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Liberal View
Pence biographer confirms Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are trying to dump vice president: ‘That’s all real’
rawstory.com - Travis Gettys
President Donald Trump is purposefully humiliating his vice president with a series of loyalty tests as his daughter and son-in-law scheme to find a …
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Treason
GOP rival Bill Weld says Trump has committed ‘treason, pure and simple’
The Washington Post
“Talk about pressuring a foreign country to interfere with and control a U.S. election,” Weld said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “It couldn’t be clearer, and that’s not just undermining
MSNBC
Donald Trump
Just how far will Republicans let Donald Trump go?
MSNBC - Steve Benen
To overlook Donald Trump’s latest scandal is to let blind partisan loyalty override any sense of judgment and propriety. There are some elements of …
The New Yorker
Politics
How Trump’s Presidency Looks from Rural Wisconsin
The New Yorker - Peter Slevin
It’s Chippewa Valley Farm-City Day, and hundreds of schoolchildren are swarming the grounds of Denmark Dairy, which stretches for nearly a mile along County Road B in Dunn County, in western Wisconsin.
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Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s ‘Petty, Childish Bull***t’ Forcing Widespread GOP Exodus, One Retiring Republican Says
The Inquisitr - Jonathan Vankin
At least 41 House Republicans have quit or announced their retirements since Donald Trump took office less than three years ago. When Donald Trump …
CNBC
Rick Scott
GOP Sen. Rick Scott: Americans must stop buying Chinese products
CNBC - Kevin Stankiewicz and Jessica Bursztynsky
Americans need to stop buying products made in China because other punitive measures in the trade war haven't been effective, Sen. Rick Scott told …
Liberal View
One of the GOP’s biggest sugar daddies is backing away from its congressional candidates — thanks to Trump
rawstory.com - Heather Digby Parton, Salon
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is withholding its support for congressional Republicans heading into next year’s campaign. Corporate chamber members …
The Washington Post
Politics
Trump’s takeover of GOP forces many House Republicans to head for the exits
The Washington Post - By Rachael Bade
Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell’s surprise retirement began with a President Trump tweet. Moments after Trump’s July 14 missive telling four U.S. congresswomen of color to “go back” to their countries of
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Politics
Conservative Icon George Will: ‘No Question’ Trump Should Lose Next Year
HuffPost - Ed Mazza
The commentator wants to "clear the ground and remove this awful presence from our lives." Conservative commentator George Will wants President Donald Trump out of the picture, even if that means a Democrat
Chuck Schumer
Schumer urges McConnell to subpoena Trump for whistleblower complaint
washingtonexaminer.com - Susan Ferrechio
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants the Senate to convene hearings and subpoena the White House regarding a whistleblower complaint about …
MSNBC
Alaska Politics
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.23.19
MSNBC - Steve Benen
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * The latest Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll – the most closely …
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Donald Trump
Democrats Must Impeach Donald Trump to Defend the Republic. Also, It's Good Politics.
Esquire - By Jack Holmes
At the risk of sounding a bit repetitive, Democratic leaders must come to grips with who and what Donald Trump is—and the nature of the Republican Party he leads—before this crew tramples what's left the
The Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Politics
Primary Challenges Complicate GOP’s Hold on the Senate
The Wall Street Journal. - Andrew Duehren
National Republicans work to head off conservative insurgents who they fear could cost the party its majority A crop of conservative Republicans running in Senate primary campaigns is complicating the
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Opinion
Trump, Unrestrained
The New York Times - By CHARLES M. BLOW
Donald Trump has discovered that the pillars of this temple we call the American democracy are weak. He’s growing ever more confident that he has the strength to topple them. The phone call Donald Trump
The Bulwark
Conservative View
Republicans Have Four Options on Trump and the Ukraine. They’re All Bad.
The Bulwark - thebulwark.com
If you want hot Ukrainian content, you should go read Bill Kristol on how Congress can start working and Charlie Sykes on the stress test this is …
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Opinion
Want to Impeach Trump? Call Congress.
Bloomberg - Jonathan Bernstein
It’s time for people who think that President Donald Trump should be removed from office to get on the phone and tell their senators and …
Michigan
U.S. vice-pres Pence takes motorcade to car-free Michigan island
driving.ca - Driving
As U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence left the Grand Hotel on Michigan's Mackinac Island on Saturday after delivering a speech to a local GOP group …
MSNBC
Katherine Clark
Rep. Katherine Clark on Impeachment: Democrats are ‘outraged’
MSNBC - MSNBC.com
Sen. Booker may end 2020 campaign due to lack of fundraising
Liberal View
Ex-Republican delivers scathing rebuke of Dem inaction on impeachment — and explains how the GOP would handle it
rawstory.com - Brad Reed
Bruce Bartlett, a one-time Republican economist who years ago renounced his support of the GOP, has written a scathing rebuke of congressional …
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Trump campaign pessimistic about winning Michigan again
POLITICO - By ALEX ISENSTADT
The president's troubles in the Rust Belt state are a potential warning sign for his reelection prospects. MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Donald Trump has long heralded Michigan as the crown jewel of his 2016
Conservative View
Alaska GOP Cancels 2020 Republican Presidential Primary
theepochtimes.com - Zachary Stieber
The Alaska Republican Party said that it canceled the GOP presidential primary in the state, asserting it “would serve no useful purpose.” The Alaska …
Axios
Politics
GOP allies warn vaping ban will sink Trump in 2020
Axios - Alayna Treene
Conservative leaders are circulating data to White House staff that claims adults who vape will turn on President Trump if he follows through with …
Pat Toomey
GOP Sen. Pat Toomey: ‘Not Appropriate’ If Trump Asked for ‘Assistance from a Foreign Country’
mediaite.com - connor-mannion
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said it was “not appropriate” if President Donald Trump asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, but added he’d need to learn …
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Opinion
Obama isn't quite right about TV and social media
CNN - By Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst
(CNN) — During a tech event in San Francisco last week, former President Obama offered some advice on how to govern in the Oval Office. "Make sure you have a team with a diversity of opinion sitting you.
The Washington Times
Chuck Schumer
Chuck Schumer to GOP: Drop the 'see no evil' act on Ukraine saga
The Washington Times - Tom Howell Jr.
Sen. Charles E. Schumer told the Senate Republicans to drop their “see no evil” approach to the Ukraine corruption saga that is consuming Washington, …
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Opinion
Sunday wrap: If Trump asked Ukraine for help, that’s impeachable
The Washington Post - By Jennifer Rubin
1. “I have spoken with a number of my colleagues over the last week, and this seems different in kind. We may very well have crossed the Rubicon here.” 2. “If an American president is asking another foreign
MSNBC
Impeachment
What Democrats must know of GOP for Trump impeachment plan
MSNBC - MSNBC.com
As Democrats consider whether to impeach Donald Trump, a history of how the party has been reportedly influenced by various right-wing factions …
Republicans
Trump Forcing Many House Republicans to Exits
politicalwire.com
A Washington Post analysis shows that “nearly 40 percent of the 241 Republicans who were in office in January 2017 are gone or leaving because of …
The Economist
U.S. House of Representatives
Do congressional retirements help predict American election outcomes?
The Economist
Not in the way Democrats hope ahead of the 2020 poll IN 2018, as America prepared to hold mid-term congressional elections, Republicans were running …
Conservative View
Here Are The Scenes From DC's Climate Protest
dailycaller.com - Shelby Talcott
Climate change activists protested on the streets of Washington, D.C., Monday, aiming to shut down the city in an effort to push the government to …