memeorandum: Lisa Page Speaks: 'There's No Fathomable Way I Have Committed Any Crime at All' (Molly Jong-Fast/The Daily Beast)

10:50 AM ET, December 2, 2019

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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:

Lisa Page Speaks: 'There's No Fathomable Way I Have Committed Any Crime at All' — STRIKING BACK — The former FBI lawyer and ongoing Trump target breaks two years of silence in this exclusive interview. And she has quite a lot to say. — It's not often that you interview a subject who has no interest in being famous.

Kenneth Garger / New York Post:
Lisa Page says Trump tweet attacks are ‘like being punched in the gut’

Discussion: Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite

Simon Shuster / TIME:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Speaks Out on Trump, Putin and a Divided Europe — 'I don't trust anyone at all'

Discussion: NBC News, Fox News, The Independent, The American Independent, IJR, Mediaite, Political Wire, Raw Story and War Room

David Weigel / Washington Post:

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock drops out of presidential race — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who pitched himself to Democratic voters as a campaign finance reformer who could win in red states, is ending his bid for the party's presidential nomination. — “While there were many obstacles …

Discussion: Associated Press, Politico, The Hill, Axios, Political Wire, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos and Lawyers, Guns & Money

New York Times:
Steve Bullock Drops Out of 2020 Presidential Race

Discussion: Vox and UPI

Niall Stanage / The Hill: The Memo: Trump faces uphill 2020 climb

Steve Bullock / Medium:
Thank you. — Today, I announced that I'm suspending my campaign for President.

Discussion: Townhall, CNN, NBC News, Slate, The Daily Caller, UPI and The Guardian

Rachel M. Cohen / The Intercept:

Nancy Pelosi Pushes the House to Pass USMCA, but Neglects a Bill With Broad Support to Strengthen Unions — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made no secret of her desire to pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement by the end of the year, telling reporters recently that it would be her goal for the House to vote on it before Christmas.

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

The bad-faith impeachment — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are trying to remove President Trump from office “prayerfully,” and “sadly,” and “with a heavy heart.” In fact, as anyone who has been watching knows, many Democrats have been itching to impeach Trump since the day he took office.

CBS News:

300+ Trump ads taken down by Google, YouTube — 60 Minutes finds over 300 video ads for President Trump were taken down, mostly over the summer, for violating company policy — How to handle political ads on social media has become a growing concern as the 2020 U.S. presidential election approaches.

Discussion: The Hill, IJR, Washington Times, Political Wire, Townhall, Sean Hannity and Althouse, more at Mediagazer »

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

White House won't take part in first House Judiciary impeachment hearing — The White House informed House Democrats on Sunday that it will not participate in the Judiciary Committee's first impeachment hearing, excoriating Democrats' impeachment inquiry as a “baseless” and “partisan” …

Discussion: Raw Story, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller, Redstate, Breitbart, New York Times, HuffPost, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Last Refuge, Reuters, UPI, The Hill, Axios, Mediaite and Townhall

Mike Allen / Axios:
The House GOP's next impeachment move

Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Rising stakes as Republicans launch latest offensive against impeachment inquiry

Discussion: KIFI-TV and Raw Story

Washington Post:

Ukraine's Zelensky is making headway against corruption. But the fight risks angering Trump. — KYIV, Ukraine — By the end of this month, more than 500 Ukrainian prosecutors will be out of their jobs as part of sweeping professional reviews under Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

John Wagner / Washington Post:
Impeachment hearings live updates: Trump heads to London for NATO meeting ahead of pivotal week …

Discussion: Associated Press and Outside the Beltway

Angus King / USA Today:

Ukraine scandal: I know why Trump top dogs — Mulvaney, Pompeo, Perry & Bolton — won't bark — Because it would be so easy for these people to clear the president, it's hard to escape the conclusion that their silence is part of a cover-up. — One of Sherlock Holmes' most famous cases …

Discussion: Raw Story

Politico:

