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Keith E. Whittington / Reason:
When Is an Officer Impeached? IV — Now that President Donald Trump has gotten wind of the fact that he might not yet have been impeached, we should make some things abundantly clear. — At a Turning Point USA event in Florida, the president noted, “In fact, there's no impeachment.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Key Democratic senator remains undecided on whether Trump should be removed from office — Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), who won a stunning special election victory in 2017 and faces a difficult reelection campaign next year, said Sunday that he remains undecided on whether President Trump should be removed from office.
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
If Trump's Impeached, Then Why Can't a Senate Trial Start Now?
If Trump's Impeached, Then Why Can't a Senate Trial Start Now?
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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Pelosi's decision to withhold articles of impeachment ‘bizarre’: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
Pelosi's decision to withhold articles of impeachment ‘bizarre’: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pence chief of staff not worried about Pelosi impeachment tactics: ‘She will yield’
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Sen. Roy Blunt: Impeachment trial is “not a trial in any classic sense”
Sen. Roy Blunt: Impeachment trial is “not a trial in any classic sense”
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
As Pelosi plays games with impeachment, what next for GOP?
As Pelosi plays games with impeachment, what next for GOP?
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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Christianity Today editor: Trump's ‘public morality’ makes him ‘unfit’ for office — Christianity Today Editor-in-Chief Mark Galli said on Sunday that President Trump has crossed a line where his actions benefiting the evangelical community no longer excuse his misconduct in other areas.
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Timothy Dalrymple / Christianity Today:
The Flag in the Whirlwind: An Update from CT's President — Why our editor in chief spoke out against Trump, and why the conversation must continue. — Reader responses to Mark Galli's recent editorial have spanned the spectrum. We have received countless notes of encouragement from readers who were profoundly moved.
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New York Times:
It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It's Secretly a Spy Tool. — ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race. — WASHINGTON — It is billed as an easy and secure way to chat by video or text message …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: John Bolton hits Trump for bluffing on North Korea nukes — In his sharpest criticism yet of his old workplace, John Bolton suggested the Trump administration is bluffing about stopping North Korea's nuclear ambitions — and soon might need to admit publicly that its policy failed badly.
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Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
How a Poisoning in Bulgaria Exposed Russian Assassins in Europe — For years, members of a secret team, Unit 29155, operated without Western security officials having any idea about their activities. But an attack on an arms dealer in Sofia helped blow their cover.
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Scoop: Mayor Pete's South Bend polling — The mayor leads the Democratic field in his hometown. — In one of his last acts as both mayor and presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg commissioned a poll of his own South Bend constituents showing he leads the Democratic field and President Trump …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dem Debate Ratings Debacle: Rerun Exhaustion, Or Impeachment Burnout?
Dem Debate Ratings Debacle: Rerun Exhaustion, Or Impeachment Burnout?
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Susannah Luthi / Politico:
How Trump is filling the liberal 9th Circuit with conservatives — A bastion of liberalism in the federal judiciary is slowly turning rightward, threatening Democratic court challenges on everything from abortion to who gets a green card. — The Senate confirmation of Lawrence VanDyke …
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Kim Norvell / Des Moines Register:
Elizabeth Warren shakes up Iowa campaign style, with more candid events, but she still shies away from candidate attacks — OTTUMWA, Ia. — As she slips in state and national polls, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is shaking up her campaign style in Iowa — a move that paves the way for more candid, sometimes personal events.
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USA Today:
How America went from Barack Obama to Donald Trump in one head-spinning political decade — Obama's America and Trump's America feel like separate nations, but they are bound by Newton's law: For every action, an equal and opposite reaction. — How did we get from Barack Obama to Donald Trump?
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Universal Notifies Theaters ‘Cats’ Is Being Updated With “Improved Visual Effects” — The move is unheard of for a finished film already in release. — How many lives does Cats have? — On Friday — the movie's opening day — Universal notified thousands of theaters they will be receiving …
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New York Times:
Stranded on Border, This Migrant Became the Camp Doctor — A Cuban doctor waiting for asylum in the United States has become the only full-time physician at a makeshift encampment for 2,500 migrants in Mexico. — MATAMOROS, Mexico — Under a canopy on the edge of a squalid encampment …
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Us vs. them: Trump aiming to use impeachment to rev up base — NEW YORK (AP) — Using stark “us vs. them” language, President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign have begun framing his impeachment not as a judgment on his conduct but as a referendum on how Democrats regard him and his supporters.
Axios:
Scoop: Buttigieg fundraiser dangles influence for cash — In a recent email exchange with a wealthy prospective donor, a top fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg made an offer that was unusually blunt — even by modern pay-to-play standards.
New York Post:
If FBI was routinely cutting corners on FISA warrants, Comey will look even worse — Now that we know FBI agents deceived the court to get the warrants to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page, the big question is: Was this the exception, or the rule? — That is, has the bureau taken …
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