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The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells Allies He Wants Absolved War Criminals to Campaign for Him — Fallout from the clemency cost the Navy secretary Richard Spencer his job, but a former Pentagon deputy chief backs the ousted official. — If Donald Trump gets his wish, he'll soon take the three convicted …
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CBS News:
Ousted Navy Secretary Richard Spencer defends handling of Navy SEAL case — Richard Spencer, the former Navy secretary who was forced to step down over his handling of a controversial case involving a Navy SEAL, defended his actions in an interview with CBS News correspondent David Martin on Monday, his first since he was fired Sunday.
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The Independent, The Hill, New York Post, HuffPost, POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite, CNN and Salon
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The worst commander in chief ever — President Trump has repeatedly dishonored the military. He sent troops to the southern border before the 2018 midterms in a xenophobic stunt designed to win votes. He seized funds for military construction to build his useless wall, which will never be built.
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PJ Media Home, The Moderate Voice, Outside the Beltway and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Trump and the Military Do Not Share the Same Values
Trump and the Military Do Not Share the Same Values
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Washington Post, Task & Purpose and Breitbart
William Cummings / USA Today:
‘Rule of law is what sets us apart’: Richard Spencer's scathing final letter as Navy secretary
‘Rule of law is what sets us apart’: Richard Spencer's scathing final letter as Navy secretary
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Military.com, The American Spectator, Washington Post and Townhall
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump defends intervention in war crimes cases
Trump defends intervention in war crimes cases
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Navy Times, Breitbart and NPR
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Donald McGahn Must Testify to Congress, Judge Rules; Administration Will Appeal — A judge rejected the Trump administration's argument that senior White House officials were immune from congressional subpoenas. — WASHINGTON — The former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II must testify …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Don McGahn must testify about time as White House lawyer, judge rules — Don McGahn must testify to Congress about his time as the White House's top lawyer, a federal judge ruled Monday — a decision that will put pressure on other reluctant Trump administration witnesses to testify about President Donald Trump's actions.
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The Guardian, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Joe.My.God., Financial Times, Rolling Stone, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Former White House counsel Don McGahn must obey subpoena to testify before Congress, judge rules
Former White House counsel Don McGahn must obey subpoena to testify before Congress, judge rules
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Associated Press, Deseret News, Slate, Mercury News, ABC News, HotAir and The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
Former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena, judge rules
Former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena, judge rules
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Rejects White House Claims of Immunity for Close Aides
Judge Rejects White House Claims of Immunity for Close Aides
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CNN and The Stranger
Wall Street Journal:
Federal Subpoenas Seek Information on Giuliani's Consulting Business — Subpoenas are issued for information on Giuliani's associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman
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The Boston Globe:
Suffolk/Globe poll finds Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Biden in tight race in N.H. — A new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters shows a tight, four-way contest, with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on top but statistically tied …
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CNN:
National Enquirer company chief David Pecker talking with New York prosecutors — (CNN)David Pecker, the head of the company that publishes the National Enquirer, has spoken with prosecutors with the New York district attorney's office as part of its investigation into the Trump Organization's handling …
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Joe Sonka / Courier-Journal:
Gov. Matt Bevin pardons man serving life sentence for sex abuse of 6-year-old stepdaughter — Gov. Matt Bevin has pardoned a man serving a life sentence for sexually abusing and sodomizing his 6-year-old stepdaughter 20 years ago. — In his pardon and commutation order on Friday …
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Emma Tucker / The Daily Beast:
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Pardoned Man Convicted of Sexually Abusing His 6-Year-Old Stepdaughter — Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned a man convicted of sexually abusing his 6-year-old stepdaughter on Friday in a written executive order. Belvin wrote, “It appears to me …
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Kentucky governor pardons man serving life sentence for sexually abusing 6-year-old
Kentucky governor pardons man serving life sentence for sexually abusing 6-year-old
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Vox
Tim Pearce / Washington Examiner:
House Democrat backs down from impeachment: 'I don't see the value of kicking him out of office' — Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence of Michigan now favors censuring President Trump after backing impeachment proceedings over allegations that he withheld military aid from Ukraine for his personal benefit.
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Mairead McArdle / National Review:
Swing State Dem Flips on Impeachment
Swing State Dem Flips on Impeachment
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No BS News Hour … and War Room
Associated Press:
Supreme Court shields Trump's financial records for now — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is shielding President Donald Trump's financial records from House Democrats for now. — The delay allows the justices to decide how to handle the House subpoena and a similar demand from the Manhattan district attorney at the same time.
