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Forget Trump's “Meltdown”—Follow the Testimony — On a week of revelations in the House's impeachment inquiry. — In a series of tweets in late July, Donald Trump called Elijah Cummings, a Democratic representative from Baltimore and one of his chief congressional critics, a “brutal bully” …
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Trump unhappy with Mulvaney's press briefing in which he acknowledged quid pro quo, source says — (CNN)President Donald Trump is not pleased with acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's press briefing and his acknowledgment on Thursday of a quid pro quo, according to a source close to the President.
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The Daily Caller and The Resurgent
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Impeachment inquiry shows Trump at the center of Ukraine efforts against rivals — Two Cabinet secretaries. The acting White House chief of staff. A bevy of career diplomats. President Trump's personal attorney. And at the center of the impeachment inquiry, the president himself.
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Wall Street Journal, CNN, Sputnik International and Daily Kos
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Trump's shout-it-out-loud strategy — The Trump administration is testing a novel strategy for dealing with controversy and possible illegalities: Pretend you have nothing to hide by blurting it out loud. — Why it matters: President Trump and his aides and allies seem to think that by being unapologetic …
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Miami Herald, CNN, YouTube and Political Wire
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Mulvaney Says, Then Denies, That Trump Held Back Ukraine Aid as Quid Pro Quo — At first the acting White House chief of staff undercut the president's denials, but late in the day he reversed himself. — WASHINGTON — Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff …
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GOP Senator Breaks With White House Over Ukraine Quid Pro Quo — “You don't hold up foreign aid that we had previously appropriated for a political initiative,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said. — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) pushed back on the idea endorsed by the Trump administration …
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DemCast, Sputnik International, Daily Kos and The Daily Beast
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Mick Mulvaney Has Conservatives Asking: WTF Are You Doing?
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New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Dispatch
Washington Post:
Mulvaney confirms Ukraine aid withheld in part to force probe of Democrats
Mulvaney confirms Ukraine aid withheld in part to force probe of Democrats
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HuffPost, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair, New York Times, CNBC, The Mahablog, Shareblue Media, What The Fuck … and Politico
CNN:
What House investigators have learned after two weeks of Ukraine interviews
What House investigators have learned after two weeks of Ukraine interviews
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CAFE, The American Conservative and KTLA
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Fighting in Kurdish-held Syrian town despite cease-fire — CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Fighting continued Friday morning in a northeast Syrian border town at the center of the fight between Turkey and Kurdish forces, despite a U.S.-brokered cease-fire that went into effect overnight.
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National Review, Daily Kos, CNBC, Al Arabiya, Political Wire and France 24
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In ‘Cave-In,’ Trump Cease-Fire Cements Turkey's Gains in Syria — The agreement, announced by Vice President Mike Pence, may stop the killing in the Kurdish enclave in northern Syria. But the cost to American influence is expected to be high. — WASHINGTON — The cease-fire agreement reached …
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Just Security, Outside the Beltway, Althouse and Common Dreams
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Sen. Mitt Romney raises a troubling theory about Trump and Turkey
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Political Wire and Foreign Policy
Washington Post:
ISIS eyes breakout opportunity as Turkish forces batter Kurds
ISIS eyes breakout opportunity as Turkish forces batter Kurds
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HuffPost, Wall Street Journal and The Week
Amnesty International:
Syria: Damning evidence of war crimes and other violations by Turkish forces and their allies
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Turkish Proxies Appear to Be Using White Phosphorus in Syria
Turkish Proxies Appear to Be Using White Phosphorus in Syria
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The Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Week and Breitbart
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Capitulation to Erdogan Is Complete
Trump's Capitulation to Erdogan Is Complete
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New York Times, Washington Post, Common Dreams and The Bulwark
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Diplomat tells investigators he raised alarms in 2015 about Hunter Biden's Ukraine work but was rebuffed — A career State Department official overseeing Ukraine policy told congressional investigators this week that he had raised concerns in early 2015 about then-Vice President Joe Biden's son serving …
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National Review and Political Wire
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Pentagon expert could reveal key details in Ukraine probe — WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2018, Congress allotted $250 million in military aid to Ukraine, part of a continuing effort to help the Eastern European nation defend itself against Russia. Several months later,
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Former Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis roasts Donald Trump: ‘I earned my spurs on the battlefield’ — Former Defense Secretary James Mattis roasted his former boss at the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York City on Thursday night. — Mattis took the stage at the annual dinner …
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Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg, Political Wire and Contemptor
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Mattis responds to Trump criticism: 'I guess I'm the Meryl Streep of generals' — Former Defense secretary James Mattis responded to the President Trump calling him “the world's most overrated general” during a meeting with Congressional leaders Wednesday. — “I'm not just an overrated general.
