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New York Times:
Trump Knew of Whistle-Blower Complaint When He Released Aid to Ukraine — White House lawyers briefed President Trump in late August about the complaint, people familiar with the matter said. — WASHINGTON — President Trump had already been briefed on a whistle-blower's complaint …
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NBC News, Raw Story, HuffPost, Vanity Fair, CNN, The Hill, Daily Kos, The Week, Contemptor, POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Two OMB officials resigned in part over concerns about Ukraine aid hold, official testifies — Mark Sandy, a career official at the White House Office of Management and Budget, revealed the resignations in testimony to impeachment investigators — Two officials at the White House Office …
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NBC News, Breitbart, Greensburg Tribune-Review, POLITICUSUSA, The Week, Bloomberg and Mediaite
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CNN:
Trump administration officially put hold on Ukraine aid same day as Trump call — (CNN)The Office of Management and Budget's first official action to withhold $250 million in Pentagon aid to Ukraine came on the evening of July 25, the same day President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President …
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Law & Crime, Politico, Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, Hullabaloo and Axios
Axios:
2 budget officials allegedly resigned over handling of Ukraine aid freeze
2 budget officials allegedly resigned over handling of Ukraine aid freeze
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The Hill
Garrett Haake / NBC News:
White House budget office formally held Ukraine aid on same day as Trump-Zelenskiy call
White House budget office formally held Ukraine aid on same day as Trump-Zelenskiy call
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CNN, Talking Points Memo and POLITICUSUSA
QU Poll:
Release Detail — November 26, 2019 - Biden Retakes Lead As Warren Plunges, Buttigieg Rises, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Not Swayed By Impeachment Hearings — Former Vice President Joe Biden has retaken the lead in the Democratic primary race for president …
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Michael Harriot / The Root:
Pete Buttigieg Called Me. Here's What Happened — The first thing you should know about me is that I absolutely hate talking on the phone. — My friends, family and co-workers all know this about me. It's not the talking that bothers me, it's the anticipation angst from waiting for a phone call.
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Joe.My.God. and Lunch Break
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Michael Harriot / The Root:
Pete Buttigieg Is a Lying MF — Seven thousand three hundred twenty-two dollars. — I hid it in a white Piggly Wiggly bag in the back of the dishwasher. Every single time I returned to that tiny apartment, I opened up that Navajo-white Kenmore dishwasher and made sure it was there.
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Politico, CNN, The Daily Caller, The Hill, New York Times, Joe.My.God., Axios, Breitbart, Instapundit and Portland Mercury
Sacramento Bee:
Cows don't have fingers and can't insult Devin Nunes on Twitter, court filing says — A Democratic strategist is refusing to disclose communications that could reveal the identity of anonymous Twitter users who criticize Rep. Devin Nunes, arguing in a new court filing that the accounts …
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Denies Sending Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine for Biden Probe — President discusses Giuliani in interview with Bill O'Reilly — Giuliani has said he conducted Ukraine investigation for Trump — Donald Trump denied directing Rudy Giuliani to go to Ukraine to look for dirt on his political rivals …
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The Hill, HuffPost, Hullabaloo, Joe.My.God. and Axios
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
'There's something terribly wrong': Americans are dying young at alarming rates — Death rates from suicide, drug overdoses, liver disease and dozens of other causes have been rising over the past decade for young and middle-aged adults, driving down overall life expectancy in the United States …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Belligerents in the Persian Gulf are trying something new: diplomacy
Belligerents in the Persian Gulf are trying something new: diplomacy
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Sputnik International, Al Jazeera and Bloomberg
Page Six:
Hunter Biden suspected of smoking crack in DC strip club's VIP room — Hunter Biden was suspected of smoking crack inside a strip club where he dropped “thousands of dollars” during multiple visits — at the same time he held a seat on the board of a controversial Ukrainian natural-gas company, The Post has learned.
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The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Former Clinton strategist Mark Penn counsels President Trump on impeachment — As President Trump's White House battles impeachment, he turned to a familiar face last week: Mark Penn, one of President Bill Clinton's top strategists. — Penn came to the Oval Office for more than an hour last Monday …
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Politico, CNN, The Moderate Voice, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, National Review, The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump heads where everybody loves him — and hates impeachment
Trump heads where everybody loves him — and hates impeachment
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New York Times, Fox News, The Week, Associated Press, Breitbart and The Hill
Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel / CREW:
Taxpayers Have Now Paid for Trump to Visit Mar-a-Lago 100 Times
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Pete Buttigieg's PAC Was Supposed To Help Elect Democrats. It Mostly Touted Him. — The committee spent less than 10% of its funds supporting Democratic candidates. — Pete Buttigieg launched a political action committee in June 2017 to relatively little fanfare.
