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Mark Galli / Christianity Today:
Trump Should Be Removed from Office  —  It's time to say what we said 20 years ago when a president's character was revealed for what it was.  —  In our founding documents, Billy Graham explains that Christianity Today will help evangelical Christians interpret the news in a manner that reflects their faith.
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Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
Evangelical Magazine Christianity Today Calls for Trump's Removal  —  The magazine said the president had abused his power and violated the Constitution.  —  Christianity Today, a prominent evangelical magazine, called for President Trump to be removed from office in a blistering editorial on Thursday …
New York Times:
After Impeachment, an Angry Trump Looks to Vindication in November  —  President Trump, barring the unforeseen, will be the first American president to face voters after being charged with high crimes and misdemeanors.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump sat forward on the edge of his chair …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Elana Schor / Associated Press:
Evangelical magazine Christianity Today: Trump must go
Agence France-Presse:   US evangelical magazine calls for removal of ‘grossly immoral’ Trump
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Trump Isn't Impeached Until the House Tells the Senate  —  According to the Constitution, impeachment is a process, not a vote.  —  Now that the House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump, what is the constitutional status of the two articles of impeachment?
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
White House braces for Mulvaney's post-impeachment exit  —  The acting White House chief of staff could never win President Donald Trump's full support.  Mulvaney has been sidelined so much in recent months that he's now expected to depart soon.  —  Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Why doesn't McConnell want witnesses at Trump's trial?  Because he's guilty.  —  President Trump and his band of defenders, led by Mitch McConnell, are working very hard to create the impression that they're in a position of great strength in the political battle that has erupted over Trump's coming Senate trial.
Politico:
'I'm never afraid and I'm rarely surprised': Pelosi emboldened  —  The speaker reflects on Trump and a tumultuous year back in the majority in an interview with POLITICO.  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi is heading into the holidays emboldened …
Victoria Merlino / Queens Daily Eagle:
Queens man impeached  —  Queens native Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.  AP Photo/Paul Sancya.  —  Former Jamaica Estates resident Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday by the U.S. House of Representatives.  He is the third president to be impeached …
Anita Kumar / Politico:
‘Family feud’: Trump still grumbling about witness-free impeachment trial
Discussion: The Federalist and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Trump Lawyers Ask If Pelosi Delay Means He Isn't Impeached Yet
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Schumer Joins Pelosi in Backing Plan to Sit on Impeachment Articles
Discussion: NBC News and Breitbart
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
The White House's defense of Trump's Dingell comments shows there's no bottom
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
Vandana Rambaran / Fox News:
Impeachment stalls until 2020: Hoyer announces no more House votes this year, as Pelosi quotes Shakespeare
Discussion: DNyuz and The Hill
Paul Brandus / USA Today:   Impeachment: President Trump only has himself to blame
Ella Nilsen / Vox:
The Warren-Buttigieg wine cave controversy, explained  —  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg during the Democratic presidential primary debate on December 19, 2019.  Chris Carlson/AP  —  The wine cave controversy …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: All you need to know about the debate
Discussion: CNBC and Vox
ABC News:   5 takeaways from the last Democratic primary debate of 2019
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact check: Did Warren's campaign benefit from big-ticket fundraisers?
Discussion: HuffPost, Mother Jones and Breitbart
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
An issue-by-issue recap of the Democratic debate
Discussion: Associated Press
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Yang tells fellow 2020 Dems to ‘stop being obsessed over impeachment’
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
Former White House officials say they feared Putin influenced the president's views on Ukraine and 2016 campaign  —  Almost from the moment he took office, President Trump seized on a theory that troubled his senior aides: Ukraine, he told them on many occasions, had tried to stop him from winning the White House.
The Seattle Times:
Washington Rep. Matt Shea engaged in domestic terrorism against U.S., says state House inquiry  —  OLYMPIA — State Rep. Matt Shea planned and participated in domestic terrorism against the United States, before and during the armed takeover at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Balloon Juice
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Melissa Santos / Crosscut:
WA Rep. Matt Shea engaged in ‘domestic terrorism,’ helped plan Malheur standoff, investigation finds
Discussion: The Guardian and The Stranger
Courier-Journal:
Matt Bevin defends pardon of convicted child rapist in radio interview  —  Former Gov. Matt Bevin on Thursday defended his controversial last-minute pardon of a man convicted of raping a 9-year-old, saying there was no physical evidence of her abuse.  —  Bevin's comments came during …
Discussion: Vox, HuffPost, The Hill and Boing Boing
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Antonia Farzan / Washington Post:
Kentucky's ex-governor pardoned a child rapist because the 9-year-old victim's hymen was intact  —  When the Louisville Courier-Journal revealed earlier this month that former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin (R) had pardoned a slew of violent criminals during his final weeks in office, he cited his belief in second chances.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Tyranny of the 63 Million  —  Impeachment didn't undermine democracy.  It vindicated it.  —  When George W. Bush lost the popular vote to Al Gore in 2000 but became president anyway, he did so with almost 50.5 million votes.  I didn't know that number until I looked it up …
Jonathan M. Katz / The Long Version:
Here's what Tucker Carlson believes  —  Welcome back to The Long Version, a newsletter by Jonathan M. Katz.  —  Subscribe now  —  On Sunday, exactly halfway between the resounding Conservative Party victory in the soon-to-be-less-United Kingdom and the impeachment of Donald J. Trump …
Des Moines Register:
Iowa man sentenced to 16 years for setting LGBTQ flag on fire  —  An Ames man was sentenced Wednesday to about 16 years in prison after he set fire to a church LGBTQ flag in June.  —  Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, last month was found guilty of a hate crime — a class “D” felony — third-degree harassment and reckless use of fire.
New York Times:
How to Track President Trump  —  IF YOU OWN A MOBILE PHONE, its every move is logged and tracked by dozens of companies.  No one is beyond the reach of this constant digital surveillance.  Not even the president of the United States.  —  The Times Privacy Project obtained a dataset …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton email saga drags on in court  —  Judge Royce Lamberth expressed concern with the continuing drip-drip-drip of Hillary Clinton messages.  —  Hillary Clinton.  Emma McIntyre/Getty Images  —  Hillary Clinton's email scandal may be a fading memory for most, but it remains a live …
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Four Tests for Impeachment  —  And how the president meets them  —  Advocates of a president's removal from office by Congress should have to climb over four walls to reach their objective.  First, they should have to show that the facts they allege are true.
 
 
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Impeachment far less important than economy in 2020 presidential election
Sasha Pezenik / ABC News:
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Discussion: NBC News and BuzzFeed News
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Tom Kertscher / Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings …:
The False claim comparing Jesus before Pontius Pilate and Trump's impeachment
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
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