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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
People Aren't Buying William Barr's Rebuke Of Donald Trump — Lawmakers, legal experts and cable news hosts highly doubt the attorney general's interview appearing to stand up to the president. — Attorney General William Barr on Thursday appeared to stand up to Donald Trump when he complained …
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Barr blasts Trump's tweets on Stone case: ‘Impossible for me to do my job’: ABC News Exclusive — The attorney general spoke with ABC News Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas. — LIVE NOW — In an exclusive interview, Attorney General Bill Barr told ABC News on Thursday that President Donald Trump …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
A President So Unhinged That Even Bill Barr Says He's Out of Control — Welcome to the post-acquittal Trump Presidency. — President Trump is not moving on. He is not getting over it. In the eight days since his acquittal by the Republican-controlled Senate, Trump has shown all too clearly …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Exclusive: Republicans snooped on Democrats' House polls — DRIVING THE DAY — BEHIND THE SCENES ... CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES IN WASHINGTON pay lots of money to get an edge on their opponent. They have research teams, conduct detailed and pricey polls and dispatch trackers across …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Right's Big Lie About Roger Stone — Trump allies are saying Stone didn't really threaten a witness. They're wrong. — Randy Credico is the witness from Robert Mueller's investigation who Roger Stone, Donald Trump's longtime adviser, has been convicted of threatening.
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
After Trump's Attacks on Justice Dept., Barr Says He Will Not ‘Be Bullied’ — The attorney general said that the president's attacks on prosecutors' handling of his friend Roger Stone's sentencing undermine the legal system and the Justice Department. — WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr …
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Washington Post:
Trump bucks Barr's request to stop tweeting about Justice Dept., declaring a 'legal right …
Trump bucks Barr's request to stop tweeting about Justice Dept., declaring a 'legal right …
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Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Axios and The Hill
Elizabeth Vaughn / Redstate:
AG Barr Conducts Damage Control After Trump's Reckless Tweets Nearly Spark Impeachment 2.0
AG Barr Conducts Damage Control After Trump's Reckless Tweets Nearly Spark Impeachment 2.0
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Washington Post:
Barr pushes back against Trump's criticism of Justice Dept., says tweets ‘make it impossible for me to do my job’
Barr pushes back against Trump's criticism of Justice Dept., says tweets ‘make it impossible for me to do my job’
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Trials of Bill Barr
Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
Bill Barr's Really Bad First Year
Bill Barr's Really Bad First Year
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New York Times, Breitbart and PJ Media Home
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
As sentencing approaches, Roger Stone turns to former mob lawyer for help
As sentencing approaches, Roger Stone turns to former mob lawyer for help
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The Hill, The National Memo, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and NBC News
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Transcript of Attorney General Bill Barr's exclusive interview with ABC News
Transcript of Attorney General Bill Barr's exclusive interview with ABC News
Ryan Nicol / Florida Politics:
New front-runner? Mike Bloomberg edges out Joe Biden in new Florida survey — A shocking St. Pete Polls survey late last month has Mike Bloomberg surging to second in the Florida presidential primary. The newest version from the same outfit, released Friday, shows Bloomberg …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
There is another service to the country Biden may need to perform
There is another service to the country Biden may need to perform
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The Daily Caller and The Hill
Laura Bassett / GQ:
Why Is Bloomberg's Long History of Egregious Sexism Getting a Pass?
Why Is Bloomberg's Long History of Egregious Sexism Getting a Pass?
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BizPac Review and Twitchy
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Bernie Sanders leaps to first among Texas Democrats in latest UT/TT Poll — Sanders now leads the Democratic presidential candidates among Texas voters, but Donald Trump maintains a slight lead over each of the top Democrats in the race, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
What Being a Mayor Taught Pete Buttigieg — Some Democratic rivals question whether Mr. Buttigieg has the experience to be president. Some key episodes in South Bend show how he struggled, learned and grew as a leader. — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The news was alarming: Children …
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Limbaugh draws bipartisan condemnation for Buttigieg remarks
Limbaugh draws bipartisan condemnation for Buttigieg remarks
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Washington Post:
Trump allies take aim at Buttigieg's sexuality, a possible sign of things to come
Trump allies take aim at Buttigieg's sexuality, a possible sign of things to come
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LGBTQ Nation, People.com and The Week
David Marcus / The Federalist:
No, Rush Limbaugh's Comments About Buttigieg Are Not Homophobic
No, Rush Limbaugh's Comments About Buttigieg Are Not Homophobic
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Instapundit
Adam Bienkov / Business Insider:
Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned trip to the White House after Trump slammed the phone down on him in a moment of ‘apoplectic’ fury — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned trip to meet Donald Trump next month after a furious row between the two men.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Julia Ioffe / Washington Post:
Democrats are wasting time fighting over policies the Senate will never pass — It was a sight to behold: a former vice president, two senators and a former mayor on a stage in New Hampshire a week ago, arguing over the impossible. Would Sen. Bernie Sanders deliver Medicare-for-all immediately, as he promised to do?
