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New York Times:
Trump Targets Anti-Semitism and Israeli Boycotts on College Campuses — The president's order would allow the government to withhold money from campuses deemed to be biased, but critics see it as an attack on free speech. — WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to sign an executive order …
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New York Times:
Jersey City Shooting: Suspect Published Anti-Semitic Posts, Official Says — The firefight that left six people dead is believed to have been motivated by anti-Semitic and anti-police sentiments, an official said. — RIGHT NOW Investigators are focusing on the shooters' motives.
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Fox News
Associated Press:
Jersey City's mayor says gunmen targeted kosher market — JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The mayor of a New Jersey city said Wednesday it's “clear” that gunmen targeted a kosher market during a furious shooting that killed six people and raised questions about whether anti-Semitism was involved.
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New York Post and CBS New York
New York Times:
3 Crime Scenes and 6 Dead: Rampage Stuns Jersey City — The violence ended at a kosher market where three bystanders were slain. The mayor said the shooters had “targeted the location.” — The shooting began outside a cemetery in Jersey City, N.J., on Tuesday when a 40-year-old detective tried …
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New York Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Israel and Sputnik News
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Trump to Sign Executive Order Protecting Jewish Students from Discrimination
Trump to Sign Executive Order Protecting Jewish Students from Discrimination
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Washington Free Beacon
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Why Democrats sidelined Mueller in impeachment articles — On Dec. 2, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi was on a trip to a climate change conference in Spain, she held a conference call with about a dozen of the most vulnerable Democrats who delivered her the House. — Their message to Pelosi …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Associated Press, The Hill, NBC News, Breitbart, The Root and The Slot
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Impeachment is a ‘pattern and practice’ case — The argument from critics of a “narrow” impeachment ignores two critical considerations. First, these focused articles on Ukraine conduct and obstruction of the investigation were the ones able to get across-the-board support in the Democratic conference.
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The Hill and Associated Press
Megan Cassella / Politico:
‘We ate their lunch’: How Pelosi got to ‘yes’ on Trump's trade deal
‘We ate their lunch’: How Pelosi got to ‘yes’ on Trump's trade deal
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The Hill, One America News Network, Althouse, Vox and ABC News
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Your guide to the most fateful 8 days of 2019
POLITICO Playbook: Your guide to the most fateful 8 days of 2019
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Washington Post
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
AP Analysis: Trump faces narrow but consequential charges
AP Analysis: Trump faces narrow but consequential charges
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Florida Politics, PBS NewsHour, Fox News and Deseret News
Safia Samee Ali / NBC News:
Greta Thunberg is Time's 2019 Person of the Year — The 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden is Thunberg is the magazine's youngest choice ever to be named Person of the Year. — Greta Thunberg, the soft-spoken Swedish teen who became a global conscience for climate change and environmental activism …
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Raw Story, Axios and American Greatness
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
TIME Set to Name Whistleblower, Impeachment Witnesses ‘Person of the Year’
TIME Set to Name Whistleblower, Impeachment Witnesses ‘Person of the Year’
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Redstate, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Greta Thunberg named Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year
Greta Thunberg named Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year
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One America News Network
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden signals to aides that he would serve only a single term — Former Vice President Joe Biden's top advisers and prominent Democrats outside the Biden campaign have recently revived a long-running debate whether Biden should publicly pledge to serve only one term, with Biden himself signaling …
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National Review, Outside the Beltway, New York Post and The Hill
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The FBI Inspector General's Report Has Bad News for Democrats, Too — The party is increasingly becoming the chief defender of the national surveillance state. — The long-awaited report from the Justice Department's inspector general on the origins of the FBI's investigation …
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Raw Story, Washington Post, American Thinker, Law & Crime, Reason, National Review, Townhall, Salon and The Federalist
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
What Pete Buttigieg Says He Did at McKinsey — Last month, a source emailed a colleague of mine with a complicated theory that, the source claimed, proved Pete Buttigieg had been in the CIA. “The American people have the right to know if he was ever an agent or officer,” the person wrote …
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New York Times, VICE, Common Dreams, Politico, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, HuffPost, Washington Post, Axios, The Daily Beast, NBC News and BuzzFeed News
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg releases names of consulting clients
Buttigieg releases names of consulting clients
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Breitbart, Lawyers, Guns & Money, MSNBC, The Atlantic, ProPublica, Axios and New York Post
QU Poll:
Release Detail — December 10, 2019 - Buttigieg Slips, While Biden And Sanders Gain In Primary, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Slightly More Than Half Of Voters Say Don't Impeach Trump — In the Democratic primary race for president, former Vice President Joe Biden …
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HotAir, ABC News, Daily Kos, FiveThirtyEight, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog, POLITICUSUSA, Fox News, Washington Post, CNN, Washington Times, Bloomberg and Political Wire
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Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Buttigieg, Biden Top N.H. Primary Race, While Warren's Support Slips — Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and former Vice President Joe Biden are leading the crowded Democratic presidential primary race in New Hampshire, according to a new WBUR poll.
