Will Saletan
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Sen. Lindsey Graham on calls for witnesses in impeachment trial
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"I'm gonna vote against calling the four witnesses requested by Sen. Schumer. They're all covered by executive privilege," says Graham. "They could have been called in the House. [The House] chose not to. Apparently they don't need 'em to make their case." fxn.ws/367vn1F pic.twitter.com/mJFowrTAgw
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The Impeachment Witnesses Not Heard
With its public hearings over, the House Intelligence Committee plans to move forward without testimony by some of the key players in the Ukraine drama.
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On Fox, Lindsey Graham dismisses Democratic requests for Mulvaney, Pompeo, Bolton, and other witnesses. "All these witnesses were available to the House," he says.
On Trump's orders, all these men refused to testify in the House or comply with subpoenas.
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Robert Ray on impeachment trial of President Trump
Member of the Trump’s defense team Robert Ray joins ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’
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Robert Ray, a member of Trump's defense team, sits down with @MariaBartiromo. His first words:
"Thank you very much for all the appearances going back now many, many months. But for you, I don't know that I would have come to the president's attention."
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Sen. Cruz on Fox News: Democrats’ Biased Articles of Impeachment VIOLATE Constitution
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Cites: (1) GAO report on the Trump administration's blockage of aid to Ukraine: "OMB withheld funds for a policy reason, which is not permitted under the Impoundment Control Act." bit.ly/2RuKNYI
(2) Cruz on @SundayFutures, Jan. 19. Video here: bit.ly/3aqnpUM
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'This Week' Transcript 1-19-20: Rep. Adam Schiff, Alan Dershowitz, Sen. Richard Shelby, Sen. Cory Booker
Rep. Adam Schiff, Alan Dershowitz, Sen. Richard Shelby, Sen. Cory Booker were on "This Week" Sunday, January 19.
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Shelby's excuses for Trump:
"That's all in dispute, of what happened, whether the Russians were involved in it, whether Ukrainians involved in it."
"I've never seen anything that—where Trump actually was involved in."
"People do things. Things happen." abcn.ws/3aiOU2q pic.twitter.com/J178wHo5CM
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Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Pearl Harbor Monday, the U.S. Navy is expected to announce that a new aircraft carrier will be named after Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller, the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor for his...
Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of closed captions
A deaf man is suing Pornhub.
Trump Is a Remorseless Advocate of Crimes Against Humanity
The only thing stopping him is our institutions.
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Trump is a global villain. His threats to steal Syria's oil, bomb Iran's cultural sites, and keep troops in Iraq unless that country pays ransom—combined with his advocacy of political violence and war crimes—show he’s as ruthless as any foreign dictator.
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Iraq’s parliament voted to expel our troops, but Trump refused to comply. “We’re not leaving unless they pay us back" for an air base, he said. “We have $35 billion of their money" in a US-based account, he noted. If Iraq doesn't pay, "We’ll stay there.”
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Trump admires tyrants. He excuses Kim's mass executions (“Yeah, but so have a lot of other people”) and Putin’s murders of dissidents (“At least he’s a leader”). He jokes about chemical weapons: “Saddam Hussein throws a little gas, everyone goes crazy."
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Latino Democratic voters place high importance on 2020 presidential election
Over half of Latino registered voters who are Democrats or lean toward the party have a good or excellent impression of the party's candidates.
New Hampshire 2020: Sanders Holds Lead; Klobuchar Surges to Double Digits
A new 7 News/Emerson College Poll of New Hampshire Democratic primary voters finds Sen. Bernie Sanders maintaining his lead with 23% of the vote, followed by former Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 18%, former V.P. Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 14%...
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Interesting stat in the new Emerson NH poll: On health care, Dem voters' top issue, Sanders crushes the field with 35%. Nearest rivals are at 19, 17, and 12.
Hypothesis: He has the M4A vote all to himself. The others have to split the public-option vote.
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Emerson Polling
New Hampshire 2020: Sanders Holds Lead; Klobuchar Surges to Double Digits
F.B.I. Arrests Suspected Members of Neo-Nazi Group Before Virginia Gun Rally
The three men had obtained guns and discussed traveling to Virginia for protests against new gun control measures, officials said.
Chris Cuomo, Kellyanne Conway Renew Rivalry in Epic Fight
Chris Cuomo, Kellyanne Conway renewed their rivalry in an epic, trainwreck fight over Trump's impeachment: 'You want that moment to go viral…and it won't'
The Centrists Are Winning the Year, but the Left Won the Decade
Lessons from Tuesday’s Democratic debate.
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Important shift in racial clout:
In 2008, journalists questioned Obama's support among whites. Now they're pressing a white candidate about his support among blacks.
Today, if a Democrat isn’t getting enough support from blacks, he’s seen as unelectable.
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The President, His Relationship with Intelligence and the Soleimani Strike
With Soleimani, it appears to have been more about President Trump, and the potential for headlines, rather than the intelligence.
Australia's fires will be 'normal' in 3C world
UK scientists say the recent fires in Australia are a foretaste of decades to come.
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The Illinois Senator is a different kind of African-American candidate. But
some black politicians are witholding their support, questioning whether he
can win
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Can a woman win? See this 2007 @perrybaconjr piece:
"Obama would need 43% of the white vote in some states to win, and that's humanly impossible," said Ford. "Black Americans in the South don't believe this country is ready to vote for a black President."
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As witness fight rages, whistleblower fades away
With a Senate impeachment trial likely just days away, President Trump and Democrats are locked in a cycle of mutual trolling over whether the trial should include testimony from witnesses.
The role of oxytocin on self‐serving lying
The effects of intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin on social cognition and behavior are highly specific. Our findings demonstrate that oxytocin versus placebo administration can pr...