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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 and Occupy Democrats
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
'I'm not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here': Graham predicts Trump impeachment will ‘die quickly’ in Senate — Graham: I'll do all I can to make impeachment die quickly — (CNN)Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a close ally of President Donald Trump …
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 …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Lindsey Graham invites Rudy Giuliani to Judiciary panel to discuss recent Ukraine visit — Sen. Lindsey Graham is inviting Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his recent trip to Ukraine. — In an interview airing on Face the Nation Sunday …
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Sen. Graham: ‘Not trying to pretend to be a fair juror’
Sen. Graham: ‘Not trying to pretend to be a fair juror’
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The Hill, Outside the Beltway and Breitbart
John Fritze / USA Today:
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani spotted at White House amid House Judiciary impeachment vote
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
McConnell, Coordinating With White House, Lays Plans for Impeachment Trial
McConnell, Coordinating With White House, Lays Plans for Impeachment Trial
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The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Trump urges Rep. Van Drew, anti-impeachment Democrat, to switch parties — President Trump on Friday personally urged a vocally anti-impeachment Democrat, Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, to switch parties — a request he is now believed to be strongly considering.
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Talking Points Memo, BuzzFeed News, Fox News, CNN, The Hill, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, New Jersey Globe and The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Democratic impeachment holdout Jeff Van Drew planning to switch parties — Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a moderate Democrat who is strongly opposed to impeaching President Donald Trump, is expected to switch parties and become a Republican, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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Associated Press, Slate, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Refuge, The Daily Caller, War Room and Raw Story
New York Times:
Representative Jeff Van Drew, Anti-Impeachment Democrat, Plans to Switch Parties — The freshman Democrat, who represents a New Jersey district where President Trump is popular, told aides he would announce his switch next week. — WASHINGTON — Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey …
Nikita Biryukov / New Jersey Globe:
Van Drew party switch imminent — Pro-Trump Democrat's staff told about the move … A party switch by Rep. Jeff Van Drew is imminent. — According to several high-level sources with ties to Van Drew who spoke on the condition of anonymity, Van Drew's chief of staff has begun notifying …
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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The Guardian, Conservative Christian News, Washington Post, CNN, PJ Media Home and The Atlantic
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Jeremy Corbyn / The Guardian:
We won the argument, but I regret we didn't convert that into a majority for change
Toby Young / Quillette:
Britain's Labour Party Got Woke—And Now It's Broke
Britain's Labour Party Got Woke—And Now It's Broke
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Lord Ashcroft Polls, The Guardian and Slate
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
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
The Top Democratic Candidates Are Urging The DNC To Change Its Debate Rules — Cory Booker has asked his fellow presidential candidates to sign a letter petitioning the Democratic National Committee to make its debate qualification rules less exclusionary. — All seven participants …
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Washington Examiner
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
DNC balks at effort to alter debate qualifications
Harry Reid / Salt Lake Tribune:
Democrats running for president need a plan for the Supreme Court — When I hear Democrats running for president talk about their ideas to address our country's urgent problems, I always find myself returning to the same question: What will you do to protect the Supreme Court of the United States?
Otillia Steadman / BuzzFeed News:
Ivanka Trump Answered Questions From Her Own Spokesperson In An Interview In The Middle East — The announcement that Ivanka Trump would speak at the Doha Forum in Qatar prompted a wave of speculation from the foreign policy community about what the US President's daughter might be doing in the Gulf state.
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Talking Points Memo, Occupy Democrats, Mother Jones, DNyuz and The Daily Beast
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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Hullabaloo
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David K. Li / NBC News:
Jill Biden says Trump is a bully and ‘afraid’ to run against her husband — The former second lady also dismissed reports that Joe Biden would consider serving just one term, saying, “He has a lot of energy.” — Jill Biden: Trump is afraid to run against my husband
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The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and MSNBC
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ex-Trump Aide Is Expected to Return to White House — The aide, John McEntee, had been dismissed in 2018 on the orders of the chief of staff at the time, John F. Kelly. — A close aide to President Trump who was dismissed last year by the White House chief of staff at the time is expected …
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The Hill
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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The Guardian, Hullabaloo, The Daily Caller, IJR, POLITICUSUSA, Redstate, Sputnik News, Townhall, Raw Story, HuffPost, Vanity Fair and The Wrap
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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Fox News and The Daily Caller
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump scramble to rack up accomplishments gives conservatives heartburn — President Trump's race to rack up accomplishments heading into an election year is giving conservatives heartburn, with some worried he is striking deals that include giveaways to Democrats.
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
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.
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
An apology to Carter Page — After he was acquitted in a major fraud trial, former Labor Secretary Ray Donovan asked, “Which office do I go to to get my reputation back?” The trial was ruinous for Donovan, personally and financially, and the question was a fair one. Donovan, however, at least received a trial.
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Twitchy
Faith Allen / Campus Reform:
Profs: College Republicans have ‘white supremacist’ views, supporting Trump's re-election a ‘racist provocation’ — The faculty association at California State University-Chico released a statement slamming the College Republicans group on campus. — The statement called their ideas …
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Breitbart