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CNN:
Former top Russia adviser to reject ‘fictional narrative’ that Ukraine meddled in US politics  —  (CNN)A former top White House official will offer on Thursday a full-throated rebuttal to the “fictional narrative” pushed by President Donald Trump and his GOP allies about Ukraine's role meddling …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Fiona Hill to criticize Republicans for pushing ‘fictional narrative’ on Ukraine  —  President Donald Trump's former top Russia aide plans to go after Republican lawmakers on Thursday for pushing what she dubs a “fictional narrative” about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
NBC News:
Fiona Hill to say partisan politics drove a ‘fictional’ narrative on Ukraine  —  The former White House official is expected to detail warning about the threat to U.S. democracy posed by Russia.  —  WASHINGTON — Former White House official Fiona Hill will tell Congress on Thursday …
New York Times:
Sondland Has Implicated the President and His Top Men  —  Congress now needs to hear from more witnesses before an impeachment vote.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
Axios:
Scoop: Fiona Hill to warn of “fictional narrative” on Ukraine in testimony  —  Former White House official Fiona Hill will tell Thursday's impeachment hearing that a “fictional narrative” about Ukraine, driven by partisan politics, distracted President Trump from the real threat that Russia poses to America's democracy.
New York Times:
Pompeo Emerges as a Major Trump Enabler in Ukraine Affair  —  A top envoy's testimony places Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the center of the nation's biggest foreign policy controversy in nearly two decades.  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has for months deflected questions …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Sondland was devastating.  But Republicans don't care about the facts.  —  This column has been updated.  —  Former White House counsel John Dean's testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee beginning in June 1973 is widely seen as the beginning of the end of the Nixon presidency.
HuffPost:
Sondland's Testimony Was A Bombshell.  Republicans Pretended It Was A Dud.  —  Figuring out there was a quid pro quo was “2+2,” the ambassador said.  —  WASHINGTON ― Gordon Sondland, the American ambassador to the European Union and the man at the center of the Ukraine controversy …
Discussion: The Hill, Vox and Associated Press
Noah Bookbinder / New York Times:
Gordon Sondland Leaves Us With No Other Option  —  The case is simple, and the evidence supporting impeachment is now crystal clear.  —  Mr. Bookbinder is the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.  —  History will remember Wednesday …
Andrew McCarthy / New York Post:   Gordon Sondland's testimony frees Team Trump to adopt the best defense: the truth
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   Ambassador Sondland's Revenge
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
If Pompeo doesn't testify, he should be impeached
Philip Ewing / NPR:
What To Watch For In Impeachment Hearing With Fiona Hill, David Holmes
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Photographer captures Trump's handwritten talking points responding to Sondland
Discussion: Politico and The Root
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Lev Parnas Helped Rep. Devin Nunes' Investigations … The indicted Giuliani associate helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for the Republican congressman in 2018.  —  Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Rep. Devin Nunes in 2018 …
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NBC News:
Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October  —  The meeting took place during Zuckerberg's most recent visit to Washington, where he testified before Congress about Facebook's new cryptocurrency Libra.  —  President Donald Trump hosted a previously undisclosed dinner …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Lost Debate  —  There are winners and losers, even when no one watches.  —  It'll be interesting to see the numbers on Wednesday night's debate because my sense—and maybe I'm just projecting here—is that anyone in America who follows politics closely enough to watch a two-hour debate three months …
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NBC News:
Read the full text from the fifth debate for the 2020 presidential election hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post.
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Warren dominates Democrats' fifth 2020 debate: Issue-by-issue recap
Discussion: The Hill
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Vindman's Lawyer Asks Fox News to Retract Espionage Allegation  —  A guest on the Ingraham Angle, a Fox show, suggested that Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a key figure in the impeachment hearings, was guilty of spying.  —  Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman is hitting back at the smear campaign against him.
NBC News:
As Sondland testified, a misleading Ukraine story spread among conservatives on social media  —  The article offered conservatives and Trump loyalists a welcome alternative to the day's news.  —  A misleading claim about the head of the Ukrainian energy company at the heart …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and New York Times
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New York Times:
Google to Limit Targeting of Political Ads  —  The company said the ads would not be directed specifically to audiences based on their public voter records or political affiliations.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Google will restrict how precisely political advertisers can target an audience on its online services …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:   Google to limit targeted political ads as Silicon Valley grapples with 2020
Scott Spencer / The Keyword:
An update on our political ads policy
Frank E. Lockwood / Arkansas Online:
DNA test shows Hunter Biden is father of Arkansas woman's baby  —  DNA testing has established, “with scientific certainty,” that Hunter Biden is the father of an Arkansas baby, according to a motion filed Wednesday in Independence County on behalf of the child's mother, Lunden Alexis Roberts.
NBC News:
Live Blog / Democratic Debate live updates: MSNBC/Washington Post host  —  Ten candidates take the stage for the fifth Democratic debate.  —  Follow NBC News' live blog for the latest coverage of the fifth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential election cycle, co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Steyer, Gabbard and Yang shut out of early minutes of Democratic debate
Discussion: NBC News, Breitbart, Axios and Fox News
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris spar over heart of the Democratic Party
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
White House pick to lead NOAA withdraws nomination, citing health concerns  —  Barry Myers' nomination never got to a floor vote  —  Barry Myers, President Trump's controversial nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has withdrawn from consideration due …
Discussion: Washington Times and The Hill
CNN:
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Schiff games Trump impeachment show - In legitimate proceedings, you can't have it both ways  —  “Self-serving and not credible.”  At Tuesday's public hearing in the House impeachment inquiry, former U.S. envoy Kurt Volker offered that assessment of allegations that former Vice President Joe Biden …
 
 
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