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The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells Allies He Wants Absolved War Criminals to Campaign for Him  —  Fallout from the clemency cost the Navy secretary Richard Spencer his job, but a former Pentagon deputy chief backs the ousted official.  —  If Donald Trump gets his wish, he'll soon take the three convicted …
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Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Trump's strain with Pentagon inspires talk of more departures  —  President Donald Trump came into office vowing to unshackle his military commanders from years of Obama-era micromanagement.  But now he's facing a rupture with his Pentagon leaders after steamrolling them on a series of decisions …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Richard Spencer's stark new warning about Trump unmasks a deeper truth
James Stavridis / TIME:   We Trust the Navy SEALs to Protect America. Trump Should Trust Them to Judge Themselves
Chris Riotta / The Independent:
US veterans say Trump views military ‘as tool for massacres’ after reinstating accused war criminal to Navy
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Brandon Friedman / New York Daily News:   The commander-in-chief vs. his military
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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Notes on the New CNN Impeachment Poll  —  Here are a few interesting data points from the just-released CNN poll on impeachment.  The topline is pretty bad for the President.  50% of Americans believe the President should be impeached and removed from office.  43% disagree.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘The hubris is unbelievable’: Dems seethe over Bloomberg GOP donations  —  Michael Bloomberg's debut 2020 campaign ad touts that he “took charge” of New York in the wake of 9/11.  —  What Bloomberg doesn't mention: He leaned heavily on an endorsement from Rudy Giuliani …
Discussion: VICE
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The Boston Globe:
Suffolk/Globe poll finds Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Biden in tight race in N.H.
David Siders / Politico:   Bernie lets it rip against Bloomberg ‘arrogance’
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
If Michael Bloomberg Wants to Run for President, He Should Sell Bloomberg News.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Ruling Will Not Lead John Bolton to Testify Soon, Lawyer Says  —  Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry have been seeking John Bolton's testimony, but his lawyer said the ruling in the case of another former White House aide did not apply to him.  —  WASHINGTON — John R. Bolton …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
DOJ moves to halt judge's ruling that McGahn must testify  —  The Justice Department asked a federal judge Tuesday to put a temporary pause on her ruling that orders former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn to testify in the House impeachment probe, saying it needs the delay to pursue an appeal.
Discussion: The Hill
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
White House chief of operations Daniel Walsh is leaving
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill and Axios
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
In bleak report, U.N. says drastic action is only way to avoid worst effects of climate change  —  “We need to catch up on the years in which we procrastinated,” a top official says.  —  The world has squandered so much time mustering the action necessary to combat climate change that rapid …
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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 …
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.
Washington Post:
A wealthy Venezuelan hosted Giuliani as he pursued Ukraine campaign.  Then Giuliani lobbied the Justice Department on his behalf.  —  When Rudolph W. Giuliani went to Madrid in August to meet with a top aide to the Ukrainian president and press for political investigations sought by President Trump …
James Barragán / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Republican Party's 2020 election strategy document lands in Democrats' hands  —  Republicans expressed concern about ‘the polarizing nature’ of President Trump … AUSTIN — In a bizarre political blunder, a document laying out the Republican Party of Texas's election strategy …
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Timeline: Rep. Devin Nunes and Ukraine Disinformation Efforts  —  Rep. Devin Nunes (R.-Ca) and his top aide, Derek Harvey, have allegedly been working in part with Rudy Giuliani and his associates, including indicted businessman Lev Parnas, to get dirt from Ukraine on Joe Biden and to pursue …
Axios:
House Oversight Committee sues Barr and Ross to enforce Census subpoenas  —  The House Oversight Committee filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Attorney General Bill Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross for refusing to comply with subpoenas for documents related to the Trump administration's efforts …
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and NBC News
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:   Oversight panel sues William Barr, Wilbur Ross over 2020 census documents
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Trump's Turkey Corruption Is Way Worse Than You Realize  —  An idiot's guide to the Trump Turkey scandal that no one is paying attention to.  —  Earlier this month, Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton, the moustachioed one, the unlikeliest of potential #Resistance heroes …
Tim Pearce / Washington Examiner:
House Democrat backs down from impeachment: 'I don't see the value of kicking him out of office'  —  Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence of Michigan now favors censuring President Trump after backing impeachment proceedings over allegations that he withheld military aid from Ukraine for his personal benefit.
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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 …
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
The Return of Jerry Nadler  —  For two months, Representative Jerry Nadler has been the Maytag repairman of the House impeachment inquiry: idled and isolated as his colleague Adam Schiff has presided over a parade of witnesses in public and private hearings before the Intelligence Committee.
Discussion: New York Times and The Wrap
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The post-Christian culture wars  —  The Trump administration's two most revealing speeches weren't given by Trump.  —  Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court.  They have 27 governorships and governing trifectas in 21 states.
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Inside Story of Christopher Steele's Trump Dossier  —  In a new book, the founders of the firm that compiled it defend their work.  —  For nearly three years, President Trump has spun an alternate reality in which he was not helped and tainted by Russia during the 2016 Presidential campaign but …
Discussion: Althouse
Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
What the Trump administration is getting wrong about the protests in Iran  —  The protests in Iran are continuing, which shouldn't come as any surprise.  Their causes are deep-seated and long-lasting — which is why they'll happen again even if the regime manages to tamp them down this time.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
There's no other way to explain Trump's immigration policy. It's just bigotry.
Discussion: Route Fifty
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The GOP's galling accommodation of Trump  —  “Thank God no one is accusing us anymore of interfering in the U.S. elections,” Russian President Vladimir Putin recently said.  “Now, they're accusing Ukraine.  Well, they should figure it out among themselves.”  —  Putin has every reason to gloat.
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Why Are Republicans So Anxious to Play Putin's Game on Ukraine?
Discussion: Raw Story
Ruben Navarrette Jr / USA Today:
Millions of Latinos are Trump supporters.  Here's what they're thinking.  —  Despite his harmful rhetoric, President Trump's policies and fierce attitude have attracted a certain subset of those in the Latino community.  —  San Diego - It's like chickens for Colonel Sanders.
Michael Martz / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Northam discourages repeal of right-to-work law in remarks to revenue council  —  Gov. Ralph Northam made clear to his revenue advisory council on Monday that he does not support repeal of Virginia's right-to-work law that forbids compulsory union membership.
 
 
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Jack Holmes / Esquire:
ChopperTalk: Where the White House Press Corps Goes to Get Ritually Abused by Donald Trump
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Brett Kavanaugh's latest opinion should terrify Democrats
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Bloomberg's 2020 Pollster Dumps His Ukrainian Oligarch Client
ABC News:
White House and Capitol placed on lockdown after aircraft violates restricted airspace
Discussion: Fox News
Will Oremus / OneZero:
Russian Trolls Aren't Actually Persuading Americans on Twitter, Study Finds
Rebecca Buck / CNN:
Booker's campaign shifts into all-out sprint to persuade voters to get him in December debate
Discussion: The Wrap and Political Wire
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
They Wanted to Save Their 119-Year-Old Village. So They Got Rid of It.
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New York Times:
Democrats Increasingly Vocal in Calling ‘Medicare for All’ a Political Liability
Discussion: Politico
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
A ‘Farm Kid’ Thwarts the Coup
The Boston Globe:
At MIT, a new name (Shell Auditorium) for an old standby (54-100) fuels outrage
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
State Department Misled Congress on Ouster of Ukraine Ambassador