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9:15 AM ET, December 17, 2019

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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
On Tuesday, March for Impeachment  —  The anti-Trump majority needs to make itself seen.  —  Brian Kilmeade — the dark-haired guy on “Fox & Friends,” Fox News's morning show — was surprised.  During the program on Monday, a correspondent reported that a Fox News poll showed that 50 percent …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Redstate, Raw Story and CNN
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CNN:
CNN Poll: The nation remains divided on impeachment as House vote approaches  —  (CNN)The American public is about evenly split over whether President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, with the House of Representatives poised …
Washington Post:
Americans locked in partisan stalemate on removing Trump from office, Post-ABC poll finds  —  As the House prepares to vote on two articles of impeachment against President Trump, Americans remain both deeply divided and locked into their positions over which course lawmakers should pursue, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Discussion: Hartford Courant
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Moderate Dems take a leap on impeachment
Discussion: DNyuz
Gary Langer / ABC News:   Most expect fair trial for Trump; 7 in 10 say let aides testify (POLL)
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
McSally 'hasn't been convinced' Trump should be impeached  —  PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Sen. Martha McSally has not been convinced that President Donald Trump should be removed from office, her campaign manager said Monday after a recording surfaced of her suggesting to GOP activists that the president hadn't abused his power.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
How far can the House go to stop a sham trial?  —  I am hardly alone in noticing that between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's “total coordination” with the White House and Republican Sen. Lindsey O. Graham's expression of open contempt for impeachment (I will NOT be fair!) …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   McConnell takes heat from all sides on impeachment
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Impeachment moves to Senate. Get ready for a scramble — and a January surprise
Washington Post:   Centrist Democrats line up behind impeachment
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:   Seth Meyers Goes Off on Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham for ‘Rigging’ Trump Impeachment Trial
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 …
Discussion: Axios, Daily Kos, IJR and Raw Story
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A small group of President Donald Trump's fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the president's own chief adviser, is launching a super PAC designed to fight Trump's reelection and punish congressional Republicans deemed his “enablers.”
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
CNBC:
Vox Media to cut hundreds of freelance jobs ahead of changes in California gig economy laws  — Hundreds of Vox Media freelancers will lose their jobs in the coming months.  — Vox Media is preparing for a California law, Assembly Bill 5, which goes into effect in 2020 and forbids non-employees …
Medium:
HISTORIANS' STATEMENT ON THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP  —  President Trump's numerous and flagrant abuses of power are precisely what the Framers had in mind as grounds for impeaching and removing a president.  Among those most hurtful to the Constitution have been his attempts to coerce …
Washington Post:
Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower alleges  —  A former investment manager alleges in a whistleblower complaint to the Internal Revenue Service that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has amassed about $100 billion …
USA Today:
USA TODAY Poll: Impeached or not, Trump leads his Democratic rivals for another term  —  Susan Page William Cummings Nicholas WuUSA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, the first modern president to face impeachment during his first term in the White House, now leads …
Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
GOP State Senator Rebukes Trump, Declares ‘Republicans All Over the Country’ Want President Impeached  —  GOP Nebraska state Senator John McCollister this week fired back at President Donald Trump's assertion that the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry is a hoax by asserting that …
Discussion: The Hill
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Forever  —  The four reasons why Republicans won't turn on Trump, no matter what.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sebastian Smith / Agence France-Presse:   Impeachment hurts but Teflon Trump thrives
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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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump invokes Kavanaugh to fight impeachment
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Strict Vaccine Law Stumbles in N.J. Legislature  —  There were not enough votes in the State Senate to end religious exemptions to vaccine requirements for all students.  —  The New Jersey Legislature, seemingly on the verge of passing one of the strictest vaccine laws in the nation on Monday …
Discussion: New Jersey Online, The Hill and DNyuz
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers Reach Late and Narrow Tax-Break Deal  —  Biodiesel, railroad, alcohol breaks extended as larger agreement proves elusive  —  WASHINGTON—Congressional leaders struck a tax-policy deal late Monday, capping a long weekend of negotiations with an agreement that will extend lapsed …
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:   The Tax Break for Children, Except the Ones Who Need It Most
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Charles Homans / New York Times:
How the Internet Came to Loathe Pete Buttigieg  —  Last month, after polls showed Pete Buttigieg vaulting unexpectedly to the lead in Iowa's Democratic caucus, he aired an ad introducing his plan for higher-education reform: a proposal to make public-college tuition free for households earning …
Washington Post:
Michael Flynn's sentencing set for Jan. 28 after judge rejects his attacks on the FBI, Justice Department  —  A federal judge on Monday rejected Michael Flynn's attacks against the FBI and the Justice Department, setting a long-delayed sentencing for President Trump's former national security adviser for Jan. 28.
