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New York Times:
Indicted Giuliani Associate Ties Case to Trump  —  The connection was made as two associates of Rudolph W. Giuliani pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan.  —  One of the two indicted associates of President Trump's personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, on Wednesday tied the case …
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CNN:
How two businessmen hustled to profit from access to Rudy Giuliani and the Trump administration  —  Washington (CNN)Long before they burst onto the national scene with their high-profile arrests at Dulles International Airport earlier this month, Soviet-born businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman …
New York Times:
Ukraine Knew of Aid Freeze by Early August, Undermining Trump Defense  —  Top officials were told in early August about the delay of $391 million in security assistance, undercutting a chief argument President Trump has used to deny any quid pro quo.  —  KIEV, Ukraine — To Democrats …
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Trump administration sought billions of dollars in cuts to programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and abroad  —  Democrats have slammed White House insistence that Trump was focused on corruption - not Bidens - when he blocked Ukraine aid funds  —  The Trump administration …
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani is looking for a defense attorney, sources say  —  (CNN)Rudy Giuliani has been approaching defense attorneys for possible representation, according to three sources familiar with the matter.  —  The move by Giuliani, who is President Donald Trump's personal attorney …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Sondland seeks to align himself with Taylor after bombshell testimony  —  What did Gordon Sondland know and when did he know it?  —  The bombshell testimony of veteran diplomat William Taylor, President Donald Trump's top envoy to Ukraine, has raised a crucial question of whether Trump admitted …
Renato Mariotti / Politico:
The President Has No Defense  —  It's hard to overstate how much damage the testimony of Ukraine envoy William Taylor inflicted on President Donald Trump's defense in the ongoing impeachment inquiry.  —  On its face, Taylor's testimony Tuesday established the quid pro quo that Trump has denied for weeks.
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and Mediaite
The Daily Beast:   Pompeo Gets Drawn Deeper—Way Deeper—Into the Ukraine Scandal
Melissa Leon / Fox News:
Judge orders State Department to produce Ukraine documents
Discussion: ABC News
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
John Bolton, welcome to the Resistance?
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Mediaite
Wesley Morgan / Politico:   Pentagon official testifies about withheld military aid to Ukraine
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
An anonymous book? No thanks.
Washington Post:
The White House resorts to character assassination of courageous public servants
Discussion: Reason, Hullabaloo and Bloomberg
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Live updates: Cooper testimony begins after five-hour delay caused by House Republicans barging into secure room
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
HuffPost:
Republicans Try To Storm Impeachment Room, Break Rules In Process  —  Lawmakers bumrushed a secure room while improperly carrying their cell phones.  —  WASHINGTON ― In the latest attempts to make a circus out of the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into President Donald Trump's dealings …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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The Daily Beast:
House Republicans Literally Storm the Impeachment Hearings  —  Led by Matt Gaetz, a crew of about 25 members barged into a classified setting with their cell phones in hand.  It created a big mess.  —  House Republicans took their impeachment grievances to a more confrontational level on Wednesday …
Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:
Republicans Stormed Into The Impeachment Investigation's Secure Room, And It Was Absolute Madness  —  WASHINGTON — A group of Republicans put the “Storm Area 51” logic to the test Wednesday and barged into a secure area on Capitol Hill, interrupting a private impeachment deposition and occupying the space for a few hours.
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
Why it's stupid to bring cellphones into a congressional SCIF
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:   House Republicans May Have Committed Some Light Treason
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's why the Matt Gaetz sit-in stunt was particularly weird
Discussion: archive.fo
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  October 23, 2019 - Approval Of Impeachment Inquiry Reaches 55 Percent, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Disapprove Of Trump's Decision On Syria 2-1  —  Approval among American voters of the U.S. House impeachment inquiry, an inquiry to determine whether …
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
Whistle-Blower Won't Appear, Republicans Say: Impeachment Update  — Check here for live updates on impeachment fight developments  — Defense Department tried to prevent official from testifying  —  Laura Cooper, a deputy assistant secretary of Defense, testified …
Washington Post:
Pentagon's Ukraine expert provides impeachment testimony after Republican protest causes 5-hour delay  —  The planned impeachment testimony from a Pentagon official responsible for Ukraine policy resumed Wednesday afternoon after several of President Trump's congressional allies staged …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
No. 2 GOP senator: ‘Picture coming out of’ diplomat's testimony ‘not a good one’
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Daily Beast
CBS News:
Top Republicans demand Democrats call whistleblower to testify publicly
Discussion: Axios and The Federalist Papers
New York Times:
White House Aides Feared That Trump Had Another Ukraine Back Channel  —  Senior national security officials grew concerned about Kash Patel, a colleague who had previously been involved in Republicans' efforts to undermine the Russia investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — Senior White House officials suspected …
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB looking into longtime umpire Rob Drake's tweet  —  Longtime major league umpire Rob Drake tweeted that he planned to buy an assault rifle “because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!!  #MAGA2020”, according to a copy of the tweet obtained by ESPN.
