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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Ambassador's cellphone call to Trump from Kyiv restaurant was a stunning breach of security, former officials say  —  A U.S. ambassador's cellphone call to President Trump from a restaurant in the capital of Ukraine last summer was a stunning breach of security, exposing the conversation …
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
10 Takeaways From Day One of Impeachment  —  After weeks of Republican complaints about the secret “Soviet-style” hearings, there was something deliciously ironic about watching Devin Nunes pivoting to complain that Wednesday's public impeachment hearing was a “televised theatrical performance.”
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Crazy for Trump: On the G.O.P. Plan to Keep Impeachment Partisan  —  The hearings open with diplomatic gravitas—and nutty conspiracy theories.  —  It didn't take long for the crazy to start.  Even before the first two witnesses in the public impeachment hearings of Donald Trump had been sworn …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox's prime time stars are telling Trump that the impeachment hearings are a ‘disaster’ for Democrats  —  New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  You can sign up for free right here.  —  I wanted to know what President Trump …
Discussion: Fox News
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Democrats and Republicans are telling us about Wednesday's impeachment show
Noah Bookbinder / New York Times:
The Evidence of Wrongdoing by Trump Is Overwhelming
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
As Talks With Putin Loom, Ukraine Looks in Vain for U.S. Help
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
The impeachment hearings, on Earth and Earth-45
Discussion: Hullabaloo, CNN, CBS News and Slate
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Erdogan upends Oval meeting to play anti-Kurd film on iPad  —  An Oval Office meeting yesterday with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took a dark turn when Erdoğan pulled out his iPad and made the group watch a propaganda video that depicted Kurds as terrorists …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Graham blocks resolution recognizing Armenian genocide after Erdoğan meeting  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) blocked a resolution on Wednesday that would have formally recognized the Ottoman Empire's genocide against the Armenian people.  —  Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) …
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos, Fox News, NBC News and Axios
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios AM
Discussion: National Review, The Hill and The Week
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
How Trump's ‘Green Light’ Moment in Syria Shook the World
Discussion: NPR
Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Deval Patrick Is Making A Late Bid For The Democratic Nomination  —  It may seem strange that former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is entering the presidential race, as he will reportedly announce on Thursday.  It's really late.  The field still has 16 “major” candidates.
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YouTube:
Deval Patrick Announcement Video  —  In a spirit of profound gratitude for all the country has given to me, with a determination to build a better, more sustainable, more inclusive American Dream for everyone:  —  I am today announcing my candidacy for President of the United States.
CNN:
Deval Patrick announces presidential campaign
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NBC Southern California:
At Least Three Victims in Shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita  —  Students with arms raised were escorted by deputies from the school about 40 miles north of Los Angeles  —  There are at least three victims in a shooting Thursday morning at a high school in Santa Clarita, where the search continues for the shooter.
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Has a History of Demeaning Comments About Women  —  As he prepares a presidential run, Mr. Bloomberg's crude remarks are likely to draw scrutiny.  His team issued a statement saying that some of them were “disrespectful and wrong.”  —  It was a cheeky birthday gift …
CNN:
Exclusive: Trump DC hotel sales pitch boasts of millions to be made from foreign governments  —  The hotel's biggest selling point though, according to a copy of the brochure seen by CNN, is the one thing that the Trump family insists it didn't take advantage of: profiting off foreign governments.
Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian and Raw Story
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Warren Wealth Tax Could Slow Economy, Early Analysis Finds  —  A preliminary projection of Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposed wealth tax said a drop in investment by the richest Americans would crimp growth.  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposed wealth tax would slow …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren buys CNBC commercial time to blast billionaires in a fiery new campaign ad
Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
Nixon WH Lawyer John Dean: First Day of Trump Hearings Yielded More Damning Testimony Than All of Watergate  —  Former Nixon White House counsel John Dean characterized the first day of public impeachment testimony against President Donald Trump as both thorough and damning, saying House Democrats …
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Aila Slisco / Newsweek:
Axios' Swan Says Trump Team, White House Thinks They Won First Day of Impeachment Hearings: ‘They Feel Great Today’
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
AP-NORC/USA Facts poll: Americans struggle to ID true facts  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sharply divided country, here's something many Americans agree on: It's hard to know what's a true and honest fact.  —  A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Hill
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC plunges into Louisiana gov's race amid signs of trouble  —  The Republican National Committee is pouring another $1 million into the Louisiana governor's race ahead of Saturday's runoff — a move that comes amid mounting GOP concerns about losing a second major election in a conservative state in as many weeks.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Five Cellphones, Trump Straws, a Lot of Cash—What This Giuliani Crony Was Carrying When the FBI Arrested Him  —  Lev Parnas also had the business card of a top Ukrainian anti-corruption prosecutor with whom Giuliani met this year.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  When Rudy Giuliani crony Lev Parnas …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Facebook fetes Kavanaugh  —  Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has kept a relatively low-profile since the Senate narrowly confirmed him last year amidst serious allegations of sexual assault.  That will change tonight when Kavanaugh is the keynote speaker at the annual convention …
Discussion: The Verge and Washington Post
ProPublica:
A Trump Tax Break To Help The Poor Went To a Rich GOP Donor's Superyacht Marina  —  Wealthy donors Wayne Huizenga Jr. and Jeff Vinik lobbied then-Gov. Rick Scott for the lucrative tax break — and won it.  Poorer communities lost out. … The Rybovich superyacht marina lies on the West Palm Beach …
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Best Defense on Impeachment Undermines His Case for Re-Election  —  Insubordinate bureaucrats may save him from being removed from office, but they also show him to be a weak president.  —  The best defense of President Donald Trump on the first day of the House's public impeachment hearings came …
The Guardian:
Trump proposed sending migrants to Guantánamo, claims book by anonymous author  —  Plan to designate migrants as ‘enemy combatants’ provoked astonishment and mortification, says author of A Warning  —  Donald Trump proposed designating all migrants entering the US without permission as …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Rush Limbaugh Mocks Bill Taylor, George Kent as ‘Self-Important Nerds’ Who ‘Believe in Their Own Superiority’  —  As the impeachment hearing was underway today, Rush Limbaugh said that both Bill Taylor and George Kent are “self-important nerds” who are only upset because the president wouldn't do foreign policy their way.
Blake Flayton / New York Times:
On the Frontlines of Progressive Anti-Semitism  —  I am a young, gay, left-wing Jew.  Yet I am called an “apartheid-enabler,” a “baby killer” and a “colonial apologist.”  —  Mr. Flayton is a sophomore at George Washington University.  —  I have never done 23-and-me, nor have I “ancestry.com'd” myself.
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Emails Detail Miller's Ties to Group That Touted White Nationalist Writers  —  White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller demonstrates a connection to an anti-immigrant think tank that promoted white nationalist writers, according to emails acquired by Hatewatch.
Discussion: Politico, New York Times and Fox News
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The difference between good and bad state polls, explained  —  A voter casts his ballot at a polling place at Highland Colony Baptist Church, in Ridgeland, Mississippi, on November 27, 2018.  Drew Angerer/Getty Images  —  When you don't weight by education, you might massively underrate Trump.
Discussion: The Resurgent and Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
Revealed: The Pro-Trump Playbook for Smearing U.S. Diplomats  —  Ukraine isn't the only place a U.S. official was sidelined after ethically dubious officials peddling conspiracy theories saw an in with Trump's personal attorney.  —  Foreign governments have settled on a new strategy …
Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Congress can seek eight years of Trump's tax records, appeals court rules  —  Congress can seek eight years of President Trump's tax records, according to a federal appeals court order Wednesday that moves the separation-of-powers conflict one step closer to the Supreme Court.
 
 
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Walter Olson / Cato Institute:
Supreme Court Won't Intervene In Connecticut Gunmaker Case, For Now
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Reason
Hind Hassan / Washington Post:
Hundreds of Iraqis have been killed. The media's silence is deafening.
news.bloombergtax.com:
Uber Hit With $650 Million Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey
Discussion: The Hill
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox Regular Claims George Soros ‘Controls a Very Large Part’ of the State Department
Discussion: Contemptor
Axios:
Impeachment's dueling echo chambers
Craig Hunter / The Appeal:
Rep. Ayanna Pressley Unveils Sweeping Plan To Reshape American Criminal Legal System
Discussion: The Root
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Bethany Rodgers / Salt Lake Tribune:
Jon Huntsman to launch his 2020 run for Utah governor
Discussion: Politico
Matthias Williams / Reuters:
U.S. envoy Sondland did not link Biden probe to aid: Ukraine minister
Discussion: Breitbart
Alan I. Abramowitz / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Medicare for All a Vote Loser in 2018 U.S. House Elections
Bloomberg:
Elizabeth Warren Slams Goldman Over Apple Card Bias Furor
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Republicans Propose Automatic Cuts to Critical Programs—and Democrats Help Them
Bloomberg:
Jared Kushner Helped Put Cadre on the Map, Then Held It Back
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
For dignity's sake, Jim Jordan, put on a jacket
Discussion: New Republic and HuffPost
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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