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Washington Post:
House GOP looks to protect Trump by raising doubts about motives of his deputies — House Republicans' latest plan to shield President Trump from impeachment is to focus on at least three deputies — U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, Trump's lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: House committees subpoena Mick Mulvaney — The House committees investigating President Trump and Ukraine issued a subpoena Thursday night for acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to testify at 9 am on Friday as part of their impeachment inquiry, two sources familiar tell Axios.
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Lawyer for Ukraine whistleblower sends White House cease and desist letter to stop Trump's attacks — (CNN)A lawyer for the Ukraine whistleblower, whose complaint document triggered the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, has sent a letter to the White House warning the President to …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is Trump Already Winning on Impeachment? — This coming Wednesday marks the official start of the impeachment hearings against Donald Trump in the House Intelligence Committee, the public beginning of what the historian Jon Meacham rightfully calls “a test for the country.”
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Referee says he told Rep. Jim Jordan that Ohio State doctor performed sex act in shower — The referee said the response of Jordan and another former coach was, “Yeah, yeah, we know.” — A professional referee says in a lawsuit filed Thursday that disgraced doctor Richard Strauss masturbated …
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Actively Prepares to Enter 2020 Presidential Race — Mr. Bloomberg is expected to file paperwork this week designating himself as a candidate in at least one state with an early filing deadline, although an adviser said he had not made a final decision to run.
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Axios:
Exclusive: Mike Bloomberg will “spend whatever it takes” in 2020 — Mike Bloomberg is jumping into the Democratic presidential race because he believes that Joe Biden is fading, opening the moderate lane next to Elizabeth Warren, sources close to the former New York mayor tell Axios.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Bloomberg makes preparations for 2020 run
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Book by ‘Anonymous’ describes Trump as cruel, inept and a danger to the nation — Senior Trump administration officials considered resigning en masse last year in a “midnight self-massacre” to sound a public alarm about President Trump's conduct, but rejected the idea because they believed …
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Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
Book Review: In ‘A Warning,’ Anonymous Author Makes Case Against Re-election — The same writer who penned an Opinion essay in 2018 argues in a new book that the president's contract shouldn't be renewed. — “Trust me”: It's a tired cliché, a throwaway line, but when you first encounter it in …
CNN:
Pence aide said Trump's July 25 call with Ukraine was political and not a normal diplomatic call — (CNN)An aide to Vice President Mike Pence who listened to the call between President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian President told impeachment inquiry investigators on Thursday that she found …
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
‘Campaign of lies’: What George Kent told impeachment investigators
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Ramsey Touchberry / Newsweek:
Sean Hannity denies diplomat's claim he was told to stop covering ex-Ukraine ambassador by State Department
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Mediaite
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Diplomat testified that Putin, Orban poisoned Trump's views on Ukraine
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CNBC and New York Times
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Ivanka Trump to AP: impeachment aimed at undoing 2016 vote — RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Ivanka Trump on Friday weighed in on the House impeachment inquiry of her father from half a world away in Morocco. — President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser told The Associated Press …
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Exclusive: Economist who backed Warren healthcare plan has doubts about her wealth tax — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A leading economist who vouched for Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's healthcare reform plan told Reuters on Thursday he doubts its staggering cost …
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Pete Buttigieg proposes free college for Americans earning under $100,000 in his new economic plan — The South Bend, Ind., mayor unveiled a big economic plan Friday that's a middle lane between Biden and Warren. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg unveiled a plan Friday …
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The Hill
Washington Post:
Commerce Department aides knew Alabama hurricane forecasters were not responding to Trump, but still rebuked them — Senior aides at the Commerce Department forced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to publicly rebuke its weather forecasters in Birmingham, Ala. …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Joy Behar roasted for denying wearing blackface: ‘Enjoy the cancel culture you created’ — “The View” co-host Joy Behar was roasted on social media after claiming in a heated interview with Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday that she never wore blackface, a claim that was quickly contradicted on Twitter by the president's eldest son.
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NY State Attorney General:
AG James Secures Court Order Against Donald J. Trump, Trump Children, And Trump Foundation — AG James Secures Court Order Against Donald J. Trump, — Trump Children, and Trump Foundation … NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that the New York Supreme …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
President Donald Trump ordered to pay $2M to collection of nonprofits as part of civil lawsuit
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Who Will Betray Trump? — From the moment Francis Rooney expressed alarm to his House colleagues that Donald Trump might have abused presidential power in his dealings with Ukraine—and more dramatically, that an impeachment inquiry could be warranted—the Florida Republican was a marked man.
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The Week
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Macron Says NATO Is Experiencing ‘Brain Death’ Because of Trump — The French president wonders if NATO is still committed to collective defense, decries U.S. unilateralism and calls for more European autonomy. — BRUSSELS — French President Emmanuel Macron shocked allies in an interview published …
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Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Roger Stone's Trial Is Going Very Badly for Roger Stone — Jurors heard audio of the Trump adviser allegedly lying to Congress. — In a federal courtroom in Washington, DC, Thursday, jurors heard Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) as he questioned Roger Stone, the longtime associate of President Donald Trump.
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Raw Story and CANNONFIRE
New York Times:
Democrats in Battleground States Prefer Moderate Nominee, Poll Shows — A New York Times/Siena College survey in six key states also showed voters want a candidate who can work with Republicans.
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Political Wire
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CBS News sparks outrage for reportedly firing ex-ABC News staffer who leaked Epstein bombshell — CBS News is facing heavy backlash for reportedly firing the ex-ABC News staffer who leaked the footage exposing how the network killed the Jeffrey Epstein story.
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Wall Street Journal, Page Six, The Hill and NB Blog
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Authoritarian Rot That Produced This President* Is Present in the Republican Party at All Levels — Need proof? Look at Kentucky and Wisconsin. … I guess we should start this week's tour in Kentucky, where the Republican majority in the state legislature is making all kinds of noises about how …
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New Republic
New York Times:
Impeachment Inquiry Tests Ties Between Barr and Trump — The attorney general has not jumped in to publicly defend the president against the Democratic inquiry as he did with the Mueller investigation. — WASHINGTON — For a while at least, he seemed to have found his Roy Cohn …
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The Daily Beast, Salon, Washington Post, The Week, Daily Kos and Vox
Andrea Jefferson / Political Flare:
Trump's Favorite Pastor Paula White Has a Fake Doctorate Degree and a History of Bankruptcy — Paula White is a Florida pastor who led a prayer at Donald Trump's inauguration, chairs his Evangelical Advisory Council, and is now a White House employee, with her salary paid for by the American taxpayer.
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Washington Monthly
Lin-Manuel Miranda / The Atlantic:
What Art Can Do … all art is political. In tense, fractious times—like our current moment—all art is political. But even during those times when politics and the future of our country itself are not the source of constant worry and anxiety, art is still political.
John Solomon Reports:
Testimony bombshell: Obama administration tried to partner with Hunter Biden's Ukrainian gas firm but was blocked over corruption concerns — A State Department official who served in the U.S. embassy in Kiev told Congress that the Obama administration tried in 2016 to partner …
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The Unz Review, Washington Post and Conservative Review
Robert Tracinski / The Bulwark:
Everything Trump Touches Dies: “Dancing with the Stars” Edition — Sean Spicer on DWTS is everything that's wrong with the Trump era. — Some of us have been wondering exactly what victory in the Culture War would look like. Well, now we know what Trump country thinks victory means.
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