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Jones Willing To Consider Acquitting Trump [VIDEO]

Axios reports: Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) said on ABC’s “This Week” that the allegations that President Trump exploited Ukraine for his political benefit are “serious” and “impeachable,” but added that there are “gaps” in the House’s case and that he is willing to acquit Trump in a Senate trial if “those dots aren’t connected.” Jones, a vulnerable moderate whose vote …

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GOP Senator: Pelosi Has No Right To Hold Articles

The Hill reports: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said Sunday he does not think Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has the power to hold the articles of impeachment the House passed last week from the Senate. “Frankly, I don’t think the speaker has the right to do this,” Blunt said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” in response to Pelosi’s decision not …

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Trump To Headline Miami Event For Evangelicals

The Miami Herald reports: Days after the magazine Christianity Today surprisingly supported House Democrats’ impeachment and called for the president’s removal in an editorial, the Trump campaign announced plans to roll out an Evangelicals for Trump movement in South Florida. Trump’s campaign said the president will headline the event. Trump’s appearance in Miami may bookend a holiday stay in South …

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Trump Invites British PM Boris Johnson For WH Visit

Reuters reports: President Donald Trump has invited British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit him in the White House in the new year, British media reported on Sunday. Trump’s invitation was made after the British prime minister’s election win this month, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. Britain wants to strike a new trade deal with the United States after it …

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Trump Signs Defense Bill Establishing Space Force

ABC News reports: The U.S. Space Force has become the nation’s newest branch of the military as President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which authorized the creation of the new military service. Space Force went into operation almost immediately after the legislation was signed into law, but many questions still need to be decided as to how …

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Trump Urges Followers To Donate To Turncoat Dem

Raw Story reports: President Donald Trump urged his 67 million Twitter followers to donate to a New Jersey congressman who left the Democratic Party. Rep. Jeff Van Drew was elected in the 2018 blue wave as a Democrat but switched parties this week after breaking with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the question of impeaching the president. “The Democrat Party’s Witch …

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Private ICE Prisons Rake In Big Profits Under Trump

USA Today reports: The use of private prisons to detain immigrants is not new, but the business has exploded under Trump. At least 24 immigration detention centers and more than 17,000 beds were added in the past three years to the sprawling detention system run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A USA TODAY Network investigation found that the …

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De Niro: Trump Needs To Be Confronted, Humiliated

Variety reports: Award-winning actor Robert De Niro, a vocal critic of President Trump, went after the president once again Friday, saying that Trump needs to be “confronted and humiliated.” “He needs to be confronted and humiliated by whoever his opponent is, his political opponent,” De Niro told acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore on his new podcast “Rumble with Michael Moore.” “They …

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Pelosi Formally Invites Trump To Give SOTU Address

NBC News reports: Less than 48 hours after she gaveled in the votes making him the third president to be impeached in United States history, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited Donald Trump to deliver his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Feb. 4. The three-paragraph letter to the president says she’s extending the invitation …

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Trump Camp Claims $10M Haul After Impeach Vote

The Rising reports: An official for President Trump’s 2020 campaign said Friday that it has raised $10 million over the course of two days following the historic impeachment vote in the House this week. “Every time the Democrats in the media into a frenzy like they did on Wednesday with the vote, we collect more data — we have greater …

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Franklin Graham Rages Against Magazine His Father Founded: My Father Knew, Believed In Donald Trump

From Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Christianity Today released an editorial stating that President Trump should be removed from office—and they invoked my father’s name (I suppose to try to bring legitimacy to their statements), so I feel it is important for me to respond. Yes, my father Billy Graham founded Christianity Today; but no, he would not agree with their …

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Congress Leaves Town With Trial Plan Deadlocked

The Associated Press reports: Congress has headed home for the holidays leaving plans and a possible timeline for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in disarray. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Thursday that Senate Republicans must provide details on witnesses and testimony before she would send over the charges for Trump’s trial. No deal, replied Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …

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Queens Newspaper Headline: “Queens Man Impeached”

The Queens Daily Eagle reports: Former Jamaica Estates resident Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday by the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the third president to be impeached in United States history — and the first from Queens. The entire Queens House delegation voted in favor of impeachment. “Today, I voted to impeach President Donald Trump … I did so …

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Magazine Founded By Billy Graham: Trump Must Go For His “Gross Immorality And Ethical Incompetence”

From the editor of Christianity Today: We have reserved judgment on Mr. Trump for years now. Some have criticized us for our reserve. But when it comes to condemning the behavior of another, patient charity must come first. So we have done our best to give evangelical Trump supporters their due, to try to understand their point of view, to …

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Trump Welcomes Turncoat House Dem To GOP

CBS News reports: The day after he became the third president to be impeached in a historic vote, President Trump welcomed Congressman Jeff Van Drew to the White House to celebrate the freshman lawmaker’s decision to switch to the Republican Party. The meeting notably occurred after Van Drew voted against both articles of impeachment — as a Democrat. Trump and …

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WH Spox Laments That Trump Can’t Even Say Dead Democrats Are In Hell Without Getting Attacked For It

“It’s just always an interesting situation here in D.C., no matter what the president says, people are going to parse it apart, try and tear it apart and focus on the most negative aspects of it. It’s understandable that someone’s frustrated about the fact you have 93% negative news coverage against you even though you’ve had so many successes on …

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Another Chinese National Arrested At Mar-A-Lago

CNN reports: A Chinese woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with trespassing on President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property, according to Palm Beach Police, in the second time this year that a Chinese national been arrested for intruding on the premises. Jing Lu, 56, allegedly trespassed on the Palm Beach resort and was asked to leave by security, Palm Beach Police …

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Nancy Pelosi: I’ll Send The Articles To The Senate After Mitch McConnell Reveals His Plan For Trump’s Trial

NBC News reports: Speaking to reporters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — who must send the two House-passed articles of impeachment to the Senate before a trial of the president can begin — said she had no intention of taking action until she heard from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell about this plans. Pelosi said she will move forward “when we …

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Trump: Women Complain To Me About Dishwashers

The Daily Beast reports: At his rally in Michigan that coincided with his impeachment on Capitol Hill, Trump started rambling about weak dishwashers. The president said that dishwashers don’t work as well as they once did, blaming regulations, and added that he’d found this out by talking to women. “Remember the dishwasher? You’d press it, boom! There’d be like an …

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McConnell: Pelosi Is Afraid To Send Me The Articles

The Associated Press reports: The top Senate Republican is denouncing the “unfair” House impeachment of President Donald Trump and reassuring Trump and his supporters that “moments like this are why the United States Senate exists.” Sen. Mitch McConnell, in a Thursday floor speech, accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of being afraid to send “their shoddy work product to the Senate” …

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