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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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NBC News:
House Judiciary Committee publishes full impeachment report — In making its case that President Donald Trump abused his power and obstructed Congress, the committee concludes, “President Trump has realized the Framers' worst nightmare.” — The House Judiciary Committee released its full report …
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Outside the Beltway, NPR, Letters from an American and Washington Post
Elizabeth Drew / New York Times:
The Impeachment Process Is Barely Functioning — Hyperpartisan politics and an implacable president may break Congress's ability to check him. — Ms. Drew is a journalist based in Washington who covered Watergate. — When the process of impeachment drove President Richard Nixon from office in 1974 …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
The only principle Republicans have left is partisanship
The only principle Republicans have left is partisanship
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Raw Story
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.
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NBC News:
There are two ways to look at Trump's unchanging poll numbers on impeachment
There are two ways to look at Trump's unchanging poll numbers on impeachment
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New York Times, Washington Post and Slate
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
You Don't Know Bernie — i. — He doesn't bother explaining why he's here.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Biden, Sanders lead Democratic field: poll
Biden, Sanders lead Democratic field: poll
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
Democrats box in Republicans on drug pricing — After months of wrangling, House Democrats finally passed a massive bill aimed at lowering drug prices. And Senate Republicans are flummoxed at how to respond. — The GOP is in a jam that makes action appear somewhere between unlikely and impossible.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Schumer's opening pitch for the Senate impeachment trial
Schumer's opening pitch for the Senate impeachment trial
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump's impeachment chaos evolves into a White House strategy
Trump's impeachment chaos evolves into a White House strategy
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Schumer proposes Bolton, Mulvaney testify in Senate impeachment trial
Schumer proposes Bolton, Mulvaney testify in Senate impeachment trial
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Breitbart, Associated Press and One America News Network
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Focus group: These Obama/Trump voters are just Trump voters now — SAGINAW, Mich. — Some swing voters here who voted for Barack Obama and then Donald Trump are firmly in Trump's camp now — and they're sick of impeachment. — Why it matters: The two-plus hour conversation revealed major warning signs …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Trump goes after Pelosi's teeth as the House gears up for impeachment vote — President Trump opened a new, dental front Sunday in his periodic feuding with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, suggesting on Twitter that her teeth were falling out as she answered a reporter's question about why bribery was not made an article of impeachment.
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Not just impeachment: Democrats plan year-end legislative blitz
Not just impeachment: Democrats plan year-end legislative blitz
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Townhall and American Thinker
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
House Republican Defends Trump Attacking Nancy Pelosi's ‘Teeth’: 'He's Frustrated' About Getting Impeached
House Republican Defends Trump Attacking Nancy Pelosi's ‘Teeth’: 'He's Frustrated' About Getting Impeached
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Sputnik News and BizPac Review
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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National Review, Fox News, Axios and The Hill
Jeff Stein / Greenwich Time:
2018 corporate tax rate plunged to 11.3% under Trump law; 99% of biggest firms paid no federal tax at all — About 400 of America's largest corporations paid an average federal tax rate of about 11 percent on their profits last year, about half the official rate established under President …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Corporations paid 11.3 percent tax rate last year, in steep drop under President Trump's law — About 400 of America's largest corporations paid an average federal tax rate of about 11 percent on their profits last year, roughly half the official rate established under President Trump's 2017 tax law …
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 …
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 …
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Raw Story
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Staff exodus in Van Drew office after party switch — Five senior aides to Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey resigned on Sunday as the lawmaker formally prepared to switch parties, stating they were “deeply saddened and disappointed by his decision.” — The aides in Van Drew's Washington office wrote …
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New York Times, POLITICUSUSA, NBC News, IJR, Townhall, The Hill, CNN, HuffPost, The Daily Wire, DNyuz, Axios, New York Post, Redstate, Fox News and Raw Story
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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.
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Axios, The Daily Caller, IJR, HuffPost and Raw Story
Agence France-Presse:
Holocaust architect's grave dug up in Berlin — Berlin (AFP) - The grave of a top Nazi who helped plan the Holocaust and was assassinated by British-trained agents during World War II has been dug up in Berlin, German police said on Monday. — The grave of Reinhard Heydrich was …
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.
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Robert Robb / USA Today:
Russia collusion investigation did become a witch hunt, the inspector general report shows — The investigation quickly got off track and ran into dead ends. It should have never led to a special counsel investigation that convulsed the country for two years.
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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 …
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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.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren: The government listens too much 'to rich guys who don't want to pay taxes' — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Brexit, billionaires and breaking up big companies — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is one of the top-tier Democratic candidates for president …
Jay Root / The Texas Tribune:
George P. Bush failed to disclose financial interests in nearly a dozen companies — After the Texas Ethics Commission received a sworn complaint about the omissions, Bush told The Texas Tribune last week that he took immediate steps to correct his disclosure forms.