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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.
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Washington Times, Florida Politics, Common Dreams and Bloomberg
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NBC News:
There are two ways to look at Trump's unchanging poll numbers on impeachment — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — After all of the televised hearings …
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Vox, New York Times and Washington Post
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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Associated Press
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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Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Contemptor
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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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NPR, Outside the Beltway, Letters from an American and Talking Points Memo
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
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Why Is Mitch McConnell Afraid of This Man? — LEV PARNAS, A UKRAINIAN-FLORIDIAN BUSINESSMAN WHO IS BOTH A CLIENT AND ASSOCIATE OF RUDY GIULIANIS ARRIVES FOR HIS ARRAIGNMENT IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK (SDNY) ON OCTOBER 23, 2019. - PARNAS WAS ARRESTED FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS ALONG …
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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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN, Politico, DNyuz, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and The Hill
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 Washington Post
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.
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
Trump goes after Pelosi's teeth as the House gears up for impeachment vote
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Crime Report, Sputnik News, BizPac Review, The Hill, HuffPost, Occupy Democrats, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
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
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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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.
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, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, NBC News, IJR, Townhall, HuffPost, CNN, The Daily Wire, DNyuz, New York Post, Axios, Redstate, Fox News and Raw Story
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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 …
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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Raw Story
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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Alexander Heffner / USA Today:
Trump impeachment: Pelosi reclaims the Constitution for liberals and today's America — The Trump impeachment is spotlighting the Founders' fears of foreign influence on US security and leaders, and turning liberals into originalists. — There is one indisputable fact about the impeachment …
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
In Impeachment, Tribalization of Politics Becomes Almost Complete — Trump ran with little use for the Republican establishment, but enters the House impeachment debate with virtually complete support from that establishment — When Donald Trump launched his presidential bid in 2016 …
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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.
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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Raw Story
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 …
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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