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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Trump administration sought billions of dollars in cuts to programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and abroad — Democrats have slammed White House insistence that Trump was focused on corruption - not Bidens - when he blocked Ukraine aid funds — The Trump administration …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
An Envoy's Damning Account of Trump's Ukraine Pressure and Its Consequences — William B. Taylor Jr. laid out in visceral terms the potentially life-or-death stakes of what he saw as an illegitimate scheme to pressure Kiev for political help by suspending American security aid.
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John Podhoretz / Commentary:
Trump Will Be Impeached — Remember when I said last week that October 17 was the worst day of the Trump presidency? Well, October 22 and has now come along to break the record. This is the day that, I think, has ensured Donald Trump's impeachment. Not his removal. But impeachment will be bad enough.
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Opening statement of Ambassador William B. Taylor — William B. Taylor, the senior U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified before impeachment investigators Tuesday. Read the story here. — Don't see the document? Click here to download the pdf.
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Michael Warren / CNN:
5 explosive lines from Bill Taylor's statement
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Sean Duffy Gets Repeatedly Owned In Bonkers CNN Segment: 'My Nose Isn't a Heat-Seeking Missile for the President's Backside' — CNN's New Day hosted a duel between Republicans on Wednesday morning as former congressmen Sean Duffy and Charlie Dent squared off on whether Bill Taylor …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
How much more of Donald Trump can Republicans possibly take? — Burnett reveals most explosive lines from Taylor's testimony — (CNN)Everyone has a breaking point. — It's worth remembering that fact at this moment as congressional Republicans find themselves confronted with a cavalcade …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Whines That Senate Republicans Are Failing Him on Impeachment and Not Owning Nearly Enough Libs — The president and his advisers want Republicans in the Senate to stage their own hearings to counteract what's happening in the House. — President Trump, his advisers …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP senators warn Trump he risks political harm from impeachment with chaotic approach
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Steve Bannon launches radio show and podcast on impeachment
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QU Poll:
Release Detail — October 23, 2019 - Approval Of Impeachment Inquiry Reaches 55 Percent, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Disapprove Of Trump's Decision On Syria 2-1 — Approval among American voters of the U.S. House impeachment inquiry, an inquiry to determine whether …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden's lead in Democratic primary hits widest margin since April — WASHINGTON (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden's lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president has rebounded, and now stands at its widest margin since April, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
How Centrist Democrats Botched the 2020 Primary
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The Harvard Crimson:
A Note To Readers — To our readers: — Last month, The Crimson covered a rally organized by campus group Act on a Dream that called for the abolition of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. During the course of our reporting, Crimson reporters requested comment from ICE …
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Ruoqi Zhang / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Student Groups Condemn The Crimson's Coverage of Abolish ICE Rally
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Will Trump shut down the government to fight impeachment? — Analysis: Washington is bracing for the prospect that president may seek to let funding lapse in a bid to blame Democrats. — WASHINGTON — Impeachment, meet government shutdown. — With funding for federal operations set to expire Nov. 21 …
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BuzzFeed News:
Federal Investigators Are Probing Suspicious Financial Transactions By Two Giuliani Associates Who Ran A Back-Channel Campaign — A federal grand jury investigating activities surrounding Rudy Giuliani's back-channel campaign in Ukraine has demanded legal documents that include records …
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Washington Post:
Prosecutors flagged possible ties between Ukrainian gas tycoon and Giuliani associates
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Dick's Sporting Goods CEO quietly tests presidential bid — Ed Stack, the CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods and a longtime Republican donor, is testing the waters for a possible third-party presidential bid that could scramble the dynamics of the 2020 general election.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Former Acting Attorney General: ‘Abuse of Power Is Not a Crime’ — Matthew Whitaker also blasted the “global elitists and careerists” who are upset with Trump for “upsetting the apple cart” of the “world establishment.” — Following Tuesday's devastating House testimony by acting U.S. Ambassador …
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Rachel Holliday Smith / The City:
How Manhattan's City Bakery Crumbled, Under Weight of Debts — Walking into City Bakery on West 18th Street in Manhattan, it was hard to imagine the popular eatery with the best hot chocolate in New York and a famous pretzel croissant could ever crumble. — The roomy, bustling cafe brimmed …
Jared Whitley / Real Clear Politics:
Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Shut Up? — Four years ago, Donald Trump's candidacy was the craziest thing any of us had ever seen. But since then, his opponents have gone so far off the deep end that they have made him seem the sensible alternative. For whatever reason - jealousy? bad advisers?
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Matt Labash / New York Times:
Not Your Father's Masculinity — Meet the “new man”: whatever others say he is. — Mr. Labash is the author of “Fly Fishing With Darth Vader.” — John Wayne, that repository of testosterone — now considered an illicit substance in many states — once played a character who said …
CNN:
Joe Biden said in 1998 that Clinton impeachment could be seen as ‘partisan lynching’ — McCarthy breaks with Trump over ‘lynching’ comment — (CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday denounced President Donald Trump's comparison of the ongoing impeachment inquiry to a …
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Tim Skubick / WLNS-TV:
Poll shows U.S. Senate race a toss-up — 6 News is releasing some exclusive statewide polling data tonight confirming that the race for one of the state's U.S. Senate seats is a dead heat. — That's bad news for the Democrats and good news for the Republicans.
Washington Post:
How a Beltway power couple and a political newcomer learned to thrive in the Trump era — When Brad Parscale was looking for advice about how to navigate Washington after running the digital strategy for Donald Trump's upstart presidential campaign in 2016, the brash political newcomer turned to a Beltway power couple.
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
As Trump seeks reelection, a growing army of immigrant voters stands in his path — This is where a nation changes: a public school auditorium that moonlights as a veritable citizenship factory. — At the M.O. Campbell Educational Center, where murals honoring the arts and sciences adorn the walls …
New York Times:
‘What Is Going to Happen to Us?’ Inside ISIS Prison, Children Ask Their Fate — A rare inside look by New York Times journalists exposes an enormous legal and humanitarian crisis, one that the world has largely chosen to ignore. — NORTHEASTERN SYRIA — The prisoners cover the floor like a carpet of human despair.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
As a Centrist Path Opens, Pete Buttigieg Moves Toward It — Mr. Buttigieg began his campaign in obscurity, staking out progressive positions. As his standing rises, he has moved toward the center, hoping to draw support away from Joe Biden. — PHILADELPHIA — In February, Pete Buttigieg …
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's ‘Lynching’ — The President keeps asking friends to defend the indefensible. — By The Editorial Board — Donald Trump made himself a political celebrity in 2016 by persuading news media to talk about—Donald Trump. He did it mainly by the expedient of saying outrageous things …
Conrad Black / American Greatness:
Impeachment Will Fail — Two elements of the turbulent current American political scene became clearer over the past week. One is the determination, attested to by almost all Washington insiders whatever side they are on, of the Democratic leadership to force an impeachment trial of the president.
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