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William Webster / New York Times:
I Headed the F.B.I. and C.I.A. There's a Dire Threat to the Country I Love.  —  And President Trump and William P. Barr are wrong to say that it is.  —  Mr. Webster is a former federal judge and the former director of both the F.B.I. and the C.I.A.  —  The privilege of being the only American …
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  December 16, 2019 - Trump Job Approval And Economy Rating Hit Highs, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; On Ukraine: 52 Percent Say Trump Pursued Personal Interest  —  Within days of a historic impeachment vote in the House of Representatives …
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: Biden, Sanders Lead 2020 Democratic Race  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders lead the crowded Democratic field, pulling in together about half of the support of Democratic voters and Democratic-leaning independents, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:   Sanders surges ahead of Iowa caucuses
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Have a Problem: Each Other
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post
David Siders / Politico:   What Would the Bernie Presidency Really Look Like?
Washington Post:
Michael Flynn's sentencing set for Jan. 28 after judge rejects his attacks on the FBI, Justice Department  —  A federal judge on Monday rejected Michael Flynn's attacks against the FBI and the Justice Department, setting a long-delayed sentencing for President Trump's former national security adviser for Jan. 28.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Judge schedules Michael Flynn's sentencing for Jan. 28
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
Elissa Slotkin / Detroit Free Press:
Rep. Elissa Slotkin: How I reached my decision on impeachment  —  (Photo: Nick King/Lansing State Journal)  —  On September 23, I wrote in an op-ed column for the Free Press that I believed President Trump's actions regarding Ukraine, by his own admission, warranted the opening of an impeachment inquiry.
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Democratic Rep. Slotkin faces rowdy town hall after announcing support for impeachment
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
The Ukrainian Prosecutor Behind Trump's Impeachment  —  How the efforts of Yuriy Lutsenko and Rudy Giuliani to smear Joe Biden led to a Presidential crisis.  —  Of all the names featured in the private depositions and public testimonies of the Presidential impeachment inquiry …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House vows to continue impeachment probes regardless of Senate outcome
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Federal judge allows Georgia voter registration purge  —  A federal judge allowed Georgia election officials to cancel about 300,000 inactive voters as planned Monday night.  —  U.S. District Judge Steve Jones said Monday that he will further consider the issue Thursday …
Discussion: Axios and The American Independent
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Ben Nadler / Associated Press:
Federal judge puts pause on Georgia voter roll purges
Discussion: Daily Kos
Christian Berthelsen / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Ally Says $1 Million From Russia Was Loan to Wife  —  Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani indicted on U.S. campaign finance charges, said a $1 million transfer into his wife's bank account from Russia was the proceeds of a loan — and not an attempt to conceal his assets.
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Why Is Mitch McConnell Afraid of This Man?
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
CNN:
Carly Fiorina says it is ‘vital’ Trump be impeached, but doesn't rule out voting for him in 2020  —  Carly Fiorina: It is “vital” Trump be impeached  —  (CNN)Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said she thinks it is “vital” that President Donald Trump be impeached …
Charles Homans / New York Times:
How the Internet Came to Loathe Pete Buttigieg  —  Last month, after polls showed Pete Buttigieg vaulting unexpectedly to the lead in Iowa's Democratic caucus, he aired an ad introducing his plan for higher-education reform: a proposal to make public-college tuition free for households earning …
Discussion: Des Moines Register
CNBC:
Vox Media to cut hundreds of freelance jobs ahead of changes in California gig economy laws  — Hundreds of Vox Media freelancers will lose their jobs in the coming months.  — Vox Media is preparing for a California law, Assembly Bill 5, which goes into effect in 2020 and forbids non-employees …
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John Ness / SBNation.com:
Thank You, California  —  This is a bittersweet note of thanks …
Discussion: Mavs Moneyball and The Wrap
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia's State TV Calls Trump Their ‘Agent’  —  Russian commentators note, rightly, that “sooner or later, the Democrats will come back into power,” and they're already joking about offering Trump asylum.  —  Sometimes a picture doesn't have to be worth a thousand words.  Just a few will do.
Saira Asher / BBC:
Barack Obama: Women are better leaders than men  —  If women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes, former US President Barack Obama has said.  —  Speaking in Singapore, he said women aren't perfect, but are “indisputably better” than men.
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Van Drew Party Switch Moves NJ-02 from Toss Up to Lean Republican  —  Freshman Democratic Rep. Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) set off a political earthquake over the weekend when he informed his staff that he plans to become a Republican after meeting with President Trump and losing support …
Discussion: The Hill
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:   For party switch, Rep. NJ Jeff Van Drew owes voters an apology — and individual donors their money back
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court lets stand ruling that protects homeless who sleep on sidewalk  —  The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a major case on homelessness, letting stand a ruling that protects homeless people's right to sleep on the sidewalk or in public parks if no other shelter is available.