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
MSNBC announces four all-star female moderators for November debate  —  The two-hour Democratic face off will take place on Nov. 20 in Georgia.  —  The fifth Democratic presidential primary debate in Georgia will have four moderators, MSNBC announced on Wednesday — and all of them are women.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Judge orders State Department to release Ukraine records in 30 days  —  Washington (CNN)A federal judge Wednesday gave the State Department 30 days to release Ukraine-related records, including communications between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge orders State Dept. to begin producing Ukraine records
Discussion: Axios
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump lawyer: Trump can't be prosecuted for shooting someone  —  NEW YORK — Even if President Donald Trump shot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, New York authorities could not punish him while he is in office, the president's lawyers argued Wednesday.
New York Times:
Underground Lives: The Sunless World of Immigrants in Queens  —  Source: New York City Department of Buildings; Note: Complaint data from January 2014 through September 2019.  —  Additional reporting by Seungjae Seo.  Additional research by Susan Beachy.  Diagram by Evan Grothjan.  Map by Troy Griggs.
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Daniel Tovrov / Columbia Journalism Review:
Dropshipping journalism  —  No one working at Newsweek can tell me why it still exists  —  On March 20, Nancy Cooper, the editor in chief of Newsweek, sent an email to her editorial staff.  The subject was “What is a Newsweek story?”—an odd question at an eighty-six-year-old newsmagazine once considered …
Michael Riccardi / New York Law Journal:
New York City Bar Calls for US AG William Barr's Recusal in Ukraine Matter  —  If Barr does not recuse himself, the bar association's statement said, “he should resign or, failing that, be subject to sanctions, including possible removal, by Congress.”
Hannah Jones / City Pages:
Warrant issued for Republican challenger Danielle Stella's arrest  —  Republican Danielle Stella's campaign to take down Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has hit a bit of a snag.  There is currently a warrant out for her arrest after she failed to appear for a court hearing on Tuesday morning.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
Google Accused of Creating Spy Tool to Squelch Worker Dissent  — Company says it's an effort to curb calendar, meeting spam  — Allegation underscores tensions between employees, leadership  —  Google employees are accusing the company's leadership of developing an internal surveillance tool …
ABC News:
Trump campaign scoops up Biden's Latino voter web address, trolls his voter outreach  —  It didn't take long for the Trump campaign to figure out how to troll former Vice President Joe Biden moments after his campaign announced a Latino voter outreach program on Wednesday.
Discussion: RedState
Bloomberg:
How to Halt Global Warming for $300 Billion  — UN scientists say reclaiming wasteland could capture carbon  — Global effort would stall emissions growth for up to 20 years  —  $300 billion.  That's the money needed to stop the rise in greenhouse gases and buy up to 20 years …
 
 
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Resurfaced New York Times op-eds show writers using ‘lynching’ while describing Clinton impeachment
Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed News:
ICE Deleted Surveillance Video Of A Transgender Asylum-Seeker Who Died In Its Custody
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Watch AOC ask Mark Zuckerberg if she can run fake Facebook ads, too
Discussion: Axios, C-SPAN.org and Washington Times
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Battleground: 7 in 10 say US ‘on the edge of civil war’
Discussion: GU Politics and The Daily Caller
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Delegation Visits Greenland
Felix Salmon / Axios:
Scoop: The grandees headed to Saudi Arabia's “Davos in the Desert”
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Judges Republicans Are Doing It All For
Discussion: The Outline
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Meet the Fox reporter who is bedeviling Trump on Syria
Discussion: CNN
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: Cyber memo warns of new risks to White House network
Discussion: emptywheel and The Hill
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Susan Collins Will Oppose Controversial Judicial Nominee Steven Menashi
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line and The Hill
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Dick's Sporting Goods CEO quietly tests presidential bid
CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden's lead in Democratic primary hits widest margin since April
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ its revenue is from ads

 
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