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1:30 PM ET, November 8, 2019

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Washington Post:
House GOP looks to protect Trump by raising doubts about motives of his deputies  —  House Republicans' latest plan to shield President Trump from impeachment is to focus on at least three deputies — U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, Trump's lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
I've Reported In Ukraine For 10 Years.  Please Read This Before You Say Anything Else About Impeachment.  —  MARIUPOL, Ukraine — If you're lucky enough to be within microphone-reach of Volodymyr Zelensky these days and to see the Ukrainian president take a question about Donald Trump, you'll witness some impressive facial gymnastics.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: House committees subpoena Mick Mulvaney  —  The House committees investigating President Trump and Ukraine issued a subpoena Thursday night for acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to testify at 9 am on Friday as part of their impeachment inquiry, two sources familiar tell Axios.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump's Ukraine defense: Blah, blah, blah  —  Sometimes a phrase can summarize an era.  “We shall overcome.”  “If it feels good, do it.”  “It's morning again in America.”  —  My candidate for the age of Trump was coined by White House counselor Kellyanne Conway.
The Hill:
Mulvaney defies House subpoena, cites immunity ‘one minute’ before deposition
Discussion: Axios, CNN and Politico
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
New GOP Ukraine Defense: Trump Was Just a Patsy for Sondland
Politico:
‘Hateful calls, conspiracy theories’: What Fiona Hill told impeachment investigators
Discussion: ABC News
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Referee says he told Rep. Jim Jordan that Ohio State doctor performed sex act in shower  —  The referee said the response of Jordan and another former coach was, “Yeah, yeah, we know.”  —  A professional referee says in a lawsuit filed Thursday that disgraced doctor Richard Strauss masturbated …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Leon Cooperman, who has been battling Elizabeth Warren, says he will support fellow billionaire Mike Bloomberg for president  — “I'm a huge fan of Michael.  I know him personally.  It's a breath of fresh air.  Unless he changes his stripes, he will have my unequivocal support,” Cooperman told CNBC on Friday.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Forbes:
#8 Michael Bloomberg … - He put in the seed funding for the company and now owns 88% of the business, which has estimated revenues of $10 billion.  — After earning his M.B.A. from Harvard, Bloomberg got a job in 1966 in “The Cage” at Salomon Brothers, where he counted out securities by hand.
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Mike Bloomberg Should Go Away  —  Democrats woke up Friday morning with a development that pretty much nobody asked for: Michael Bloomberg's apparent entry into the presidential race.  Because evidently we don't have enough billionaires in our politics.  And the Democratic field is too small.
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Michael Bloomberg has changed his mind on running for president yet again  —  Michael Bloomberg said he wouldn't run for president in March.  Now it looks like he's going to go for it after all.  —  It looks like Michael Bloomberg might be running for president after all.
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and The Guardian
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Actively Prepares to Enter 2020 Presidential Race
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Ivanka Trump to AP: impeachment aimed at undoing 2016 vote  —  RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Ivanka Trump on Friday weighed in on the House impeachment inquiry of her father from half a world away in Morocco.  —  President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser told The Associated Press …
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Lawyer for Ukraine whistleblower sends White House cease and desist letter to stop Trump's attacks  —  (CNN)A lawyer for the Ukraine whistleblower, whose complaint document triggered the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, has sent a letter to the White House warning the President to …
Associated Press:
Ivanka Trump: Whistleblower's ID irrelevant to impeachment
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Book by ‘Anonymous’ describes Trump as cruel, inept and a danger to the nation  —  Senior Trump administration officials considered resigning en masse last year in a “midnight self-massacre” to sound a public alarm about President Trump's conduct, but rejected the idea because they believed …
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Who Will Betray Trump?  —  From the moment Francis Rooney expressed alarm to his House colleagues that Donald Trump might have abused presidential power in his dealings with Ukraine—and more dramatically, that an impeachment inquiry could be warranted—the Florida Republican was a marked man.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Althouse
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Wall Street Journal:   House Freedom Caucus Emerges as Trump's Main Defender
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Trump ‘violates all recognized democratic norms,’ federal judge says in biting speech on judicial independence  —  In an unusually critical speech that lamented the public's flagging confidence in the independence of the judicial branch, a federal judge slammed President Trump for …
Discussion: Althouse and Law & Crime
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CNN:   Federal judge assails Trump's attacks on judiciary: He's feeding a ‘destructive narrative’
Abbey Marshall / Politico:
Trump says he might attend Russian military parade  —  President Donald Trump said Friday he's considering accepting Vladimir Putin's invitation to attend Russia's May Day parade, a military event held in Moscow commemorating the capitulation of Nazi Germany.
