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Washington Post:
Attorney General Barr personally asked foreign officials to aid inquiry into CIA, FBI activities in 2016  —  Attorney General William P. Barr has held private meetings overseas with foreign intelligence officials seeking their help in a Justice Department inquiry that President Trump hopes …
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New York Times:
Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry's Origins  —  The discussion was another instance of the president using American diplomacy for potential personal gain.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump pushed the Australian prime minister during a recent telephone call …
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump may have lied to Mueller, House Democrats say  —  Lawyers for the House of Representatives revealed on Monday that they have reason to believe that the grand-jury redactions in special counsel Robert Mueller's report show that President Donald Trump lied about his knowledge of his campaign's contacts with WikiLeaks.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
The Floodgates Open on Trump  —  Shortly after eight this morning, the President of the United States, making maximal use of his “executive time,” wielded his smartphone to issue a legal threat against the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.  It is worth reading the missive from @realDonaldTrump in full:
Washington Post:
Trump amps up attacks on whistleblower as some Republicans call for more strategic response to impeachment  —  President Trump continued to escalate his scorched-earth campaign against a whistleblower who accused him of pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rivals …
Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:
BREAKING: Letter From Australian Official Emerges That Casts Doubt On Report From New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Pompeo Took Part in Ukraine Call, Official Says
NBC News:
Pompeo was on Trump-Ukraine call at center of impeachment inquiry
Discussion: Splinter and Axios
Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Envisions Senate Trial if House Passes Articles of Impeachment
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders's Campaign Gets Summer Funding Boost  —  Political candidates often find the third quarter the most difficult time of year to raise money because donors go on vacation  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders raised $25.3 million in the past three months for his Democratic presidential bid …
Discussion: Political Wire
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New York Times:
Democrats' Plans to Tax Wealth Would Reshape U.S. Economy
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Soo Rin Kim / ABC News:
Sanders sets high bar with $25.3 million Q3 haul, Buttigieg falls short of his Q2
Discussion: Politico
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:   Pete Buttigieg Pitches Himself to Moderates as the Biden Alternative
Rick Klein / ABC News:   The Note: Trump complicates own defenses on impeachment
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Warren Versus the Petty Plutocrats
Washington Post:   Sen. Bernie Sanders raised $25.3 million in third quarter, campaign says
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.
Discussion: Axios, more at Techmeme »
John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP defenses for Trump's Ukraine call quickly collapse under scrutiny  — Trump, his aides and select allies in Congress have feverishly sought to redirect a whistleblower's complaints toward Democratic adversaries.  — Yet even cursory scrutiny of evidence that has emerged so far knocks …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
There's another whistleblower complaint.  It's about Trump's tax returns.  —  Hey, have you heard about this whistleblower complaint?  —  An unnamed civil servant is alleging serious interference in government business.  If the allegations are true, they could be a game-changer.
Miami Herald:
‘He conned us from day one’: Giuliani's Ukraine ally leaves trail of South Florida debts  —  Over the summer, Dianne and Michael Pues got an ominous phone call from the business partner of a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur who owes the couple more than $500,000 over a movie deal gone bad.
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's Claims About Biden Aren't ‘Unsupported.’ They're Lies.  —  The president's accusations turn reality on its head and the media should say so.  —  On Sept. 24, 2015, Geoffrey Pyatt, then the American ambassador to Ukraine, spoke in Odessa about the scourge of corruption.
Discussion: NB Blog, Daily Kos and IJR
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Favorite Democrat Will Not Budge on Impeachment  —  “It is not something to be taken lightly.  You're disenfranchising voters, you're removing an executive from office,” Van Drew said.  —  In a U.S. Capitol hallway on the day that Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry …
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QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  September 30, 2019 - Support For Impeachment …
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact check: Were whistleblower rules changed before Ukraine complaint?  —  “The law was not changed.  What happened was a form was changed.  A form cannot change the law,” one attorney told NBC News.  —  President Donald Trump and his allies advanced a conspiracy theory about the Ukraine whistleblower …
