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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Drops Out of the Presidential Race — The former Texas congressman, who energized Democrats in a Senate race last year, began his White House run to great fanfare but failed to build significant support. — Former Representative Beto O'Rourke of Texas announced that he is dropping …
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Thank you. — Our campaign has been about seeing clearly, speaking honestly and acting decisively in the best interests of America. — Though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Warren Leads Tight Iowa Race as Biden Fades, Poll Finds — Ms. Warren garnered 22 percent in a New York Times/Siena College poll, to 19 percent for Bernie Sanders. Pete Buttigieg has surged, while Mr. Biden's travails have put the race in flux. — Which of these Democrats would be your first choice in the Iowa caucuses?
Bloomberg:
Warren Derides Biden as Running in ‘Wrong Presidential Primary’ — Senator hits back over criticism of $21 trillion health plan — Warren-Biden rift comes as Democratic hopefuls descend on Iowa — Elizabeth Warren swatted back at Joe Biden's criticism of her $21 trillion Medicare …
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Bronson Stocking / Townhall:
BREAKING: Beto O'Rourke Is Dropping Out of the Presidential Race
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Testimony: White House lawyer told Vindman not to discuss Ukraine call — The senior White House lawyer who placed a record of President Donald Trump's July 25 call with Ukraine's president in a top-secret system also instructed at least one official who heard the call not to tell anyone about it …
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Washington Post:
White House official who heard Trump's call with Ukraine leader testified that he was told to keep quiet — Several days after President Trump's phone call with the leader of Ukraine, a top White House lawyer instructed a senior national security official not to discuss his grave concerns …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Isn't Ready for the Impeachment Hearings — He's always been more comfortable with chaos than teamwork and preparation. — After weeks of damaging testimony from current and former White House advisers and career diplomats, the House of Representatives voted on Thursday to publicly endorse …
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Washington Post:
As Trump moves to bully witnesses and derail impeachment, Democrats see obstruction
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Meghann Myers / Military Times:
How the Army officer who testified against Trump could end up in a court-martial
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Fox News:
Warren's $52T ‘Medicare-for-all’ plan revealed: Campaign still claims no middle-class tax hikes needed — EXCLUSIVE: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's long-awaited “Medicare-for-all” funding plan projects the government-run health care system would cost a staggering sum of …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The issue that Obama alums think could doom Elizabeth Warren — An Elizabeth Warren event is like the candidate herself: well-organized, precise, unpretentious. The candidate, almost always clad in her campaign uniform of black sneakers, black pants and a black camisole covered …
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Proposes $20.5 Trillion Health Care Plan
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Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week:
Jeff Bezos would pay nearly $7 billion to Elizabeth Warren's Medicare-for-all tax
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Elizabeth Warren / Medium:
Ending the Stranglehold of Health Care Costs on American Families
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Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok - sources — NEW YORK/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co's $1 billion acquisition of U.S. social media app Musical.ly …
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CNN:
'I'm the best-paid interpreter in the world': Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas touted windfall from Ukrainian oligarch — New York (CNN)Earlier this year, Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, received a sudden windfall of money from a prominent Ukrainian oligarch …
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ThinkNow:
Progressive Latino pollster: 98% of Latinos do not identify with “Latinx” label — One of the greatest challenges facing marketing departments and political campaigns today is the inability to discern signals from noise. As a professional market researcher, I see this on a daily basis.
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Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
Trump refuses to defend Mick Mulvaney, heightening indications chief of staff on the way out — President Trump declined to defend embattled acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, an indication he is considering a change. — Asked during an Oval Office interview with the Washington Examiner …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP defense of Trump is getting more corrupt. Here's what's next. — President Trump, who possesses supreme confidence in his mesmerizing charisma and powers of persuasion, is considering a plan to recite the text of his corrupt call with the Ukrainian president on live national television.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Americans divided 49% to 47% on impeachment, with criticism for both sides: POLL
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Americans sharply divided over whether to impeach and remove Trump from office, Post-ABC poll finds
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Trent Spiner / Politico:
Kamala Harris shutters offices throughout New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Kamala Harris' campaign has almost completely shuttered its New Hampshire campaign, with no visible activity at any of her offices in the state. — The campaign confirmed it is largely abandoning New Hampshire …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
How Deadspin Imploded — The last meeting for many of Deadspin's journalists took place on Wednesday in a conference room adorned with fake black cobwebs, a large spider and bloody handprints beside the words: “HELP US.” — The plea, it seemed, went unanswered.
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Bryan Curtis / The Ringer:
The Mavening of Sportswriting — Deadspin staffers resigned …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Revealed: Trump wanted to build a megachurch — Of all the projects real estate mogul Donald Trump wanted to build, here's one that nobody saw. — According to his long-time personal pastor, Paula White-Cain, Trump, in 2006 was taking steps to build a glass cathedral.
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Washington Post:
K Street's newest star built business on dubious claims of Trump ties — Since President Trump took office, the lobbyist Michael Esposito has been wildly successful, turning a family business that once focused on municipal transportation issues into one of the fastest-growing lobbying firms in Washington.
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Expects Public Impeachment Hearings to Begin This Month — House speaker discusses inquiry with Bloomberg News after vote — Investigation becomes a battleground in the 2020 election — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she expects the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry …
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
In His Dealings with Ukraine, Did Donald Trump Commit a Crime? — It's long been clear that Presidents can be impeached for “high crimes and misdemeanors” that are not actual violations of federal criminal law. In an oft-cited passage from Federalist No. 65, Alexander Hamilton wrote …
Apple Podcasts:
Apple Podcasts Preview — The impeachment of Donald Trump is one of the biggest political stories of our lifetimes. It's a test of whether accountability, election integrity, and the rules of our democracy can withstand the corrupt acts of powerful people. It's also a story that's unfolding at such a break-neck pace, it's absurd.
James Cusick / openDemocracy:
Johnson and Cummings under fire as police hand criminal evidence on Vote Leave to prosecution agency — Exclusive: After 16-month investigation, Met Police refer Vote Leave to the CPS for possible criminal charges. But will the timing of the election mean further delay?
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
2020 Meme Team, Assemble … A long time ago, on a different internet — where Photoshopped images of “God Emperor” Donald Trump riding atop a velociraptor were just a faint glimmer in a young meme lord's eye — the Republicans were in trouble. Barack Obama's 2008 win over John McCain was heralded as a digital over an analog.
GOP.com:
Internal RNC Polling: More Want Biden Investigated Than Trump — Ahead of Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff driving the Democrat Party off a cliff today, see below for a breakdown of internal RNC polling that should serve as a warning to Democrats as they further politicize their bogus impeachment agenda.
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
RNC pays face value for Trump party's luxury seats at World Series game — The Republican National Committee paid $465 per seat in a luxury suite for President Trump, 11 members of Congress and senior White House staff to attend Sunday night's World Series game after the president said he wanted to attend …
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