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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 — PHILADELPHIA — Rep. Jeff Van Drew, the conservative New Jersey Democrat who is expected to soon become a Republican, found himself in an unfamiliar and troubling position in recent weeks: Watching support drop off from Democratic leaders …
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Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Democratic impeachment holdout Jeff Van Drew planning to switch parties
Democratic impeachment holdout Jeff Van Drew planning to switch parties
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PJ Media Home, The Gateway Pundit, Big League Politics, Redstate, CBS Philly, Raw Story, Slate and The Daily Caller
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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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
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
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
Republicans aim to avoid war with White House over impeachment strategy
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One America News Network
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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CBS News, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, Hullabaloo, Rolling Stone, DNyuz, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Raw Story and New York Post
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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Disrn
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Washington Post:
U.N. climate talks end with hard feelings, few results and new doubts about global unity — MADRID — Global climate talks lurched to an end here Sunday with finger pointing, accusations of failure and fresh doubts about the world's collective resolve to slow the warming of the planet …
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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 …
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The Daily Beast
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 Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall and Politico
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Cory Booker Leads the Charge to Change Debate Rules That Excluded Him
Cory Booker Leads the Charge to Change Debate Rules That Excluded Him
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
The Top Democratic Candidates Are Urging The DNC To Change Its Debate Rules
The Top Democratic Candidates Are Urging The DNC To Change Its Debate Rules
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The Guardian
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 …
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.
MJ Lee / CNN:
Elizabeth Warren is now the lone female candidate at the top of the 2020 field, and she wants you to know it — Megan Rapinoe endorses Elizabeth Warren for president — (CNN)It was Elizabeth Warren's inaugural trip to Iowa as a presidential hopeful. — Days after announcing …