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New York Times:
Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War  —  WASHINGTON — The Oval Office meeting this past March began, as so many had, with President Trump fuming about migrants.  But this time he had a solution.  As White House advisers listened astonished, he ordered them to shut …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Acting homeland security chief frustrated and isolated — even as he delivers what Trump wants at the border  —  Nearly six months after taking over the Department of Homeland Security as acting secretary, Kevin McAleenan has guided the United States out of a crisis at the southern border …
Discussion: Political Wire
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
State Dept inspector general requests ‘urgent’ Ukraine briefing on Capitol Hill  —  The State Department's inspector general is expected to brief staffers from several House and Senate committees on Wednesday afternoon about documents obtained from the department's Office …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Pompeo Pushed Out His Own Ukraine Rep to Squash a Growing Scandal  —  “Volker was the easier guy to let go,” said one former State Department official.  “But just because it is an easy choice doesn't mean it is the right choice.”  —  When President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani appeared …
Washington Post:
Tension escalates between administration, lawmakers as impeachment inquiry broadens  —  The House impeachment inquiry broke into a full-throated battle between the executive and legislative branches Tuesday, as congressional Democrats and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traded threats and accusations …
CNN:
State Department inspector general requests briefing on Ukraine with congressional staff  —  (CNN)The State Department's inspector general has requested a bipartisan staff briefing with relevant congressional committees Wednesday related to documents on Ukraine, according to sources briefed on the matter.
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Kurt Volker was working on behalf of America's interests, unlike Rudy
New York Times:
Administration and Congress Clash Over Deposition as Impeachment Fights Begin
Discussion: New York Post
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Barr Went to Rome to Hear a Secret Tape from Joseph Mifsud, the Professor Who Helped Ignite the Russia Probe  —  The Attorney General William Barr traveled to Italy to meet with Italian secret service agents—and, potentially, undermine the Mueller investigation.  —  Correspondent-At-Large
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Wall Street Journal:
Tense Relationship Between Barr and Giuliani Complicates Trump Impeachment Defense  —  The president's two highest-profile lawyers are struggling to get on the same page  —  WASHINGTON—Attorney General William Barr called President Trump in April with a question: What was Rudy Giuliani doing?
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Report: Trump Bullies Giuliani in Private, but Rudy Can't Quit Him
Discussion: Raw Story
The Guardian:
William Barr discussed FBI Russia inquiry with UK intelligence
Discussion: RedState and Townhall
David Shortell / CNN:
Justice Department told to produce 500 pages of interview memos from Mueller investigation
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Will Wilkinson / New York Times:
Trump Has Disqualified Himself From Running in 2020  —  The president's brazen attempt at cheating has taken “decide it at the ballot box” off the menu.  Impeachment is imperative.  —  “I think the American people are going to have a chance to decide this at the ballot box in November 2020 …
Discussion: Blue Virginia
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Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Poll: Only 4 in 10 Republicans think Trump mentioned Biden on Ukraine call even though he acknowledged doing so  —  WASHINGTON - A new poll shows that only four in 10 Republicans believe President Donald Trump talked to the Ukrainian president about investigating political rival Joe Biden, even though Trump has acknowledged doing so.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Impeachment Support Up Slightly But Trump Job Rating Steady  —  Most say request for investigation of political foe is inappropriate  —  West Long Branch, NJ - President Donald Trump's approval rating has remained steady in the wake of an official impeachment inquiry launched last week …
John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP defenses for Trump's Ukraine call quickly collapse under scrutiny
Discussion: Washington Monthly
NBC News:
Giuliani turns on ‘honest’ Ukrainian prosecutor who says Bidens did nothing illegal  —  Rudy Giuliani had nothing but praise for Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko — until he didn't.  —  WASHINGTON — For much of this year, Rudy Giuliani was counting on Ukraine's former chief prosecutor …
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
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NBC News:   Former Ukraine envoy Volker to testify in impeachment inquiry on Thursday
Washington Post:
Judge to DOJ: Decide on charging Andrew McCabe by Nov. 15, or face release of FBI records  —  A veteran federal judge on Monday warned U.S. prosecutors either to charge former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe or to drop their investigation into whether he lied to investigators …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:   Judge tells DOJ to charge McCabe or drop investigation
Brooke Singman / Fox News:   DOJ clashes with Flynn lawyers over bid to oust prosecutors and dismiss case
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA:
Current Findings  —  Results of Winthrop Poll released on October 1, 2019 with emphasis on 2020 SC Democratic Presidential Primary.  —  South Carolina Democratic voters strongly support Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee to become the 46th president, according to the latest Winthrop Poll.
