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12:15 PM ET, September 29, 2019

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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani fires back at former White House aide who accused him of spreading ‘completely false’ theory  —  Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, defended himself Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” from accusations lodged by a former White House official …
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Chris Francescani / ABC News:
President Trump's former national security advisor ‘deeply disturbed’ by Ukraine scandal: ‘Whole world is watching’  —  President Donald Trump's first Homeland Security and counterterrorism advisor, who resigned after a year in the office, said on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Ex-Trump adviser: The best way to self-impeach is to hire Rudy Giuliani  —  Former Trump homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said on ABC's “This Week” that the conspiracy theory that Ukraine hacked the Democratic National Committee in 2016 has been “debunked,” and he condemned Rudy Giuliani …
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Trump blurs lines between personal lawyer, attorney general  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As Washington plunges into impeachment, Attorney General William Barr finds himself engulfed in the political firestorm, facing questions about his role in President Donald Trump's outreach to Ukraine …
Discussion: Palmer Report, Breitbart and Mediaite
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Trump-Supporting Lawyers diGenova and Toensing Teamed Up With Giuliani to Dig Up Ukraine Dirt on Biden: Report
Discussion: Politico
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Giuliani says Trump ‘framed by the Democrats’
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
How a Shadow Foreign Policy in Ukraine Prompted an Impeachment Inquiry
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
CNN:
Volker plans to appear before congressional committees next week
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Zachary Basu / Axios:
AG Bill Barr reportedly “surprised and angry” at Trump-Ukraine phone call
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mediaite
emptywheel:
Bill Barr's (Claimed) Surprise about Being in the Zelensky Transcript Is Irrelevant To His (Non) Recusal
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Majority of Americans and Democrats approve of Trump impeachment inquiry  —  More than half of Americans — and an overwhelming number of Democrats — say they approve of the fact that Congress has opened an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Only 17% of Americans surprised by Trump's actions tied to Ukraine: POLL  —  Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Donald Trump's encouragement of a foreign leader to investigate Trump's political rival and his family is a serious problem, but only 17% said they were surprised …
Chris Jackson / Ipsos:   Ipsos - News & Polls : News - Americans believe Trump's Ukraine Call Is A Serious Issue …
Washington Post:
State Dept. intensifies email probe of Hillary Clinton's former aides  —  The Trump administration is investigating the email records of dozens of current and former senior State Department officials who sent messages to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email …
Andrea Jefferson / Political Flare:
How Melania Obtained Her ‘Einstein Visa’ Under Scrutiny After She Lied About Having University Degree  —  Back in 2000, Melania Knauss, a Slovenian model dating Donald Trump, began petitioning the government for the right to permanently reside in the United States under a program reserved for people with “extraordinary ability.”
CNN:
CNN Poll: Democrats knotted in Nevada while Biden leads South Carolina  —  Washington (CNN)Joe Biden holds a wide lead in South Carolina, while the former vice president, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren are knotted up in Nevada, according to new CNN polls conducted …
Discussion: Common Dreams and Political Wire
Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Kremlin Says It Hopes Putin's Calls With Trump Won't Be Made Public  —  MOSCOW — Amid the uproar over President Trump's call to the leader of Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Friday that it hoped the contents of Mr. Trump's phone conversations with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia …
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Collusion After the Fact  —  The Washington Post reported last night:
Discussion: Daily Kos and Slate
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Did the White House Hide a Bombshell Memo From Mueller?
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Without evidence, Stephen Miller claims whistleblower is a “deep-state operative”  —  White House senior adviser Stephen Miller claimed on “Fox News Sunday” that the whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Trump's interactions with Ukraine is a “deep state operative” …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Washington Post:
The gas tycoon and the vice president's son: The story of Hunter Biden's foray into Ukraine  —  When then-Vice President Joe Biden's son joined the board of an obscure Ukrainian gas company half a decade ago, it was a stunning coup for its owner, a former Ukrainian minister working to remake …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Will Voters Warm to Impeaching Trump, and Does It Matter?  —  Now that Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats have, as Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff put it, “crossed the Rubicon” to support impeachment proceedings against President Trump, the big questions are how public opinion might evolve …
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
A cold call from someone she never met changed Elizabeth Warren's life.  It was Harry Reid.  —  The ex-Senate majority leader boosted the 2020 contender's career at key points.  Even she's not quite sure why.  —  WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren was a professor at Harvard Law School …
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
GOP Leadership Memo Suggests Senate Cannot Block Trial If House Votes To Impeach Trump  —  “There is no way we could somehow bar the doors and prevent the managers from presenting the articles” of impeachment, states the memo.  —  The Republican leadership issued a memo Saturday clarifying …
Discussion: New York Post
James Randerson / Politico:
UK Supreme Court ruling should lead to ‘consequences,’ says Boris Johnson  —  Top judges should be subjected to U.S.-style “accountability” Boris Johnson suggested following the decision by the U.K.'s Supreme Court to quash his decision to suspend parliament.
Nick Arama / RedState:
More Video Of Justin Trudeau And This Is The Worst Yet  —  Last week, pictures and video of Justin Trudeau in blackface blew up and threatened his campaign for re-election.  —  There were multiple incidents.  One was where he was dressed as Aladdin and made up in blackface at an …
Discussion: The Post Millennial
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff says House Intel has reached agreement for whistleblower testimony
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
How Trump has made a political career out of sowing suspicion against enemies
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
'Out here, it's just me': In the medical desert of rural America, one doctor for 11,000 square miles
Julian Lee / Bloomberg:
Why Vladimir Putin Suddenly Believes in Global Warming
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
The Little Engine That Couldn't  —  Those whom the gods would destroy …
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Pelosi turns to Schiff to lead House Democrats' impeachment inquiry of Trump
Bloomberg Law:
The Federalist Hit With Labor Complaint Over Founder's Tweets
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Impeachment Battle to Turn for First Time on a President's Ties to a Foreign Country
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Embarrassing Leaks Led to Clampdown on Trump's Phone Records
Washington Post:
Jamal Khashoggi's death made the Saudi crown prince a pariah.  Trump has helped rehabilitate him on the world stage.
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Staring down impeachment, Trump sees himself as a victim of historic proportions
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
When Trump's Envoy for Ukraine Resigned, a College Journalist Had the Scoop
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CNN:
Mulvaney on shaky ground in wake of whistleblower fallout, sources say
Discussion: Palmer Report and Mediaite
Associated Press:
For Trump, a high-velocity threat like none he's ever faced
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV
 
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