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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94  —  George Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs but was denied a second term after support for his presidency collapsed under the weight …
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Bill Clinton / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush's Oval Office note to me revealed the heart of who he was  —  Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States.  —  On Jan. 20, 1993, I entered the Oval Office for the first time as president.  As is the tradition, waiting for me was a note from my predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush.
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
'Wouldn't be prudent': George H.W. Bush's unlikely friendship with Dana Carvey  —  In early December 1992, a month after Bill Clinton had whipped him in the election, President George H.W. Bush held a holiday party for his deflated staffers.  —  They were in for a big surprise.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States, dies at 94  —  George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, was a steadfast force on the international stage for decades, from his stint as an envoy to Beijing to his eight years as vice president …
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
George H.W. Bush, embodiment of an older Republican Party, is dead.  RIP.  —  On Friday night, the family of former president George Herbert Walker Bush announced his death at age 94. … He was a Republican through and through, but towards the end of his life lived to see his party evolve away from his politics.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump to name Dec. 5 a national day of mourning for George H.W. Bush
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:   A Kindler, Gentler Republican President Is Dead
Mary Kate Cary / USA Today:
George H.W. Bush was an ‘American great’ committed to unity, diversity and generosity
Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush dies at 94. …
Discussion: Florida Politics and twitchy.com
New York Times:   George H.W. Bush, Public Servant
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
George H.W. Bush: President, Internationalist, War Hero—Dead at 94
Discussion: Inquirer Globalnation and Politico
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
George H.W. Bush, 1924 - 2018
Discussion: Power Line
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cohen claims ‘regular contact’ with Trump legal team when crafting false statement to Congress  —  President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said Friday he was in “close and regular contact” with Trump's White House staff and legal team when he prepared a statement …
Discussion: Splinter, Raw Story and Political Wire
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CNN:
Cohen believed Trump would pardon him, but then things changed  —  Washington (CNN)Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for President Donald Trump who is now a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, was under the impression Trump would offer him a pardon …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Cohen seeks ‘time served’ prison sentence, says again his crimes were meant to protect Trump  —  Lawyers for former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen argued Friday that their client should not go to prison for the criminal charges to which he has pleaded guilty, and unequivocally linked …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Scent of the Russians  —  There's a connection between Cohen's guilty plea and Ukraine's desperate plight.  —  Garry Kasparov, the chess champion and chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative (with which I'm associated), has an excellent suggestion for how to respond immediately …
Sputnik International:   Kremlin: Cohen Indeed Contacted Administration, Was Invited to Economic Forum
Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Cohen: Trump Knew I Called Kremlin for Help With Trump Tower Moscow
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Informed Comment
Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal:
CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Targeted Khashoggi  —  Conclusion that Mohammad ‘probably ordered’ killing relies in part on 11 messages he sent to adviser who oversaw hit squad around time it killed journalist  —  WASHINGTON—Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent …
Discussion: CNN, Bloomberg, Raw Story and Al Jazeera
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Fund-Raiser Received Laundered Foreign Money, Prosecutors Say  —  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors cited the involvement of a onetime top fund-raiser to President Trump on Friday in a scheme to launder millions of dollars into the country to help a flamboyant Malaysian financier end a Justice Department investigation.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:   Ex-Justice Dept. employee admits to helping aid lobbying effort meant to shut down Malaysian corruption probe
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Inside the GOP's California nightmare  —  Rep. Steve Knight's (R-Calif.) campaign went into election night thinking another tough victory was at hand.  —  Knight grinded out a win in 2016, in a district President Donald Trump lost, despite relentless Democratic attacks linking Knight and his party's leader.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
GOP seeks to limit Wisconsin early voting, strip powers from Tony Evers and Josh Kaul in lame-duck session  —  MADISON - Republican lawmakers are seeking to limit voter turnout and want to take away key powers from the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general before GOP Gov. Scott Walker leaves office in January.
Washington Post:
Senate Intelligence Committee has referred cases of suspected lying to Mueller  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee has referred cases to the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election after witnesses questioned in the panel's own Russia probe were suspected of lying, the committee chairman said Friday.
Discussion: Axios and POLITICUSUSA
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Trump, Russia and lessons from the mob: Did ‘godfathers’ steer collusion probe?
Discussion: RedState
Phillip Walter Wellman / Stars & Stripes:
The US has dropped more munitions in 2018 in Afghanistan than it has in any year in over a decade  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States dropped more bombs and other munitions in Afghanistan during the first ten months of 2018 than in any other full year since documentation began, new Air Force data shows.
Craig R. McCoy / Philly.com:
U.N. speech by Temple prof draws fire from university's board chair  —  The chairman of Temple University's board came out firing Friday against professor Marc Lamont Hill for a speech he made at the United Nations this week criticizing Israel and its treatment of Palestinians.
Discussion: The College Fix
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed News:
Mike Pence Tweeted, Then Deleted, A Picture With A Florida Deputy Wearing A QAnon Conspiracy Patch  —  Vice President Mike Pence on Friday tweeted, and then quickly deleted, a picture of himself and a Florida sheriff's deputy wearing a QAnon conspiracy patch on his uniform.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Sputnik International
 
 
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump's Book Club: A President Who Doesn't Read Promotes the Books That Promote Him
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New York Times:
Whitaker's Ascent at Justice Dept. Surprised Investigators of Firm Accused of Fraud
Helen Collis / Politico:
Police clash again with Yellow Jackets protesters in Paris
Discussion: The Guardian and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Friends say Tim Scott's opposition to Farr not surprising
Hajira Hematyara / Washington Post:
The CIA killed my father. What did they do with his body?
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi creates leadership position for Barbara Lee
Discussion: Washington Post
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
Iowa Dem who lost state House race by 9 votes sues to have absentee ballots counted
Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Leads Opposition to Coal Puppet Joe Manchin for Top Senate Energy Slot
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and Politico
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Mia Love pans Trump and the GOP for failure to make women and minorities feel welcome
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump defender Alan Dershowitz is deeply involved in the sordid Jeffrey Epstein scandal
Discussion: RedState
Justin Rohrlich / GovExec.com:
Trump's Secret Service May Have Just Set A Spending Record For Presidential Golf Carts
 

 
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
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