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1:30 PM ET, September 22, 2019

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Carrie Dann / NBC News:

NBC/WSJ poll: A record share of voters dislike Trump personally, but Democrats face challenges of their own — Voters overall also have doubts about Democrats' most progressive policy proposals. And many worry Joe Biden isn't up for the job. — WASHINGTON — As Democratic candidates compete …

Discussion: Axios and Political Wire

Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:

Elizabeth Warren leads Register's Iowa Poll for the first time, besting Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders — Elizabeth Warren has surged in Iowa, narrowly overtaking Joe Biden and distancing herself from fellow progressive Bernie Sanders, the latest Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.

Discussion: Vox, Splinter, Bleeding Heartland, Slate, Rolling Stone, Common Dreams, Axios, The Week, The Big Picture, Breitbart, Fox News, Mediaite, Political Wire, Washington Post, The Daily Beast and Politico, more at Techmeme »

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: Impeachment watch: Schiff says ‘we need an answer’ — DRIVING THE DAY — SIREN ... HOUSE INTEL CHAIRMAN ADAM SCHIFF to JAKE TAPPER on CNN'S “STATE OF THE UNION”: “I have been very reluctant to go down the path of impeachment ... but if the president …

CNN:

Elizabeth Warren surges and Joe Biden fades in close Iowa race, new poll shows — (CNN)A surging Sen. Elizabeth Warren is challenging Joe Biden's dominance in the race for the Democratic nomination, standing at 22% to the former vice president's 20% in a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Week and New York Post

Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Iowa Dems to Trump: You're Helping Biden With Ukraine Claims

Discussion: Daily Wire, Des Moines Register, BuzzFeed News and Mediaite

Nick Coltrain / Des Moines Register:
Bernie Sanders slides to third in Iowa Poll as fewer respondents view him favorably

Discussion: U.S. Political News … and Raw Story

CBS News:
“We will rise”: 2020 Democratic candidates attend Iowa Steak Fry

Discussion: Townhall, Daily Wire, Breitbart, Des Moines Register, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com and Iowa Starting Line

David Siders / Politico:
Warren on pace with Biden in Iowa

Discussion: Des Moines Register and Splinter

New York Times:
Warren Leads in New Iowa Poll With Biden Second

Discussion: Des Moines Register, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Axios

Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox:
An exchange at an LGBTQ forum reopens questions about Joe Biden's treatment of women

Discussion: Rolling Stone, twitchy.com, USA Today, Fox News, New York Times and Mediaite

Renato Mariotti / Politico:

Trump Didn't Bribe Ukraine. It's Actually Worse Than That. — Reports that President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has prompted a flurry of speculation that the president …

Discussion: Washington Post, Bleeding Heartland and Hullabaloo

Serhiy Leshchenko / Washington Post:

Rudy Giuliani accused me of exposing Paul Manafort's Ukraine deals to help U.S. Democrats. That's a lie. — Serhiy Leshchenko is a Ukrainian journalist and political activist. — On Aug. 19, 2016, I convened a news conference in Kiev at which I revealed previously secret records of payments …

Discussion: Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit and CNN

Washington Post:

Trump's Ukraine call reveals a president convinced of his own invincibility — When the July 24 congressional testimony of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III deflated the impeachment hopes of Democrats, President Trump crowed “no collusion” and claimed vindication from accusations …

Discussion: Salon, Althouse, NPR, Wall Street Journal and Vox

Washington Post:

Ukrainian leaders feel trapped between warring Washington factions — KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian leaders are trapped in the middle of a very Washington firefight, facing mounting pressure from President Trump and his allies to investigate the son of political rival Joe Biden, and are searching for a way to escape.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, The Week, Center for American … and Power Line

Zachary Basu / Axios:

Schiff: Impeachment may be the only remedy if Trump pressured Ukraine on Biden — House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that if the allegations that President Trump pressured the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden are true …

Discussion: Washington Post, Breitbart, Politico and Mother Jones

Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Another Pseudo-Scandal — Spin the magic wheel: click, click …

Discussion: Radio Free Europe/Radio …, USA Today, The Guardian and Daily Kos

Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Pompeo: 'It wouldn't be appropriate' to release transcript of Trump conversation with Ukrainian president

Discussion: Political Wire

David Edwards / Raw Story: Trump says he would have ‘no problem’ with Giuliani testifying before Congress

Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
Giuliani charges ‘this town protects Joe Biden’

Discussion: Politico

Bloomberg:
Trump Suggests He Discussed Biden With Ukraine's Zelenskiy

Discussion: Political Wire, Fox News, The Daily Caller and en.hromadske.ua

New York Times:
Ukraine and Whistle-Blower Issues Emerge as Major Flashpoints in Presidential Race

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Rolling Stone, Occupy Democrats, Financial Times, American Thinker, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart and Slate

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
President Trump and the warping of democratic governance

Discussion: Mother Jones and U.S. Political News …

Charles Sykes / NBC News:

Trump critic and rising GOP star Ben Sasse is now a Trump apologist. How sadly predictable. — Sasse could have been a thought leader of post-Trumpian conservativism. What is he now? — In the end, Ben Sasse got the Trump tweet he gave up so much to get.

Ayman Odeh / New York Times:

We Are Ending Netanyahu's Grip on Israel — The leader of the Arab Joint List explains why it will use its power to help make Benny Gantz prime minister of Israel. — Mr. Odeh leads the Joint List, the third-largest bloc in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, and is chairman of the Hadash Party.

Mike Baker / New York Times:

She Quit Her Job. He Got Night Goggles. They Searched 57 Days for Their Dog. — A couple combed a rural Montana community for their Border collie, Katie. — After a late night at a stock-car race, Carole and Verne King returned to their dog-friendly hotel in Kalispell, Mont., and made a devastating discovery.

Discussion: Daily Wire

Noam Cohen / New York Times:

M.I.T. Media Lab, Already Rattled by the Epstein Scandal, Has a New Worry — The M.I.T. Media Lab, an unconventional research center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been under scrutiny since August, when its financial ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became public.

Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:

VP Pence arrives on Mackinac Island with eight-vehicle motorcade — Vice President Mike Pence leaves the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in an eight-vehicle motorcade Saturday. It's the first automobile motorcade on the island, where cars are generally banned. — CONNECT

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Legal showdown looms over Trump deposition order — A lawsuit brought by protesters who contend they were roughed up by security personnel outside Trump Tower in 2015 has become an urgent problem for President Donald Trump's legal team after a New York judge ruled Friday that Trump must submit to a videotaped deposition in the case.

Discussion: Raw Story

Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:

Yemeni Rebels Warn Iran Plans Another Strike Soon — The information has been passed along to the Saudis and the U.S., according to people briefed on the warnings — BEIRUT—Houthi militants in Yemen have warned foreign diplomats that Iran is preparing a follow-up strike to the missile …

South China Morning Post: China, Russia, Iran ‘plan joint naval drill in international waters’