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Washington Post:
Lev Parnas and Rudy Giuliani have demolished Trump's claims of innocence — New documents show why the president has been trying to hide evidence from Congress. — Americans who have been wondering why President Trump has taken the extraordinary step of trying to block every document …
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Redstate, Fox News, Raw Story and Cmte Intelligence (D) …
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Ukraine prosecutor offered information related to Biden in exchange for ambassador's ouster, newly released materials show — New materials released by House Democrats appear to show Ukraine's top prosecutor offering an associate of President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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Bloomberg, ABC News, NBC News, Slate, The Week, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway and New York Times
David Corn / Mother Jones:
New Figure in Ukraine Scandal Was Taken Into Police Custody at Trump Resort Last Year — On Tuesday evening, the House Intelligence Committee released a new batch of documents relating to the Ukraine scandal, and the material introduced a new player: Robert F. Hyde, a minor Republican lobbyist …
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Talking Points Memo, Hartford Courant, Vox and Raw Story
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Department abruptly cancels briefing on embassy security — The State Department abruptly canceled a classified congressional briefing Wednesday that was supposed to focus on embassy security, a House aide said, infuriating Capitol Hill staffers seeking answers on alleged Iranian threats to U.S. missions overseas.
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Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Parnas Associate Tracked Ousted Ambassador's Movements in Kyiv: Docs
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Foreign Policy, Raw Story, NBC News, Letters from an American, Politico, Little Green Footballs and The Hill
The Daily Beast:
Meet the Trump Donor Who Allegedly Stalked America's Ambassador in Ukraine
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emptywheel, Hartford Courant, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, Law & Crime, The Hill and The Daily Beast
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
I Don't Think the Lev Parnas Texts Are the Last Hound to Be Unleashed
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CNN, Balloon Juice and HillReporter.com
Washington Post:
Warren ‘came to raise a concern’ with Sanders after debate, his campaign manager says — DES MOINES — Sen. Elizabeth Warren “came to raise a concern” with Sen. Bernie Sanders after Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate, according to Sanders's campaign manager, who briefly described …
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Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Boston Magazine, The Week, BuzzFeed News and New York Times
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The Intercept:
At the Iowa Debate, Bernie Sanders's Most Vociferous Opponent Was CNN — Ahead of the August 2015 Fox News debate, the company's chair, Rupert Murdoch, issued a directive to debate moderator Megyn Kelly: The Donald Trump thing has gone on long enough, it's time to take him down.
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Jacobin, The Hill, The Guardian and CNN
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The Warren-Sanders feud just got way worse
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Patterico's Pontifications, Mediaite, The Independent, JNS.org, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
In the War for the Progressive Future, Bernie Just Crushed Elizabeth Warren
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The Independent, CNN, Grabien News, The Week and The Daily Beast
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall:
The Biggest Loser of Tuesday's Dem Debate Wasn't Any of the Candidates
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The Atlantic, New York Times and Reason
Madison Dibble / Washington Examiner:
CNN debate moderator assumes Bernie Sanders is lying about women
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NB Blog and JONATHAN TURLEY
New York Times:
Trump and His Aides Focused for Now on 2 Rivals (Neither Is the Front-Runner)
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Politico and Washington Post
The Daily Beast:
Trump Privately Obsessed With Bernie Sanders' Popularity and Socialism's Appeal
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Breitbart, The Hill, Washington Post and The Cut
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Warren appears to rebuff Sanders' handshake amid sexism feud
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JustOneMinute, No More Mister Nice Blog and Associated Press
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pelosi announces House impeachment managers to prosecute case against Trump — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday announced the seven lawmakers who will serve as the House managers to prosecute the case against President Trump in his Senate impeachment trial, which is expected to begin in earnest next week.
