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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Trump Administration Refusal to Comply with House Subpoenas — Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement when the White House asserted that the Administration will not comply with House Committee subpoenas as part of the impeachment inquiry …
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Mulvaney sidelined as Trump's impeachment crisis rages — Mick Mulvaney has gone noticeably quiet over the past week, just as the president's impeachment fight picks up. — The White House's acting chief of staff has not appeared on any major TV shows to defend President Donald Trump …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Daily Kos and Splinter
Laurence Tribe / USA Today:
The time for waiting is over. The House must move on Trump impeachment articles now. — The Constitution makes clear the House can conduct its Trump impeachment inquiry however it wants. It should move fast. America has no time to spare. — CONNECT
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Law & Crime, NPR, Washington Post, Roll Call, The Root, Conservative Review and American Military News
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Five facts that blow up the latest White House defense of Trump — President Trump has “declared war” against the House's impeachment inquiry, we're told, based on an eight page letter written by the White House counsel that openly declares a posture of maximal resistance, on the grounds that the inquiry is illegitimate.
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Just Security, HeartlandDiaryUSA.com and Roll Call
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's burn-down-the-House plan — President Trump, while nervous about the historic stain of impeachment, is throwing everything he has into this fight: refusing all cooperation, running ads to profit politically, and torching every person who stands in opposition to him.
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Althouse
The Daily Beast:
Republicans to Trump: Shut Up About Your Impeachment — Veterans of past impeachment battles say the way to win them is to pretend that it's not affecting your job. Trump, by contrast, is obsessing over it. — As President Donald Trump navigates an impeachment process that is upending his presidency …
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
The Latest: Graham says Ukraine call has nothing impeachable
The Latest: Graham says Ukraine call has nothing impeachable
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Breitbart and Associated Press
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: ‘There really is no appealing the process of impeachment,’ says ex-Clinton White House counsel
Power Up: ‘There really is no appealing the process of impeachment,’ says ex-Clinton White House counsel
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CNN, Hullabaloo, Roll Call and Political Wire
NBC News:
Donald Trump's longtime business connections in Turkey back in the spotlight — The president's decision to remove troops from Northern Syria has put renewed focus on his relationship with Turkish President Erdogan. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's sudden decision to pull U.S. troops …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Lindsey Graham on Trump's Syria decision: “He's putting the nation at risk” — In an interview with Axios on Tuesday night, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) condemned President Trump in his harshest language yet for deciding to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, suggesting Trump is violating …
The Guardian:
Turkey launches military operation in northern Syria
Turkey launches military operation in northern Syria
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Common Dreams, Bloomberg and Defense One
Richard North Patterson / The Bulwark:
A Betrayal Too Far — Nothing captures the moral and geopolitical …
A Betrayal Too Far — Nothing captures the moral and geopolitical …
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BBC, The National Interest, New York Times, CNBC and LobeLog
John McCormack / National Review:
Rand Paul on the Kurds: Then and Now
Rand Paul on the Kurds: Then and Now
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TheBlaze, Summit News and New York Times
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border
Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border
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Politico, Bloomberg and Vanity Fair
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Turkey Begins Syria Attack, Targeting Militia Backed by U.S.
Turkey Begins Syria Attack, Targeting Militia Backed by U.S.
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Washington Post and Althouse
Saphora Smith / NBC News:
Turkey launches military operation in northeast Syria after U.S. withdraws
Turkey launches military operation in northeast Syria after U.S. withdraws
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The Atlantic, RedState, The Hill, The Dispatch and American Military News
Variety:
Ronan Farrow Book Alleges Matt Lauer Raped NBC News Colleague — Ronan Farrow's new book “Catch and Kill” recounts his investigation of Harvey Weinstein; the hurdles his then-employer NBC News put in his way that caused him to publish the story in the New Yorker instead; and how Weinstein hired Black Cube …
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Ronan Farrow Strikes Again: A New Book Targets NBC News and How Harvey Weinstein May Have Leveraged Matt Lauer — In his first interview about the explosive ‘Catch and Kill,’ the journalist reveals fresh claims of secret payouts and how Lauer may have played a role in the network's decision …
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Variety, Breitbart, The Week, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, Splinter, Mediaite and Contemptor, more at Mediagazer »
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
The Black Cube Chronicles: The Double Agent
Esquire:
Donald Trump Allegedly Hid Behind a Tapestry to Grope a Woman at Mar-a-Lago in the Early 2000s — tape was the opening salvo in the story of Donald Trump's transgressions against women, think again. In — All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
‘Nothing to See Here’: Diplomats Urged to Play Down Release of Ukraine Aid — A series of internal State Department emails reflect diplomats' frustration with the unexpected freeze on funding that Congress had already approved. — WASHINGTON — American diplomats who had pushed …
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Political Wire, Law & Crime and Raw Story
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Peter Schweizer / New York Times:
What Hunter Biden Did Was Legal — And That's the Problem — We need a Washington Corrupt Practices Act to stop political families from self-dealing. — Mr. Schweizer is the author, most recently, of “Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends.”