Georgia governor set to buck Trump on Senate appointment — In defiance of Trump, Brian Kemp has begun informing fellow Republicans that he will appoint business exec Kelly Loeffler to the soon-to-be-vacant seat. — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been getting pressure about his prospective Senate pick.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, National Review and The Dispatch

Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Washington's December nightmare

Discussion: New York Times

Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:

Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi's India — The Prime Minister's Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies. — On August 11th, two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent soldiers in to pacify the Indian state of Kashmir …

Washington Post:

Trump will reimpose steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil and Argentina, opening new trade war fronts — The White House says the two nations are “presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies. which is not good for our farmers.” — President Trump announced tariffs …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Daily Kos, The Guardian, Political Wire, Sputnik International, New York Times and New York Post

Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump announces restored tariffs on Argentina, Brazil

Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Financial Times

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

What to do about the Kremlin's propagandists — Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) once before walked back an assertion that maybe Ukraine was responsible for meddling in the 2016 election. That has not deterred him from repeating the Kremlin's propaganda. Appearing on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, he was at it again.

Discussion: The Independent, Balloon Juice and Daily Kos

NBC News:
Meet the Press - December 1, 2019

Discussion: Washington Post

R.J. Lyman / The Bulwark:

This Is the Single Best Argument For Why Trump Should Be Impeached and Removed — He tried to meddle in the 2020 election. It's crazy to say that you have to let him participate in the 2020 election in order to render a verdict on his attempt to cheat in it.

Associated Press:

Legal reckoning: New abuse suits could cost church over $4B — 1 of 9 — NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes out the window of his high-rise Manhattan office …

Ken Moritsugu / Associated Press:

China to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong over new law — 1 of 6 — HONG KONG (AP) — China said Monday it will suspend U.S. military ship and aircraft visits to Hong Kong and sanction several American pro-democracy and human rights groups in retaliation for the signing into law …

Bloomberg:
China Spares Trade in First Retaliation to U.S.'s Hong Kong Law

Discussion: National Review and Political Wire

Tim Baker / London Evening Standard:

Apostrophe society shuts down because ‘ignorance and laziness have won’ — ES News email — The latest headlines in your inbox Enter your email address Continue — Please enter an email address Email address is invalid Fill out this field Email address is invalid You already have an account.

Noa Landau / Haaretz:

Netanyahu Calls Off Visit to NATO Summit After U.K. Cites ‘Logistical Problems’ — Sources say Merkel and Macron hadn't responded to attempts to arrange meetings in London with the Israeli leader, who was set to meet with Pompeo — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won't attend the NATO summit …

Bob Bauer / New York Times:

Trump Is the Founders' Worst Nightmare — The very conduct that necessitates presidential impeachment also supplies the means for the demagogue to escape it. — Mr. Bauer served as a White House counsel under President Barack Obama. — Donald Trump's Republican congressional allies …

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

What Trump has actually done in his first 3 years — A big tax cut, unprecedented environmental degradation, Wall Street unleashed, and a whole lot of judges. — The scandals, the leaks, the outrages, and the bizarre tweets of the last three years can distract from an important fact …

Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:

If You Can't Have Wealth Taxes, You Don't Have a Country — A cosmopolitan elite is eroding the integrity of America's borders and the sovereignty of its citizens. This numerically small but economically powerful band of globe-trotters use their outsize political influence to preempt popular policies …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

David Freedlander / Politico:

How Bloomberg Could Win. Again. — Michael Bloomberg has begun his improbable bid for the presidency with a rollout you could call unconventional, to be charitable. The big splash was news of his $37 million television ad buy; then there was an overstuffed campaign bio-spot …

Leah Litman / The Atlantic:

The Guns Case Is About Much More Than Guns — Sometimes the worst decision the Supreme Court can make is to decide a case at all. The Court appears poised to make this mistake in its zeal to expansively interpret the Second Amendment, and in the process will make a further error …

Liz Peek / Fox News:

Trump is gaining black voters — that's terrible news for Democrats — Democrats are frantic. For decades, they have taken the black vote for granted. Today, there are signs that empty promises and radical leftist social policies are leaving black voters behind.