memeorandum: Moderates, all is not lost. Here's how we move forward. (Washington Post)

9:35 AM ET, September 28, 2019

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Trump told Russian officials in 2017 he wasn't concerned about Moscow's interference in U.S. election — President Trump told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval Office meeting that he was unconcerned about Moscow's interference in the U.S. election because the United States did the same …

Discussion: CNN, Palmer Report, The Guardian, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, KTLA, emptywheel, POLITICUSUSA, Progress Pond, Little Green Footballs, Axios, Mediaite, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money

New York Times:

N.R.A.'s LaPierre Asks Trump to ‘Stop the Games’ Over Gun Legislation in Discussion About Its Support — President Trump met in the White House on Friday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, and discussed prospective gun legislation and whether the N.R …

Discussion: Occupy Democrats, CNN, HuffPost, Mediaite, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, twitchy.com, Hot Air, Raw Story, Axios, Political Wire, Patterico's Pontifications, NPR and Mother Jones

CNN:

White House restricted access to Trump's calls with Putin and Saudi crown prince — Washington (CNN)White House efforts to limit access to President Donald Trump's conversations with foreign leaders extended to phone calls with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian leader Vladimir Putin …

Discussion: Axios, Palmer Report, Raw Story, The Guardian, HuffPost, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Politico, Bloomberg and New York Times

Andrew Howard / The Arizona State Press:

McCain Institute head Kurt Volker steps down as US diplomat — Volker's resignation comes amid reports that he was involved in the Trump-Ukraine investigation

Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, CNBC, New York Times, Fox News, The Clarion Ledger, Reuters, American Oversight, CNSNews, ABC News, The Daily Caller, KTLA, Townhall, Vox, Daily Kos, Mediaite, The Guardian, New York Post, Axios, The Atlantic and twitchy.com

Los Angeles Times:

Trump, caught off guard, struggles to fight impeachment storm — As soon as President Trump learned he was facing an impeachment investigation on Tuesday, he upended his meetings with world leaders near the United Nations and rushed to his soaring skyscraper a few blocks away in midtown Manhattan.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Associated Press, Daily Kos, PRI and Politico

Hearst Connecticut / Connecticut Post:

President Trump needs to step down — Even given the incredibly fast pace of news in the Trump era, the speed with which the Ukraine scandal has moved from vague complaint to impeachable offense has been stunning. Though we're still at the beginning of the process, there is already a mountain …

Discussion: The Boston Globe, Palmer Report and Mediaite

Washington Post:

Giuliani cancels paid appearance next week at Kremlin-backed conference — Rudolph W. Giuliani, whose actions as President Trump's personal lawyer have helped set in motion an impeachment inquiry, abruptly canceled his scheduled paid appearance at a Kremlin-backed conference in Armenia next week.

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Peter Baker / New York Times:

Kurt Volker, Trump's Envoy for Ukraine, Resigns — WASHINGTON — Kurt D. Volker, the State Department's special envoy for Ukraine, who got caught in the middle of the pressure campaign by President Trump and his lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, to find damaging information about Democrats, resigned his post on Friday.

Discussion: The Week

Associated Press:

The Latest: McConnell: If House acts, Senate must have trial — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment inquiry (all times local): — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that if the House goes ahead and impeaches President Donald Trump …

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Washington Post, CNN, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com

Keith Gessen / Columbia Journalism Review: How I missed the Ukraine story

Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
The dam is breaking: Trump's true character is revealed, more fully than ever

Discussion: Slate

Humberto Sanchez / The Nevada Independent:
Amodei on Trump impeachment inquiry: 'Let's put it through the process and see what happens'

Discussion: Reno Gazette-Journal, Raw Story, Breitbart, Politico, Congressman Mark Amodei, New York Post, Bloomberg and Mother Jones, more at Mediagazer »

Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Mark Amodei Is First House Republican to Support Trump Impeachment Inquiry

Discussion: Raw Story

CNN:
Sources: Special envoy to Ukraine resigns one day after whistleblower report released

Discussion: Palmer Report and ABC News

New York Times:
White House Classified Computer System Is Used to Hold Transcripts of Sensitive Calls

Discussion: Power Line, Al Jazeera, KTLA, CNN, The Week, Financial Times, Daily Kos, New York Post, Splinter, The Guardian, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo

Connor Mannion / Mediaite: Katy Tur Brutally Grills Trump Adviser Over Biden Claims: ‘Why is Ivanka Getting Copyrights in China?’

