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New York Times:
Trump Envoys Pushed Ukraine to Commit to Investigating Biden  —  WASHINGTON — Two of President Trump's top envoys to Ukraine worked on a statement for the country's new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals …
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BuzzFeed News:
Trump Said Ukraine Was A Corrupt Country Full Of “Terrible People” Who Were Out To Get Him, Former Diplomat Told Congress  —  Former Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker testified before members of Congress on Thursday.  While the meeting was private and a full transcript has not been released …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's Allies Are Running Out of Excuses  —  It's dawning on Republicans that the normal defenses of presidential misconduct won't work this time.  —  When the story of the probable impeachment and perhaps removal of President Donald Trump is written, Thursday, Oct. 3, is going to be one of the big days.
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and Mediaite
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson OK with President Trump asking China to investigate 2020 political rival  —  U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks with members of the media after meeting with the Middleton Chamber of Commerce at Serendipity Labs in Madison on Thursday.  Johnson Thursday said that there was nothing wrong …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Ordered Ukraine Ambassador Removed After Complaints From Giuliani, Others  —  Marie Yovanovitch dismissed after Trump allies said she was blocking Biden probe and bad-mouthing president, people familiar with the matter say  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump ordered the removal of the ambassador …
CNN:
Trump raised Biden with Xi in June call housed in highly secure server
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Only Issue Left Is Trump's ‘Absolute Right’ to Solicit Collusion
Discussion: CNN, HuffPost and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Damning Trump Team Texts Detail Pressure Campaign on Ukraine
Discussion: Washington Post
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
GOP senator says he doesn't remember signing 2016 letter urging ‘reform’ of Ukraine prosecutor's office
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
IRS whistleblower said to report Treasury political appointee might have tried to interfere in audit of Trump or Pence
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren raises $24.6 million in third quarter  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign said Friday it raised $24.6 million in the third quarter and has $25.7 million cash on hand, further solidifying her rise to the top tier in the Democratic primary.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Maybe not Trump?  Never Trumpers insist they won't back Warren  —  Prominent “Never Trump” Republicans insist they would never back rising Democratic contender Elizabeth Warren, describing an election that pits the liberal Massachusetts senator against a president they despise as a choice between two unacceptable options.
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders blow past Joe Biden in fundraising race
CNN:   Elizabeth Warren raises $24.6 million in third quarter, reinforcing status among 2020 front-runners
The Boston Globe:   PROVIDENCE — Former UN ambassador Samantha Power said Friday she would not rule out running …
Cristiano Lima / Politico:   Zuckerberg insists Facebook will be impartial toward Warren
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's impeachment polling is historically unprecedented  —  Lemon and Cuomo debate if there's enough to impeach Trump  —  (CNN)The poll numbers are in on impeachment, and it's not good news for President Donald Trump.  A clear plurality of Americans approve of the House's impeachment inquiry into Trump …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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USA Today:
How Democrats should impeach Trump: A searing constitutional duty, a plan from 2 realists  —  We're different but we agree: No president has placed America in more peril for less reason than Trump.  Refusing to confront him only emboldens him.  —  CONNECT
Discussion: New Republic
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Did Donald Trump Just Self-Impeach?
Discussion: Lawfare
Joseph Morton / Associated Press:
'Americans don't look to Chinese commies for the truth': Sasse decries Trump's call for probe  —  “If the Biden kid broke laws by selling his name to Beijing, that's a matter for American courts, not communist tyrants running torture camps,” Sen. Ben Sasse told The World-Herald on Thursday.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Sasse breaks with Trump's call for probe: 'Americans don't look to Chinese commies for the truth'
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Mike Pence Failed in His Most Important Duty  —  The vice president is supposed to be prepared to step into the nation's highest office if necessary.  —  Staff writer at The Atlantic  —  In the throes of Watergate, Vice President Spiro Agnew was caught up in an unrelated corruption scandal.
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
When a Vice President Becomes a Threat
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
New York Times:   Pence Makes Clear There Is No Daylight Between Him and Trump
The Hill:
Both sides dig in after marathon Trump-Ukraine briefing  —  Both parties wasted no time digging in on Thursday following Congress's first witness interview related to President Trump's dealings with Ukraine, the topic that now stands at the forefront of the Democrats' impeachment inquiry.
Discussion: Townhall and twitchy.com
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USA Today:
Ukraine: Text messages show U.S. diplomats believed U.S. aid was linked to Trump's demand for Biden probe
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Three deeply problematic aspects of newly released text messages centered on the Ukraine scandal
Discussion: American Prospect
CNN:
Trump promised Xi US silence on Hong Kong democracy protests as trade talks stalled  —  (CNN)During a private phone call in June, President Donald Trump promised Chinese President Xi Jinping that the US would remain quiet on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong while trade talks continued, two sources familiar with the call tell CNN.
Tom Burt / Microsoft on the Issues:
Recent cyberattacks require us all to be vigilant  —  Today we're sharing that we've recently seen significant cyber activity by a threat group we call Phosphorus, which we believe originates from Iran and is linked to the Iranian government.  We're sharing this for two reasons.
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Email Leak Exposes Trump Tower Russian's Dirty Lobbying Operations  —  According to leaked emails from Natalia Veselniskaya, Russia's disinformation campaign may have broken U.S. law and exposed details of a witness who later fell from a window.  —  LONDON—The identity of the U.S. government's star witness …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump, in August Call With GOP Senator, Denied Official's Claim on Ukraine Aid  —  President Trump denied that he had linked military aid to Ukraine with a commitment by Kyiv to investigate the 2016 presidential elections when pressed on the matter by a Republican senator in August, according to the lawmaker.
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Viral Video About Eating Babies at AOC Town Hall Was Staged by Pro-Trump Group  —  LaRouche PAC, a far-right group that supports Donald Trump, has taken credit for trolling Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a town hall meeting yesterday.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Schiff's false claim his committee had not spoken to the whistleblower  —  “We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower, we would like to.”  —  We recently took Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to task for misleading reporters about the fact that he was a participant …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   Schiff's Shifty Timeline
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to review ruling on Louisiana abortion law  —  The Supreme Court will review a restrictive Louisiana law that gives the justices the chance to reconsider a recent ruling protecting abortion rights.  —  The court said Friday it would consider whether the 2014 law requiring doctors …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:   This Supreme Court Term Will Launch a Conservative Revolution
Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
Pete Buttigieg's Undeniable Allure  —  Before Pete Buttigieg was born in 1982, the now-shuttered brokerage house, E.F. Hutton, began running a famous series of TV commercials touting their ability to predict the fluctuations in the stock market.  In one emblematic spot …
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
RBG: Historians will view today's political climate as “an aberration”  —  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday historians will look back at this period in U.S. history and think of it as “an aberration” during an event at Amherst College, reports the Boston Globe.
 
 
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Jerusalem Post:
Former Italian PM Renzi to sue former Trump aide over smear claims
Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:
Congress refining Trump corruption into impeachment case
MSNBC:
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Discussion: Vox
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Washington Post:
Poll finds Virginia voters focused on gun policy ahead of pivotal election
Discussion: Blue Virginia
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Andrew Marantz / New York Times:
Free Speech Is Killing Us
Discussion: twitchy.com
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
This might be the worst impeachment news of all for Trump
Discussion: Althouse and Political Wire
Axios:
Trump's Senate red wall
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
David Brooks / New York Times:
Why Trump Voters Stick With Him
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Energy Secretary Rick Perry eyeing exit in November
NBC News:
Another GOP senator breaks from Trump to defend Ukraine whistleblower
Discussion: Politico and Axios
 

 
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