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Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
Freshman Democrats push for Amash as impeachment manager — A private campaign is underway to draft Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) as an impeachment manager in the Senate trial of President Trump, a bid to diversify House Democrats' appeal to voters with a rare conservative voice.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump's Senate trial is rigged, but a Watergate hero has an idea for saving impeachment — After feeding page after page of the U.S. Constitution into a paper shredder as he denied America's first black president his right to even a hearing on his Supreme Court pick while holding …
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Vox, CBS News and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
emptywheel:
Why Justin Amash Should Be an Impeachment Manager — I'm sitting about six blocks from one of Gerald Ford's childhood homes. That means I live in a city with an outsized role in America's history with impeachment. Since the time I've lived in this city, our Federal Building added a sign reading …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Dems ask that Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton testify at impeachment trial — Chuck Schumer has made his opening offer to Mitch McConnell about the impending Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. And the Democratic leader is driving a hard bargain.
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Raw Story
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Schumer proposes Bolton, Mulvaney testify in Senate impeachment trial — The Senate Minority Leader sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Sunday laying out the proposed outlines of impeachment proceedings for President Donald Trump. — WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader …
CNN:
Schiff indicates he would like witnesses called and documents introduced in Senate impeachment trial
Schiff indicates he would like witnesses called and documents introduced in Senate impeachment trial
Discussion:
Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Schumer's opening pitch for the Senate impeachment trial
The Bulwark:
How A Small Group of Senators Can Shape the Impeachment Trial and Vindicate the Constitutional Order
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
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Schiff: I ‘hope to hell’ I'd impeach Obama if he did the same as Trump
Schiff: I ‘hope to hell’ I'd impeach Obama if he did the same as Trump
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The Hill
Washington Post:
Top Senate Democrat calls for testimony from Mulvaney, Bolton in a proposal to GOP on parameters …
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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Redstate, POLITICUSUSA, Talking Points Memo, Slate, DNyuz, Mother Jones, Mediaite and New York Post
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William Cummings / USA Today:
Trump trails all top Democrats, half of voters favor impeachment, Fox News poll says — About half of registered voters say that President Donald Trump should be removed from office and that if he survives the impeachment effort, he'll have a tough time beating the Democratic candidate in the 2020 election …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Fox News and DNyuz
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Trump's goes after Pelosi's teeth as the House gears up for impeachment vote
Trump's goes after Pelosi's teeth as the House gears up for impeachment vote
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Trump Goes on Wild Rant Demanding Fox News Remains ‘Pro-Trump’: 'How's Shep Doing?'
Trump Goes on Wild Rant Demanding Fox News Remains ‘Pro-Trump’: 'How's Shep Doing?'
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, The Hill and Slate
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Support for impeachment climbs to 54 percent in Fox News poll after Trump pitches fit over previous poll
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Fox News poll: 50 percent of Americans say Trump should be impeached and removed
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
Fox News Poll: 54 Percent of Americans Say Trump Should Be Impeached
Fox News Poll: 54 Percent of Americans Say Trump Should Be Impeached
Discussion:
Mother Jones, Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden still leads Democratic race as Warren drops
Fox News Poll: Biden still leads Democratic race as Warren drops
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CNN
Rebecca Rosenberg / Page Six:
Harvey Weinstein: I deserve pat on back when it comes to women — More than 80 women have accused him of sex assault or harassment — but for Harvey Weinstein, it's still all about himself. — The alleged serial sex predator and disgraced Hollywood producer whined to The Post …
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
GOP's Toomey says USMCA agreement diminishes free trade — The Republican calls deal with Congressional Democrats a “complete capitulation.” — WASHINGTON — Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., warned his fellow Republicans Sunday that the bipartisan replacement to the North American Free Trade Agreement represents …
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DNyuz, One America News Network and Politico
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Emma Newburger / CNBC:
US trade representative says phase-one trade deal is ‘totally done’ and will double exports to China in two years
Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Mexico fumes over labor enforcement details in trade bill
Mexico fumes over labor enforcement details in trade bill
Discussion:
Axios
Stephanie Farr / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
West Point investigating hand symbol with possible links to white power used by cadets during Army-Navy game — West Point is investigating a hand gesture made by several cadets and midshipmen during an ESPN pre-game broadcast at the Army-Navy game Saturday after clips of the signals went viral …
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Twitchy, New York Times, Breitbart, Redstate, Big League Politics, Occupy Democrats and DNyuz
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
The only principle Republicans have left is partisanship — I come before you, my friends, to defend Republicans against charges that they are unprincipled, two-faced hypocrites. — Pointy-headed coastal elitists, with all sorts of useless book learning that real Americans don't need …
Discussion:
Raw Story
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Don't worry, Sen. Graham. No one thought you'd be fair.
Don't worry, Sen. Graham. No one thought you'd be fair.
Discussion:
New York Post, Raw Story and 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.
Discussion:
Mother Jones, The Independent, DNyuz, WTKR-TV and Reuters
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 …
Discussion:
Big League Politics and Mediaite
The Guardian:
Boris Johnson threatens BBC with two-pronged attack — No 10 boycotts Today programme and considers decriminalising non-payment of licence fee — Downing Street is threatening the future of the BBC by insisting it is seriously considering decriminalising non-payment of the licence fee …
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World — Software start-ups have a phrase for what Amazon is doing to them: ‘strip-mining’ them of their innovations. — SEATTLE — Elastic, a software start-up in Amsterdam, was rapidly building its business and had grown to 100 employees.
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Scripting News
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 …
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Boris Johnson to pass anti-BDS law, official says — “Antisemitism an attack on the British way of life and British identity. WIthout our Jewish citizens we would be a lesser nation,” he said. — The new Conservative government in the UK will pass a law making it illegal for public bodies …