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Trump blasts Mattis as 'the world's most overrated general'
Trump blasts Mattis as 'the world's most overrated general'
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USA Today, Task & Purpose, ABC News and Vox
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Oleg Deripaska-Linked Firm Was Raided for Undisclosed U.S. Inquiry — Filings in U.K. reveal ‘live and ongoing’ U.S. criminal probe — Laundering investigation grew out of Robert Mueller's work — U.S. prosecutors are seeking records from a company associated …
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Nunes Tries to Use Steele Dossier to Defend Trump During Closed-Door Hearing — Ambassador Gordon Sondland appeared perplexed by Nunes' comments, according to one source, and the exchange was “awkward.” — During a closed-door impeachment meeting on Capitol Hill, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) …
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Raw Story
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New poll shows majority of Coloradans support impeachment inquiry, Hickenlooper leads Gardner — Keating Research-OnSight Public Affairs-Martin Campaigns poll conducted Oct. 10-14 — <p>WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) listens during a Commission On Security …
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Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President — If President Trump doesn't demonstrate the leadership that America needs, then it is time for a new person in the Oval Office. — Admiral McRaven is a former commander of the United States Special Operations Command.
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Trump holds Dallas rally as impeachment fight messes with his lead in Texas — DALLAS — Texas on Thursday night offered President Donald Trump a much-needed break from the backlash over his Syria decision and the relentlessness of the Democrats' impeachment inquiry.
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The Federalist, Political Wire and Fox News
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Forget Donald Trump, Republicans. Save the GOP for the sake of your party's future. — The longer Republicans remain silent on how President Trump is abusing the Republican Party, the more it will sound like the silence of the lambs: Our view — It has long been said that Republicans ought …
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Trump's unmatched sleaze: Grifters, women, trampling Constitution and now G-7 at Doral — We've never had a president like Donald Trump. He falls into every single sleaze category, from women to profiteering to attacking the Bill of Rights. — CONNECT — We've had presidents who were used …
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Porn Stars Are Fed Up With Instagram Wrongly Taking Down Their Accounts — Sex workers and Instagram tried to make peace over takedowns in a meeting this summer. Then porn star Jessica Jaymes' account was incorrectly removed — after she died. — Porn stars and other sex workers are furious …
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Russia says it is starting to resume U.S. cyber cooperation: TASS — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States are gradually starting to resume cooperation on cyber security, TASS news agency cited the head of Russia's FSB Federal Security Service as saying on Thursday.
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If It's Trump vs. Warren, Then What? — A hard but necessary choice to save the country. — This is a memo for the politically homeless. It's a memo to those of us who could never support Donald Trump but think the Bernie-Squad-Warren Democratic Party is sprinting too far left.
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The American Conservative
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Cozy Bear didn't hibernate as previously thought — Cozy Bear, the less-discussed of the two Russian hacker groups that breached the Democratic National Committee in 2016, had been thought to be scaling back operations since that election, but a new report finds the group instead became more covert.
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Mother Jones, WeLiveSecurity and MIT Technology Review
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Meet Trump's Illuminati Scholar — They've done it. Finally, the Trump administration has reached its logical conclusion. The presidency that began with Alex Jones and birtherism has finally brought a brave truth teller into the deep state fold. — If you haven't heard …
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George Mentz, Shareblue Media and HuffPost
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A Million People Are Jailed at China's Gulags. I Managed to Escape. Here's What Really Goes on Inside — Rape, torture and human experiments. Sayragul Sauytbay offers firsthand testimony from a Xinjiang ‘reeducation’ camp — Send me email alerts — Zen Subscribe now
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Why Republicans should be worried about their chances of retaking the House — Democrats are building a financial bulwark around their House majority that's going to be tough for Republicans to breach in 2020. — Thirty-three of the 44 most vulnerable House Democrats have stashed …
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Special Representative for Syria Engagement James F. Jeffrey Remarks to the Traveling Press — MS ORTAGUS: Do you have something to say first? — AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: Yeah, just the Vice President, Mike Pompeo, and National Security Advisor O'Brien came out here to carry out the President's directive …