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Vicky Ward / CNN:
Giuliani associate willing to tell Congress Nunes met with ex-Ukrainian official to get dirt on Biden — (CNN)A lawyer for an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani tells CNN that his client is willing to tell Congress about meetings the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee …
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Michael Wilner / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Records show contact between Pompeo and Giuliani ahead of Ukraine ambassador's ouster — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had several phone calls with President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, toward the end of March, weeks before U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch …
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Simon Shuster / TIME:
Exclusive: CEO of Ukraine State Gas Firm Preparing to Testify in Giuliani Probe — The CEO of Ukraine's state gas company, Naftogaz, is ready to give evidence in a U.S. federal investigation that is reportedly probing the business dealings of Rudy Giuliani, the CEO said in an exclusive interview on Friday.
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Axios
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Devin Nunes to Sue CNN, Daily Beast over Fake News Attacks — House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) intends to file lawsuits against both CNN and the Daily Beast over fake hit pieces the outlets have published about him in recent days …
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The Gateway Pundit and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Russia Inquiry Review Is Said to Criticize F.B.I. but Rebuff Claims of Biased Acts — A watchdog report will portray the pursuit of a wiretap of an ex-Trump adviser as sloppy, but it also debunks some accusations by Trump allies of F.B.I. wrongdoing. — WASHINGTON — A highly anticipated report …
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. watchdog finds political bias did not taint top officials running the FBI's Russia probe but documents other errors — The Justice Department's internal watchdog is expected to find in a forthcoming report that political bias did not taint top officials running the FBI investigation …
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Townhall, Law & Crime and Raw Story
New York Times:
Charges of Ukrainian Meddling? A Russian Operation, U.S. Intelligence Says — Moscow has run a yearslong operation to blame Ukraine for its own 2016 election interference. Republicans have used similar talking points to defend President Trump in impeachment proceedings.
Steve Scherer / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. Navy secretary backs SEAL's expulsion review, despite Trump objection — HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said on Friday a Navy SEAL convicted of battlefield misconduct should face a board of peers weighing whether to oust him from the elite force …
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Navy Times and The Gateway Pundit
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Sébastien Roblin / NBC News:
Navy defies Trump's clemency of SEAL Edward Gallagher to save its institutional integrity — The Pentagon's effort to discipline a rogue SEAL despite presidential intervention shows the military understands it needs to get elite units in order. — The Navy announced it was considering …
Ryan Browne / CNN:
Navy Secretary says review of SEAL should proceed despite Trump's opposition
Navy Secretary says review of SEAL should proceed despite Trump's opposition
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The American Independent
Doyle Hodges / Washington Post:
Trump said the Navy can't take away Eddie Gallagher's SEAL qualification. That could be a problem.
Trump said the Navy can't take away Eddie Gallagher's SEAL qualification. That could be a problem.
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Joe.My.God. and Redstate
Amanda Teuscher / American Oversight:
State Department Releases Ukraine Documents to American Oversight — On Friday evening, the State Department released nearly 100 pages of records in response to American Oversight's lawsuit seeking a range of documents related to the Trump administration's dealings with Ukraine.
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Mediaite and Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Trump opens up Camp David as an ‘adult playground’ to woo GOP lawmakers during impeachment — President Trump, partial to gold and marble elegance, never took a shine to rustic Camp David. So acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney pitched him on an unusual idea at the start of the House impeachment inquiry …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Awful Truth About Impeachment — Facts be damned is Trump's approach, and it's working. — After five days, twelve witnesses, lots of shouting, and dozens of angry tweets from the President, the House Intelligence Committee's public impeachment hearings into Donald Trump's Ukraine affair ended …
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Washington Post, RealClearPolitics and The Nation
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Keep in mind these points about a historic week
Keep in mind these points about a historic week
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Senate Trial Could Put Trump's Use of Aggressive Defense Tactics to Their Biggest Test — The president's campaign against the Mueller report and its author is a road map of what is likely to lie ahead. — WASHINGTON — Over four decades in public life, President Trump has sought to bend business …
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Raw Story
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's GOP defenders cannot be shamed. It's time to try this instead.
Trump's GOP defenders cannot be shamed. It's time to try this instead.
