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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 …
New York Times:
Phone Call Showed Only a Slice of Trump's Obsession With Ukraine  —  Since the 2016 campaign, the president has had an intense fixation on the country, which he believes is tied up in the origins of the special counsel's investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — It was not a country that would naturally …
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 …
New York Times:
Trump's Not-So-Excellent Day  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's mood went from feisty to self-pitying to deflated on Wednesday as he fended off questions about a July phone call in which he urged the president of Ukraine to work with Attorney General William P. Barr on potential corruption …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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.
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Dems Worry Rudy Would Send Impeachment Hearing Off the Rails  —  Giuliani isn't really known for his staid public appearances these days, and that's exactly what gives some Democrats pause.  —  If Congress is to get to the bottom of President Trump's efforts to get the Ukrainian government …
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: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Zelensky adviser says Biden case was precondition to Trump phone call  —  “It was clear that Trump will only have communications if they will discuss the Biden case.  This issue was raised many times.  I know that Ukrainian officials understood.”  —  Why it matters: The phone call …
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 …
NBC News:
Trump allies voice concerns about Rudy Giuliani's involvement in Ukraine
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
NBC News:   Majority of House members now back some type of impeachment action against Trump
CNN:
Whistleblower tentatively agrees to testify, attorneys say, as long as they get appropriate clearances to attend hearing
Discussion: Political Wire and KTLA
Axios:
Democrats ‘disturbed’ after reviewing whistleblower complaint
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and Breitbart
New York Times:
‘Do Us a Favor’: Calls Shows Trump's Interest in Using U.S. Power for His Gain
Raheem Kassam / The Daily Caller:
Trump Transcript Shows Him Trying To Stop Corruption, Nothing Else
Discussion: IJR
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Democrats troubled by ‘disturbing’ whistleblower complaint
Discussion: PJ Media Home and Breitbart
Sky Palma / Raw Story:
FLASHBACK: McGahn warned Trump he could be impeached if he asked law enforcement officials to investigate his rivals
Washington Post:
Trump offered Ukrainian president Justice Dept. help in an investigation of Biden, memo shows
Full Feed:
Ashton Kutcher Pushes For Trump Impeachment After Meeting Ukrainian President
Discussion: Splinter
Washington Post:
Pelosi, top Democrats favor quick, narrow Trump impeachment probe focused on Ukraine
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Do Us a Favor”: The Forty-eight Hours That Sealed Trump's Impeachment  —  President Trump began Wednesday in a dark place.  “There has been no President in the history of our Country who has been treated so badly as I have,” he lamented on Twitter, before 8 a.m. The night before …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Pelosi Tells Trump: ‘You Have Come Into My Wheelhouse’
Discussion: The Stranger
Paul Brandus / USA Today:
Nancy Pelosi's impeachment waiting game paid off. Americans will turn on Donald Trump.
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.
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KHON2:
Tulsi Gabbard's opposition is Kai Kahele's opportunity
Discussion: CNN
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
REPUBLICAN SOURCE: “[The whistleblower] paints a clear path to impeachment.”  —  Speaking on background to a Republican congressional source who has direct knowledge of the whistleblower report, he says it is really bad.  He says the GOP can attack it as partisan because, in his words …
Discussion: Political Wire
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Pre-Transcript Release, Chris Christie Argued Trump Was Only in Trouble If He Said Something Like ‘Do Me a Favor...’  —  Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie proved prescient Wednesday morning on the set of Good Morning America.  Just hours before the transcript of a phone call between …
Discussion: Political Wire
Pavel Polityuk / Reuters:
Ukraine president thought only U.S. side of Trump call would be published  —  KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he thought that only U.S. President Donald Trump's side of their July phone call would be published.  —  According to a summary …
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
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Sen. Rand Paul / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Rand Paul on the Fake Witch Hunts: BASTA!
Discussion: Hot Air, Fox News and The Daily Signal
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 …
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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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’
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Citing Falsehoods, Nicolle Wallace of MSNBC Cut Away From Trump's Remarks  —  Seven minutes after President Trump began his first news conference since House Democrats opened a formal impeachment inquiry, MSNBC made a decision that stood alone among the major networks on Wednesday: It cut away.
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
 
 
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