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Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
‘Powerful woman’ Kellyanne Conway mocks and threatens reporter for mentioning her husband (AUDIO)  —  Top White House aide Kellyanne Conway, describing herself as “a powerful woman,” aggressively and disparagingly told a female reporter that it was improper to write about her husband …
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Washington Examiner:
Transcript of telephone call between Kellyanne Conway and Caitlin Yilek  —  This is a transcript of the telephone conversation between Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president of the United States, and Caitlin Yilek, breaking news reporter at the Washington Examiner.
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry Into Its Own Russia Investigation  —  The move is likely to open the attorney general to accusations that he is trying to deliver a political victory for President Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — For more than two years, President Trump has repeatedly attacked …
Washington Post:
White House delayed Ukraine trade decision in August, a signal that U.S. suspension of cooperation extended beyond security funds  —  The White House's trade representative in late August withdrew a recommendation to restore some of Ukraine's trade privileges after John Bolton …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Hill
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CNN:
White House official expected to back up diplomat's testimony over Trump push for Ukraine probe into Bidens  —  Why the ‘quid pro quo’ defense may not matter  —  (CNN)Tim Morrison, a top Russia and Europe adviser on President Donald Trump's National Security Council, is expected to testify …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Salon
CNN:
Bill Taylor testimony ‘reverberating’ among House Republicans, GOP sources say  —  Trump knew about GOP protest ahead of time, sources say  —  Washington (CNN)The opening statement of Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, is “reverberating” on Capitol Hill among Republicans …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Jonathan Shorman / Wichita Eagle:
‘Your question is insane.’ Full interview with Secretary of State Pompeo in Wichita  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday made his fourth trip to Kansas this year, this one to Wichita with Ivanka Trump.  The former Kansas congressman sat down with McClatchy's Wichita Eagle and Kansas City Star …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Shocking photos of Congresswoman Katie Hill are revealed as she's seen NAKED showing off Nazi-era tattoo while smoking a bong, kissing her female staffer and posing nude on ‘wife sharing’ sites  — Katie Hill, 32, has been seen in a series of shocking photographs obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Katie Hill Sends Cease And Desist Letter To Daily Mail Website Over Nude Photos  —  “We demand you remove these photos from publication at once,” reads a letter from the California Democrat's attorneys.  —  WASHINGTON ― Attorneys for Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) on Thursday sent a cease …
Discussion: New York Times
ABC News:
Rep. Katie Hill denies sexual relationship with one of her congressional staffers
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Apprentice’ Contestant Says She Has Documents Corroborating Donald Trump Sexual Assault  —  Summer Zervos tells the court about calendar entries, old emails, correspondence with Fox News, and a polygraph test.  —  For the first time, season-five Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos has laid …
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:   Documents show Trump, ‘Apprentice’ contestant at Beverly Hills hotel around the time she says he assaulted her
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
House issues subpoena for documents related to Trump's D.C. hotel, which is housed in a federally owned building
Discussion: Axios
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
On “Human Scum” and Trump in the Danger Zone  —  After Ambassador William Taylor's testimony, the President is freaking out about impeachment.  —  At 1:48 p.m. on October 23rd, Donald Trump posted a tweet that, in any other political moment, would be a strong contender for the worst public statement ever …
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Fantasy of Republicans Ditching Trump
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Vox
Sarah Kolinovsky / ABC News:
Graham introduces resolution condemning House impeachment process
Discussion: Breitbart
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Tell Federal Agencies to Cut New York Times, Washington Post Subscriptions  —  White House plans to direct government staffers to not renew orders with the newspapers, whose coverage he has disparaged as ‘fake’  —  WASHINGTON—The White House is planning to instruct federal agencies …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:   Trump Cancels Subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Schiff's Secret Bombshells  —  If the testimony is so damning for Trump, why not make it public?  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Bombshell.  The walls are closing in.  Donald Trump's defense has collapsed.  The quid pro quo has been proven, the case for impeachment is obvious …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Allies Growing Desperate for Defenses of Ukraine Scandal
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Lawyers for Ukrainian oligarch have another client: The columnist who pushed Biden corruption claims  —  Conservative lawyers Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing, who this year took on as a client an oligarch at the center of the Ukraine scandal, also represent the conservative columnist …
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Miriam Elder / BuzzFeed News:
The Dark Heart Of The Impeachment Investigation Is A Powerful Oligarch — With Close Ties To Vladimir Putin
Discussion: Washington Monthly
BuzzFeed News:
This Prosecutor Set Giuliani Up With Key Ukrainians — And He Just Got A Promotion
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
Madeleine Jacob / LifeSiteNews:
BREAKING: Judge rules dad will have say in gender ‘transition’ of 7-year-old  —  The judge presiding over the case of Jeffrey Younger, the father who is trying to protect his seven-year-old son, James, from chemical castration via a gender “transition,” ruled today that the parents …
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Teo Armus / Washington Post:
A Texas man says his 7-year-old isn't transgender.  Now his custody fight has reached the governor's office.
