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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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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Department abruptly cancels briefings on Iran, embassy security — The State Department abruptly canceled two classified congressional briefings Wednesday that were supposed to focus on embassy security and the U.S. relationship with Iran, Capitol Hill aides said …
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Trump Supporter Who Discussed Surveillance of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Has History of Stalking, Mental Health Issues — The man who relayed information about Marie Yovanovitch's location to Rudy Giuliani's Ukrainian associates was a known stalker with mental health issues.
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CNN and Talking Points Memo
David Corn / Mother Jones:
New Figure in Ukraine Scandal Was Taken Into Police Custody at Trump Resort Last Year
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Four big takeaways from the explosive Lev Parnas documents
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New York Times, VICE, Politico and Foreign Policy, more at Mediagazer »
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
I Don't Think the Lev Parnas Texts Are the Last Hound to Be Unleashed
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CNN, The Mahablog, HillReporter.com, Balloon Juice and New York Times
Washington Post:
How Giuliani's outreach to Ukrainian gas tycoon wanted in U.S. shows lengths he took in his hunt …
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Mother Jones
Washington Post:
Ukraine prosecutor offered information related to Biden in exchange for ambassador's ouster …
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Politico, Washington Monthly, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, Digby's Hullabaloo, ABC News, Slate, NBC News, Tangle, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, The Week, New York Times and Axios
courthousenews.com:
Indicted Giuliani Ally Has Money-Tied Republicans Seeking Cover
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New York Times
New York Times:
Here Are New Details on That Warren and Sanders Post-Debate Exchange — Following a tense debate during which Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders clashed over a disputed remark, the two exchanged words, but did not shake hands. … NEWTON, Iowa — It was the most tense moment …
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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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CNN, Politico, Mediaite, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Twitchy, No More Mister Nice Blog, Boston Magazine, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Vox, BuzzFeed News and New York Times
The Intercept:
At the Iowa Debate, Bernie Sanders's Most Vociferous Opponent Was CNN
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The Hill, Jacobin, The Post Millennial, The Guardian and CNN
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The Warren-Sanders feud just got way worse
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Washington Free Beacon, Patterico's Pontifications, Mediaite, The Atlantic, New York Times and The Independent
Jeet Heer / The Nation:
CNN Has It In for Bernie — The cable news network …
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Common Dreams, PJ Media Home and Talking Points Memo
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The case for Elizabeth Warren
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and New York Times
Des Moines Register:
Read the full transcript of Tuesday night's CNN/Des Moines Register debate
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National Review, Breitbart, Washington Post, Althouse, The Atlantic, Jacobin, Press Watch, Reason, The Nation, The Week and IJR
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall:
The Biggest Loser of Tuesday's Dem Debate Wasn't Any of the Candidates
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The Bulwark, Washington Post and Breitbart
Madison Dibble / Washington Examiner:
CNN debate moderator assumes Bernie Sanders is lying about women
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JONATHAN TURLEY and NB Blog
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.
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Raw Story, The Week, Mediaite and The American Independent
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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 …
Washington Post:
Impeachment live updates: House members vote to send articles of impeachment against Trump to Senate, approve seven members to serve as prosecutors in trial — The House voted Wednesday to send articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate and approved seven Democrats to serve …
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Washington Monthly, The Hill, Politico, Daily Kos, Denver Post, One America News Network, The Daily Beast, Breitbart, NBC News, Reuters and IJR
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New York Times:
House Votes to Send Impeachment Charges to Senate, Approving Managers
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The Moderate Voice, The Week, Politico and Vanity Fair
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pelosi announces House impeachment managers to prosecute case against Trump
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The Daily Caller and NBC News
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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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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Michigan Advance and Raw Story
CNN:
Russian government resigns as Putin proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power — Moscow, Russia (CNN)The entire Russian government is resigning, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Wednesday, after Vladimir Putin proposed sweeping reforms that could extend his decades-long grip on power beyond the end of his presidency.
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DailySabah, The Root and National Review
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Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
Russian government resigns as Putin seeks constitutional shakeup
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TASS, Politico and One America News Network
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Lawsuit Claims Epstein Trafficked Girls in Caribbean Until 2018 — The attorney general of the Virgin Islands says Mr. Epstein and his associates used a database to track victims as young as 11 years old. — New evidence shows Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused and trafficked hundreds …
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New York Post and CNBC
Washington Post:
Days before Europeans warned Iran of nuclear deal violations, Trump secretly threatened to impose 25% tariff on European autos if they didn't — A week before Germany, France and Britain formally accused Iran of breaching the 2015 nuclear deal, the Trump administration issued a private threat …
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The Federalist, CNBC and Redstate
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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The Guardian, The Week and Mediaite
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
NPR's sanitizing of Trump's Milwaukee rally shows how he's broken the media — Trump at his rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images — In trying to be above taking sides, the mainstream media does Trump a favor by making order out of his chaos.
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Daily Kos, PJ Media Home and New York Times
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
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Pete Buttigieg's Campaign Cybersecurity Chief Resigns — His was the sole Democratic presidential campaign known to have a full-time cyber staffer — The cybersecurity chief for Democratic candidate for president Pete Buttigieg's campaign has resigned, as concerns mount about attempts …
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Mother Jones
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
‘OK, Boomer’ makes a Supreme Court appearance in age case — WASHINGTON (AP) — “OK, Boomer” made its first appearance in the Supreme Court Wednesday, invoked by baby boomer Chief Justice John Roberts 12 days before he turns 65. — The meme is a favorite of younger generations and Roberts used …
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Politico
HuffPost:
The Ministry Of Untruth — What Donald Trump's unending stream of lies has done to our White House, our country and us. … As our president sat across from Volodymyr Zelensky in New York last autumn, he explained to the newly elected leader that he knew all about his country because …
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