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New York Times:
White House Blocks Sondland Testimony, Signaling Plan to Stonewall Impeachment Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The White House all but declared war on the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, intervening for the first time to block the testimony of a key witness as President Trump signaled …
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Washington Post:
Poll: Majority of Americans say they endorse opening of House impeachment inquiry of Trump  —  A majority of Americans say they endorse the decision by House Democrats to begin an impeachment inquiry of President Trump, and nearly half of all adults also say the House should take the additional step …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This will get worse for Trump.  Adam Schiff signals what's next.  —  Public opinion is shifting precipitiously against President Trump, with a new Washington Post-Schar School poll showing that 58 percent of Americans support the House's impeachment inquiry, and 49 percent support outright removal.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Blocks Sondland Testimony, and the Cover-up Begins  —  American ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is a key figure in the Ukraine scandal.  The Republican megadonor helped push diplomats to orient American policy toward Ukraine around President Trump's goal of extorting …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Sondland, key witness in Ukraine probe, blocked from testimony in midnight call  —  The State Department waited until 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday to tell U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland not to show up for his scheduled deposition with three House committees later that morning, the ambassador's lawyer told Yahoo News.
Discussion: Raw Story
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Rudy Giuliani says he will not testify before House Intel
House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Three Chairs Issue Statement on White House Blocking Ambassador Sondland Testimony and Documents
Discussion: Roll Call and Axios
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:   Schiff Wants To Hear From Diplomat Who Called Ambassadors' Ukraine Efforts ‘Crazy’
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The Trump administration sure is acting guilty on Ukraine
CNN:
Inside the White House's effort to contain Ukraine call fallout  —  (CNN)By the time President Donald Trump's line with Volodymyr Zelensky went quiet, the scramble began.  —  In the hours and days after the Ukrainian President signed-off — “Thank you Mr. President, bye-bye” …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Inside Trump's obsession with polygraphs  —  President Donald Trump has compared White House leakers with spies and mused obliquely to other officials about executing them.  He's attacked reporters by name.  He rails frequently against media accounts of his administration, dismissing them as “fake news.”
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House official told whistleblower Trump Ukraine call was ‘frightening’
Discussion: Fox News
CBS News:
Warren stands by account of being pushed out of her first teaching job because of pregnancy  —  On the campaign trail, Elizabeth Warren often tells the story of how she was fired from her first teaching job in 1971 because she was pregnant, a pivotal moment that ultimately put her on a path to Harvard …
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Details Her Account of Losing Teaching Job Because of Pregnancy  —  Ms. Warren said she had grown more comfortable talking about her experience over the years, explaining why her description of the 1971 episode in her stump speeches differs from how she discussed it in the past.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump changes the subject
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Top Secret Russian Unit Seeks to Destabilize Europe, Security Officials Say  —  First came a destabilization campaign in Moldova, followed by the poisoning of an arms dealer in Bulgaria and then a thwarted coup in Montenegro.  Last year, there was an attempt to assassinate a former Russian spy in Britain using a nerve agent.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
We're Not Exporting Our Values to China — We're Importing Theirs  —  This morning, NBA commissioner Adam Silver issued a new statement about Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's support for protesters in Hong Kong, and it is a somewhat better one, declaring, “The NBA will not put itself …
Discussion: RedState and NPR
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Chinese state media and Tencent suspend broadcast of NBA preseason games in China
Star Tribune:
Trump campaign threatens to sue Minneapolis over ‘phony’ security bill for rally  —  $530K bill from Mpls. to campaign may spur suit.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  Tensions between Minneapolis city leaders and President Donald Trump's campaign escalated Monday when the campaign threatened to sue …
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Task & Purpose:
‘I hate it’ — Trump says signing letters to the families of fallen soldiers is the hardest thing he does  —  VIDEO: President Donald Trump says signing letters to the families of fallen soldiers is the hardest thing he does  —  Lost amid the firestorm that follow President Donald Trump's …
Discussion: IJR
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump defends Turkey amid fierce backlash over policy shift
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Root
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Senate Intel releases 2nd volume of report on 2016 Russian interference  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee released Tuesday the second volume of its report on Russian interference in 2016 presidential election, which focuses on the social media disinformation campaign led by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency.
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Washington Post:
Bipartisan Senate report calls for sweeping effort to prevent Russian interference in 2020 election  —  A bipartisan panel of U.S. senators Tuesday called for sweeping action by Congress, the White House and Silicon Valley to ensure social-media sites aren't used to interfere …
Tareq Haddad / Newsweek:
Betsy DeVos could face jail after judge rules she violated 2018 order on student loans  —  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been threatened with the possibility of jail after a judge deemed she was violating a court order for continuing to collect student debts on a now-defunct school.
Politico:
China rejects Trump's call to investigate Biden and son  —  This story is being published by POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post.  It originally appeared on scmp.com on Oct. 8, 2019.  —  China has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's call to investigate …
Wall Street Journal:
FBI's Use of Foreign-Surveillance Tool Violated Americans' Privacy Rights, Court Found  —  U.S. discloses ruling last year by Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that FBI's data queries of U.S. citizens were unconstitutional  —  WASHINGTON—Some of the Federal Bureau …
Mark Hemingway / Real Clear Politics:
Chuck Todd and the Demise of True Journalism  —  Chuck Todd received plaudits from his media peers for lambasting Republican Sen. Ron Johnson's investigation of the FBI as “Fox News conspiracy propaganda stuff” during a hostile 10-minute “Meet the Press” interview on Sunday.
Discussion: HeartlandDiaryUSA.com
The Daily Beast:
RealClear Media Has a Secret Facebook Page to Push Far-Right Memes  —  RealClearPolitics has carefully cultivated a non-partisan image—while in the shadows its parent company pushes images of killer Clintons and a freedom-loving Kremlin.  —  The company behind the non-partisan news site RealClearPolitics …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Fans Furious at Trump After Mar-a-Lago Cancels Anti-Muslim Group's Event  —  “There is a chilling ‘cancel culture’ campaign being waged against patriotic journalists & activists,” Michelle Malkin, the event's keynote speaker, tweeted.  —  Trump fans are fuming at the president's signature Florida resort …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Romney Is the Pressure Point in the Impeachment Process”: Mitt Won't Primary Trump—But He's Trying to Bring Him Down  —  Trump's favorite punching bag is reaching out to fellow Republicans to raise the temperature on impeachment.  “Romney is the one guy who could bring along Susan Collins …
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Losses deepen at Trump's Scotland properties, new financial reports show  —  The Trump Organization's two Scottish golf courses lost $14.3 million in 2018, extending a multiyear string of losses that have intensified since Donald Trump took office, according to annual financial reports released this month.
Discussion: Raw Story
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Impeachment probe goes beyond Ukraine to lying and obstruction of justice, House lawyer says  —  What can a president actually be impeached for?  —  Washington (CNN)The US House of Representatives may be considering articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump that go further …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
Judge Throws the Book at Trump's 'I'm Above the Law' Defense
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Watch How Trump Moves the Goalposts on Ukraine
Discussion: Raw Story
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Discussion: Althouse
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
‘An avoidable, unforced error’: Trump's Ukraine trap starts worrying allies
Discussion: The Week
 

 
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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