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Bloomberg:
Trump Urged Top Aide to Help Giuliani Client Facing DOJ Charges — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson refused to interfere in case — 2017 episode bears hallmarks of Trump approach to Ukraine call — President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade …
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Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime, Raw Story, Political Wire and Little Green Footballs
Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Read the whistleblower's memo about Trump's Ukraine call, as described to CBS News — Washington — CBS News has learned the full contents of what appears to be a memo written by the whistleblower one day after President Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Political Wire
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's Republican allies condemn president after ‘sickening’ Turkish incursion — Turkey's incursion into Syria on Wednesday is prompting fresh bipartisan condemnation of President Donald Trump's moves and more congressional threats to hamstring Turkey economically, with some Republicans calling …
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Associated Press, The Hill, Washington Post, WNYT-TV, One America News Network, The Week and Sen. Marco Rubio …
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Dale Gavlak / America Magazine:
Turkish planes bomb Syria, causing panic among Christians, others — AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) — Turkish warplanes have begun attacking northeastern Syria, causing widespread panic among Christian and other religious communities caught up in the aerial bombardments.
NBC News:
Donald Trump's longtime business connections in Turkey back in the spotlight
Donald Trump's longtime business connections in Turkey back in the spotlight
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Hullabaloo, Raw Story, NewsHounds blog, CANNONFIRE, Daily Kos and FRC
Washington Post:
U.S. military is taking custody of two British men accused of involvement in Islamic State killings of American hostages
U.S. military is taking custody of two British men accused of involvement in Islamic State killings of American hostages
Discussion:
New York Times and The Guardian
Associated Press:
The Latest: US takes 2 militants tied to beheadings in Syria
The Latest: US takes 2 militants tied to beheadings in Syria
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Foreign Policy and Defense One
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
How Trump just destroyed his own Syria strategy
How Trump just destroyed his own Syria strategy
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The Federalist, Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's betrayal of the Kurds was the president at his malignant and incompetent worst
Trump's betrayal of the Kurds was the president at his malignant and incompetent worst
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Shareblue Media, Washington Post and The Dispatch
John McCormack / National Review:
Rand Paul on the Kurds: Then and Now
Rand Paul on the Kurds: Then and Now
Discussion:
Hot Air, The Week, TheBlaze and Washington Post
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Lindsey Graham on Trump's Syria decision: “He's putting the nation at risk”
Lindsey Graham on Trump's Syria decision: “He's putting the nation at risk”
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National Review, The Daily Beast, New York Times, The Resurgent, Breitbart, Mediaite, twitchy.com, The Week, Al Jazeera, Roll Call, New York Post and Politico
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Ronan Farrow Strikes Again: A New Book Targets NBC News and How Harvey Weinstein May Have Leveraged Matt Lauer — In his first interview about the explosive ‘Catch and Kill,’ the journalist reveals fresh claims of secret payouts and how Lauer may have played a role in the network's decision …
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National Review, Breitbart, New Yorker, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, Page Six, The Week, Washington Free Beacon, NB Blog, Fox News, Splinter, Vanity Fair, Mediaite and Contemptor, more at Mediagazer »
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Variety:
Ronan Farrow Book Alleges Matt Lauer Raped NBC News Colleague — Ronan Farrow's new book “Catch and Kill” recounts his investigation of Harvey Weinstein; the hurdles his then-employer NBC News put in his way that caused him to publish the story in the New Yorker instead; and how Weinstein hired Black Cube …
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Mediaite, CBS News, Fox News, New York Times, Hollywood Reporter, NBC News, Vox, Metro.co.uk, Page Six, NPR, TheBlaze, National Review, IndieWire, The Daily Caller, Rolling Stone, Breitbart, The Week, Deadline, The Daily Beast, Law & Crime, NB Blog, Decider, Splinter, Slate, Chicago Sun-Times, Quartz, WHOTV, fox8.com, The Wrap and twitchy.com, more at Mediagazer »
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
NBC probably fired Megyn Kelly for her Matt Lauer coverage
NBC probably fired Megyn Kelly for her Matt Lauer coverage
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The Daily Caller, Page Six and Mediaite
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Ronan Farrow exposes the rot at NBC News
Ronan Farrow exposes the rot at NBC News
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Variety, The Daily Caller and The Week
Frank Bowman / Just Security:
White House Letter Distorts Both Law and History on Impeachment — The White House letter of October 8 refusing all executive branch cooperation with the ongoing House impeachment inquiry is, simply put, a public relations exercise. The legal arguments it intersperses between insults …
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Laurence Tribe / USA Today:
The time for waiting is over. The House must move on Trump impeachment articles now. — The Constitution makes clear the House can conduct its Trump impeachment inquiry however it wants. It should move fast. America has no time to spare. — CONNECT
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Politico, Fox News, The Atlantic, New Republic, Law & Crime, The Guardian, Washington Post, TheBlaze, Conservative Review and ABC News
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Five facts that blow up the latest White House defense of Trump
Five facts that blow up the latest White House defense of Trump
Discussion:
New York Times, Just Security, Roll Call and Bloomberg
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Record support for Trump impeachment — Just over half of voters want President Trump impeached and removed from office, according to a Fox News Poll released Wednesday. — A new high of 51 percent wants Trump impeached and removed from office, another 4 percent want him impeached …
Discussion:
Political Wire and Mother Jones
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Half of voters support impeaching and removing Trump
Poll: Half of voters support impeaching and removing Trump
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Hot Air, USA Today, Breitbart, Ms. Magazine, Reason, FiveThirtyEight, Raw Story, The Guardian, The National Interest, Washington Times, Reuters, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and The Week
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Matt Drudge, an influential figure in conservative media, sours on Trump as he faces impeachment — New York (CNN Business)President Donald Trump, facing an ever-deepening scandal that threatens to swallow his presidency, appears to have lost a key ally in conservative media: The Drudge Report.
