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10:25 PM ET, December 8, 2019

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New York Times:
With White House Absent, Impeachment Devolves Into Partisan Brawl  —  President Trump is refusing to engage and Democrats have concluded they will press ahead anyway, rendering a historic undertaking little more than a foregone conclusion.  —  WASHINGTON — Almost from the moment …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Eight Counts of Impeachment That Trump Deserves  —  The lessons from Nixon and Clinton.  —  During Watergate, the House Judiciary Committee considered five articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon — and voted down two of them.  During the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the House voted on four articles — and rejected two.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
What to expect this week as Democrats begin drafting articles of impeachment
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill and ABC News
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Saudi Linked to Florida Shooting Probed for Terrorism.  He Had Clashed with Instructor.  —  The F.B.I. said it was conducting a terrorism investigation into the shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, as new information emerged about the gunman's training at the facility.
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Washington Post:
Trump's defense of Saudis grows more isolated after deadly shooting on military base
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Following the Pensacola shooting, Trump auditions as Saudi Arabia's press secretary
Discussion: Axios, Politico, Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Washington Post: Barr told Trump he was not being well served by Giuliani  —  Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr counseled President Donald Trump that his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has become a liability for his administration, The Washington Post reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the conversations.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
How Giuliani and Barr set out to defend Trump  —  Amid President Donald Trump's years-long quest to undermine the Russia investigation and claim “total exoneration,” a tale of two lawyers has emerged.  —  The first — a former New York City mayor-turned fixer for various foreign potentates and …
Discussion: NBC News
Washington Post:
Inside Giuliani's dual roles: Power-broker-for-hire and shadow foreign policy adviser
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
The Indispensable Man: How Giuliani Led Trump to the Brink of Impeachment  —  Not so long ago, it seemed to Rudolph W. Giuliani that he would be presiding over a hefty part of the world.  —  Holding court a few nights after the 2016 election in a private cigar bar on Fifth Avenue …
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Keren Blankfeld / New York Times:
Lovers in Auschwitz, Reunited 72 Years Later.  He Had One Question.  —  Was she the reason he was alive today?  —  The first time he spoke to her, in 1943, by the Auschwitz crematory, David Wisnia realized that Helen Spitzer was no regular inmate.  Zippi, as she was known, was clean, always neat.
Erin Nyren / Variety:
René Auberjonois, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Boston Legal’ Actor, Dies at 79  —  René Auberjonois, best known for his roles in “Boston Legal” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” died at his home in Los Angeles due to metastatic lung cancer.  He was 79.  —  His son Rèmy-Luc confirmed the news to the Associated Press.
Discussion: UPI, Deadline and Boing Boing
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Andrew Dalton / Associated Press:
René Auberjonois, actor featured in ‘Star Trek’ and Altman films, dies at 79
Discussion: Mashable
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Warren says voters are ready for female ticket  —  1 of 4  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Elizabeth Warren said Sunday she believes Americans are ready for a presidential ticket with two women at the top, rejecting concerns from some Democrats that a woman can't beat President Donald Trump.
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Brandon Tensley / CNN:
Biden, ‘The Irishman’ and the enduring power of aging white men
Discussion: HuffPost, NPR and The Hill
Axios:
Biden on why he thinks he has more support from black voters than Mayor Pete
Discussion: The Hill
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Biden promises restrictions on Hunter, family if elected  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden, in an interview with “Axios on HBO,” promised to prohibit his son Hunter, and other family members, from cashing in on his name and position overseas if he wins the presidency.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Axios:   Biden: Stuttering not to blame for verbal screwups
Axios:
Biden says Warren on list of possible VPs
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Finland's Social Democrats name Marin to be youngest ever prime minister  —  HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's transportation minister Sanna Marin was selected by her Social Democratic party on Sunday to become the country's youngest prime minister ever, taking over after the resignation of Antti Rinne.
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Neil Murphy / Mirror.co.uk:   New Finland prime minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become youngest person to hold role
Jari Tanner / Associated Press:   Female minister, 34, tapped to become Finland's youngest PM
The Texas Tribune:
Pierce Bush to file for suburban Houston congressional seat  —  The grandson of the late President George H.W. Bush will enter an already crowded GOP primary for Texas' 22nd District.  —  The grandson of the late President George H.W. Bush, nonprofit executive Pierce Bush …
Washington Post:
Warren earned nearly $2 million working as a consultant for corporations and financial firms, records show  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) earned the income while she was a law professor at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and other schools, according to records her campaign released Sunday evening.
Washington Post:
Democrats leveraged Trump's fixation on Space Force to pursue parental-leave victory for federal workers  —  When Congress took up a must-pass defense bill earlier this year, President Trump saw it as a rare opportunity to win approval for Space Force — his proposed sixth branch of the military — ahead of the 2020 election.
Discussion: The Hill
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
A Farewell to Feministing and the Heyday of Feminist Blogging  —  Soon after Anna Holmes took on the job of building the website Jezebel, in 2007, she set it apart from established publications like Vogue and Elle with a post offering $10,000 to anyone who would send in the best unretouched version of a women's magazine cover photo.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It has come to this: Ted Cruz is Putin's stooge  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) has spent his entire adult life touting the West's defeat of communism in the Cold War.  In July 2014, he declared to a young conservative group, “'Mr. Putin, give back Crimea.' Why is it so unimaginable for President Obama to utter those words?”
Discussion: Raw Story
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: Booker is getting more money and attention.  But he's probably still not making the next debate.  —  In this edition: Cory Booker gets ready to miss the next debate, the Teamsters mostly like what they hear from Democrats in Iowa, and why a transparency fight broke out between Buttigieg and Warren.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:   Rosario Dawson Joins Her Love on the ‘Lead With Love’ Tour
Sesame Workshop:
Remembering Legendary Puppeteer Caroll Spinney  —  Caroll Spinney, the legendary puppeteer behind beloved Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died today, December 8th 2019, at age 85 at his home in Connecticut, after living with Dystonia for some time.
James MacPherson / Associated Press:
North Dakota county may become US's 1st to bar new refugees  —  1 of 2  —  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Reuben Panchol was forced to leave war-torn Sudan decades ago as a child, embarking on an odyssey that eventually brought him to the American Midwest and left him eternally grateful to the country that took him in.
Lauren Fruen / Daily Mail:
Fox and Friends host Pete Hegseth is ‘BANNED from Twitter’ after sharing anti-American ‘manifesto’ of Pensacola shooter Mohammed Alshamrani  — Alshamrani's social media, which was taken down after the attack, appeared to show a variety of anti-Israel postings and a quote from Osama bin Laden
 
 
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New York Times:
Barr Dives Into the Culture Wars, and Social Conservatives Rejoice
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren made $1.9 million from corporate and financial legal work
The Intercept:
At Glitzy GOP Fundraiser, Devin Nunes Dodges Questions About Contact With Lev Parnas
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Treasury's Monica Crowley on the Explosive Trump Economy Success: ‘Boom!’
 Earlier Items: 
Adam H. Domby / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley gets the history of the Confederate flag very wrong
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Emily Tillett / CBS News:
White House “working” on official visit between Trump and Russia's Lavrov, Robert O'Brien says
Yahoo News:
Meet the lawyer at the center of the Trump universe
The Boston Globe:
Tiny Dixville Notch may see its midnight tradition disappear
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
A Powerful Statement of Resistance from a College Student on Trial in Moscow
 

 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer

Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
Shares of South Korean entertainment companies related to Squid Game drop 20%+ following a less-than-perfect debut for the new season of the series on Netflix

 
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