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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump job approval ticks up, views on impeachment steady — Weeks of congressional hearings and debate have failed to move the electorate on impeachment, according to the latest Fox News Poll. At the same time, approval of President Trump's job performance has climbed three points.
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New York Post and POLITICUSUSA
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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Trump a ‘threat’ to national security, House Judiciary Committee chairman says — The full House is expected to vote on articles of impeachment Wednesday. — Two leading Democrats on Sunday defended the impeachment proceedings against President Trump, arguing that the action was necessary for future elections and national security.
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The Hill
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
'I'm not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here': Graham predicts Trump impeachment will ‘die quickly’ in Senate
'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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Axios, CBS News, The Hill, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, Hullabaloo, Rolling Stone, DNyuz, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and New York Post
John Fritze / USA Today:
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani spotted at White House amid House Judiciary impeachment vote
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani spotted at White House amid House Judiciary impeachment vote
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The Daily Beast
New York Times:
U.S. Secretly Expelled Chinese Officials Suspected of Spying After Breach of Military Base — Chinese Embassy officials trespassed onto a Virginia base that is home to Special Operations forces. Their expulsions added to tensions between Washington and Beijing.
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CNN
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
South Jersey Democratic Congressman Jeff Van Drew, impeachment foe, expected to become a Republican — WASHINGTON — Rep. Jeff Van Drew, the conservative South Jersey Democrat who has vocally opposed impeaching President Donald Trump, is expected to switch parties in the coming days …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Jeff Van Drew party switch came as Democrats abandoned him
Jeff Van Drew party switch came as Democrats abandoned him
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Outside the Beltway, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
The Bulwark:
How A Small Group of Senators Can Shape the Impeachment Trial and Vindicate the Constitutional Order — Should President Donald J. Trump be impeached by the House of Representatives? If he is, should he then be removed from office by the Senate? There's room for disagreement on both of these questions.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Republicans aim to avoid war with White House over impeachment strategy — Senate Republicans are trying to avoid a high-profile fight with the White House as they plot their impeachment trial strategy. — Divisions have erupted between President Trump and the GOP Senate on everything from witnesses …
Nick Coltrain / Des Moines Register:
In Iowa, Bernie Sanders calls Pete Buttigieg's health care plan ‘a failed idea’ — BURLINGTON, Ia. — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Saturday that South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg's “Medicare for all who want it” health care hybrid would be “unfair” to working families.
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Dan Balz / Greenwich Time:
Amid adversity and missteps, Joe Biden's resilience has been one theme of 2019
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Is Pete Buttigieg Just Too Young to Be President?
Is Pete Buttigieg Just Too Young to Be President?
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LGBTQ Nation
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Comey admits ‘I was wrong’ on FISA conduct, remains defiant on dossier in tense interview — Former FBI Director James Comey admitted on “Fox News Sunday” that the recently released Justice Department Inspector General's report on the launch of the FBI's Russia investigation and their use …
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Military investigates possible white power signs flashed by students during Army-Navy telecast — “West Point is looking into it and we do not know the intent of the cadets,” a spokesman said. — Military officials said they are looking into what appeared to be white supremacist hand signs …
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New York Times, USA Today, BizPac Review and Occupy Democrats
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Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
West Point, Annapolis Officials Investigating Possible ‘White Power’ Hand Sign — Army and Navy officials try to determine meaning of hand signs that service academy personnel appeared to use on national TV during Army-Navy football game — West Point and Annapolis officials are trying …
Associated Press:
Longest UN climate talks end with no deal on carbon markets — MADRID (AP) — Marathon international climate talks ended Sunday with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on how to regulate global carbon markets. — After two weeks of negotiations in Madrid on tackling global warming …
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DNyuz
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Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
Her death, our fears and our city: How reactions to the killing of Tessa Majors echo 30 years ago, even as the times do not — What has happened to our City over the past ten years? What has happened to law and order, to the neighborhood cop who we all trusted to safeguard our homes and families …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
What Does Tucker Carlson Believe? — Tucker Carlson does not think he is an “especially” good person. He knows he can “get mad” and “make a mistake,” that he can “overstate” things as a result of getting “caught up” in his own rhetoric. He also knows he can sometimes get “self-righteous …
Alan Rusbridger / The Guardian:
The election in the media: against evasion and lies, good journalism is all we have — Political manipulators in the UK proved they have learnt from the US how to blur truth, but one local paper points to the antidote — In his first 1,000 days in office Donald Trump made 13,435 false …
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Booker leads other 2020 Dems in petition urging DNC to change debate qualifications — Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) led several of his fellow 2020 contenders in sending a petition asking the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to change its debate qualifications.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, BuzzFeed News, Townhall and Politico
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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
Los Angeles Times:
Scuffles break out in Glendale as Rep. Adam Schiff speaks at Armenian genocide event — Scuffles broke out Saturday during a Glendale town hall event on Armenian genocide that was attended by Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), who is at the center of the effort to impeach President Trump.
Discussion:
Hullabaloo
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Iran hawks win a key concession from Trump administration — Late last week, the State Department agreed to release a portion of an internal legal opinion that says the U.S. has the right to demand that all U.N. sanctions on Iran be reinstated, despite President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the nuclear deal.
NBC News:
Trump admin intends to announce withdrawal of about 4,000 troops from Afghanistan — Trump had made clear to his advisers earlier this year that he wanted to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by the November 2020 election. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration intends to announce …
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CNN, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos and The Hill
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Conservative groups target their impeachment ‘Dirty 30’ — Residents in 31 congressional districts are about to be inundated with millions of dollars' worth of TV spots, Facebook ads, texts and tweets blaring that the “radical left” is trying to remove the president after a “witch hunt” …