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Fox News:
Warren's $52T ‘Medicare-for-all’ plan revealed: Campaign still claims no middle-class tax hikes needed  —  EXCLUSIVE: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's long-awaited “Medicare-for-all” funding plan projects the government-run health care system would cost a staggering sum of …
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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Proposes $20.5 Trillion Health Care Plan  —  Ms. Warren would impose huge tax increases on businesses and billionaires to pay for “Medicare for all,” but she said she would not raise taxes on the middle class.  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed $20.5 trillion …
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The issue that Obama alums think could doom Elizabeth Warren  —  An Elizabeth Warren event is like the candidate herself: well-organized, precise, unpretentious.  The candidate, almost always clad in her campaign uniform of black sneakers, black pants and a black camisole covered …
Discussion: Fox News, Mediaite and YouTube
Sean McElwee / Memos:   Memo: Polling Medicare for All
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Elizabeth Warren may as well have said Mexico is going to pay for ‘Medicare for all’
Discussion: Reason, Vox and Washington Free Beacon
Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
Warren's Perpetual Medicare Head Tax Is Unworkable and Bad
Discussion: Bloomberg
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Isn't Ready for the Impeachment Hearings  —  He's always been more comfortable with chaos than teamwork and preparation.  —  After weeks of damaging testimony from current and former White House advisers and career diplomats, the House of Representatives voted on Thursday to publicly endorse …
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Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
‘Fireside chat on live television’: Trump says he wants to read Ukraine call transcript to American people  —  A defiant President Trump signaled he will not cooperate with the Democratic Party's impeachment proceedings, insisting his telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was …
Meghann Myers / Military Times:
How the Army officer who testified against Trump could end up in a court-martial  —  When Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman appeared before members of Congress on Tuesday to discuss what he knew about President Trump's conversations with Ukraine's president, he was violating an order from his commander …
Washington Post:
As Trump moves to bully witnesses and derail impeachment, Democrats see obstruction  —  President Trump has sought to intimidate witnesses in the impeachment inquiry, attacking them as “Never Trumpers” and badgering an anonymous whistleblower.  He has directed the White House to withhold documents …
Discussion: Hot Air
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP defense of Trump is getting more corrupt.  Here's what's next.  —  President Trump, who possesses supreme confidence in his mesmerizing charisma and powers of persuasion, is considering a plan to recite the text of his corrupt call with the Ukrainian president on live national television.
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. withholding $105 million in security aid for Lebanon - sources
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Warren Leads Tight Iowa Race as Biden Fades, Poll Finds  —  Ms. Warren garnered 22 percent in a New York Times/Siena College poll, to 19 percent for Bernie Sanders.  Pete Buttigieg has surged, while Mr. Biden's travails have put the race in flux.  —  Which of these Democrats would be your first choice in the Iowa caucuses?
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Impeach Trump. Then Move On.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Revealed: Trump wanted to build a megachurch  —  Of all the projects real estate mogul Donald Trump wanted to build, here's one that nobody saw.  —  According to his long-time personal pastor, Paula White-Cain, Trump, in 2006 was taking steps to build a glass cathedral.
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Americans divided 49% to 47% on impeachment, with criticism for both sides: POLL  —  Americans are split essentially even on impeaching Donald Trump and removing him from office, with criticism on both sides of the issue — toward Trump, for his response to the inquiry, and toward congressional Democrats …
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Will This Time Be Different?
Discussion: USA Today and Hot Air
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
How Deadspin Imploded  —  The last meeting for many of Deadspin's journalists took place on Wednesday in a conference room adorned with fake black cobwebs, a large spider and bloody handprints beside the words: “HELP US.”  —  The plea, it seemed, went unanswered.
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Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Calls USMCA ‘Easiest Trade Deal,’ Sees Vote When Ready  — Pelosi is optimistic, but doesn't rule out vote in 2020  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump's new Nafta deal is the “easiest trade deal that we've ever done.”  —  “We're on a path to yes …
Discussion: The Truth About Cars
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Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:   Nancy Pelosi Says She's ‘Not a Big Fan’ of Medicare for All
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
GOP Lawmaker Head-Butts Camera Rather Than Answer A Question About Trump  —  Rep. Don Young really didn't want to answer this one.  —  Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) came up with a novel way to avoid a question about President Donald Trump on Thursday.  —  Instead of ignoring the activists …
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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Texas voters evenly split on impeachment of Donald Trump, UT/TT Poll finds  —  Texas voters are divided on whether the president should be removed from office, but nearly half think impeachment investigations should proceed, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok - sources  —  NEW YORK/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co's $1 billion acquisition of U.S. social media app Musical.ly …
CNN:
Videos show indicted Giuliani associate standing behind Trump at 2018 rally  —  (CNN)News footage from an October 20, 2018, midterm election rally in Nevada shows indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas standing behind President Donald Trump.  —  Parnas and his business partner …
PBS NewsHour:
Schiff says House GOP hasn't taken advantage of depositions  —  On Thursday, the House formalized procedures for the impeachment inquiry's next phase — with no Republican support.  California Rep. Adam Schiff chairs the House Intelligence Committee, which is central to the process.
Discussion: The Hill
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:   Adam Schiff once wanted to be a screenwriter. Can he give the Trump presidency a Hollywood ending?
ThinkNow:
Progressive Latino pollster: 98% of Latinos do not identify with “Latinx” label  —  One of the greatest challenges facing marketing departments and political campaigns today is the inability to discern signals from noise.  As a professional market researcher, I see this on a daily basis.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump: The Soviet Witch Coup Has Found Me Innocent  —  Republicans have spent weeks calling impeachment proceedings a coup, and then a witch hunt.  Confusingly, they appear to believe witch hunts are quasi-judicial proceedings run by actual witches, and accordingly circulated merchandise depicting Democrats as a coven.
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump abandons proposing ideas to curb gun violence after saying he would following mass shootings  —  President Trump has abandoned the idea of releasing proposals to combat gun violence that his White House debated for months following mass shootings in August, according to White House officials …
Ben Makuch / VICE:
Ghislaine Maxwell Was a Guest at Jeff Bezos's Secret Book Retreat  —  Motherboard has learned Jeffrey Epstein's alleged fixer attended the Amazon CEO's exclusive book retreat ‘Campfire’ last year.  —  Every fall, the elite of the literary world and Hollywood convene at a highly secretive …
Discussion: Breitbart and CNBC
Charles Sykes / USA Today:
The Republican Party must choose between Donald Trump and the party's fundamental values  —  Trump aims to discredit and delegitimize the impeachment process by turning it into a circus.  But circuses need clowns.  Is the GOP up for that?  —  This is the stark political reality …
Discussion: R Street and Washington Post
 
