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The Hill:
The Hill's review of John Solomon's columns on Ukraine — On Nov. 18, 2019, The Hill announced it was reviewing John Solomon's opinion columns on Ukraine after State Department diplomats criticized several of those columns during House impeachment hearings.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Bloomberg camp's “dire” warning: Bernie Sanders will soon be unstoppable — Mike Bloomberg's campaign is sounding the alarm that Bernie Sanders will soon amass an unsurmountable delegate lead if the Democratic field stays split — and took the extraordinary step of suggesting laggards should drop out.
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National Review, Washington Post, Associated Press, The Hill and The Smoke Eater
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Will Democrats stand up to the bully on their own side? — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at the CNN town hall Tuesday night confirmed what he told MNBC's Chuck Todd recently: He will not, on second thought, release his full medical records as he promised after the 78-year-old had a heart attack last fall.
Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
Why Elizabeth Warren Got Dropped From A Poll Question About General Election Matchups
Why Elizabeth Warren Got Dropped From A Poll Question About General Election Matchups
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The Hill, The Week, Daily Kos, Instapundit, Wall Street Journal, NBC News and New York Times
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders is not just a garden-variety social democrat
Bernie Sanders is not just a garden-variety social democrat
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Fox News, Marginal REVOLUTION and Project Syndicate
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Trump Offered Assange Pardon if He Covered Up Russian Hack, WikiLeaks Founder's Lawyer Claims — Lawyers acting for the WikiLeaks founder said Dana Rohrabacher, a former Republican congressman, had brought the message to London from Trump. — LONDON—President Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange …
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Mother Jones
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Owen Bowcott / The Guardian:
Donald Trump ‘offered Julian Assange a pardon if he denied Russia link to hack’ — Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told. — The extraordinary claim was made at Westminster magistrates court …
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UPI
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
The Hidden History of Sanders's Plot to Primary Obama — Democrats' previous president and maybe their next one have a particularly fraught relationship. — Bernie sanders got so close to running a primary challenge to President Barack Obama that Senator Harry Reid had to intervene to stop him.
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Raw Story
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NBC News:
Sanders press secretary walks back ‘heart attack’ comments on Bloomberg
Sanders press secretary walks back ‘heart attack’ comments on Bloomberg
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Politico, The Daily Beast and TheBlaze
Savannah Behrmann / USA Today:
Bernie Sanders says he won't release full medical records
Bernie Sanders says he won't release full medical records
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NBC News, National Review, New York Daily News, The Week and CNN
Washington Post:
Sanders surges into national lead in new Post-ABC poll — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), on the strength of his performances in Iowa and New Hampshire, has surged nationally and now holds a sizable lead over all of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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NBC News, Mother Jones, Mediaite, VICE, National Review, Breitbart, Slate and Axios
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Biden, Sanders tied for first place in South Carolina: poll
Biden, Sanders tied for first place in South Carolina: poll
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One America News Network
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders takes wide lead in California primary, new poll finds
Bernie Sanders takes wide lead in California primary, new poll finds
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Sanders and Bloomberg rise, Biden falls, with sharp shifts in views of electability
Sanders and Bloomberg rise, Biden falls, with sharp shifts in views of electability
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Law & Crime
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Sanders takes double-digit lead in new national poll, as Biden crumbles and Bloomberg rises
Sanders takes double-digit lead in new national poll, as Biden crumbles and Bloomberg rises
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National Review, Politico and CBS News
Josh Blackman / Washington Post:
Trump has the constitutional power to intervene in Roger Stone's sentencing — The Constitution does not place a wall between the president and the Justice Department — President Trump tweeted last week that he has the “legal right” to tell Attorney General William P. Barr …
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Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
The Dispute Over Roger Stone's Recommended Sentence Explained — Trial prosecutors argued four add-on punishments apply, but senior Justice Department officials disagreed — How much time should Roger Stone serve in prison? — The answer to that question involves a complicated set …
Associated Press:
AP source: Barr tells people he might quit over Trump tweets
AP source: Barr tells people he might quit over Trump tweets
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Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, CNN, New York Post, PJ Media Home, Axios and TheBlaze, more at Mediagazer »
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's pardon spree deepens crisis gripping American justice
