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Eric Holder / Washington Post:
William Barr is unfit to be attorney general — Eric H. Holder Jr., a Democrat, was U.S. attorney general from 2009 to 2015. — As a former U.S. attorney general, I am reluctant to publicly criticize my successors. I respect the office and understand just how tough the job can be.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Of course the FBI spied on the Trump campaign — The great debate about whether the FBI spied on the Trump campaign continues. The question is why there is still any argument. The newly-released report from Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz shows that by any definition the FBI did indeed spy.
CNN:
2 GOP senators say McConnell will move to acquit Trump, not merely dismiss charges — (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to hold a final vote to acquit President Donald Trump should he be impeached, when a majority of senators believe his trial has run its course instead …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Hill and Vanity Fair
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Report: Trump's Ukraine Extortion Scheme Was Financed by Russia — President Trump is facing impeachment primarily for abusing his power for political gain, extorting a foreign country to discredit his political rivals. The secondary aspect of the plot is that the target of his extortion is hardly random.
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and New York Times
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Christian Berthelsen / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Ally Parnas Got $1 Million From Russia, U.S. Says — Prosecutors ask judge to revoke Parnas' bail, send him to jail — Russia payment raises questions about nature of Parnas' work — Rudy Giuliani's associate Lev Parnas got $1 million from an account in Russia in September …
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Letters from an American, Contemptor, New York Times, Fox News, POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani's Partnership With Fraud Guarantee Revealed in Letter — A 2018 investor letter offers new clues about the work Rudy Giuliani was hired to do for Fraud Guarantee, a company founded by his now-indicted associates Lev Parnas and David Correia. The letter has been handed over to the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan.
ABC News:
President Trump considering adding controversial lawyer Alan Dershowitz to impeachment legal team: Sources — Donald Trump is gearing up for his impeachment defense in the Senate. — Gearing up for an impeachment trial in the Senate, President Donald Trump and his top advisers …
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Washington Post, The Hill, The Slot, Mediaite and Raw Story
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USA Today:
USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Impeach President Trump — The president's Ukraine shakedown and stonewalling are too serious for the House to ignore: Our view — “Put your own narrow interests ahead of the nation's, flout the law, violate the trust given to you by the American people …
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The Moderate Voice
Courier-Journal:
Bevin pardons include convicted killer whose brother hosted campaign fundraiser for him — The family of a man pardoned by Gov. Matt Bevin for a homicide and other crimes in a fatal 2014 Knox County home invasion raised $21,500 at a political fundraiser last year to retire debt from Bevin's 2015 gubernatorial campaign.
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The Hill
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Republican lawmaker asks Lindsey Graham to ‘rethink’ Senate's impeachment strategy — “It is urgent we fight fire with fire,” said Rep. Jim Banks. — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo — Rep. Jim Banks is calling on fellow Republican …
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Instapundit
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert publicly identifies person purported to be whistleblower
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democrats jostle for prized impeachment manager gig
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Breitbart
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump mocks 16-year-old Greta Thunberg a day after she is named Time's Person of the Year — President Trump on Thursday mocked Greta Thunberg, the Swedish 16-year-old climate activist, calling her distinction as Time magazine's Person of the Year “ridiculous” and suggesting she work …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump mocks Greta Thunberg after she wins Time Person of the Year — “So ridiculous,” Trump tweeted. “Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!” — Trump mocks Time's Person of the Year on Twitter
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Politico, Associated Press, Townhall and Vanity Fair
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Can You Spot the Fake? Hint: Look at the pundits. — The week before the last Democratic primary debate of 2019, a panel of pundits on MSNBC's Morning Joe gathered to make an explicit critique of one of the candidates. Citing a “whiff of fraudulence,” political writer John Heilemann talked …
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Washington Post and WFTV
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
If Trump Is a Unique Danger Why Aren't Democrats Acting Like It? — Crisis. An existential threat to our democracy. A mortal danger. A White Supremacist. Emergency — This is what President Trump's opponents on the left say they believe about the current administration.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
House Democrats brace for some defections among moderates on impeachment of Trump — House Democratic leaders are bracing for some defections among a group of moderate Democrats in swing districts who are concerned a vote to impeach President Trump could cost them their seats in November.
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NBC News:
Pentagon watchdog plans to review award of $400M border wall contract to firm touted by Trump — Fisher Sand & Gravel has been publicly and privately endorsed to build the wall by members of the Trump administration, including the president himself. — WASHINGTON — The Defense Department's …
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ABC News
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Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Construction of Texas Border Wall Stalls Over Fights With Landowners
Liel Leibovitz / Tablet Magazine:
The Real Dangers to Jews — The past 24 hours provided a clear and painful picture of the momentous challenges American Jews face these days. — The day began with news that President Trump has issued an executive order designed, the White House said, to fight anti-Semitism.
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CNN, Deseret News, HotAir and Vanity Fair
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NBC News:
Online posts tied to suspected New Jersey deli shooter pushed anti-Semitic conspiracies
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New York Post, BuzzFeed News, CNN, NBC New York, The American Spectator, The Sun, Townhall, Law & Crime and Slate
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
American Jews Are Terrified
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The Federalist, Daily Kos, New York Times, Jewish Insider, Disrn and New York Post
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Ukrainians: Trump Just Sent Us ‘a Terrible Signal’ — Kyiv officials were hoping for a statement of support from Trump in advance of Ukraine's big summit with Russia. Instead, the president hosted Putin's main man. — Ukrainian officials spent last weekend glued to Trump's Twitter feed.
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Raw Story and National Review
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
In a Turnabout, Kentucky to Give Voting Rights to 100,000 Former Felons — The state's new Democratic governor has said he will restore rights to many former felons, easing one of the nation's strictest policies. Iowa would be alone in barring voting by all felons.
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
DOJ charges 10 former NFL players in alleged health care fraud scheme — The scheme involved over $3.9 million in false health care claims. — The Department of Justice announced charges Thursday against 10 former NFL players over an alleged scheme to defraud millions of dollars from the league's health care benefits program.
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One America News Network
John F. Harris / Politico:
What if Trump Weren't Nuts? — A moment when the president of the United States is on the verge of being impeached and also enacting a major bipartisan trade agreement is a good time to ponder the question: What if Donald Trump were not, um, you know ... what is the phrase we are groping for?
David Smith / The Guardian:
Fox host lambasts Trump over ‘most sustained assault on press freedom in US history’ — Chris Wallace, admired for breaking ranks with some in the conservative network, drew applause with most stinging critique yet — A leading host on Fox News, a conservative network notorious for its loyalty …
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The Daily Caller
Ben Farmer / Telegraph:
Three die as marauding Pakistan lawyers rampage through cardiac hospital — Three heart patients died after a mob of lawyers rampaged through a Lahore hospital in a dispute with doctors. — Up to 200 lawyers wearing traditional black suits stormed the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) …
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DAWN.COM, Newsweek Pakistan, Breitbart and India Today
Katherine Clarke / Wall Street Journal:
Lachlan Murdoch Sets L.A. Record by Paying $150 Million for a Château-Style Mansion — Once listed for $350 million, the Bel-Air estate of late media tycoon A. Jerrold Perenchio is the second priciest home ever to have traded in the U.S. — Lachlan Murdoch, media executive and son …
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FiveThirtyEight and Mediaite
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The False Romance of Russia — Sherwood Eddy was a prominent American missionary as well as that now rare thing, a Christian socialist. In the 1920s and '30s, he made more than a dozen trips to the Soviet Union. He was not blind to the problems of the U.S.S.R., but he also found much to like.
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Raw Story
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