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9:25 PM ET, November 16, 2019

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Washington Post:
Sondland discussed sensitive matters with Trump on phone from Kyiv restaurant as waiters circled  —  Waiters were coming and going as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland spoke on the phone with President Trump on July 26 from the outdoor section of a central Kyiv restaurant …
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Washington Post:
How a CIA analyst, alarmed by Trump's shadow foreign policy, triggered an impeachment inquiry  —  The lights are often on late into the evening at CIA headquarters, where a team of elite analysts works on classified reports that influence how the country responds to global crises.
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Blake Hounshell / Politico:
Sondland said he was acting on Trump's orders, aide told investigators  —  Tim Morrison, a top White House national security aide, told impeachment investigators that Gordon Sondland — a U.S. ambassador at the center of the Ukraine scandal imperiling Donald Trump's presidency …
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Pence aide testified that Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine were ‘inappropriate’  —  A top national security aide to Vice President Mike Pence told House impeachment investigators that President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political opponents were …
Raheem Kassam / War Room:
Holmes Testimony Contradicts Amb.  Taylor's Claims Over Trump ‘Investigations’ Call  — Amb Taylor said he only learned of “overheard” Sondland-Trump call last Friday;  — U.S.-Ukraine Embassy staffer said in deposition he told Taylor and others in August;
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's core impeachment defense suffers a double blow — including a self-inflicted one
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Beast
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why Gordon Sondland's testimony matters
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Pete Buttigieg rockets to the top of the 2020 field as a clear front-runner  —  November's closely-watched poll results indicate who voters might choose for the 2020 Iowa Caucuses.  A new candidate leads the pack.  —  CONNECT  —  Pete Buttigieg has rocketed to the top …
Jon Ward / Yahoo News:
Stefanik embraces spotlight at impeachment hearings  —  The second day of the impeachment inquiry's public hearings, on Friday, began the same way as the first: with an attempt by Rep. Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican, to interrupt proceedings with a procedural objection.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Kurt Bardella / NBC News:
Trump's impeachment tantrums reveal a fragile ego obsessed with saving his legacy
Discussion: National Review, Bloomberg and DemCast
Politico:
What Was Truly Unprecedented in This Week's Impeachment Hearings?
Discussion: Althouse and Reuters
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:   How a Tweet from Trump Scrambled the GOP's Impeachment Strategy
Sam Tabachnik / Denver Post:
KNUS radio host Craig Silverman says he was fired mid-show for criticizing Trump  —  Craig Silverman, a former chief deputy district attorney in Denver and talk-show host on the conservative 710 KNUS radio station, said he was fired mid-show Saturday after criticizing President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
New York Times:
‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims  —  More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents provide an unprecedented inside look at the crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region.  —  HONG KONG — The students booked their tickets home …
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Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
5 Takeaways From the Leaked Files on China's Mass Detention of Muslims
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Is Elizabeth Warren looking for safer ground in health care?  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has been mostly sure-footed in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.  One exception is health care.  On Friday, she issued another proposal to go along with her support for Medicare-for-all …
Discussion: Associated Press, Hot Air and Mediaite
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Washington Post:   Buttigieg surges ahead of his Democratic primary rivals in Iowa, new poll shows
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
White House: Trump having tests as part of medical checkup  —  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump is at Walter Reed National Medical Center for what the White House says are medical tests as part of his annual physical.  —  The appointment wasn't on his weekend public schedule, and his last physical was in February.
Discussion: USA Today, The Hill and CANNONFIRE
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Calls for AG Barr's Impeachment Intensify After ‘Lunatic Authoritarian’ Federalist Society Speech  —  Attorney General Bill Barr launched into an emotional tirade against “the left” at an annual meeting of the conservative Federalist Society on Friday evening.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers the 19th Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A New York Times reporter dug into Ukraine and the Democrats.  Critics are still howling.  —  New York Times reporter Kenneth P. Vogel was on the Ukraine conspiracy story early and in depth.  The question is, did his articles leave the wrong impression?  —  Vogel was the co-author …
Discussion: Salon and CNN
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Daniel Dale / CNN:   Fact check: A list of 45 ways Trump has been dishonest about Ukraine and impeachment
Wall Street Journal:
White House Official Feared Trump Transcript Leak Could Be Politically Damaging  —  Timothy Morrison said he approached White House lawyers after Trump's July call with Ukraine's Zelensky
Jenna McLaughlin / Yahoo News:
NATO ally expels undercover Russian spy  —  WASHINGTON — On Oct. 30, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry  —  delivered a rare warning to a Russian diplomat stationed in Sofia, the capital: Leave the country within 24 hours.  —  The expelled diplomat, Vladimir Anatolyevich Rusyaev is affiliated …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Trump administration ousts top homelessness official as White House prepares broad crackdown  —  Matthew Doherty, an Obama administration pick, led council tasked with coordinating government response  —  A top federal homelessness official announced Friday that he has left his post …
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Two Female Writers Quit Patricia Heaton's CBS Show After Making Complaints  —  “None of this had to happen”: The network's new sexual harassment policy did not prevent them from leaving after accusations against the star's husband, a producer.  —  In May, CBS employees received an email introducing …
 
 
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Dan Desai Martin / The American Independent:
Judge orders Florida to stop rigging the ballot to help Republicans win elections
Discussion: Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA and DCCC
CNN:
White House budget official lays out unusual process in freeze of Ukraine aid for impeachment investigators
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's View of Ukraine as Corrupt Took Shape Early
Discussion: The Week
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Paul Krugman: Always Wrong, Never in Doubt
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
In Triggered, Don Jr. Tries and Fails to Prove That He's Not Mad, He's Actually Laughing
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Forget the best and brightest. Trump chooses the dim and disgraceful.
Martine Paris / Forbes:
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Loves the Impeachment Hearings Because GOP Is Parroting Kremlin Propaganda
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
This Is How Trump's Gangster Government Works
Ruth Graham / Slate:
The 2017 College Grad Who Got Attacked by a Horde of YA Authors Had No Idea What She Was Getting Into
Discussion: Spectator USA and Washington Post