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9:30 PM ET, November 26, 2019

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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: Bloomberg and The Week
CNBC:
Here's why Mike Bloomberg thinks he can defy the odds and win the Democratic nomination
Discussion: The Nation and Rolling Stone
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:   Pete Buttigieg's PAC Was Supposed To Help Elect Democrats. It Mostly Touted Him.
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 …
Washington Post:
Two OMB officials resigned in part over concerns about Ukraine aid hold, official testifies  —  Mark Sandy, a career official at the White House Office of Management and Budget, revealed the resignations in testimony to impeachment investigators  —  Two officials at the White House Office …
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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
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: Lunch Break and Joe.My.God.
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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.
The Intercept:
Pete Buttigieg Says Marijuana Arrests Signify “Systemic Racism.”  His South Bend Police Fit the Bill.
Discussion: Bad News
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 …
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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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Dems move rapidly on impeachment with first Judiciary Committee hearing
Discussion: Daily Kos
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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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Melania Trump booed at youth opioid summit in Baltimore  —  (CNN)First lady Melania Trump took her “Be Best” initiative to the Baltimore area on Tuesday, where she was met with a chorus of boos from attendees at a youth summit aimed at raising awareness about the nation's opioid crisis.
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
Ephraim Mirvis / The Times:
What will become of Jews in Britain if Labour forms the next government?  —  Elections should be a celebration of democracy.  However, just weeks before we go to the polls, the overwhelming majority of British Jews are gripped by anxiety.  —  During the past few years …
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Washington Post:
Britain's chief rabbi blasts Labour Party for anti-Semitic ‘poison’
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: Breitbart and The Federalist
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Waiting for Obama  —  Today, almost every Democratic presidential campaign starts with what one close adviser to Barack Obama calls “The Pilgrimage”: the journey to the West End to meet the former president.  —  The West End of Washington, D.C., sandwiched between the better-known districts …
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.
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:   Trump Says U.S. Will Designate Mexican Cartels as Terror Groups
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
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
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 …
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?”
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 …
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 …
Matt Berman / BuzzFeed News:
Anthony Weiner Is The Most Important Politician Of The 2010s  —  Anthony Weiner changed the course of American history when he tweeted out a picture of his dick on May 27, 2011.  —  This is not an exaggeration.  There is a direct line between Anthony Weiner's penis and the rise of far-right media …
Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Trump's top border official broke FBI rules to fund happy hours  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's top border official broke federal ethics rules in a previous job by seeking sponsors to buy alcohol and fancy food for FBI happy hours, according to a watchdog report exclusively obtained by The Chronicle.
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Raw Story
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump heads where everybody loves him — and hates impeachment  —  Goodbye, New York.  Hello, Florida.  —  That'll be part of President Donald Trump's mantra as he returns to the Sunshine State for a campaign rally in the city of Sunrise, before starting his Thanksgiving break at his private club, Mar-a-Lago.
Melissa Healy / Los Angeles Times:
Suicides and overdoses among factors fueling drop in U.S. life expectancy  —  It's official: Americans are dying much sooner in life.  —  Preliminary signals of declining health were neither a false alarm nor a statistical fluke.  A reversal of American life expectancy …
Discussion: USA Today, NBC News and KTLA
Axios:
Trump to raise campaign cash on NATO trip to London  —  When President Trump visits London next week for the NATO summit, he'll also use his brief time on the ground there to raise big bucks for his 2020 campaign, according to an invitation reviewed by Axios and conversations with people familiar with the event.
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Influential neo-Nazi eats at soup kitchens, lives in government housing  —  In his writings, James Mason advocates waging war against “the system.”  But at 67 and living in Denver, he's now dependent on it.  —  A fan of Charles Manson and follower of Hitler, James Mason published essays …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Governor, Trump Appear at Odds Over Senate Pick  —  In a White House meeting, Brian Kemp pushed Kelly Loeffler, while president prefers Rep. Doug Collins  —  President Trump quietly met Sunday in the White House with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and the governor's preferred pick to fill …
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.
CNN:
CNN Poll: No change in views on impeachment after public hearings  —  Analyst: Trump doesn't care how illegal his actions may be  —  (CNN)After five days of public hearings in House Democrats' impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, public opinion over whether the President ought to be impeached …
 
 
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Barbara Hillary, First Black Woman to Reach the Poles, Is Dead at 88
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Pompeo says Trump's debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory is worth looking into
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Axios and NPR
David Ovalle / Miami Herald:
Newborn baby offered for sale in a Miami Craigslist ad. The state is investigating
Discussion: The Hill and CBS Miami
Josh Barbanel / Wall Street Journal:
New York Evictions Are Plunging Under New Rent Control Law
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘Anonymous’ to answer public questions — anonymously
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Week
Thomas Lecaque / Washington Post:
The apocalyptic myth that helps explain evangelical support for Trump
Morgan Godvin / Washington Post:
My friend and I both took heroin. He overdosed. Why was I charged with his death?
Val Demings / Newsweek:
As a former police chief, I'm troubled watching my Republican colleagues forsake the law to protect Trump
Discussion: Mother Jones and Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Talia Richman / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland Rep. Cummings' daughters endorse his longtime staffer for his congressional seat
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
The birth of a Trumpist: How Elise Stefanik became one of the president's most ferocious supporters
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Brett Kavanaugh's latest opinion should terrify Democrats
Washington Post:
A wealthy Venezuelan hosted Giuliani as he pursued Ukraine campaign. …
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
In bleak report, U.N. says drastic action is only way to avoid worst effects of climate change
 

 
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

 
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