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10:05 PM ET, October 29, 2019

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New York Times:
White House Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call  —  Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, who heard President Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president and was alarmed, testified that he tried and failed to add key details to the rough transcript.
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
NSC official's testimony appears to contradict Rick Perry Ukraine claims  —  Testimony from a senior White House official on Tuesday appeared to contradict Energy Secretary Rick Perry's ardent denials that he ever heard former Vice President Joe Biden or his son Hunter discussed in relation …
Washington Post:
Mike Pence is reliably, relentlessly wrong  —  THE MORE undisciplined President Trump becomes in his scattershot defenses of his behavior toward Ukraine, the more robotically Vice President Pence seems to stay on message.  Unfortunately, that message is an indefensible falsehood.
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and The Hill
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
Vindman is a Jew, Not a Ukrainian, Mr. Duffy  —  Forget about the specifics of the testimony of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in the Ukraine matter and what it might explain or portend.  Let's talk instead for a minute about the specifics of one particular insinuation about him almost from the minute we learned of his existence.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Smear Army Vet Testifying Against Trump as a Ukrainian Spy  —  Last night, the New York Times reported that Alexander S. Vindman, the top Ukraine expert in the National Security Council, will testify to the House that he expressed grave concerns about President Trump's politicized extortion of Ukraine's president.
Julia Ioffe / GQ:
Alexander Vindman and the Questioning of an American Jew's Patriotism  —  Julia Ioffe on the making of a decorated U.S. military officer, and the immigrant experience of Soviet Jews in America and abroad.  —  One June evening in 2013, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency …
Discussion: US News, CNN, VICE, Washington Post and The Hill
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Meet Alexander Vindman, the Colonel Who Testified on Trump's Phone Call  —  He fled Ukraine at age 3 and became a soldier, scholar and official at the White House.  That's where, he told impeachment investigators, he witnessed alarming behavior by President Trump.
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
'He's a patriot': Republicans defend key impeachment witness from attacks  —  Republican leaders are stepping up to defend Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman against vicious attacks from President Donald Trump's allies.  —  Republicans may quibble with the substance of Vindman's testimony as they try …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Slandering an American war hero must have consequences
Discussion: American Greatness and The Week
The Daily Beast:
Trump Sides With Indicted Oligarch Over His Own Diplomat  —  The President of the United States amplified a tweet calling one of his diplomats a liar—and, by implication, absolving a Ukrainian gas mogul of any mob ties.  —  President Donald Trump boosted a tweet Monday promoting …
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Gary Stein / Washington Post:
President Trump may have violated criminal provisions of the Hatch Act  —  It's a felony to order federal government workers to further a partisan political campaign.  —  Legal analysis of the Ukraine controversy has so far focused on whether President Trump's July 25 call …
Anna Schecter / NBC News:   Diplomat Bill Taylor receives rock star reception in Ukraine after House testimony
CNN:
Shouting match erupts in Vindman deposition as Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to out whistleblower  —  (CNN)Democrats and Republicans got into a shouting match behind closed doors on Tuesday while interviewing a witness in the impeachment investigation, with Democrats accusing Republicans …
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
GOP reps say Schiff stopped impeachment witness from answering certain GOP questions
Axios:
Jared Kushner says his White House work is focused on “cleaning up the messes” from Joe Biden  —  President Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner told me during an exclusive interview with Israel's Channel 13 news that many of his efforts since he started working at the White House were focused on …
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Miru / CREW:
Kushner, Barrack, Perry and Plenty of Ethics Problems Attend Saudi Conference
Discussion: The Guardian and Al Jazeera
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
New poll poses serious questions about Democratic impeachment drive  —  There's no doubt Democrats in Washington are hellbent on impeaching President Trump over the Ukraine matter.  But after weeks of polling, it is still unclear precisely what Americans outside the Beltway think.
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USA Today:
Poll: Who's sticking with President Trump, through trouble and tweets?  His seemingly unshakable base.
