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Heather Vogell / ProPublica:
Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies  —  The president's businesses made themselves appear more profitable to lenders and less profitable to tax officials.  One expert calls the differing numbers “versions of fraud.”  —  Stay up to date with email updates …
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Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Which Trump Will Take the Fall for Years of Tax Fraud?  —  Junior and Eric, it's time to prove your loyalty.  —  Last February, not long before he reported to prison, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen testified that his boss had regularly inflated his personal assets when it served his purposes to do so …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
CNN:
Federal investigation of Rudy Giuliani includes counterintelligence probe  —  (CNN)For months, investigators looking into Rudy Giuliani's business dealings in Ukraine have dug into everything from possible financial entanglements with alleged corrupt Ukrainian figures to counterintelligence concerns raised …
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Dems Torn Over How Much to Punish Rudy Giuliani for Ignoring Subpoena  —  Should Trump's personal attorney be jailed for his stonewalling of a congressional subpoena—or would a court fight only delay the impeachment inquiry unnecessarily?  —  House Democrats are torn over how to respond …
ABC News:
4th defendant in federal case involving Rudy Giuliani associates arrested  —  A fourth defendant in the federal campaign finance case involving two associates of Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, was arrested in New York on Wednesday.  —  David Correia, an American businessman …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:   Fourth defendant in Giuliani associates' case arrested at New York airport
Joe Valiquette / NBC New York:   FBI Arrests Fourth Man at JFK Airport in Probe of Rudy Giuliani Associates
Washington Post:
Pompeo adviser to decry politicization of State Dept. in impeachment probe testimony  —  Michael McKinley, the former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo until his sudden resignation last week, will tell House impeachment investigators Wednesday that career diplomats …
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Axios:
Turkey's Erdoğan says he won't meet with Pence and Pompeo  —  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told Sky News Wednesday that he will not meet with Vice President Mike Pence, who is currently leading a delegation with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Turkey to discuss a ceasefire in northern Syria.
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
GOP senators say Erdoğan White House invitation should be revoked
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
Former Top State Dept. Aide Tells Impeachment Investigators He Quit Over Ukraine
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump called Pelosi a ‘third-rate politician’ …
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Grieving Parents ‘Ambushed’ by Trump, Who Had Teen's Killer Waiting at White House  —  The president had hoped to surprise the parents of dead British teen Harry Dunn with a meeting with the woman who killed him—all in front of the media.  —  Correspondent-At-Large
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Michael Holden / Reuters:
U.S. security chief ‘heaped pain’ on grieving parents of UK teen: lawyer  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's national security adviser heaped pain and grief on the parents of a British teenager killed in a car crash by trying to hold a meeting at the White House between them and a U.S. diplomat's wife …
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
Trump stuns Harry Dunn's parents, says woman in crash that killed their son is nearby and able to meet
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Ex-Aide Saw Gordon Sondland as a Potential National Security Risk  —  A former top White House adviser viewed Mr. Sondland, a Trump donor and the ambassador to the European Union, as a risk because he was so unprepared for his job.  —  WASHINGTON — A former top White House foreign policy …
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NBC News:
House Democrats ask U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine to appear for questioning
Discussion: Axios and Law & Crime
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Five ways the debate could have — and should have — been much, much better  —  Can a televised debate in 2019 really serve the public interest?  —  Given the state of American media and politics, it seems like a long shot.  We're just too addicted to horse-race politics …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Joe Biden Goes Off: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Are ‘Trying to Con the American People’ Like Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: The best and worst moment for each candidate in Tuesday's debate
Washington Post:
Sen. Bernie Sanders to be endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an influential voice among young liberals
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:   Dear Centrist Democrats: There Are No Moderate Republicans to Work With
Associated Press:
Combative Biden hits Trump, Warren after debate
Discussion: Fox News
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Bipartisan House Majority Condemns Trump for Syria Withdrawal  —  Republicans and Democrats delivered a rebuke to the president over his decision to pull back American troops, an order many viewed as acquiescing to Turkey's incursion against a United States ally.
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Sky Palma / Raw Story:
Lindsey Graham to Pat Robertson: 'I'll become Trump's worst nightmare' if he doesn't stop slaughter of Kurds
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Bloomberg:   Trump Defends His Syria Pullout While House Delivers Rebuke
David Gauthier-Villars / Wall Street Journal:
Turkey Rejects U.S. Call for Immediate Cease-Fire in Syria
Discussion: Just Security and Foreign Policy
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell eyes quick impeachment trial in Senate  —  Senate Republicans are preparing for a speedy impeachment trial that concludes before the end of the year.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Senate Republicans on Wednesday that he expects Speaker Nancy Pelosi to approve articles …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Political Wire
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden, Bleeding Cash, Spent Nearly $1 Million on Private Jets  —  Per the ex-veep's FEC data, roughly one out of every 16 dollars raised by the campaign has been spent on such aviation.  —  Joe Biden's presidential campaign is bleeding cash.  And a big reason why appears to be an antiquated …
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Congress Approval, Support for Impeaching Trump Both Up  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives work through an impeachment inquiry regarding alleged abuses of office by President Donald Trump, approval of Congress is now at 25%.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Conservative group tags Romney as anti-Trump, pro-impeachment in ad  —  The Club for Growth, a conservative advocacy group, is going up with TV ads attacking Sen. Mitt Romney — a preemptive warning shot against fellow Republicans who are considering getting behind impeachment.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
David Shulkin / TIME:
I Ran the VA Under President Trump Until He Fired Me.  Our First Trump Tower Meeting Was a Job Interview Unlike Any Other  —  David Shulkin, a physician and former healthcare executive, was an under secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under President Obama and the Secretary of the VA under President Trump.
Anna Orso / Inquirer.com:
Mark Sanford kicked off his presidential campaign against Donald Trump in Philly.  One person showed up  —  The bell in the Independence Hall tower rung at 9 a.m., and Mark Sanford took a deep breath.  He grabbed a giant check for “one trillion dollars,” stood next to a tiny wooden podium …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Schiff pressed Volker to say Ukraine felt pressure from Trump  —  In a secret interview, Rep. Adam Schiff, leader of the House Democratic effort to impeach President Trump, pressed former U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker to testify that Ukrainian officials felt pressured …
 
