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John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘Witness intimidation in real-time’: Democrats see more evidence of Trump obstruction — House Democrats are calling Donald Trump's decision to attack Marie Yovanovitch mid-hearing on Friday a blatant example of witness intimidation, further building the case to charge the president …
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BuzzFeed News:
Twitter Has Suspended Several Accounts Responsible For Tweeting “I Hired Donald Trump To Fire People Like Yovanovitch” — The phrase “I hired Donald Trump to fire people like Yovanovitch” trended on Twitter on Friday morning as Marie Yovanovitch, former US ambassador to Ukraine …
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The Hill and I Love My Freedom
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Marie Yovanovitch becomes a victim of Trump's thuggishness again in real time — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) began the second day of impeachment hearings calmly and methodically reviewing the career of former ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, highlighting her anti-corruption credentials.
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HuffPost, The Atlantic, Washington Monthly and The Hill
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Trump trashes former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during impeachment hearing
Trump trashes former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during impeachment hearing
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New York Times, Townhall, New Republic, Breitbart and Axios
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Jackie Speier erupts at reporter for The Hill
Jackie Speier erupts at reporter for The Hill
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Political Wire
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Key Takeaways from Marie Yovanovitch's Hearing in the Impeachment Inquiry
Key Takeaways from Marie Yovanovitch's Hearing in the Impeachment Inquiry
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The Week, Daily Kos, The Mahablog, Portland Mercury, Mother Jones and New York Times
New York Times:
Roger Stone Is Found Guilty in Trial That Revived Trump-Russia Saga — Mr. Stone, a longtime informal adviser to President Trump, obstructed one of Congress's Russia investigations and lied to lawmakers. — WASHINGTON — Roger J. Stone Jr., a former aide and longtime friend of President Trump …
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Washington Post:
Roger Stone guilty on all counts in federal trial of lying to Congress, witness tampering — A federal jury has convicted longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone of lying to Congress and tampering with a witness about his efforts to learn about the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks release …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump's honesty was on trial in the Roger Stone case. The verdict was harsh. — Analysis: If prosecutors at Roger Stone's trial believed Trump was telling the truth about hacked emails and WikiLeaks, it wasn't evident in the courtroom. — WASHINGTON — In his final statement to the jury …
ABC News:
Roger Stone found guilty on all 7 counts
Roger Stone found guilty on all 7 counts
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Associated Press, Breitbart and The Daily Beast
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ News Exclusive | Federal Prosecutors Probe Giuliani's Links to Ukrainian Energy Projects — Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating whether Rudy Giuliani stood to personally profit from a Ukrainian natural-gas business pushed by two associates who also aided his efforts …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Impeachment and the Stone Verdict Show Trump Is Surrounded by Criminals — From the perspective of President Trump's frustrated critics, the attempts to subject him to legal accountability have amounted to a long string of failures. Robert Mueller failed to produce a clear indictment …
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Washington Post, National Review and Bloomberg
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller:
Flashback: Obama Fired All Bush Appointed Ambassadors In 2008 — The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified Friday about President Donald Trump firing her amid an alleged “smear campaign,” but firing ambassadors appointed by former presidents is commonplace.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Defiant Yovanovitch says she was ‘kneecapped’ amid Trump ‘smear campaign’
Defiant Yovanovitch says she was ‘kneecapped’ amid Trump ‘smear campaign’
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NBC News, Breitbart and Shareblue Media
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Transcript Shows WH Made Up Details of Trump's Zelensky Call — The transcript released on Friday doesn't even mention the word “corruption.” — The release of the transcript of President Donald Trump's first call in April with Ukrainain president-elect Volodomyr Zelensky was meant …
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The Daily Beast:
The Conspiracy Theory So Far Out There Even Trump's Biggest Defenders Are Walking Away From It — When President Donald Trump brought up the word “Crowdstrike” on his now-infamous July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president, he caused some head-scratching in Kyiv.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘He does nothing without a quid pro quo’
‘He does nothing without a quid pro quo’
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Zelensky planned to announce Trump's ‘quo’ on my show. Here's what happened.
