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11:00 AM ET, September 27, 2019

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Ukraine Phone Call, Alarmed Aides Saw Trouble  —  WASHINGTON — No one bothered to put special limits on the number of people allowed to sit in the “listening room” in the White House to monitor the phone call because it was expected to be routine.  By the time the call was over 30 minutes later …
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New York Times:
Trump Said His Ukraine Envoy Would ‘Go Through Some Things.’ She Has Already.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's words about Marie L. Yovanovitch, his former ambassador to Ukraine, were ominous.  In a telephone conversation that has set off a political crisis for Mr. Trump, he told Volodymyr Zelensky …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
More than 300 former officials call Trump's actions concerning Ukraine ‘profound national security concern’  —  More than 300 former U.S. national security and foreign policy officials have signed a statement warning that President Trump's actions regarding Ukraine are a “profound national security concern” …
Discussion: Raw Story
John Solomon / The Hill:
These once-secret memos cast doubt on Joe Biden's Ukraine story  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden, now a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, has locked into a specific story about the controversy in Ukraine.  —  He insists that, in spring 2016, he strong-armed Ukraine to fire …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How a conservative columnist helped push a flawed Ukraine narrative  —  Back in March, the Hill newspaper published a series of stories and interviews that seemed, at the time, to be mainly of interest to foreign-policy wonks.  —  John Solomon, the paper's executive vice president …
David Harsanyi / New York Post:   Wherever Joe Biden went, son Hunter cashed in
Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Sits at the Center of the Ukraine Controversy
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
Effort to shield Trump's call with Ukrainian leader was part of broader secrecy effort  —  The White House has taken extraordinary steps over the past two years to block details of President Trump's phone calls with foreign leaders from becoming public, following embarrassing disclosures early …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump, the TV president, finally meets a media story he can't control  —  Donald Trump's presidency would have been impossible without his reality-TV fame from NBC's “The Apprentice.”  —  And he is skilled at dominating the visual medium that still matters so much — even in our digital age …
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
White House Knew of Whistle-Blower's Allegations Soon After Trump's Call With Ukraine Leader  —  The whistle-blower, a C.I.A. officer detailed to the White House at one point, first expressed his concerns anonymously to the agency's top lawyer.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House learned …
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Whistleblower painstakingly gathered material and almost single-handedly set impeachment in motion  —  The whistleblower's identity remains obscured, the details of his work for the CIA cloaked in secrecy.  But the document he delivered reveals almost as much about the investigative mission …
Discussion: RedState and Los Angeles Times
Bloomberg:
Kremlin Says It Hopes White House Doesn't Release Putin-Trump Calls
Discussion: Political Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:   The whistleblower alleged a Trump coverup. A former insider explains how it worked.
New York Times:
Why The Times Published Details of the Whistle-Blower's Identity
Tim Mak / NPR:
NRA Was ‘Foreign Asset’ To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals  —  The National Rifle Association acted as a “foreign asset” for Russia in the period leading up to the 2016 election, according to a new investigation unveiled Friday by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Nancy Pelosi: An Extremely Stable Genius  —  When asked if it was possible that impeachment might backfire, the Speaker of the House insisted that politics has nothing to do with it.  “It doesn't matter,” she said.  “He has given us no choice.”  Before we begin to grapple with the gravity …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
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Axios:
Pelosi: Attorney General Bill Barr has “gone rogue”  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi told MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Friday that she believes Attorney General Bill Barr has “gone rogue” with his handling of the controversy regarding the Trump administration's interactions with Ukraine.
Discussion: Political Wire, CNN, Politico and Breitbart
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Just How Corrupt Is Bill Barr?  —  Trump's attorney general is implicated in the Ukraine scandal, but refuses to recuse.  —  By now you have probably read the opening of the whistle-blower complaint filed by a member of the intelligence community accusing Donald Trump of manipulating American foreign policy for political gain.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“It's Management Bedlam”: Madness at Fox News as Trump Faces Impeachment  —  A Trump identity crisis at Fox as Hannity frets, Lachlan Murdoch prepares for a post-Trump future, Paul Ryan whispers in Rupert's ear, and Shep Smith and Tucker Carlson trade blows. n public, Donald Trump's allies …
Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo blames angry ‘leftists’ for impeachment of Trump and predicts ‘quote unquote inquiry’ will cause gridlock  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized “leftist” Democrats for pushing Congress into launching an impeachment inquiry of President Trump and predicted the probe would lead to government gridlock.
