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Rudy Giuliani / Wall Street Journal:
The Case for the Impeachment Defense — My client's call with the Ukrainian president was innocent, and the House inquiry is a travesty. — If your only sources of news the past two months have been CNN and MSNBC, you probably think President Trump has committed some heinous act …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The impossibility of separating Giuliani from Trump — There's a concept in pop culture called “retconning,” short for retroactive continuity. The idea is that people working on continuations of existing stories — such as the people making a new “Star Wars” film, for example …
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NBC News:
The impeachment hearings could turn out to be more unpredictable than you think — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — Most in Washington are already convinced …
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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
What Trump Is Hiding From the Impeachment Hearings
What Trump Is Hiding From the Impeachment Hearings
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Democrats' impeachment lawyer cut his teeth prosecuting mobsters, Wall Street cheats — The Democrats' lead impeachment hearing lawyer made his bones as a prosecutor by sending mobsters, stock swindlers and a multimillion-dollar inside trader to prison, cases in which colleagues said he mixed brains and “swagger” to win convictions.
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Politico:
House Intel panel announces additional witnesses for public impeachment hearings — The marathon week of testimony will conclude next Thursday. — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images — The House Intelligence Committee announced a new slate …
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Rep. Adam Schiff: Trump's Potentially Impeachable Offenses Include Bribery — Toggle more options — With the House set to begin public hearings Wednesday for the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, the man leading the Democrats' investigation says he already sees several potential …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Most voters remain unmovable in impeachment views
Poll: Most voters remain unmovable in impeachment views
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The Hill, The Daily Caller and Axios
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's how little Republicans were allowed to participate in the closed-door depositions
Here's how little Republicans were allowed to participate in the closed-door depositions
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Jenna Ellis Rives / The Hill:
Trump impeachment is blueprint to overthrow government from within
Trump impeachment is blueprint to overthrow government from within
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John F. Harris / Politico:
What Impeachment Will Cost the GOP — On December 19, 1998, the day House Republicans impeached President Bill Clinton, he recorded his highest-ever score in Gallup's presidential approval poll: 73 percent favorable. — That was 24 percentage points higher than Clinton's …
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Axios:
House Republicans might throw Rudy Giuliani under the bus to save Trump during impeachment — Top House Republican sources tell Axios that one impeachment survival strategy will be to try to distance President Trump from any Ukraine quid pro quo, with Rudy Giuliani potentially going under the bus.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
What to expect from impeachment
What to expect from impeachment
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell, GOP leaders say they won't be watching House impeachment hearing
McConnell, GOP leaders say they won't be watching House impeachment hearing
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CNN:
Trump invites GOP senators for unusual meeting with Erdoğan to ‘clear the air’ — Washington (CNN)A small group of Republican senators who traditionally focus on foreign policy issues have been invited to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump and Turkish President …
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Rep. Devin Nunes / The Permanent Select Committee …:
Nunes Opening Statement for Kent and Taylor Hearing on Impeachment — f t # e — Opening Statement for Kent and Taylor Hearing on Impeachment — In a July open hearing of this committee following publication of the Mueller report, the Democrats engaged in a last-ditch effort to convince …
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William Saletan / Slate:
The GOP's Impeachment Strategy Is Self-Refuting
The GOP's Impeachment Strategy Is Self-Refuting
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump prepared for impeachment hearings with an epic Fox News binge — Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk on the South Lawn after they returned to the White House from New York City on Tuesday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images — Trump is getting his spin directly from Dobbs …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Trump Tells Her Dad: Don't Tweet the Whistleblower's Name!
Ivanka Trump Tells Her Dad: Don't Tweet the Whistleblower's Name!
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Raw Story
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
University of Florida's student president faces impeachment after bringing Donald Trump Jr. to campus for $50,000 — After the University of Florida's student body president helped bring Donald Trump Jr. and Trump campaign adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle to campus last month to the tune of $50,000 …
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Megan Reeves / Tampa Bay Times:
UF student president faces impeachment over Trump Jr. visit
UF student president faces impeachment over Trump Jr. visit
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New York Post
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
This Tom Hanks Story Will Help You Feel Less Bad — Hanks is playing Mister Rogers in a new movie and is just as nice as you think he is. Please read this article anyway. — Here is a list of stories about Tom Hanks I've heard over the last few miserable months, as it appeared that politeness …
Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times:
Plague Is Diagnosed in China, Prompting Fears of an Outbreak — Two cases of pneumonic plague, a fatal and highly infectious illness related to bubonic plague, were diagnosed in Beijing. — 阅读.体中 文.閱讀.體 中文.
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Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC POLL: Trump faces tough re-election fight in Georgia — A majority of Georgians disapprove of President Donald Trump's performance in the White House and he appears to be facing a hard fight against each of the five top Democratic candidates seeking to replace him, according to an exclusive Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll.
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The impeachment calculus Democrats don't want to talk about — Sen. Brian Schatz, the Democrat from Hawaii, is well-known for a jokey Twitter feed popular with the #Resistance. When I talked to him last night as he was walking into the Senate on the eve of the first impeachment hearings in 21 years, he was in a more serious mood.
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Raw Story
Emily Smith / Page Six:
ABC scrambles to figure out identity of Amy Robach leaker, who goes by ‘Ignotus’ — ABC bigwigs are going potty to find the identity of the leaker behind the Amy Robach tape — after the alleged source posted a letter online slamming the network under the name “Ignotus,” a wizard from the “Harry Potter” franchise.
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump impeachment hearings today will echo through the ages — Washington (CNN)The gravity and drama of the first televised impeachment hearings into Donald Trump's presidency on Wednesday will imprint themselves on history and reverberate far from Washington.
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
First Public Impeachment Hearings Begin Before House Panel
Luke Darby / GQ:
White House Advisor Stephen Miller Just Got Outed for Explicit White Supremacist E-mails — The policies match the ideology. — In the Trump administration, where staffers come and go quickly, White House senior policy advisor Stephen Miller has managed to stick around since the campaign days when he worked as a speechwriter.
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
It's high time for Trump to dump Stephen Miller
It's high time for Trump to dump Stephen Miller
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MIX / The Next Web:
Facebook is secretly using your iPhone's camera as you scroll your feed — 3,072 — iPhone owners, beware. It appears Facebook might be actively using your camera without your knowledge while you're scrolling your feed. — The issue has come to light after a user going by the name Joshua Maddux took …
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New York Times:
The Man Trump Trusts for News on Ukraine — Who is John Solomon? His name popped up frequently in closed-door testimony in the impeachment query. He is a regular on Hannity. And his work helps shape how millions of Americans understand this moment. — WASHINGTON — In weeks …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: House committees request new testimony from U.S. official in Ukraine — The House committees investigating President Trump and Ukraine have scheduled closed-door depositions for David Holmes, an official working at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, and Mark Sandy, an official working …
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Laura K. Field / The Bulwark:
Rank Loyalties — Trump's attacks on the whistleblower and other impeachment witnesses work to collapse the differences between competing kinds of loyalties. It's the worst kind of moral relativism. — As the House opened the first public impeachment hearings on Tuesday …