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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 …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Pompeo says State Dept. officials won't show up for scheduled impeachment depositions this week — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo fired a broadside at House Democrats on Tuesday, saying State Department officials scheduled to appear this week before committees conducting the impeachment inquiry …
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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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Political Wire and Raw Story
Axios:
Tweets, threats and truth
Tweets, threats and truth
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Political Wire, Hot Air, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Live updates: House committee chairs counter Pompeo, say secretary should stop intimidating witnesses
Live updates: House committee chairs counter Pompeo, say secretary should stop intimidating witnesses
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Axios, New Yorker, Occupy Democrats, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo and NPR
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Kurt Volker was working on behalf of America's interests, unlike Rudy
Kurt Volker was working on behalf of America's interests, unlike Rudy
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Fox News, The Atlantic and Daily Kos
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Maxine Waters: Trump should be in ‘solitary confinement’
Maxine Waters: Trump should be in ‘solitary confinement’
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Talking Points Memo, Axios, Washington Free Beacon and Political Wire
Associated Press:
The Latest: Pompeo says impeachment depositions not feasible
The Latest: Pompeo says impeachment depositions not feasible
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Raw Story and Associated Press
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump campaign, RNC raise record $125 million in 3rd quarter
Trump campaign, RNC raise record $125 million in 3rd quarter
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Axios, The Daily Caller, PJ Media Home, HuffPost and Breitbart
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?
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Report: Trump Bullies Giuliani in Private, but Rudy Can't Quit Him — The Wall Street Journal has some new reporting on the relationship between President Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and Attorney General William Barr. In his July phone call with Ukrainian president Vlodomyr Zelensky …
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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.
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Read the full transcript of Mark Zuckerberg's leaked internal Facebook meetings
Read the full transcript of Mark Zuckerberg's leaked internal Facebook meetings
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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.
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
Warren, Biden in virtual dead heat in Saint Anselm College poll of NH primary voters
Warren, Biden in virtual dead heat in Saint Anselm College poll of NH primary voters
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Political Wire
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
South Carolina Republican Party gets sued for canceling its 2020 presidential primary
South Carolina Republican Party gets sued for canceling its 2020 presidential primary
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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 …
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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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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
U.S. manufacturing dives to 10-year low as trade tensions weigh
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 …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
DOJ clashes with Flynn lawyers over bid to oust prosecutors and dismiss case
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Judge tells DOJ to charge McCabe or drop investigation
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 …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Ukraine story appears to be hurting Trump — and possibly Biden, too
The Ukraine story appears to be hurting Trump — and possibly Biden, too
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Breitbart and Big League Politics
Valerie Edwards / Daily Mail:
Unearthed 2014 picture shows Joe Biden and his son golfing with Devon Archer …
Unearthed 2014 picture shows Joe Biden and his son golfing with Devon Archer …
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National Review, Breitbart, Fox News and LifeZette
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 …
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Mediaite and Washington Post
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Giuliani hires Watergate prosecutor to represent him in House impeachment probe
Giuliani hires Watergate prosecutor to represent him in House impeachment probe
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Axios, Politico, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Palmer Report, Political Wire and The Root
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Grassley breaks with Trump over protecting whistleblower — As President Donald Trump and his allies attack the whistleblower that kicked off the House's impeachment inquiry, the still unidentified person gained a powerful ally on Tuesday: Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley.
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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.
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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 …
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Politico
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 top-secret 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.
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and Raw Story
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Raw Story, Palmer Report and The FADER
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.
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Shareblue Media, Raw Story, Off the Kuff and The Texas Tribune
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 …
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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.
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