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12:05 PM ET, October 10, 2019

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Two Foreign-Born Men Who Helped Giuliani on Ukraine Arrested on Campaign-Finance Charges  —  Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are expected to appear in federal court in Virginia later on Thursday  —  WASHINGTON—Two foreign-born donors to a pro- Trump fundraising committee who helped Rudy Giuliani's efforts …
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Washington Post:
Two business associates of Trump's personal attorney Giuliani have been arrested on campaign finance charges  —  Two associates of President Trump's personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani have been arrested on charges that they schemed to funnel foreign money to U.S. politicians in a bid …
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Two men with ties to Giuliani arrested on campaign finance charges  —  Two men who have reportedly assisted Rudy Giuliani in his efforts to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's family have been arrested and are expected to face charges for allegedly violating campaign finance law …
Discussion: Politico
Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Bill Barr has known about investigation into Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine henchmen for months: report
NBC News:
Florida businessmen who helped Giuliani in Ukraine arrested on campaign finance charges
Josh Chafetz / New York Times:
The House Can Play Hardball, Too.  It Can Arrest Giuliani.  —  Two ways that Democrats in the House can match the White House's aggressive tactics.  —  Josh Chafetz is the author of “Congress's Constitution.”  —  In his letter to House leadership, the White House counsel, Pat Cipollone …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
George Conway says White House advisers should step down
Discussion: CAFE and Washington Post
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Sweeping Case Against Impeachment Is a Political Strategy
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and Politico
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:   For Trump, an impeachment vote is a race against the clock. Not so for Pelosi.
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
As White House Counsel, Pat Cipollone Builds Case for Defiance on Impeachment
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
The 'I'm rubber, you're glue' presidency: Trump turns to schoolyard taunts in impeachment battle
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Law & Crime
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump's resistance to the impeachment inquiry is a genuine constitutional crisis
Discussion: Reason and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
White House Shifted Authority Over Ukraine Aid Amid Legal Concerns  —  House Democrats are investigating why a political appointee was given control of dispensing military aid after career budget staff questioned the legality of delaying the funds  —  WASHINGTON—The White House gave …
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Fox News:
Turkey's Syria invasion: Member of US Special Forces says, ‘I am ashamed for the first time in my career’
Discussion: The Federalist
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Trump adviser says China provided information about Hunter Biden  —  Michael Pillsbury, an informal White House adviser on China, said he received information about the business activities of Hunter Biden during a visit to Beijing in the same week Donald Trump urged China to probe the son of Joe Biden.
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Politico:
Why Biden finally teed off on Trump
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
YouTube:
Tulsi Considers Boycotting Debate … I want to thank you all very much for your support.  I need to share something with you.  It is very important.  —  There are so many of you who I've met in Iowa and New Hampshire who have expressed to me how frustrated you are that the DNC …
Discussion: National Review
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CNN:
Trump warns McConnell about disloyal Republicans  —  Washington (CNN)Even as the White House appears to settle on the legal tactics to stave off Democrats' impeachment demands, uncertainty and unease over Trump's messaging approach remains high among his Republican allies, who see the ever-growing inquiry consuming the White House.
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
Democrat challenging Mitch McConnell raises $10.7 million in third quarter
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
White House aides try disappearing act amid impeachment talk  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — They've skipped the high-profile Sunday TV shows and avoided driveway chat sessions with reporters.  Few who are typically eager to defend the president have appeared at all on television this month.
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
George Conway and other prominent conservatives call for ‘expeditious’ impeachment probe  —  More than a dozen prominent conservative lawyers, including George T. Conway III, offered their legal reasoning for an “expeditious” impeachment probe into President Trump, creating a document they hope …
Discussion: Breitbart, Axios and Reason
RealClearInvestigations:
Here Are the Giuliani-Ukraine Notes Few Have Seen  —  Notes of Rudolph Giuliani's interviews with two former Ukrainian prosecutors include one's allegation that then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned him against investigating energy firm Burisma Holdings “as it was not in the interest of Joe and/or Hunter Biden.”
Discussion: RedState and Instapundit
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Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Read the whistleblower's memo about Trump's Ukraine call, as described to CBS News
Axios:
Impeached and re-elected  —  It's looking more likely by the day that President Trump will be impeached by the House for his dealings with Ukraine.  But if he is acquitted by the Senate — and then goes on to win a second term — Democrats will face a predicament neither party has confronted in U.S. history.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Farewell, Tomahawk Chop!  —  The Daily Caller reports on the latest victory for political correctness: “Braves Axe ‘Tomahawk Chop’ During Game Five After Complaint From Cardinal With Cherokee Heritage.” … Axing the tomahawk didn't do the Braves much good tonight, as they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 13-1.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Alex Swoyer / Washington Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spends $300 on hairdo at Last Tangle Salon in Washington, D.C.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has allowed life in Washington to go to her head — literally.  —  The self-declared socialist, who regularly rails against the rich and complains about the cost …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans bemoaning the fate of the Kurds have no one to blame but themselves  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) put out a written statement on Wednesday declaring, “On Monday, I said that President Trump's decision to abandon the Kurds, our major ally in the fight against ISIS, was terribly unwise.
Discussion: The Atlantic, Axios and Shareblue Media
Eugene Kim / CNBC:
Amazon's top spokesperson Jay Carney slams the Trump administration for lack of credibility  — Carney, who was President Obama's press secretary, also says the “perception of Amazon is a little different from the reality” when asked about its growing market power.
Robert Tracinski / The Bulwark:
Dear Republicans, Is This the Idol to Whom You Have Sold Your Souls?  —  In the past few weeks, Donald Trump has gone from saying that no, he didn't collude with a foreign dictatorship to interfere with the U.S. election, to doing it on live TV, asking the government of China to investigate Joe Biden and his son, for no clear reason.
 
 
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Ousted Ukraine envoy expected to testify in impeachment probe despite White House vow …
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