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Giuliani Associate Says He Gave Demand for Biden Inquiry to Ukrainians — The claim by the associate, Lev Parnas, is being vigorously disputed. — Not long before the Ukrainian president was inaugurated in May, an associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani's journeyed to Kiev to deliver a warning …
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Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Who is Rudy Giuliani's friend “Charles”? An accidental text may have outed his identity — Rudy Giuliani's new fixer seems to connect a lot of dots — At the end of September, a journalist friend gave me Rudy Giuliani's phone number. When I called, he picked up on the second ring …
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New York Times:
What Joe Biden Actually Did in Ukraine — When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2014, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. pressed President Barack Obama to take decisive action, and fast, to make Moscow “pay in blood and money” for its aggression. The president, a Biden aide recalled, was having none of it.
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley claims top aides tried to recruit her to ‘save the country’ by undermining Trump — NEW YORK — Two of President Trump's senior advisers undermined and ignored him in what they claimed was an effort to “save the country,” former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley claims in a new memoir.
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CBS News:
Nikki Haley: I was asked by Cabinet members to take sides against the president — Nikki Haley, the one-time Republican governor of South Carolina and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is no longer in public life. But if a recent visit to a high school near her hometown is any indication, the public isn't done with her.
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Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
National Sec Adviser: Top Impeachment Probe Witness Will Be Removed From WH Council — On Sunday, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who gave a bombshell testimony in the House impeachment investigation last month on President Donald Trump's Ukraine scheme …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
John Bolton, a prolific note taker, is the impeachment inquiry's biggest wildcard — John Bolton is the impeachment inquiry's biggest wildcard. People around the president say they are worried about what notes Trump's former national security adviser has kept and when he might divulge them.
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Washington Post:
Mulvaney's move to join impeachment testimony lawsuit rankles Bolton allies — White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's last-minute effort to join a lawsuit that could determine whether senior administration officials testify in the impeachment inquiry was an unwelcome surprise …
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David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Lindsey Graham Suggests Senate Can Declare House Impeachment ‘Invalid’ If It Doesn't Expose Whistleblower — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) argued that he will consider any impeachment “invalid” unless it exposes the identity of the whistleblower who outed Donald Trump's extortion of Ukraine. — Views:
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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Graham on the impeachment inquiry: 'I made my mind up. There's nothing there' — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) doubled down on his defense of President Trump amid the ongoing impeachment inquiry, arguing there's “nothing there” in the call between Trump and Ukrainian leaders to suggest the president did anything wrong.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Contributor Causes Scene When She Names Alleged Whistleblower on Air — Host Howard Kurtz, clearly startled, immediately shot back that he didn't know if that person was actually the whistleblower. — Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway caused a scene on Sunday morning …
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Mediaite
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Bloomberg Is Top Choice for 4% of Democratic Primary Voters — Former NYC mayor would enter presidential race in 6th place — Michael Bloomberg speaks onstage during the Hudson River Park Annual Gala at Cipriani South Street on Oct. 17 in New York City. A new Morning Consult poll finds …
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David Siders / Politico:
Poll: Bloomberg's potential run is a flop with voters so far
Poll: Bloomberg's potential run is a flop with voters so far
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CNN, The Week, New York Times, The Hill, Political Wire, Fox News and Washington Post
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Warren Would Take Billionaires Down a Few Billion Pegs
Warren Would Take Billionaires Down a Few Billion Pegs
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Progress Pond
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Rand Paul: Trump has “every right” to use quid pro quo with Ukraine — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on NBC's “Meet the Press” Sunday that he thinks it's a mistake for the White House to argue there was no quid pro quo with Ukraine to investigate President Trump's political rivals …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
What the Hell Happened to Hugh Hewitt? — “He's lost his f*cking mind,” a senior MSNBC colleague told The Daily Beast, lamenting how the conservative intellectual has morphed into a Lou Dobbs-like booster of the president. — When Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2016 wanted to reach conservative voters …
CBS News:
Transcript: Robert O'Brien on “Face the Nation,” November 10, 2019 — The following is a transcript of an interview with National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien that aired Sunday, November 10, 2019, on “Face the Nation.” — MARGARET BRENNAN: Joining us now to weigh in on Syria …
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Susanne Rust / Los Angeles Times:
How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster — Graphics and design by LORENA IÑIGUEZ ELEBEE and SEAN GREENE — REPORTING FROM MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS — Five thousand miles west of Los Angeles and 500 miles north of the equator …
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Ahead of public impeachment hearings, Trump tweets 82 times in one day — President Trump tweeted or retweeted 82 times on Twitter on Saturday while flying to and from a collegiate football game in Alabama. — Why it matters: Many of the president's tweets were fighting …
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Deadline
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Media beware: Impeachment hearings will be the trickiest test of covering Trump — The national media's shortcomings have been all too obvious in recent years as Donald Trump has gleefully thrown the norms of traditional journalism into a tizzy. — They've trafficked in false equivalence.
William Thornton / al.com:
‘Baby Trump’ balloon slashed at Alabama-LSU game, Hoyt Hutchinson charged — A protest against the president at Tuscaloosa's Monnish Park ended abruptly after a man slashed a large “Baby Trump” balloon. — Witnesses said the incident happened shortly before kickoff of the Alabama-LSU game.
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Stephanie Taylor / Tuscaloosa News:
Suspect accused of stabbing Baby Trump balloon
Suspect accused of stabbing Baby Trump balloon
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The Daily Caller, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press, Althouse and HuffPost
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
OK Bloomberg: What panicked billionaires don't get about a nation that made them so rich — On a dark and drizzly autumn evening almost exactly eight years ago, Michael Bloomberg revealed his true colors to the world. It was Oct. 1, 2011 and the then-New York City mayor …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Five better uses of Michael Bloomberg's money — Michael Bloomberg is well-known for his philanthropy and his dedication to causes such as reducing gun violence and reversing climate change appears entirely sincere. His tentative conclusion that his money and time might be best used running …
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