Top Items:
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Rep. Adam Schiff: Trump's Potentially Impeachable Offenses Include Bribery — Toggle more options — With the House set to begin public hearings Wednesday for the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, the man leading the Democrats' investigation says he already sees several potential …
RELATED:
Politico:
House Intel panel announces additional witnesses for public impeachment hearings — The marathon week of testimony will conclude next Thursday. — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images — The House Intelligence Committee announced a new slate …
Discussion:
New York Times, Political Wire and Associated Press
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Democrats' impeachment lawyer cut his teeth prosecuting mobsters, Wall Street cheats — The Democrats' lead impeachment hearing lawyer made his bones as a prosecutor by sending mobsters, stock swindlers and a multimillion-dollar inside trader to prison, cases in which colleagues said he mixed brains and “swagger” to win convictions.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's how little Republicans were allowed to participate in the closed-door depositions — When a group of Republican legislators barged into a secure facility on Capitol Hill last month to register their opposition to impeachment inquiry depositions taking place behind closed doors …
Discussion:
Associated Press, Press Herald, Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump impeachment hearings today will echo through the ages
Trump impeachment hearings today will echo through the ages
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Most voters remain unmovable in impeachment views
Poll: Most voters remain unmovable in impeachment views
Discussion:
The Hill, The Daily Caller and Axios
Alayna Treene / Axios:
What to expect from impeachment
What to expect from impeachment
Discussion:
Politico, The Week, The Guardian, Political Wire and The Hill
Jenna Ellis Rives / The Hill:
Trump impeachment is blueprint to overthrow government from within
Trump impeachment is blueprint to overthrow government from within
Discussion:
Breitbart
John F. Harris / Politico:
What Impeachment Will Cost the GOP — On December 19, 1998, the day House Republicans impeached President Bill Clinton, he recorded his highest-ever score in Gallup's presidential approval poll: 73 percent favorable. — That was 24 percentage points higher than Clinton's …
RELATED:
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell, GOP leaders say they won't be watching House impeachment hearing
McConnell, GOP leaders say they won't be watching House impeachment hearing
Discussion:
Politico, IJR, POLITICUSUSA, Patterico's Pontifications, Reason, Redstate and Daily Kos
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
DC bars to open early for impeachment mania
CNN:
Trump invites GOP senators for unusual meeting with Erdoğan to ‘clear the air’ — Washington (CNN)A small group of Republican senators who traditionally focus on foreign policy issues have been invited to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump and Turkish President …
Discussion:
New York Post and Political Wire
RELATED:
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: We know how the impeachment show ends, but we're still watching
POLITICO Playbook: We know how the impeachment show ends, but we're still watching
Discussion:
Associated Press, Washington Post and NBC News
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
White House to use webcams to create live feed of border wall construction
White House to use webcams to create live feed of border wall construction
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Fox News and CNN
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Trump, Erdogan to meet as thorny issues stress relations
Trump, Erdogan to meet as thorny issues stress relations
Discussion:
NBC News, Washington Post, Political Wire, Hullabaloo and Shareblue Media
Rudy Giuliani / Wall Street Journal:
The Case for the Impeachment Defense — My client's call with the Ukrainian president was innocent, and the House inquiry is a travesty. — If your only sources of news the past two months have been CNN and MSNBC, you probably think President Trump has committed some heinous act …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, IJR, Raw Story, Fox News, The Hill, Mediaite, HuffPost and Axios
NBC News:
The impeachment hearings could turn out to be more unpredictable than you think — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — Most in Washington are already convinced …
Discussion:
National Journal, Washington Post and Monmouth University …
RELATED:
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
This Tom Hanks Story Will Help You Feel Less Bad — Hanks is playing Mister Rogers in a new movie and is just as nice as you think he is. Please read this article anyway. — Here is a list of stories about Tom Hanks I've heard over the last few miserable months, as it appeared that politeness …
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
University of Florida's student president faces impeachment after bringing Donald Trump Jr. to campus for $50,000 — After the University of Florida's student body president helped bring Donald Trump Jr. and Trump campaign adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle to campus last month to the tune of $50,000 …
Discussion:
Raw Story
RELATED:
New York Times:
Trump Has Considered Firing Intelligence Community Inspector General — The president blames Michael Atkinson, whom he appointed, for finding the anonymous whistle-blower's complaint on his interactions with Ukraine to be credible. — President Trump has discussed dismissing …
Discussion:
Fox News, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Hot Air, The Week, CNN, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, Occupy Democrats, Law & Crime, Contemptor, National Review, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The impeachment calculus Democrats don't want to talk about — Sen. Brian Schatz, the Democrat from Hawaii, is well-known for a jokey Twitter feed popular with the #Resistance. When I talked to him last night as he was walking into the Senate on the eve of the first impeachment hearings in 21 years, he was in a more serious mood.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times:
Plague Is Diagnosed in China, Prompting Fears of an Outbreak — Two cases of pneumonic plague, a fatal and highly infectious illness related to bubonic plague, were diagnosed in Beijing. — 阅读.体中 文.閱讀.體 中文.