 
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Ella Nilsen / Vox:
Virginia's state legislature elections are Democrats' first big enthusiasm test before 2020
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post:
As Trump tackles vapes, African Americans feel stung by inaction on menthol cigarettes
GOP.com:
Internal RNC Polling: More Want Biden Investigated Than Trump
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
2020 Meme Team, Assemble
National Center for Transgender Equality:
Trump Administration Erases Civil Rights Protections for LGBTQ Health Programs
Mike Valerio / WUSA:
We now know that Russia specifically targeted Virginia elections in 2016
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Police officer retires after far-right group ties revealed
 Earlier Items: 
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Democrats Can Still Seize the Center
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
She was called the n-word and given instructions to slit her wrists. What did Facebook do?
Discussion: Raw Story
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
The Trump brothers' claims that they no longer profit from foreign deals
Discussion: HuffPost
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
Professors, Beware. A ‘Student Information Officer’ Might Be Watching.
Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
GOP Voters Are More Split On The Substance Of The Ukraine Scandal Than On Penalizing Trump For It
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump, Lifelong New Yorker, Declares Himself a Resident of Florida
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: the new iPad Pro may launch with an M4 chip, kicking off Apple's AI strategy that will be expanded at WWDC; the new Pencil will have haptic feedback

Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers, TikTok staff, and others detail how TikTok lost the war in Washington, including due to CEO Shou Zi Chew's failure to build support on Capitol Hill

Karen Weise / New York Times:
Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet disclosed that they had spent $32B+ combined on data centers and other capital expenses in Q1, as they accelerate AI spending

 
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