CNN:
Democrats say White House stonewalling won't drag out inquiry and will boost case for impeachment

Discussion: Political Wire and Denver Post

The Daily Beast:
Pompeo Grapples for Ways to Outlast Hurricane Rudy

Discussion: Contemptor

Michael Warren / CNN:
Rudy Giuliani says he won't testify without consulting Trump

Discussion: The Hill, Hullabaloo and Raw Story

Washington Post:
Democrats prepare to move quickly to build case for Trump's impeachment

Discussion: Palmer Report, The Hill and Wall Street Journal

New York Times:
House Democrats Issue First Subpoena in Impeachment Inquiry

Discussion: Denver Post, Washington Post and Slate

Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Trump administration changed foreign-leader call-storage methods after leaks

Discussion: RedState, Occupy Democrats, twitchy.com and Fox News

Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Ukraine envoy resigns amid scandal consuming Trump's presidency

Discussion: One America News Network, Bloomberg, Chicago Sun-Times, Raw Story, The Guardian, Vox and Hullabaloo, more at Mediagazer »

Miami Herald:

Prosecutors: Army official at Mar-a-Lago uploaded suspected child porn to Russian website — A military official formerly in charge of all White House communications for the U.S. Army at Mar-a-Lago was sentenced to three years of probation on Friday after he made false statements …

Discussion: Palm Beach Post, Fox News and Raw Story

Carlos Greer / Page Six:

Lindsey Graham loudly blabs about whistleblower controversy on commercial flight — Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday gave a commercial flight a private preview of his appearance on CBS's “Face the Nation,” a source told Page Six, including calling the whistleblower controversy “Kavanaugh on steroids!”

Discussion: Politico and Political Wire

Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier: SC Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott dismiss whistleblower complaint as ‘hearsay’

Ivana Kottasová / CNN:

Boris Johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over his alleged relationship with an American businesswoman — (CNN)British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over his alleged relationship with an American businesswoman when he was mayor of London.

Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story

Ari Fleischer / Fox News:

Dem drive to impeach Trump over Ukraine call is hysterical, hyperbolic and hypocritical — President Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was beautiful. Except for the part where Trump talked about former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter. That was inappropriate.

Discussion: LifeSiteNews and Power Line

Jonathan Easley / The Hill: Public opinion polls show shift toward impeaching Trump

Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Support for Trump impeachment rises 12 points in new poll

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Washington Post

Reuters:
Ukraine must investigate Joe Biden's son, says ex-Ukrainian PM

Discussion: National Review, Townhall and Washington Times

Jeremy Hobson / WBUR:

Former Sen. Jeff Flake On The Trump Impeachment Inquiry 05:54 … Play — Following a whistleblower complaint about a phone call between President Trump and his counterpart in Ukraine, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she supports an impeachment inquiry. — Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake …

Discussion: The Week, Fox News and American Greatness

Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Politics of Impeachment Now Favor Democrats

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News, Breitbart, The Resurgent, Vox and New York Times

Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Impeachment fight threatens to grind legislative work to halt

Discussion: Politico and Wall Street Journal

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

At Fox News, Trump Impeachment Inquiry Brings On-Air Sniping — Fox News personalities are facing heckles, insults and criticism for their coverage this week of President Trump and the impeachment inquiry. — And that's just from their own colleagues. — In an unusual airing …

Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News' Ukraine Coverage Reveals Growing Tension Between News and Opinion Sides

Discussion: Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Stranger and Raw Story

MSNBC:

‘Total panic’ as ‘shell-shocked’ White House struggles to find impeachment footing — NBC News reports that panic has now set in at the White House, where according to one source, aides are “increasingly wary” that “the president could respond erratically and become ‘unmanageable.’”

Julian Borger / The Guardian:

Trump's Ukraine call sparks new questions over intelligence chief's firing — The president removed Dan Coats days after his conversation with Zelenskiy and insisted that Coats's deputy not get the job — Three days after his now infamous phone conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy …

Discussion: Alternet.org, Mediaite, American Prospect and Splinter

Washington Post:

Moderates, all is not lost. Here's how we move forward. — Brink Lindsey is vice president of the Niskanen Center in Washington. This is the first in a series of On Common Ground essays that identifies areas of broad agreement in a divided political era. — Looking for common ground in U.S. politics can feel like a mug's game.