Grinnell College:
Job Approval Dips, Unfavorable Feelings Climb for President Trump
Discussion: MDJOnline.com and Roll Call
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Trump faces severe suburban slump
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows  —  Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the world's great coastal cities.  —  The authors of a paper published Tuesday developed …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
House Votes Overwhelmingly To Recognize Armenian Genocide, In Rebuke Of Turkish Government  —  The House voted resoundingly Tuesday to recognize the Ottoman empire's genocide against Armenians more than a century ago, against intense protests from the Turkish government.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Townhall and NPR
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Trump's dealings with Turkey pave way for House vote acknowledging Armenian genocide
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Hot Air
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
House approves resolution recognizing Armenian genocide in snub to Turkey
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Convicted Trump aide to run for ex-Rep. Katie Hill's seat after she was forced out by revenge porn attack  —  Convicted former Donald Trump advisor George Papadopoulos has filed paperwork to run for Congress in California as a Republican.  —  Papadopoulos is running for the state's 25th …
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Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
SC Rep. Joe Cunningham to vote for House resolution setting rules for impeachment inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Charleston's U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham said Tuesday he intends to vote in favor of a House resolution this week that will lay out the ground rules for the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Washington Post:
Islamic State defector inside Baghdadi's hideout critical to success of raid, officials say  —  U.S. commandos zeroed in on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's final hideout with the help of an extraordinarily well-placed informant, an Islamic State operative who facilitated the terrorist leader's movements around Syria …
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations  —  Now it's war: Gen Z has finally snapped over climate change and financial inequality.  —  In a viral audio clip on TikTok, a white-haired man in a baseball cap and polo shirt declares, “The millennials and Generation Z …
Discussion: Althouse
Media Matters for America:
Fox's Jason Chaffetz says two days isn't enough time for congressional Republicans to read the eight page impeachment resolution  —  Chaffetz: “She said they're going to vote on Thursday, but it's Tuesday.  So, do the math”
Richard Stengel / Washington Post:
Why America needs a hate speech law  —  Richard Stengel, a former editor of Time, is the author of “Information Wars” and was the State Department's undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs from 2013 to 2016.  —  When I was a journalist, I loved Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s assertion …
Yahoo News:
‘The Wild West’: Questions surround Trump legal team payments  —  In 1994, as a slew of scandals were popping up around President Bill Clinton, an attorney who worked with his defense team visited the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) in Washington to ask a simple question in person …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
NEW: Reporter Behind Story on Katie Hill Affair Worked for Republican Candidates Who Ran Against Hill  —  Jennifer Van Laar, the writer behind the RedState.com and Daily Mail stories that included nude photos of former Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA), is a longtime GOP consultant who has worked …
Wall Street Journal:
Senator Asks Whether Biden Probe Was Linked to China Trade Talks  —  Wyden sends letters to senior administration officials after trade adviser Navarro declined to address questions  —  WASHINGTON—A Democratic senator has asked the Trump administration to clarify whether U.S. officials sought …
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Since they realized insulting an army officer isn't a good look, Republicans are changing their impeachment strategy  —  Alexander Vindman was a firsthand witness to the phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky, and many Republicans had felt as uncomfortable as their Democrat counterparts about the idea of smearing him
BBC:
MPs back 12 December election  —  The UK is set for a 12 December general election after MPs voted to back it following months of deadlock over Brexit.  —  By a margin of 438 votes to 20, the Commons approved legislation paving the way for the first December election since 1923.
CNN:
Stuck in an airport for almost two weeks, Iranian beauty queen says she will be killed if she is deported  —  (CNN)An Iranian beauty queen who has spent almost two weeks inside Manila's international airport says she will be killed if she is sent back home and is seeking asylum in the Philippines.
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Jeff Brady / NPR:
Major Coal Producer And Trump Booster Files For Bankruptcy  —  President Trump's administration has spent three years trying to help the coal industry by rolling back environmental regulations and pushing for subsidies for coal-fired power plants.  Still, the long list of coal company bankruptcies …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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