 
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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Alan Dershowitz Gets Rival Lawyer Booted From Epstein Victim's Case
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Eye-Popping Cost of Medicare for All
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump appears to confirm U.S. nukes are in Turkey, an admission that would break with longstanding protocol
Discussion: New York Times and The Atlantic
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Rick Perry won't commit to answering subpoena
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Bernie Becker / Politico:
Cannabis was supposed to be a tax windfall for states. The reality has been different.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
South Korean National and Hundreds of Others Charged Worldwide in the Takedown of the Largest …
Discussion: NPR and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Eugene Kiely / FactCheck.org:
FactChecking the October Democratic Debate
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Justin Wingerter / Denver Post:
Trump picks Colorado Springs author of Illuminati books for education board
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Chalkbeat
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Twitter says it wants to solve the “journalists' careers end because someone digs up an old tweet” problem
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Cuomo signs law aimed at weakening Trump's pardon power, closes ‘double jeopardy’ loophole
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Winners and Losers of the Democratic Debate
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Kentucky governor's race tied: poll
Discussion: Mother Jones
Washington Post:
Kim Jong Un rides white horse on sacred mountain - and plans ‘great operation’
Discussion: Axios
 

 
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Meghnad Bose / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist of the Year winner, an Afghan woman who works anonymously and covers the plight of women under Taliban rule

Asif Shahzad / Reuters:
Pakistani TV host Matiullah Jan was picked up off the street and charged with terrorism after investigating claims of casualties in a protest march in Islamabad

Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
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