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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Melania Trump's indefensible defense of her bully husband — There is a classic dodge that bullies can be relied to fall back on when they abuse someone who is smaller and weaker than they are. — He (or she) asked for it. — First lady Melania Trump, it appears, subscribes to that defense of the indefensible as well.
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James Mills / Daily Mail:
Greta Thunberg tells cheering crowd ‘we will make sure we put world leaders against the wall’ if they do not tackle global warming as she attends climate protest in Turin — Greta Thunberg told cheering protesters today ‘we will make sure we put world leaders against the wall’ if they fail to take urgent action on climate change.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, PJ Media Home, Breitbart and Twitchy
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Melania Trump Thinks Greta Thunberg Had POTUS Attack Coming
Melania Trump Thinks Greta Thunberg Had POTUS Attack Coming
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KTLA, FOX31 Denver, The Guardian and Sputnik News
New York Times:
Impeach. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists — whose views are informed by expertise, It is separate from the newsroom. — In the end, the story told by the two articles of impeachment approved on Friday morning by the House Judiciary Committee is short …
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Mother Jones, New York Daily News, The Nation, Occupy Democrats, VICE and Axios
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
The Breach Widens as Congress Nears a Partisan Impeachment — Fleeting efforts at persuasion by members of the Judiciary Committee gave way to disputes over basic facts during a marathon debate over articles of impeachment. — WASHINGTON — It was the rarest of moments in the nation's capital …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Fact-based impeachment can't penetrate the pro-Trump Web
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
What the U.K. Election Does (and Doesn't) Teach Democrats — A small island nation governed by a constitutional monarchy — where voters consider the concept of government mail delivery borderline communistic, and socialized medicine common sense — held an election on Thursday.
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Washington Post, PJ Media Home, CNN, DNyuz and Vanity Fair
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Washington Post:
On impeachment, Democrats can put Republicans on defense. Here's how. — When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blithely suggested on Fox News that he will conduct the Senate impeachment trial in full collusion with President Trump's legal team, he handed Democrats a big opening.
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Redstate, Daily Kos, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Spectator USA, Occupy Democrats and Fox News
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
McConnell, Coordinating With White House, Lays Plans for Impeachment Trial — Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, said he was taking his cues from the White House. Democrats are outraged. — WASHINGTON — With the House headed to a vote to impeach President Trump next week …
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Douglas MacKinnon / The Hill:
Is a trap being set for Trump in the Senate trial? — Can 20 U.S. Senators withstand the potentially irresistible temptation to reverse the results of the 2016 election and remove a president a number of them openly or privately dislike? — Since Donald Trump announced his intention to run …
New York Times:
Wisconsin Judge Says State Must Purge 200,000 Voter Registrations — The decision, which was derided by Democrats, comes in a fight to win Wisconsin in the 2020 presidential election. — Three years ago, fewer than 23,000 votes handed Donald J. Trump a crucial victory in Wisconsin …
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CNN:
Former Breitbart Editor: Stephen Miller is a white supremacist. I know, I was one too. — (CNN)She was already a racist when she took a publishing job in Washington, DC. But when she became a reporter for Breitbart News, Katie McHugh says she was taken to new depths of hate with the help of Stephen Miller.
Kate Irby / Fresno Bee:
How is Devin Nunes paying for his many lawsuits? — Rep. Devin Nunes' critics have obsessed over how he is paying for the six lawsuits he filed this year, but there are no public records showing how he has paid his Virginia lawyer. — That means Nunes is either paying for the lawsuits …
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Raw Story
William Saletan / Slate:
Barr Is Trying to Erase the Truth — In December 2018, President Donald Trump nominated William Barr to be his attorney general. Trump wanted Barr to bury the Russia investigation, and in April, Barr did just that. Brushing aside the evidence compiled by special counsel Robert Mueller …
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Democrats plan ‘unprecedented’ effort to flip state legislative chambers in 2020 state races — National Democratic leaders, backed by activist groups formed in response to President Trump's election, are planning an unprecedented push to flip legislative chambers in at least seven states next year …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
How Biden Kept Screwing Up Iraq—Over and Over and Over Again — BLOOD AND MALARKEY — Biden didn't just vote to authorize the Iraq war for “peace and security.” He got it wrong at every stage, from invasion to occupation to a withdrawal that led to ISIS' rise.
David Rogers / Politico:
Judge stymies Trump's border wall by invoking GOP law targeting Obama — What goes around, Republicans are learning, comes around. — President Donald Trump's border wall prototypes stand near the U.S.-Mexico border on July 2018 in San Diego, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
Biden confronted on Ukraine but doesn't answer, later links Trump to El Paso massacre
Biden confronted on Ukraine but doesn't answer, later links Trump to El Paso massacre
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
CNN:
100 Jewish graves were desecrated in France. A search for the websites that fueled the hate led to the US — Westhoffen, France (CNN)Guillaume Debré didn't know how to break it to his young daughters and has yet to show them a photograph of the swastika.
Hayley Richardson / Daily Mail:
What is the secret of Hillary Clinton's strangely plumped-up-cheeks? Fillers could be behind more youthful look — Hillary Clinton looked wonderfully youthful at an event on Broadway in New York last night - and aesthetic experts suggest it could be down to regular ‘tweakments’ and cosmetic procedures.
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PJ Media Home, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse and Instapundit
New York Times:
A Great Big Gift Not on Trump's Disclosure Form: Giuliani's Legal Advice — For the past 20 months, President Trump has received free personal legal services from one of America's highest-paid lawyers, who has traveled around the country and across the ocean to defend him in the special counsel's inquiry …
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CANNONFIRE and Hullabaloo
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
DOJ Refuses To Release Records On Imran Awan, Citing ‘Technical Difficulties’ And A Secret Case, Court Docs Show — Judicial Watch sued the Department of Justice for records about former Democratic cybersecurity aide Imran Awan in order to square evidence of wrongdoing with prosecutors' decision …
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Redstate
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Dear Mitch, here is how the president's impeachment trial should go — Thank you so much for being so extremely willing to coordinate with us here at the President's Team! Whatever it is that has made you entirely alter your position about how much power the Senate has to check the president since, uh, 2016, we appreciate you!
New York Times:
‘Mayors for Mike’: How Bloomberg's Money Built a 2020 Political Network — Michael Bloomberg is relying on powerful city leaders as allies in his presidential campaign. Several have received grants, training and support packages totaling millions from his foundation.
Kim Tong-hyung / Associated Press:
North Korea conducts another test at long-range rocket site — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Saturday that it successfully performed another “crucial test” at its long-range rocket launch site that will further strengthen its nuclear deterrent.
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks — The Xinjiang regional government in China's far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-level meetings in response to leaks of classified papers on its mass detention camps …
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Rachael Levy / Wall Street Journal:
How the 1% Scrubs Its Image Online — Prominent figures from Jacob Gottlieb to Betsy DeVos got help from a reputation management firm that can bury image-sensitive Google results by placing flattering content on websites that masquerade as news outlets — Jacob Gottlieb was considering raising money for a hedge fund.
Center for Public Integrity:
Center for Public Integrity challenges Trump administration on Ukraine document redactions — The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates betrayals of public trust. Sign up to receive our stories. — The Center for Public Integrity on Friday asked a federal judge …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
High court fallout — It wasn't always so easy for county governments to make electoral changes that reduced voting access. — In 2013, the Supreme Court split 5-4 along ideological lines, ruling that Georgia and eight other states with a history of discrimination no longer …