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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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Franklin Graham:
My Response to Christianity Today: — Christianity Today released an editorial stating that President Trump should be removed from office—and they invoked my father's name (I suppose to try to bring legitimacy to their statements), so I feel it is important for me to respond.
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Breitbart, BizPac Review and Althouse
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump blasts Christian magazine that called for his removal — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is blasting a prominent Christian magazine that published an editorial arguing that he should be removed from office. — Trump tweeted Friday morning that the magazine, Christianity Today …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Crazy Won't Beat Trump — Impeachment looks like a victory for Democrats, but their lurch left will prove far more consequential. — The Democrats think they've just had a big triumph. The president's been impeached. But Republicans see themselves as gaining the upper hand.
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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 …
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The Week, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Talking Points Memo
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.
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Talking Points Memo, National Review, Raw Story and The Hill
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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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
'I'm Never Afraid And I'm Rarely Surprised': Pelosi Brushes Off McConnell Snide
'I'm Never Afraid And I'm Rarely Surprised': Pelosi Brushes Off McConnell Snide
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
‘Family feud’: Trump still grumbling about witness-free impeachment trial
‘Family feud’: Trump still grumbling about witness-free impeachment trial
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Victoria Merlino / Queens Daily Eagle:
Queens man impeached
Queens man impeached
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Washington Post:
Why doesn't McConnell want witnesses at Trump's trial? Because he's guilty.
Why doesn't McConnell want witnesses at Trump's trial? Because he's guilty.
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The Atlantic, Deseret News, New York Times, The Daily Signal, BizPac Review and Redstate
Bloomberg:
Trump Lawyers Ask If Pelosi Delay Means He Isn't Impeached Yet
Trump Lawyers Ask If Pelosi Delay Means He Isn't Impeached Yet
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Democrats Decide Not to Debate Dull — LOS ANGELES — Hold on, did you catch that? It sounded very much like a sentence flowing from the lips of former Vice President Joe Biden: Nouns and verbs strung together in a linear way — no detours or ellipses — that made a concrete point with clear meaning.
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Ella Nilsen / Vox:
The Warren-Buttigieg wine cave controversy, explained
The Warren-Buttigieg wine cave controversy, explained
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Who's Best to Beat Trump? 7 Answers When 7 Democrats Debate
Who's Best to Beat Trump? 7 Answers When 7 Democrats Debate
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Salon, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, The Hill, SFist and The Guardian
New York Times:
6 Takeaways From the December Democratic Debate
6 Takeaways From the December Democratic Debate
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Washington Post, Politico, PJ Media Home, The Nation, Raw Story, NBC News and DNyuz
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact check: Did Warren's campaign benefit from big-ticket fundraisers?
Fact check: Did Warren's campaign benefit from big-ticket fundraisers?
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Mother Jones, Washington Post and Breitbart
Dan Merica / CNN:
Why Democrats are debating over a wine cave
Why Democrats are debating over a wine cave
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Breitbart, Columbia Journalism Review, Slate, Washington Post and DNyuz
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.
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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 …
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The Guardian, The Slot, Vox, HuffPost, The Hill and Boing Boing
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Daily Kos, The Colorado Independent, The Week, National Review and Raw Story
New York Times:
Durham Is Scrutinizing Ex-C.I.A. Director's Role in Russian Interference Findings — The federal prosecutor investigating the origins of the Russia inquiry is examining testimony by the former C.I.A. director John Brennan and seeking his communications records.
Grace Sparks / CNN:
CNN Poll: US economy receives its best ranking in nearly 20 years — Here's where democratic candidates stand against Trump — (CNN)As 2019 comes to a close, the US economy earns its highest ratings in almost two decades, potentially boosting President Donald Trump in matchups …
Twitter:
New disclosures to our archive of state-backed information operations — Transparency is at the heart of everything we do at Twitter. That's why we routinely disclose datasets of information operations we can reliably link to state actors. — These datasets live in our public archive …
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump Pulled Plug on Pompeo's November Ukraine Trip Over Impeachment Heat — The secretary of state will visit Kyiv in January. But he was supposed to make a trip there in November—until the plans were abruptly canceled. — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was scheduled to visit Ukraine …
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Raw Story, Daily Kos and Wall Street Journal
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 …
Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Boeing Starliner fails mission, can't reach space station after flying into wrong orbit — Boeing's spacecraft Starliner did not achieve the correct orbit after launching on Friday, preventing it from reaching its goal of docking with the International Space Station
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Natasha Clark / The Sun:
BREXIT BEGINS! Britain on way to Brexit as MPs FINALLY back Boris Johnson's deal just days before Christmas — BRITAIN is officially on its way to leaving the EU on January 31 today after MPs finally backed Boris Johnson's Brexit deal by a huge majority of 124.
CNBC:
US third-quarter economic growth unrevised at 2.1% — U.S. economic growth nudged up in the third quarter, the government confirmed on Friday. — There are signs the economy more or less maintained the moderate pace of expansion as the year ended, supported by a strong labor market.
Andreas Kluth / Yahoo News:
Angry French Pensioners Offer the World a Warning — (Bloomberg Opinion) — When it comes to retirement, France is like other countries, only more so: Everything about its system is untenable. It's untenable that it has 42 separate public pension schemes — one for train drivers, another for opera singers, and so on.
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 …
Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
The Majority is in Play — A year into this election cycle, the overall Senate landscape generally looks much like I thought it would. The races that seemed likely to be the most competitive are, in fact, the most competitive today. And, if the race ratings don't quite reflect it yet …
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
The Decade Tech Turned Dystopian — This was the decade we gave our privacy away. — We took silly personality quizzes on Facebook Inc. that made Cambridge Analytica possible. We bought phones that tracked our locations everywhere we went. We plugged in smart speakers that sent recordings …
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David Crary / Associated Press:
Impeachment of Trump voted top 2019 news story in AP poll — NEW YORK (AP) — The drive by the Democratic-led House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump was the top news story of 2019, according to The Associated Press' annual poll. — Trump also figured in the second …