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Slate, The Atlantic and New York Times
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Schiff isn't ruling out more impeachment hearings
Schiff isn't ruling out more impeachment hearings
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ABC News
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Biden: Lindsey Graham will ‘regret his whole life’ doing Trump's bidding on Ukraine — Watch “CNN Tonight” at 10 p.m. ET to see Don Lemon's full interview with former Vice President Joe Biden. — Abbeville, South Carolina (CNN)Joe Biden said he is “embarrassed” for South Carolina …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘A lot of things are the matter with me’: The best lines from Trump's Fox interview — President Donald Trump called in to “Fox & Friends” on Friday for a nearly hour-long interview that he agreed after was a form of “stress relief.” — As House Democrats close in on an impeachment vote …
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One America News Network, Breitbart and Mediaite
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Sydney Morning Herald:
Defecting Chinese spy offers information trove to Australian government — A Chinese spy has risked his life to defect to Australia and is now offering a trove of unprecedented inside intelligence on how China conducts its interference operations abroad. — Wang “William” Liqiang …
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PoliticalShort, The Guardian, New York Times and TechCrunch
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
After a damaging week and a bizarre Fox rant, psychiatrists and GOP strategists are worried for Trump — 'He has terrible judgment, and if he had real lawyers they would've hit him with a cattle-prod before they let him do that interview' — For a man who craves the spotlight …
Tobin Smith / New York Times:
Why Fox News Slimed a Purple Heart Recipient — As a former talk-show host on the channel, I can explain the art and purpose behind attacking Colonel Vindman. — Mr. Smith is the author of “Foxocracy: Inside the Network's Playbook of Tribal Warfare.” — In anticipation of Lt. Col …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
‘Tuesday Afternoon Impeachment’ Is as Big as ‘Monday Night Football’
‘Tuesday Afternoon Impeachment’ Is as Big as ‘Monday Night Football’
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New York Times
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Barr's Legal Views Come Under Fire From Conservative-Leaning Lawyers — A speech by Mr. Barr last week, in which he argued that Mr. Trump had never overstepped his authority, so alarmed a group of lawyers that they felt compelled to push back publicly. — WASHINGTON — A group …
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Raw Story
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Read This — I read through this a number of times before deciding to publish it. But I strongly, strongly recommend it to you. The author of the email is a former federal prosecutor. When I first read it I confess I found it all a bit loopy or improbable.
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CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Mahablog, Mother Jones and Balloon Juice
CNN:
Trump makes at least 18 false claims in ranting Fox & Friends interview — Washington (CNN)Fox & Friends tried harder than usual — not especially hard, but harder than usual — to challenge President Donald Trump. — It did not work very well. — Trump ranted dishonestly …
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New York Times, Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos
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Geoff Bennett / NBC News:
Yovanovitch's lawyers rate Trump's embassy portrait claim Pinocchio worthy
Yovanovitch's lawyers rate Trump's embassy portrait claim Pinocchio worthy
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CBS News, Occupy Democrats and Talking Points Memo
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Lindsey Graham Is a Coward, Exhibit 39204 — Trump's ally in the Senate snubbed a veteran who asked him about the president's conduct in office — House Republicans spent the week rhetorically hiding from a mountain of evidence that President Trump sought to extort Ukraine into helping him in the 2020 election.
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POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and The American Independent
Washington Free Beacon:
Warren Confronted by School Choice Activist Over Sending Son to Private School — The Democratic presidential candidate elided the inconvenient fact that her son attended a tony private school — Confronted by a school-choice activist Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) …
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Fox News, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
YouTube:
ADL International Leadership Award Presented to Sacha Baron Cohen at Never Is Now 2019 … Sacha Baron Cohen is the well-deserved recipient of ADL's International Leadership Award, which goes to exceptional individuals who combine professional success with a profound personal commitment …
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Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and TechCrunch
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Sacha Baron Cohen / The Guardian:
Read Sacha Baron Cohen's scathing attack on Facebook in full: ‘greatest propaganda machine in history’
Read Sacha Baron Cohen's scathing attack on Facebook in full: ‘greatest propaganda machine in history’
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Reason, Algemeiner.com and Mashable
Washington Post:
Amazon's formal challenge to massive Pentagon award uses videos that mark potential influence exerted by Trump — The e-commerce giant followed through with the threat it made week ago, challenging the Defense Department's decision to award the lucrative contract to rival Microsoft.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Bolton Teases a City Eager to Hear His Story — John R. Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser, said he was breaking his silence — on Twitter. But what he meant was that he was taking back control of his Twitter account. He kept quiet on Ukraine and impeachment.
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Sky Palma / Raw Story:
‘Delete your account traitor’: GOPer Marsha Blackburn slammed for ugly smear of Lt. Col. Vindman — In a tweet fired off today, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) took a jab at one of the witnesses who testified at this week's hearings in the House impeachment inquiry, and she immediately …
Antonia Farzan / Washington Post:
When a deep red town's only grocery closed, city hall opened its own store. Just don't call it ‘socialism.’ — BALDWIN, Fla. — When Sean Lynch ran for mayor, he never anticipated that the job would involve hiring a butcher and tracking the sale of collard greens.