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Raw Story
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democrats confident in obstruction case against Trump — but want more — House Democrats are increasingly confident they have all the evidence they need to impeach President Donald Trump for obstructing their investigations. — Lawmakers say White House counsel Pat Cipollone's letter sent Tuesday night …
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Political Wire
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CNN:
Democrats plot next phase in impeachment including new wave of subpoenas
Democrats plot next phase in impeachment including new wave of subpoenas
Discussion:
Political Wire and CBS San Francisco
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Mulvaney sidelined as Trump's impeachment crisis rages
Mulvaney sidelined as Trump's impeachment crisis rages
Discussion:
Associated Press, The Daily Beast, No More Mister Nice Blog, Splinter, Raw Story, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trey Gowdy out at Fox News amid talks to join Trump defense team
Trey Gowdy out at Fox News amid talks to join Trump defense team
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Hollywood Reporter, Breitbart and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Trump defends diplomat's wife who killed teenage Briton in crash: 'We've all done it' — Donald Trump has defended the wife of a US diplomat who killed a British teenager in a road accident, suggesting it is difficult to drive on the other side of the road and that “we've all done it”. — More follows...
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
‘Nothing to See Here’: Diplomats Urged to Play Down Release of Ukraine Aid — A series of internal State Department emails reflect diplomats' frustration with the unexpected freeze on funding that Congress had already approved. — WASHINGTON — American diplomats who had pushed …
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Law & Crime and Raw Story
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Elizabeth Warren pregnancy smear shows how poisoned the media world is — A news report can be narrowly factual, and still plenty unfair. — And so it was with a “revelation” regarding one element of Elizabeth Warren's personal history, oft-told on the campaign trail …
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twitchy.com, more at Mediagazer »
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Jeanine Santucci / USA Today:
Elizabeth Warren defends story that she was fired for being pregnant after more details surface
Elizabeth Warren defends story that she was fired for being pregnant after more details surface
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Washington Post, Slate, Los Angeles Times, emptywheel and twitchy.com
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
People Get Fired From Their Jobs Without Being ‘Fired’ All The Time
People Get Fired From Their Jobs Without Being ‘Fired’ All The Time
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Jacobin, NBC News and Common Dreams
Esquire:
Donald Trump Allegedly Hid Behind a Tapestry to Grope a Woman at Mar-a-Lago in the Early 2000s — tape was the opening salvo in the story of Donald Trump's transgressions against women, think again. In — All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator
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The Daily Beast, Shareblue Media, VICE, Vox, Splinter, HuffPost, Occupy Democrats, The Week, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The New Civil Rights Movement and Raw Story
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Intel Analyst Charged With Leaking Classified Info to Two Journalists — The Justice Department says it appears Kyle Frese had a romantic relationship with one of two journalists he allegedly fed information. — A U.S. intelligence employee has been arrested and charged …
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ABC News, Associated Press, TheBlaze, Breitbart, Politico, One America News Network and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Paige Godden / Iowa Starting Line:
Joni Ernst Refuses To Condemn Soliciting Foreign Interference — Three times in a row yesterday, Sen. Joni Ernst dodged questions about whether it's appropriate for a president to ask a foreign power to investigate a political rival. — After a round of questions from a CNN reporter looking for a …
BuzzFeed News:
Two Key Players In The Ukraine Controversy Spent Lavishly As They Dug For Dirt on Biden — For Lev Parnas, the Ukrainian American businessman who joined Rudy Giuliani in a back-channel campaign to unearth damaging information about Joe Biden, the money kept flowing.
Discussion:
DemCast and The Daily Beast
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Eli Okun / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: A small crack in Democrats' impeachment messaging
POLITICO Playbook PM: A small crack in Democrats' impeachment messaging
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Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Salon
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump Melts Down And Falsely Claims Only 25% Want Him Impeached — Trump tweeted: … Trump's claim is flat out false. In the latest Washington Post poll, 58% support impeachment, and 49% support removing Trump from office. The 25% number that Trump quoted has been the number of Republicans …
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Vanity Fair
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
In Shift, Warren Will Forgo Big Money Events if Nominated. At Least Some of Them. — Elizabeth Warren seeks to find a balance — disavowing fund-raisers with the wealthy contributors while promising not to actually disarm in a potential matchup with President Trump.