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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
Aram Roston / Reuters:   U.S. prosecutors seek information on payments to Trump lawyer Giuliani: subpoena
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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Andrew Desiderio / 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.
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 …
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: The Week and Mediaite
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
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Federal Judge Rules That McGahn Must Testify, Delivering Blow To White House
Discussion: Townhall
CNN:
Democrats eye multiple articles of impeachment as some push to go beyond Ukraine scandal
Discussion: Joe.My.God., FOX40 and Political Wire
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, New York Post and Mediaite
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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 …
William Cummings / USA Today:
‘Rule of law is what sets us apart’: Richard Spencer's scathing final letter as Navy secretary
The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells Allies He Wants Absolved War Criminals to Campaign for Him
Discussion: Vox and IJR
Hope Hodge Seck / Military.com:
SecDef: I Was ‘Flabbergasted’ to Learn about Spencer's Secret Deal with Trump
Discussion: Townhall
Associated Press:
Supreme Court shields Trump's financial records for now  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is shielding President Donald Trump's financial records from House Democrats for now.  —  The delay allows the justices to decide how to handle the House subpoena and a similar demand from the Manhattan district attorney at the same time.
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court blocks subpoena for Trump financial records  —  The ruling blocks a House subpoena directing Trump's accounting firm to turn over financial documents, giving the president a temporary legal victory.  —  The US Supreme Court late Monday blocked a House subpoena directing Donald …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Suspends House Subpoena Seeking Trump's Financial Information
Discussion: Washington Times and Townhall
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:   Supreme Court blocks House committee from immediately reviewing Trump's financial records
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 …
The Boston Globe:
Suffolk/Globe poll finds Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Biden in tight race in N.H.  —  A new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters shows a tight, four-way contest, with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on top but statistically tied …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Nico Lang / Election:
Exclusive: Warren Leads Among LGBTQ+ Voters in First-of-Its-Kind Poll
Discussion: Joe.My.God., LGBTQ Nation and PinkNews
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: Raw Story, Vox, 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.
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.
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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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 …
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
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Yang lashes out at MSNBC  —  Andrew Yang thinks MSNBC has it out for him.  —  The entrepreneur-turned-presidential candidate has spent the better part of a week accusing the network of “systematic bias” against his campaign after he had the least amount of speaking time at last week's debate.
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
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.
 
 
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Kayla Epstein / Washington Post:
Reports of Julian Assange's health suggest he ‘could die in prison,’ dozens of doctors claim
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Bloomberg warns that Trump is positioned to win reelection, in first presidential campaign appearance
Discussion: Politico
BBC:
‘Indian food is terrible’ tweet sparks hot debate about racism
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Stacey Abrams Producing CBS Drama Based on Her Novel
Discussion: Breitbart, NB Blog and The Daily Caller
Matt Zarrell / ABC News:
President Trump to sign animal cruelty bill into law, making it a federal felony
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
Brian Barth / New Yorker:
Big Tech's Big Defector
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Are Trump's Critics Demonically Possessed?
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
People Are Doubling Down On Their Opinions On Impeachment, Poll Finds
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Emails Confirm Miller's Twin Obsessions: Immigrants and Crime
Discussion: Washington Post
Joe Light / Bloomberg:
Trump Ordered Review of U.S. Sanctions on Turkey's Halkbank
Rolling Stone:
That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared? A Russian Troll Sent It
Discussion: Raw Story
Maya Kosoff / GEN:
Big Calculator: How Texas Instruments Monopolized Math Class
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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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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