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New York Times:
Why Giuliani Singled Out 2 Ukrainian Oligarchs to Help Look for Dirt — VIENNA — They were two Ukrainian oligarchs with American legal problems. One had been indicted on federal bribery charges. The other was embroiled in a vast banking scandal and was reported to be under investigation by the F.B.I.
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Giuliani associate Parnas wants to testify that Nunes aides hid Ukraine meetings on Biden dirt from Schiff — Lev Parnas, a business associate of Rudy Giuliani, wants to testify to Congress that aides to Rep. Devin Nunes called off a trip to Ukraine this year when they realized …
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Energy Official Says Giuliani Associates Tried to Recruit Him — Naftogaz executive Andrew Favorov told federal prosecutors that Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman tried to recruit him to help take over Ukraine's gas company — Two associates of Rudy Giuliani tried to recruit …
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and HuffPost
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
In firing Richard Spencer, Trump recklessly crosses another line — President Trump's attempt to manipulate military justice had a sorry outcome Sunday with the firing of Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer. For the past nine months, Spencer had tried to dissuade Trump …
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Esper says Trump ordered him to allow SEAL to keep status — In this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 photo, U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fields questions at a media availability at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired …
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Axios, Joe.My.God., HotAir and KTLA
Hope Hodge Seck / Military.com:
SecDef: I Was ‘Flabbergasted’ to Learn about Spencer's Secret Deal with Trump — A day after Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked the Navy's top civilian leader to resign, he spoke publicly about the decision, saying Richard V. Spencer had broken crucial rules of trust and indicating …
NBC News:
Defense secretary says Trump ordered him to allow SEAL in war crimes case to keep status
Defense secretary says Trump ordered him to allow SEAL in war crimes case to keep status
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Politico
William Cummings / USA Today:
'God's used imperfect people all through history': Perry shares why he thinks Trump is the ‘chosen one’ — Energy Secretary Rick Perry said in an interview that he told President Donald Trump that he was God's “chosen one” to lead the United States, just as he chose the kings to lead Israel in the Old Testament.
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Rick Perry says Trump is the ‘chosen one’ sent ‘to do great things’
Rick Perry says Trump is the ‘chosen one’ sent ‘to do great things’
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Newsweek, Althouse and The Guardian
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Rick Perry Calls Donald Trump The Chosen One Sent By God To Rule Over Us
Rick Perry Calls Donald Trump The Chosen One Sent By God To Rule Over Us
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HotAir, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Raw Story
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Michael Bloomberg's Right-Wing Views on Foreign Policy Make Him a Perfect Candidate for the Republican Nomination — Michael Bloomberg, to borrow a line from Elizabeth Warren, is running in the wrong presidential primary. — The billionaire ex-mayor of New York formally announced his candidacy …
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CNN, The Guardian and Blue Virginia
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden's senior Latina adviser quits in frustration — A senior Joe Biden campaign staffer in charge of outreach to Latino, African-American and women's groups has quit her post, telling two allies she was frustrated over her lack of input and with the presidential candidate's immigration rhetoric.
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The Gateway Pundit
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's impeachment trial will be a sham. Here's how to blow up his lies. — President Trump's coming impeachment trial in the Senate will be awash in Russian propaganda. Literally. — Senate Republicans are planning to use the trial to promote the conspiracy theory that Ukraine …
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Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
What Impeachment Is Revealing About the Republican Party — The House Intelligence Committee brought impeachment onto the public stage over the past two weeks. But now Congress has scattered for Thanksgiving, cable news is picking over the remnants of the hearings in search of content …
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Bloomberg, Raw Story and Mother Jones
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
A Reporter's Guide to Texting With Rudy Giuliani — Everyone who texts with Rudy Giuliani knows the hands of fate control the fingertips. Digital communication with President Trump's 75-year-old personal attorney is a delicate exercise in optimism and patience.
