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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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Washington Post:
Trump's blunder in Syria is irreparable — UNTIL NOW, it was possible to hope that the damage caused by President Trump's terrible incompetence, ignorance and impulsivity in foreign policy was largely theoretical, and possibly reparable. That is no longer true.
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Military Times and Hullabaloo
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Furious Republicans prepare to rebuke Trump on Syria — Congressional Republicans appear poised to hand President Trump a stinging rebuke of his Turkey and Syria policy when lawmakers return to Washington this week. — GOP lawmakers, furious over Trump's decision to withdraw troops …
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Daily Kos
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Pelosi and Graham team up to oppose Trump's Syria decision
Pelosi and Graham team up to oppose Trump's Syria decision
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Bloomberg, Political Wire, The Hill and Mediaite
Telegraph:
Kurds agree to Russian-brokered plan to allow Assad into their territory
Kurds agree to Russian-brokered plan to allow Assad into their territory
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Reuters and Foreign Policy, more at Techmeme »
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
CBO says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's drug pricing plan saves Medicare $345 billion over decade
CBO says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's drug pricing plan saves Medicare $345 billion over decade
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Shareblue Media
Natasha Turak / CNBC:
Hundreds of ISIS prisoners are escaping from camps in northern Syria amid Turkish offensive
Hundreds of ISIS prisoners are escaping from camps in northern Syria amid Turkish offensive
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Foreign Policy, The Week, Patterico's Pontifications, NBC News, Raw Story and PJ Media Home
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump and Syria: the worst week for US foreign policy since the Iraq invasion?
Trump and Syria: the worst week for US foreign policy since the Iraq invasion?
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Vanity Fair, Washington Post and Al-Monitor
New York Times:
Macabre Video of Fake Trump Shooting Media and Critics Is Shown at His Resort — WASHINGTON — A video depicting a macabre scene of a fake President Trump shooting, stabbing and brutally assaulting members of the news media and his political opponents was shown at a conference for his supporters …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
About That Trump Video
About That Trump Video
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Variety and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
NBC News:
Report: Internet meme showing Trump shooting media, political opponents shown at president's resort
Report: Internet meme showing Trump shooting media, political opponents shown at president's resort
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Mediaite, RedState, CANNONFIRE, The Hill, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Violent spoof video of Trump killing his critics shows how memes have reshaped politics
Violent spoof video of Trump killing his critics shows how memes have reshaped politics
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New York Times, The Verge, BuzzFeed News, CNN and twitchy.com
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘Vile and horrific’: Fake video of Trump massacring media shown at his Miami resort draws backlash
‘Vile and horrific’: Fake video of Trump massacring media shown at his Miami resort draws backlash
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Daily Kos, Contemptor, Occupy Democrats, The Daily Caller, The Hill and TMZ.com
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
White House Says Trump ‘Strongly Condemns’ Violent Video Attacking Media
White House Says Trump ‘Strongly Condemns’ Violent Video Attacking Media
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twitchy.com, Slate, PJ Media Home, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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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FIREHOUSE Strategies:
Exclusive Survey: Big Moves among Early State Democrats — This year, Firehouse Strategies has been partnering with the data analytics team at 0ptimus to learn more about what early state primary voters think about their presidential candidates and key issues.
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Axios, Washington Times and The Hill
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Focus group: These Ohio swing voters are outraged over impeachment
Focus group: These Ohio swing voters are outraged over impeachment
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Breitbart, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Associated Press, The Week and Townhall
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Biden says if he's elected in 2020, he will not pardon Trump
Biden says if he's elected in 2020, he will not pardon Trump
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Political Wire, The Daily Caller, The Hill and twitchy.com
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Warren's Rise Hasn't Come At Biden's Expense
Warren's Rise Hasn't Come At Biden's Expense
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Washington Post, Vox and Washington Monthly
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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Hullabaloo
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Among the Witches Inside the Republicans' bunker. — “It's hard to be worried when you don't really like the guy.” That's what one senior Republican Senate aide had to say when I asked how concerned conservatives are about Donald Trump's fate. — The truth is, Trump fatigue is a condition …
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Raw Story and The Daily Caller
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 discuss issues like free speech and discuss partnerships.
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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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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz ejected from closed-door impeachment meeting — A Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee was ejected from a closed-door impeachment hearing. — Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida tried to enter a hearing Monday in which lawmakers from three different committees …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Why Democrats are sure Adam Schiff is the perfect person to take on Trump
Why Democrats are sure Adam Schiff is the perfect person to take on Trump
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Fox News, Althouse and New York Post
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Former Trump Aide to Testify on Pressure to Oust Ambassador to Ukraine — WASHINGTON — Fiona Hill, President Trump's former top Russia and Europe adviser, headed to Capitol Hill on Monday morning where she is prepared to testify that she and other officials objected strenuously to the removal …
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Trump's Former Russia Adviser Testifies As Part of Impeachment Inquiry
Trump's Former Russia Adviser Testifies As Part of Impeachment Inquiry
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Politico, Washington Post, The Guardian, UPI, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, Axios and Political Wire
Bloomberg:
China Wants More Talks Before Signing Trump's ‘Phase One’ Deal — China wants further talks as soon as the end of October to hammer out the details of the “phase one” trade deal touted by Donald Trump before Xi Jinping agrees to sign it, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reports.
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National Review, CNBC, Breitbart, Washington Post, The Week, Vanity Fair, Politico, Political Wire and Mediaite
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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New York Times, Breitbart, The Daily Caller and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Michael McGovern / Innovation Ohio:
New Poll Finds Trump Underwater in Ohio, Trailing Generic Democrat — Columbus, OH - A new poll from Public Policy Polling and Innovation Ohio shows that Ohio is set to return to its traditional status as a battleground state in 2020. — A memo on the results and the cross tabs can be found on Innovation Ohio's website.
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Political Wire and Raw Story
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Elizabeth Warren, 70, flaunts her fitness as Democratic candidates' health becomes a debate issue — As hundreds of people gathered for a recent Elizabeth Warren rally in Rock Hill, S.C., the heat built so much that one woman in the crowd passed out before the event started.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Missing From Elizabeth Warren's 2020 Surge: Democratic Endorsements
Missing From Elizabeth Warren's 2020 Surge: Democratic Endorsements
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Fox News, PJ Media Home and Axios
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 …
John Tamny / RealClearMarkets:
Elizabeth Holmes Is a Visionary, and We Need More Like Her — “It is a fact that man can't fly.” The Washington Post concluded the latter in an editorial published around the beginning of the 20th century. Few disagreed with the Post. Indeed, in his excellent biography of Orville and Wilbur Wright …
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Real Clear Politics
New York Times:
Inside Trump's Botched Attempt to Hire Trey Gowdy — For 24 hours last week, Trey Gowdy, the former South Carolina congressman best known for leading congressional investigations of Hillary Clinton, was the new face of President Trump's outside legal defense and a symbol of a streamlined effort …
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Fox News, The Daily Caller and Law & Crime
Joyce Karam / The National:
Bewildering twists and turns around Trump's Syria withdrawal decision — US consider sanctions against Turkey that could be imposed as soon as Tuesday — Only a week ago, a senior US official insisted to journalists that the Trump administration was not about to pull out troops from Syria.