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8:45 PM ET, November 4, 2019

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Aram Roston / Reuters:
Exclusive: Giuliani associate now willing to comply with Trump impeachment inquiry - lawyer  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lev Parnas, an indicted Ukrainian-American businessman who has ties to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is now prepared to comply with requests …
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New York Times:
Lev Parnas, Giuliani Associate, Opens Talks With Impeachment Investigators  —  Mr. Parnas could offer Congress a vein of information about a political pressure campaign in Ukraine.  —  An associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani who was involved in a campaign to pressure Ukraine …
Discussion: emptywheel and POLITICUSUSA
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
On Ukraine, Trump Is a Con Man, but He's Also a Mark  —  Corrupt forces find it easy to manipulate this president.  —  Kenneth McCallion is a New York lawyer who once represented former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of Ukraine.  A few years ago, he brought a civil racketeering lawsuit …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Alternet.org
NBC News:
Indicted Giuliani pal willing to comply with impeachment inquiry, his lawyer says
Discussion: New York Post
Nancy Cordes / CBS News:
Republicans consider moving Jim Jordan to House Intelligence Committee  —  Washington — As the impeachment inquiry enters its public phase, top Republicans in the House are weighing whether to temporarily assign Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence …
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U.S. House of Representatives Permanent …:
COMMITTEES RELEASE TESTIMONY OF YOVANOVITCH AND McKINLEY AS PART OF NEW PUBLIC PHASE OF IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY  —  f t # e  —  Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs …
NBC News:
Ousted Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch says she was told to tweet praise of Trump to save her job  —  The three House committees leading the Trump impeachment inquiry released Monday two transcripts of the behind-closed-doors interviews they have so far conducted.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds  —  Signs that the president's advantage in the Electoral College has persisted or even increased since 2016.  —  Despite low national approval ratings and the specter of impeachment, President Trump remains highly competitive …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Times' Nate Cohn on Elizabeth Warren's Odds Against Donald Trump  —  On Monday, the New York Times and Siena College released a poll of how Donald Trump is faring against three leading Democratic Presidential opponents—Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren—in six critical swing states, all of which Trump won in 2016.
Sally Kohn / USA Today:   Elizabeth Warren is a friend to capitalists, at least those who see revolution coming
U.S. Department of Justice:
Southern Colorado Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Plotting to Blow Up Synagogue  —  Defendant Wanted To Carry Out an Act of Domestic Terrorism  —  Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Civil Rights Division and Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers for the National Security Division …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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CBS Denver:   FBI: White Supremacist Richard Holzer Arrested In Plot To Blow Up Pueblo's Temple Emanuel
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:   F.B.I. Says White Supremacist Plotted to Blow Up Colorado Synagogue
Miriam Elder / BuzzFeed News:
The US Bureaucracy Lives In Fear Of Trump's Twitter Account  —  Several hours into her testimony to impeachment investigators, Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, breaks down.  She asks to take a minute, and once she's collected herself an aide to the House committee says …
Discussion: The Atlantic
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New York Times:
Pompeo Faces Political Peril and Diplomats' Revolt in Impeachment Inquiry
Discussion: The Guardian and Alternet.org
John Solomon Reports:
Hunter Biden's Ukraine gas firm pressed Obama administration to end corruption allegations, memos show  —  Hunter Biden and his Ukrainian gas firm colleagues had multiple contacts with the Obama State Department during the 2016 election cycle, including one just a month before Vice President …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
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Polina Ivanova / Reuters:
Exclusive: Ukraine to fire prosecutor who discussed Bidens with Giuliani - source  —  Polina Ivanova, Ilya Zhegulev  —  KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine plans to fire the prosecutor who led investigations into the firm where Joe Biden's son served on the board, a central figure in the activity …
Discussion: The Week
Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:   BREAKING: Hunter Biden's Ukraine Gas Firm Urged Obama Admin To End Corruption Allegations, Report Says
