Top Items:
Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
‘Fireside chat on live television’: Trump says he wants to read Ukraine call transcript to American people — A defiant President Trump signaled he will not cooperate with the Democratic Party's impeachment proceedings, insisting his telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, CNN, Hullabaloo, CANNONFIRE, Breitbart, Salon, Daily Kos, The Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, BizPac Review, Talking Points Memo, New York Post, Raw Story, HuffPost, PJ Media Home, The Hill, Fox News, Mediaite, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, The Week and IJR
RELATED:
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Isn't Ready for the Impeachment Hearings — He's always been more comfortable with chaos than teamwork and preparation. — After weeks of damaging testimony from current and former White House advisers and career diplomats, the House of Representatives voted on Thursday to publicly endorse …
Discussion:
Raw Story, Washington Post, Just Security, Outside the Beltway, New York Post, Axios and UPI
Meghann Myers / Military Times:
How the Army officer who testified against Trump could end up in a court-martial — When Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman appeared before members of Congress on Tuesday to discuss what he knew about President Trump's conversations with Ukraine's president, he was violating an order from his commander …
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway and Washington Post
Washington Post:
As Trump moves to bully witnesses and derail impeachment, Democrats see obstruction — President Trump has sought to intimidate witnesses in the impeachment inquiry, attacking them as “Never Trumpers” and badgering an anonymous whistleblower. He has directed the White House to withhold documents …
Discussion:
Hot Air
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP defense of Trump is getting more corrupt. Here's what's next.
The GOP defense of Trump is getting more corrupt. Here's what's next.
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, Breitbart and Raw Story
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Impeachment inquiry focuses on 2 White House lawyers
Impeachment inquiry focuses on 2 White House lawyers
Discussion:
NBC News, Washington Post, Political Wire, ABC News, Florida Politics and Associated Press
Fox News:
Warren's $52T ‘Medicare-for-all’ plan revealed: Campaign still claims no middle-class tax hikes needed — EXCLUSIVE: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's long-awaited “Medicare-for-all” funding plan projects the government-run health care system would cost a staggering sum of …
Discussion:
The Hill, Politico, ABC News, Axios, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, PJ Media Home, National Review, The Gateway Pundit, Towleroad Gay News and Sara A. Carter
RELATED:
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The issue that Obama alums think could doom Elizabeth Warren — An Elizabeth Warren event is like the candidate herself: well-organized, precise, unpretentious. The candidate, almost always clad in her campaign uniform of black sneakers, black pants and a black camisole covered …
Discussion:
YouTube
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Proposes $20.5 Trillion Health Care Plan — Ms. Warren would impose huge tax increases on businesses and billionaires to pay for “Medicare for all,” but she said she would not raise taxes on the middle class. — WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed $20.5 trillion …
Discussion:
Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
Ending the Stranglehold of Health Care Costs on American Families — My daddy's heart attack nearly sent our family skidding over a financial cliff. Today I think about all the kids this year who will face the double blow of nearly losing a parent and then watching their lives turn upside …
Discussion:
The Atlantic, American Prospect, NBC News, Washington Post, Daily Kos, UPI and People's Policy Project
Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week:
Jeff Bezos would pay nearly $7 billion to Elizabeth Warren's Medicare-for-all tax — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has a plan for taking Jeff Bezos' money. — The 2020 candidate unveiled her proposal Friday to pay for her estimated $34 trillion Medicare-for-all plan without upping taxes on the middle class.
Discussion:
Mother Jones, Townhall, Balloon Juice and Fox News
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Elizabeth Warren may as well have said Mexico is going to pay for ‘Medicare for all’
Elizabeth Warren may as well have said Mexico is going to pay for ‘Medicare for all’
Discussion:
Vox and Washington Free Beacon
Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
Warren's Perpetual Medicare Head Tax Is Unworkable and Bad
Warren's Perpetual Medicare Head Tax Is Unworkable and Bad
Discussion:
Bloomberg
CNN:
Elizabeth Warren releases plan to fund Medicare for All, pledges no middle class tax hike
Elizabeth Warren releases plan to fund Medicare for All, pledges no middle class tax hike
Discussion:
Raw Story
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren says she would not raise middle class taxes for $52 trillion health care plan
Elizabeth Warren says she would not raise middle class taxes for $52 trillion health care plan
Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren proposes new taxes to fund Medicare-for-all but says middle class would be spared
Elizabeth Warren proposes new taxes to fund Medicare-for-all but says middle class would be spared
Discussion:
Breitbart
Ady Barkan / The Intercept:
Elizabeth Warren's Plan Is a Massive Win for the Medicare for All Movement
Elizabeth Warren's Plan Is a Massive Win for the Medicare for All Movement
Discussion:
New York Times and Alternet.org
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Warren Leads Tight Iowa Race as Biden Fades, Poll Finds — Ms. Warren garnered 22 percent in a New York Times/Siena College poll, to 19 percent for Bernie Sanders. Pete Buttigieg has surged, while Mr. Biden's travails have put the race in flux. — Which of these Democrats would be your first choice in the Iowa caucuses?
Discussion:
Fox News, Washington Post, The Hill, Axios, CNN, DemCast, The Gateway Pundit, Siena College Research …, National Review, Mediaite, NBC News, Bloomberg, Washington Times, Politico and Breitbart
RELATED:
David Brooks / New York Times:
Impeach Trump. Then Move On.
