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8:30 AM ET, December 1, 2019

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Why the Democratic nominee might ultimately be chosen at the July convention  —  Democrats say a very realistic scenario now calls for Pete Buttigieg to win Iowa, Elizabeth Warren to win New Hampshire, Joe Biden to win South Carolina and Bernie Sanders to win Nevada.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Case for Bernie  —  The Democrats need a unifier.  It could be the Vermont Socialist.  —  The Democratic Party needs a nominee, but right now it has a train wreck instead.  The front-runner seems too old for the job and is poised to lose the first two primary season contests.
Discussion: Fox News and Outside the Beltway
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Democratic presidential campaign has produced confusion rather than clarity  —  The Democratic presidential candidates have been on the campaign trail for nearly a year.  Confusion rather than clarity continues to be the story of their contest for the 2020 nomination.
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Joe Biden munches wife Jill's finger at Iowa campaign stop  —  She must have looked good enough to eat.  —  A jovial Joe Biden nipped his wife Jill's finger onstage Saturday at a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, as she introduced him at the first stop of an eight-day, 800-mile road trip through the first-to-caucus state.
Discussion: Twitchy
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Intelligence Committee to begin circulating draft Ukraine report Monday  —  Members of the House Intelligence Committee will begin reviewing a report Monday on the panel's investigation of President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his Democratic adversaries …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Committee to meet Tuesday to approve release of Ukraine report
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Liberty University opens Falkirk Center to fight attacks on Jesus, Constitution  —  Growing concerns in conservative circles that liberals are trying to convert young Christians into socialists by distorting the Bible and U.S. Constitution have prompted Virginia's Liberty University to form …
Reuters:
UK Labour's Corbyn: Convicted terrorists should ‘not necessarily’ serve full sentences  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Convicted terrorists should “not necessarily” serve their full prison terms, the leader of Britain's main opposition Labour party said on Sunday, after a man freed early from a terrorism sentence killed two people in London.
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Newsweek fires reporter who published inaccurate story on Trump's Thanksgiving Day plans  —  The Newsweek reporter who published an inaccurate story about President Trump's Thanksgiving Day plans has been fired.  The outlet's original story claimed the president only planned on tweeting …
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New York Times:
Trump's Intervention in SEALs Case Tests Pentagon's Tolerance  —  Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher's case pits a Pentagon hierarchy committed to enforcing longstanding rules of combat against a commander in chief with no military experience but a finely honed sense of grievance against authority.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Coles / Mirror.co.uk:
London Bridge terrorist ‘preached with ISIS flags after being bullied at school’  —  Usman Khan's former classmate said he became a recluse with only one friend at school - but just a year later preached about his hate ideologies on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump has surrounded himself with ‘failsons’ starting with ‘dimwitted’ Don Trump Jr. and Kushner: columnist  —  In a biting piece for the Daily Beast, acerbic columnist Molly Jong-Fast accuses Donald Trump of stocking his administrations with “failsons” — which she described as …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Simon Sebag Montefiore / The Guardian:
This antisemitism poisons any good Labour might do  —  It is possible to criticise Israel without being antisemitic but Corbynists are obsessed with the country's destruction  —  Last week Jeremy Corbyn made history in all the wrong ways.  Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attacked him for racism.
Aaron Reich / Jerusalem Post:
Senior London rabbi brutally attacked by antisemitic teenagers  —  According to reports, the two teenagers allegedly shouted “Kill Jews” and “F*** Jews” while beating the victim.  —  A rabbi in the Amhurst Park area of Stamford Hill, London was attacked by two unidentified teenagers and left bleeding on the ground over Shabbat.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
German government in doubt after shock SPD vote  —  BERLIN — German politics were thrust into disarray late Saturday after a surprise decision by the Social Democrats (SPD) to elect a leadership duo that has expressed deep reservations over the party's participation in Angela Merkel's government.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
The job no GOP senator wants: 'I'd rather have a root canal'  —  A prime chairmanship is poised to come open in the Senate next year.  The problem?  No GOP senators seem to want it.  —  Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) is set to retire in approximately a month, creating an opening atop …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McConnell once called Biden ‘a real friend’ and a ‘trusted partner.’ Now he's quiet as Trump, GOP attack him.  —  Three years ago, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell paid tribute to a former colleague in the most personal of ways.  Leading off tributes from the Senate floor …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ella Nilsen / Vox:
House Democrats have passed nearly 400 bills. Trump and Republicans are ignoring them.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
John Kerry Launches Star-Studded Climate Coalition
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Ahead of a Chicago rally, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren gets endorsement from Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Why Progressive Candidates Should Invoke Conservative Values
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Teacher Fired After Asking Trump to ‘Remove’ Immigrants Wins Her Appeal
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Bloomberg has already gotten the attention that most of the 2020 field has been desperate for
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Lauren Zanolli / The Guardian:
Whistleblower in New Orleans hotel collapse is deported to Honduras
Discussion: Fox News
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Rick Perry dances toward the exits
Grace Segers / CBS News:
Pelosi to lead delegation to climate summit amid U.S. withdrawal from Paris climate deal
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