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Newsweek:
Exclusive: Turkey bombs US special forces in Syria attack, apparently by mistake  —  A contingent of U.S. Special Forces has been caught up in Turkish shelling against U.S.-backed Kurdish positions in northern Syria.  —  Newsweek has learned through both an Iraqi Kurdish intelligence official …
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Samuel Osborne / The Independent:
Isis militants break out of prison in Syria after bombing by Turkey  —  Escape comes after Trump cleared way for Erdogan to launch offensive on Kurds  —  Five Isis militants have broken out of a prison in northern Syria after Turkish shelling nearby, a spokesman in the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has said.
John Harwood / CNBC:   Common thread for Mueller, Ukraine and Syria: Russia Helps Trump, Trump Helps Russia
New York Times:
ISIS Rears Its Head, Adding to Chaos as Turkey Battles Kurds
Washington Post:
Ousted ambassador Marie Yovanovitch tells Congress Trump pressured State Dept. to remove her  —  The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine whose abrupt ouster in May has become a topic of interest for House impeachment investigators said Friday that her departure came as a direct result …
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New York Times:
Trump Had Ukraine Envoy Removed on ‘False Claims,’ She Tells House Inquiry  —  Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch was recalled from Ukraine, she told impeachment investigators on Friday, despite a boss saying she had “done nothing wrong.”  —  WASHINGTON — Marie L. Yovanovitch …
The Hill:
White House accidentally sends Ukraine talking points to Democrats again  —  The White House accidentally sent Democrats a list of talking points related to ex-Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch's Friday House deposition, two sources with knowledge of the email told The Hill …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Associated Press:   Former Ambassador To Ukraine Says Trump Pressured State Department To Fire Her
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Reporters call out the State Department for ‘lockdown’ on Ukraine
Discussion: The Week
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Shepard Smith Leaving Fox News  —  The anchor is one of the faces of the network's news division and one of its most important journalistic assets.  —  In a shocking turn of events that stunned the media industry, Fox News anchor Shepard Smith announced his departure from the network after more than 23 years on Friday afternoon.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Shep Smith, Fox News Anchor, Abruptly Departs From Network  —  Shepard Smith, the chief news anchor of Fox News, said on Friday that he was leaving the cable news network, an abrupt move that left some of his co-workers openly stunned.  —  Mr. Smith joined Fox News when the network started, in 1996.
Discussion: The Last Refuge
CNN:
Shepard Smith makes shocking announcement that he is leaving Fox News  —  New York (CNN Business)In a stunning announcement, Shepard Smith said on his Friday show that after more than two decades at Fox News, he was stepping down as chief news anchor, and leaving the network.
Discussion: Variety, The Wrap and Boing Boing
The Daily Beast:
More Potential Whistleblowers Are Contacting Congress  —  The first two officials who came forward about the president's pressure campaign on Ukraine seem to be just the beginning, according to Hill sources.  —  New potential whistleblowers are coming forward to the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Smoke and Mirrors
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Kim Wehle / The Bulwark:
The ‘No Collusion’ Song Goes Silent
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani's relationship with arrested men is subject of criminal investigation: Sources  —  The business relationship between President Donald Trump's private lawyer Rudy Giuliani and the men charged Thursday in a campaign finance scheme is a subject of the ongoing criminal investigation …
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Aram Roston / Reuters:
Indicted Giuliani associate worked on behalf of Ukrainian oligarch Firtash  —  Aram Roston, Karen Freifeld, Polina Ivanova  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the two Florida businessmen who helped U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney investigate his political rival, Democrat Joe Biden …
Discussion: New York Post
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Indicted Giuliani associate attended private '16 election night party for ‘friend’ Trump
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Federal appeals court upholds House subpoena for Trump's financial records  — A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., upheld a subpoena for President Donald Trump's financial records from the Democrat-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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Axios:
Appeals court upholds House subpoena for Trump's financial records
NBC News:   Trump loses appeal over House subpoena for financial records
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Kamala's Fake Lover: Jacob Wohl Told Me it Was for a Spike TV Show  —  The duo behind botched smears against Elizabeth Warren, Robert Mueller, and Pete Buttigieg have truly outdone themselves.  —  Inept conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman held another bizarre press conference …
Discussion: The Daily Dot
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Trump Policy That Favors Wealthy Immigrants  —  An injunction prevents the administration from withholding green cards to immigrants who receive federal assistance like Medicaid, pending further legal review.  —  A federal judge in New York issued a nationwide injunction …
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Immigrant Wealth Test Blocked, Called ‘Repugnant’ Policy
Discussion: Raw Story
Ted Hesson / Politico:
Judge blocks Trump move to deny green cards to recipients of government-benefits
Discussion: ABC News and Common Dreams
Andrea Mitchell / MSNBC:
Pompeo refuses to say if he met with Giuliani on February Warsaw trip  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is doing “everything he can,” according to Andrea Mitchell, to avoid discussing Rudy Giuliani.  Former CIA director John Brennan joins to discuss.
