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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani Plans Ukraine Trip to Push for Inquiries That Could Help Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, is encouraging Ukraine to wade further into sensitive political issues in the United States, seeking to push the incoming government in Kiev …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump is Pressuring Ukraine to Smear Clinton and Biden  —  In 2016, Donald Trump's campaign learned Russia was working to help him win, and many of its members actively sought to exploit that assistance.  In 2020, now possessing the powers of the Executive Branch, it's pressuring …
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
NBC News:
Team Trump wants another foreign government's help for 2020
Discussion: Just Security and USA Today
Zachary Basu / Axios:   Schiff on Giuliani's Ukraine trip: “It just takes your breath away”
BBC:
Andrew Neil takes on US conservative Ben Shapiro  —  He has more than 2 million followers on Twitter, 600,000 YouTube subscribers and his videos on the Daily Wire channel rack up millions of views.  —  Ben Shapiro is a controversial figure but one of the US' leading conservative political commentators.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Cockburn / Spectator USA:
WATCH VIDEO: Ben Shapiro has mega TANTRUM on the BBC  —  Ben Shapiro is the famous, fast-talking pundit who regularly ‘owns’ aggressive campus students with his quick wit and rapid repartee.  —  Alas, Shapiro isn't so ‘crazy smart’ when he comes up against difficult questions from a real interviewer.
Discussion: HillReporter.com
Jack Crosbie / Splinter:
Please Enjoy Ben Shapiro Melting Down and Running Out of a BBC Interview  —  Ben Shapiro, the right-wing “thinker,” baby Hitler-defender and former toothbrush startup-endorser, rose to fame thanks to his combative, shrill interview style that promised TOTAL DESTRUCTION of any liberal talking point or talking head he encountered.
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:   Ben Shapiro Storms Out of Confrontational BBC Interview: 'I'm Popular and No One Has Ever Heard of You'
Politico:
House Intel Republicans offer rare praise for Adam Schiff  —  Republicans once called for Schiff's resignation.  Now they credit him with bringing the committee together.  —  President Donald Trump and Republicans have harangued House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
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New York Times:
Allies of Trump's Son Declare War on G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel After Subpoena  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr.'s political allies launched an all-out war against the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee, turning several Republican senators Thursday against the panel's chairman amid news …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Trump shouldn't worry about Trump Jr. subpoena
Discussion: Political Wire and Shareblue Media
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: McConnell holds reins in GOP's Don Jr. fight
Discussion: Politico, Salon and Talking Points Memo
The Hill:
Trump Jr. subpoena sparks internal GOP battle
Discussion: Daily Wire and Shareblue Media
New York Times:
A Strategy Emerges to Counter House Democrats: Dare Them to Impeach  —  WASHINGTON — As the White House and Congress escalate their constitutional showdown, President Trump and his team are essentially trying to call what they see as the Democrats' bluff.  The message: Put up or shut up.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Here's why Democrats may rethink impeaching Trump
Discussion: Informed Comment
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
What Nadler Really Wants  —  His strategy clearly aims …
Discussion: Power Line and Fox News
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   Is This the Official Trump Constitutional Crisis?
Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
Experts see Russia fingerprints on North Korea's new missile  —  TOKYO (AP) — The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: They look just like a controversial and widely copied missile the Russian military …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why Trump misses Bob Mueller
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and VICE News
Tim Mak / NPR:
Exclusive: Documents Detail Meetings Of Russians With Treasury, Federal Reserve  —  Newly obtained documents describe what happened when two now-infamous Russians took their outreach campaign into the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve in 2015.  —  Alexander Torshin …
Discussion: Raw Story
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff considers fining Trump officials held in contempt $25,000 a day  —  House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told Axios' Mike Allen Friday that the House is considering reviving its “inherent contempt” power, which would allow Congress to enforce subpoenas through coercive measures like fines.
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Axios:
Trump's new impeachment trap
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
US B-52 bombers land in Qatar over unspecified Iran threat  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — B-52 bombers ordered by the White House to deploy to the Persian Gulf to counter unspecified threats from Iran have arrived at a major American air base in Qatar, the U.S. Air Force acknowledged Friday.
Discussion: NBC News and Boing Boing
Joe McDonald / Associated Press:
US hikes tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing vows retaliation  —  BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump's latest tariff hike on Chinese goods took effect Friday and Beijing said it would retaliate, escalating a battle over China's technology ambitions and other trade tensions.
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Derek Wallbank / Bloomberg:
Trump Baffles With ‘No Rush’ China Trade Tweet, Delete, Retweet
Discussion: Political Wire, WORLD and The Resurgent
Sean Illing / Vox:
How golf explains Trump.  Seriously.  —  “This guy cheats like a mafia accountant.”  —  Have you ever won a tournament you never competed in?  Have you ever stolen the ball from a child to gain a competitive advantage?  —  If the answer to either or both of those questions is no, then you're not cheating at the highest level.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Bryn Elise Sandberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Three Production Companies Say They Won't Film in Georgia Over Abortion Law  —  David Simon's Blown Deadline Productions, Killer Films CEO Christine Vachon and Mark Duplass pledged to no longer shoot in the state as long as the law exists.  —  Georgia, no stranger to threats of boycotts due …
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Chelsia Rose Marcius / The Daily Beast:
Three Major Production Companies Refuse to Film in Georgia Over New Abortion Law
Discussion: The Wrap and IndieWire
Jim Baker / Lawfare:
Why I Do Not Hate Donald Trump  —  Many people would probably believe me justified in hating Donald Trump.  —  While I was general counsel of the FBI, I watched the president fire my boss and friend, Jim Comey.  I've read and heard the many false statements that the president and his supporters have made about him.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The Trump ‘brand’: Debt and hot air  —  Candidate Donald Trump's biggest selling point was that he was supposedly a successful self-made entrepreneur who would use his private-sector know-how to “run government like a business.”  —  Many of us scoffed.  After all, even if you believed …
Discussion: Law & Crime, Raw Story and The Ringer
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Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Exclusive: Presidential hopeful Biden looking for ‘middle ground’ climate policy  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is crafting a climate change policy he hopes will appeal to both environmentalists and the blue-collar voters that elected Donald Trump …
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
HUD says 55,000 children could be displaced under Trump plan to evict undocumented immigrants  —  The Department of Housing and Urban Development acknowledged that a Trump administration plan to purge undocumented immigrants from public housing could displace more than 55,000 children, all of whom are legal U.S. residents or citizens.
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
John Paul Stevens Worries About the Court  —  A retired Supreme Court justice wants his former colleagues to adhere to precedent and the president to comply with subpoenas  —  At 99, John Paul Stevens can remember a time when a Supreme Court nomination prompted minimal controversy …
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Beto's Long History of Failing Upward  —  AMES, Iowa—The presidential run of Beto O'Rourke is a profoundly personality-driven exercise, his charisma and Kennedy-esque demeanor the topic of one profile after another, so it's surprising to listen to his speeches on the stump in which he doesn't talk a whole lot about himself.
Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
Trump cheered Patriots to Super Bowl victory with founder of spa where Kraft was busted  —  The FBI has opened a public corruption investigation into Republican donor and South Florida massage-parlor entrepreneur Li “Cindy” Yang, focusing on whether she illegally funneled money from China …
 
 
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Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost:
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