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Fred Fleitz / Fox News:
Ambassador Bolton, withdraw your book — “Tune in to see Fred's exclusive interview with Laura Ingraham on ‘The Ingraham Angle’ at 10 PM ET on Fox News Channel.” — It was crushing to read weekend press reports that my friend and former boss John Bolton plans to publish a tell-all book …
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Axios:
Republicans fear “floodgates” if Bolton testifies — There may be enough new pressure on Senate Republicans to allow witnesses at President Trump's impeachment trial, after the leak from a forthcoming book by former national security adviser John Bolton that contradicts what the White House has been telling the country.
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New York Times:
John Roberts Can Call Witnesses to Trump's Trial. Will He? — Democratic House managers should ask the chief justice to issue subpoenas for John Bolton and others. — Mr. Katyal and Mr. Geltzer are law professors at Georgetown. Mr. Edwards is a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma.
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George Conway / Washington Post:
Bolton's testimony would be devastating. Not even Republicans could look away. — Search the transcript of Saturday's impeachment trial, as President Trump's lawyers began their opening arguments, and you'll see there's a name nowhere to be found: John Bolton, the former national security adviser.
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Mother Jones, CNN, Vox, Breitbart, Raw Story, Politico, BuzzFeed News and The Week
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Claiming John Bolton is just another ‘deep state’ James Comey is absurd — The idea that John Bolton, a lifelong conservative and loyal Republican, is some sort of deep state James Comey clone out to sell books by making up stories to damage President Trump, is patently absurd.
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The Atlantic, New York Times, Tangle, Washington Post and Washington Monthly
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Republican senators privately complain they were blindsided by Bolton. — President Trump's legal team's second day of oral arguments in the Senate impeachment trial opens with fresh uncertainty on Monday, after The New York Times reported that the White House has for weeks had an unpublished manuscript …
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Politico, Breitbart, Fox News, CNN, The Hill, Mother Jones and Al Jazeera
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Impeachment Live Coverage: Defense Ignores Bolton as It Resumes Arguments — President Trump's defense lawyers are offering an alternative rationale for why he froze security aid for Ukraine, ignoring revelations from the president's former national security adviser that directly contradict their case.
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Raw Story, The Week, New York Post and Foreign Policy
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump lawyer Raskin: Giuliani is the House managers' ‘colorful distraction’ — Jane Raskin, one of Trump's defense lawyers, opened her argument by accusing the House impeachment managers of resorting to using Giuliani as a “colorful distraction” to take away from the idea that “both the law and the facts” were not on their side.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Four big takeaways from the explosive John Bolton revelations
Four big takeaways from the explosive John Bolton revelations
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Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Townhall, Politico, Slate, The Week and The Mahablog
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Lindsey Graham abruptly cancels planned press conference in wake of John Bolton bombshell
Lindsey Graham abruptly cancels planned press conference in wake of John Bolton bombshell
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New York Times, Contemptor and Daily Kos
Politico:
Republicans struggle to get on message after Bolton rocks trial
Republicans struggle to get on message after Bolton rocks trial
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Townhall, New York Times, Washington Post, The Hill and Raw Story
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump rages after reports that Bolton book claims president tied Ukraine aid to probes
Trump rages after reports that Bolton book claims president tied Ukraine aid to probes
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Fox News, Talking Points Memo, Newsweek and The Root
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
John Bolton's impeachment bombshell, explained
John Bolton's impeachment bombshell, explained
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New York Times, New York Post and Talking Points Memo
ABC News:
Trump impeachment trial live updates: Bolton bombshell rocks Senate on witness question
Trump impeachment trial live updates: Bolton bombshell rocks Senate on witness question
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, NBC News, New York Times, Axios, Mediaite and Breitbart
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
GOP senators angry new leaked details support case against Trump
GOP senators angry new leaked details support case against Trump
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Washington Post, Raw Story and Law & Crime
Peter Baker / New York Times:
John Bolton's Account Upends Trump's Denials, but Will It Upend Trump?
John Bolton's Account Upends Trump's Denials, but Will It Upend Trump?