Discussion: Raw Story
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Liquor Taxes Could Go Up 400%, Thanks to Congressional Dysfunction  —  A temporary cut in federal taxes on alcohol fueled the growth of American distilleries, but its expiration threatens their demise.  —  The last two years have been good ones for Lyon Distilling.
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
IG Report Undercuts Credibility of Impeachment Manager Nadler  —  Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the House Judiciary Committee chairman who has drawn up articles of impeachment accusing President Trump of abusing his power, last year falsely accused a Trump campaign aide of being a Russian spy …
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
The real reasons the US government is so secretive about UFOs  —  Two years ago Sunday, the New York Times broke the stunning story of a secret Pentagon program to study unidentified flying objects.  That story led me to delve into this strange world.  I've learned some interesting stuff about UFOs …
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Screenplay About Barron Trump Sabotaging Dad's 2016 Presidential Campaign Makes Annual Black List  —  Barron Trump could be coming to the big screen soon, in a wild scripted ride that imagines President Donald Trump's 10-year-old son attempting to thwart his presidential ambitions.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
On the Trail: The decade of division  —  Ten years ago, President Barack Obama took the oath of office under what he warned were “gathering clouds and raging storms.”  The nation faced a growing economic crisis, unending wars abroad and an uncertain future.
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
SC's U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham to vote in favor of impeaching Trump  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham said Monday he plans to vote in favor of both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, concluding after weeks of deliberation that Trump's conduct was “unacceptable.”
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Lessons From the Tory Landslide  —  A vindication for the Burkean idea that nationalism can advance liberalism.  —  Last week's U.K. general election revealed two political dynamics that the rest of the world should study closely.  —  The first is very old: Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.
Discussion: Financial Times
Stamford Advocate:
A tweet gave a journalist a seizure.  His case brings new meaning to the idea of ‘online assault.’  —  Kurt Eichenwald sat down at the desk in his Dallas home office and logged onto Twitter.  The prominent journalist and author was used to Internet invective - especially then …
Politico:
How Chao's team helped McConnell's state win its largest DOT grant  —  Top government watchdog raised “red flag” over decision-making process.  —  Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao is joined by regional officials to tout a major federal grant.  Cheri Lawson/WEKU
Discussion: Raw Story
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland endorses Biden for president  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has endorsed Joe Biden for president, delivering important support from the state's industrial working class regions while highlighting some of the former vice president's potential challenges in the state.
Discussion: The Hill
Australian / Daily Mail:
Assange is currently being held at Belmarsh prison (pictured above) which has housed some of the UK's most notorious prisoners  —  The WikiLeaks founder is set to fight extradition to the US, where he faces 18 charges, including conspiring to commit computer intrusion.
 
 
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Vulnerable House Democrats Announce Support For Impeaching Trump
Christine Stapleton / Palm Beach Post:
Trump in Palm Beach: President expected to be here for the holidays
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The New York Times's political coverage has completely imploded at the worst possible time
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
The fate of L.A.'s Democratic presidential debate hinges on a bargaining session
Carli Teproff / Miami Herald:
Sheriff who allowed Jeffrey Epstein liberal work release privileges pulls plug on program
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Secretary Esper Holds an In-Flight Media Availability
Discussion: Bloomberg
Omri Nahmias / Jerusalem Post:
Pompeo slams Democrats' settlement fixation, calls claims foolish
 Earlier Items: 
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Barack Obama Says Women Could Solve Many Of World's Problems — Which Men Have Caused
Discussion: IJR
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
'Don't threaten me': Court records show Elizabeth Warren turned down lucrative job after hearing from consumer group
New York Times:
There Are Economic Warning Signs for Trump in the Midwest
Vincent Wood / The Independent:
Erdogan threatens to recognise killings of Native Americans as genocide in response to Armenia resolution
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders surges ahead of Iowa caucuses
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Politico
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
For party switch, Rep. NJ Jeff Van Drew owes voters an apology — and individual donors their money back
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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