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New York Times:
A Mysterious ‘-1’ and Other Call Records Show How Giuliani Pressured Ukraine — House Democrats' impeachment report showed the president's personal lawyer executing an irregular foreign policy. — WASHINGTON — In the two days before President Trump forced out the American ambassador to Ukraine in April …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Report Reveals Call Records Between Giuliani, White House and Nunes — Draft impeachment report shows president's lawyer and top Republican lawmaker in frequent contact — WASHINGTON—Call records obtained by impeachment investigators revealed new details about Rudy Giuliani's interactions …
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POLITICUSUSA, Law & Crime and Mediaite
Elizabeth Vaughn / Redstate:
Adam Schiff Has Crossed a Line: He's Obtained Phone Records of Devin Nunes, Nunes' Aide, Rudy Giuliani and John Solomon — As promised, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff released the Democrats' report on the Trump impeachment inquiry on Tuesday. If anyone is so inclined, the report can be viewed here.
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HuffPost, The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Was Pissed”: Rudy Given Fox Time-Out After “Insurance” Diss — Giuliani's loopy sound bites and Ukraine business ambitions have gotten under Trump's skin; the Haley-for-V.P. campaign seems to have fizzled. — For more than a year, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have been part …
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Raw Story
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Intelligence Committee's report is a triumph — Some observers of the impeachment hearings conducted under the auspices of the House Intelligence Committee bizarrely concluded that the proceedings lacked “pizzazz.” While that is a ridiculous metric for evaluating an inquiry …
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Vanity Fair, Cmte Intelligence (D) … and KyivPost
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Nunes sues CNN over ‘demonstrably false’ Ukraine report — Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, has filed a $435 million defamation suit against CNN over a story that alleged Nunes met with a fired Ukrainian prosecutor in an effort to dig up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Devin Nunes slaps CNN with $435 million defamation lawsuit
Devin Nunes slaps CNN with $435 million defamation lawsuit
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Sean Hannity
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Call records show Devin Nunes in contact with indicted Giuliani associate
Call records show Devin Nunes in contact with indicted Giuliani associate
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast and National Review
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Impeachment Investigators Got Rudy Giuliani's Phone Records—And They're Quite Revealing
Impeachment Investigators Got Rudy Giuliani's Phone Records—And They're Quite Revealing
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Democrats obtained phone records showing how Trump allies coordinated ‘false narratives’
Democrats obtained phone records showing how Trump allies coordinated ‘false narratives’
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Giuliani mystery phone calls, texts uncovered by Democrats' impeachment report
Giuliani mystery phone calls, texts uncovered by Democrats' impeachment report
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Brad Kutner / courthousenews.com:
Devin Nunes Makes Good on Pledge to Sue CNN for Libel
Devin Nunes Makes Good on Pledge to Sue CNN for Libel
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Axios, more at Mediagazer »
Kamala Harris / Medium:
I am suspending my campaign today — Eleven months ago at the launch of our campaign in Oakland I told you all: “I am not perfect. But I will always speak with decency and moral clarity and treat all people with dignity and respect. I will lead with integrity. I will speak the truth.”
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Nidhi Prakash / BuzzFeed News:
Julián Castro Said Kamala Harris's Campaign Suffered Because The Media Holds Candidates …
Julián Castro Said Kamala Harris's Campaign Suffered Because The Media Holds Candidates …
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Axios, HuffPost, Washington Post, Fox News and Los Angeles Times
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris's Long Road to an Early Exit Inside her promising rise and painful fall.
Kamala Harris's Long Road to an Early Exit Inside her promising rise and painful fall.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
The spectacular collapse of Kamala Harris
The spectacular collapse of Kamala Harris
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Washington Post, Breitbart and Mother Jones
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Lefty Pundits Rage At Whiteness Of Democrats' 2020 Candidates After Kamala Drops Out
Lefty Pundits Rage At Whiteness Of Democrats' 2020 Candidates After Kamala Drops Out
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Townhall, Redstate and New York Post
David Byler / Washington Post:
Why Kamala Harris's failure echoes Marco Rubio's
Why Kamala Harris's failure echoes Marco Rubio's
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The Guardian, Politico and Raw Story
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Good Riddance to Kamala Harris
Good Riddance to Kamala Harris
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CNN:
Former official says Trump often refused to believe his intelligence briefings — (CNN)One of President Donald Trump's most common responses to intelligence briefings is to doubt what he's being told, former Deputy Director of Intelligence Susan Gordon said Tuesday.