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Washington Post:   As Trump lashes out at whistleblower, analysts fear law offers meager protection
Mike Ives / New York Times:
Hong Kong Police Shoot a Protester With a Live Bullet for the First Time  —  HONG KONG — The Hong Kong police on Tuesday shot a demonstrator with a live round for the first time during the city's monthslong protest movement, three pro-democracy lawmakers said, escalating the territory's political crisis …
Discussion: Axios
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Kelsey Jukam / courthousenews.com:
Devin Nunes Sues Reporter, Hearst for Article About Family's Iowa Dairy  —  (CN) - California Representative Devin Nunes asked a federal court in Iowa Monday to award him $75 million in damages in a defamation and common law conspiracy suit against reporter Ryan Lizza and Hearst Magazines.
CNN:
Kamala Harris reshapes senior staff to streamline struggling presidential campaign  —  (CNN)California Sen. Kamala Harris plans to restructure her struggling presidential campaign, sources with knowledge of the staffing plans tell CNN.  —  The changes represent the clearest sign to date that Harris …
Discussion: Fox News
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Kamala Harris shakes up flailing campaign
Discussion: Political Wire
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
The GOP's Texas problem  —  The retirement of six House Republicans from Texas at the end of this term shows their pessimism about winning back the House majority in 2020, GOP strategists tell Axios — and foreshadows bigger Republican fears in the nation's second most populous state.
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Liz Cheney: Ukraine call ‘starting to seem like a political set up’  —  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a tweet, saying the Ukraine call at the center of a scandal involving President Trump “is starting to seem like a political set up.”
Discussion: LifeZette, Raw Story and twitchy.com
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David Enrich / New York Times:
Me and My Whistleblower  —  Deutsche Bank.  North Korea.  The Intelligence Committee's investigation of the president.  Again and again, one man has taken his trove of secret documents — and uncanny nose for scandal — to the center of the news.  —  One sunny Wednesday in February …
Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
Mark Meadows and the Undisclosed Dinosaur Property  —  A fight among fossil hunters, a dubious documentary, and the conservative congressman from North Carolina.  —  Three years ago, the North Carolina congressman Mark Meadows sold a hundred-and-thirty-four-acre property in Dinosaur, Colorado.
Gina Kolata / New York Times:
Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said.  Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice.  —  The evidence is too weak to justify telling individuals to eat less beef and pork, according to new research.  The findings “erode public trust,” critics said.  —  Public health officials for years have urged Americans …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump cranks up grievance machine  —  Donald Trump's campaign aides expected months ago that Democrats would try to impeach the president — and he needed a way to exploit it.  —  So this summer, Trump 2020 officials spliced news clips of Democrats discussing impeachment into a 90-second video montage …
Discussion: Associated Press and LifeZette
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump team scrambles to formulate an impeachment plan
Discussion: The Root and Talking Points Memo
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Join Trump Lawsuit Seeking to Block Disclosure of Tax Returns  —  The U.S. is set to file a submission in the case by Wednesday  —  NEW YORK—The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan said Monday that the U.S. would participate in a lawsuit filed by President Trump that seeks to block …
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton and Ukraine  —  A letter released Monday raises questions beyond the Bidens.  —  The Biden clan still needs to explain why a vice president's son was enjoying a $50,000-per-month gig for which his principal qualification appears to have been his last name.
Discussion: Breitbart, Instapundit and Politico
 
 
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Ukraine Mystery: Schiff Staffer Made August Visit for Think Tank Backed by Hunter Biden's Old Employer
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CNN:
Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former U.S. president, is 95 today
Discussion: Axios
Alex Pascal / New York Times:
Did the Trump White House Mishandle the Ukraine Call Memo?
CNN:
Trump is using Facebook to run thousands of ads about impeachment
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
TPUSA Cuts Ties With ‘Brand Ambassador’ Photographed With White Nationalists
Jeff Mordock / Washington Times:
GOP senators: DNC worked with Ukraine to undermine Trump campaign
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David Pierce / The Verge:
YouTube launches Communities, a space where creators can let fans post content and chat, and Community Hub, which shows creators all their channel's activity

Reuters:
Sources: Google tried to end an EU antitrust probe by offering to sell its ad marketplace AdX, or Ad Exchange, but European publishers rejected the proposal

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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