I would have no choice but to take it up’ if House votes to impeach Trump  — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate would have no choice but to take up impeachment if the House votes to effectively charge President Donald Trump.
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Reuters:
Kremlin says disclosure of Trump-Putin phone calls would need Russian consent  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that Washington would need Russian consent to publish transcripts of phone calls between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Discussion: Axios, Political Wire and Raw Story
James Arkin / Politico:
Democrats see impeachment as landmine for Republican Senate  —  Democrats insist that their march toward impeaching President Donald Trump is simply about doing the right thing.  But a growing number of them see a real political upside, too: It might help them win back the Senate.
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
McConnell says Senate will put Trump on trial if House votes to impeach
Discussion: Politico
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:   McConnell says he can't completely prevent an impeachment trial
Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats Resist a Win for American Workers
Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
Fellow Republicans, there's still time to save your souls  —  Jeff Flake, a Republican, represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019.  He is a resident fellow at Harvard University and a contributor to CBS News.  —  Two years ago I stood in the Senate chamber and said …
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
The impeachment inquiry: “We could not ignore what the president did.”  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff talk with Scott Pelley about the impeachment inquiry of President Trump  —  Tonight, “60 Minutes” …
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Raises Idea of Arresting House Chairman for Treason  —  The president questioned whether the leader of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, had acted illegally in the way he described Mr. Trump's call with Ukraine's leader.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday questioned whether …
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, Mediaite and CNN
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Trump's PR Meltdown  —  If the facts are against you, argue the law.  —  If the law is against you, argue the facts.  —  If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.  —  ― Carl Sandburg  —  Hi Republicans.  —  Long time, no talk.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's allies on TV are having trouble relying on reality to defend him
Discussion: HuffPost
Carmen Fenton / Mac Thornberry For Congress:
Thornberry Statement  —  “It has been a great honor to serve the people of the 13th District of Texas as their congressman for the last 25 years.  They have given me opportunities to serve the nation in ways I could have never imagined, including as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Axios
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Tom Benning / Dallas Morning News:
Rep. Mac Thornberry becomes sixth Texas Republican in House to announce retirement ahead of 2020 election
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Connor O'Brien / Politico:   Top House Armed Services Republican Mac Thornberry won't seek reelection
Bloomberg:
GOP Congressman Will Plead Guilty in Insider-Trading Case  —  Rep. Christopher Collins, a Republican from New York, is pleading guilty to insider trading.  —  The congressman was charged last year with trading on non-public information about Innate Immunotherapeutics Ltd., an Australian biotechnology company.
Discussion: Shareblue Media and New York Post
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Fox News:
GOP Rep. Chris Collins expected to plead guilty in insider trading case
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Beast
New York Times:
Rep. Chris Collins to Plead Guilty in Insider Trading Case
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
‘Beyond repugnant’: GOP congressman slams Trump for warning of ‘civil war’ over impeachment  —  As Democrats begin an impeachment inquiry, President Trump spent Sunday vigorously defending himself on Twitter and sharing cable news clips of his most ardent devotees insisting that he did nothing wrong …
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Irin Carmon / The Cut:
Another Woman Says Al Franken Groped Her  —  The cover story New York published this week centers on the stories of women and men who came forward about sexual abuse and harassment — and one who has not yet done so.  In the issue, a woman who says former U.S. senator Al Franken groped …
Philip Rotner / The Bulwark:
It's Not Just Trump  —  The entire executive branch of the government has been corrupted by our corrupt president.  —  The story of the Ukraine whistleblower isn't just about a personal quid pro quo between U.S. president and a foreign leader.  That's certainly part of it …
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Misleading Trump tweet claims Ukraine whistleblower complaint “not holding up”
Discussion: Vox, Politico and Roll Call
Alexander Agadjanian / New York Times:
What Democrats Could Lose With Their Left Turn  —  A survey experiment shows that some independents are already being turned off.  —  One defining feature of the Democratic primary so far has been the party's leftward turn.  In recent debates, candidates have supported policies …
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
GOP Shows Russian Trolls How It's Done With Whistleblower Smear  —  Trump has joined an army of conservative commentators in pushing a false story involving an obscure government form, a Trump official, and the whistleblower.  —  From Donald Trump on down, prominent Republicans used part …
Discussion: Vox, Townhall and Daily Kos
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Did The Inspector General's Office Help The ‘Whistleblower’ Try To Frame Trump?