U.S. Department of Justice:
California CEO and Seven Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Conduit Campaign Contribution Case — Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed against the CEO of an online payment processing company, and seven others, charging them with conspiring to make and conceal conduit …
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Politico, Fox News, The Daily Beast, emptywheel and Raw Story
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Key Mueller witness, major Clinton and Trump donor charged with funneling $3.5 million in illegal contributions in 2016 U.S. elections — A key witness in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election has been indicted with seven others …
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
'I'm not going to take any sh—': Nadler girds for battle — House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler had a blunt message as he privately addressed Democrats the day before his panel assumes a starring role in the impeachment inquiry. — “I'm not going to take any shit,” …
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Republican bomb-throwers prep impeachment spectacle — They've gotten into shouting matches over whether socialists are Nazis. They've clashed with the parents of children who died from gun violence. And they've insinuated that a key witness was having an affair on the eve of a marquee hearing.
Emma Dumain / The State:
Top House Democrat wants Mueller findings in impeachment articles against Trump
Top House Democrat wants Mueller findings in impeachment articles against Trump
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Brakkton Booker / NPR:
Rep. Adam Schiff: ‘The Uncontested Facts Show This President Solicited A Bribe’
Rep. Adam Schiff: ‘The Uncontested Facts Show This President Solicited A Bribe’
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Breitbart, The American Independent, Axios and Politico
The Keyword:
The key message Larry and Sergey shared is this: — While it has been a tremendous privilege to be deeply involved in the day-to-day management of the company for so long, we believe it's time to assume the role of proud parents—offering advice and love, but not daily nagging!
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Ian MacDougall / New York Times:
How McKinsey Helped the Trump Administration Carry Out Its Immigration Policies — Newly uncovered documents show the consulting giant helped ICE find “detention savings opportunities” — including measures the agency's staff sometimes viewed as too harsh on immigrants.
Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins tangled in voter fraud, perjury allegations for listing UPS store as residence — U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins' decision to sign a Kansas voter registration form and two other election documents that asserted his residential address was a United Parcel Service store in Topeka …
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Raw Story
Mark Landler / New York Times:
For Trump and Europe, a Surprising Role Reversal — Where the president once kept European leaders off balance, Europe's shifting landscape now has the Great Disrupter on his back foot. — LONDON — President Trump has always relished throwing European leaders off balance, antagonizing allies …
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Washington Post, NBC News, Foreign Policy and The National Interest
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Mark Hannah / Politico:
It's Not Just Trump. The American People Are Skeptical of NATO, Too.
It's Not Just Trump. The American People Are Skeptical of NATO, Too.
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The Atlantic, Occupy Democrats, Foreign Policy and UPI
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Folksy John Kennedy gets serious pushback on Ukraine mess — Sen. John Kennedy has long been known as a folksy, straight shooter on Capitol Hill. But now his legacy may be something else altogether: The guy who spread a debunked conspiracy theory about Ukraine.
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The Hill
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Extorted Ukraine in 2017 and 2018 Before Getting Caught This Year
Trump Extorted Ukraine in 2017 and 2018 Before Getting Caught This Year
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New York Times, HuffPost and Washington Monthly
Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost:
William Barr Says Those Who Don't Show More Respect To Cops May Not Get Police Protection — The remarks are the latest example of the U.S. attorney general's “tough on crime” approach that President Donald Trump has adopted. — U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday …
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Bloomberg:
Trump Administration Moves to End Food Stamps for 750,000 — New rule makes it harder for states to waive work requirements — Additional proposed cuts would halt food aid to 3 million more — The Trump administration will announce a plan Wednesday to end food stamps benefits …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: Senate could pass partisan rules package for impeachment trial — Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said that if he's unable to reach a deal with Democrats to set the rules for a Senate impeachment trial then he will try to to do so solely with GOP votes.
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Townhall, Vanity Fair, UPI and Politico
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
House passes Uighur human rights bill to sanction Chinese officials — The House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill requiring the Trump administration to toughen its response to China's persecution of its Muslim minority, demanding sanctions on Chinese officials and export bans.
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Benjamin Preston / Road & Track:
These Guys Just Drove an E63 AMG Across America in a Record 27 Hours 25 Minutes — Three guys you've probably never heard of recently — most people don't care about—the New York to Los Angeles run referred to colloquially among aficionados as the Cannonball.
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Luisana Pérez Fernández / Sun-Sentinel:
I left Venezuela fleeing from a dictator, only to find another one in America — I fled from a dictator in Venezuela, only to witness the rise of another one here in the United States. — I moved to the U.S. in 2011 after a dictator forced me to leave my country, my family, my friends, and my whole life.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox can't shake anti-Semitism — Lou Dobbs has no excuse whatsoever. — In October 2018, a guest on his Fox Business program — Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch — made a bizarre claim about a connection between the Central American migrants moving through Mexico and Hungarian-born Jewish philanthropist George Soros.