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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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Bloomberg, Washington Post, Fox News, Mediaite, VICE, The Week, No More Mister Nice Blog, Spectator USA, Political Wire, Joe.My.God., The Hill and Althouse
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John McCormack / National Review:
Quinnipiac Poll: Half of Warren's Supporters Have Abandoned Her in One Month — The latest national poll of the Democratic primary conducted by Quinnipiac shows support for Elizabeth Warren plummeting since October from 28 percent to 14 percent, while support for Biden and Buttigieg is ticking upward:
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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Talking Points Memo, National Review, CNN, The Hill, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Dems move rapidly on impeachment with first Judiciary Committee hearing
Dems move rapidly on impeachment with first Judiciary Committee hearing
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Daily Kos
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Two OMB officials resigned voicing concerns over 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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The Week
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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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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Axios, POLITICUSUSA, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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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CNN, Axios, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
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Michael Harriot / The Root:
Pete Buttigieg Called Me. Here's What Happened
Pete Buttigieg Called Me. Here's What Happened
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Joe.My.God., The Daily Caller and Lunch Break
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Melania Trump booed at youth opioid summit in Baltimore — (CNN)First lady Melania Trump took her “Be Best” initiative to the Baltimore area on Tuesday, where she was met with a chorus of boos from attendees at a youth summit aimed at raising awareness about the nation's opioid crisis.
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Associated Press, The American Independent, The Guardian, Deseret News, The Daily Caller, CNBC and VICE
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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., Occupy Democrats, The Independent, Common Dreams and Sputnik International
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Waiting for Obama — Today, almost every Democratic presidential campaign starts with what one close adviser to Barack Obama calls “The Pilgrimage”: the journey to the West End to meet the former president. — The West End of Washington, D.C., sandwiched between the better-known districts …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Obama warned he would intervene to stop Bernie, had cutting words for Biden: report
Obama warned he would intervene to stop Bernie, had cutting words for Biden: report
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The Week, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Ephraim Mirvis / The Times:
What will become of Jews in Britain if Labour forms the next government? — Elections should be a celebration of democracy. However, just weeks before we go to the polls, the overwhelming majority of British Jews are gripped by anxiety. — During the past few years …
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Washington Post:
Britain's chief rabbi blasts Labour Party for anti-Semitic ‘poison’
Britain's chief rabbi blasts Labour Party for anti-Semitic ‘poison’
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Politico, Financial Times and Jewish News
BBC:
General election 2019: No apology from Jeremy Corbyn over Labour anti-Semitism claims
General election 2019: No apology from Jeremy Corbyn over Labour anti-Semitism claims
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Bloomberg and Coffee House
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
UNC to update policies following complaint of anti-Semitism
UNC to update policies following complaint of anti-Semitism
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National Review and The Hill
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
In bleak report, U.N. says drastic action is only way to avoid worst effects of climate change — “We need to catch up on the years in which we procrastinated,” a top official says. — The world has squandered so much time mustering the action necessary to combat climate change that rapid …
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Progress Pond, Common Dreams, Blue Virginia, WPIX 11 New York, Axios, The Week, UNEP, Sputnik International, World Meteorological … and Electrek
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Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
‘Bleak’ Report on a Planet in Peril Looms Over New Climate Talks
‘Bleak’ Report on a Planet in Peril Looms Over New Climate Talks
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Salon and Rolling Stone
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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Hullabaloo
CNN:
CNN Poll: No change in views on impeachment after public hearings — Analyst: Trump doesn't care how illegal his actions may be — (CNN)After five days of public hearings in House Democrats' impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, public opinion over whether the President ought to be impeached …
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
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 …
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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Washington Post, Occupy Democrats, HotAir, Mother Jones and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Governor, Trump Appear at Odds Over Senate Pick — In a White House meeting, Brian Kemp pushed Kelly Loeffler, while president prefers Rep. Doug Collins — President Trump quietly met Sunday in the White House with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and the governor's preferred pick to fill …
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Politico, Daily Kos, The Hill, Political Wire and Raw Story
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
Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Trump's top border official broke FBI rules to fund happy hours — WASHINGTON — President Trump's top border official broke federal ethics rules in a previous job by seeking sponsors to buy alcohol and fancy food for FBI happy hours, according to a watchdog report exclusively obtained by The Chronicle.
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Axios, Raw Story, Political Wire and The Hill
Melissa Healy / Los Angeles Times:
Suicides and overdoses among factors fueling drop in U.S. life expectancy — It's official: Americans are dying much sooner in life. — Preliminary signals of declining health were neither a false alarm nor a statistical fluke. A reversal of American life expectancy …
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, Mother Jones and Joe.My.God.
Thomas Lecaque / Washington Post:
The apocalyptic myth that helps explain evangelical support for Trump — “God's used imperfect people all through history. King David wasn't perfect. Saul wasn't perfect. Solomon wasn't perfect,” outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Parry said in an interview on “Fox & Friends” …
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 …
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 …
NBC News:
Influential neo-Nazi eats at soup kitchens, lives in government housing — In his writings, James Mason advocates waging war against “the system.” But at 67 and living in Denver, he's now dependent on it. — A fan of Charles Manson and follower of Hitler, James Mason published essays …
Talia Richman / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland Rep. Cummings' daughters endorse his longtime staffer for his congressional seat — The late Rep. Elijah Cummings' daughters are supporting one of the congressman's longtime staffers in the crowded race for his seat — a race that also includes Cummings' widow and nearly three-dozen others.
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CNN and Washington Post
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
The birth of a Trumpist: How Elise Stefanik became one of the president's most ferocious supporters — WASHINGTON — On Nov. 7, Elise Stefanik, the third-term Republican congresswoman from upstate New York, — introduced legislation to fund upkeep for veterans' cemeteries.
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CNN
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Brett Kavanaugh's latest opinion should terrify Democrats — Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on September 4, 2018. Drew Angerer/Getty Images — The Supreme Court now has five votes to sabotage the next Democratic presidency.
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Washington Post and Portland Mercury
Washington Post:
A wealthy Venezuelan hosted Giuliani as he pursued Ukraine campaign. Then Giuliani lobbied the Justice Department on his behalf. — When Rudolph W. Giuliani went to Madrid in August to meet with a top aide to the Ukrainian president and press for political investigations sought by President Trump …
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Vox, emptywheel, Slate, Joe.My.God., National Review, Law & Crime, The Independent, Raw Story and HuffPost