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8:25 PM ET, December 15, 2019

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Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
Freshman Democrats push for Amash as impeachment manager  —  A private campaign is underway to draft Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) as an impeachment manager in the Senate trial of President Trump, a bid to diversify House Democrats' appeal to voters with a rare conservative voice.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Schumer's opening pitch for the Senate impeachment trial  —  On Sunday night, Chuck Schumer made his opening bid to Mitch McConnell in the two leaders' negotiations over the Senate impeachment trial.  —  Driving the news: Schumer has sent a letter to McConnell in which he asks the Republican leader …
Discussion: CNN, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
emptywheel:
Why Justin Amash Should Be an Impeachment Manager  —  I'm sitting about six blocks from one of Gerald Ford's childhood homes.  That means I live in a city with an outsized role in America's history with impeachment.  Since the time I've lived in this city, our Federal Building added a sign reading …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Dems ask that Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton testify at impeachment trial  —  Chuck Schumer has made his opening offer to Mitch McConnell about the impending Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.  And the Democratic leader is driving a hard bargain.
Discussion: Raw Story
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump's Senate trial is rigged, but a Watergate hero has an idea for saving impeachment  —  After feeding page after page of the U.S. Constitution into a paper shredder as he denied America's first black president his right to even a hearing on his Supreme Court pick while holding …
Discussion: Vox, CBS News and NBC News
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Schumer proposes Bolton, Mulvaney testify in Senate impeachment trial  —  The Senate Minority Leader sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Sunday laying out the proposed outlines of impeachment proceedings for President Donald Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader …
The Bulwark:   How A Small Group of Senators Can Shape the Impeachment Trial and Vindicate the Constitutional Order
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Don't worry, Sen. Graham. No one thought you'd be fair.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Republicans aim to avoid war with White House over impeachment strategy
Discussion: Axios and One America News Network
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Schiff: I ‘hope to hell’ I'd impeach Obama if he did the same as Trump
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Top Senate Democrat calls for testimony from Mulvaney, Bolton in a proposal to GOP on parameters …
Discussion: Axios and Slate
CBS News:
Transcript: Sen. Lindsey Graham on “Face the Nation,” December 15, 2019
Discussion: ABC News, Althouse and Hullabaloo
Associated Press:   Democrats seek Bolton, Mulvaney for impeachment trial
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump job approval ticks up, views on impeachment steady  —  Weeks of congressional hearings and debate have failed to move the electorate on impeachment, according to the latest Fox News Poll.  At the same time, approval of President Trump's job performance has climbed three points.
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William Cummings / USA Today:
Trump trails all top Democrats, half of voters favor impeachment, Fox News poll says  —  About half of registered voters say that President Donald Trump should be removed from office and that if he survives the impeachment effort, he'll have a tough time beating the Democratic candidate in the 2020 election …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Fox News and DNyuz
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Trump goes after Pelosi's teeth as the House gears up for impeachment vote
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Breitbart
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
Fox News Poll: 54 Percent of Americans Say Trump Should Be Impeached
David Edwards / Raw Story:   Support for impeachment climbs to 54 percent in Fox News poll after Trump pitches fit over previous poll
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden still leads Democratic race as Warren drops
Discussion: CNN
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Americans remain divided on impeachment
Discussion: The Hill
Rebecca Rosenberg / Page Six:
Harvey Weinstein: I deserve pat on back when it comes to women  —  More than 80 women have accused him of sex assault or harassment — but for Harvey Weinstein, it's still all about himself.  —  The alleged serial sex predator and disgraced Hollywood producer whined to The Post …
Stephanie Farr / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
West Point investigating hand symbol with possible links to white power used by cadets during Army-Navy game  —  West Point is investigating a hand gesture made by several cadets and midshipmen during an ESPN pre-game broadcast at the Army-Navy game Saturday after clips of the signals went viral …
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Military investigates possible white power signs flashed by students during Army-Navy telecast
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
GOP's Toomey says USMCA agreement diminishes free trade  —  The Republican calls deal with Congressional Democrats a “complete capitulation.”  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., warned his fellow Republicans Sunday that the bipartisan replacement to the North American Free Trade Agreement represents …
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Emma Newburger / CNBC:   US trade representative says phase-one trade deal is ‘totally done’ and will double exports to China in two years
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Staff exodus in Van Drew office after party switch  —  Five senior aides to Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey resigned on Sunday as the lawmaker formally prepared to switch parties, stating they were “deeply saddened and disappointed by his decision.”  —  The aides in Van Drew's Washington office wrote …
Wall Street Journal:
Boeing Weighs Cutting or Halting 737 MAX Production  —  Management of aerospace giant sees an output pause as most viable option, as fleet grounding stretches into 2020  —  Boeing Co. BA -1.33% is considering either halting or further cutting production of the 737 MAX amid growing uncertainty …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
What Does Tucker Carlson Believe?  —  Tucker Carlson does not think he is an “especially” good person.  He knows he can “get mad” and “make a mistake,” that he can “overstate” things as a result of getting “caught up” in his own rhetoric.  He also knows he can sometimes get “self-righteous …
Discussion: Big League Politics and Mediaite
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The only principle Republicans have left is partisanship  —  I come before you, my friends, to defend Republicans against charges that they are unprincipled, two-faced hypocrites.  —  Pointy-headed coastal elitists, with all sorts of useless book learning that real Americans don't need …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Boris Johnson to pass anti-BDS law, official says  —  “Antisemitism an attack on the British way of life and British identity.  WIthout our Jewish citizens we would be a lesser nation,” he said.  —  The new Conservative government in the UK will pass a law making it illegal for public bodies …
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World  —  Software start-ups have a phrase for what Amazon is doing to them: ‘strip-mining’ them of their innovations.  —  SEATTLE — Elastic, a software start-up in Amsterdam, was rapidly building its business and had grown to 100 employees.
Discussion: Scripting News
 
 
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ABC News:
Bloomberg's sexist remarks fostered company culture that degraded women, lawsuits allege
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
Lindsey Graham's Democratic Challenger Nearly Tied in Heavily-Republican South Carolina, Poll Shows
Discussion: DNyuz
Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal:
Why North Korea Might Wait Things Out With U.S.
The Guardian:
Boris Johnson threatens BBC with two-pronged attack
Nick Reisman / NY State of Politics:
NY-19: Delgado To Back Both Impeachment Articles
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Rand Paul fears impeachment will ‘dumb down and destroy the country’
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Fed's Control Over Rates Tested by Growing U.S. Budget Deficits
Carolyn Lange / Twin Cities:
MN Democrat Collin Peterson says he won't vote for impeachment ‘unless they come up with something’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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The Year Women Got ‘Horny’
Discussion: Althouse
Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
Her death, our fears and our city: How reactions to the killing of Tessa Majors echo 30 years ago …
Los Angeles Times:
Scuffles break out in Glendale as Rep. Adam Schiff speaks at Armenian genocide event
Discussion: Townhall, The Hill and Hullabaloo
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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