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James LaPorta / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Official Who Heard Call Says Trump Got ‘Rolled’ By Turkey and ‘Has No Spine’ — Donald Trump got “rolled” by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a National Security Council source with direct knowledge of the discussions told Newsweek. — In a scheduled phone call …
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The Week, New York Times, spiked, twitchy.com, Hullabaloo, The Bulwark, Occupy Democrats, Law & Crime, Task & Purpose, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Monthly, Defense One, Lawyers, Guns & Money, TalkLeft, Atlantic Council, Political Wire, Vanity Fair, The American Conservative, American Military News, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Splinter, CANNONFIRE and Outside the Beltway
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Pat Robertson ‘Appalled’ By Trump: He ‘Allowed Khashoggi to Be Cut in Pieces,’ May Lose ‘The Mandate of Heaven’ Over Syria — Televangelist Pat Robertson has joined the chorus of conservative critics lambasting President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. forces out of Northern Syria — endangering America's Kurdish allies.
NBC News:
Chaos in Syria, Washington after Trump call with Erdogan unleashed Turkish military — U.S. forces in Syria got an urgent alert Monday morning to pull back. “They were told, 'We're departing the field,'” senior U.S. defense officials said. — WASHINGTON — American forces …
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Contemptor, Conservative Review and TheBlaze
David French / TIME:
Trump's Retreat in Syria Is Dishonorable and Will Cost American Lives — French is a TIME columnist. A lawyer and senior fellow at the National Review Institute, he is a best-selling author whose next book will be The Great American Divorce. — Late Sunday night, the Trump administration announced …
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CBS News, CNN and Algemeiner.com
Washington Post:
Republicans deliver rare rebuke of Trump, slamming his Syria withdrawal decision
Republicans deliver rare rebuke of Trump, slamming his Syria withdrawal decision
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One America News Network, Occupy Democrats, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Tzvi Joffre / Jerusalem Post:
Syrian sources claim Turkey attacked in Iran, not Syria
Syrian sources claim Turkey attacked in Iran, not Syria
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New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Atlantic, EURACTIV.com, The Guardian, Common Dreams, Raw Story and twitchy.com
Senator Mitt Romney:
Romney, Murphy Statement on President's Syria Announcement
Romney, Murphy Statement on President's Syria Announcement
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The Guardian, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Hot Air, National Review, Power Line, ABC News, Deseret News and Washington Post
Dave Lawler / Axios:
White House insists Trump didn't give Turkey a “green light” in Syria
White House insists Trump didn't give Turkey a “green light” in Syria
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Associated Press and Little Green Footballs
Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Republicans slam Trump's decision on US forces in Syria that puts allies at risk
Republicans slam Trump's decision on US forces in Syria that puts allies at risk
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HuffPost, The Daily Beast, Fox News and Raw Story
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
Trump's Syria withdrawal bravely puts America First, the establishment last
Trump's Syria withdrawal bravely puts America First, the establishment last
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Breitbart, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Instapundit
HuffPost:
In Turkey Vs. Kurds Dispute, Trump Chooses The Side Where He Has A Condo Complex
In Turkey Vs. Kurds Dispute, Trump Chooses The Side Where He Has A Condo Complex
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Washington Post, Occupy Democrats and Common Dreams
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
‘POTUS went rogue’: Trump's Syria move blindsides national security leaders
‘POTUS went rogue’: Trump's Syria move blindsides national security leaders
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
As Trump abandons Syrian Kurds, a top commander pleads for U.S. support
As Trump abandons Syrian Kurds, a top commander pleads for U.S. support
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USA Today, Slate and Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Trump's Syria decision reflects his stunning ignorance of the situation
Trump's Syria decision reflects his stunning ignorance of the situation
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Bloomberg, Agence France-Presse and ABC News
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
The U.S. Is Now Betraying the Kurds for the Eighth Time
The U.S. Is Now Betraying the Kurds for the Eighth Time
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New York Times, Fox News and New Republic
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Romney Is the Pressure Point in the Impeachment Process”: Mitt Won't Primary Trump—But He's Trying to Bring Him Down — Trump's favorite punching bag is reaching out to fellow Republicans to raise the temperature on impeachment. “Romney is the one guy who could bring along Susan Collins …
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Washington Post, Vox, Raw Story, The Week, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and PJ Media Home
The Daily Beast:
RealClear Media Has a Secret Facebook Page to Push Far-Right Memes — RealClearPolitics has carefully cultivated a non-partisan image—while in the shadows its parent company pushes images of killer Clintons and a freedom-loving Kremlin. — The company behind the non-partisan news site RealClearPolitics …
CBS News:
Warren stands by account of being pushed out of her first teaching job because of pregnancy — On the campaign trail, Elizabeth Warren often tells the story of how she was fired from her first teaching job in 1971 because she was pregnant, a pivotal moment that ultimately put her on a path to Harvard …
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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
County Records Contradict Warren's Claim She Was Fired Over Pregnancy — RIVERDALE, N.J.—The Riverdale Board of Education approved a second-year teaching contract for a young Elizabeth Warren, documents show, contradicting the Democratic presidential candidate's repeated claims that she was asked …
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Law & Crime, Mediaite, The Daily Wire, Breitbart, RedState, Hot Air, PJ Media Home, The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist, Townhall, twitchy.com, NB Blog, New York Post, Washington Free Beacon and TheBlaze
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
‘South Park’ Scrubbed From Chinese Internet After Critical Episode — After the “Band in China” episode mocked Hollywood for shaping its content to please the Chinese government, Beijing has responded by deleting all clips, episodes and discussions of the Comedy Central show.