Discussion: Instapundit
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Digital Ads Are Disappearing.  Not a Good Sign, Strategists Say.  —  In a race where many voters are following politics online, Mr. Biden's pullback is a striking and potentially worrisome sign about his appeal among the digitally active.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential campaign …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Targets Assets of Russian Financier who Attempted to Influence 2018 U.S. Elections  —  Washington - Today, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against Russian actors that attempted to influence the 2018 U.S. midterm elections …
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:   Resource Center
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Virginia sixth-grader now says she falsely accused classmates of cutting her hair  —  The sixth-grade girl at a private Virginia school who accused three classmates last week of forcibly cutting her hair now says the allegations were false, according to statements from the girl's family …
Discussion: twitchy.com and KTLA
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Zachary Evans / National Review:
Girl Who Claimed Hair Was Cut in Racist Attack Admits She Made It Up
Discussion: CBS News, VodkaPundit and NB Blog
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republican senators press DOJ to probe Clinton and Ukraine  —  As President Donald Trump's presidency is threatened by an impeachment inquiry, the Republican chairmen of two Senate committees, Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley, are asking Attorney General William Barr to investigate …
Discussion: Townhall, Breitbart and Hot Air
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Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
John Durham's Ukrainian Leads
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernie Sanders Is in Trouble  —  WEST LIBERTY, Iowa — Bernie Sanders was on the final leg of a barnstorming tour through Iowa last week that he hoped would persuade voters he's the best candidate to take on President Donald Trump.  He had crisscrossed the state at typical breakneck speed …
Discussion: Breitbart, BuzzFeed News and The Week
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Bolton rebukes Trump on North Korea, says Kim will ‘do whatever he can’ to keep nuclear weapons  —  Former White House national security adviser John Bolton on Monday offered a pointed rebuke to President Trump's diplomatic outreach to North Korea, warning that leader Kim Jong Un has no intention …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Bolton undercuts Trump and says North Korea has no desire to give up its nukes
Discussion: Axios
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Don't sleep on Wilbur Ross  —  The secretary of commerce is 10th in line for the presidency, which is close enough to be important and far away enough to be complacent.  Wilbur Ross, the current secretary, is nearly 82, which is old enough to get away with a nap during business hours …
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
What's the Matter With Republicans?  —  Trump has given them another chance to break away.  Why won't they take it?  —  In a sane world, the reaction of Republicans to the “memorandum of telephone conversation” between President Trump and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky …
 
 
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Washington Post:
President Pelosi? It could happen.
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Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:
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Trump's Close-Call Diplomacy with Iran's President
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Huge “Police Lives Matter” Facebook page run from Kosovo, pushed misinformation about U.S. cops
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
With the Affordable Care Act's future in doubt, evidence grows that it has saved lives
Discussion: Mother Jones
Rory Cooper / The Daily Beast:
We'll Deserve What We Get if Republicans Can't Say Trump's Wrong
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Trump's impeachment fight lacks one big thing that saved Clinton
Discussion: Raw Story
Ian Cobain / Middle East Eye:
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army ‘psyops’ soldier
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
‘Straight Shooter’ Justice Dept. Watchdog Has Held His Fire on Powerful People
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Reuters:
China has quietly doubled troop levels in Hong Kong, envoys say
Discussion: National Review and NPR
Lauren Fox / CNN:
Stalled Ukraine military aid concerned members of Congress for months
Discussion: Talking Points Memo