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Reuters:
Trump says he might attend Russia Victory Day events in May
Discussion: Political Wire and susiemadrak.com
New York Times:
Democrats in Battleground States Prefer Moderate Nominee, Poll Shows  —  A New York Times/Siena College survey in six key states also showed voters want a candidate who can work with Republicans.
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and Breitbart
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:   How the Insufferably Woke Help Trump
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
It Is Shameful That ABC News and CBS News Are Punishing the Epstein Leaker  —  It gives me no pleasure to report that I agree, on just this one thing, with Donald Trump Jr., who went on The View Thursday to say he shouldn't be condemned for naming the Ukraine whistle-blower when ABC News …
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Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Secret chats involving Republican lawmaker reveal fresh evidence of plots and paranoia  —  Messages from network involving Matt Shea provide insight into ‘patriot movement’ - and the extent of their conspiracy thinking  —  Leaked Signal messages from an online chat network around six-term …
Discussion: Raw Story
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is Trump Already Winning on Impeachment?  —  This coming Wednesday marks the official start of the impeachment hearings against Donald Trump in the House Intelligence Committee, the public beginning of what the historian Jon Meacham rightfully calls “a test for the country.”
Discussion: Althouse
BBC:
Italy Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre under guard amid death threats  —  An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor in Italy has been assigned police guards for protection after receiving hundreds of threats on social media.  —  Liliana Segre, who was sent to the notorious Auschwitz death camp at 13 …
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
A white restaurant owner admitted to enslaving a black man.  He got 10 years in prison.  —  John Christopher Smith initially liked working at J & J Cafeteria in Conway, S.C., where he was hired when he was 12 years old.  —  For about two decades, Smith washed dishes, bused tables and cooked food at the small-town diner without issue.
James Arkin / Politico:
GOP senators hit by early wave of outside money ahead of 2020  —  Democrats spent years sounding the alarm on “dark money” as groups pummeled their senators.  Now, the left is the side delivering the early blow.  —  A quartet of new nonprofit groups has already spent millions …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:
Lawsuits: G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller Fostered Hostile Work Environment for Women  —  One sales executive alleges she lost half of her assignments after the CEO replaced her with a former colleague from Playboy.  —  G/O MEDIA  —  Two former G/O Media executives have sued the media conglomerate …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Authoritarian Rot That Produced This President* Is Present in the Republican Party at All Levels  —  Need proof?  Look at Kentucky and Wisconsin. … I guess we should start this week's tour in Kentucky, where the Republican majority in the state legislature is making all kinds of noises about how …
Discussion: Althouse and New Republic
Kansas City Star:
Pompeo scheduled to speak in South Carolina amid speculation on political future  —  As speculation about his political future continues, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit the early presidential primary state of South Carolina.  —  Pompeo, a possible 2020 U.S. Senate candidate …
Discussion: The Hill
Reis Thebault / Washington Post:
Visit to Arlington Cemetery reminded Donald Trump Jr. of all his family's ‘sacrifices,’ he writes  —  It was the day before his father was inaugurated president of the United States when the weight of the office first washed over Donald Trump Jr.  —  President-elect Trump and the new first family …
 
 
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Discussion: Kaiser Health News
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
Glenn Greenwald slapped in the face by Brazilian columnist during live stream
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
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 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump's 2016 team sounds alarm as Democrats make gains
Joanna Slater / Washington Post:
Modi critic stripped of citizenship status in step denounced as ‘vindictive’
Julia Brooks / Just Security:
Public Document Clearinghouse: Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Pete Buttigieg proposes free college for Americans earning under $100,000 in his new economic plan
Discussion: CNBC, The Hill and IJR
Lin-Manuel Miranda / The Atlantic:
What Art Can Do … all art is political.  In tense …
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Everything Trump Touches Dies: “Dancing with the Stars” Edition
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Immigration helped Trump win in 2016. It could help spell his demise in 2020.
Discussion: Raw Story and Townhall
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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