Impeach Trump. Then Move On.
Discussion:
PJ Media Home, Jewish Insider, Axios and Washington Post
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Americans divided 49% to 47% on impeachment, with criticism for both sides: POLL — Americans are split essentially even on impeaching Donald Trump and removing him from office, with criticism on both sides of the issue — toward Trump, for his response to the inquiry, and toward congressional Democrats …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, The Hill and Bloomberg
RELATED:
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
How Deadspin Imploded — The last meeting for many of Deadspin's journalists took place on Wednesday in a conference room adorned with fake black cobwebs, a large spider and bloody handprints beside the words: “HELP US.” — The plea, it seemed, went unanswered.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Spectator USA, Mediaite, Vox, The Week and Current Affairs, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Bryan Curtis / The Ringer:
The Mavening of Sportswriting — Deadspin staffers resigned …
The Mavening of Sportswriting — Deadspin staffers resigned …
Discussion:
Drew Magary, Nieman Lab, New York Post, Breitbart and BizPac Review, more at Mediagazer »
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Revealed: Trump wanted to build a megachurch — Of all the projects real estate mogul Donald Trump wanted to build, here's one that nobody saw. — According to his long-time personal pastor, Paula White-Cain, Trump, in 2006 was taking steps to build a glass cathedral.
Discussion:
Townhall, New York Times, Washington Post, Raw Story and Alternet.org
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok - sources — NEW YORK/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co's $1 billion acquisition of U.S. social media app Musical.ly …
Discussion:
Variety and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Texas voters evenly split on impeachment of Donald Trump, UT/TT Poll finds — Texas voters are divided on whether the president should be removed from office, but nearly half think impeachment investigations should proceed, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Calls USMCA ‘Easiest Trade Deal,’ Sees Vote When Ready — Pelosi is optimistic, but doesn't rule out vote in 2020 — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump's new Nafta deal is the “easiest trade deal that we've ever done.” — “We're on a path to yes …
Discussion:
The Truth About Cars
RELATED:
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Expects Public Impeachment Hearings to Begin This Month
Pelosi Expects Public Impeachment Hearings to Begin This Month
Discussion:
Axios, Изв …, The Hill and Washington Post
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
GOP Lawmaker Head-Butts Camera Rather Than Answer A Question About Trump — Rep. Don Young really didn't want to answer this one. — Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) came up with a novel way to avoid a question about President Donald Trump on Thursday. — Instead of ignoring the activists …
Discussion:
Townhall, Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Contemptor
RELATED:
Zachary Evans / National Review:
GOP Rep Head-Butts Camera of Progressive Activist
GOP Rep Head-Butts Camera of Progressive Activist
Discussion:
Washington Post, Alaska Public Media and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Videos show indicted Giuliani associate standing behind Trump at 2018 rally — (CNN)News footage from an October 20, 2018, midterm election rally in Nevada shows indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas standing behind President Donald Trump. — Parnas and his business partner …
Discussion:
Raw Story, Political Wire and Contemptor
Charles Sykes / USA Today:
The Republican Party must choose between Donald Trump and the party's fundamental values — Trump aims to discredit and delegitimize the impeachment process by turning it into a circus. But circuses need clowns. Is the GOP up for that? — This is the stark political reality …
Discussion:
R Street and Washington Post
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump: The Soviet Witch Coup Has Found Me Innocent — Republicans have spent weeks calling impeachment proceedings a coup, and then a witch hunt. Confusingly, they appear to believe witch hunts are quasi-judicial proceedings run by actual witches, and accordingly circulated merchandise depicting Democrats as a coven.
Discussion:
Shareblue Media, Washington Post and POLITICUSUSA
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump abandons proposing ideas to curb gun violence after saying he would following mass shootings — President Trump has abandoned the idea of releasing proposals to combat gun violence that his White House debated for months following mass shootings in August, according to White House officials …
Discussion:
The Week, The Hill, One America News Network, Shareblue Media, Daily Kos and IJR
Ben Makuch / VICE:
Ghislaine Maxwell Was a Guest at Jeff Bezos's Secret Book Retreat — Motherboard has learned Jeffrey Epstein's alleged fixer attended the Amazon CEO's exclusive book retreat ‘Campfire’ last year. — Every fall, the elite of the literary world and Hollywood convene at a highly secretive …
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Police officer retires after far-right group ties revealed — A Connecticut police officer has retired after a civil rights organization raised concerns about his membership in a far-right group known for engaging in violent clashes at political rallies, a town official said Friday.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump, Lifelong New Yorker, Declares Himself a Resident of Florida — The president filed a “declaration of domicile” last month saying that his property in Palm Beach will be his permanent residence. — He came of age in Queens, built Trump Tower, starred in “The Apprentice,” …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Forbes, Associated Press, Breitbart, The Guardian, Politico, Vanity Fair, The Rush Limbaugh Show, New York Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, HuffPost, ABC News, Shareblue Media, Mediaite, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit, NPR, Slate, CNN, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, BizPac Review, Talking Points Memo, Althouse, Outside the Beltway, Miami Herald, Townhall, Contemptor, Sputnik International, The Hill, CBS Miami, The Week, Political Wire, Spectator USA and Axios