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4:25 PM ET, December 3, 2019

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Kamala Harris / Medium:
I am suspending my campaign today  —  Eleven months ago at the launch of our campaign in Oakland I told you all: “I am not perfect.  But I will always speak with decency and moral clarity and treat all people with dignity and respect.  I will lead with integrity.  I will speak the truth.”
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Kamala Harris cancels big-money fundraiser at New York law firm amid reports of campaign turmoil  — The event was canceled due to what was described by the campaign as a “personal matter,” according to people familiar with the situation.  — An invitation shows that the fundraiser …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Good Riddance to Kamala Harris  —  Per Edward-Isaac Dovere, Kamala Harris is no longer running for president.  This is excellent, welcome news — the cause for celebration.  Good riddance!  May Harris's failed attempt to find higher office destroy her career and sully her reputation for all time.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Federalist
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘One of the hardest decisions of my life’: Kamala Harris ends once-promising campaign  —  Kamala Harris is ending her presidential campaign after months of failing to lift her candidacy from the bottom of the field — a premature departure for a California senator once heralded as a top-tier contender for the nomination.
Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Sen. Kamala D. Harris is ending presidential bid  —  Sen. Kamala D. Harris of California is ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to multiple people with knowledge of the campaign's plans.  —  Harris had qualified for the December debate but was in single digits in both national and early-state polls.
YouTube:   Expose  —  Kamala Harris exposes Republicans - leaving them unable …
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump abused power of presidency, Dems conclude in impeachment report  —  President Donald Trump abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rivals, House Democrats concluded in a highly anticipated report released Tuesday.
Discussion: Fox News, NBC News and The Hill
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New York Times:
Impeachment Report Says Trump Solicited Foreign Election Interference  —  The House Intelligence Committee concluded that President Trump tried to “use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election.”  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday released …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:   Impeachment Investigators Got Rudy Giuliani's Phone Records—And They're Quite Revealing
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Devin Nunes Sues CNN For Defamation Following False Vienna Collusion Story
NBC News:
Democrats' impeachment report cites Trump obstruction and withholding aid, warns of ‘grave harm’
Discussion: MSNBC
Zachary Basu / Axios:   Call records show Devin Nunes in contact with indicted Giuliani associate
CNBC:
Trump loses appeal to block Deutsche Bank, Capital One from handing his financial records to Congress  — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Deutsche Bank and Capital One can hand over years of President Donald Trump's financial records in compliance with House Democrats' subpoenas.
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David Enrich / New York Times:
Trump Loses Appeal on Deutsche Bank Subpoenas  —  A federal court ruling is a victory for House Democrats who are investigating President Trump's relationship with the German bank.  —  A federal appeals court said Tuesday that Deutsche Bank must turn over detailed documents …
Discussion: National Review, CNN and Gothamist
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: A December curveball?
Axios:   Appeals court orders Trump's banks to turn financial records over to Congress
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump loses appeal to block Deutsche Bank, Capital One from handing over his financial records to Congress
Washington Post:
Barr doesn't accept key inspector general finding about FBI's Russia investigation  —  Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice Department's inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report — that the FBI had enough information …
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Washington Post:   The Mueller Report Illustrated: Chapter 1
Washington Post:
Mueller Report Illustrated
Discussion: Sean Hannity
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
Trump says he doesn't know Britain's Prince Andrew.  They had a breakfast meeting in June.  —  LONDON — President Trump said at a news conference on Tuesday that he “doesn't know” Britain's Prince Andrew, despite photos of the two taking a walk side by side in June, smiling at Westminster Abbey during …
Discussion: SPIN
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Denies Knowing Prince Andrew, Despite Numerous Photos of Them Together
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Beast and VICE
Iliana Magra / New York Times:
'I Don't Know Prince Andrew,' Trump Says. Photos Say Otherwise.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Frank Thorp V / NBC News:
State Dept. undersecretary: ‘I am not’ aware of any efforts by Ukraine to meddle in 2016 election  —  Senior State Department official David Hale said Tuesday that he didn't know of any evidence that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election.  —  Asked at a Senate Foreign Relations hearing whether …
