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5:20 PM ET, November 21, 2019

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fiona Hill tells Devin Nunes to his face that his Ukraine conspiracy theory is ‘harmful’  —  It's already been publicly embraced by Vladimir Putin.  —  One reason that Russia's interference effort in 2016 was successful was that it leveraged a powerful source of energy: partisanship.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Fiona Hill clashes with GOP over ‘fictional’ Ukraine claims  —  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.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP defense of Trump is in slow-motion collapse.  It's about to get worse.  —  We know this to be true: Approximately one week passed between President Trump's decision in mid-July to freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine, and a phone call on July 26 …
Discussion: The Mahablog, Vox, TheBlaze and Slate
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Fiona Hill Viewed Serving Trump as Risky.  Now She's an Impeachment Witness.  —  Ms. Hill's decision to be the president's top adviser on Russia and Europe strained friendships, made her a target of conspiracy theories — and landed her in the center of the tumult over Ukraine.
Washington Post:
Fiona Hill shreds the Republicans' false narrative about Ukraine  —  A PILLAR of the Republican defense of President Trump during the impeachment inquiry has been that he had good reason to believe that Ukraine intervened against him during the 2016 presidential election …
Discussion: Slate
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Fiona Hill's extraordinary answer distills what impeachment is about
Discussion: Political Wire
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The huge Gordon Sondland revelation almost everyone missed
Discussion: Raw Story
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP claims on Ukraine corruption
Discussion: Politico and KSLNewsRadio
Rep. Devin Nunes / The Permanent Select Committee …:
Nunes Opening Statement for Hill and Holmes Hearing on Impeachment
Discussion: Redstate and Breitbart
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Lev Parnas Helped Rep. Devin Nunes' Investigations
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
White House backs full Senate trial if House impeaches Trump  —  Top White House officials and Senate Republicans agreed that a full trial should be conducted if the House impeaches President Donald Trump, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
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Washington Post:
White House and Republicans discuss limiting impeachment trial to two weeks  —  A group of Republican senators and senior White House officials met privately Thursday to map out a strategy for a potential impeachment trial of President Trump, including proceedings in the Senate that could be limited …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Axios:
“Could I actually say something?”: Fiona Hill fires back at House Republicans
Discussion: NBC News and Political Wire
Washington Post:
‘Insurgents’ lobbied Trump for war crimes pardons with little Pentagon involvement, officials say  —  President Trump took to the phone in the Oval Office last week after days of speculation.  In succession, he notified three U.S. service members accused of war crimes that he was intervening on their behalf …
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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 …
Ryan Browne / CNN:   Trump says he won't allow Navy to punish SEAL who posed with dead body
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
What Joe Biden Can't Bring Himself to Say  —  His eyes fall to the floor when I ask him to describe it.  We've been tiptoeing toward it for 45 minutes, and so far, every time he seems close, he backs away, or leads us in a new direction.  There are competing theories in the press, but Joe Biden has kept mum on the subject.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges
Netael Bandel / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Charged With Bribery, Fraud and Breach of Trust, Capping a Dramatic Political Year
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Is in Bad Shape With Black Democrats.  Here's How Bad.  —  No Democrat in modern times has won the party's nomination without claiming majorities of black voters, the most crucial voting bloc in South Carolina and an array of delegate-rich states.
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John McCormack / National Review:
Notes on the November Democratic Debate Dud
Discussion: The Bulwark and Fox News
Iowa State University:   Warren slipping as Buttigieg continues to surge
Peter Elkind / ProPublica:
Prosecutors Investigating the Trump Organization Zero In on Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg  —  Weisselberg is one of the Trump Organization's longest tenured employees and is now co-running the business.  He escaped federal prosecution for the Stormy Daniels payments but is now a focus of an investigation by Manhattan's district attorney.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Law & Crime
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Secret Service spent quarter of a million dollars at Trump's properties in first five months of his term, records show  —  The U.S. Secret Service paid more than $250,000 to President Trump's private businesses in just the first five months of Trump's presidency — paying the president's company …
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:   Secret Service spent more than $250K at Trump properties
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
A Former Fox News Executive Divides Americans Using Russian Tactics  —  An investigation found that several sites owned by Ken LaCorte push inflammatory items — stories, petitions and the occasional conspiracy theory — to the public.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — At first glance …
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 …
Washington Post:
Jim Jordan used to torment GOP leaders.  Now he's leading them in defending Trump.  —  It's easy to picture Jim Jordan in a locker room, standing jacketless on a cooler or folding chair, rolling up his sleeves and rallying the troops before a crucial showdown.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Kentucky governor's stay at Trump hotel could carry legal implications for president  —  Gov. Matt Bevin's 2018 visit to Trump's D.C. hotel likely to become fodder for plaintiffs in cases against Trump.  —  When Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin came to Washington in January for two nights …
Discussion: Political Wire
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justice Kennedy asked Trump to put Kavanaugh on Supreme Court list, book says  —  It was a historic moment in April 2017 when Supreme Court justice Anthony M. Kennedy presided over the ceremonial Rose Garden swearing-in for the court's new member, Neil M. Gorsuch: the first time a sitting justice …
Discussion: Law & Crime and Political Wire
 
 
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Arab Thinkers Call to Abandon Boycotts and Engage With Israel
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg files papers to join Democratic race for president
Discussion: NBC News and Political Wire
Ursula Perano / Axios:
California strikes down law requiring presidential tax returns to appear on ballot
Alana Goodman / Washington Examiner:
Hunter Biden-linked company received $130M in special federal loans while Joe Biden was vice president
Discussion: National Legal & … and War Room
Twitter:
More control over your conversations: now available globally
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
White nationalists are openly operating on Facebook. The company won't act
 Earlier Items: 
Luke LeBrun / PressProgress:
Days Before The Federal Election, Computers On A Remote BC Island Were Hijacked In A Mysterious Cyber Attack
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Politico:
The end of world trade as we know it
Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Trump took credit for opening a Mac factory. It's been open since 2013.
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2020 House: Assessing the Open Seats So Far
Nicholas Connors / The Bulwark:
It's Not “Never Trump.” It's “Country First.”