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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 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” …
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Raw Story
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 …
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Foreign Policy, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, American Greatness and Breitbart
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Trump's Defenders Have Plenty of Lame Excuses
Trump's Defenders Have Plenty of Lame Excuses
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USA Today, LewRockwell, Washington Post and National Review
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
'I'm the real whistleblower': Giuliani's quixotic mission to help Trump in Ukraine
'I'm the real whistleblower': Giuliani's quixotic mission to help Trump in Ukraine
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Breitbart, Miami Herald, Just Security, Political Wire, Raw Story and The Week
HuffPost:
Democrats Show Unity On Impeachment; Republicans Show Fractures
Democrats Show Unity On Impeachment; Republicans Show Fractures
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Washington Post, New Republic and The Guardian
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Four debunked talking points used to discredit the whistleblower complaint
Four debunked talking points used to discredit the whistleblower complaint
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Raw Story, Daily Kos and Washington Examiner
David Harsanyi / New York Post:
Wherever Joe Biden went, son Hunter cashed in
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.
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Wall Street Journal:
NRA's Ties to Russian Nationals Detailed in New Report — Democrats' report also calls out the nonprofit for paying for a Moscow trip where leaders engaged in personal business — National Rifle Association funds paid for lodging and travel of Russian nationals throughout 2015 and 2016 …
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 …
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New York Times
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Whistleblower painstakingly gathered material and almost single-handedly set impeachment in motion
Whistleblower painstakingly gathered material and almost single-handedly set impeachment in motion
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RedState
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The whistleblower alleged a Trump coverup. A former insider explains how it worked.
Bloomberg:
Kremlin Says It Hopes White House Doesn't Release Putin-Trump Calls
Kremlin Says It Hopes White House Doesn't Release Putin-Trump Calls
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Political Wire
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 …
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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.
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Political Wire, CNN, Politico, Breitbart and New Republic
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.
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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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Reis Thebault / Washington Post:
Two Republican governors say they support impeachment inquiry of Trump
Two Republican governors say they support impeachment inquiry of Trump
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Politico, Palmer Report, Daily Kos, NPR, Breitbart and Shareblue Media
New York Times:
Why the Trump Impeachment Inquiry Is the Only Option
Why the Trump Impeachment Inquiry Is the Only Option
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The Daily Beast and Daily Kos
Clifford Michel / The City:
Rep. Max Rose in Hot Seat as Holdout on Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Rep. Max Rose in Hot Seat as Holdout on Trump Impeachment Inquiry
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Detroit Free Press
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 …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Complaint in Hand, Democrats Aim for a Fast, and Focused, Impeachment Inquiry
Complaint in Hand, Democrats Aim for a Fast, and Focused, Impeachment Inquiry
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Washington Post, National Review, Bloomberg, Outside the Beltway, Bookworm Room, Los Angeles Times and Slate
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 …
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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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
A Nonsense QAnon Conspiracy Theory Ended Up In Donald Trump's Call To the Ukrainian President …
A Nonsense QAnon Conspiracy Theory Ended Up In Donald Trump's Call To the Ukrainian President …
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Salon, Vanity Fair, Raw Story, American Greatness and Washington Post
Sean Davis / New York Post:
The Trump-Ukraine whistleblower complaint looks just like ‘Steele Dossier 2.0’
The Trump-Ukraine whistleblower complaint looks just like ‘Steele Dossier 2.0’
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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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The Federalist, No More Mister Nice Blog, The American Conservative, Washington Post, NBC News and CNBC
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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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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.”
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Inscrutable Mike Pence — PIETY AND POWER — Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House — After losing his first campaign for Congress, a penitent Mike Pence swore off the dark side of politics. In a confessional essay in 1991, he wrote that “negative campaigning is wrong” and set out rules for himself for the future.
Kyle Blaine / CNN:
October Democratic debate to take place on one night — (CNN)The CNN/New York Times Democratic presidential debate in October will occur on one night, the Democratic National Committee told campaigns Friday. — “To address several inquiries we have received we are writing to let you know that …
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 …
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