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This Sure Looks Like Mitt Romney's Secret Twitter Account — Earlier today, The Atlantic's McKay Coppins published a lengthy profile on Mitt Romney, apparently part of Romney's effort to set himself up as the noble Republican foil to an out-of-control president.
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Political Wire, Mediaite and twitchy.com
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Exclusive: Mitt Romney's Trump indictment — Sen. Mitt Romney, in an interview with “Axios on HBO,” outlined a broad indictment of President Trump, criticizing his rhetoric, his abandonment of the Kurds, his plea to Ukraine and China to undermine a political opponent, his character and past personal life.


The Liberation of Mitt Romney — Mitt Romney is leaning forward in his chair, his eyes flashing, his voice sharp. — It's a strange look for the 72-year-old senator, who typically affects a measured, somber tone when discussing Donald Trump's various moral deficiencies.
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Breitbart and twitchy.com


Mitt Romney: Republicans keep quiet on Trump because they fear Elizabeth Warren
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The Hill and Political Wire


Fox's Wallace says ‘well-connected’ Republican told him there's a 20 percent chance GOP will vote for impeachment — Fox's Chris Wallace said a “well-connected” Washington Republican told him that there's a 20 percent chance enough Republicans will vote to remove President Trump from office in an impeachment trial in the Senate.
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Hullabaloo, The Gateway Pundit and PJ Media Home
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Trump reversed course on hosting G-7 at his club after learning that impeachment-weary Republicans were tired of defending him — President Trump was forced to abandon his decision to host next year's Group of Seven summit at his private golf club after it became clear the move …
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Political Wire, Common Dreams, The Hill, Bloomberg and Axios


White House Moves Testing Republican Support for Trump — The House impeachment inquiry is reducing the president's margin for error with members of his party — WASHINGTON—President Trump faces increasing public and private scrutiny from his own party over a series of recent White House moves …


Mulvaney faced White House ouster threat before impeachment crisis took over — Washington (CNN)Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney faced internal efforts to oust him before House Democrats moved ahead with their impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, multiple sources tell CNN.
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Fox News, New York Times, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Guardian, New York Post, Law & Crime and Politico


Mick Mulvaney's bad week just got worse
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Bloomberg and Political Wire

Mulvaney: Trump was “honestly surprised” at level of backlash over G7 decision
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NBC News, CANNONFIRE, The Hill, Political Wire and Breitbart


About 50 Republicans are going to decide whether America becomes a dictatorship
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Washington Post, HuffPost and RealClearPolitics

Mick Mulvaney: Trump ‘surprised’ over Doral pushback
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Washington Post, New York Post, Outside the Beltway and Contemptor


Justice Department Distances Itself From Giuliani — In an unusual statement, a spokesman said department officials would not have met with President Trump's personal lawyer had they known his associates were under investigation. — The Justice Department distanced itself on Sunday …
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POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
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Amid Ukraine scandal, Trump officials worry about Rudy Giuliani's financial motives — Amid near-daily revelations of Rudy Giuliani's “shadow” foreign policy, senior administration officials are worried that more information could surface connecting official Trump administration policy to Giuliani's personal financial gain.
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Political Wire


Graham open to other evidence on impeachment — In an interview with “Axios on HBO,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Trump's most vital allies on Capitol Hill, opened the door to changing his mind on impeachment if there turns out to be what he considers a quid pro quo.
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Political Wire, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Breitbart
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‘I never saw that’: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Mulvaney quid pro quo admission
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Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, HuffPost, Politico, Breitbart, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, The Hill and Contemptor


Trump Said to Favor Leaving a Few Hundred Troops in Eastern Syria — The president appears to be trying to balance competing impulses: bringing troops home while ensuring that efforts to contain ISIS will continue — and answering withering criticism for his Syria policy.
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Raw Story, Political Wire, Bloomberg, The Guardian and Axios
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U.S. troops leaving Syria for western Iraq as Kurds look to withdraw amid cease-fire
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Occupy Democrats, Hot Air, Slate and News & Guts Media

Mark Esperanto? Trump Misnames His Defense Secretary in Tweet
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Task & Purpose and The Hill


Former Baltimore Mayor Thomas ‘Young Tommy’ D'Alesandro III dies at 90 — Thomas D'Alesandro III, a former Baltimore mayor and member of a storied political family affectionately known as “Young Tommy,” died at his North Baltimore home Sunday of stroke complications. — He was 90 years old.
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Justice Dept. confirms Trump Jr. and McGahn did not testify to Mueller grand jury — The Justice Department confirmed Sunday that President Donald Trump's son Donald Jr. and former White House counsel Don McGahn were never called before a grand jury that heard witnesses called by special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Jake Tapper Calls Out Top Republicans Avoiding His Show for 4th Week in a Row, ‘Shirking’ Their Duties of Accountability — CNN's Jake Tapper called out Republican lawmakers on Sunday for their avoidance of CNN amid the latest controversial developments surrounding President Donald Trump.
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Althouse
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Red Flags All Over for Senate Republicans — New polls and fundraising reports show key GOP senators in political trouble, giving Democrats a solid shot to win back control of the upper chamber. — Buried in the Washington drama of impeachment, corruption, and foreign policy chaos …
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CNBC
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Democratic challengers outpace vulnerable GOP senators in Q3 fundraising
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POLITICUSUSA


Want Trump to Go? Take to the Streets — Another moment for public protest has arrived. — On Nov. 9, 2016, the day after Donald Trump's election, Obamacare looked to be doomed. Millions of Americans, it seemed, were going to lose their health insurance.


Trump Campaign Floods Web With Ads, Raking In Cash as Democrats Struggle — On any given day, the Trump campaign is plastering ads all over Facebook, YouTube and the millions of sites served by Google, hitting the kind of incendiary themes — immigrant invaders, the corrupt media …
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Mother Jones, more at Techmeme »


DEFDON 1: Trump has more reason than ever for genuine alarm — For Republican voters, the 2016 campaign was a contest between two compelling illusions: the rough and ready outsider billionaire versus the conniving socialist hellbeast of Chappaqua. Some embraced Trump and hoped for the best.


Elizabeth Warren Says She Will Release a Plan to Finance ‘Medicare for All’ — Ms. Warren had been criticized for sidestepping questions about whether she would raise taxes on the middle class to help finance her “Medicare for all” plan. — INDIANOLA, Iowa — Senator Elizabeth Warren …
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The Daily Caller and The Hill
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Warren says she will soon release plan to fund ‘Medicare for All’
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Politico, Associated Press and Washington Post