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The American Independent, Breitbart and Mother Jones
Politico:
Bolton upends Republican fight against witnesses
Bolton upends Republican fight against witnesses
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Washington Post, The Hill, New York Times, FiveThirtyEight, Reason, CNN, The Nation, The Daily Beast and IJR
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Bolton means for impeachment
POLITICO Playbook: What Bolton means for impeachment
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The Boston Globe, CNN, The Week, emptywheel, No More Mister Nice Blog and Daily Kos
Just Security:
Executive Privilege Cannot Block Bolton's Testimony
Executive Privilege Cannot Block Bolton's Testimony
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Raw Story, Lawfare, Law & Crime and NBC News
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Speak for America, John!
Associated Press:
Trump dismisses Bolton book revelations as patently ‘false’
Trump dismisses Bolton book revelations as patently ‘false’
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KTLA, FOX 61, Breitbart and Florida Politics
John Bolton / Amazon.com:
The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir
The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Post's misguided suspension of Felicia Sonmez over Kobe Bryant tweets — The Post has suspended reporter Felicia Sonmez following her social-media activity over the death of NBA great Kobe Bryant. Here's the explanation from Managing Editor Tracy Grant: “National political reporter Felicia Sonmez …
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Washington Post reporter suspended following Kobe Bryant tweet backlash — A Washington Post reporter has been suspended after drawing the ire of Twitter users over a post that linked to a Daily Beast story detailing rape allegations made against the late basketball star Kobe Bryant.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Read the Kobe Bryant-Related Tweets That Led Washington Post to Suspend Reporter Felicia Sonmez — Washington Post national political reporter Felicia Sonmez was suspended by the paper over the weekend over tweets she sent out after the news broke of Kobe Bryant's death.
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
Journalist who linked to story about Kobe Bryant rape case suspended — Felicia Sonmez (right), who covers national politics for The Washington Post, posted a link to a story about the Kobe Bryant rape case from 2003 on Sunday - hours after he died.
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Washington Post political reporter suspended over Kobe Bryant tweets
Washington Post political reporter suspended over Kobe Bryant tweets
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Townhall, New York Times and Los Angeles Times
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to proceed with immigration rules — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to begin implementing new rules making it easier to deny immigrants residency or admission to the country because they have or might use public-assistance programs.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to move forward with ‘public charge’ rule
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to move forward with ‘public charge’ rule
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Reuters, CBS News, Raw Story, Common Dreams and ImmigrationProf Blog
Pete Williams / NBC News:
In 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court allows Trump plan to deny green cards to those who may need gov't aid
In 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court allows Trump plan to deny green cards to those who may need gov't aid
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The Daily Beast:
Worried Democratic Operatives Scramble to Fund a Network to Take Down Bernie Sanders — Those operatives have had early talks about putting together an effort to stop the Vermonter should he break through in Iowa. But, so far, they've had few bites. — A group of loosely affiliated …
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Politico and Vanity Fair
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's Trump-like campaign is a disaster for Democrats
Bernie Sanders's Trump-like campaign is a disaster for Democrats
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New York Times and Washington Examiner
Nicole Hong / New York Times:
Prince Andrew Offers ‘Zero Cooperation’ in Epstein Case, F.B.I. Says — The United States attorney in Manhattan said the prince had not responded to their requests for an interview. — Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. have sought to interview Prince Andrew about Jeffrey Epstein …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Bolton Blows Up Trump Team's Foolhardy Quid Pro Quo Defense — They advanced an argument they didn't need to make, and now it will cost them. — D — on't build your fortress on quicksand. — That's been my unsolicited advice for President Trump and his legal team.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Anchor Chris Wallace Tears Into Conservative Pundit: ‘Get Your Facts Straight!’ — “That's not true, that's not true,” Wallace interrupted Pavlich at one point. — Sparks flew Monday on the Fox News set between Fox News anchor Chris Wallace and conservative contributor Katie Pavlich …
Alexa Pavliuc / Medium:
Watch six decade-long disinformation operations unfold in six minutes — Here's a bird's eye view of six state-backed information operations on Twitter, and how they evolved over the last decade. This research was funded by the Mozilla Foundation by an Open Source Support Award.