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Washington Post:
Trump trails Democratic rivals in national survey as independents move away  —  One year out from the 2020 election, President Trump trails some potential Democratic rivals in head-to-head matchups, with his national support level currently fixed at about 40 percent, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A Sliver of the Electorate Could Decide 2020.  Here's What These Voters Want.  —  A demographically disparate group values both moderation and great change.  —  Figures are rounded.  —  Today's America is so deeply polarized that it can be hard to imagine there are people …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump's well-oiled campaign has everything planned — except Trump  —  President Donald Trump fiddled for months with a 2020 election message that would be ready for primetime.  His top two campaign aides — Jared Kushner and Brad Parscale — sought a message that would resonate …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Times' Nate Cohn on Elizabeth Warren's Odds Against Donald Trump
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
2020 Democrats lead Trump by virtually unprecedented margins in a new poll.  Here's another key finding.
Discussion: Slate, NBC News and New York Times
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Mulvaney Summoned to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry  —  House investigators asked President Trump's acting chief of staff to voluntarily appear on Capitol Hill for a deposition.  It's unlikely he'll comply.  —  WASHINGTON — Impeachment investigators on Tuesday asked President Trump's acting chief …
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ABC News:
House Democrats call on Mick Mulvaney to give deposition in impeachment probe  —  House Democrats have requested that acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney give a deposition in the impeachment probe, according to a letter released Tuesday.  —  In the letter, the three chairmen …
Discussion: Axios, Breitbart, Mediaite and The Hill
Renato Mariotti / Politico:   Democrats, You're About to Go to Trial. This Is How You Win.
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Alex Marquardt / CNN:
Pence aide likely to testify in impeachment inquiry  —  Washington (CNN)A senior adviser to Vice President Mike Pence is likely to comply with a request to testify on Thursday in front of the committees leading the impeachment inquiry, multiple sources say.  —  Jennifer Williams …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Greg Olear / Newsweek:
Mike Pence knew |  Opinion  —  The Zelensky call accomplished what the Mueller report could not.  Once again, the president abused his power and tried to cover it up.  This time, it will cost him.  As a consequence of the Ukraine scandal, the House will impeach Donald Trump, and the Senate will find ample cause to convict him.
USA Today:
At least 10 members of Mormon family brutally killed in Mexico; about a dozen still missing  —  Daniel Gonzalez Adrianna RodriguezArizona Republic  —  MEXICO CITY — At least 10 members of a prominent Mormon family, three mothers and their young children, were killed in a shooting attack …
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New York Times:
9 Members of Mormon Family in Mexico Are Killed in Ambush  —  Six children were among the victims in a massacre attributed to organized crime, relatives said.  Other children were rescued, some of whom hid along a roadside.  —  MEXICO CITY — At least three women and six children …
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Trump called woman who says he sexually assaulted her, phone records show  —  More than a decade ago, Donald Trump made phone calls from his cell phone to a former candidate on “The Apprentice” around the same time that she says he sexually assaulted her, according to phone records made public Tuesday.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Mother Jones
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: We've read the transcripts.  Do they help Trump?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION: Since the release of the first two transcripts from the impeachment inquiry Monday, have you seen a single stitch of information that helps President DONALD TRUMP?
Discussion: Washington Post and DCist
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NBC News:
Here's how to watch tonight's elections in Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
How Kamala Harris Went From ‘Female Obama’ to Fifth Place
Discussion: The Week
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Julián Castro to lay off New Hampshire, South Carolina teams
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW, NSA and SHAFR Sue Pompeo and State Department Over Recordkeeping Failure  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Department of State broke the law by conducting an off-the-record shadow diplomacy in Ukraine, according to a lawsuit filed today …
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Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:   Officials Vent Impeachment, Transparency Frustrations at State Department Forum
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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Mike Allen / Axios:
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Ryan Lizza / The Dispatch:
The French Press: Elizabeth Warren's Fantastical Potpourri of Absurd Assumptions and Outright Falsehoods  —  Even progressives wonks are (politely) asking, “Wait.  What?”  —  There are two things you have to understand about media coverage of Elizabeth Warren.
Discussion: New York Times, Bloomberg and Vox
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Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
Warren's plan to finance Medicare-for-all pushes into dangerous and uncharted territory
Discussion: Redstate, New York Times and The Week
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Liberalism's Latinx Problem
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Rudy Allies Are Spreading Dirt About Bannon Behind the Scenes  —  Trump's former chief strategist is coming under attack from allies of the president's personal attorney, with one memo calling Bannon “THE FOX IN THE TRUMP HOUSE.”  —  Allies of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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Antonia Farzan / Washington Post:
A library wanted a New York Times subscription. Officials refused, citing Trump and ‘fake news.’
Alex Roarty / Wichita Eagle:
Trump wants to win even more rural votes in 2020.  Democrats are scrambling to catch up  —  Corey Bauch is eager to explain why he regrets not voting for Donald Trump.  —  The 44-year old-agreed to meet with me last week in this rural Wisconsin town (population of 1,500), where he has lived most of his life.
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.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The desperate search for the Ukraine scandal's Peter Strzok  —  There was no small amount of irony to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) standing next to President Trump at a rally in Kentucky on Monday evening and railing about the corrupting nature of family connections.
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump ally Alan Dershowitz and ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh are lobbying for an Israeli billionaire the US has accused of corruption  — Defense attorney Alan Dershowitz and former FBI Director Louis Freeh have registered to lobby the U.S. government on behalf of an Israeli businessman …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The State Of The Polls, 2019  —  Polls just had one of their best election cycles, ever — but challenges abound in the industry  —  Much maligned for their performance in the 2016 general election — and somewhat unfairly so, since the overall accuracy of the polls was only slightly below average …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
Inside Adam Schiff's Impeachment Game Plan  —  Democrats believe the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee could be the man to bring down President Trump.  This is how he's running his investigation.  —  'This president, he's like a planetary object," Adam Schiff said. “  He warps time.
Discussion: Raw Story and CCN.com
 
 
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Eric Roston / Bloomberg:
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Bloomberg:
Battleground States Trump Won in 2016 Face Economic Woes Ahead
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Sen. Cory Booker / Essence:
Cory Booker: ‘To Win, Our Nominee Must Reflect Our Party’
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
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Polls:
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Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
‘Deep fake’ videos could upend an election — but Silicon Valley may have a way to combat them
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Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
Too Much Democracy Is Bad for Democracy  —  Americans who tuned …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
One of the most famous incidents of campus outrage was totally misrepresented
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Roger Stone's trial could hang on a comedian's drunken texts
Discussion: Vox and emptywheel
Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
In last days, al-Baghdadi sought safety in shrinking domain
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
So this is why Trump doesn't want officials to testify
Discussion: Daily Kos, Fox News and Politico
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
YouTube Bans Gorka Because He Won't Stop Playing Imagine Dragons
Discussion: VICE and Consequence of Sound
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Tom Steyer aide stole Kamala Harris' SC volunteer data from 2020 presidential voter file
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion
 
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