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5:20 PM ET, December 17, 2019

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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Trump sends scorching letter to Pelosi ahead of House impeachment vote  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump sent a letter on Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, excoriating the House Democrats' pursuit of an impeachment inquiry just a day before the full House is set to vote.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Denounces ‘Partisan Impeachment Crusade’ on Eve of House Vote  —  In an irate, six-page letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Trump denounced the impeachment inquiry in scathing terms, asserting that he had done nothing wrong and that Democrats would pay a political price in 2020.
Caitlin Andrews / Bangor Daily News:
Jared Golden will vote with Democrats on one Trump impeachment article, not the other  —  AUGUSTA, Maine — U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's 2nd District said Tuesday he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump for abusing the power of his office, but not on a second impeachment that charges …
Discussion: Washington Post
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   Trump Writes Insane Letter to Pelosi Showing Why He's Unfit For Office
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump savages impeachment proceedings in letter to Pelosi
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Axios:
Trump sends letter to Pelosi railing against impeachment
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and The Hill
CNN:
READ: Trump letter to House Dems protests impeachment in ‘strongest’ terms
Discussion: KSLTV.com and Althouse
New York Times:   Read Trump's Letter to Pelosi Protesting Impeachment
Reuters:
Associate of Rudy Giuliani received $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch -prosecutor  —  U.S. prosecutors said in court on Tuesday that Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, received a $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Giuliani Provides Details of What Trump Knew About Ambassador's Removal  —  Rudolph Giuliani said in an interview that he briefed the president “a couple of times” about Marie Yovanovitch, the envoy to Ukraine, setting her recall in motion.  —  WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani said on Monday …
Erica Orden / CNN:   Judge won't jail indicted Giuliani associate pending trial
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
“I forced her out”: Giuliani goes on Fox News and admits he's much more than Trump's lawyer
Reuters:
Giuliani associate received $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch's lawyer: prosecutor
Discussion: Mother Jones
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US envoy in Ukraine set to leave after impeachment testimony
Discussion: New York Times and Axios
NBC News:
Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas can stay free on bail after prosecutors argue he hid money
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Sen. Susan Collins during 1999 impeachment: ‘I need witnesses ... to get to the truth’  —  Now that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has flatly refused Democratic demands for witnesses to testify at President Trump's impeachment trial, it could create an uncomfortable situation …
Discussion: Bloomberg, DSCC and Associated Press
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Susan Collins and Joni Ernst reveal weakness of Trump defense
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Impeachment live updates: Trump excoriates Pelosi and Democrats in letter to House speaker …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
McConnell Suggests Senate Will Move to Dismiss Impeachment After Opening Arguments
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
We Are Republicans, and We Want Trump Defeated  —  The president and his enablers have replaced conservatism with an empty faith led by a bogus prophet.  —  The authors have worked for and supported Republican campaigns.  —  Patriotism and the survival of our nation in the face of the crimes …
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Secret FISA Court issues highly unusual public rebuke of FBI for mistakes  —  The criticism comes after a report by the DOJ inspector general that found “so many basic and fundamental errors.”  —  WASHINGTON — The secret court that approves orders to conduct surveillance on suspected foreign terrorists …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:   Surveillance court demands answers from FBI for errors, omissions in Trump campaign investigation
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Orders F.B.I. to Fix National Security Wiretaps After Damning Report
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Zachary Evans / National Review:   FISA Court Issues Rare Public Order Condemning FBI for Russia Probe Abuses and Demanding Reforms
ABC News:
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort hospitalized for cardiac event: Sources  —  Manafort is slated to be released from prison Christmas Day 2024.  —  President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been hospitalized for a cardiac event while serving …
BBC:
Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress  —  President Trump has said he does not consider the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 to be a genocide, contradicting a unanimous vote by the US Senate.  —  The historic vote last week incensed Turkey …
Discussion: Mediaite and Twitchy
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Jeff Van Drew Was ‘Almost Obsessively Anti-Trump’ Before He Considered Joining His Party  —  Democrats heard the New Jersey freshman call President Trump crazy and unfit to be commander-in-chief.  —  For months, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a freshman Democrat from New Jersey …