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Reason, National Review, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, The Guardian, Breitbart, NB Blog, Fox News, Decider, The Week, Washington Post, Townhall, Samizdata, TheBlaze, The Wrap, RedState, Rolling Stone, Deadline, The Federalist, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Instapundit, Mediaite, NBC News and Bloomberg, more at Mediagazer »
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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
The World's Wokest Sports League Bows to China
The World's Wokest Sports League Bows to China
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National Review, Washington Post, Bloomberg and The American Conservative
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The raging controversy over the NBA, China, and the Hong Kong protests, explained
The raging controversy over the NBA, China, and the Hong Kong protests, explained
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Rolling Stone, CNBC, CNN, Los Angeles Times, ABC News and The Verge
Ben Golliver / Washington Post:
NBA under fire from all directions after response to Rockets-China incident
NBA under fire from all directions after response to Rockets-China incident
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New York Times, Roll Call, American Military News and Wall Street Journal
John Harwood / CNBC:
Polls begin to signal rising impeachment threat to Trump — Despite last week's hailstorm of bad news, President Trump's job approval rating stood virtually unchanged. — Except for Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah and a few others, GOP members of the House and Senate have either defended …
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
House Democrats consider masking identity of whistleblower from Trump's GOP allies in Congress — House Democrats are weighing extraordinary steps to secure testimony from a whistleblower whose complaint prompted their impeachment inquiry, masking his identity to prevent President Trump's congressional allies …
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CNN, HuffPost, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Townhall, Axios, Mediaite, Law & Crime, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Charles Sykes / Politico:
The Humiliation of Lindsey Graham — It was a cri de cœur from Lindsey Graham, the lament of the sycophant scorned. — President Donald Trump's decision to abandon our Kurdish allies in Syria by leaving them undefended against a Turkish invasion was, Graham tweeted, “a disaster” and a “nightmare.”
Discussion:
Axios and Washington Post
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman: Trump wrong to seek help from Ukraine, China — While he still says impeachment is too extreme, Sen. Rob Portman readily acknowledged today that President Donald Trump should not have asked the Ukraine or China for help investigating former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Associated Press, Politico, Vox, Hot Air, CNN, National Review, Daily Kos, Axios, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Douglas Hanks / Miami Herald:
Jerry Falwell Jr. settles Miami court case over South Beach ‘pool boy’ venture — Jerry Falwell Jr. has settled the Miami court case that laid out many of the details behind the South Beach real estate venture his family launched in 2013 with a former Fontainebleau pool attendant …
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Talking Points Memo
Ken Frydman / New York Times:
What Happened to Rudy Giuliani? — The man I worked for in 1993 is not the man who now lies for Donald Trump. — Mr. Frydman was press secretary for Rudolph W. Giuliani during the 1993 mayoral campaign. — On Oct. 8, 1994, my wife Liz Bruder and I were married in City Hall by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
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Raw Story
Miami Herald:
Florida businessmen with Giuliani, Ukraine ties won't comply with impeachment inquiry — Two South Florida businessman who peddled supposedly explosive information from Ukraine about corruption involving Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton will not comply with a request for documents and depositions …
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime, Politico, Axios, Hullabaloo, Washington Post, Daily Kos and National Review
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New York Times:
Trump Taxes: President Ordered to Turn Over Returns to Manhattan D.A. — A judge rejected the president's argument that he was immune from criminal investigations. — A federal judge on Monday rejected a bold argument from President Trump that sitting presidents are immune from criminal investigations …
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Washington Post, The Week, Common Dreams, Occupy Democrats, The Daily Caller, Above the Law, Law & Crime, Mother Jones, The Root, NBC News, Slate, Bloomberg, Patterico's Pontifications, Politico, The National Interest, New York Post, National Review, Daily Kos, American Military News, Raw Story, Contemptor and Althouse
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Tanya Ballard Brown / NPR:
President Trump Doesn't Need To Release His Tax Returns — For Now
President Trump Doesn't Need To Release His Tax Returns — For Now
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Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Mark Bowden / The Atlantic:
Top Military Officers Unload on Trump — For most of the past two decades, American troops have been deployed all over the world—to about 150 countries. During that time, hundreds of thousands of young men and women have experienced combat, and a generation of officers have come of age dealing with the practical realities of war.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
Demoralized State Department personnel question Pompeo's role in Ukraine crisis — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returned Monday morning from a European trip to a State Department workforce that is increasingly demoralized and resentful under his leadership, amid a growing belief …
David Siders / Politico:
Sanders heart attack casts cloud over his candidacy — Bernie Sanders has been sidelined for nearly a week — after failing for almost three days to disclose that he had a heart attack. It's unclear when the 78-year-old senator will return to the stump. His campaign has yet to divulge the severity of his heart attack.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Report Shows FBI Official Received Sports Tickets From CNN Reporter And Lied About It To Investigators — An FBI senior official who resigned under mysterious circumstances last year accepted baseball game tickets from a CNN reporter in 2016 and lied about it to investigators …
Just Security:
Overwhelming Confirmation of Whistleblower Complaint: An Annotation — As the following analysis clearly demonstrates, an overwhelming percentage of the whistleblower's complaint in Ukrainegate has been confirmed by U.S. government documents, witness statements, and independent investigative reports.
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Kamala Harris forced to address alleged sex assault at husband's law firm — Harris' husband, Douglas Emhoff, is a partner at the firm that Vanina Guerrero is suing. — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris was pulled into a sexual assault dispute at the Silicon Valley law firm …