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Lev Parnas Dishes On Kushner, Maduro, and Soros — In an interview from his lawyer's office, the ex-Giuliani ally talked cannabis, conspiracies, and one very weird meeting with the lawyers of an indicted Ukrainian oligarch. — A dinner with Jared and Ivanka about cannabis …
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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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Daily Kos, more at Mediagazer »


Parnas pressure grows on Senate GOP — Pressure is growing on Senate Republicans to call Lev Parnas, an associate of President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, to testify in the impeachment trial. — Democrats are opening the door to hearing from Parnas as a witness at the impeachment trial …


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 Guardian, MSNBC, The Week and New York Times


Sender Of Cryptic Messages About Yovanovitch Says They Were A Joke, Denies Spying On Diplomat — A Florida-based Trump supporter who sent text messages suggesting that he was surveilling former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in Ukraine is apologizing for the exchanges and says they were part of a …
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NBC News and Associated Press



House releases new impeachment evidence linking Nunes aide to Parnas
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Raw Story, Letters from an American, The Hill and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »


Texts suggest Robert Hyde passed along details about Yovanovitch movements
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Vox, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller


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.


Trump recounts minute-by-minute details of Soleimani strike to donors at Mar-a-Lago — (CNN)President Trump recounted minute-by-minute details of the US strike that killed Iran's top military commander during remarks to high-dollar Republican donors at his South Florida estate, according to audio obtained by CNN.
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Trump privately detailed the Soleimani airstrike to donors at Mar-a-Lago fundraiser — President Trump delivered a dramatic account of the airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, joked that he doesn't care if construction projects kill all the rattlesnakes and noted his indifference …
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One America News Network


‘The red wall is cracking’: Buttigieg gets ovation after expecting protests — His campaign feared hostility in Iowa's most conservative county. But the local response told a different story — Pete Buttigieg knew he was foraying into unfriendly confines when he was en route to Orange City …
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“Why Are We Not Winning Them?”: Pete Buttigieg's White Supporters Are Baffled By His Lack Of Black Support — DES MOINES — The white voters who come to Pete Buttigieg's rallies just don't understand. — Many of them fell for the 37-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana …
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Daily Kos, Washington Post and CNN

Buttigieg tries to recapture Iowa magic
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The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It — A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says. — Until recently, Hoan Ton-That's greatest hits included …


Trump's impeachment, starring Bill Clinton — President Donald Trump may be the one fighting in the Senate to keep his job, but on Capitol Hill and across the country, it can feel like someone else is still on trial: Bill Clinton. — Clinton's own impeachment trial, once a fading cultural artifact …
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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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Rod Rosenstein says he made call to release Strzok-Page texts — Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein authorized the release to the media of text messages between two highly placed FBI employees who exchanged criticism of then-candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign …
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The Hill, The Week, New York Post and Contemptor


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


Why We Ended Legacy Admissions at Johns Hopkins — When I served as the dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto—Canada's most selective law school—I would be asked every so often by one of our alumni what preference their children would enjoy when applying.


In Oval Office Meeting, Trump Expresses Regret on Vaping Policy — The president interrupted a meeting with campaign advisers to scold his health and human services secretary about the administration's ban on most flavored e-cigarettes. — President Trump upbraided the health …
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2020′s first big test? Not Iowa, but a tiny Texas House race — KATY, Texas (AP) — Beto O'Rourke is livestreaming again. Joe Biden and Julián Castro are making their presence felt. Mike Bloomberg has knocked on doors and outside groups are running TV attack ads.


3 more linked to neo-Nazi group arrested in Georgia — WASHINGTON (AP) — Three men linked to a violent white supremacist group known as The Base were charged with conspiring to kill members of a militant anti-fascist group, police in Georgia announced Friday, a day after three other members …
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Neo-Nazis Allegedly Discussed Opening Fire at Virginia's Pro-Gun Rally Slated for Monday
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Vanity Fair, New York Times and American Military News


An anguished Chris Collins faces 26 months in prison — Former Congressman Chris Collins arrives at Federal District Court in Manhattan Friday where he was sentenced to 26 months in federal prison for an insider trading scandal. (Photo by Jefferson Siegel)
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Former N.Y. Rep. Christopher Collins sentenced to federal prison for insider trading
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