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Navy Is Said to Proceed With Disciplinary Plans Against Edward Gallagher — Top military officials threatened to resign or be fired if their plans to remove Chief Gallagher from the SEALs were halted by President Trump, administration officials said. — The secretary of the Navy and the admiral …
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Navy secretary strongly considering resigning over Trump's meddling in SEAL case — Navy Secretary Spencer considered quitting over Trump's demand the Navy stop a probe of SEAL Eddie Gallagher. Military leaders lobbied Trump to reconsider. — WASHINGTON — Military leaders hoping to keep …


Official says Defense chief and Joint Chiefs Chairman raised concerns with White House on Gallagher case
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Political Wire and KFOR-TV

Exclusive: U.S. Navy secretary backs SEAL's expulsion review, despite Trump objection
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Navy Times


Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ After Australia Bushfires Destroy 80% Of Their Habitat — As Australia experiences record-breaking drought and bushfires, koala populations have dwindled along with their habitat, leaving them “functionally extinct.” — The chairman of the Australian Koala Foundation …
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Metro.co.uk and Mashable


Top Dem says ethics investigation into Devin Nunes likely — The top Democrat on the House armed services committee said Saturday that Republican Rep. Devin Nunes is likely to face an ethics investigation over allegations he met with an ex-Ukrainian prosecutor at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
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After Giuliani ‘Fixer’ Alleges Nunes Met With Ukrainian Officials to Seek Biden Dirt, Congressman Threatens to Sue Media
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DCCC, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo

Records show contact between Pompeo and Giuliani ahead of Ukraine ambassador's ouster
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How Facebook's Embed in the Trump Campaign Helped the President Win — James Barnes is now focused on using digital-ad strategies to try to get Trump out of office in 2020 — After the 2016 presidential election, Republican Party officials credited Facebook Inc. with helping Donald Trump win the White House.
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Raw Story


Trump's GOP support hardens despite damning impeachment testimony — After two weeks of extraordinary open hearings that Democrats envisioned as their best opportunity to shape public opinion on impeachment, President Trump claims to be impervious to the cascade of damaging revelations …
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A Senate Trial Could Put Trump's Use of Aggressive Defense Tactics to Their Biggest Test
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Raw Story

Path for Senate impeachment proceedings unclear as Trump says ‘I want a trial’
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The Hill


Joe Biden Tells Democrats, 'We've Got to Stop This Circular Firing Squad' — Former vice president campaigns in Iowa as recent polls in the state have shown him losing ground to South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg — DES MOINES, Iowa—Former Vice President Joe Biden is warning Democrats to halt a …
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Kamala Harris tells Iowa voters she's ‘not a socialist’
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The Hill and The Nevada Independent

Joe Biden has stood the test of time. He should be the next president
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Agri-Pulse Communications … and The Hill


Trump Privately Frets 'What's Going on With Drudge?' During Impeachment, Asks Jared Kushner to ‘Look Into It’ — One of the most powerful media organs in the conservative movement hasn't been kind to the president during impeachment. He's noticed. — As House lawmakers move quickly toward …
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Joe.My.God. and Raw Story


Dozens of infant deaths have been tied to a popular baby product. But regulators are too paralyzed to act. — A paralyzing conflict inside the nation's product safety regulator has prevented the agency from taking action against a popular baby product that studies have linked …


Historians Find Another Spy in the U.S. Atomic Bomb Project — His Soviet code name was Godsend, and he came to Los Alamos from a family of secret agents. — The world's first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexican desert — a result of a highly secretive effort code-named …


Fiona Hill: The Antidote to Trump — I've been in Britain, so it was tough to give this week's impeachment hearings the attention they deserve. But one obvious theme has emerged: the imperturbability, professionalism, and courage of the women who have testified.


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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Press Sec Grisham Smears Bolton: Too Old To Understand Twitter — Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham did not deny John Bolton's accusation that the White House blocked his Twitter account. Instead she dodged the question by attacking him as too old to know how Twitter works. — Views:
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New Hampshire may test durability of Sanders' popularity — Bernie Sanders has remained among the front-runners in the Democratic primary despite his campaign-trail heart attack and the rise of Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg, but perhaps no state will test that more than New Hampshire
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It's Not Just Flooding in Venice. Here's How Climate Change Threatens World Heritage Sites Everywhere — Venice is reeling from the worst flooding the city has experienced in 50 years, the city is “on its knees,” Venetian Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted as water submerged much of the the famous historical city.


In Three Touchstone Speeches, Elizabeth Warren Grounds Her Campaign in a History of American Protest and Movement Building — To launch her campaign, back in January, Sen. Elizabeth Warren had a number of locations to choose from. She could have started in Norman, Oklahoma …
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In Trump's Washington, the rogue actors are the real players — and the experts are increasingly irrelevant — Two years ago President Trump shared a version of his foreign policy philosophy with a Fox News interviewer who asked about widespread vacancies at the State Department.
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Raw Story


Pence on surprise Iraq trip to reassure Kurds, greet troops — 1 of 4 — ERBIL, Iraq (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday in the highest-level American trip since President Donald Trump ordered a pullback of U.S. forces in Syria two months ago.
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