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New York Times:
Read Trump's Letter to Pelosi Protesting Impeachment — President Trump sent a letter on Tuesday to Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressing his “most powerful protest” against the impeachment process. The House is expected to vote on two articles of impeachment against Mr. Trump on Wednesday.
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Trump presents his own impeachment defense — On the eve of his likely impeachment, President Donald Trump has opted to act as his own defense lawyer. — In a six-page, stream-of-consciousness diatribe sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and released by the White House on Tuesday afternoon …
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Washington Post, The Hill and Breitbart
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Writes Insane Letter to Pelosi Showing Why He's Unfit For Office — If you worked in print media, you became accustomed to receiving long, unhinged letters from agitated members of the general public. Often these letters tied together facts, pseudo-facts, paranoid insinuations …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It is hard to capture how bizarre and frightening Trump's letter to Pelosi is — On the eve of his impeachment, a stain that obviously torments him more than his enablers have let on, President Trump issued a rambling, unhinged and lie-filled letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
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Raw Story
CNN:
Fact check: Trump's wild letter to Pelosi is filled with false and misleading claims — Washington (CNN)It was on White House letterhead. It read like a string of President Donald Trump's tweets. — And it was just as dishonest. — On Tuesday afternoon, Trump released a six-page letter …
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Los Angeles Times
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Schiff says Pence's office may have purposefully misled panel about contents of his Zelensky call
Schiff says Pence's office may have purposefully misled panel about contents of his Zelensky call
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Occupy Democrats
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Trump sends scorching letter to Pelosi ahead of House impeachment vote
Trump sends scorching letter to Pelosi ahead of House impeachment vote
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The Hill, Washington Free Beacon, KTLA, KSLTV.com and Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's most expansive defense against impeachment is just as lame and dishonest as his tweets
Trump's most expansive defense against impeachment is just as lame and dishonest as his tweets
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The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Diatribe Belittles Impeachment as ‘Attempted Coup’ on Eve of Votes
Trump Diatribe Belittles Impeachment as ‘Attempted Coup’ on Eve of Votes
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog, Balkinization, Occupy Democrats, Law & Crime, The Root and ABC News
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump appears resilient as he faces the ‘very ugly word’ of impeachment
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump savages impeachment proceedings in letter to Pelosi
Trump savages impeachment proceedings in letter to Pelosi
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Breitbart
Caitlin Andrews / Bangor Daily News:
Jared Golden will vote with Democrats on one Trump impeachment article, not the other — AUGUSTA, Maine — U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's 2nd District said Tuesday he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump for abusing the power of his office, but not on a second impeachment that charges …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, National Review, VICE, The Hill, The Week, Washington Post and Syracuse Post-Standard
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Jeff Van Drew Was ‘Almost Obsessively Anti-Trump’ Before He Considered Joining His Party — Democrats heard the New Jersey freshman call President Trump crazy and unfit to be commander-in-chief. — For months, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a freshman Democrat from New Jersey …
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The Hill and Washington Free Beacon
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Lindsey McPherson / Roll Call:
Jeff Van Who? Democrats slam Van Drew, talk Jersey justice for party flipper
Jeff Van Who? Democrats slam Van Drew, talk Jersey justice for party flipper
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The Week
Reuters:
Associate of Rudy Giuliani received $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch -prosecutor — U.S. prosecutors said in court on Tuesday that Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, received a $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash.
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Adam Driver Walks Out of NPR ‘Fresh Air’ Interview Over ‘Marriage Story’ Clip — The star actor allegedly left after expressing displeasure with listening to a clip of his own acting—a fear Driver has repeatedly voiced in the past. — In the midst of promoting three of his latest starring turns …
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The Wrap, Mercury News, The Week, The Independent, IndieWire, Decider, The Daily Caller, Variety, New York Post and BuzzFeed News
BBC:
Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress — President Trump has said he does not consider the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 to be a genocide, contradicting a unanimous vote by the US Senate. — The historic vote last week incensed Turkey …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Trump administration rejects Senate resolution recognizing Armenian genocide
Trump administration rejects Senate resolution recognizing Armenian genocide
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Big League Politics, The Daily Caller and The Independent
ABC News:
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort hospitalized for cardiac event: Sources — Manafort is slated to be released from prison Christmas Day 2024. — President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been hospitalized for a cardiac event while serving …
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CNN, Breitbart, Fox News, BuzzFeed News, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Axios, Law & Crime, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Mediaite and New York Post
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Secret FISA Court issues highly unusual public rebuke of FBI for mistakes — The criticism comes after a report by the DOJ inspector general that found “so many basic and fundamental errors.” — WASHINGTON — The secret court that approves orders to conduct surveillance on suspected foreign terrorists …
