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New York Times:
Read Trump's Letter to Pelosi Protesting Impeachment  —  President Trump sent a letter on Tuesday to Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressing his “most powerful protest” against the impeachment process.  The House is expected to vote on two articles of impeachment against Mr. Trump on Wednesday.
Discussion: Bad News and Raw Story
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Trump presents his own impeachment defense  —  On the eve of his likely impeachment, President Donald Trump has opted to act as his own defense lawyer.  —  In a six-page, stream-of-consciousness diatribe sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and released by the White House on Tuesday afternoon …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Writes Insane Letter to Pelosi Showing Why He's Unfit For Office  —  If you worked in print media, you became accustomed to receiving long, unhinged letters from agitated members of the general public.  Often these letters tied together facts, pseudo-facts, paranoid insinuations …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It is hard to capture how bizarre and frightening Trump's letter to Pelosi is  —  On the eve of his impeachment, a stain that obviously torments him more than his enablers have let on, President Trump issued a rambling, unhinged and lie-filled letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Fact check: Trump's wild letter to Pelosi is filled with false and misleading claims  —  Washington (CNN)It was on White House letterhead.  It read like a string of President Donald Trump's tweets.  —  And it was just as dishonest.  —  On Tuesday afternoon, Trump released a six-page letter …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Schiff says Pence's office may have purposefully misled panel about contents of his Zelensky call
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
New York Times:
Trump Wanted to Get Something Off His Chest, and in His Letter to Pelosi He Did
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:   Trump appears resilient as he faces the ‘very ugly word’ of impeachment
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's most expansive defense against impeachment is just as lame and dishonest as his tweets
Discussion: The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
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 …
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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Lindsey McPherson / Roll Call:
Jeff Van Who? Democrats slam Van Drew, talk Jersey justice for party flipper
Discussion: The Week
Politico:
Rep. Jeff Van Drew says Democratic staff had no choice but to quit
Discussion: Fox News and Wall Street Journal
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.
Discussion: IJR
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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 …
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
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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 …
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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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: Slate, Bloomberg, DSCC, CNN and Associated Press
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Washington Post:
House Democrats have enough votes to impeach Trump, according to a Post analysis
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Buttigieg omitted high-powered bundlers from disclosure  —  Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign omitted more than 20 high-level fundraisers from a list of top bundlers it disclosed last week.  —  The public list of bundlers, featuring more than 100 people who have raised at least $25,000 for Buttigieg …
Doha Madani / NBC News:
Possible mass grave from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre found by researchers  —  Experts in Oklahoma believe they found a mass grave site from the deadly race riots, recently recreated in HBO's “Watchmen.”  —  Experts at the University of Oklahoma believe they have found a possible mass grave site …
Discussion: KSLTV.com, Daily Kos and FOX2now.com
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DeNeen L. Brown / Washington Post:
In Tulsa, an investigation finds possible evidence of mass graves from 1921 race massacre
Discussion: The Root and Mother Jones
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Protesters Clamor for Trump's Impeachment on Eve of House Votes  —  A coalition of liberal groups that included MoveOn.org and Indivisible organized hundreds of rallies across the country.  —  From Boston Common to the French Quarter in New Orleans, a series of protests reverberated across …
Discussion: The Week
Ian Lovett / Wall Street Journal:
Rise in Anti-Semitic Incidents Goes Beyond Recent Violent Attacks  —  Incidents have jumped since 2016, with some Jews citing feelings of vulnerability not experienced for generations  —  The deadly attack in a New Jersey kosher market last week punctuated several years of growing …
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Melissa Malamut / New York Post:
Men are showing up to The Wing and women are pissed  —  Ladies, leave your man at home.  —  The Wing was supposed to be the ultimate sanctuary for women: decidedly feminine in design, with walls and furniture in shades of millennial pink and a thermometer set at a women's-clothing-friendly 72 degrees.
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Half of active-duty service members are unhappy with Trump, new Military Times poll shows … President Donald Trump received a loud ovation when he participated in the coin toss ahead of Saturday's Army-Navy football rivalry game in Philadelphia.  But troops' actual feelings about the commander …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Among the World's Most Dire Places: This California Homeless Camp  —  We spent three months documenting the conditions of one homeless camp in the wealthiest state.  Then we traveled to a slum in Mexico City for comparison.
Discussion: SFist
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump's campaign manager once again accidentally publishes poll showing Democrats are on track to keep the House  —  Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale tried to threaten Democrats off of impeachment by posting a private poll of the race for freshman Rep. Kendra Horn …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Fatigue?  Spare Me  —  Yep, he's exhausting.  And the nation's pundits owe us more than a plea for sympathy.  —  Mark Wilson/Getty Images  —  You can barely taste the opinion pages anymore without being drowned in the carping and moaning from the commentariat about how President …
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Trump slashed Puerto Rico's Medicaid money as part of budget deal  —  President Donald Trump intervened to cut the federal government's Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico as part of a larger government spending deal, according to four sources with knowledge of the discussions.
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Karol Sanchez, 16, Snatched Off Street as Mother Fought Kidnappers, Video Shows  —  She told police she had set up the kidnapping because of her “overprotective” mother, an official said.  —  The grainy black and white video showed a nightmarish scene in the Bronx.
Discussion: New York Post, Fox News, The Root and CNN
The Boston Globe:
In Boston and Cambridge, crowds call for Trump's impeachment  —  Droves of people calling for the impeachment of President Trump and his removal from office demonstrated in Greater Boston Tuesday, a day before federal lawmakers are expected to take a historic vote.Hundreds weathered a steady rain …
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.
Joseph Cox / VICE:
We Tested Ring's Security.  It's Awful  —  It's not so much being watched.  It's that I don't really know if I'm being watched or not.  —  From across the other side of the world, a colleague has just accessed my Ring account, and in turn, a live-feed of a Ring camera in my apartment.
Discussion: Vox, more at Techmeme »
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 …
 
 
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