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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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Political Wire, The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Judiciary Committee to hold first impeachment hearing next week — The House Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing next week on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, as Democrats move quickly to the next stage of a process that is likely to lead to the third-ever presidential impeachment before the end of the year.
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Political Wire and Daily Kos
CNN:
House Judiciary Committee slates first public impeachment hearing next week
House Judiciary Committee slates first public impeachment hearing next week
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Daily Kos and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Poll: Public hearings didn't do much to move the needle on impeachment
Poll: Public hearings didn't do much to move the needle on impeachment
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Vox, National Review, Townhall, Breitbart, The Hill, Bloomberg, Axios, The Week, Boston Herald, Joe.My.God. and HuffPost
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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Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and Lunch Break
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Richard Spencer's stark new warning about Trump unmasks a deeper truth — The battle that culminated in President Trump's firing of Richard V. Spencer once again illustrates an ugly truth about the Trump presidency: The only core value Trump aspires to in public service is that there are no core values.
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The Bulwark, Foreign Policy and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Trump's strain with Pentagon inspires talk of more departures
Trump's strain with Pentagon inspires talk of more departures
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Talking Points Memo 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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Joe.My.God.
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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Common Dreams, WPIX 11 New York, Blue Virginia, Axios, The Week, World Meteorological …, Sputnik International and Electrek
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Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
‘Bleak’ U.N. Report Finds World Heading to Climate Catastrophes
‘Bleak’ U.N. Report Finds World Heading to Climate Catastrophes
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unfccc.int, Electrek, Salon, Rolling Stone and UNEP
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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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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Raw Story, Hullabaloo, Political Wire 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 …
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, Mother Jones and The Week
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
DNC vice chair tussles with Fox anchor over Tucker Carlson
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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The Hill, Political Wire and Raw Story
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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The Daily Caller
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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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 …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Ruling Will Not Lead John Bolton to Testify Soon, Lawyer Says — Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry have been seeking John Bolton's testimony, but his lawyer said the ruling in the case of another former White House aide did not apply to him. — WASHINGTON — John R. Bolton …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Oversight panel sues William Barr, Wilbur Ross over 2020 census documents — The House Oversight and Reform Committee filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to enforce the panel's subpoenas seeking information about the Trump …
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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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Portland Mercury
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.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘The hubris is unbelievable’: Dems seethe over Bloomberg GOP donations — Michael Bloomberg's debut 2020 campaign ad touts that he “took charge” of New York in the wake of 9/11. — What Bloomberg doesn't mention: He leaned heavily on an endorsement from Rudy Giuliani …
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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National Review, Slate, Law & Crime, The Independent, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and HuffPost
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Timeline: Rep. Devin Nunes and Ukraine Disinformation Efforts — Rep. Devin Nunes (R.-Ca) and his top aide, Derek Harvey, have allegedly been working in part with Rudy Giuliani and his associates, including indicted businessman Lev Parnas, to get dirt from Ukraine on Joe Biden and to pursue …
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Slate, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Sacramento Bee, TVNewser, Mediaite and Popular Information
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
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Nancy Grace joins Fox Nation streaming service — FILE - This Jan. 10, 2014 file photo shows Nancy Grace of HLN posing at the CNN Worldwide All-Star Party in Pasadena, Calif. Former CNN mainstay Nancy Grace is joining the Fox Nation streaming service. She'll begin offering her podcast and radio show …
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The Hill
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Robert Redford Says Trump's “Monarchy in Disguise” Must End — “Leaders on both sides lack the fundamental courage to cross political aisles on behalf of what is good for the American people,” the actor writes. — Robert Redford has had enough of Donald Trump.
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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Washington Monthly, Occupy Democrats, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and The Hill