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John Bolton PAC:
STATEMENT OF JOHN R. BOLTON — During the present impeachment controversy, I have tried to meet my obligations both as a citizen and as former National Security Advisor. My colleague, Dr. Charles Kupperman, faced with a House committee subpoena on the one hand, and a Presidential directive …
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New York Times:
Mike Pompeo Is Said to Decide Against Running for Senate in Kansas — The secretary of state's decision most likely ends Republicans' hopes of securing a potentially dominant candidate for the open seat in Kansas, his home state. — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday told Mitch McConnell …
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New York Times:
Bolton Is Willing to Testify in Trump Impeachment Trial, Raising Pressure for Witnesses — The former national security adviser, who has complied with a White House directive not to cooperate in the inquiry, said he would testify if the Senate subpoenaed him.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Romney wants ‘to hear from John Bolton’ in impeachment trial — Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on Monday that he wants to hear from John Bolton after the national security advisor offered to testify in President Trump's impeachment trial if subpoenaed. — Romney, leaving a briefing …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
GOP moderates side with McConnell over Bolton testimony — Despite John Bolton's willingness to testify about the Ukraine scandal, the GOP-controlled Senate has no immediate plans to subpoena him in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial — a win for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the White House.
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Washington Post and The Hill
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
ANALYSIS: Behind Bolton's decision
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Washington Post:
Bolton's willingness to testify in Trump's impeachment trial ramps up pressure on Senate Republicans
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The Hill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell has the votes to block Democrats' witness demands in Trump impeachment trial
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Redstate and JONATHAN TURLEY
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Murkowski: Decision on impeachment witnesses should wait until after start of trial
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Washington Post and Balloon Juice
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators introduce resolution to change rules, dismiss impeachment without articles
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Talking Points Memo, Breitbart and Washington Post
Foreign Policy:
Trump Administration Blocks Iran's Top Diplomat From Addressing the U.N. Security Council — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had sought to give a speech condemning the U.S. assassination of Qassem Suleimani. — The Trump administration is barring Iran's top diplomat from entering …
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New York Times:
Iranian-Americans Questioned at the Border: 'My Kids Shouldn't Experience Such Things' — Up to 200 people were held by border agents, with some of them reportedly asked to share their opinions about the situation in Iran and Iraq. — SEATTLE — Arriving at the United States border …
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Max Fisher / New York Times:
What Is Trump's Iran Strategy? Few Seem to Know
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
One of the worst outcomes with Iran would be for Trump to fail
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The Briefly Series, Breitbart and LewRockwell
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
The Breathtaking Unravelling of the Middle East After Qassem Suleimani's Death
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ITV, Foreign Policy, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, IJR and New York Times
Rohollah Faghihi / Foreign Policy:
Killing Suleimani Has United Iranians Like Never Before
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Responsible Statecraft and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Trump administration begins drafting possible sanctions against Iraq following Trump's economic threat — No decision has been made on whether to implement the penalties, but aides scrambled following presidential warning to Baghdad — Senior administration officials have begun drafting sanctions …
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New York Times:
Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump — The defense secretary acknowledged that “the laws of armed conflict” prohibited attacking antiquities and said the military had no plans to do so, even though the president declared them targets.
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway defends Trump threat to target Iranian cultural sites
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Politico:
Defense secretary's chief of staff to step down
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“War Crimes” Hysteria on the Left
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Eli Clifton / Responsible Statecraft:
U.S. Media Outlets Fail to Disclose U.S. Government Ties of ‘Iranian Journalist’ Echoing Trump Talking Points … The Trump administration is adamant that Iranians welcome the assassination of Qassem Soleimani. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Iraqis were “dancing in the street …
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NB Blog, The Daily Caller and Redstate
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New York Times:
Khamenei Wants to Put Iran's Stamp on Reprisal for U.S. Killing of Top General — In a departure from Iran's usual tactics of hiding behind proxies, the country's supreme leader wants any retaliation for the killing of a top military commander to be carried out openly by Iranian forces.
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The American Independent, Lawfare and Foreign Policy
Masih Alinejad / Washington Post:
Don't believe Iranian propaganda about the mourning for Soleimani
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Irin Carmon / The Cut:
The 57-Page PowerPoint Harvey Weinstein's Team Is Sending Reporters — As New York prepared to publish this week's look at the coming trial of Harvey Weinstein, along with a portfolio of women who have made allegations against him, I reached out to his current publicist, Juda Engelmayer, for comment.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
What Elizabeth Warren's statements on Qasem Soleimani really tell us — (CNN)On Thursday, when news of the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani broke, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren took to Twitter to offer a response. — It went like this: “Soleimani was a murderer …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“The March to War Is a Hell of a Drug”: With Trump's Iran Conflict, the Media Is Under a Microscope — Still living down the 2003 Iraq war disgrace, under pressure from multiple sides, and dealing with a truth-challenged administration, anchors and reporters struggle to calibrate their coverage.
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Slate, Washington Post and Mediaite
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Albert Burneko / The Outline:
Remember when literally all of this happened already?
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American Greatness
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
2020 candidate Michael Bloomberg says he doesn't regret backing Iraq war
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The Week
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Three ways the next 28 days could reset the Democratic primary — 2020 Vision, the Yahoo News column covering the presidential race with one key takeaway every weekday and a wrap-up each weekend. Reminder: There are 28 days until the Iowa caucuses and 302 days until the 2020 election.
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Washington Post, National Review and The Nation
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Here's What Americans Think About Trump's Iran Policy
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CNN:
Top general says letter suggesting US would withdraw troops from Iraq was a ‘mistake’ — Washington (CNN)The top US general said Monday a letter suggesting the US would withdraw troops from Iraq was released by mistake and poorly worded, telling reporters “that's not what's happening.”
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Mark Binelli / Rolling Stone:
How Lindsey Graham Lost His Way — The senator once enjoyed respect on both sides of the aisle. Why has he become a blind loyalist to Trump? — Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump were born nine years and one month apart. Trump came first, but when they appear side by side …
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Raw Story
Agence France-Presse:
Trump says Zuckerberg told him he's Facebook's ‘number one’ — Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump boasted Monday that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told him at dinner he is “number one” on the global social media platform. — “I had dinner with Mark Zuckerberg the other day and he …
Tess Owen / VICE:
ICE Detention Center Captain Was on a Neo-Nazi Website and Wanted to Start a White Nationalist Group — A senior employee at a for-profit immigrant detention center in Nevada was active on the neo-Nazi site Iron March and aspired to establish a white nationalist chapter in his area.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Come clean, CNN — Ninth in a series on the media's handling of the Steele dossier. Please see Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. — “We stand by our reporting.” That phrase is a go-to in media industry public relations, unleashed when events appear to debunk an outlet's precious scoop.
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Fox News
Justin Caruso / The Daily Caller:
Ann Coulter: ‘We Thought Trump Was Different’ About Starting Wars — Conservative author Ann Coulter bemoaned President Donald Trump's escalation of tensions with Iran in a tweet Monday, saying that his supporters thought he would be “different.” — “All Republican presidents run on keeping us …
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