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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 …
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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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Rudy Giuliani: “I needed Yovanovitch out of the way”
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Trump team weighs ambassador pick for Ukraine as ties fray
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani Admits He ‘Needed Yovanovitch Out of the Way’ in Ukraine
Discussion: Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
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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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
Discussion: Politico and CANNONFIRE
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
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
How far can the House go to stop a sham trial?  —  I am hardly alone in noticing that between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's “total coordination” with the White House and Republican Sen. Lindsey O. Graham's expression of open contempt for impeachment (I will NOT be fair!) …
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Laurence H. Tribe / Washington Post:   Don't let Mitch McConnell conduct a Potemkin impeachment trial
Edward B. Foley / Politico:
Here's One Weird Way to Avoid an Impeachment Disaster
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Judiciary Committee impeachment report alleges Trump committed ‘multiple federal crimes’  —  President Donald Trump committed criminal bribery and wire fraud, the House Judiciary Committee alleges in a report that will accompany articles of impeachment this week.
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Need to Impeach hits Trump with new ads ahead of House vote
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
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
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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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
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
For party switch, Rep. NJ Jeff Van Drew owes voters an apology — and individual donors their money back  —  History is not going to remember Jeff Van Drew as a profile in courage.  The freshman Democrat from Cape May won the New Jersey 2nd District seat in Congress as a part of the blue wave …
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Van Drew Party Switch Moves NJ-02 from Toss Up to Lean Republican
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
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CNN:
Carly Fiorina: It is “vital” Trump be impeached
Discussion: New York Times and IJR
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.”
New York Times:
There Are Economic Warning Signs for Trump in the Midwest  —  The American economy has found its footing after a summer recession scare.  But much of the Midwest is still stumbling.  —  President Trump campaigned in 2016 on a pledge to restore jobs — manufacturing jobs, specifically …
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
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.
Vincent Wood / The Independent:
Erdogan threatens to recognise killings of Native Americans as genocide in response to Armenia resolution  —  ‘It is a shameful moment in US history,’ says Turkish president  —  Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to recognise the killing of Native Americans at the hand …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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 and DNyuz
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 …
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.
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
CNN:
CNN Poll: The nation remains divided on impeachment as House vote approaches  —  (CNN)The American public is about evenly split over whether President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, with the House of Representatives poised …
ABC News:
Bloomberg ‘has to answer’ for sexist comments, women should be released from NDAs: Elizabeth Warren  —  Warren responded to past comments from the fellow presidential candidate.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Monday that women …
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
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Google and YouTube moderators speak out on the work that gave them PTSD  —  These moderators help keep Google and YouTube free of violent extremism — and now some of them have PTSD  —  Content warning: This article contains descriptions of graphic and disturbing content related to terrorism and crimes against children.
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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.”
Jonathan Garber / Fox Business:
Dow gains 10,000th point since Trump's election  —  Market surge heightens stakes in 2020  —  The stock market has been unstoppable under the influence of President Trump.  —  The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 28,332.74 on Monday, meaning it has rallied 10,000 points …
Discussion: Breitbart
 
 
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