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Asks for Identifying Details on Anonymous Op-Ed Author  —  The writer, a senior Trump administration official, plans to write a book to be published this month.  —  The Justice Department is trying to unearth the identity of the Trump administration official who denounced …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Justice Dept. is trying to ‘intimidate’ author of anonymous anti-Trump book, agents say  —  New York (CNN Business)The Justice Department is going on the offensive against the anonymous author of “A Warning,” telling them in a letter obtained by CNN Business that he or she may be violating …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court unlikely to help Trump keep his taxes from prosecutors  —  ANALYSIS: The president's lawyers are appealing a ruling from the 2nd Circuit court of appeals that the documents must be turned over.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will face strong headwinds in asking …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Tom Steyer aide stole Kamala Harris' SC volunteer data from 2020 presidential voter file  —  COLUMBIA — A South Carolina aide for Tom Steyer's 2020 presidential campaign stole valuable volunteer data collected by Kamala Harris' campaign using an account from when he worked with the S.C. Democratic Party …
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
Jan Ransom / New York Times:
E. Jean Carroll, Who Accused Trump of Rape, Sues Him for Defamation  —  The writer says the president hurt her career when he said she had lied about him attacking her in a dressing room in the 1990s.  —  E. Jean Carroll had publicly shared a secret in June that she had kept largely to herself …
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Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
New York writer who accused Trump of sexual assault sues him for defamation
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Elle Columnist Files Defamation Suit Against Trump
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Aaron Calvin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Twitter hates me.  The Des Moines Register fired me.  Here's what really happened.  —  During the seven months I worked as a trending-news reporter for the Des Moines Register, it was my job to write about viral news in Iowa and to frame my stories in ways that would increase their viral potential.
ABC News:
Trump in Kentucky to rally support ahead of close governor's race  —  President Donald Trump brought his campaign rally roadshow to Kentucky, in a last-minute effort to stave off a Democratic challenger to Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.  —  After rallying in Mississippi on Friday ahead …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump, Rand Paul want whistleblower unmasked
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Republicans Seek to Swamp Democratic Offices With Anti-Impeachment Calls  —  The Republican National Committee's effort was meant to tie up phone lines of congressional Democrats as part of a broader plan to defend the president.  —  The Republican National Committee paid to generate thousands …
Discussion: The Hill
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Trump makes it official: U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate accord  —  “It's a sad reminder of where the world's former leader on climate change now stands,” one critic said.  —  The Trump administration notified the international community Monday that it plans to officially withdraw …
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Zack Colman / Politico:
U.S. starts climate pact exit — now what?
Judd at Popular Information / Popular Information:
The Trump campaign holds a lot of contests.  Does anyone win?  —  The Trump campaign has held at least 15 contests since 2018 offering the chance to win breakfast, lunch, or dinner with President Trump.  Supporters are enticed to donate to Trump's campaign with promises of free travel …
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Poll: Biden holds significant lead over Warren, Sanders in Nevada; top issue is electing someone who can beat Trump  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the 2020 Gun Safety Forum in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019.  (Daniel Clark/The Nevada Independent)
Daniel Dale / CNN:
The numbers prove it: Trump's Obama fixation is getting worse  —  CNN fact-checker calls out Trump for ‘egregious lying’  —  Washington (CNN)He made up a story about President Barack Obama trying “11 times” to call Kim Jong Un.  He expressed suspicion of Obama's post-presidency Netflix deal and book deal.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Tim Pearce / Washington Examiner:
Mitt Romney seen favorably by just 18% of Americans: Poll  —  Less than a fifth of Americans view Sen. Mitt Romney favorably.  —  The Utah Republican is looked at positively by just 18% of Americans, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Sunday.
Navy Times:
Report: Trump makes SEAL Gallagher a chief again  —  President Donald J. Trump has decided to restore convicted SEAL Edward Gallagher's pay grade to chief petty officer, overriding a decision last week by the Navy's top admiral, both Navy Times and Fox News learned.
Discussion: Redstate and Hullabaloo
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
When it comes to Medicare-for-all, listen to Nancy Pelosi  —  When it comes to Democrats' obsession with Medicare-for-all, listen to Nancy Pelosi.  The House speaker put it more politely, but on the very day that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) unveiled her plan to remake the U.S. health-care system …
Discussion: New York Times, Politico and CNBC
 
 
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Matt Lebovic / The Times of Israel:
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