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10:31 A.M. How Throwing Amash Out of the GOP Might Make Trump Lose 2020 A short-sighted attack on the first Republican to endorse impeachment.
10:15 A.M. Pete Buttigieg Goes on Fox News and Bashes Fox News The Democrat called out Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, but also defended his appearance in a Fox News town hall.
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May 19, 2019 Trump Is Not a Defender of Religious Liberty but a Threat Trump’s combination of hate-mongering and loud identification with Christianity is the antithesis of the American tradition of religious pluralism.
May 19, 2019 Trump Wants to Make War Criminals Great Again The pardon-happy president seems set to celebrate Memorial Day by disregarding core principles of service and military justice.
May 19, 2019 Deutsche Flagged Trump for Possible Money Laundering: Report In 2016 and 2017, Deutsche investigators recommended that several transactions involving Trump and Jared Kushner be reported to the Treasury.
May 19, 2019 Will Old Folks Stick With Joe Biden? There’s a dynamic that could undercut his exceptional popularity among seniors, across racial and gender lines.

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