Discussion:
Political Wire and Slate
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
It's high time for Trump to dump Stephen Miller — Less than a year into Donald Trump's presidency, Republicans came within inches of achieving their immigration dreams with a deal that would build a border wall and more detention facilities while curbing legal immigration and enacting E-Verify.
Discussion:
Washington Post, HuffPost, CNN, Salon, Mother Jones and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Luke Darby / GQ:
White House Advisor Stephen Miller Just Got Outed for Explicit White Supremacist E-mails
White House Advisor Stephen Miller Just Got Outed for Explicit White Supremacist E-mails
Discussion:
The Hill, Washington Post, The Week and Vox
William Saletan / Slate:
The GOP's Impeachment Strategy Is Self-Refuting — To prove Trump wasn't targeting his opponents for investigation, Republicans are targeting his opponents for investigation. — President Donald Trump and his congressional allies have a bizarre game plan for this week's impeachment hearings.
Discussion:
Washington Post, TheBlaze and Occupy Democrats
RELATED:
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's last line of impeachment defense: Repeating big lies about Joe Biden
Trump's last line of impeachment defense: Repeating big lies about Joe Biden
Discussion:
Raw Story, Foreign Policy, IJR and PJ Media Home
New York Times:
The Man Trump Trusts for News on Ukraine — Who is John Solomon? His name popped up frequently in closed-door testimony in the impeachment query. He is a regular on Hannity. And his work helps shape how millions of Americans understand this moment. — WASHINGTON — In weeks …
Washington Post:
At donor dinner, Giuliani associate said he discussed Ukraine with Trump, according to people familiar with his account — The April 2018 dinner was designed to be an intimate affair, an opportunity for a handful of big donors to a super PAC allied with President Trump to personally interact with the president and his eldest son.
Discussion:
CNN, The Week, The Hill, electionlawblog.org and emptywheel
Brian Sharp / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
GOP seeks to strip powers from incoming county executive Adam Bello — One week after voters elected Adam Bello as the first Democratic county executive in nearly three decades, the Republican-controlled Legislature sought to significantly reduce the power of the office and increase their own.
Emily Smith / Page Six:
ABC scrambles to figure out identity of Amy Robach leaker, who goes by ‘Ignotus’ — ABC bigwigs are going potty to find the identity of the leaker behind the Amy Robach tape — after the alleged source posted a letter online slamming the network under the name “Ignotus,” a wizard from the “Harry Potter” franchise.
Discussion:
National Review and Breitbart
MIX / The Next Web:
Facebook is secretly using your iPhone's camera as you scroll your feed — 3,072 — iPhone owners, beware. It appears Facebook might be actively using your camera without your knowledge while you're scrolling your feed. — The issue has come to light after a user going by the name Joshua Maddux took …
Discussion:
The Guardian, Boing Boing, The Verge and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Molly Jong-Fast / gen.medium.com:
Three Legendary Sexists Now Hold Power Over the Equal Rights Amendment — After 100 years, the fight for the ERA may come down to the actions of McConnell, Kavanaugh, and Trump — is one of the great ironies of American history that the future of the Equal Rights Amendment now rests …
RELATED:
Adam Freedman / City Journal:
DACA in the Dock — What Obama has done, Trump can undo.
DACA in the Dock — What Obama has done, Trump can undo.
Discussion:
NBC News, SCOTUSblog and Vox
Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC POLL: Trump faces tough re-election fight in Georgia — A majority of Georgians disapprove of President Donald Trump's performance in the White House and he appears to be facing a hard fight against each of the five top Democratic candidates seeking to replace him, according to an exclusive Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll.
CNN:
Cuccinelli expected to be elevated to acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security — Immigration chief fires back at lawmaker calling him racist at hearing — Washington (CNN)Ken Cuccinelli is expected to be placed in the number two post at the Department of Homeland Security by Chad Wolf …
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
What Trump Is Hiding From the Impeachment Hearings — The president's efforts to prevent the House from doing its job are just as worrisome as the Ukraine scandal. — Mr. Katyal is a former acting solicitor general and a law professor. — The public impeachment hearings this week …
Discussion:
Washington Post, CD Media, Balloon Juice, Redstate, Breitbart, PJ Media Home and Townhall