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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 …
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.
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Political Wire and Raw Story
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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.
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.
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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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.
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CNN, Daily Kos and CBS Chicago
Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Whistleblower's lawyer says Trump is endangering his client
Whistleblower's lawyer says Trump is endangering his client
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Mother Jones, National Review, Townhall, New York Post and Politico
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Whistleblower's lawyer says $50,000 bounty issued to identify client
Whistleblower's lawyer says $50,000 bounty issued to identify client
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Politico and Washington Post
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.
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Talking Points Memo and Axios
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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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Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story and CNN
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Misleading Trump tweet claims Ukraine whistleblower complaint “not holding up”
Misleading Trump tweet claims Ukraine whistleblower complaint “not holding up”
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
How the diplomatic pros lost Ukraine to Trump
How the diplomatic pros lost Ukraine to Trump
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Washington Monthly, New York Times, Liberty Unyielding and HuffPost
Reuters:
Trump-Putin phone calls in Democrats' sights: Schiff
Trump-Putin phone calls in Democrats' sights: Schiff
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News Agency UNIAN and POLITICUSUSA
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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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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Axios, Splinter, Political Flare, Common Dreams, Progress Pond, Shareblue Media, The Root, IJR, PJ Media Home and Outside the Beltway
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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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ABC News, Talking Points Memo, RealClearPolitics, Roll Call, Raw Story, Reason, Rolling Stone, The Gateway Pundit and JONATHAN TURLEY
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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Althouse, WTVR-TV and Right Wing Watch
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
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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HuffPost, The Daily Caller, PJ Media Home, Splinter, Political Wire, The Week, Jezebel and Mediaite
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 …
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Did The Inspector General's Office Help The ‘Whistleblower’ Try To Frame Trump?
Did The Inspector General's Office Help The ‘Whistleblower’ Try To Frame Trump?
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Instapundit
Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats Resist a Win for American Workers — Passing the USMCA would bring in 176,000 jobs and $68 billion. It should be an easy bipartisan victory. — President Trump and the leaders of Canada and Mexico announced the most significant trade deal in a generation a year ago this week.
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Talking Points Memo, Reuters and Politico
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
McConnell says he can't completely prevent an impeachment trial
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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The American Conservative and War on the Rocks
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Bolton undercuts Trump and says North Korea has no desire to give up its nukes
Bolton undercuts Trump and says North Korea has no desire to give up its nukes
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Axios
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 …
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 …
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 …
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BuzzFeed News and The Week
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 …
Washington Post:
As backlash fears fade, major firms are returning to Saudi Arabia a year after Khashoggi's killing — When Saudi Arabia hosted its high-profile investment conference just weeks after Jamal Khashoggi's killing last October, top executives from some of the world's biggest financial companies begged off …
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:
WeWork — the book — WeWork's roller coaster over the last two weeks has monopolized headlines, and now the story of the office coworking company and its high-flying CEO will be subjects of an upcoming book by Wall Street Journal reporters Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell, they tell Axios.
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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Defense One, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Associated Press and twitchy.com
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Resource Center — Home » Resource Center » Financial Sanctions » OFAC Recent Actions » Foreign Interference in a U.S. Election Designations; Cyber-Related Designations; Ukraine-/Russia-Related Designations; North Korea Designations Update