Discussion: Fox News and Disrn
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court leaves in place ruling barring prosecution of homeless
Discussion: National Review
Paul Jurgens / The Mighty 790 KFGO:
Peterson undecided on impeachment vote, has been approached about becoming Republican  —  WASHINGTON, DC (KFGO) - Congressman Collin Peterson says he's leaning against voting in favor of impeachment for President Trump, but he has yet to make a final decision.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
SC's U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham to vote in favor of impeaching Trump  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham said Monday he plans to vote in favor of both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, concluding after weeks of deliberation that Trump's conduct was “unacceptable.”
Discussion: Politico, Roll Call, VICE and POLITICUSUSA
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Inside the DNC cleanup to save the debate  —  Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez spent over 20 hours on the phone this weekend trying to save Thursday's debate from crumbling, per a source familiar, after a labor dispute prompted the presidential candidates to threaten a boycott.
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:   2020 candidates uphold union allegiance as labor dispute roiling Democratic debate heads to negotiating table
Just Security:
Federal Criminal Offenses and the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump  —  Table of Contents  —  Editor's note from co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman: This collection of leading legal experts discusses a range of federal crimes that apply to the conduct of President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah Rep. Ben McAdams will vote to impeach President Donald Trump  —  • Rep. Ben McAdams said Monday he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump, arguing that his actions with Ukraine are unacceptable and that the president needs to be held accountable, though the congressman …
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
A black woman faces prison because of a Jim Crow-era plan to ‘protect white voters’  —  Lanisha Bratcher voted in the 2016 presidential election.  Three years later she was arrested because she had broken a law she didn't know about.  —  The fight to vote is supported by  —  About this content
Discussion: The Root
Politico:
Congress to permanently repeal 3 major health taxes in year-end spending deal  —  Congress is expected to permanently repeal three major health industry taxes that were supposed to help pay for Obamacare in a final year-end spending agreement, in a big win for the health care industry.
Katie Sanders / PolitiFact:
Lie of the Year 2019: Donald Trump's claim whistleblower got Ukraine call ‘almost completely wrong’  —  President Donald Trump started the morning of Sept. 20 dismissing headlines about someone who blew the whistle on a phone call he had with the president of Ukraine.  The call, he tweeted, was “pitch perfect.”
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Why Trump's path to reelection is totally plausible  —  If President Donald Trump wins reelection in 2020, there will not be lots of people — unlike in 2016 — gasping with surprise at the outcome.  But there are plenty of people who remain utterly bewildered by the prospect.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Christine Rosen / Commentary:
This Is Who Linda Sarsour Is  —  In late November, during a speech at the American Muslims for Palestine conference in Chicago, professional activist Linda Sarsour, now a national surrogate for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, stated, “Israel was built on the idea that Jews are supreme to everybody else.”
Discussion: Instapundit
Anna Massoglia / OpenSecrets.org:
Cash-strapped NRA discloses spending on foreign fundraising for first time  —  The National Rifle Association disclosed spending on foreign fundraising for the first time in the gun rights group's history as it faced a multimillion-dollar shortfall for a third consecutive year, new tax returns reveal.
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
You Don't Know Bernie  —  i.  —  He doesn't bother explaining why he's here.  —  This is early on, late May, a few months into the race, but he is already of the belief that he is doing something extraordinary with his presidential campaign — something that's never been done before.
Willis Kliefoth / River News:
Potomac Conservancy denounces Tucker Carlson's claim that immigrants are making the Potomac dirtier  —  Statement from Hedrick Belin, Potomac Conservancy President  —  STATEMENT FROM HEDRICK BELIN, POTOMAC CONSERVANCY PRESIDENT  —  There's a time to speak truth against ignorance and to stand up for our values - and that time is now.
 
 
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Vincent Wood / The Independent:
Erdogan threatens to recognise killings of Native Americans as genocide in response to Armenia resolution
Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times:
Shutdown likely at Boeing Renton as 737 MAX crisis extends
Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Gov. Beshear pulls plug on Matt Bevin's plan to overhaul Kentucky Medicaid, add work rules
Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
Does Amy Klobuchar Have a Path to the Nomination?
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Schumer says he wants impeachment trial focused on facts, not ‘conspiracy theories’ as he balks at GOP calling witnesses
Discussion: Associated Press
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The deplorable hypocrisy of Lindsey Graham and the Republican Party
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and DNyuz
Raleigh News & Observer:
We created a trust to pay a Confederate group to take Silent Sam. It was the best solution.
USA Today:
USA TODAY poll: Narrow majority opposes removing Trump from office if he is impeached
Discussion: Townhall and Althouse
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‘Obamacare’ tax repeal added to $1.4T wrap-up spending bill
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Associated Press:
Surging Netanyahu rival launches party leadership challenge
Bloomberg:
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's 199 wildest lines of 2019
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