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Wall Street Journal:
Federal Subpoenas Seek Information on Giuliani's Consulting Business  —  Subpoenas are issued for information on Giuliani's associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman
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Washington Post:
Investigators scrutinize Giuliani firm and donations to Trump super PAC as part of broad probe  —  The federal investigation into two associates of Rudolph W. Giuliani is exploring a wide range of potential crimes — including wire fraud and failure to register as a foreign agent …
New York Times:
Why Giuliani Singled Out 2 Ukrainian Oligarchs to Help Look for Dirt  —  VIENNA — They were two Ukrainian oligarchs with American legal problems.  One had been indicted on federal bribery charges.  The other was embroiled in a vast banking scandal and was reported to be under investigation by the F.B.I.
Aram Roston / Reuters:   U.S. prosecutors seek information on payments to Trump lawyer Giuliani: subpoena
CBS News:
Ousted Navy Secretary Richard Spencer defends handling of Navy SEAL case  —  Richard Spencer, the former Navy secretary who was forced to step down over his handling of a controversial case involving a Navy SEAL, defended his actions in an interview with CBS News correspondent David Martin on Monday, his first since he was fired Sunday.
Discussion: The Hill
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Esper says Trump ordered him to allow SEAL to keep status  —  In this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 photo, U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fields questions at a media availability at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The worst commander in chief ever
Discussion: Task & Purpose
William Cummings / USA Today:
‘Rule of law is what sets us apart’: Richard Spencer's scathing final letter as Navy secretary
Hope Hodge Seck / Military.com:
SecDef: I Was ‘Flabbergasted’ to Learn about Spencer's Secret Deal with Trump
Discussion: Townhall
Abbey Marshall / Politico:
White House reveals names of turkeys destined for Trump pardon
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Post
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
In firing Richard Spencer, Trump recklessly crosses another line
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Former White House counsel Don McGahn must obey subpoena to testify before Congress, judge rules  —  The same question about White House immunity — this one related to the impeachment inquiry — is pending before another judge in Washington.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled late Monday …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Don McGahn must testify about time as White House lawyer, judge rules  —  Don McGahn must testify to Congress about his time as the White House's top lawyer, a federal judge ruled Monday — a decision that will put pressure on other reluctant Trump administration witnesses to testify about President Donald Trump's actions.
Washington Post:
Former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena, judge rules  —  Former Trump White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with a House subpoena, a federal court ruled Monday, finding that top presidential advisers cannot ignore congressional demands for information …
Discussion: Mediaite
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Ex-White House Counsel McGahn Must Testify to Congress, Judge Rules  —  A judge rejected the Trump administration's argument that senior White House officials are immune from congressional subpoenas.  —  WASHINGTON — The former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II must testify …
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Federal Judge Rules That McGahn Must Testify, Delivering Blow To White House
Discussion: Townhall
CNN:
National Enquirer company chief David Pecker talking with New York prosecutors  —  (CNN)David Pecker, the head of the company that publishes the National Enquirer, has spoken with prosecutors with the New York district attorney's office as part of its investigation into the Trump Organization's handling …
Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
What Impeachment Is Revealing About the Republican Party  —  The House Intelligence Committee brought impeachment onto the public stage over the past two weeks.  But now Congress has scattered for Thanksgiving, cable news is picking over the remnants of the hearings in search of content …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story and Mother Jones
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CNN:
Democrats eye multiple articles of impeachment as some push to go beyond Ukraine scandal
Discussion: Political Wire
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff: Ukraine report will be sent to Judiciary Committee after Thanksgiving
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Joe Sonka / Courier-Journal:
Gov. Matt Bevin pardons man serving life sentence for sex abuse of 6-year-old stepdaughter  —  Gov. Matt Bevin has pardoned a man serving a life sentence for sexually abusing and sodomizing his 6-year-old stepdaughter 20 years ago.  —  In his pardon and commutation order on Friday …
Discussion: Vox, Raw Story, The Hill and Joe.My.God.
David Kusnet / New Republic:
Could This Be the Guy Who Wrote Anonymous's Warning?  —  Back in September 2018—an eternity ago in the Trump administration—a self-described “senior official” came forward with a counterintuitive but comforting message.  —  In an op-ed in The New York Times, the anonymous author decried Trump's …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden's senior Latina adviser quits in frustration  —  A senior Joe Biden campaign staffer in charge of outreach to Latino, African-American and women's groups has quit her post, telling two allies she was frustrated over her lack of input and with the presidential candidate's immigration rhetoric.
William Cummings / USA Today:
'God's used imperfect people all through history': Perry shares why he thinks Trump is the ‘chosen one’  —  Energy Secretary Rick Perry said in an interview that he told President Donald Trump that he was God's “chosen one” to lead the United States, just as he chose the kings to lead Israel in the Old Testament.
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Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / The Post Millennial:
BREAKING: Twitter suspends journalist Andy Ngo  —  Prominent journalist Andy Ngo, who is the Editor-at-large at The Post Millennial, has been temporarily suspended from Twitter following a response tweet to human rights campaigner, Clinton Foundation operator, and political heir Chelsea Clinton regarding trans murder rates.
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
A Reporter's Guide to Texting With Rudy Giuliani  —  Everyone who texts with Rudy Giuliani knows the hands of fate control the fingertips.  Digital communication with President Trump's 75-year-old personal attorney is a delicate exercise in optimism and patience.
Marcus Green / WDRB:
Bill would strip Kentucky governor's power to name state Transportation Secretary  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) - State Senate leaders are backing a bill that would limit the governor's power to name a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet secretary, essentially shifting that role to a citizen board nominated …
Discussion: Political Wire
Slade Gorton / New York Times:
My Fellow Republicans, Please Follow the Facts  —  It seems clear to me that the president of Ukraine was subjected to a shakedown.  —  Mr. Gorton is a former Republican senator from Washington.  —  In March of 1974, as a young state attorney general, I reluctantly called …
Washington Post:
How Democrats can win, everywhere  —  Andy Beshear (D) is the governor-elect of Kentucky.  John Bel Edwards (D) is the governor of Louisiana.  —  Many Democrats viewed the result of the 2016 presidential election as a sign that we should abandon whole sections of the country as unwinnable.
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Emails Confirm Miller's Twin Obsessions: Immigrants and Crime  —  Stephen Miller linked immigration to violence in emails to Breitbart News - writing of crimes committed by nonwhites that “each one [is] more disturbing than the next.”  —  “It has never been easier in American history …
Discussion: Washington Post
Joseph Cox / VICE:
The California DMV Is Making $50M a Year Selling Drivers' Personal Information  —  The California Department of Motor Vehicles is generating revenue of $50,000,000 a year through selling drivers' personal information, according to a DMV document obtained by Motherboard.
Discussion: National Review
Rolling Stone:
That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared?  A Russian Troll Sent It  —  Internet trolls don't troll.  Not the professionals at least.  Professional trolls don't go on social media to antagonize liberals or belittle conservatives.  They are not narrow minded, drunk or angry.  They don't lack basic English language skills.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
People Are Doubling Down On Their Opinions On Impeachment, Poll Finds  —  Those with the least-settled opinions on impeachment are also the least likely to be following the hearings.  —  Days of televised impeachment hearings have left Americans largely dug into their original opinions …
Maya Kosoff / GEN:
Big Calculator: How Texas Instruments Monopolized Math Class  —  These $100 calculators have been required in classrooms for more than twenty years, as students and teachers still struggle to afford them  —  his fall, Stephen Thompson began his first year of teaching Algebra 2 …
Donna Rachel Edmunds / Jerusalem Post:
Ilhan Omar ‘working for Qatar’, Florida court hears  —  The Democratic Congresswoman is said to have passed information to Qatar which was subsequently handed along to Iran.  —  Ilhan Omar was recruited by a foreign government, received funding from a foreign government …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Joe Light / Bloomberg:
Trump Ordered Review of U.S. Sanctions on Turkey's Halkbank  — President lobbied by Turkey over effects on state-owned bank  — Trump asked for Treasury, DOJ help after Erdogan entreaty  —  President Donald Trump told the Treasury Department and Justice Department to look into the impact …
 
