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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 …
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 …
Washington Post:
Giuliani associate Lev Parnas is willing to comply with House impeachment inquiry, his attorney says
Discussion: The Week, Politico, New York Post and Axios
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 …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:   So this is why Trump doesn't want officials to testify
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Ex-Pompeo adviser contradicts former boss in impeachment inquiry testimony
Discussion: Mercury News
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.
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The Daily Beast:
Dems Decide Now Is the Perfect Time to Go Full Circular Firing Squad  —  There is a good reason why “Dems in Disarray” has become a cliché.  —  The same day that the head of the Democratic National Committee told a group of Iowans that the party's “unity is our greatest strength,” …
Washington Post:
Trump trails Democratic rivals in national survey as independents move away
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:   BREAKING: Hunter Biden's Ukraine Gas Firm Urged Obama Admin To End Corruption Allegations, Report Says
Polina Ivanova / Reuters:
Exclusive: Ukraine to fire prosecutor who discussed Bidens with Giuliani - source
Discussion: The Week
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Julián Castro to lay off New Hampshire, South Carolina teams  —  Julián Castro's campaign will fire its staff in New Hampshire and South Carolina, an official familiar with the campaign told POLITICO.  The campaign notified the state teams on Monday and their final day will be next week.
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Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
‘Just nonsense’: Kamala Harris calls narrative that black voters are homophobic a trope
Discussion: Axios
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Is an Iowa Front-Runner. Will That Help Him Anywhere Else?
Discussion: CapX and Politico
Josh Fiallo / Tampa Bay Times:
Commissioners call New York Times ‘fake news,’ deny library funding for digital subscriptions  —  'I don't agree with it, I don't like ‘em,’ said one Citrus County commissioner who said he agrees with President Donald Trump that the newspaper prints ‘fake news.’
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
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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CNN:
Rulings against Trump on his tax returns may be tough to reverse
Discussion: FOX31 Denver
Christina Zhao / Newsweek:   Fox News Judge Predicts Supreme Court Could Make Trump Turn Over Tax Returns ‘Before Christmas’
Ashraf Khalil / Associated Press:
Trump crony Roger Stone's trial promises political drama  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Stone, a longtime Republican provocateur and former confidant of President Donald Trump, is going on trial over charges related to his alleged efforts to exploit the Russian-hacked Hillary Clinton emails for political gain.
Discussion: Fox News
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:   The Idiot's Guide to the Roger Stone trial
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump, Rand Paul want whistleblower unmasked  —  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's rally in Kentucky (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump is praising an ally's call to unmask the intelligence community whistleblower whose complaint served …
Discussion: ABC News and Breitbart
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Associated Press:
Kentucky governor looks for last-minute boost from Trump
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
ABC News:
Trump in Kentucky to rally support ahead of close governor's race
Discussion: Associated Press and The Week
Debra Heine / American Greatness:
Retired Army Officer Remembers Lt. Col. Vindman as Partisan Democrat Who Ridiculed America  —  A retired Army officer who worked with Democrat “star witness” Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in Grafenwoher, Germany, claims Vindman “really talked up” President Barack Obama and ridiculed America …
USA Today:
Don't reveal the whistleblower on Donald Trump's phone call with Ukraine  —  Disclosure would endanger the whistleblower and deter any future witness to presidential malfeasance: Our view  —  The fundamental promise of whistleblower protection is to create a safe space for a witness …
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Migrant in ICE custody removed from life support over family's objections  —  An asylum-seeking migrant detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement was pulled off life support after his relatives said they requested that doctors continue the lifesaving measures.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
YouTube Bans Gorka Because He Won't Stop Playing Imagine Dragons  —  The notoriously combative Trump ally has regularly played Imagine Dragons songs on his radio show, “America First.”  —  YouTube banned Sebastian Gorka from its platform on Monday, apparently because the former Trump White …
Martin Scorsese / New York Times:
I Said Marvel Movies Aren't Cinema.  Let Me Explain.  —  Cinema is an art form that brings you the unexpected.  In superhero movies, nothing is at risk, a director says.  —  Mr. Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning director, writer and producer.  —  When I was in England in early October, I gave an interview to Empire magazine.
CBS Denver:
FBI: White Supremacist Richard Holzer Arrested In Plot To Blow Up Pueblo's Temple Emanuel  —  (CBS4) - The FBI says it has prevented what it believes was an attempt to commit a major hate crime in Colorado.  A known white supremacist named Richard Holzer arrested late Friday night …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Southern Colorado Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Plotting to Blow Up Synagogue
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Dan Slater / gen.medium.com:
Undercover in the Orthodox Underworld  —  Whenever the black dress came out, Jessica Weisman's mother knew she was “going after the Jewish people again”  —  In the summer of 2013, while the government investigated a ring of rabbis who assaulted husbands for refusing to give their wives …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Nats visit White House, Kurt Suzuki wears MAGA hat  —  The Washington Nationals visited the White House today, as President Trump honored the team for winning the World Series.  Not all of the Nats participated.  As I noted here, Sean Doolittle announced early on that he would not attend.
Oshrat Carmiel / Bloomberg:
Pied-a-Terre Tax Revival Is Latest Threat to NYC's Luxury Market  — State lawmakers to try again for levy on $5 million-plus deals  — Developers argue additional costs would further dent demand  —  New York's pied-a-terre tax, left for dead earlier this year …
 
 
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Bloomberg:
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Republicans flee Trump
Zosia Wanat / Politico:
EU top court lands another blow against Polish judiciary reforms
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Apple Pledges $2.5 Billion To Combat California's Housing Crisis
Discussion: CNBC, Axios and Fox News
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CBS Los Angeles:
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Tim Pearce / Washington Examiner:
Mitt Romney seen favorably by just 18% of Americans: Poll
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
When it comes to Medicare-for-all, listen to Nancy Pelosi
Discussion: CNBC, The Week and Alternet.org
New York Times:
Republicans Seek to Swamp Democratic Offices With Anti-Impeachment Calls
Discussion: The Hill
Cam Edwards / Bearing Arms:
New Zealand's Gun Confiscation Shaping Up To Be Massive Failure
Discussion: Twitchy and Liberty Unyielding
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Poll: Biden holds significant lead over Warren, Sanders in Nevada; top issue is electing someone who can beat Trump
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Asks for Identifying Details on Anonymous Op-Ed Author
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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