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CNBC:
Here's why Mike Bloomberg thinks he can defy the odds and win the Democratic nomination
Here's why Mike Bloomberg thinks he can defy the odds and win the Democratic nomination
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The Nation and Rolling Stone
Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
Bloomberg News's Refusal To Scrutinize Michael Bloomberg's Candidacy Raises ‘Serious’ …
Bloomberg News's Refusal To Scrutinize Michael Bloomberg's Candidacy Raises ‘Serious’ …
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Mediaite, Washington Times and TVNewser
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
Melania Trump Was Booed By Middle And High School Students At A “Be Best” Event — First lady Melania Trump was met with loud boos from an audience of mostly middle and high school students at an event in Baltimore on Tuesday. — Trump was addressing students at the B'More Youth Summit …
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Joe.My.God., Daily Kos, Occupy Democrats, Common Dreams, Sputnik International and The Independent
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Melania Trump booed at youth opioid summit in Baltimore
Melania Trump booed at youth opioid summit in Baltimore
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Reuters:
Trump says U.S. will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Tuesday that he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists over their role in drug and human trafficking.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
On centennial coins, Trump struggles with how time works — There was a point last year at which Harley-Davidson announced plans to move some of its production overseas as a result of Donald Trump's trade policies. The president. outraged, responded that customers were so angry …
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Raw Story, Slate, Balloon Juice, The Week and Contemptor
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump: Why Wasn't 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Observed ‘Years Ago?’
Trump: Why Wasn't 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Observed ‘Years Ago?’
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Mother Jones, Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos
Media Matters for America:
Fox News guest Micheal Blake: “Why the hell does Tucker Carlson still have a job here?” — Michael Blake: “Why the hell does Tucker Carlson have a job here in the first place? The reality is this is someone who said white supremacy is a hoax and why does Fox allow him to still be here in the first place?”
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Occupy Democrats, HotAir, Mother Jones and The Week
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News guest nails it: ‘Why in hell does Tucker Carlson have a job here?’
Fox News guest nails it: ‘Why in hell does Tucker Carlson have a job here?’
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American Greatness and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
Texas Republicans Mistakenly Email 2020 Strategy to Democrats, Seek to Reduce ‘Polarizing Nature’ of Trump — POLITICS TEXAS REPUBLICANS EMAIL 2020 — Texas Republicans blamed a “staffer” Monday after their blueprint for winning 2020 elections and plans to mitigate President Donald Trump's …
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The Independent, Progress Pond, Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Pompeo says Trump's debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory is worth looking into — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that a debunked conspiracy theory pursued by President Trump accusing Ukraine, not Russia, of interfering in the 2016 presidential election by hacking the network …
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Axios and Vanity Fair
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Pompeo just flirted with Trump's Ukraine conspiracy theory. This isn't normal, folks.
Pompeo just flirted with Trump's Ukraine conspiracy theory. This isn't normal, folks.
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Wired and POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
They Voted Democratic. Now They Support Trump. — Two-thirds of battleground state voters who chose Trump in 2016 but selected Democrats in the midterms say they will return to the president next year. — Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope …
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The Federalist and Breitbart
Reed Galen / USA Today:
Stefanik's impeachment dive into Trump's MAGA nihilism reveals dark Republican future — Nihilism is neither a governing ethos nor a foundational ideology. When it's over, there's nothing to fall back on. This is 21st century Republicanism. — Rep. Elise Stefanik's sudden dive this month …
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Jezebel
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Good Boy? Good Girl? Experts Weigh In on Conan the Dog's Genitals. — For over 24 hours, the nation has been reeling as our country's military and White House officials appear unable to agree on the biological sex of Conan the dog, the four-legged commando praised for participating …
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast and The Last Refuge
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Net support for impeachment grew steadily during U.S. congressional hearings, poll shows — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Public support for impeaching President Donald Trump has tracked steadily higher over the past few weeks while a U.S. House of Representatives committee held a series …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Tech Companies Prop Up China's Vast Surveillance Network — Intel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others aided and profited from China's multibillion-dollar surveillance industry, used in its Muslim crackdown — Critical pieces of China's cutting-edge surveillance state share a connection.