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Associated Press, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FISA Judge Blasts FBI For Providing False Information To Wiretap Carter Page
FISA Judge Blasts FBI For Providing False Information To Wiretap Carter Page
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New York Times, Mediaite and The Minnesota Sun
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Sen. Susan Collins during 1999 impeachment: ‘I need witnesses ... to get to the truth’ — Now that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has flatly refused Democratic demands for witnesses to testify at President Trump's impeachment trial, it could create an uncomfortable situation …
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Slate, Bloomberg, DSCC, CNN and Associated Press
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell on impeachment: 'I'm not impartial about this at all'
McConnell on impeachment: 'I'm not impartial about this at all'
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The Daily Caller, NBC News, republicanleader.senate.gov, CNN, Politico, Redstate and Washington Post
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Buttigieg omitted high-powered bundlers from disclosure — Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign omitted more than 20 high-level fundraisers from a list of top bundlers it disclosed last week. — The public list of bundlers, featuring more than 100 people who have raised at least $25,000 for Buttigieg …
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Columbia Journalism Review and IMPORTANTVILLE
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Protesters Clamor for Trump's Impeachment on Eve of House Votes — A coalition of liberal groups that included MoveOn.org and Indivisible organized hundreds of rallies across the country. — From Boston Common to the French Quarter in New Orleans, a series of protests reverberated across …
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The Week
Ian Lovett / Wall Street Journal:
Rise in Anti-Semitic Incidents Goes Beyond Recent Violent Attacks — Incidents have jumped since 2016, with some Jews citing feelings of vulnerability not experienced for generations — The deadly attack in a New Jersey kosher market last week punctuated several years of growing …
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Melissa Malamut / New York Post:
Men are showing up to The Wing and women are pissed — Ladies, leave your man at home. — The Wing was supposed to be the ultimate sanctuary for women: decidedly feminine in design, with walls and furniture in shades of millennial pink and a thermometer set at a women's-clothing-friendly 72 degrees.
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Half of active-duty service members are unhappy with Trump, new Military Times poll shows … President Donald Trump received a loud ovation when he participated in the coin toss ahead of Saturday's Army-Navy football rivalry game in Philadelphia. But troops' actual feelings about the commander …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Among the World's Most Dire Places: This California Homeless Camp — We spent three months documenting the conditions of one homeless camp in the wealthiest state. Then we traveled to a slum in Mexico City for comparison.
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SFist
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump's campaign manager once again accidentally publishes poll showing Democrats are on track to keep the House — Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale tried to threaten Democrats off of impeachment by posting a private poll of the race for freshman Rep. Kendra Horn …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Fatigue? Spare Me — Yep, he's exhausting. And the nation's pundits owe us more than a plea for sympathy. — Mark Wilson/Getty Images — You can barely taste the opinion pages anymore without being drowned in the carping and moaning from the commentariat about how President …
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Trump slashed Puerto Rico's Medicaid money as part of budget deal — President Donald Trump intervened to cut the federal government's Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico as part of a larger government spending deal, according to four sources with knowledge of the discussions.
Doha Madani / NBC News:
Possible mass grave from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre found by researchers — Experts in Oklahoma believe they found a mass grave site from the deadly race riots, recently recreated in HBO's “Watchmen.” — Experts at the University of Oklahoma believe they have found a possible mass grave site …
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KSLTV.com, Daily Kos and FOX2now.com
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Karol Sanchez, 16, Snatched Off Street as Mother Fought Kidnappers, Video Shows — She told police she had set up the kidnapping because of her “overprotective” mother, an official said. — The grainy black and white video showed a nightmarish scene in the Bronx.
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New York Post, Fox News, The Root and CNN
The Boston Globe:
In Boston and Cambridge, crowds call for Trump's impeachment — Droves of people calling for the impeachment of President Trump and his removal from office demonstrated in Greater Boston Tuesday, a day before federal lawmakers are expected to take a historic vote.Hundreds weathered a steady rain …
Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard calls for President Trump's censure — She remains undecided on impeachment on eve of House vote. — Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is calling for President Donald Trump's censure on the eve a full House vote Wednesday on the articles of impeachment.
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Redstate, National Review, Breitbart, HotAir, The Daily Caller and Axios
Joseph Cox / VICE:
We Tested Ring's Security. It's Awful — It's not so much being watched. It's that I don't really know if I'm being watched or not. — From across the other side of the world, a colleague has just accessed my Ring account, and in turn, a live-feed of a Ring camera in my apartment.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Family emergency sidelines Jerry Nadler day before expected impeachment vote — Nadler is expected to return to Washington late Tuesday or early Wednesday. — House Judiciary Jerry Nadler on Friday. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool — House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler …
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The Hill, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, The American Mirror and NBC News
Kriston Capps / CityLab:
Trump's Plan to Criminalize Homelessness Is Taking Shape — The White House is taking steps toward decisive new action on homelessness, bucking policies favored by advocates in favor of an aggressive approach that centers the role of law enforcement. Some of these efforts hit roadblocks this week …
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Chicago Sun-Times