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11:25 AM ET, November 21, 2019

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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Fiona Hill criticizes Republicans for pushing ‘fictional narrative’ on Ukraine  —  President Donald Trump's former top Russia aide sparred with Republican lawmakers on Thursday, accusing them of emboldening Moscow by pushing a “fictional narrative” that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
CNN:
Former top Russia adviser sharply disputes GOP claims on Ukraine  —  (CNN)A former top White House official on Thursday delivered a full-throated rebuttal to the “fictional narrative” pushed by President Donald Trump and his GOP allies, while a US diplomat in the Ukrainian embassy provided …
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 …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: ‘Buckle up’: Last day of the impeachment show ... for now  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FROM A HOUSE INTELLIGENCE DEMOCRAT: “Buckle up.  [Wednesday] will be the blast.  [Thursday] the fallout.”  —  TODAY BRINGS the last publicly scheduled House Intelligence Committee impeachment hearing.
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 …
Discussion: The Editorial Board
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Gordon Problem  —  Republicans tried to throw Gordon Sondland under the bus.  He took Trump with him.  —  Over the first three days of testimony in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, Republicans have tried out a number of defenses.  After the Wednesday testimony …
Discussion: Daily Kos and POLITICUSUSA
HuffPost:
Sondland's Testimony Was A Bombshell. Republicans Pretended It Was A Dud.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Hill and Vox
CNN:
READ: Fiona Hill's opening remarks at impeachment hearing
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
NBC News:
Democrats are winning impeachment inquiry on substance but can they win on politics?
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump cozies up to GOP during impeachment — including Mitt Romney and Susan Collins
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The huge Gordon Sondland revelation almost everyone missed
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew McCarthy / New York Post:   Gordon Sondland's testimony frees Team Trump to adopt the best defense: the truth
ABC News:
Trump impeachment hearings live updates: Fiona Hill and David Holmes testify
Discussion: Fox News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
If Pompeo doesn't testify, he should be impeached
Philip Ewing / NPR:
WATCH: Hill Denounces ‘Fictional Narrative’ About Ukraine, Holmes Details Trump Call
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   Ambassador Sondland's Revenge
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 …
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Trump Reverses Navy Decision to Oust Edward Gallagher From SEALs  —  The president said Chief Gallagher, who has been at center of a high-profile war crime case, would not lose his membership in the elite commando force.  —  President Trump on Thursday reversed a decision by the Navy seeking …
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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Iowa State University:
Warren slipping as Buttigieg continues to surge  —  AMES, Iowa - Support for Sen. Elizabeth Warren has dropped by nearly 10% over the past month, according to the latest Iowa State University/Civiqs poll of Democratic presidential candidates.  At the same time, the percentage of likely Iowa caucus-goers …
Discussion: Political Wire
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Pete Buttigieg Is Worried That Free Public College Would Benefit Billionaires  —  Young people who do not go to college tend to be more economically disadvantaged than those who do.  This is not solely a function of rising tuition costs.  For one thing, the peripheral costs of college attendance …
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.
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
Rep. Devin Nunes / The Permanent Select Committee …:
Nunes Opening Statement for Hill and Holmes Hearing on Impeachment  —  f t # e  —  Opening Statement for Hill and Holmes Hearing on Impeachment  —  Throughout these bizarre hearings, the Democrats have struggled to make the case that President Trump committed some impeachable offense …
Discussion: Redstate
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
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Trump is lying about the ‘new’ ‘Apple’ factory  —  It is neither new nor an Apple factory  —  In advance of Trump's factory tour today, I took a look at the strange relationship that's developed between Tim Cook and Donald Trump over the past three years.  One of the things that popped …
 
 
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Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2020 House: Assessing the Open Seats So Far
Washington Post:
Jim Jordan used to torment GOP leaders. Now he's leading them in defending Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicholas Connors / The Bulwark:
It's Not “Never Trump.” It's “Country First.”
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
DOD Identifies Army Casualties
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Schiff games Trump impeachment show - In legitimate proceedings, you can't have it both ways
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Nebraska Is 1st State To Share Driver's License Records With Census Bureau
Discussion: Slate
MSNBC:
‘Dishonest’ : Steve Schmidt presses Tulsi Gabbard on meeting Bashar al-Assad
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Kamala Harris secures new CBC endorsement as she ramps up black voter outreach
Katie Shepherd / Stars & Stripes:
Airman accused of spreading white-nationalist propaganda is demoted but remains in military
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge halts all scheduled federal executions
Discussion: Axios
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
How the Collapse of Local News Is Causing a ‘National Crisis’
Frank E. Lockwood / Arkansas Online:
DNA test shows Hunter Biden is father of Arkansas woman's baby