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National Review and Washington Times
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
Boris Johnson accused of hiding in fridge in order to avoid interview with Piers Morgan — LONDON — On the final day of election campaigning in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of hiding in a refrigerator in an attempt to dodge an interview with TV anchor Piers Morgan.
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Deseret News
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump assaults facts to survive impeachment — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is looking to survive impeachment the same way he built his powerful presidency — by assaulting facts and seeking to expand the limitations of the office he is accused of abusing. — On the day that Democrats proposed …
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Hullabaloo
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Giuliani says Trump asked him to brief Justice Dept. and GOP senators on his Ukraine findings
Giuliani says Trump asked him to brief Justice Dept. and GOP senators on his Ukraine findings
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The Atlantic, Associated Press, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Raw Story, Axios and Mediaite
Jonathan Bernstein / Yahoo Finance:
Pelosi's Impeachment Plan Isn't Set in Stone Yet
The Daily Beast:
Pro-Trump Network OAN Tried to Get This Ukrainian Millionaire a Visa Before His Arrest — The Trumpiest of TV channels tried to bring a peddler of Biden dirt to America. The Ukrainian went to jail instead. — Before catching the eye of German law enforcement, former Ukrainian parliamentarian …
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Columbia Journalism Review and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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Yahoo News:
FBI warned six months ago about loophole Pensacola shooter used to obtain a gun — WASHINGTON — More than six months before the Dec. 6 shooting at a naval base in Pensacola, Fla., where a Saudi gunman used a weapon obtained using a hunting license exemption, the FBI issued a report warning about precisely this loophole.
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Townhall, New York Times and Breitbart
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Federal judge blocks Trump plan to spend $3.6 billion in military funds on border wall — A federal judge in El Paso on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration's plan to pay for border barrier construction with $3.6 billion in military funds, ruling that the administration does …
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Protect Democracy, New York Times, Slate and NPR
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Federal judge blocks use of billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build border wall
Federal judge blocks use of billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build border wall
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Pays $2 Million to 8 Charities for Misuse of Foundation — Under a settlement, the president admitted he had used his charity to bolster his campaign and settle business debts. — President Trump has paid $2 million to eight charities as part of a settlement in which the president admitted …
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Axios
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump pays $2 million to resolve case over his fraudulent foundation
Trump pays $2 million to resolve case over his fraudulent foundation
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Washington Post, Law & Crime and NBC News
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Ex-Ethics Chief Walter Shaub Warns William Barr Will Try To Interfere In 2020 Election — CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin called the attorney general “a Fox News bot.” — Walter Shaub, the former head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, on Tuesday called William Barr a “threat to democracy” …
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Political Wire
Washington Post:
‘We ate their lunch’: Democrats claim legislative victories with dealmaker Trump — President Trump's top trade official clashed with an influential Republican senator during a conference call Tuesday morning as some GOP discontent and resignation about the revised trade deal with Canada and Mexico began to grow.
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Mediaite
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Two Articles of Impeachment for Trump Are Nowhere Near Enough
Two Articles of Impeachment for Trump Are Nowhere Near Enough
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Los Angeles Times, Althouse, Washington Examiner, New Republic, New York Post and IJR
Aaron Couch / Hollywood Reporter:
Thanos Creator Feels “Violated” After Trump Campaign's ‘Avengers’ Ad — “These are sad and strange times we are going through,” says Jim Starlin of the video that replaces the ‘Endgame’ villain with the president. — In the climax of Avengers: Endgame, the chief villain Thanos utters the now-famous line …
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Washington Post, IJR, TMZ.com, Deadline and Politico
Art Cullen / The Storm Lake Times:
Warren the best choice from a great field — Elizabeth Warren spoke volumes to us when she launched her Presidential campaign in January with a swing through Council Bluffs, Sioux City and Storm Lake in Northwest Iowa, the most conservative and rural part of the state, planting her flag and declaring that nobody will be left behind.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Claims He's Heard FBI ‘Lovers’ Had a ‘Restraining Order,’ Admits He Has No Evidence — The president tosses out the baseless claim to supporters before admitting he doesn't “know if it's true.” But “it could be true,” he insists. — Not long after Donald Trump took to the stage …