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Washington Post:
Phone logs in impeachment report renew concern about security of Trump communications — President Trump has routinely communicated with his personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, and other individuals speaking on cellphones vulnerable to monitoring by Russian and other foreign intelligence services …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi and that four-letter word — One of the things every Catholic child is taught is that the word “hate” should never be used in connection with another human being. — This admonition flows from the expansive Catholic interpretation of the Fifth Commandment.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
On Trump impeachment, Democrats pivot back to Russia
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Bloomberg and The Guardian
Washington Post:
‘The president gave us no choice’: Pelosi resisted Trump's impeachment, now she's the public face
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Does Pelosi have the votes for impeachment?
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Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Senate Republicans blast Pelosi, House Democrats for pursuing impeachment against Trump
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Washington Post, Associated Press, Raw Story, Politico and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Doubts Surface Over Giuliani-White House Budget Office Calls — Number associated with OMB is also linked to several other offices in the White House — WASHINGTON—House Democrats earlier this week released records asserting that Rudy Giuliani was in contact with a phone number associated …
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Michael Forsythe / New York Times:
When Pete Buttigieg Was One of McKinsey's ‘Whiz Kids’ — Among the hoops that candidates for plum consulting jobs at McKinsey & Company had to jump through in late 2006 was a bit of play acting: They were given a scenario involving a hypothetical client, “a business under siege,” …
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New York Times:
Buttigieg's Untenable Vow of Silence — He needs to give voters more information about his work for the consulting firm McKinsey. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Republicans' Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack — Jonathan Turley's testimony was so inconsistent, it contradicted his own previous statements on impeachment. — The House Judiciary Committee held something like a national teach-in on impeachment yesterday.
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Democrats offering passion over proof in Trump impeachment — The most dangerous place for an academic is often between the House and the impeachment of an American president. I knew that going into the first hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on the impeachment of Donald Trump.
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Julian Epstein / USA Today:
Facts will help Democrats win Trump impeachment debate even if Senate doesn't remove him
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The Bulwark, Washington Monthly and The Last Refuge
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Please, Democrats, Don't Make the Impeachment Articles Too Narrow
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Salon, Washington Post and The Underground Bunker
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Voter attacked by Biden calls him ‘senile’ and says he should drop out of 2020 race — New Hampton, IOWA — The voter who was verbally attacked by Joe Biden urged the former vice president to drop out of the race and called him too old while speaking to reporters after the campaign event.
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Axios:
Biden: Media, rivals wrong that AOC represents direction of party
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Washington Post and Jezebel
Marc Caputo / Politico:
'You're a damn liar, man': Biden lashes out at Iowan over Hunter claim
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Jake Zuckerman / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Adam Schiff's Attack on the Free Press — Even if John Solomon's reporting on Ukraine was misleading or destructive, it wouldn't warrant being unmasked by the government. — Where are all the self-styled champions of the free press now that Adam Schiff has used the surveillance powers …
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Nicole Hong / New York Times:
R. Kelly Used Bribe to Marry Aaliyah When She Was 15, Charges Say — He bribed a government employee in 1994 so that he could obtain a fake ID for the singer Aaliyah, a person familiar with the matter said. — A persistent question has dogged R. Kelly's two-decade music career …
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ProPublica:
Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care — Video obtained by ProPublica shows the Border Patrol held a sick teen in a concrete cell without proper medical attention and did not discover his body until his cellmate alerted guards. The video doesn't match the Border Patrol's account of his death.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Joe Biden says Trump is ‘ripping the soul out of this country’ and 'we're likely to inherit a recession' — Joe Biden sat down with CNBC's John Harwood on Thursday to discuss a range of topics, including trade, health care, taxes and President Trump's standing among world leaders.
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Bryan Anderson / Sacramento Bee:
Another California GOP lawmaker is leaving the Republican Party. Here's why — California's Republican Party is getting even smaller. — The super-minority in the Legislature has lost another state lawmaker, as former Assembly Republican leader Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley has decided …
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Associated Press and Raw Story
Psychology Today:
Disgraced “Peloton Husband” Speaks Out — The psychological impact of being at the centre of worldwide controversy. — Few people know what it's like to be thrust into the public eye amidst worldwide controversy quite like the actor who plays the “tone-deaf” husband in a recent controversial Peloton ad.
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HotAir and New York Post
Nelson Oliveira / New York Daily News:
Boy invites entire kindergarten class to his adoption hearing — and it's adorable — This boy's definition of family will warm your heart. — A Michigan kindergartner brought his entire class to witness his adoption hearing Thursday in an adorable courtroom scene marking Kent County's annual Adoption Day.
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The Independent
Adam Ganucheau / Mississippi Today:
Southaven Republican challenges 14-vote loss to Democrat, asks House to overturn election — State Rep. Ashley Henley, a Southaven Republican, is asking the GOP-led Mississippi House to overturn the results of the election she narrowly lost to Democrat Hester Jackson-McCray.
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Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Rudy's New Ukraine Jaunt Is Freaking Out Trump's Lieutenants—and He Doesn't Care — Top administration officials have been tracking Giuliani's venture through Europe, wondering if he's going to cause yet another major headache for the president. — Rudy Giuliani's decision to travel …
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NBC News:
Russian agents planned hit from assassins' lairs in French Alps, say intel officials — Western intelligence agencies tracked up to 15 members of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, including 2 who poisoned a defector in London. — WASHINGTON — A group of elite Russian military …
Bisma Parvez / Detroit Free Press:
Uranium-contaminated site collapses into Detroit River — A Detroit property contaminated with uranium and other dangerous chemicals partially collapsed into the Detroit River on Nov. 26, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has confirmed.
Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Uber disclosed 3,000 sexual assaults in U.S. rides last year in its long-awaited safety report — Uber disclosed 3,000 sexual assaults in U.S. rides last year in its long-awaited safety report, amidst widespread criticism of its safety practices and pressure to increase its transparency …
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Alyssa Goodman / AP Images Spotlight:
Top AP photos of 2019 range from the epic to the intimate — Ours is a world of sweeping vistas, and intimate scenes. In 2019, Associated Press photographers captured both. — A single Border Protection officer stands in the rain at the border; pieces of heavy equipment …
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Is Melania Trump sending coded messages, or are we just talking to ourselves? — A new unauthorized biography of Melania Trump is titled “Free, Melania,” and although the words refer to the left-wing fantasy meme that the first lady is a prisoner begging for liberation, the comma demands unpacking.
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