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James LaPorta / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Official Who Heard Call Says Trump Got ‘Rolled’ By Turkey and ‘Has No Spine’  —  Donald Trump got “rolled” by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a National Security Council source with direct knowledge of the discussions told Newsweek.  —  In a scheduled phone call …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Pat Robertson ‘Appalled’ By Trump: He ‘Allowed Khashoggi to Be Cut in Pieces,’ May Lose ‘The Mandate of Heaven’ Over Syria  —  Televangelist Pat Robertson has joined the chorus of conservative critics lambasting President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. forces out of Northern Syria — endangering America's Kurdish allies.
NBC News:
Chaos in Syria, Washington after Trump call with Erdogan unleashed Turkish military  —  U.S. forces in Syria got an urgent alert Monday morning to pull back.  “They were told, 'We're departing the field,'” senior U.S. defense officials said.  —  WASHINGTON — American forces …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
As Trump abandons Syrian Kurds, a top commander pleads for U.S. support
Discussion: USA Today, Slate and Hullabaloo
Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Republicans slam Trump's decision on US forces in Syria that puts allies at risk
Discussion: HuffPost, Fox News and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's Syria decision reflects his stunning ignorance of the situation
Dave Lawler / Axios:
White House insists Trump didn't give Turkey a “green light” in Syria
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
Trump's Syria withdrawal bravely puts America First, the establishment last
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement Attributable to Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Mr. Jonathan Hoffman
Discussion: Breaking Defense
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Romney Is the Pressure Point in the Impeachment Process”: Mitt Won't Primary Trump—But He's Trying to Bring Him Down  —  Trump's favorite punching bag is reaching out to fellow Republicans to raise the temperature on impeachment.  “Romney is the one guy who could bring along Susan Collins …
The Daily Beast:
RealClear Media Has a Secret Facebook Page to Push Far-Right Memes  —  RealClearPolitics has carefully cultivated a non-partisan image—while in the shadows its parent company pushes images of killer Clintons and a freedom-loving Kremlin.  —  The company behind the non-partisan news site RealClearPolitics …
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
‘South Park’ Scrubbed From Chinese Internet After Critical Episode  —  After the “Band in China” episode mocked Hollywood for shaping its content to please the Chinese government, Beijing has responded by deleting all clips, episodes and discussions of the Comedy Central show.
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Ben Golliver / Washington Post:
NBA under fire from all directions after response to Rockets-China incident
New York Times:
When It Comes to China, Silence Is Golden
Discussion: Washington Post and PJ Media Home
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
The World's Wokest Sports League Bows to China
John Harwood / CNBC:
Polls begin to signal rising impeachment threat to Trump  — Despite last week's hailstorm of bad news, President Trump's job approval rating stood virtually unchanged.  — Except for Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah and a few others, GOP members of the House and Senate have either defended …
Discussion: Raw Story
Charles Sykes / Politico:
The Humiliation of Lindsey Graham  —  It was a cri de cœur from Lindsey Graham, the lament of the sycophant scorned.  —  President Donald Trump's decision to abandon our Kurdish allies in Syria by leaving them undefended against a Turkish invasion was, Graham tweeted, “a disaster” and a “nightmare.”
Discussion: Washington Post
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Axios:
Syria decision exposes Trump to political peril
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman: Trump wrong to seek help from Ukraine, China  —  While he still says impeachment is too extreme, Sen. Rob Portman readily acknowledged today that President Donald Trump should not have asked the Ukraine or China for help investigating former Vice President Joe Biden.
Washington Post:
House Democrats consider masking identity of whistleblower from Trump's GOP allies in Congress  —  House Democrats are weighing extraordinary steps to secure testimony from a whistleblower whose complaint prompted their impeachment inquiry, masking his identity to prevent President Trump's congressional allies …
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Catherine Herridge / Fox News:   IG could not explain 18-day window between Ukraine call and whistleblower complaint: sources
Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Devin Nunes: Intelligence Community Inspector General ‘Knowingly Changed’ Whistleblower Complaint Form
Discussion: The Federalist and The Last Refuge
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
County Records Contradict Warren's Claim She Was Fired Over Pregnancy  —  RIVERDALE, N.J.—The Riverdale Board of Education approved a second-year teaching contract for a young Elizabeth Warren, documents show, contradicting the Democratic presidential candidate's repeated claims that she was asked …
New York Times:
Trump Taxes: President Ordered to Turn Over Returns to Manhattan D.A.  —  A judge rejected the president's argument that he was immune from criminal investigations.  —  A federal judge on Monday rejected a bold argument from President Trump that sitting presidents are immune from criminal investigations …
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Tanya Ballard Brown / NPR:
President Trump Doesn't Need To Release His Tax Returns — For Now
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Ken Frydman / New York Times:
What Happened to Rudy Giuliani?  —  The man I worked for in 1993 is not the man who now lies for Donald Trump.  —  Mr. Frydman was press secretary for Rudolph W. Giuliani during the 1993 mayoral campaign.  —  On Oct. 8, 1994, my wife Liz Bruder and I were married in City Hall by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
Discussion: Raw Story
Miami Herald:
Florida businessmen with Giuliani, Ukraine ties won't comply with impeachment inquiry  —  Two South Florida businessman who peddled supposedly explosive information from Ukraine about corruption involving Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton will not comply with a request for documents and depositions …
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Douglas Hanks / Miami Herald:
Jerry Falwell Jr. settles Miami court case over South Beach ‘pool boy’ venture  —  Jerry Falwell Jr. has settled the Miami court case that laid out many of the details behind the South Beach real estate venture his family launched in 2013 with a former Fontainebleau pool attendant …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Demoralized State Department personnel question Pompeo's role in Ukraine crisis  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returned Monday morning from a European trip to a State Department workforce that is increasingly demoralized and resentful under his leadership, amid a growing belief …
Just Security:
Overwhelming Confirmation of Whistleblower Complaint: An Annotation  —  As the following analysis clearly demonstrates, an overwhelming percentage of the whistleblower's complaint in Ukrainegate has been confirmed by U.S. government documents, witness statements, and independent investigative reports.
Mark Bowden / The Atlantic:
Top Military Officers Unload on Trump  —  For most of the past two decades, American troops have been deployed all over the world—to about 150 countries.  During that time, hundreds of thousands of young men and women have experienced combat, and a generation of officers have come of age dealing with the practical realities of war.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Kamala Harris forced to address alleged sex assault at husband's law firm  —  Harris' husband, Douglas Emhoff, is a partner at the firm that Vanina Guerrero is suing.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris was pulled into a sexual assault dispute at the Silicon Valley law firm …
David Siders / Politico:
Sanders heart attack casts cloud over his candidacy  —  Bernie Sanders has been sidelined for nearly a week — after failing for almost three days to disclose that he had a heart attack.  It's unclear when the 78-year-old senator will return to the stump.  His campaign has yet to divulge the severity of his heart attack.
Jonathan Chait / New York Times:
Two Candidates, Two Investigations, One Deeply Flawed Agency  —  Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law  —  During the 2016 presidential election, one of the two major candidates labored under the shadow of a criminal investigation by the F.B.I. That candidate was Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: Raw Story
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Report Shows FBI Official Received Sports Tickets From CNN Reporter And Lied About It To Investigators  — An FBI senior official who resigned under mysterious circumstances last year accepted baseball game tickets from a CNN reporter in 2016 and lied about it to investigators …
Veronique de Rugy / New York Times:
These Trade Claims Made by Trump?  They're All Wrong  —  The president and his advisers have been deluded about what big tariff hikes and aggressive negotiating tactics will achieve.  —  Ms. de Rugy is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
 