Just Security:
United States of America v. Rudolph W. Giuliani  —  Former U.S. Attorneys draft a “Mock Indictment” based on publicly available evidence of Giuliani's misconduct. … While the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel has issued legal opinions that a sitting president cannot be indicted …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Law & Crime, Raw Story and CNN
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Can Warren Beat Trump?  —  Chat with almost any political professional in and around Washington, and you find something of a consensus building on the following:  — Elizabeth Warren is going to be the nominee.  — She's going to have a hard time beating Trump.  —  Last week, I spent time looking at the first point.
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Clinton Advisor Philippe Reines: Hillary Has Not Closed The Door On 2020
Discussion: Politico
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Judge Napolitano Schools ‘Fox & Friends’ on Impeachment: Schiff Just ‘Following the Rules’ Written by GOP  —  Fox News' judicial analyst disappointed his colleagues by explaining there's nothing wrong with “secret” impeachment hearings.  —  After Republican members of the House literally stormed …
Discussion: New Republic
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump says he'll attend Game 5 of the World Series at Nationals Park  —  President Trump said Thursday that he plans to attend Game 5 of the World Series at Nationals Park on Sunday if the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros are still playing, though he did not confirm if he had been asked to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Read the Trump Administration's Warning Letter to Laura Cooper  —  The No. 2 Pentagon official told Ms. Cooper, the military's Russia-Ukraine expert, not to talk to Congress.  She did anyway.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has declared that the executive branch will not cooperate …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Weighs Leaving More Troops, Sending Battle Tanks to Syria  —  The options represent a shift from the pullout President Trump wanted and modify U.S. objectives—from countering Islamic State to also protecting oil fields  —  WASHINGTON—The White House is considering options for leaving …
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Harvey Weinstein Turned Up At An Event For Young Actors.  One Woman Who Confronted Him Was Thrown Out.  —  A woman comedian was booed and two attendees kicked out after they protested the appearance of disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein at an event for young performers in lower Manhattan on Wednesday night.
Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Education Official to Resign and Call for Mass Student-Loan Forgiveness  —  A. Wayne Johnson, appointed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, calls the student-loan system ‘fundamentally broken’  —  WASHINGTON—A senior student-loan official in the Trump administration said he would resign Thursday …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
The Student Vote Is Surging.  So Are Efforts to Suppress It.  —  The share of college students casting ballots doubled from 2014 to 2018, a potential boon to Democrats.  But in Texas and elsewhere, Republicans are erecting roadblocks to the polls.  —  AUSTIN, Texas — At Austin Community College …
Robert Griffin / Democracy Fund Voter Study Group:
Early Signs Suggest Trouble for Trump in 2020 Election  —  With the 2020 Democratic primary season well under way, many political analysts — and not a few Democrats — have wondered which of the party's candidates is most electable.  But there's another candidate with an electability challenge: President Donald Trump.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
N.J. seeks to revoke liquor license for one of Trump's golf clubs, triggered by a case in which a customer caused a fatal car crash  —  The state of New Jersey is seeking to revoke the liquor license for one of President Trump's golf clubs — a rare and potentially damaging punishment …
Discussion: New York Times, Axios and The Hill
New York Times:
A Forecast for a Warming World: Learn to Live With Fire  —  Facing down 600 wildfires in the past three days alone, emergency workers in California rushed to evacuate rural areas of Northern California on Thursday and warned residents that the high winds currently propelling an out-of-control blaze …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Economists rush to help Sen. Elizabeth Warren solve Medicare-for-all tax puzzle  —  “She wants something airtight but easy to understand,” one outside adviser said of Warren's approach to finance huge health plan  —  Internal and external economic policy advisers are trying to help Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
Discussion: Mediaite
Sakshi Venkatraman / Washington Square News:
Statement From WSN on Decision to Pull Pro-Nationalist Advertisement  —  Last week, conservative pundit Rich Lowry purchased a full-page advertisement to be printed on the back page of WSN's Monday, Oct. 21 issue.  The ad promoted his Thursday talk at the Silver Center …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Jennifer Victor / gen.medium.com:
Don't Be Fooled by the SCIF Stunt, Trump's GOP Support Is Eroding  —  Maybe we'll look back on October as the beginning of the end  —  Donald Trump's political position grows increasingly precarious, Republicans in Congress look more frazzled by the day.  —  On Wednesday, in an apparent effort …
Discussion: The Hill
Fox Business:
Tulsi Gabbard, amid Hillary Clinton tussle, hits Wall Street fat cat syndicate  —  Tulsi Gabbard, fresh off her nasty tussle with former first lady, secretary of state, and 2016 Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, was given a hero's welcome at a meeting with Wall Street executives …
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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