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Investigating C.I.A. Resistance to Sharing Russia Secrets — The prosecutor was assigned by the attorney general to scrutinize the agents and analysts who sought to understand Russia's covert operation to help Donald J. Trump win the 2016 election.
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Redstate, CNN, Raw Story, The Last Refuge and Talking Points Memo
Alex Kotch / EXPOSEDbyCMD:
Democratic Presidential Candidate Michael Bloomberg Is a GOP Bankroller — In June 2018, billionaire business executive and former Republican Michael Bloomberg hosted a fundraiser for Long Island GOP Rep. Peter King. At his lavish home in New York City, Bloomberg urged co-hosts to raise …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump contradicts past denials, admits sending Giuliani to Ukraine — Washington (CNN)Emboldened after his impeachment acquittal, President Donald Trump now openly admits to sending his attorney Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to find damaging information about his political opponents …
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Joe.My.God., Raw Story, The Independent and POLITICUSUSA
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Readied Sanctions on Russian Oligarch's Associates—Then Mysteriously Backed Off — “Somebody overruled [Treasury], essentially,” one sanctions expert said. “That's the most likely scenario.” — Something strange happened in mid-December involving Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch.
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Raw Story
New York Daily News:
Women's wear mogul Peter Nygard accused as vile sexual predator, hosted ‘pamper parties’ to rape and abuse aspiring models and underage girls, according to Manhattan lawsuit — Rags-to-riches garment business legend Peter Nygard was accused of sex trafficking paid underage “girlfriends” …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
This latest trick from the Trump administration is one of the most despicable yet — SAN FRANCISCO — After Yolanda was raped, she ran. — She ran from the basement where her attacker had trapped her for three hours. She ran until she found her way to a police station …
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
General John Kelly, Trump Stooge, Is No Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, Patriot — Vindman saw something, and said something. Kelly saw plenty, and kept it to himself for more than two years. — BEAST INSIDE — John Kelly's half-assed, just-the-tip critique of Donald Trump Thursday …
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Raw Story
Corey Dickstein / Stars & Stripes:
Esper defends stripping Stars and Stripes of all funding, says news organization is not a priority — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday defended the Pentagon's effort to strip Stars and Stripes of all of its federal funding as part of its fiscal year 2021 budget request …
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Trump's story about veteran's comeback was not quite true — NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Rankins, a formerly homeless, drug-addicted Army veteran, got a standing ovation at the State of the Union after President Donald Trump described how he turned his life around thanks to a construction job …
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Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Alabama lawmaker's bill would force men to get vasectomies at 50 — A state representative from Birmingham filed a bill Thursday that would require Alabama men to get a vasectomy once they reach 50 years old or father three children, “whichever comes first.”
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Bloomberg Could Pull It Off — Biden's collapse created a vacuum in the center, and the former mayor has the money and will to fill it. — You have to start here: We are immersed in a freakish and confounding political era. Anything can happen. Surprise is built in.
Politico:
Sex, Lies and Prenups: Donald Trump's Timeless Wisdom on Love — Donald Trump's many books are ostensibly about business and the business of being him. They are chock-full, too, though, with love advice. There's a good reason for that: To Trump, who presents himself as an expert on everything …
Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
The Big Roadblock For Bernie Sanders' Agenda — Moderates shouldn't be too scared of a Sanders presidency when all Republicans and most Democrats in Congress publicly oppose “Medicare for All.” — WASHINGTON ― It's no exaggeration to say the biggest flashpoint in the Democratic …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Dangerous Denial of Sex — Transgender ideology harms women, gays—and especially feminine boys and masculine girls. — Transgender ideology can take on a comical character, as in a recent American Civil Liberties Union commentary objecting to sales tax on tampons and similar products while pondering …
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