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Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:
Joe Biden's Case for the Presidency Is Collapsing
Joe Biden's Case for the Presidency Is Collapsing
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Townhall
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
In Shift, Warren Says She'll Forgo Big Money Events if Nominated — Skipping fund-raisers has been a big part of her message as she has risen in the Democratic primary. She had previously said she would not unilaterally disarm against President Trump in a general election.
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Politico, CBS News, HuffPost, Axios, Daily Kos, Washington Free Beacon and Political Wire
Noah Feldman / New York Times:
This Is a Constitutional Crisis. What Happens Next? — With a full-on confrontation between the House and the president, no simple resolution is available. — Mr. Feldman is a law professor. — For the first time since President Richard Nixon refused to turn over the White House tapes …
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VICE:
Germany Synagogue Shooter Denied Holocaust in Apparent Video Uploaded to Twitch — A Twitch spokesperson confirmed the link to the video has been taken down. … The gunman who killed two people near a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday appears to have filmed his attack …
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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Germany synagogue shooting: Suspect ‘broadcast attack livestream on Twitch’ …
Germany synagogue shooting: Suspect ‘broadcast attack livestream on Twitch’ …
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The Daily Beast and UPI
Eli Okun / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: A small crack in Democrats' impeachment messaging — SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI has led a fairly unified Democratic charge toward impeachment. She's said consistently that Democrats don't need a formal vote to move forward, but a few cracks have started to show.
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Washington Post and BuzzFeed News
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
‘Render to God and Trump’: Ralph Reed calls for 2020 obedience to Trump — One of Donald Trump's most prominent Christian supporters will argue in a book due out before the 2020 general election that American evangelicals “have a moral obligation to enthusiastically back” the president.
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Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog and Contemptor
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Half of voters support impeaching and removing Trump — Half of voters support the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. — The poll, conducted Monday and Tuesday, shows that 50 percent of registered voters surveyed …
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Washington Times, The National Interest, USA Today, NBC News, The Week, Washington Post, Mediaite, Fox News, The Daily Caller and Vox
The Guardian:
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions — New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers — The Guardian today reveals the 20 fossil fuel companies whose relentless exploitation of the world's oil …
WSFA-TV:
Steven Reed makes history as Montgomery's first black mayor — MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed has defeated David Woods and will become Montgomery's next mayor. — He makes history as the city's first black mayor. — With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Reed had 67 percent of the votes.
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Alabama News, The Montgomery Advertiser, CNN, New York Times, The Root, Fox News, HuffPost and UPI
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Pete Kotz / City Pages:
Armed conspiracy group will defend Republicans at Minneapolis Trump rally … No one's expecting Donald Trump's Thursday rally in Minneapolis to go seamlessly. Some 20,000 mostly out-of-towners will descend on the Target Center. An even larger crowd of locals will be frothing outside.
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Raw Story, Townhall and WCCO | CBS Minnesota
Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump calls for ending impeachment inquiry; House Democrats plan Friday conference call — President Trump called Wednesday for ending the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry “for the good of the Country,” claiming it was tainted with political bias, and said the whistleblower …
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Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, The Guardian and Outside the Beltway
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Trump ally on Fox News calls whistleblowers ‘suicide bombers,’ accuses Democrats of ‘regicide’
Trump ally on Fox News calls whistleblowers ‘suicide bombers,’ accuses Democrats of ‘regicide’
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