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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Followed His Gut on Syria. Calamity Came Fast. — All the warnings were there. But President Trump's reliance on his instincts, and his relationships, led him to ignore the consequences of a move that has emboldened Russia, Iran and the Islamic State.
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Trump Just Did Irreparable Damage to America's Standing in the World. It Wasn't an Accident. — By turning his back on the Kurds, the president has done irreparable damage to America's standing in the world. That's by design. — President Trump didn't make a “mistake” …
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Martin Chulov / The Guardian:
Russian shadow falls over Syria as Kurds open door for Assad — With the US gone, the implications of their departure is beginning to sink in across the Middle East — The moment that changed the Middle East arrived with a sudden silence. Just before 7pm on Sunday …
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Turkish-Backed Forces Are Freeing Islamic State Prisoners — Ankara's radical proxies are also apparently executing Kurdish prisoners and killing unarmed civilians, videos show. — As Turkey wages a violent campaign against Kurdish fighters and civilians across northeastern Syria …
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Newsweek:
Exclusive: U.S. Cedes Syrian City to Russia in Battlefield ‘Handover’ as Turkey Tries to Take It
Exclusive: U.S. Cedes Syrian City to Russia in Battlefield ‘Handover’ as Turkey Tries to Take It
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Stephen Losey / Air Force Times:
With Turkey's invasion of Syria, concerns mount over nukes at Incirlik
With Turkey's invasion of Syria, concerns mount over nukes at Incirlik
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New Republic and Military Times
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Trump defends abandoning Kurds: “I hope they all do great”
Trump defends abandoning Kurds: “I hope they all do great”
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Al Jazeera, Vanity Fair, Breitbart and Political Wire
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Furious Republicans prepare to rebuke Trump on Syria
Furious Republicans prepare to rebuke Trump on Syria
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Politico, Axios, Foreign Policy, One America News Network and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Federal Prosecutors Scrutinize Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine Business Dealings, Finances — Trump lawyer's bank records have been examined; witnesses are questioned about work for a Ukraine mayor, efforts to oust U.S. ambassador — Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are examining Rudy Giuliani's business dealings …
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Washington Post:
‘Disruptive diplomat’ Gordon Sondland, a key figure in Trump impeachment furor, long coveted ambassadorship — Gordon Sondland was streaking over the West Coast in his Learjet in 2016 when the bad news came. Jeb Bush's campaign was on the phone. He was bowing out of the race for the White House.
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Washington Post:
Trump's ex-Russia adviser told impeachment investigators of Giuliani's efforts in Ukraine — Fiona Hill, the White House's former top Russia adviser, told impeachment investigators on Tuesday that Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, ran a shadow foreign policy in Ukraine …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Former Top Russia Adviser Fiona Hill Testifies on Capitol Hill About Ukraine — Appearance comes as Democrats examine Trump's effort to get Kyiv to investigate Bidens — *Former Russia Adviser Testified that White House Officials Were Alarmed by Efforts to Push Ukraine to Mount Investigations — Sources
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Mike Bloomberg keeps talking to allies about running for president as Joe Biden struggles against Elizabeth Warren — Mike Bloomberg has indicated to associates in recent weeks that Joe Biden's recent struggles are making him rethink his decision to stay out of the 2020 Democratic primary …
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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
FPU-Herald Poll: Michelle Obama would enter NH primary as frontrunner
FPU-Herald Poll: Michelle Obama would enter NH primary as frontrunner
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Progressives fume at Buttigieg, warn him not to attack Warren at debate
Progressives fume at Buttigieg, warn him not to attack Warren at debate
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Joe Otterson / Variety:
‘News Stars’ Will Fill Shepard Smith's Slot, Says Fox News President (EXCLUSIVE) — Shepard Smith has left the Fox News building, but his hour will remain staffed by employees from the network' news division. — Bret Baier, Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, Shannon Bream, Martha MacCallum …
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Now That Shep Smith Is Gone, Trump Zeroes In On Fox News' Chris Wallace — Wallace will “never be his father,” Trump complained, referring to the late TV journalist Mike Wallace. — Now that President Donald Trump doesn't have Shepard Smith to kick around at Fox News any longer, he's attacking “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace.
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NBC News:
Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson charged with murder — The booking came just hours after Aaron Dean resigned from the Fort Worth Police Department. — Texas woman shot and killed in own home by police officer — The Fort Worth, Texas …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Inside Mark Zuckerberg's private meetings with conservative pundits — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been hosting informal talks and small, off-the-record dinners with conservative journalists, commentators and at least one Republican lawmaker in recent months to talk about issues like free speech and discuss partnerships.