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New York Times:
Why the Trump Impeachment Inquiry Is the Only Option
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Daily Kos
Clifford Michel / The City:
Rep. Max Rose in Hot Seat as Holdout on Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Discussion: Detroit Free Press
Carol Hunter / Des Moines Register:
We hear you.  You're angry.  Here's what we are doing about it.  —  We took appropriate action because there is nothing more important in journalism than having readers' trust.  —  CONNECT  —  The Des Moines Register staff has heard from hundreds of people in the past few days upset …
Jane Rosenzweig / New York Times:
The Whistle-Blower's Guide to Writing  —  His complaint offers lessons on how to make a point.  —  Ms. Rosenzweig is the director of the Writing Center at Harvard.  —  I can't tell you what's going to happen to his blockbuster complaint about the president's behavior …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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HuffPost:
Democrats Show Unity On Impeachment; Republicans Show Fractures
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Voter Support for Impeachment Grows Amid Ukraine Scandal  —  Backing for impeachment increases by 13 net points since the weekend  —  President Donald Trump pauses during a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25 in New York City.
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Trump Killed the Seriousness of Impeachment
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia's Fingerprints Are All Over Trump's Ukraine Whistleblower Scandal  —  Prominent figures on Russian TV have been openly putting out the same ideas that we now know the American president was privately pursuing.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  Elements of the bombshell whistleblower report …
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Sean Davis / New York Post:
The Trump-Ukraine whistleblower complaint looks just like ‘Steele Dossier 2.0’
Discussion: Instapundit
David Brooks / New York Times:
Yes, Trump Is Guilty, but Impeachment Is a Mistake  —  This political brawl will leave Trump victorious.  —  Donald Trump committed an impeachable offense on that call with the Ukrainian president.  But that doesn't mean Democrats are right to start an impeachment process.
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:   Will Impeachment Reshape the 2020 Race?
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Bernie Sanders wants to eliminate rich people  —  One of Bernie Sanders' charms, according to his followers, is that he's an unapologetic advocate for his beliefs.  Never mind that most of the 20th century stands as a monument to the catastrophic dangers of his collectivist philosophy, Bernie's no phony!
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:   Biden advisers weigh new Wall Street tax as Warren, Sanders pitch aggressive levies on wealthy
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
How the Climate Kids Are Short-Circuiting Right-Wing Media  —  Young people like Greta Thunberg are participating in the culture wars while also managing to float above the fray.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.  —  The kids aren't just all right — they're scrambling the brains of their political enemies.
Discussion: Vox, LifeSiteNews, New York Post and Axios
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:   'Everything You're Seeing Is Deception': How Right-Wing Media Talks About Impeachment
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Impeach him, anyway  —  The case for impeachment, even if it can't oust Trump.  —  In Federalist 65, Alexander Hamilton considers the problem of impeachment.  The process, the Constitution framer writes, is meant for offenses “denominated POLITICAL, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Jeff Flake says ‘at least 35’ Republican senators would privately vote to impeach Trump  —  Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake made a bold claim on Thursday when he said “at least 35” GOP senators would privately vote for President Trump's impeachment.  —  Appearing at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren wants congressional staffers to get paid more
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Rob Portman's chief of staff to head Google's D.C. office
Discussion: Axios
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
What drives Donald Trump? Greed, and greed alone.
Yuichiro Kakutani / Washington Free Beacon:
Warren Invested in Private Prisons
Discussion: RedState
Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
Mortgage Lenders Are Shifting Climate Risks Onto Taxpayers, Study Finds
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Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
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Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Pence Advised Against Releasing Rough Transcript of Ukraine Call
Axios:
Ukraine controversy spotlights Joe Biden's family problem as the 2020 race heats up
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and Breitbart
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Adam Schiff should be forced to take oath before every hearing
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Republicans Face Impeachment Dilemma, Romney Is a Lonely Voice of Concern
Discussion: Political Wire
 

 
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