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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Some House Democrats push Pelosi to withhold impeachment articles, delay Senate trial — A group of House Democrats is pushing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leaders to withhold the articles of impeachment against President Trump that are expected to emerge on Wednesday, potentially delaying a Senate trial for months.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Hoyer: ‘We need to talk about’ delaying Senate impeachment trial — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the second-ranking lawmaker in the House, said Wednesday that Democrats must discuss a last-ditch gambit to delay sending articles of impeachment to the Senate and prevent …
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Axios, Joe.My.God. and POLITICUSUSA
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Santa protests, MAGA hats and senator cameos: Scenes from impeachment
Santa protests, MAGA hats and senator cameos: Scenes from impeachment
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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Axios, Associated Press and The Hill
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
We're watching the fantasy version of the House of Representatives
We're watching the fantasy version of the House of Representatives
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The Hill
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Is Not Removing An Ad Falsely Claiming Mitch McConnell Endorses Impeaching Trump
Facebook Is Not Removing An Ad Falsely Claiming Mitch McConnell Endorses Impeaching Trump
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Joe.My.God.
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
As House convenes on impeachment, Trump declares disbelief — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump woke up in the White House Wednesday morning and expressed utter disbelief that he will likely become just the third U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
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NBC News:
‘We are all mad’: Trump, White House fume as House debates impeachment — Despite the president's statement that he did not plan to watch the impeachment debate, a senior administration official said Trump would probably keep tabs on the proceedings. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump …
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NBC News:
Live Blog / Live updates: House votes on impeachment of President Trump
Live Blog / Live updates: House votes on impeachment of President Trump
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Madeline Holcombe / CNN:
Pro-impeachment protests span the country ahead of historic vote
Pro-impeachment protests span the country ahead of historic vote
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Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Battles New Sanctions on Russia — On Tuesday, President Trump claimed he was tougher on Russia than his predecessor. At the same time, his subordinates strongly opposed a bill imposing new sanctions on Moscow. — The Trump administration is quietly fighting …
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Raw Story
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Trump Approval Inches Up, While Support for Impeachment Dips — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has inched up again and is now at 45%. The president's ratings have increased six percentage points since the House of Representatives opened an impeachment inquiry against him in the fall.
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Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Trump approval up 6 points since launch of impeachment inquiry: Gallup
Trump approval up 6 points since launch of impeachment inquiry: Gallup
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The Moderate Voice, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN and Redstate
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's closing impeachment argument: Denying basic facts — It's often been said that the two sides in the current impeachment debate can't even agree on basic facts. But increasingly for the GOP, that's also true of well-established and indisputable facts.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump ‘going crazy’ over impeachment legacy
Trump ‘going crazy’ over impeachment legacy
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A last-ditch explosion of rage and lies reminds us why Trump will be impeached
A last-ditch explosion of rage and lies reminds us why Trump will be impeached
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Politico, CNN, The Guardian and Raw Story
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
‘In a class by herself’: Pelosi has roared back in the Trump era — Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood in front of her members on Tuesday morning and gestured to a bright red poppy pinned to her coat. — Pelosi received the memorial pin while attending the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium over the weekend.
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CBS News:
House debates Trump impeachment ahead of historic vote — live updates
House debates Trump impeachment ahead of historic vote — live updates
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Steering Impeachment With an Iron Grip, Pelosi Forges a Legacy She Never Sought
Steering Impeachment With an Iron Grip, Pelosi Forges a Legacy She Never Sought
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Washington Post and HuffPost
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Bloomberg says Democratic candidates, including Biden, don't have the right experience — “The presidency shouldn't be a training job,” Bloomberg said. “You need somebody who comes in and knows how to run an organization.” — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday …
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Associated Press, Washington Free Beacon and The Hill
CREW:
Trump Hotel Room Prices Spiked 13x Last Weekend. We Finally Know Why. — In November, we noticed a mysterious spike in the price of available rooms at Trump's DC hotel for a Saturday night in December. The minimum cost was 13 times the average, but we couldn't identify a reason for the spike …
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Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
USDA tariff tracker removes Wakanda, fictional home of Black Panther, as free trade partner — There were hundreds of U.S. Department of Agriculture data inputs for Wakanda, a nation that first appeared in the July 1966 Marvel comic Fantastic Four #52. — Wakanda's free trade agreement with the United States wasn't forever.
