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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, The Daily Caller, New York Daily News, The Nation, Occupy Democrats, VICE and Axios
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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 …
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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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
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
'I'm not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here': Graham predicts Trump impeachment will ‘die quickly’ in Senate
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The Hill, FOX31 Denver and FOX2now.com
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
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KTLA, FOX31 Denver, The Guardian, Associated Press and Occupy Democrats
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
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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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 …
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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
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
Kansas City Star:
Mike Pompeo launches personal Twitter account ‘for future plans,’ sources say — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has launched a personal Twitter account in anticipation of a run for an open Senate seat in Kansas. — A source close to Pompeo said that the Republican “needed to set …
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HotAir
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.
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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WILL vs Wisconsin …
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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 …
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 …
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Hullabaloo
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.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
It's Only Democracy If They Win — Tonight there was a rather large demonstration against Boris Johnson and the Tories in central London, I believe near Downing Street. Of course, Johnson hasn't done anything since yesterday to justify the angry demonstration.
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Boris Johnson Is Showing Western Politicians How to Win
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alicublog, New York Times, Washington Post and Mother Jones
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.
Associated Press:
Brazilians arrive in waves at the US-Mexico border — CEDAR ATTANASIO and PHILIP MARCELODecember 13, 2019 GMT — EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Growing up along the U.S.-Mexico border, hotel clerk Joe Luis Rubio never thought he'd be trying to communicate in Portuguese on a daily basis.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Amid adversity and missteps, Biden's resilience has been one theme of 2019 — For most of the year, former vice president Joe Biden has often been described in negative terms. It's been said he's not as sharp as he should be or once was, that he's well-liked but can't excite the base …
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!
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, Althouse, The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
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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