 
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David Smiley / Miami Herald:
Rubio warns the divided flow of information is threatening democracy in the U.S.
Michael Carpenter / Washington Post:
Only in Trump's world could what Joe Biden did in Ukraine be considered ‘corrupt’
Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Book: Trump raged against refugees from Somalia in private meeting
Discussion: New York Times
Doug Palmer / Politico:
Trump administration blacklists Chinese firms linked to surveillance of Uighur minority
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Roughly 40 state attorneys general plan to take part in Facebook antitrust probe, sources say
Discussion: Vox
James Forsyth / Coffee House:
How Number 10 view the state of the negotiations
Discussion: Bloomberg
 Earlier Items: 
Rasmussen Reports:
Trump vs. Clinton Is Still Neck and Neck
Reuters:
Trump campaign touts Republican rule changes aimed at unified 2020 convention
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
Israel Was Surprised by Trump's Decision to Withdraw From Syria, Allow Turkey to Start Operation
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As interviews get tougher, Team Trump doubles down on avoidance
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
CREW Requests Investigation of Attorney General Barr
New York Times:
In Kashmir, a Race Against Death, With No Way to Call a Doctor
Liam Donovan:
Perks of a “Rigged System”
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Giuliani's answer to impeach inquiry: Sue Schiff
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.6B, MAUs up 19% YoY to 615M, below 617.9M est., subscribers up 14% YoY to 239M, and a €168M operating income

Chris Morris / Fortune:
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Puck hires veteran journalist and TV commentator John Heilemann as its chief political columnist and partner, as the outlet expands its presence in Washington

 
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