Trump's pardon spree deepens crisis gripping American justice
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The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
China Expels Three Wall Street Journal Reporters — China's Foreign Ministry says move was punishment for a recent opinion piece published by the Journal — China revoked the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters based in Beijing, the first time in the post-Mao era …
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New York Times, Townhall, National Review, Mediaite, The Wrap, Washington Post, globaltimes.cn, VICE, The Hill, CNBC and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Bankrolls a Social-Media Army to Push Message — Campaign is hiring workers for $2,500 per month to promote Bloomberg to all their contacts — Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign is hiring hundreds of workers in California to post regularly on their personal social-media accounts …
CNN:
Top Pentagon policy official resigns at Trump's request — Washington (CNN)The Pentagon's top policy official John Rood resigned on Wednesday at the request of President Donald Trump, according to a copy of his resignation letter obtained by CNN. — John Rood, Under Secretary of Defense …
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Axios, Politico, Daily Kos, Defense One and Foreign Policy
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Bloomberg:
Pentagon Policy Chief in Ukraine-Aid Case Exits Under Pressure — Under Secretary Rood said to have faced pressure to resign — Rood is latest in a wave of Trump administration departures — John Rood has stepped down as the top policy official at the Defense Department, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, The Daily Caller and The Week
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The Trouble with Donald Trump's Clemencies and Pardons — Authoritarianism is usually associated with a punitive spirit—a leader who prosecutes and incarcerates his enemies. But there is another side to this leadership style. Authoritarians also dispense largesse, but they do it by their own whims …
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HuffPost, New York Times, PJ Media Home, Althouse, Rolling Stone, New Republic and Daily Kos
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Bernie Could Beat Trump. Here's How. — The conventional wisdom says that Bernie Sanders can't possibly beat Trump. The convention wisdom is wrong. — 1. How Bernie Loses — I understand the Democratic panic about the possibility of Bernie Sanders winning their nomination.
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Raw Story
Devan Cole / CNN:
Andrew Yang joins CNN as a political commentator — Washington (CNN)Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is joining CNN as a political commentator, the network announced Wednesday. — “I'm excited to join @CNN to help shed light on the election and the candidates' experiences …
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National Review, The Hill, Fox News, Politico, The Daily Caller, Axios, The Week, Deadline, Mediaite, IJR, Contemptor and The Wrap
Julia Azari / Washington Post:
It's time to switch to preference primaries — Julia Azari is an associate professor and assistant chair in the Department of Political Science at Marquette University. This is the third op-ed in a series about how to improve the presidential nominating process.
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Townhall, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Charlene Carruthers / Teen Vogue:
Black Womxn For Supports Elizabeth Warren for Admitting Her Mistakes — In this oped, activist Charlene Carruthers praises the 2020 candidate's willingness to listen to Black women. — There are two things political leaders in this country rarely do well: the first is owning …
Bethany Rodgers / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah senators pass bill to decriminalize polygamy — A bill that would effectively decriminalize polygamy and dispel fears of prosecution for plural marriage among consenting adults sailed through the Utah Senate on Tuesday. — Sen. Deidre Henderson's bill would reclassify bigamy as an infraction …
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Deseret News
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Ahead of 2020 election, a ‘Blue Wave’ is rising in the cities, polling analysis shows — NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November, Americans' interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats …
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Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign hires alum of controversial data company — President Donald Trump's campaign is bringing on an alum of the controversial data firm Cambridge Analytica, a move likely to raise alarms among Trump critics and data privacy advocates who worry the president will push the technological envelope to get reelected in 2020.
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Raw Story and 20 Minutes into the Future
Kenneth S. Baer / The Atlantic:
The Debates Broke the Primary — With one caucus and one primary complete, Democratic insiders are worried. The number of Democratic candidates is working to President Trump's advantage, Senator Dianne Feinstein told Politico. A recent Wall Street Journal headline read: “Moderate Democrats Stress Over Crowded Center Lane.”
Michael Gold / New York Times:
‘Hi Haters’: Why New Jersey's Twitter Account Is Like No Other — With brassy quips and state-centric memes, @NJGov is trying to burnish New Jersey's much-maligned reputation. — The two women who run New Jersey's official state Twitter account, Megan Coyne and Pearl Gabel …
Dan Desai Martin / The American Independent:
Trump has built just 1 mile of new border wall since taking office — The mile of ‘new wall’ is broken up over multiple locations along the U.S.-Mexico border. — Since taking office three years ago, Donald Trump has managed to build approximately 1 mile of new wall along the U.S.-Mexico border …
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The Daily Caller