Zelensky planned to announce Trump's ‘quo’ on my show. Here's what happened.
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Mother Jones, Daily Kos and The Resurgent
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Why Fox News has gone wobbly on anti-Semitism — Circumstances have conspired to create a once-in-a-lifetime laboratory test for the integrity of Fox News. The results aren't encouraging. — Sample No. 1: In October 2018, Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch appeared on the Fox Business show …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Hannity Predicts Marie Yovanovitch Will Cry ‘on Cue’ at Hearing
Hannity Predicts Marie Yovanovitch Will Cry ‘on Cue’ at Hearing
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Politico, The Hill, ABC News and Contemptor
Washington Post:
Trump appeals to Supreme Court again, this time to block House committee's subpoena seeking his financial records — For the second day in a row, President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to protect his personal and business financial records from disclosure, this time to a congressional committee.
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Axios, Political Wire and Bangor Daily News
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Wall Street Journal:
How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results — The internet giant uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and an army of contractors to shape what you see — Every minute, an estimated 3.8 million queries are typed into Google, prompting its algorithms to spit …
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LifeNews.com, The Daily Caller, National Review and Twitchy
NBC News:
New Warren plan splits Medicare for All into two bills, preserves private plans at first — WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., released her plan for transitioning the country to a Medicare For All health care system Friday, splitting the effort into two legislative pushes …
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David Byler / Washington Post:
Deval Patrick and Michael Bloomberg aren't the disrupters some Democrats are looking for
Deval Patrick and Michael Bloomberg aren't the disrupters some Democrats are looking for
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Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
Pete Buttigieg's Work At McKinsey Is A Secret — A major piece of Pete Buttigieg's past remains a mystery to voters. — For nearly three years, he worked at McKinsey & Company, an elite management consulting firm with offices around the world. It was work that took him, he has said, to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Pete Buttigieg Touted Three Major Supporters of His Douglass Plan for Black America.
Pete Buttigieg Touted Three Major Supporters of His Douglass Plan for Black America.
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New York Times:
Rodney Reed Case: Texas Parole Board Recommends Delaying Execution — The board unanimously voted to recommend that Gov. Greg Abbott grant a 120-day reprieve and call off the execution scheduled for next week. — HOUSTON — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted Friday to recommend …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
‘No discipline. No plan. No strategy.’: Kamala Harris campaign in meltdown — BALTIMORE — Kamala Harris' campaign is careening toward a crackup. — As the California senator crisscrosses the country trying to revive her sputtering presidential bid, aides at her fast-shrinking headquarters …
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Warren details how she'd transition country to ‘Medicare for All’ — Sen. Elizabeth Warren rolled out a new piece of her “Medicare for All” plan on Friday, detailing how she would transition the nation to a fully government run, single-payer health system. — Warren's plan is her latest attempt …
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Nothing Democrats Are Proposing in Washington Will Stop Mass Shootings in California — Here is Senator Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) moments after a suicidal 16-year old murdered two of his classmates in Santa Clarita, California: … California has already passed a “universal background check” law.
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Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the single leading source of anti-vax ads on Facebook — Researchers dig into Facebook's ad library. — Just two organizations were responsible for the majority of anti-vaccine advertisements on Facebook before the social media giant restricted such content in March of this year …
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The Guardian
The New York Times Company:
Elaina Plott Joining Politics — A gifted long-form writer and a high-metabolism reporter, Elaina Plott has covered the White House for The Atlantic. Read more in this note from Patrick Healy. — I'm pleased to announce that Elaina Plott of The Atlantic is joining the Politics desk of The Times to cover the 2020 campaign.
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Donald Trump Jr.'s book sales may have been boosted by bulk buys — Donald Trump Jr.'s new book hit No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list this week — “but with a big caveat,” book insiders noted. — The tome, “Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants To Silence Us,” shot to the top of the Times' nonfiction list.
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