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New York Times:
Trump Knew of Whistle-Blower Complaint When He Released Aid to Ukraine  —  White House lawyers briefed President Trump in late August about the complaint, people familiar with the matter said.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump had already been briefed on a whistle-blower's complaint …
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Axios:
2 budget officials allegedly resigned over handling of Ukraine aid freeze
Discussion: The Hill
Garrett Haake / NBC News:
White House budget office formally held Ukraine aid on same day as Trump-Zelenskiy call
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Dems move rapidly on impeachment with first Judiciary Committee hearing
Discussion: The Wrap and Daily Kos
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  November 26, 2019 - Biden Retakes Lead As Warren Plunges, Buttigieg Rises, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Not Swayed By Impeachment Hearings  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has retaken the lead in the Democratic primary race for president …
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John McCormack / National Review:
Quinnipiac Poll: Half of Warren's Supporters Have Abandoned Her in One Month
Discussion: The Week and Bloomberg
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Deval Patrick adds a half-dozen staffers to his campaign
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Michael Harriot / The Root:
Pete Buttigieg Called Me.  Here's What Happened  —  The first thing you should know about me is that I absolutely hate talking on the phone.  —  My friends, family and co-workers all know this about me.  It's not the talking that bothers me, it's the anticipation angst from waiting for a phone call.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Lunch Break
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Michael Harriot / The Root:
Pete Buttigieg Is a Lying MF  —  Seven thousand three hundred twenty-two dollars.  —  I hid it in a white Piggly Wiggly bag in the back of the dishwasher.  Every single time I returned to that tiny apartment, I opened up that Navajo-white Kenmore dishwasher and made sure it was there.
Sacramento Bee:
Cows don't have fingers and can't insult Devin Nunes on Twitter, court filing says  —  A Democratic strategist is refusing to disclose communications that could reveal the identity of anonymous Twitter users who criticize Rep. Devin Nunes, arguing in a new court filing that the accounts …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Denies Sending Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine for Biden Probe  — President discusses Giuliani in interview with Bill O'Reilly  — Giuliani has said he conducted Ukraine investigation for Trump  —  Donald Trump denied directing Rudy Giuliani to go to Ukraine to look for dirt on his political rivals …
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
'There's something terribly wrong': Americans are dying young at alarming rates  —  Death rates from suicide, drug overdoses, liver disease and dozens of other causes have been rising over the past decade for young and middle-aged adults, driving down overall life expectancy in the United States …
Discussion: USA Today, NBC News and KTLA
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Belligerents in the Persian Gulf are trying something new: diplomacy
Melissa Healy / Los Angeles Times:   Suicides and overdoses among factors fueling drop in U.S. life expectancy
Page Six:
Hunter Biden suspected of smoking crack in DC strip club's VIP room  —  Hunter Biden was suspected of smoking crack inside a strip club where he dropped “thousands of dollars” during multiple visits — at the same time he held a seat on the board of a controversial Ukrainian natural-gas company, The Post has learned.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Former Clinton strategist Mark Penn counsels President Trump on impeachment  —  As President Trump's White House battles impeachment, he turned to a familiar face last week: Mark Penn, one of President Bill Clinton's top strategists.  —  Penn came to the Oval Office for more than an hour last Monday …
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Pete Buttigieg's PAC Was Supposed To Help Elect Democrats.  It Mostly Touted Him.  —  The committee spent less than 10% of its funds supporting Democratic candidates.  —  Pete Buttigieg launched a political action committee in June 2017 to relatively little fanfare.
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
Melania Trump Was Booed By Middle And High School Students At A “Be Best” Event  —  First lady Melania Trump was met with loud boos from an audience of mostly middle and high school students at an event in Baltimore on Tuesday.  —  Trump was addressing students at the B'More Youth Summit …
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Reuters:
Trump says U.S. will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Tuesday that he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists over their role in drug and human trafficking.
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:   Trump Says U.S. Will Designate Mexican Cartels as Terror Groups
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
On centennial coins, Trump struggles with how time works  —  There was a point last year at which Harley-Davidson announced plans to move some of its production overseas as a result of Donald Trump's trade policies.  The president. outraged, responded that customers were so angry …
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News guest Micheal Blake: “Why the hell does Tucker Carlson still have a job here?”  —  Michael Blake: “Why the hell does Tucker Carlson have a job here in the first place?  The reality is this is someone who said white supremacy is a hoax and why does Fox allow him to still be here in the first place?”
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News guest nails it: ‘Why in hell does Tucker Carlson have a job here?’
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
Texas Republicans Mistakenly Email 2020 Strategy to Democrats, Seek to Reduce ‘Polarizing Nature’ of Trump  —  POLITICS TEXAS REPUBLICANS EMAIL 2020  —  Texas Republicans blamed a “staffer” Monday after their blueprint for winning 2020 elections and plans to mitigate President Donald Trump's …
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Pompeo says Trump's debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory is worth looking into  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that a debunked conspiracy theory pursued by President Trump accusing Ukraine, not Russia, of interfering in the 2016 presidential election by hacking the network …
Discussion: Axios and Vanity Fair
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Pompeo just flirted with Trump's Ukraine conspiracy theory. This isn't normal, folks.
Discussion: Wired and POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
They Voted Democratic.  Now They Support Trump.  —  Two-thirds of battleground state voters who chose Trump in 2016 but selected Democrats in the midterms say they will return to the president next year.  —  Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope …
Discussion: The Federalist and Breitbart
Reed Galen / USA Today:
Stefanik's impeachment dive into Trump's MAGA nihilism reveals dark Republican future  —  Nihilism is neither a governing ethos nor a foundational ideology.  When it's over, there's nothing to fall back on.  This is 21st century Republicanism.  —  Rep. Elise Stefanik's sudden dive this month …
Discussion: Jezebel
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Good Boy?  Good Girl?  Experts Weigh In on Conan the Dog's Genitals.  —  For over 24 hours, the nation has been reeling as our country's military and White House officials appear unable to agree on the biological sex of Conan the dog, the four-legged commando praised for participating …
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Net support for impeachment grew steadily during U.S. congressional hearings, poll shows  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Public support for impeaching President Donald Trump has tracked steadily higher over the past few weeks while a U.S. House of Representatives committee held a series …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Tech Companies Prop Up China's Vast Surveillance Network  —  Intel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others aided and profited from China's multibillion-dollar surveillance industry, used in its Muslim crackdown  —  Critical pieces of China's cutting-edge surveillance state share a connection.
 
 
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Ben Winslow / fox13now.com:
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Axios:
Trump to raise campaign cash on NATO trip to London
Discussion: Raw Story
David Ovalle / Miami Herald:
Newborn baby offered for sale in a Miami Craigslist ad. The state is investigating
Discussion: The Hill and CBS Miami
NBC News:
Influential neo-Nazi eats at soup kitchens, lives in government housing
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
The Intercept:
Pete Buttigieg Says Marijuana Arrests Signify “Systemic Racism.”  His South Bend Police Fit the Bill.
Discussion: Bad News
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Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
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Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Axios
Talia Richman / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland Rep. Cummings' daughters endorse his longtime staffer for his congressional seat
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
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