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12:35 AM ET, November 4, 2019

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Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Whistleblower willing to answer Republicans' questions in impeachment probe, lawyer says  —  Washington — A lawyer for the whistleblower who reported concerns about the president's dealings with Ukraine told CBS News he offered to have Republicans on the House Intelligence Community submit questions …
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Republican Plan to Deep-Six the Trump Impeachment Hearings  —  Trump allies plan to call for witnesses who could bolster their narrative and hammer away at the anonymous whistleblower whose account launched the inquiry in the first place.  —  As House Democrats ramp up their impeachment push …
ABC News:
4 White House officials slated for depositions in impeachment inquiry not expected to show up  —  Four White House officials slated for closed-door depositions Monday are not expected to show up on Capitol Hill despite the threat of subpoena from the committees leading the growing impeachment inquiry …
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and Financial Times
Cockburn / Spectator USA:
‘Seven whistleblowers’ … Hollywood loves stories and film titles with seven in them.
Discussion: Breitbart
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's impeachment inbox
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Whistleblower willing to answer questions from House GOP, attorney says
Associated Press:
Trump threatens to cut US funding for California wildfires  —  LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump is threatening to cut U.S. funding to California for aid during wildfires that have burned across the state during dry winds this fall.  —  Trump tweeted Sunday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom has done a …
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Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
Calif. governor hits back at Trump over wildfire criticism, threat to cut aid  —  President Trump on Sunday criticized California's Democratic governor for his handling of wildfires and made a vague threat to cut aid as blazes continue to burn in the northern and southern parts of the state.
Axios:
Behind the scenes: How Trump still gets his NYT and WaPo fix  —  If you were skeptical that President Trump would give up his lifelong habit of reading the New York Times, you were right to be.  —  Driving the news: Sources familiar with the president's iPhone told Axios that the president maintains …
Discussion: Political Wire, Raw Story and The Hill
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Manafort Spread Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Months Before 2016 Election  —  Documents from the special counsel's inquiry show that President Trump's former campaign chairman shared the theory shortly after stolen Democratic emails were published that June.  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort …
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Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
‘Get the emails’: Revealed memos suggest Mueller probe failed America.  Can Congress fix it?  —  Rick Gates, the veteran high-level political operative who served as Donald Trump's deputy campaign manager in 2016, told investigators he remembers exactly where he was — aboard Trump's campaign jet …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, CNN, Raw Story and The Mary Sue
Axios:
How an impeached Trump wins  —  President Trump is showing how he could be impeached, survive and still win re-election, something never done before in American history.  —  Between the lines: Trump officials think two things must unfold for this to happen: Republicans must stay unified …
Discussion: Political Wire and Breitbart
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
In China, every day is Kristallnacht  —  In China, every day is Kristallnacht.  —  Eighty-one years ago this week, in what is also known as the “Night of Broken Glass,” hundreds of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in Nazi Germany were damaged or destroyed, along with thousands of Jewish-owned businesses.
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Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Is Tested in Iowa as Rivals Gain Ground
Discussion: Twitchy and Political Wire
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Impeachment Increasingly Divides Americans by Political Party
Discussion: CNN
Michael Weiss / The Daily Beast:
Here's How the KGB Knew You'd Be a Traitor: an Exclusive Look at Its Recruitment Manual  —  The bottom line for spy recruitment comes down to this: look for the losers, especially the ones who want to think they are winners because they hang on to important positions.  —  BEAST INSIDE
BBC:
India air pollution at ‘unbearable levels’, Delhi minister says  —  Air pollution in the north of India has “reached unbearable levels,” the capital Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says.  —  In many areas of Delhi air quality deteriorated into the “hazardous” category on Sunday with the potential to cause respiratory illnesses.
Vasco Cotovio / CNN:
Norway arrests US white supremacist ahead of far-right conference  —  (CNN)Norwegian authorities have arrested a high-profile American white supremacist, hours before he was due to give a speech at a far-right conference in Oslo on Saturday.  —  The detained American, Greg Johnson …
New York Times:
Adam Schiff, a Trump Punching Bag, Takes His Case to a Bigger Ring  —  Mr. Schiff leads the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.  Depending on one's viewpoint, he will either save the republic — or destroy it.  —  LOS ANGELES — The crowd was buzzing with Hollywood types …
Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Interest in campaign is growing, as is anxiety  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A year out from the 2020 general election, there already is significant interest in the presidential campaign.  But a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also finds …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Kamala Harris qualifies for December primary debate
Discussion: Axios and Washington Post
Axios:
2 Texas Republicans agree the party has a diversity crisis.  That's where the agreement ends.  —  Reps. Will Hurd and Dan Crenshaw each represent segments of how the GOP has to adapt if it wants to remain dominant — not so white, and younger.  But in interviews with “Axios on HBO,” …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Maria Butina: The Russian accused of trying to influence U.S. policies for the Kremlin  —  In an interview while she was incarcerated in a Florida federal prison, Marina Butina was defiant and resentful talking about charges that she worked as a Russian agent in the United States
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Mulvaney allies to try to stonewall Democrats' impeachment inquiry, officials say  —  Budget chief and other top aides will attempt to create firewall after other senior officials gave testimony that questioned Trump's motivations  —  One of acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's top allies …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
White House aide refusing to testify was on the Trump-Ukraine call when Mulvaney wasn't
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Axios
 
 
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Washington Post:
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Willie Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
Impeachment a winner for Democrats? Don't bet on it
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Arab News:
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Natasha Singer / New York Times:
The Government Protects Our Food and Cars. Why Not Our Data?
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘Slings and arrows’: Impeachment bears down on Susan Collins
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Nobody Talks About Impeachment on the Campaign Trail
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Katie Van Syckle / New York Times:
The Journalists Who Read All of President Trump's Tweets. Twice.
Discussion: Axios
Doha Madani / NBC News:
White nationalists caught trying to film video in front of Emmett Till memorial
Roberto Rocha / CBC News:
Fears of election meddling on social media were overblown, say researchers
Janice McDonald / ABC News:
President Jimmy Carter says he ‘prayed about it’ and is ‘at peace’ with death during church service
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Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:
Trump Gets Note from Podiatrist Exempting Him from Impeachment
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