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Curating headlines and tidbits from the USA:
February
No thank you, Mr. Pecker – Jeff Bezos/Medium
April
Some news.
🚨🎉 We added 620+ new words to the dictionary! 🎉🚨https://t.co/j8rXQMHX8t
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) April 23, 2019
Pence: Trump previously saying he loves WikiLeaks "was in no way an endorsement" https://t.co/a6OHBatU7A pic.twitter.com/3FtA0EphIS
— The Hill (@thehill) April 12, 2019
July
CNN’s 2020 Democratic debate set for July 30-31 in Detroit
How to watch the second Democratic presidential debate on CNN
Trump mistakenly claims Revolutionary War soldiers ‘took over airports’ in ‘Salute to America’ speech
Why Is Everyone So Upset About the Betsy Ross Flag?
Trump appears in front of altered presidential seal saying ’45 is a puppet’
Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal — a former Republican fed up with Trump
https://one-term-donnie.myshopify.com
‘Moscow Mitch’ angry at being called ‘Moscow Mitch’
“If you think any of this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark psychic force of the collectivized hatred that this president is bringing up in this country, then I’m afraid that the Democrats are going to see some very dark days” Williamson said.
August
https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/8/29/20838464/comey-memos-inspector-general-horowitz-dangerous
A professor called Bret Stephens a ‘bedbug.’ The New York Times columnist complained to the professor’s boss
Behind Nate Silver’s war with The New York Times
Some people complain that this is the hottest summer in the last 125 years, but I like to think of it as the coolest summer of the next 125 years! Glass half full!
— Carter Bays (@CarterBays) July 20, 2019
September
Audio of private meeting shows oil industry ripping into Trump administration
Merriam-Webster: A 200-year-old dictionary offers hot political takes on Twitter
‘I want you to take action’: Greta Thunberg, teenage climate activist, testifies before Congress
October
Jimmy Carter’s impeachment advice for Trump: Tell the truth for a change
The Fifth Democratic Debate In 6 Charts
Here's the link for the 538 Debate Live Blog—where we'll be watching the whole damned 3-hour affair right along with YOU, the reader/viewer: https://t.co/w5JY2v9Q14
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1185007693674827777
Top U.S. envoy ties Trump directly to Ukraine quid pro quo
November
Hill, Holmes offer damaging impeachment testimony: Five takeaways
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-fifth-democratic-debate-in-6-charts
After Fiona Hill dismantles conspiracy theories, right-wing media goes on the attack
https://www.vox.com/2019/11/3/20946326/trump-booed-ufc-new-york
https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2019/11/03/this-is-what-donald-trump-actually-hears-when-he-gets-booed
https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/fifth-democratic-2020-debate
We have now liberated the Twitter account, previously suppressed unfairly in the aftermath of my resignation as National Security Advisor. More to come…..
— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) November 22, 2019
Eye-popping story from NYT. It says, in essence, that Trump and his GOP allies have been caught in a Russian intelligence deception in their 2016 conspiracy allegations about Ukraine. https://t.co/CzIFN3dlhs via @NYTimes
— David Ignatius (@IgnatiusPost) November 22, 2019
December
Trump Should Be Removed from Office – Christianity Today
2020 December Democratic Debate
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rebukes a reporter who asked if she "hates" Trump: "I don't hate anyone. I was raised in a way that is a heart full of love and always pray for the President. … So don't mess with me when it comes to words like that" https://t.co/yWJRPBQJN2 pic.twitter.com/0tIphvrYYB
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 5, 2019
From Christianity Today’s editor in chief https://t.co/NVdQjg4odC
— Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) December 19, 2019
Headlines
A Guide To Who’s Who In House Leadership For The 116th Congress – NPR
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/viral-clash-students-and-native-americans-explained/580906
I won’t just stand by when @SenateGOP and @POTUS are so willing to shut the government down and hurt the American people for a campaign promise. pic.twitter.com/nKs3UfFLPo
— Michael Bennet (@SenatorBennet) January 24, 2019
Toward 2020 Election
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/cnn-town-hall-kamala-harris-1135735
Ex-Starbucks CEO ‘seriously thinking’ of independent 2020 run
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