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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Coordinated Posts Defend Connecticut Man Who Exchanged Ukraine Texts — Some of the pages describe themselves as representing groups of supporters of President Trump from different states — WASHINGTON—A network of several dozen Facebook pages is coordinating posts defending Robert F. Hyde …
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Washington Post:
Nunes aide communicated with Parnas about Ukraine campaign, messages show — House Democrats released new documents Friday evening showing extensive contact between an associate of President Trump's personal attorney and an aide to the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee regarding …
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The American Independent
CNN:
Barr dropped into Giuliani meeting at Justice Department in previously undisclosed encounter — Lev Parnas describes multiple quid pro quos with Ukraine — (CNN)Attorney General William Barr briefly attended a meeting at the Justice Department last fall between top criminal prosecutors …
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Why was Lev Parnas wearing a ‘Presidential Service Badge’ awarded to troops who serve in the White House? — Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman posted a fascinating update about a photo of impeachment figure Lev Parnas. — The photo shows Igor Fruman — who …
Politico:
House releases new impeachment evidence linking Nunes aide to Parnas — House impeachment investigators sought Friday to pull Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, deeper into the Ukraine scandal at the center of President Donald Trump's upcoming impeachment trial.
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The Hill and The Daily Beast
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Grisham Watch: What's the White House press secretary up to? — First in a regular series on the activities of White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham. — Everyone knows what White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham isn't doing. Since assuming her post last summer …
NBC News:
Texts suggest Robert Hyde passed along details about Yovanovitch movements — They include screenshots of messages about the U.S. ambassador's movements that appear to have been sent to Hyde, who forwarded thems to Lev Parnas. — New text messages released by House Democrats …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and New York Times
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Pompeo breaks silence on alleged threats to envoy in Ukraine
Pompeo breaks silence on alleged threats to envoy in Ukraine
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The Daily Caller
CNN:
New impeachment documents show more texts about possible surveillance of former US ambassador to Ukraine
New impeachment documents show more texts about possible surveillance of former US ambassador to Ukraine
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and Fox News
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump — The large color photograph that greets visitors to a National Archives exhibit celebrating the centennial of women's suffrage shows a massive crowd filling Pennsylvania Avenue NW for the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017, the day after President Trump's inauguration.
Laura Reiley / Washington Post:
USDA proposes changing school menus to allow more fries and fewer vegetables, reversing a Michelle Obama effort — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has taken another whack at former first lady Michelle Obama's signature achievement: Establishing stricter nutritional standards for school breakfasts and lunches.
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CNN, POLITICUSUSA and Mother Jones
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
‘Faithless elector’: Supreme Court will hear case that could change how presidents are chosen — A ruling could come in the spring — just as the 2020 presidential race is heating up. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up an issue that could change a key element …
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Associated Press, Washington Post, Townhall, One America News Network, The Hill and Axios
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Axios:
Trump tells HHS secretary he regrets wading into “that f***ing vaping thing” — President Trump told his health secretary yesterday that he regrets getting involved in the administration's policy on vaping, according to two sources familiar with the conversation.
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Mediaite
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Chris Collins, First U.S. Lawmaker To Endorse Trump, Gets 26-Month Prison Sentence — The ex-House member from western New York pleaded guilty to illegal insider trading in September. — A judge on Friday sentenced former Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), an early and staunch ally of President Donald Trump …
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CNBC
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Tom Winter / NBC News:
Former N.Y. Rep. Christopher Collins sentenced to federal prison for insider trading
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
An anguished Chris Collins faces 26 months in prison
An anguished Chris Collins faces 26 months in prison
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Balloon Juice and UPI
Wall Street Journal:
Men Discussed Opening Fire at Pro-Gun Rally in Richmond, Officials Say — Other suspected members of white-supremacist group the Base arrested in Georgia — Three suspected white supremacists arrested in Maryland and Delaware this week had discussed opening fire from different positions …
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Slate, Right Wing Watch, Reason, The Hill and The Crime Report
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Washington Post:
'You're a bunch of dopes and babies': Inside Trump's stunning tirade against generals — There is no more sacred room for military officers than 2E924 of the Pentagon, a windowless and secure vault where the Joint Chiefs of Staff meet regularly to wrestle with classified matters.
NBC News:
Meet Trump's legal team for the impeachment trial — Trump's legal team has some high-profile members, including Alan Dershowitz and Kenneth Starr. — WASHINGTON — The legal team for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate includes some high-profile names …
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Breitbart
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Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
ISIS leader dubbed ‘Jabba the Jihadi’ captured in Iraq — He put the fat in fatwa. — A morbidly obese ISIS fanatic dubbed “Jabba the Jihadi” has been captured by Iraqi forces — who loaded him onto a flatbed truck because he couldn't fit in a police car.
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Stars & Stripes, American Greatness and Task & Purpose
New York Times:
Joe Biden: Former vice president of the United States — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. — This interview was conducted by the editorial board of The New York Times …
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Joe Biden wants to revoke Section 230
Joe Biden wants to revoke Section 230
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Washington Free Beacon and Mediaite
Kansas City Star:
Trump tried to call Kris Kobach during his meeting with Roger Marshall, sources say — President Donald Trump initially tried to call Kansas Republican Kris Kobach while he was meeting in the Oval Office with Kobach's GOP rival Rep. Roger Marshall, according to two sources familiar with the meeting.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain: McSally 'Didn't Earn' the Senate Seat She Inherited From My Dad — “She didn't win that seat. I think that's important.” — The View's Meghan McCain took some shots at Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) on Friday after the lawmaker personally insulted a CNN reporter …
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Twitchy, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart and Contemptor, more at Mediagazer »
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Martha McSally's staggering cynicism
Martha McSally's staggering cynicism
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The American Independent, Sara A. Carter and Vox
Martin Indyk / Wall Street Journal:
The Middle East Isn't Worth It Anymore — With few vital American interests still at stake there, the U.S. should finally set aside its grandiose ambitions for the chaotic region — Last week, despite Donald Trump's repeated pledge to end American involvement in the Middle East's conflicts …
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
The Sanders Campaign Researched Whether Warren Could Be Both Vice President and Treasury Secretary at Once — The presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders has researched the question of whether the same person can serve as both vice president and treasury secretary, according to three sources on the campaign.
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Breitbart, The Atlantic, Jacobin and Vox
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Mike Bloomberg is assembling a team of fundraising experts to recruit wealthy donors - but not to take their money — Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is creating a team of fundraising experts to recruit wealthy donors. But he doesn't want their money. He wants them to act as surrogates for his campaign.
Variety:
Disney Drops Fox Name, Will Rebrand as 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures — The mouse has officially killed the fox. — In a move at once unsurprising and highly symbolic, the Walt Disney Company is dropping the “Fox” brand from the 21st Century Fox assets it acquired last March, Variety has learned.
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New York Times, The Verge, globalnews.ca, The Independent and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
Steve Vockrodt / Kansas City Star:
Kansas City radio station agrees to broadcast Russian-owned ‘propaganda’ program — A Kansas City area radio station can broadcast Russian state-owned media programming, the type that U.S. intelligence called a “propaganda machine,” for six hours a day through a lease agreement struck by a local radio operator.
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The Hill