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Politico:   Rep. Jeff Van Drew says Democratic staff had no choice but to quit
Joan Walsh / The Nation:   Democrats Aren't Forcing Jeff Van Drew to Join the GOP
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Adam Driver Walks Out of NPR ‘Fresh Air’ Interview Over ‘Marriage Story’ Clip  —  The star actor allegedly left after expressing displeasure with listening to a clip of his own acting—a fear Driver has repeatedly voiced in the past.  —  In the midst of promoting three of his latest starring turns …
Wall Street Journal:
Peter Thiel at Center of Facebook's Internal Divisions on Politics  —  Billionaire investor thinks political-ad policy shouldn't change; some directors and executives disagree  —  Facebook Inc. FB 1.96% 's senior leadership is increasingly divided over how to address criticism of the company's effect …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Trump's calls to stop impeachment: ‘The President is not a lawyer’  —  The reasons behind RBG's most recent hospitalizations  —  Washington (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday weighed in on President Donald Trump's assertion that the impeachment proceedings …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Maxine Wally / WWD:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Talks President Trump Impeachment, Women's Rights
Discussion: Althouse and Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Family emergency sidelines Jerry Nadler day before expected impeachment vote  —  Nadler is expected to return to Washington late Tuesday or early Wednesday.  —  House Judiciary Jerry Nadler on Friday.  Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool  —  House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler …
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
‘Vile and disturbing’: Army unit marks Battle of the Bulge with picture of Nazi war criminal who massacred Americans  —  On the 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's final major push in World War II, a U.S. Army unit shared a tribute to the “greatest battle in American history” …
Washington Post:
Rick Gates sentenced to 45 days in jail, 3 years probation for conspiracy and lying to FBI in Mueller probe  —  BREAKING: Rick Gates was sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years probation for conspiracy and lying to the FBI.  The jail time can be served over weekends or on a schedule developed in agreement with federal officials.
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Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard calls for President Trump's censure  —  She remains undecided on impeachment on eve of House vote.  —  Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is calling for President Donald Trump's censure on the eve a full House vote Wednesday on the articles of impeachment.
Maya Kosoff / GEN:
The Human Toll of the 2019 Media Apocalypse  —  More than 3,000 journalists lost their jobs this year.  These are some of their stories.  —  eing a journalist in 2019 meant working under the gun.  In January, over a thousand journalists lost their jobs as layoffs hit Gannett, BuzzFeed, AOL, and HuffPost.
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
He was sexually abusing underage girls.  Then, police said, one of them killed him. … KENOSHA, Wis. — Metal cuffs strained against her ankles as she shuffled down the courthouse hallway.  She passed her mother, who had grown used to seeing her teen daughter in a jail uniform.
Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Rep. Anthony Brindisi will vote to impeach President Trump (Exclusive)  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi says he plans to vote Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump after concluding the president abused the power of his office and obstructed Congress.
 
 
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Andrea Mitchell / MSNBC:
Fmr. FBI, CIA Director Webster ‘shocked’ to hear Trump call FBI ‘scum.’
Discussion: The Hill
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Half of active-duty service members are unhappy with Trump, new Military Times poll shows
Discussion: Raw Story
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Biden campaign releases his medical history
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Stacy Fernández / The Texas Tribune:
Midland County officials just found a missing ballot box.  It may change the result of a $569 million bond election.
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump's approval rating is more stable than any president in the history of polling
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Democrats repeat failed history with mad dash to impeach Donald Trump
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Susan Collins to announce reelection plans this week
Anti-Defamation League:
Center on Extremism Uncovers More Disturbing Details of Jersey City Shooter's Extremist Ideology
 Earlier Items: 
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump Will Be Impeached but Trumpism Will Fuck Us Forever
Discussion: Raw Story
Megh Wright / Vulture:
The True Story Behind the Viral ‘Moves Like Bloomberg’ Video
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
American democracy's Senate problem, explained
Discussion: Mother Jones
Kate Krader / Bloomberg:
Washington Is the Most Exciting Food City in America
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Laughing Through the Trump Era
Nathan Hodge / CNN:
Maria Butina, convicted of being a foreign agent in the US, will host Russian state-funded TV show
Discussion: New York Post
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Forever  —  The four reasons why Republicans won't turn on Trump, no matter what.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The New York Times's political coverage has completely imploded at the worst possible time
Discussion: New Republic and Daily Kos
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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