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9:05 AM ET, September 30, 2019

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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” …
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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 …
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
How the diplomatic pros lost Ukraine to Trump  —  Up until a few weeks ago, Ukraine had always been something of a backwater in U.S. politics and diplomacy — in a good way.  The megadonors and social peacocks who preside over U.S. embassies elsewhere in Europe were nowhere to be found in Kiev.
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 …
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Joe Biden faces the Trump fusillade. Are he and his campaign up to it?
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani — international man of mystery
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Whistleblower's lawyer says $50,000 bounty issued to identify client
Discussion: twitchy.com
Washington Post:
Intelligence panel has deal to hear whistleblower's testimony
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker blasts Trump for quoting pastor warning of civil war over impeachment  —  Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) on Sunday criticized President Trump for quoting a pastor saying impeachment could trigger a “Civil War-like fracture” in the country.  —  “I have visited nations ravaged by civil war,” Kinzinger tweeted.
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
‘Beyond repugnant’: GOP congressman slams Trump for warning of ‘civil war’ over impeachment  —  As Democrats begin an impeachment inquiry, President Trump spent Sunday vigorously defending himself on Twitter and sharing cable news clips of his most ardent devotees insisting that he did nothing wrong …
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Schiff: Democrats eyeing Trump-Putin calls
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
James Arkin / Politico:
‘A stinking fish’: Dems see impeachment as weapon against Republican Senate  —  Democrats insist that their march toward impeaching President Donald Trump is simply about doing the right thing.  But a growing number of them see a real political upside, too: It might help them win back the Senate.
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Dem leaders plot impeachment messaging war with Trump
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
Back Home, House Democrats Tread Carefully on Impeachment and 2020
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
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 …
Discussion: News Agency UNIAN and POLITICUSUSA
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Washington at war: Dems aim for speedy impeachment push as Trump threatens whistleblower
Discussion: The Bulwark and Althouse
David Morgan / Reuters:
U.S. House impeachment inquiry to intensify; Trump remains defiant
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
John Durham's Ukrainian Leads  —  What the prosecutor has found may be quite different from what the Democrats are looking for.  —  Americans often boast that we are a nation of laws, but for the moment laws appear to play a decidedly secondary role in the drama we are living in and—hopefully—through.
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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 …
USA Today:   Is Donald Trump's Justice Department part of the Ukraine scandal cover-up?
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 …
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:   GOP split over impeachment pushback as Democrats plow ahead
Allan Smith / NBC News:
‘Enough’: Trump's ex-homeland security adviser ‘disturbed,’ …
Discussion: Hoover Institution
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Digital Ads Are Disappearing.  Not a Good Sign, Strategists Say.  —  In a race where many voters are following politics online, Mr. Biden's pullback is a striking and potentially worrisome sign about his appeal among the digitally active.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential campaign …
Discussion: Political Wire
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernie Sanders Is in Trouble  —  WEST LIBERTY, Iowa — Bernie Sanders was on the final leg of a barnstorming tour through Iowa last week that he hoped would persuade voters he's the best candidate to take on President Donald Trump.  He had crisscrossed the state at typical breakneck speed …
Alexander Agadjanian / New York Times:
What Democrats Could Lose With Their Left Turn  —  A survey experiment shows that some independents are already being turned off.  —  One defining feature of the Democratic primary so far has been the party's leftward turn.  In recent debates, candidates have supported policies …
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
Ian Cobain / Middle East Eye:
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army ‘psyops’ soldier  —  Head of editorial for MENA is part-time officer in the 77th Brigade, an ‘information warfare’ unit which has worked on ‘behavioural change’ projects in the region  —  The senior Twitter executive …
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Toll of Me Too Assessing the costs for those who came forward.  —  Was it worth it?  Is it still?  Will it ever be?  These questions hover over a conversation about gender and power abuse one year after Christine Blasey Ford testified that she had been sexually assaulted …
 
 
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Ben White / Politico:
How impeachment could shape the Trump economy
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Irin Carmon / The Cut:
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Hints at Civil War But He Launched a War on Facts
Discussion: CNN, Vox and Politico
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
GOP Shows Russian Trolls How It's Done With Whistleblower Smear
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
‘Straight Shooter’ Justice Dept. Watchdog Has Held His Fire on Powerful People
Reuters:
China has quietly doubled troop levels in Hong Kong, envoys say
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
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Sergei Karaziy / Reuters:
Ukraine's president says Kiev unlikely to publish Trump call transcript
Discussion: Political Wire
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Associated Press:
UK's Johnson denies wrongdoing as allegations mount
Lauren Fox / CNN:
Stalled Ukraine military aid concerned members of Congress for months
Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Hispanic lawmakers eye leap to Biden
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Thousands Rally in Moscow to Demand Release of Protesters
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Trump impeachment, ‘no one is above the law’ could backfire on Democrats
Discussion: Fox News
Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Mohammad bin Salman denies ordering Khashoggi murder, but says he takes responsibility for it
Discussion: Al Jazeera, The Week and Axios
NBC News:
Top White House aides planning impeachment response effort
Discussion: NPR and Hullabaloo
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Trump retweets bot that replaces key words in his tweets with ‘shark’
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