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Fourth Pentagon official announces resignation within week — A top Pentagon intelligence official will soon leave the building, the fourth key defense official to announce their resignation within a week. — Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Kari Bingen submitted …
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Justice Dept. plans crackdown on violent crime in 7 cities — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced a crackdown Wednesday aimed at driving down violent crime in seven of the nation's most violent cities. — Attorney General William Barr is announcing the initiative known …
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Andrew P. Napolitano / Washington Times:
Trump impeachment: Undisputed evidence that he abused his power — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — The rule of law is a cornerstone of American democracy and is integral to the U.S. Constitution. It stands for the principles that no person is beneath the laws' protections. No person is above the laws' requirements.
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Letter from President Donald J. Trump to the Speaker of the House of Representatives — Speaker of the House of Representatives — Dear Madam Speaker: — I write to express my strongest and most powerful protest against the partisan impeachment crusade being pursued by the Democrats in the House of Representatives.
Jan Ransom / New York Times:
State Charges Against Manafort Dismissed by Judge in New York — A judge threw out state charges against Paul J. Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, on Wednesday, dealing a setback to efforts by the Manhattan district attorney to ensure Mr. Manafort will still face prison …
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Democrats are sleepwalking into a Biden disaster — The Democratic primary has had much hue and cry over Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders of late. Yet the front-runner continues to be former Vice President Joe Biden, and there is little sign as yet that he is going to lose his lead, despite his fumbling campaign.
New York Times:
Joe Biden Is Sounding Like a Pundit, and He's Bullish on a Certain Former V.P. — As he campaigns, Mr. Biden offers free-flowing analysis about the race he's running in. Among his takes: He should be described as the front-runner, and he's best positioned to beat President Trump.
Elizabeth Vaughn / Redstate:
How Did the Bidens' Corruption Become Trump's Scandal? — Whenever a Republican gets close to discovering the truth about their corruption, like a rattlesnake who feels threatened, a Democrat's immediate response is to strike. Within hours of the perceived danger, they will have launched …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Impeachment and the Crack Up of the Conservative Mind — On this day of righteous fury — the nation's second presidential impeachment in 21 years — I have a special request. — I want to hear from someone, anyone, who meets two standards. One, this person is a supporter of Donald Trump …
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Impeach Him If You Like, but for the Love of God, Stop Pretending You Care about the Constitution — Perhaps Donald Trump deserves to be impeached for his Ukrainian adventure. Heck, maybe he deserves to be impeached for sending that insanely entertaining letter yesterday.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Thoughts on the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump — With the day now upon us, I wanted to lay out some points on impeachment which seem to me essential and definitional. — The signature reality of the Trump Era is confusion. False stories crowd out real ones - false stories driven less by ignorance than as a mode of attack.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Attack on Amazon May Be His Most Egregious Abuse of Power Yet — That President Trump's Ukraine policy led to articles of impeachment against him was largely a matter of chance. A CIA official decided to collect evidence that the administration's foreign policy was being used as a domestic oppo-research shakedown.
Axios:
“AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA”: Trump fires off dozens of tweets on impeachment day … What he's saying: — “Can you believe that I will be impeached today by the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, AND I DID NOTHING WRONG! A terrible Thing. Read the Transcripts. This should never happen to another President again.
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Politico, The Independent and Talking Points Memo
Priyanjana Bengani / Columbia Journalism Review:
Hundreds of ‘pink slime’ local news outlets are distributing algorithmic stories and conservative talking points — An increasingly popular tactic challenges conventional wisdom on the spread of electoral disinformation: the creation of partisan outlets masquerading as local news organizations.
Mainer:
UMaine College Republicans Caught in MAGA Civil War — Student group sides with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, loses key advisor — The chair of the University of Maine's political science department resigned her position as faculty advisor to the UMaine College Republicans in protest …
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Every Person In America Should Know Crystal Mason's Name — Mason faces a five-year prison sentence for trying to vote while ineligible. HuffPost Reports documents the days leading up to her appeal. — Maybe you've heard of Crystal Mason. Last year, a Texas judge sentenced her to five years …
Eric Boehlert / Daily Kos:
Media fail: The press keeps covering impeachment through the eyes of the Republican Party — This content was created by a Daily Kos Community member.
Sean Cooper / Tablet Magazine:
Pride and Prejudice at Fieldston — In conversation, Fieldston parents and alumni often elevate the diversity of the social milieu as the factor that sealed their faith in how the school could serve their family, proudly noting that roughly 40 percent of the school's population is comprised of students of color.
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
How Cenk Uygur Threw The Race To Replace Katie Hill Into Chaos — California Democrats were supporting Hill's anointed successor, Christy Smith. Then a controversial lefty upended everything. — LOS ANGELES — Rep. Katie Hill, the freshman Democrat who resigned in October after apologizing …