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11:50 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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Washington Post:
Firsthand account of Trump's Ukraine call puts GOP in bind, emboldens Democrats  —  A top National Security Council official on Tuesday delivered a firsthand account of President Trump pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, putting congressional Republicans in a bind …
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.
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 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Smear Army Vet Testifying Against Trump as a Ukrainian Spy
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Meet Alexander Vindman, the Colonel Who Testified on Trump's Phone Call
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
'He's a patriot': Republicans defend key impeachment witness from attacks
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Slandering an American war hero must have consequences
Discussion: American Greatness
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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Anna Schecter / NBC News:   Diplomat Bill Taylor receives rock star reception in Ukraine after House testimony
Gary Stein / Washington Post:   President Trump may have violated criminal provisions of the Hatch Act
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 …
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Benjamin H. Strauss / Nature:
New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding  —  Abstract  —  Most estimates of global mean sea-level rise this century fall below 2 m.  This quantity is comparable to the positive vertical bias of the principle digital elevation model …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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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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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Associated Press:
Papadopoulos seeks California seat left vacant by Rep. Hill
Discussion: Political Wire
Orion Rummler / Axios:
George Papadopoulos files to run for Rep. Katie Hill's seat
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Mitch McConnell's extraordinary efforts to say nothing at all  —  (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went to extraordinary lengths Tuesday to avoid giving substantive answers to direct questions about the allegations made by Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the first current White House official …
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USA Today:
Poll: Who's sticking with President Trump, through trouble and tweets?  His seemingly unshakable base.
NBC Universal:
MSNBC'S “THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW” IS #1 IN A25-54 ACROSS CABLE NEWS, TOPPING ALL REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHOWS ON FOX NEWS AND CNN IN OCTOBER  —  “Morning Joe” at 6am Posts Record-Breaking Month in Total Viewers, Tops CNN in A25-54 for 24th Straight Month and in Total Viewers for 56th Straight Month
Grinnell College:
Job Approval Dips, Unfavorable Feelings Climb for President Trump  —  More than half of U.S. residents say their feelings towards President Donald Trump have become “more unfavorable” since he took office according to the newest edition of the Grinnell College National Poll, released Oct. 29, 2019.
Discussion: Roll Call
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Trump faces severe suburban slump
Discussion: Political Wire
James Q. Lynch / MDJOnline.com:
Grinnell poll: Trump's ‘troubles’ overshadow his high approval for economy
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Political Wire
Miru / CREW:
Kushner, Barrack, Perry and Plenty of Ethics Problems Attend Saudi Conference  —  Of all the people from President Trump's circle who could be representing the United States at a Saudi Arabian economic conference, three men whose activities raise significant ethical questions related to the country are slated to attend.
Discussion: The Guardian and Al Jazeera
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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.
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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
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
White House Finds Loophole in Search for Homeland Security Secretary  —  Officials who lead agencies in the department and echo the president's language on immigration were initially thought to be ineligible under a federal law.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has found a way to bypass …
Discussion: Political Wire
Christie Aschwanden / Wired:
Trans Athletes Are Posting Victories and Shaking Up Sports  —  Transgender athletes at all levels of sport are winning medals, spurring a contentious debate over the future of gendered competition.  —  Transgender athletes are having a moment.  At all levels of sport, they're stepping onto the podium and into the headlines.
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 …
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.
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”
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
He's running for governor to run false ads on Facebook.  Now Facebook is stopping him  —  New York (CNN Business)A San Francisco man tried to call out Facebook's controversial false ads policy by running false ads of his own.  Now the company is barring him from doing so …
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 …
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
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.
 
 
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House Panels Hear Official's Concerns About Trump's Ukraine Call
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What a lobbyist's remarks behind closed doors tell you about Chinese money in Washington
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Menendez seeks probe into if Pompeo violated Hatch Act
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Kentucky Governor's Race Tests Impact of Impeachment in States
CNN:
Stuck in an airport for almost two weeks, Iranian beauty queen says she will be killed if she is deported
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Reuters:
WhatsApp sues Israel's NSO for allegedly helping spies hack phones around the world
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Since they realized insulting an army officer isn't a good look, Republicans are changing their impeachment strategy
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Republican Rep. John Shimkus reconsidering retirement
Discussion: The Hill and Daily Kos
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
New poll poses serious questions about Democratic impeachment drive
Jeff Brady / NPR:
Major Coal Producer And Trump Booster Files For Bankruptcy
Discussion: New York Times
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Can the Bennet brothers save the Establishment?
Yahoo News:
‘The Wild West’: Questions surround Trump legal team payments
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