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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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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Whistleblower's lawyer says $50,000 bounty issued to identify client — The intelligence whistleblower whose complaint on the Trump administration's dealings with Ukraine triggered an impeachment inquiry into the president fears for their safety, letters released Sunday night show.
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NBC News, Talking Points Memo and Politico
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani — international man of mystery
Rudy Giuliani — international man of mystery
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Hullabaloo, Hoover Institution and The American Spectator
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
John Durham's Ukrainian Leads
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Trump's PR Meltdown
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
How the diplomatic pros lost Ukraine to Trump
How the diplomatic pros lost Ukraine to Trump
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Liberty Unyielding and The Guardian
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 …
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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.
New York Times:
Back Home, House Democrats Tread Carefully on Impeachment and 2020
Back Home, House Democrats Tread Carefully on Impeachment and 2020
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Pirate's Cove
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Dem leaders plot impeachment messaging war with Trump
Dem leaders plot impeachment messaging war with Trump
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Axios
The Daily Beast:
Biden Campaign Demands TV News Execs Stop Booking Giuliani — In a Sunday letter, the former vice president's aides say that it is editorially irresponsible to book the president's personal lawyer. — Joe Biden's presidential campaign made an extraordinary request to executives …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Joe Biden faces the Trump fusillade. Are he and his campaign up to it? — Some of Joe Biden's supporters are voicing growing concern that his campaign is not prepared to weather the dual political rip currents suddenly reshaping the 2020 race — an onslaught of attacks on his family …
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Talking Points Memo, Politico and Breitbart
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Biden Campaign Urges TV Networks to Stop Booking Giuliani
Biden Campaign Urges TV Networks to Stop Booking Giuliani
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The Week, Associated Press, Splinter, RealClearPolitics, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, Townhall and Political Wire
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker blasts Trump for quoting pastor warning of civil war over impeachment — Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) on Sunday criticized President Trump for quoting a pastor saying impeachment could trigger a “Civil War-like fracture” in the country. — “I have visited nations ravaged by civil war,” Kinzinger tweeted.
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Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, RealClearPolitics, JONATHAN TURLEY, IJR, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, The Week and Raw Story
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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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The Root, Outside the Beltway, Splinter, HuffPost, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Axios and twitchy.com
Reuters:
Trump-Putin phone calls in Democrats' sights: Schiff — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress is determined to get access to Donald Trump's calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, the chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday …
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News Agency UNIAN and POLITICUSUSA
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Washington at war: Dems aim for speedy impeachment push as Trump threatens whistleblower
Washington at war: Dems aim for speedy impeachment push as Trump threatens whistleblower
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The Bulwark and Althouse
David Morgan / Reuters:
U.S. House impeachment inquiry to intensify; Trump remains defiant
U.S. House impeachment inquiry to intensify; Trump remains defiant
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Talking Points Memo and Wall Street Journal
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 …
New York Times:
Trump Was Repeatedly Warned That Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Was ‘Completely Debunked’ — Thomas P. Bossert, President Trump's first homeland security adviser, said he was “deeply disturbed” that Mr. Trump had urged Ukraine to investigate Democrats. — WASHINGTON — President Trump …
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Foreign Policy, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, The Week and ABC News
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
GOP split over impeachment pushback as Democrats plow ahead
GOP split over impeachment pushback as Democrats plow ahead
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Eschaton
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 …
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Jezebel
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Impeach the Malignant Fraudster — This is how Republicans can redeem themselves. — It is the clarity of Donald Trump's transgression that is most remarkable. — By his own admission, and backed up by the quasi-transcript released by the White House and by the whistle-blower complaint …
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Raw Story
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Peter Wehner / New York Times:
What's the Matter With Republicans?
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 …
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 …
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Political Wire
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 …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Hints at Civil War But He Launched a War on Facts — It's not just the president's phone calls to Ukraine that are a problem. Now there's more. — SHARE THIS ARTICLE — Share — Tweet — Post — Email — The president of the United States suggested on Twitter …
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CNN, Outside the Beltway, Vox and Politico
Judd at Popular Information / Popular Information:
Huge “Police Lives Matter” Facebook page run from Kosovo, pushed misinformation about U.S. cops — This is the online version of the Popular Information newsletter. You can get independent accountability journalism in your inbox every week. Sign up here: — Subscribe
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New York Times