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12:20 AM ET, September 30, 2019

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The Daily Beast:
Biden Campaign Demands TV News Execs Stop Booking Giuliani  —  In a Sunday letter, the former vice president's aides say that it is editorially irresponsible to book the president's personal lawyer.  —  Joe Biden's presidential campaign made an extraordinary request to executives …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Biden Campaign Urges TV Networks to Stop Booking Giuliani  —  Advisers to the former vice president wrote to executives at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News to “demand” that Mr. Giuliani not be invited on the air to discuss Ukraine and President Trump.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Trump-Supporting Lawyers diGenova and Toensing Teamed Up With Giuliani to Dig Up Ukraine Dirt on Biden: Report  —  According to a top U.S. official, all three were working off the books apart from the administration, Fox News reported on Sunday morning.  —  In a bombshell report Sunday morning …
Los Angeles Times:
Former Ukraine prosecutor says he saw no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden  —  Ukraine's top law enforcement official repeatedly rebuffed President Trump's personal lawyer's demands to investigate Joe Biden and his son, insisting he had seen no evidence of wrongdoing that he could pursue despite Trump's allegations.
Kat Tenbarge / Business Insider:
Trump reportedly worked with 2 ‘off the books’ …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Steve Coll / New Yorker:   The Integrity of the Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Joe Biden faces the Trump fusillade. Are he and his campaign up to it?
Discussion: Political Wire
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Biden campaign demands news channels stop booking Giuliani
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
The impeachment inquiry: “We could not ignore what the president did.”  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff talk with Scott Pelley about the impeachment inquiry of President Trump  —  Tonight, “60 Minutes” …
Reuters:
Trump-Putin phone calls in Democrats' sights: Schiff  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress is determined to get access to Donald Trump's calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, the chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday …
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Washington Post:
Intelligence panel has deal to hear whistleblower's testimony
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Bloomberg
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Schiff: Democrats eyeing Trump-Putin calls
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
NBC News:   Full Schiff: ‘Real risk in not moving forward’ on impeachment
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff says House Intel has reached agreement for whistleblower testimony
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
New York Times:
Trump Was Repeatedly Warned That Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Was ‘Completely Debunked’  —  Thomas P. Bossert, President Trump's first homeland security adviser, said he was “deeply disturbed” that Mr. Trump had urged Ukraine to investigate Democrats.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump …
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
‘Enough’: Trump's ex-homeland security adviser ‘disturbed,’ ‘frustrated’ by Ukraine allegations, says president must let 2016 go  —  “If he continues to focus on that white whale, it's going to bring him down,” Bossert said.  “Enough.  The investigation's over.”
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani fires back at former White House aide who accused him of spreading ‘completely false’ theory
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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Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker blasts Trump for quoting pastor warning of civil war over impeachment
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Impeach the Malignant Fraudster  —  This is how Republicans can redeem themselves.  —  It is the clarity of Donald Trump's transgression that is most remarkable.  —  By his own admission, and backed up by the quasi-transcript released by the White House and by the whistle-blower complaint …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Rohde / New Yorker:
The Dangerous Position of William Barr  —  Among the many Trump Administration officials who are likely to be targets of the Democrats' formal impeachment inquiry, one of the most central is the Attorney General, William Barr.  According to Justice Department officials and the whistle-blower complaint …
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USA Today:
Is Donald Trump's Justice Department part of the Ukraine scandal cover-up?  —  A campaign finance violation isn't the only federal crime suggested by what we know.  Why would Justice walk away with so much left on the table?  —  CONNECT  —  Despite compelling evidence implicating President Donald Trump …
Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Mohammad bin Salman denies ordering Khashoggi murder, but says he takes responsibility for it  —  Saudi Arabia's crown prince also discusses the impact of a September attack on Saudi oil facilities, and responds to allegations that a female Saudi activist has been tortured in prison
Discussion: Axios and Al Jazeera
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Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:   In ‘60 Minutes’ interview, Saudi crown prince denies ordering Khashoggi killing
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Dem leaders plot impeachment messaging war with Trump  —  House Democrats are plotting an all-out offensive against President Donald Trump as they pursue an impeachment inquiry, announcing plans on Sunday to streamline their messaging operation and aid vulnerable lawmakers as they face potential blowback in their districts.
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Trump impeachment, ‘no one is above the law’ could backfire on Democrats  —  “No one is above the law,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she announced the Democratic effort to impeach President Trump over the Ukraine matter.  The phrase has become a Democratic mantra in the new impeachment push.
Discussion: Fox News
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Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
Iran, Burisma and Hunter Biden: The Democrats' terrible decision to go all in on impeachment
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
NBC News:
Top White House aides planning impeachment response effort  —  “We're not going to get caught flat-footed, and we're not going to take it lying down,” said one person familiar with the plan.  —  WASHINGTON — Top White House aides plan to present President Donald Trump with a wide-ranging response strategy …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 
 
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Trump retweets bot that replaces key words in his tweets with ‘shark’
Discussion: Slate
USA Today:
Nancy Pelosi has put the Trump impeachment inquiry on a fast track.  Here's the plan, timeline and key players
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
History will be cruel to many who saw Trump treachery and DIDN'T become whistle-blowers
CBS Chicago:
Bond Denied For Javier Garcia, 22, Charged With Terrorism In Woodfield Mall Incident
Discussion: Raw Story
Elizabeth Vaughn / RedState:
Nancy Pelosi's December 2018 Rule Changes Block Republicans From Participating In Impeachment Process
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
‘A very bad blow’: The GOP lawmaker who turned on Nixon paid a price for it
Gregory W. Meeks / Washington Post:
Dear anonymous op-ed writer: Your plan didn't work
 Earlier Items: 
Davey Alba / New York Times:
Ahead of 2020, Facebook Falls Short on Plan to Share Data on Disinformation
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Behind the Texas firewall, suburban shifts leave Trump vulnerable. Can strongholds save him?
New York Times:
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Will Voters Warm to Impeaching Trump, and Does It Matter?
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Andrea Jefferson / Political Flare:
How Melania Obtained Her ‘Einstein Visa’ Under Scrutiny After She Lied About Having University Degree
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
'Out here, it's just me': In the medical desert of rural America, one doctor for 11,000 square miles
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
A cold call from someone she never met changed Elizabeth Warren's life. It was Harry Reid.
 

 
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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

Todd Spangler / Variety:
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New York Times:
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