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Joe.My.God., The Week, Contemptor and Mediaite
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Emails Confirm Miller's Twin Obsessions: Immigrants and Crime — Stephen Miller linked immigration to violence in emails to Breitbart News - writing of crimes committed by nonwhites that “each one [is] more disturbing than the next.” — “It has never been easier in American history …
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Washington Post
Francis Wilkinson / Yahoo Finance:
This White Wisconsin County Has No Time for Trump — (Bloomberg Opinion) — White voters were the key to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential victory. Their continued support for him is the main reason he is unlikely to be removed from office by impeachment. They are the foundation of his political support heading into 2020.
David Kusnet / New Republic:
Could This Be the Guy Who Wrote Anonymous's Warning? — The op-ed and book from a mysterious Trump administration official bear a striking resemblance to a former Pentagon aide's memoir. — Add to Pocket — an eternity ago in the Trump administration—a self-described “senior official” …
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Nico Lang / Election:
Exclusive: Warren Leads Among LGBTQ+ Voters in First-of-Its-Kind Poll — A survey conducted by YouGov and Out magazine shows Warren with a double-digit lead in LGBTQ+ support. — Elizabeth Warren, shante you stay. — In a first-of-its-kind poll, a new survey from YouGov and Out magazine found …
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Political Wire, Joe.My.God. and LGBTQ Nation
Allison Kaplan Sommer / Haaretz:
WeWork Founder Adam Neumann ‘Helped Kushner Craft Mideast Peace Plan’ — The now disgraced ex-CEO reportedly claimed that three people would save the world: Mohammed bin Salman, Jared Kushner and Neumann himself — The rise and catastrophic downfall of WeWork founder and former CEO Adam Neumann …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Eschaton
Dennis Jett / The Atlantic:
As the Rich Get Richer, the Ambassadors Get Worse — No other developed democratic country—and perhaps no other country in the world—would entrust any part of its foreign policy to someone like Gordon Sondland. A wealthy West Coast hotel owner, Sondland donated $1 million …
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Douglas Schoen / The Hill:
Why this impeachment will simply give President Trump exoneration
Why this impeachment will simply give President Trump exoneration
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Washington Post
Maya Kosoff / GEN:
Big Calculator: How Texas Instruments Monopolized Math Class — These $100 calculators have been required in classrooms for more than twenty years, as students and teachers still struggle to afford them — his fall, Stephen Thompson began his first year of teaching Algebra 2 …
Fox News:
Conan, dog injured in al Baghdadi raid, honored by President Trump at White House — The dog injured during the mission that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was honored Monday afternoon during a surprise ceremony at the White House. — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump appeared …
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Associated Press and The Hill
New York Times:
Biden Is Struggling in Iowa and His Supporters There Know Why — The former vice president's backers have noted a lack of enthusiasm and a spotty campaign operation as reasons Joe Biden is lagging in Iowa, not to mention a formidable moderate competitor in Pete Buttigieg.
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The National Interest
Arian Campo-Flores / Wall Street Journal:
In Cincinnati Suburb, Some Republicans Are Uneasy About Trump's Tone — Support for GOP candidates has slipped; ‘I am not anti-Trump, but I am anti-incivility’ — FORT THOMAS, Ky.—Some Republicans in this Cincinnati suburb of tidy homes and tree-lined streets, long a GOP stronghold …
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Raw Story
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Arrested as teens, three men are set to be exonerated after 36 years behind bars for wrongful murder conviction — Baltimore prosecutor's Conviction Integrity Unit finds men are innocent in 1983 slaying of 14-year-old, shot in school hallway for his jacket — The death of 14-year-old DeWitt Duckett was historically horrible.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
The View's Meghan McCain refuses to criticize Lindsey Graham's latest scheme to help Trump: 'He's still very wonderful to my family' — “The View"co-host Meghan McCain hates seeing Sen. Lindsey Graham attacking Joe Biden, but she refused to criticize her late father's friend.
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IJR
Associated Press:
Justices reject call for new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast case — FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2016 file photo, Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to a hearing. Supreme Court justices on Monday left in place a Maryland court ruling that denied a new trial to Adnan Syed …
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Ryu Spaeth / New Republic:
The Strange Liberal Backlash to Woke Culture — There is a certain kind of liberally inclined writer who sees Donald Trump's America as a nation in crisis. At every turn, in every tweet, she is confronted by the signs of an ongoing catastrophe, from which it may be too late to escape.