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CNN:
Graham says he's ‘1,000% confident’ Russia meddled in 2016 US election — not Ukraine
Discussion: Political Wire
NBC News:
State Dept. undersecretary counters GOP claims Ukraine meddled in 2016
Discussion: Washington Post, Law & Crime and MSNBC
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine Knew of Aid Freeze in July, Says Ex-Top Official in Kyiv  —  Ukraine's government learned of the military aid freeze during the Trump administration's pressure campaign — and tried to keep that knowledge from going public, says an ex-deputy foreign minister.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How both parties are thinking about impeachment's next phase
Discussion: Washington Post, Esquire, Breitbart and CNBC
Julia Ioffe / GQ:
Trump Is Waging War on America's Diplomats  —  And the impeachment inquiry is only making things worse.  With new figures and fresh horror stories, Julia Ioffe reports on how the president is politicizing our embassies, alienating our allies, and decimating the ranks of the foreign service.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Rep. Hunter enters plea in federal campaign finance case, telling judge, ‘Guilty’  —  Admission comes after East County Republican accused prosecutors of engaging in political witch hunt  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter, the Republican congressman and former U.S. Marine who with his namesake father …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter pleads guilty to misusing campaign funds: ‘I made mistakes’
Discussion: Associated Press and Law & Crime
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg blows up his strategy to win black voters  —  ALLENDALE, S.C. — When Pete Buttigieg goes to Iowa or New Hampshire, he's a Democratic presidential frontrunner who packs campaign venues.  But when Buttigieg goes to South Carolina, he's far from the top — and his campaign is shaking …
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New York Times:
China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West  —  Beijing's pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent.  —  TUMXUK, China — In a dusty city in the Xinjiang region on China's western frontier, the authorities are testing the rules of science.
Politico:
Now playing in London: The Donald and Emmanuel Show  —  LONDON — It was a verbal version of their infamous handshake wrestle: Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron locked in an epic blab-fest — more than 40 minutes of mansplaining, rhetorical jousting, glares, glowers, shrugs, smirks and smiles.
Discussion: Associated Press and Axios
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Washington Post:
Trump calls French president's criticism of NATO ‘nasty’ and ‘disrespectful’
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Raw Story and Fox News
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Laura Ingraham Still Charging Fans for a Podcast That Apparently No Longer Exists  —  The Fox News star left radio for a podcast.  And now that's quietly been ditched as well.  But fans can still pay $49.95 per year for commercial-free access to it.  —  Before hosting a Fox News primetime show …
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris White / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton was Jeffrey Epstein's closest ‘celebrity mate’ and a frequent guest at his New Mexico ranch with wife Hillary, staying at the pedophile's cowboy-themed village, say estate workers  — Bill and Hillary Clinton would stay at Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch frequently …
Discussion: Big League Politics
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Laughable new GOP report: Yes, Trump did it.  But his motives were pure!  —  Boiled down to its essence, the Ukraine scandal is really a tale about a president who has subverted the interests of the nation to his own by putting our foreign policy at the disposal of his naked personal and political needs.
 
 
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Quietly recruiting megadonors, Pompeo eyes a massive Senate campaign war chest
MSNBC:
Day 1,047: House Intel is about to publicly release Trump impeachment report
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders' Massachusetts state director is out
Discussion: The Hill
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
'It Just Isn't Working': PISA Test Scores Cast Doubt on U.S. Education Efforts
Discussion: The Locker Room, Slate and The Hill
Emily Jashinsky / The Federalist:
Conservative Media Isn't ‘Stoking’ The Culture War, It's The Left
Emily Douglas / The Nation:
The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era
Andy Ngo / The Post Millennial:
Andy Ngo responds: Twitter punishes you for telling the truth
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
‘Incapable of being gracious’: De Blasio fumes over Bloomberg bid
Discussion: The Hill, Althouse and ABC News
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Are Liberals Against Marriage?  —  Debating the decline of wedlock …
Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
Silicon Valley giants accused of avoiding over $100 billion in taxes over the last decade
Discussion: Breitbart
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America's Red State Death Trip
Derek Hunter / Townhall:
What Happened To Drudge?
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Betrayal of Volodymyr Zelensky
Discussion: KyivPost
 

 
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Richard Deitsch / New York Times:
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”

 
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