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8:45 PM ET, September 25, 2019

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Washington Post:
Acting director of national intelligence threatened to resign if he couldn't speak freely before Congress  —  The acting Director of National Intelligence threatened to resign over concerns that the White House might attempt to force him to stonewall Congress when he testifies Thursday …
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New York Times:
Whistle-Blower Is Said to Allege Concerns About White House Handling of Ukraine Call  —  New details have emerged about the intelligence officer who raised alarms about the president's pressure on Ukraine to open inquiries that could benefit him politically.
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Vox
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
White House mistakenly sends Trump-Ukraine talking points to Democrats  —  In the hours after the release Wednesday of the rough transcript of President Trump's July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the White House circulated an email with proposed talking points for Trump's defenders.
New York Times:
‘Do Us a Favor’: Calls Shows Trump's Interest in Using U.S. Power for His Gain  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine for cooperation with his political agenda in a July 25 call, urging his counterpart to start corruption investigations while stressing …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘Ice in his veins’: McConnell steers GOP through Trump's Ukraine scandal  —  In the face of an earthshaking political storm, Mitch McConnell seems unmoved.  —  The Senate majority leader has kept a sphinx-like pose during all manner of President Donald Trump controversies.
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. rejected investigation of Trump phone call just weeks after it began examining the matter  —  Justice Department officials took less than a month to abandon an inquiry into President Trump's communications with his Ukrainian counterpart about investigating former vice president Joe Biden …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump offered Ukrainian president Justice Dept. help for Biden investigation, memo shows  —  President Trump told his Ukrainian counterpart to work with the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and offered to meet with the foreign leader at the White House …
NBC News:   Majority of House members now back some type of impeachment action against Trump
Axios:
Democrats ‘disturbed’ after reviewing whistleblower complaint
Discussion: Politico
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Today in impeachment madness
Discussion: New York Times and Mother Jones
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democrats look to narrow impeachment focus to Trump-Ukraine scandal
Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Trump Asked Ukrainian President To Investigate Biden; DOJ Says No Charges
Dan Desai Martin / Shareblue Media:   Attorney general denies involvement with Ukraine scandal after Trump's memo implicates him
Patrick Reevell / ABC News:
Ukrainians understood Biden probe was condition for Trump-Zelenskiy phone call: Ukrainian official  —  When Ukrainians voted to elect comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy as their next president in the spring of 2019, the fledgling administration was eager to coordinate a phone call with Kyiv's …
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David French / National Review:
The Trump-Ukraine Transcript Contains Evidence of a Quid Pro Quo  —  I haven't been a litigator since 2015.  I haven't conducted a proper cross-examination since 2014.  But if I couldn't walk a witness, judge, and jury through the transcript of Donald Trump's call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Cracks emerge among Senate Republicans over Trump urging Ukrainian leader to investigate Biden  —  Several Senate Republicans were privately stunned Wednesday and questioned the White House's judgment after it released a rough transcript of President Trump's call with the Ukraine president …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Ukraine Scandal Is Not One Phone Call.  It's a Massive Plot.  —  On July 25, President Trump held a phone call in which he repeatedly leaned on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden and Paul Manafort's prosecutors.  The episode is so blatantly inappropriate …
Washington Post:
Trump was fixated on attacking Biden long before his call with Ukraine  —  Before President Trump pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to “look into” Joe Biden, he had turned ridiculing the former vice president into something of a presidential pastime.  —  He attacked Biden at the White House and at campaign rallies.
Discussion: Politico, Axios and Fox News
Sen. Rand Paul / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Rand Paul on the Fake Witch Hunts: BASTA!
Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Signal and Fox News
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Pre-Transcript Release, Chris Christie Argued Trump Was Only in Trouble If He Said Something Like ‘Do Me a Favor...’
Discussion: Political Wire
Pavel Polityuk / Reuters:
Ukraine president thought only U.S. side of Trump call would be published
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Full Feed:
Ashton Kutcher Pushes For Trump Impeachment After Meeting Ukrainian President
Discussion: Splinter
Representative Sharice Davids:
Rep. Sharice Davids Statement on House Impeachment Inquiry  —  Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement on the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump:  —  The people of Kansas' Third District elected me to represent our community and our values.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Majority of House supports impeachment inquiry  —  A majority of the House now backs impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, a significant milestone as Democrats move rapidly on an impeachment inquiry.  —  As of Wednesday night, 218 lawmakers have indicated support …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Pelosi Tells Trump: ‘You Have Come Into My Wheelhouse’
Discussion: The Stranger
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Why an Impeachment Inquiry Now? Democrats Cite the Clarity of the Case
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Live updates: 218 House lawmakers now support an impeachment inquiry on Trump
Discussion: RedState
Aaron Calvin / Des Moines Register:
Meet Carson King, the ‘Iowa Legend’ who's raised more than $1 million for charity off of a sign asking for beer money  —  In the living room of Carson King's unassuming bungalow in Altoona, a sign hand-painted by his step-grandmother hangs on the wall with the message “King: Start unknown, finish unforgettable.”
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Sister Toldjah / RedState:
Trump Says He Feels Pelosi Is “No Longer Speaker of the House”, Media Opens up a Can of Dumb in Response  —  President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York.
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Paul Brandus / USA Today:
Nancy Pelosi's impeachment waiting game paid off. Americans will turn on Donald Trump.
David Welna / NPR:
Pentagon Letter Undercuts Trump Assertion On Delaying Aid To Ukraine Over Corruption  —  President Trump cited concerns about corruption as his rationale for blocking security assistance to Ukraine earlier this week.  But in a letter sent to four congressional committees in May of this year …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Actually Has 2 Whistleblowers To Worry About  —  Don't forget the whistleblower alleging possible interference with the IRS audit of the president's tax returns.  —  WASHINGTON ― An intelligence community whistleblower has stunned Washington with possible evidence …
MSNBC:
‘One Republican senator told me if it was a secret vote, 30 Republican senators would vote to impeach Trump’  —  Mike Murphy, Fmr. Senior adviser to Mitt Romney and John McCain, tells MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that “'One Republican senator told me if it was a secret vote, 30 Republican senators would vote to impeach Trump.”
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MSNBC:
‘One Republican senator told me if it was a secret vote, 30 Republican senators would vote to impeach Trump’
Discussion: Political Wire
Jamie Ehrlich / CNN:
Cindy McCain says GOP no longer the ‘party that my husband and I belonged to’  —  Cindy McCain: John would be very disappointed  —  Washington (CNN)Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain, said on a podcast released Wednesday that the Republican Party is “excluding people for the wrong reasons” …
Discussion: Politico
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden nosedives in early-state polls  —  Joe Biden's poll numbers are crumbling in the early nominating states that matter most.  —  Once the dominant front-runner in the Democratic primary, Biden is now marginally trailing Elizabeth Warren in the first caucus state of Iowa and the first primary state of New Hampshire.
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CNN:   Bernie Sanders plans to escalate campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire as top aides question strategy
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's Own Lawyers Suggested Democrats Would Have A Stronger Case To Get His Records If They Were Pursuing Impeachment  —  WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump's lawyers were in court this summer trying to block a congressional subpoena for Trump's financial records …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
REPUBLICAN SOURCE: “[The whistleblower] paints a clear path to impeachment.”
Discussion: Political Wire
Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Rivlin gives Netanyahu mandate to form government
Discussion: Power Line and New York Times
Natalie Fertig / Politico:
How Republicans learned to love a pot bill
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Trump Turnberry resort singled out in airport's pitch to US military
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New smears, new bizarre tales: Trump made 79 false claims last week
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Daily Mail:
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