Discussion: Political Wire
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
Warren, Biden in virtual dead heat in Saint Anselm College poll of NH primary voters
Discussion: Political Wire
Yun Li / CNBC:
US manufacturing survey shows worst reading in a decade  — The ISM U.S. manufacturing purchasing managers' index came in at 47.8% in September, the lowest since June 2009.  —  ISM Manufacturing slips to 47.8 in September, vs. 50.2 expected  —  A gauge of U.S. manufacturing showed …
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Kristina Cahill / ISM:
Institute for Supply Management Home
Discussion: Mother Jones
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Pro-impeachment group to spend $3.1 million targeting Senate Republicans  —  A group pushing for the impeachment of President Trump is launching a $3.1 million ad campaign targeting Republican senators over the coming weeks as pro-impeachment activists turn their fire away …
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Amash pledges to join Democrats to impeach Trump
Discussion: Breitbart
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
White House ordered ultrasecret system upgraded to prevent leaks  —  The Trump White House upgraded the security of the National Security Council's codeword system in the spring of 2018, according to two former Trump White House officials familiar with the matter, as part of an effort to ferret out and deter leaks.
Axios:
Tweets, threats and truth  —  It's easy to get lost in the flurry, but President Trump's threats and attacks against the impeachment inquiry are escalating.  —  Why it matters: It's indicative of a president who is feeling the squeeze as House Democrats move full steam ahead …
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Wants to ‘Interview’ Whistle-Blower
Casey Newton / The Verge:
In leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook against critics and the US government  —  In two hours of leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook employees against critics, competitors, and the US government.  —  July should have been a relief for Facebook.
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Amber Guyger convicted of murder in wrong-apartment killing of innocent man  —  A Texas jury rejected former Dallas police officer Amber Guyer's self-defense claims and convicted her on Tuesday of murder in the fatal 2018 shooting of an innocent man eating ice cream in his own home after mistaking his apartment for her own.
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
This Is the Moment Rachel Maddow Has Been Waiting For  —  How the MSNBC host staked her show on Trump — and won the largest and most obsessive audience of her career.  —  Rachel Maddow was trying to get to work.  She only had to get from the glass door of her doctor's office …
Discussion: Politico
Kate Irby / Fresno Bee:
Another Devin Nunes lawsuit: Congressman sues magazine over story about family's Iowa farm  —  Rep. Devin Nunes filed another lawsuit this week drawing attention to what he believes was unfair news coverage of him in 2018, this time suing a magazine writer who detailed how the California congressman's family …
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Former Infowars Editor Says Staff Laughed When He Asked Not To Lie About Sandy Hook  —  In a court deposition, Rob Jacobson said he told Infowars staff to stop spreading lies about the Sandy Hook parents.  He says he was laughed at instead.  —  A 13-year veteran of conspiracy website Infowars …
Andrea Salcedo / New York Times:
Trump Is ‘Last Hope for White People,’ Said Police Chief on Trial  —  The former chief, accused of a hate crime after allegedly slamming a black teenager's head into a doorjamb, has used “derogatory racial terms,” his lawyer said.  —  A former police chief in New Jersey who is on trial …
Harry Enten / CNN:
These are the Republicans who are against Trump and for impeachment  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is staring down possible impeachment.  Fortunately for him, his base of very conservative Republicans in the Senate likely would save him from being removed from office.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Ben Jacobs / Jewish Insider:
Two top staffers cut ties with John Delaney's presidential campaign  —  Longshot campaign loses two top staffers days after Iowa director steps down  —  Two top staffers on John Delaney's presidential campaign have officially cut ties with the former Maryland congressman.
Charlotte Pence / Washington Times:
How Tom LoBianco's ‘Piety & Power’ threatens to degrade people of faith everywhere  —  Dismissing the validity of religious faith  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  The ability to voice disapproval and concern about elected officials is a pillar of a free society.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Intelligence Inspector General to GOP: You Know Nothing of My Work  —  Last Thursday, Sean Davis of the conservative news site The Federalist broke an explosive revelation.  The Intelligence Community had secretly changed a requirement in its whistle-blower statute to allow whistle-blowers …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Grassley breaks with Trump over protecting whistleblower  —  As President Donald Trump and his allies attack the whistleblower who kicked off the House's impeachment inquiry, the unidentified person gained a powerful ally on Tuesday: Chuck Grassley.  —  The most senior GOP senator has fashioned …
Discussion: Breitbart
Pew Research Center:
Public Expresses Favorable Views of a Number of Federal Agencies  —  FBI viewed more positively; deep partisan divide over ICE  —  Despite historically low levels of public trust in the federal government, Americans across the political spectrum continue to overwhelmingly express favorable opinions …
Discussion: Fox News and CNN
 
 
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
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Discussion: Power Line and Bearing Arms
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Farm-state fury creates pressure for Trump as trade, energy pain collide
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Jeremy Hill / Bloomberg:
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Asma Khalid / NPR:
How White Liberals Became Woke, Radically Changing Their Outlook On Race
David Enrich / New York Times:
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Discussion: Raw Story, Palmer Report and The FADER
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
The GOP's Texas problem