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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Suspends House Subpoena Seeking Trump's Financial Information
Supreme Court Suspends House Subpoena Seeking Trump's Financial Information
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Washington Times, Townhall and Raw Story
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court blocks subpoena for Trump financial records
Supreme Court blocks subpoena for Trump financial records
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The Gateway Pundit
James Barragán / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Republican Party's 2020 election strategy document lands in Democrats' hands — Republicans expressed concern about ‘the polarizing nature’ of President Trump … AUSTIN — In a bizarre political blunder, a document laying out the Republican Party of Texas's election strategy …
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The Hill
BBC:
‘Indian food is terrible’ tweet sparks hot debate about racism — A tweet from a US academic calling Indian food “terrible” has sparked a hot debate about cultural intolerance and racism in international cuisine. — “Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn't,” said international affairs professor Tom Nichols.
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Instapundit
Washington Post:
Jared Kushner's new assignment: Overseeing the construction of Trump's border wall — President Trump has made his son-in-law Jared Kushner the de facto project manager for constructing his border wall, frustrated with a lack of progress over one of his top priorities as he heads …
Donna Rachel Edmunds / Jerusalem Post:
Ilhan Omar ‘working for Qatar’, Florida court hears — The Democratic Congresswoman is said to have passed information to Qatar which was subsequently handed along to Iran. — Ilhan Omar was recruited by a foreign government, received funding from a foreign government …
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Jihad Watch
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / The Post Millennial:
BREAKING: Twitter suspends journalist Andy Ngo — Prominent journalist Andy Ngo, who is the Editor-at-large at The Post Millennial, has been temporarily suspended from Twitter following a response tweet to human rights campaigner, Clinton Foundation operator, and political heir Chelsea Clinton regarding trans murder rates.
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
White House chief of operations Daniel Walsh is leaving — The White House's chief operations officer is leaving the administration, the White House said on Monday. — Daniel P. Walsh, whose title was deputy chief of staff, was in charge of the administration's foreign trips …
David Kusnet / New Republic:
Could This Be the Guy Who Wrote Anonymous's Warning? — Back in September 2018—an eternity ago in the Trump administration—a self-described “senior official” came forward with a counterintuitive but comforting message. — In an op-ed in The New York Times, the anonymous author decried Trump's …
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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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Angelica Jade Bastién / Vulture:
Who Is Hooded Justice? Watchmen Has a Stunning Answer. — To truly understand the United States of America, you must understand blackness — its rhythms, its splendor, its history. Over the course of Watchmen's first season, the HBO series has done more than just boldly imagine the dystopian …
The Boston Globe:
At MIT, a new name (Shell Auditorium) for an old standby (54-100) fuels outrage — For years, the lecture hall at the base of MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences building has been known rather prosaically as 54-100. But MIT's decision to rename it Shell Auditorium …
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Why Are Republicans So Anxious to Play Putin's Game on Ukraine? — It's one thing to support Trump. It's another to embrace Putin's disinformation. But even some of the savviest Republican senators are jumping into bed with the Bear. — When Sen. John N. Kennedy of Louisiana went …
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Mother Jones and The Daily Beast
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
These Prosecutors Promised Change. Their Power Is Being Stripped Away. — As a new crop of district attorneys takes a different approach to criminal justice, some are seeing their authority removed and their actions blocked in court. — While Lamar Johnson has spent 24 years in a Missouri prison …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Slade Gorton / New York Times:
My Fellow Republicans, Please Follow the Facts — It seems clear to me that the president of Ukraine was subjected to a shakedown. — Mr. Gorton is a former Republican senator from Washington. — In March of 1974, as a young state attorney general, I reluctantly called …
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Washington Post, Raw Story, The Hill and Mediaite
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
State Department Misled Congress on Ouster of Ukraine Ambassador — A new trove of State Department emails sheds new light on events surrounding the impeachment inquiry. — A newly released trove of documents shows that the State Department misled top lawmakers about why U.S. Ambassador …
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American Oversight and Occupy Democrats
Chris Vance / Niskanen Center:
A Former Washington State Republican Leader Looks Back: How Did It Come to This? — Executive Summary — This country needs a One Nation party, which stands for capitalism with a human face and can navigate between Trump's populist insanity and Bernie Sanders' socialism.
Andrew Sheeler / Sacramento Bee:
Devin Nunes ‘quite likely’ to face ethics inquiry over Europe trip, senior Democrat says — Leading Democrats are calling for an investigation into a trip to Europe that Rep. Devin Nunes took last year with three aides after attorneys for an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani told news outlets …
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Salon, The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Marcus Green / WDRB:
Bill would strip Kentucky governor's power to name state Transportation Secretary — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) - State Senate leaders are backing a bill that would limit the governor's power to name a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet secretary, essentially shifting that role to a citizen board nominated …