 
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Tom Steyer / USA Today:
Tom Steyer to Michael Bloomberg: Back a wealth tax or drop out of 2020 presidential race
Matt Zarrell / ABC News:
President Trump to sign animal cruelty bill into law, making it a federal felony
Discussion: Axios
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Racial Disparities in Voting Wait Times: Evidence from Smartphone Data
Robert Moore / Washington Post:
CDC recommended that migrants receive flu vaccine, but CBP rejected the idea
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Liberty Street Economics:
Who Pays the Tax on Imports from China?
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Brian Barth / New Yorker:
Big Tech's Big Defector
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Could Donald Jr. or Lara Trump Run for Office in New York, and Win?
Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Will Evans / The Atlantic:
Ruthless Quotas at Amazon Are Permanently Maiming Employees
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Are Trump's Critics Demonically Possessed?
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Joyce Karam / The National:
Turkey tests S-400 Russian missile system with US F-16, in defiance of Washington
Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:
In the 2010s, White America Was Finally Shown Itself Ta-Nehisi Coates on “Obama's decade,” reparations, and Kaepernick.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Nico Lang / Election:
Exclusive: Warren Leads Among LGBTQ+ Voters in First-of-Its-Kind Poll
Discussion: Joe.My.God., LGBTQ Nation and PinkNews
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's impeachment trial will be a sham. Here's how to blow up his lies.
Discussion: Vox
Francis Wilkinson / Yahoo Finance:
This White Wisconsin County Has No Time for Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Reuters:
Special report: ‘Time to take out our swords’ - Inside Iran's plot to attack Saudi Arabia
Discussion: Fox News
 

 
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
Analysts say Netflix's live boxing match Friday night between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is designed to get new subscribers, particularly on its ad-supported tier

 
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