Top Items:
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.
Discussion:
NBC News, Mother Jones, Axios, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Alternet.org, The Guardian and Raw Story
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
The Week, Occupy Democrats, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Breitbart and Associated Press
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
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 …
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.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Politico and Raw Story
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:
VICE, The Hill, Washington Post, Mediaite and Alternet.org
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.
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.
Discussion:
Politico, Task & Purpose, NBC News, ABC News, BuzzFeed News, The Daily Beast, Shareblue Media, Inquirer.com, Breitbart, NPR, CNN, Redstate, Occupy Democrats, American Greatness, The Intercept, Hot Air, Daily Kos, The Week, Twitchy, MSNBC, Rolling Stone, Washington Post, WORLD, Alternet.org, Mediaite, Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog, emptywheel, Political Wire, Vox and Sara A. Carter
CNN:
Retired General: Alexander Vindman is living his oath to America
Discussion:
New York Times, The Daily Beast and NBC News
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
'He's a patriot': Republicans defend key impeachment witness from attacks
Discussion:
National Review, Washington Post, The Wrap, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, NBC News, Foreign Policy, The Daily Beast, Redstate, Mother Jones, Breitbart and Politico
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Slandering an American war hero must have consequences
Discussion:
American Greatness
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump allies are now accusing an impeachment witness — and Purple Heart recipient — of disloyalty
Discussion:
The Atlantic, Politico and Salon
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Vindman is a patriot, not a Ukrainian spy
Discussion:
New York Daily News, Army Times and Washington Post
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 …
Discussion:
The Guardian, Twitchy and Vox, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
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
Orion Rummler / Axios:
George Papadopoulos files to run for Rep. Katie Hill's seat
Discussion:
Politico, The Hill, New York Post and Washington Times
Associated Press:
Papadopoulos seeks California seat left vacant by Rep. Hill
Discussion:
Political Wire
Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
George Papadopoulos Has Filed to Run for Rep. Katie Hill's Seat
Discussion:
CNN, NBC News, HuffPost and The Daily Beast
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 …
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Occupy Democrats, Breitbart, The Week, Mediaite and Raw Story
RELATED:
The Daily Beast:
Pelosi, Schiff Prep for GOP Impeachment ‘Stunts’ and Attempts to Out the Whistleblower
Discussion:
Shareblue Media, BuzzFeed News, Hot Air, Techdirt and Hullabaloo
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
GOP reps say Schiff stopped impeachment witness from answering certain GOP questions
Discussion:
The Federalist, PJ Media Home and Redstate
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 …
RELATED:
Benjamin H. Strauss / Nature:
New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding
Discussion:
Rolling Stone
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Schumer warns Trump may shut down the government over impeachment — It's a nightmare scenario for Washington: a government shutdown smack in the middle of the House's impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. — And Chuck Schumer says he's “increasingly worried” that it might come to fruition.
RELATED:
Crystal Thomas / Kansas City Star:
Missouri health director kept spreadsheet of Planned Parenthood patients' periods — The Missouri state health director, Dr. Randall Williams, testified at a state hearing Tuesday that he kept a spreadsheet to track the menstrual periods of women who visited Planned Parenthood.
Discussion:
Alternet.org, Slate, VICE, FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV, The Week, The Hill and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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
RELATED:
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.
RELATED:
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:
Fox News, Los Angeles Times, Townhall and NPR
RELATED:
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Trump's dealings with Turkey pave way for House vote acknowledging Armenian genocide
Discussion:
Hot Air and Wall Street Journal
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
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.
Discussion:
Politico, Roll Call, The Hill and Political Wire
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 …
Discussion:
Political Wire, Roll Call and The Daily Caller
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Trump faces severe suburban slump — President Trump is facing a suburban slump among voters who sent him to the White House. — Recent polls show Trump's numbers have slipped substantially among suburban voters, who Trump carried in 2016 by a 49 percent to 45 percent margin over Hillary Clinton …
Discussion:
Political Wire
RELATED:
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”
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
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 …
Discussion:
Washington Free Beacon, Fox News, Twitchy, NB Blog and Instapundit
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.
Discussion:
The Daily Signal, National Review and Twitchy
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 …
Discussion:
USA Today, Fortune and Los Angeles Times, more at Mediagazer »
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
