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Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
The Catastrophic Performance of Bill Barr  —  I was willing to give Bill Barr a chance.  Consider me burned.  —  When Barr was nominated, I wrote a cautious piece for this magazine declining to give him “a character reference” and acknowledging “legitimate reasons to be concerned about …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
A Democratic Congressman just brutally mocked the cowardice of Trump's attorney general with a hilarious stunt  —  A member of the House Judiciary Committee just sent #ChickenBarr trending on Twitter when Trump's Attorney General William Barr refused to appear for fear of being questioned by the panel's lawyers.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
William Barr's Justice Department Just Filed the Most Nakedly Political Brief in the Agency's History  —  On Wednesday afternoon, after Attorney General William Barr finished his truculent and mendacious testimony before the Senate, the Department of Justice filed perhaps the most embarrassing …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Pelosi accuses Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress, blasting him in a closed-door meeting and later at a news conference.  —  “We saw [Barr] commit a crime …
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Barr's theory would create a tyrannical presidency  —  Attorney General William Barr three times now has tread on the dangerous ground of asserting that the president can assess his own guilt or innocence and, by extension, of the culpability of underlings as well.  —  Barr's claims are meretricious nonsense.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
At least one person came out smelling like a rose
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   For Fear of William Barr
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Bill Barr's Perverse Theory of Justice
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
William Barr's Mueller Report Testimony Has Everyone Wondering What Happened To Him
Washington Post:   Barr's no-show triggers contempt threats, Nixon comparison and more impeachment talk
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook bans far-right leaders including Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos for being “dangerous”  —  The bans are a sign that the social network is more aggressively enforcing its hate speech policies under pressure from civil rights groups.  —  Facebook said on Thursday …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook bans Alex Jones and Laura Loomer for violating its policies against dangerous individuals  —  Milo Yiannopoulos and Louis Farrakhan have been banned as well  —  Facebook today removed Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer …
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Instagram and Facebook Ban Far-Right Extremists
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Other Far-Right Figures
Discussion: NBC News and TechCrunch
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars and others from its platforms as ‘dangerous’
New York Times:
F.B.I. Sent Investigator Posing as Assistant to Meet With Trump Aide in 2016  —  WASHINGTON — The conversation at a London bar in September 2016 took a strange turn when the woman sitting across from George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, asked a direct question: Was the Trump campaign working with Russia?
The Daily Beast:
Mark Halperin Enlists Pals Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Michael Smerconish to Rehab His Career After Sexual Misconduct Scandal  —  The disgraced pundit has re-emerged from #MeToo hiding and has met with media friends for new punditry work—including a scrapped gig with the hosts of MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe.’
Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Moore Withdraws as Trump's Federal Reserve Board Pick After Anti-Women Remarks Unearthed  —  The former Trump campaign advisor's views on women and other subjects sparked criticism from lawmakers, including Republicans.  —  Stephen Moore withdrew himself from consideration to sit …
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Charles Sykes / Politico:
Stephen Moore Went Down for the Wrong Thing
Discussion: The Atlantic, Fortune, NPR and CNN
CNN:
Bernie Sanders personally spearheaded campaign strategy to take on Joe Biden  —  Sanders: Dems must campaign on policy issues, not attacks  —  (CNN)The decision by Bernie Sanders' campaign to immediately engage with Joe Biden — in a series of public remarks, tweets and emails to supporters …
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Matt Bai / Yahoo News:   Biden is right about Trump. Democrats should listen.
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
California Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns  —  The California state Senate on Thursday approved a bill to require candidates appearing on the presidential primary ballot — including President Trump — to release five years' worth of income tax returns.
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
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Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:   Someone Did Get to Look at Trump's Tax Returns: Deutsche Bankers
Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:
Barr Unable to Give Honest Answer to Drive-Thru Window at Arby's  —  BETHESDA, Maryland (The Borowitz Report)—Attorney General William Barr on Thursday proved unable to give honest answers to a drive-thru window at a Bethesda, Maryland, Arby's restaurant.  —  Barr, who drove up to the window …
Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Mayor Pugh resigns after month on leave amid investigation into her business deals  —  Pictures of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh through the years  —  Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh resigned Thursday, apologizing for the harm she has caused to the city's image and the mayor's office amid …
Discussion: Axios, WBAL and Daily Wire
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Washington Post:
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigns amid book scandal, health problems
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Authorities: Alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave and seeking Norwegians' devotion  —  BERLIN — An alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave a Norwegian port city, in what appears to be a high-profile defection after a week of global attention on the unnamed beluga.
Alexandra Steigrad / Page Six:
Gayle King pushes out Norah O'Donnell at ‘CBS This Morning’  —  Norah O'Donnell is officially out as co-host of CBS's struggling morning show — thanks to Gayle King.  —  Sources close to CBS say that the new anchor lineup for “CBS This Morning” has been set and it doesn't include O'Donnell because King …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News Sets New A.M. Lineup: Gayle King, Anthony Mason, Tony Dokoupil
Discussion: TVNewser
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Why I — a Bland White Guy You've Never Heard Of — Am Running for President  —  My name is Michael Bennet, and today I announced my campaign for the presidency of the United States.  —  Seeking the world's most powerful office is always an audacious act.  And doing so in the present context …
Discussion: Vox
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet Launches 2020 White House Bid After Cancer Battle
Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre Questioned on Travel Expenses  —  Lawyer for the gun-rights organization says vast majority of the money was spent on donor outreach, fundraising and other business
Discussion: The Week
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign  —  As Pete Buttigieg addressed supporters off a back porch in Marshalltown, Iowa, the Devil was whispering his name.  “Pete,” the Devil hissed into a microphone.  “You're sooo smart, Pete.”
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Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Chasten Buttigieg has been a homeless community-college student and a Starbucks barista.
Daily Mail:
Grim-faced Obama with president-elect Trump as they depart of White House for the inauguration.  —  Obama was cordial to the president elect in their face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office, but in private Obama called Trump a conman straight out of Huckleberry Finn.
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Eric Beech / Reuters:
Trump says he's not inclined to let former counsel McGahn testify to Congress  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not believe he would allow former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify to committees in Congress, saying McGahn had already spoken to the special counsel on the Russia probe.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Fox News:
Trump tells Dems 'it's over,' says McGahn won't testify, hits Biden's ‘very dumb statement’ in Fox News interview
Discussion: swampdrain.com and Breitbart
John Solomon / The Hill:
Ukrainian embassy confirms DNC contractor solicited Trump dirt in 2016  —  The boomerang from the Democratic Party's failed attempt to connect Donald Trump to Russia's 2016 election meddling is picking up speed, and its flight path crosses right through Moscow's pesky neighbor, Ukraine.
Discussion: Fox News and Big League Politics
Julia Harte / Reuters:
Exclusive: Foreign government leases at Trump World Tower stir more emoluments concerns  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress …
 
 
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Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Democrats' Most Liberal Wing Is Struggling To Gain Power
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Lawsuit seeks to block Barr's order denying bail to asylum seekers
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Associated Press:
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Dreamer bill stalls amid Dem divisions
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Conservatives seize on Alabama state Dem's abortion comments
Michael Hayden / CNN:
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Wall Street Journal:
Washington's Biggest Lobbyist, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Gets Shut Out
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Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
Beto O'Rourke Blew It
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