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NBC News and The Daily Caller
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Washington Post:
Impeachment live updates: Schiff, Nadler are among the House members named as impeachment managers to prosecute the case against Trump — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday selected seven House members to serve as impeachment managers in the upcoming Senate trial of President Trump …
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Politico, ABC News, NBC News, Denver Post, Progress Pond, One America News Network, The Daily Beast, IJR, Reuters and The Hill
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump ‘abused’ and ‘harassed’ Kirstjen Nielsen over border, new book reveals — The president browbeat the former homeland security secretary for refusing to break the law, according to A Very Stable Genius — Donald Trump “abused”, “harassed” and “pestered” his homeland security secretary …
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Mediaite, Political Wire and Raw Story
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
New book portrays Trump as erratic, ‘at times dangerously uninformed’ — President Trump reveals himself as woefully uniformed about the basics of geography, incorrectly telling Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “It's not like you've got China on your border.” He toys with awarding himself the Medal of Freedom.
Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan senator to female reporter: High school boys could ‘have a lot of fun’ with you — LANSING — A state senator is under fire Wednesday after telling a female reporter she should stick around at the Capitol because a group of high school students from an all boys school, touring the Capitol, could “have a lot of fun” with her.
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Allison Donahue / Michigan Advance:
I tried to interview Sen. Peter Lucido. He told me a group of schoolboys ‘could have a lot of fun’ with me. — I waited outside the Michigan Senate chamber to ask Sen. Peter Lucido (R-Shelby Twp.) on Tuesday for a comment about the Detroit Metro Times' story reporting that he was a member of a violent …
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Detroit Metro Times
Washington Post:
Federal judge temporarily halts Trump administration policy allowing local governments to block refugees — State and local officials cannot block refugee admissions in their jurisdictions, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, finding the Trump administration's new refugee policy is likely “unlawful.”
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate braces for Trump impeachment trial — The Senate is preparing to begin President Trump's impeachment trial on Tuesday, a grueling process that senators expect will be highly partisan and likely drag on past the State of the Union address in early February.
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Klobuchar doubts security explanation for impeachment trial press limits
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Impeachment trial security crackdown will limit Capitol press access
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Politico, Daily Kos, The Hill and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
Jason McGahan / The Daily Beast:
Michael Avenatti Arrested by Feds at California State Bar Hearing — Stormy Daniels' ex-lawyer was taken into custody by federal agents during a disciplinary hearing at California's State Bar Court. — LOS ANGELES—Ex-Stormy Daniels lawyer and Trump antagonist Michael Avenatti was led …
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Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Avenatti arrested by IRS agents during California Bar Association hearing
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Townhall
Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
Justin Amash Has a Decision to Make — ‘Is there any better time to have a president who might be not from either party?’ — Three weeks from the first votes of the 2020 election, the presidential race seems—finally—to be taking shape. Republicans, having blocked any serious attempts …
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Reason
Andy Gregory / Yahoo News:
Trump renews attack on lightbulbs and goes after dishwashers, fridges, toilets and showers — Donald Trump has revisited his vendetta against energy-saving lightbulbs, ascribing them the blame for his orange hue while extending the focus of his ire to include showers, dishwashers and toilets in a wide-ranging rally speech in
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The Independent
Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
Russian government resigns as Putin seeks constitutional shakeup — The Russian leader has been in power for nearly two decades as either president or prime minister. — Russia's prime minister and its entire government resigned on Wednesday as part of sweeping constitutional changes …
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Politico, TASS and One America News Network
New York Times:
2019 Was the Second-Hottest Year Ever, Closing Out the Warmest Decade … ·Source: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies | Anomalies shown in reference to the average temperature at each location between 1951 and 1980. — Last year was the second-hottest on record …
Douglas London / Just Security:
The President, His Relationship with Intelligence, and the Soleimani Strike — When it comes to intelligence, like with so much else, President Donald Trump likes big names. It's this focus on celebrity, headlines, and immediate gratification — versus substance, impact, and consequences — that so often motivates him.
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