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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 …
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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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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 …
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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.
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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,” …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds
One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds
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Sally Kohn / USA Today:
Elizabeth Warren is a friend to capitalists, at least those who see revolution coming
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
New Poll Shows Democratic Candidates Have Been Living in a Fantasy World
New Poll Shows Democratic Candidates Have Been Living in a Fantasy World
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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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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.
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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
COMMITTEES RELEASE TESTIMONY OF YOVANOVITCH AND McKINLEY AS PART OF NEW PUBLIC PHASE OF IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
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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 …
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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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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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Raw Story, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA and Alternet.org
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Impeachment transcripts become latest point of panic for Trump
Impeachment transcripts become latest point of panic for Trump
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New York Times, Shareblue Media, Mediaite and NBC News
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
‘Just nonsense’: Kamala Harris calls narrative that black voters are homophobic a trope
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Axios and The Guardian
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Is an Iowa Front-Runner. Will That Help Him Anywhere Else?
Joanne Rosa / ABC News:
Should 2020 Democratic candidates claim upper hand this early in presidential primary race?
Should 2020 Democratic candidates claim upper hand this early in presidential primary race?
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Washington Post, National Review and The Hill
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
Southern Colorado Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Plotting to Blow Up Synagogue
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Talking Points Memo
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 …
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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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Townhall, NBC News, The Daily Caller, KTLA and The Week
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Justice Dept. is trying to ‘intimidate’ author of anonymous anti-Trump book, agents say
Justice Dept. is trying to ‘intimidate’ author of anonymous anti-Trump book, agents say
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Deadline, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Axios and Mediaite
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 …
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Washington Post
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 …
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 …
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The Gateway Pundit
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.
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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.’
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Raw Story
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 …
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.
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 …
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The Hill
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.
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Liberty Unyielding, The Daily Caller, Fox News and Washington Post
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)
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Washington Free Beacon