Rich McHugh / Vanity Fair:
“YOU ARE TO STAND DOWN”: RONAN FARROW'S PRODUCER ON HOW NBC KILLED ITS WEINSTEIN STORY  —  Rich McHugh recounts how top NBC brass, including news chairman Andrew Lack and news president Noah Oppenheim, bowed to Harvey Weinstein to quash the truth.  —  One year ago, I resigned from NBC News …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Bad polls for Trump shake GOP  —  President Trump's troubles are deepening, according to several recent opinion polls that show rising public support for impeachment.  —  Those polls include one released Wednesday from Fox News that sent shock waves through Washington.
Discussion: Progress Pond
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David R. Lurie / The Daily Beast:
Bill Barr, Trump's Hatchet Man, Is About to Become His Scapegoat  —  Trump's DOJ is arguing that Congress should never have heard Nixon's “smoking gun” tape and should be barred from reviewing any further evidence of Trump's criminality.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  Since William Barr became …
Discussion: Raw Story and gen.medium.com
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Pentagon officials deemed withholding of aid to Ukraine was illegal  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon was confused.  Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine had been appropriated in late 2018 by Congress, intended to help fend off aggression by neighboring Russia.
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
How Trump-Country Democrat Rep. Max Rose Got to Impeachment  —  Because this is a story about Max Rose, it has to at some point find him at Jody's Club Forest, a Staten Island bar he famously frequents, drinking pitchers of Bud Light.  And because Max Rose is who he is …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Rand Paul Goes Down in Flames on ‘The View’: 'Don't Mansplain!'  —  The Republican senator's flailing performance did not win over anyone on “The View” Friday morning.  —  Meghan McCain skipped out on Rand Paul's appearance on The View Friday morning—citing “personal reasons” …
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘Stunning in ugliness & tone’: Trump denounced for attacking Somali refugees in Minnesota  —  For roughly six minutes Thursday night, President Trump predictably singled out Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during his campaign rally in her home district of Minneapolis.
Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed News:
A Group Of Students Burned A Latina Author's Book Because They Felt Attacked For Being White  —  Jennine Capó Crucet spoke about “white privilege” at Georgia Southern University.  The freshman audience said she attacked them for being white and privileged.
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's children take in millions overseas as president slams Biden's son  —  Eric Trump sounded shocked that Hunter Biden hadn't drawn more criticism for his lucrative business deals in Ukraine and China while his father, Joe Biden, was vice president.  —  “Can you imagine if I took 3 cents from the Ukraine or 4 cents from China?”
Rosie McCall / Newsweek:
Greta Thunberg snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize by committee run by Norway, one of the world's biggest oil and natural gas exporters  —  The Nobel Committee has surprised oddsmakers by not picking 16-year-old Greta Thunberg to win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.  —  The five-member Norwegian panel …
 
 
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Fox's Chris Wallace Calls Out Newt Gingrich's Hypocrisy on Trump Impeachment: 'I Think I Remember …
New York Times:
How to Tax Our Way Back to Justice
Derek Lawrence / EW.com:
We interviewed Elizabeth Warren about Ballers, and only Ballers
Discussion: Queerty, PinkNews and HuffPost
Rich Miller / Capitol Fax.com:
UPDATED x2 *** Sanguinetti bows out of congressional race
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Bored by His Own Speech, Just Wants to Talk About TV Shows
Elana Schor / Associated Press:
Religious right sticks by Trump as political heat rises
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
2020 Presidential debate sites announced for general election
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and Axios
Gregg T. Nunziata / Just Security:
The Need for a Bipartisan Stand Against the White House Counsel Letter
Elizabeth Ralph / Politico:
“You spent a f—ing week on pneumonia-gate”
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Farewell to the blog
Center for American ProgressCenter …:
Trump's Plan To Privatize Medicare
Discussion: Townhall
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
McSally allies plead for air cover as Democratic groups pummel the Arizona senator
Discussion: Political Wire
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Republicans stumbling over question at heart of impeachment
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