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Vicky Ward / CNN:
Why Trump abandoned his instinct to go public with his tax returns — New York (CNN)President Donald Trump's fight to keep his tax returns private is at odds with his own thinking in 2013 and 2014 that releasing them as part of a presidential bid would make him look like a smart businessman …
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The Hill and Political Wire
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Ronan Farrow: National Enquirer shredded secret Trump documents — American Media, Inc. and the National Enquirer shredded sensitive Donald Trump-related documents that had been held in a top-secret safe right before Trump was elected in 2016, according to fresh allegations made in a new book by journalist Ronan Farrow.
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Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
CNN Failed to Disclose Warren Town Hall Questioner Was Maxed-Out Donor — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's zinger at an LGBT town hall may have gone viral, but CNN failed to disclose that the questioner donated the federal maximum to her 2018 Massachusetts Senate campaign.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Matt Gaetz Thinks His Audience Is as Big a Box of Rocks as He Is — Is Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Breathalyzer) the biggest schmuck currently gracing the halls of Congress? — Opinions vary. But not by much. — On Monday morning, Fiona Hill, — the administration*'s former Russia expert
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz ejected from closed-door impeachment meeting
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz ejected from closed-door impeachment meeting
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Occupy Democrats
Jay Willis / GQ:
How Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric Trump Have Profited Off Their Dad's Presidency — No one knows a “clear conflict of interest” when they see it better than the president's children. — As House Democrats continue their impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump's efforts to leverage foreign aid …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke's church taxation proposal would hand Trump reelection — Beto O'Rourke, innovative for interpreting a failed Senate campaign as a steppingstone to the presidency, is now famous for (1) his use of profanity on the campaign trail, (2) his pledge that “hell, yes” …
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Elana Schor / Associated Press:
Warren joins Buttigieg in nixing threat to church tax status
Warren joins Buttigieg in nixing threat to church tax status
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The Daily Caller and National Review
Dinitia Smith / New York Times:
Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89 — Called the most notorious literary critic in America, Professor Bloom argued for the superiority of giants like Shakespeare, Chaucer and Kafka. — Harold Bloom, the prodigious literary critic who championed and defended …
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Althouse
William J. Burns / Foreign Affairs:
The Demolition of U.S. Diplomacy — Not Since Joe McCarthy Has the State Department Suffered Such a Devastating Blow — In my three and a half decades as a U.S. Foreign Service officer, proudly serving five presidents and ten secretaries of state from both parties, I've never seen an attack …
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
ABC News Broadcasts Fake Syria Bombing Video That's Actually From a Kentucky Military Show in 2017 — ABC News aired a video on Sunday that host Tom Llamas said depicted a Turkish attack in northern Syria against Kurdish civilians. Turkey is indeed pushing into Syria and slaughtering Kurds along the way …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
About That Trump Video — Over the weekend at a conference for supporters of President Trump, a video was shown of Trump shooting, stabbing, and murdering various of his political opponents (such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and others), journalists (such as Rachel Maddow) …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The (Full) Case for Impeachment A menu of high crimes and misdemeanors. — The crimes for which impeachment is the prescribed punishment are notoriously undefined. And that's for a reason: Presidential powers are vast, and it's impossible to design laws to cover every possible abuse of the office's authority.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Target raised wages. But some workers say their hours were cut, leaving them struggling — New York (CNN Business)Two years ago, Target (TGT) said it would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by the end of 2020. The move won praise from labor advocates and put pressure on other companies to also move to $15.
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David Rohde / New Yorker:
Public Servants Are Starting to Respond to Donald Trump's False Attacks — On Friday afternoon, James Baker, the former general counsel of the F.B.I., felt a tinge of optimism. Almost two years ago, he was ousted from his position as the Bureau's top legal official, after President Trump fired the F.B.I.'s director, James Comey.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Democrats seek to question Trump budget chief in Ukraine impeachment probe — House Democrats are seeking to interview White House budget director Russell Vought on Oct. 25, according to a copy of the letter to the Office of Management and Budget obtained by ABC News …
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Washington Post:
Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply — Before many schools even look at an application, they comb through prospective students' personal data, such as web-browsing habits and financial history — To learn more about prospective students …
Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
Hunter Biden Still Holds Stake In Chinese Private Equity Firm. His Business Partner Holds A Supervisor Role, Records Show — Hunter Biden announced Sunday that he will resign from the board of a Chinese private equity firm called BHR Partners, but he's still one of the two directors …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
William Barr Attacked Progressive Prosecutors. His Virginia Neighbors May Just Elect One. — Steve Descano is running on a criminal justice reform platform in Fairfax County, which the attorney general calls home. — HERNDON, Va. ― Attorney General William Barr said it's …