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9:55 PM ET, November 23, 2019

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New York Times:
Navy Is Said to Proceed With Disciplinary Plans Against Edward Gallagher  —  Top military officials threatened to resign or be fired if their plans to remove Chief Gallagher from the SEALs were halted by President Trump, administration officials said.  —  The secretary of the Navy and the admiral …
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NBC News:
Navy secretary strongly considering resigning over Trump's meddling in SEAL case  —  Navy Secretary Spencer considered quitting over Trump's demand the Navy stop a probe of SEAL Eddie Gallagher.  Military leaders lobbied Trump to reconsider.  —  WASHINGTON — Military leaders hoping to keep …
Discussion: Defense News, Redstate, Vox and Raw Story
CNN:
Official says Defense chief and Joint Chiefs Chairman raised concerns with White House on Gallagher case
Discussion: Political Wire and KFOR-TV
Steve Scherer / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. Navy secretary backs SEAL's expulsion review, despite Trump objection
Discussion: Navy Times
Evan Semones / Politico:
Top Dem says ethics investigation into Devin Nunes likely  —  The top Democrat on the House armed services committee said Saturday that Republican Rep. Devin Nunes is likely to face an ethics investigation over allegations he met with an ex-Ukrainian prosecutor at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
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Ros Krasny / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Says Biden Documents to Be Released ‘If I Disappear’  — In Fox interview downplays suggestion Trump will dump him  — Actions in Ukraine have been a focus of impeachment inquiry  —  Rudy Giuliani, a focus of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's foreign policy dealings …
New York Times:
New Documents Reveal Details of Pompeo's Role in Ukraine Affair  —  Emails and documents released by the State Department support testimony showing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo enabled the Ukrainian pressure campaign at the center of the impeachment proceedings.
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Gatekeeper Put Rudy in Touch With Pompeo: Emails
Discussion: NBC News and Slate
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's GOP support hardens despite damning impeachment testimony  —  After two weeks of extraordinary open hearings that Democrats envisioned as their best opportunity to shape public opinion on impeachment, President Trump claims to be impervious to the cascade of damaging revelations …
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Washington Post:
Top House Democrat says ethics probe of Nunes is likely over alleged meeting with Ukrainian about Bidens  —  A high-ranking House Democrat said Saturday it's “quite likely” Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) will face an ethics investigation over allegations that he met with an ex-Ukrainian official …
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
How Facebook's Embed in the Trump Campaign Helped the President Win  —  James Barnes is now focused on using digital-ad strategies to try to get Trump out of office in 2020  —  After the 2016 presidential election, Republican Party officials credited Facebook Inc. with helping Donald Trump win the White House.
Discussion: Raw Story
Trevor Nace / Forbes:
Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ After Australia Bushfires Destroy 80% Of Their Habitat  —  As Australia experiences record-breaking drought and bushfires, koala populations have dwindled along with their habitat, leaving them “functionally extinct.”  —  The chairman of the Australian Koala Foundation …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
Todd Frankel / Washington Post:
Dozens of infant deaths have been tied to a popular baby product.  But regulators are too paralyzed to act.  —  A paralyzing conflict inside the nation's product safety regulator has prevented the agency from taking action against a popular baby product that studies have linked …
NewsHound Ellen / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Press Sec Grisham Smears Bolton: Too Old To Understand Twitter  —  Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham did not deny John Bolton's accusation that the White House blocked his Twitter account.  Instead she dodged the question by attacking him as too old to know how Twitter works.  —  Views:
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Wall Street Journal:   Bolton Claims White House Blocked His Access to Twitter Account
Bernie Sanders / ABC News:
New Hampshire may test durability of Sanders' popularity  —  Bernie Sanders has remained among the front-runners in the Democratic primary despite his campaign-trail heart attack and the rise of Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg, but perhaps no state will test that more than New Hampshire
Discussion: Associated Press
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:   Elizabeth Warren Has Done the Hard Part. Now Comes the Harder Part.
Maura Barrett / NBC News:
Kamala Harris tells Iowa voters she's ‘not a socialist’
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Privately Frets 'What's Going on With Drudge?'  During Impeachment, Asks Jared Kushner to ‘Look Into It’  —  One of the most powerful media organs in the conservative movement hasn't been kind to the president during impeachment.  He's noticed.  —  As House lawmakers move quickly toward …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Historians Find Another Spy in the U.S. Atomic Bomb Project  —  His Soviet code name was Godsend, and he came to Los Alamos from a family of secret agents.  —  The world's first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexican desert — a result of a highly secretive effort code-named …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Fiona Hill: The Antidote to Trump  —  I've been in Britain, so it was tough to give this week's impeachment hearings the attention they deserve.  But one obvious theme has emerged: the imperturbability, professionalism, and courage of the women who have testified.
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
In Three Touchstone Speeches, Elizabeth Warren Grounds Her Campaign in a History of American Protest and Movement Building  —  To launch her campaign, back in January, Sen. Elizabeth Warren had a number of locations to choose from.  She could have started in Norman, Oklahoma …
Discussion: Bad News, Raw Story and The Federalist
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YouTube:   Elizabeth Warren: Bolivia “Sure Looks Like” A Coup
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Pence on surprise Iraq trip to reassure Kurds, greet troops  —  1 of 4  —  ERBIL, Iraq (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday in the highest-level American trip since President Donald Trump ordered a pullback of U.S. forces in Syria two months ago.
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:   Pence visits U.S. troops in Iraq, holds call with prime minister
 
 
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Associated Press:
Bloomberg vows to refuse donations, presidential salary
Discussion: Breitbart
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized
Discussion: Fox News, Townhall and Redstate
Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Agreement reached on spending bill allocations
Discussion: Associated Press
Tara Law / TIME:
It's Not Just Flooding in Venice.  Here's How Climate Change Threatens World Heritage Sites Everywhere
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Merkel and Macron Publicly Clash Over NATO
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Tells Democrats, 'We've Got to Stop This Circular Firing Squad'
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
McAuliffe hire suggests he is interested in a second bid for Virginia governor
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Rebecca Ellis / OPB:
Oregon Supreme Court Bans Police Officers From Asking Random Questions During Traffic Stops
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
In Trump's Washington, the rogue actors are the real players — and the experts are increasingly irrelevant
Discussion: Raw Story
Ta-Nehisi Coates / New York Times:
The Cancellation of Colin Kaepernick
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tom Vilsack / USA Today:
Joe Biden has stood the test of time. He should be the next president
The Age:
The moment a Chinese spy decided to defect to Australia
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The United States Is Starting to Look Like Ukraine
Discussion: Crooked Timber
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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