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10:10 AM ET, December 19, 2019

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George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
George Conway: Republican senators run the risk of being shamed by Trump himself  —  George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York and an adviser to the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC.  —  In his unhinged letter Tuesday, President Trump accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of having …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi threatens to delay Senate impeachment trial  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to commit Wednesday to delivering articles of impeachment to the Senate, citing concerns about an unfair trial on removing President Donald Trump from office.  —  Senior Democratic aides said the House was …
George T. Conway III / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Made His Own Impeachment Inevitable  —  As rare as impeachments may be, today's impeachment of Donald Trump, president of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors was pretty much inevitable.  —  It was inevitable because of Trump himself, his very character …
Discussion: Balkinization and ABC News
Kamala D. Harris / New York Times:
Will McConnell Let the Senate Hold a Fair Impeachment Trial?
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Washington Post:
Inside the decision to impeach Trump: How both parties wrestled with a constitutional crisis
Washington Post:
Trump is impeached by the House, creating an indelible mark on his presidency
Lindsey McPherson / Roll Call:
Articles of impeachment not headed to Senate imminently
Discussion: Reason
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Pelosi says House may withhold impeachment articles, delaying Senate trial
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Stain of Impeachment Will Last Forever
Anna Palmer / Politico:
First in POLITICO Playbook: Mark Meadows to leave Congress, plus what McConnell will say on impeachment  —  “OBVIOUSLY, I'VE LOOKED AT THIS AS A TEMPORARY JOB,” Meadows told us in an interview Wednesday, speaking of serving in the House.  “Endorsed term limits — never ran on a term-limit pledge.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Rep. Mark Meadows to retire in 2020  —  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) announced Thursday that he won't seek re-election in 2020.  —  Why it matters: Meadows is one of the visible House Republicans and one of President Trump's most loyal defenders on Capitol Hill.
Brian Murphy / Raleigh News & Observer:
Mark Meadows won't run for re-election, hints at work with Trump administration  —  North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows, an outspoken ally of President Donald Trump and former chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, is retiring from his U.S. House seat at the end of his term, he announced Thursday.
Washington Post:
Meadows, close ally of Trump, to retire from Congress
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Reuters:   Top Trump ally in U.S. House to leave Congress, eyes work with president
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Ally Mark Meadows Won't Seek Re-Election to House
Discussion: National Review
Associated Press:
Putin: Trump impeachment ‘far-fetched,’ Senate will acquit  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin called the U.S. impeachment process “far-fetched” Thursday, making a seemingly obvious prediction that Donald Trump will be acquitted in the Senate.
Discussion: KTLA and Axios
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Wall Street Journal:
Putin Criticizes Democrats for Impeaching Trump  —  Russian leader dismisses the impeachment in Washington as political theater  —  MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted U.S. Democrats for impeaching President Trump on what the Russian leader called “made up charges,” …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump makes 'hell'-acious crack about deceased Rep. John Dingell, wife responds  —  The president spoke about the former lawmaker at a campaign rally in his home state of Michigan.  —  President Donald Trump made a macabre quip about late Democratic Rep. John Dingell at his rally in Michigan …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Rep. Debbie Dingell Responds to Trump Suggesting Her Late Husband is in Hell  —  As Donald Trump told a crowd in Battle Creek that the deceased Michigan Representative John Dingell might be in hell, his widow Debbie Dingell, who occupies his former seat, was back in Washington on the House floor as Democrats voted to impeach him.
New York Times:
Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy  —  EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY, everywhere on the planet, dozens of companies — largely unregulated, little scrutinized — are logging the movements of tens of millions of people with mobile phones and storing the information in gigantic data files.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Envoy to Ukraine Was Asked to Step Aside Ahead of Pompeo Visit  —  Timing counters earlier suggestions that Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor's precise departure date was predetermined  —  Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor was instructed by a top aide to Secretary …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Joe Biden holds lead heading into December debate  —  (CNN)Joe Biden continues to hold a lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president and remains the candidate potential Democratic voters think has the best shot to defeat Donald Trump, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:   ‘A stable political base’: Biden remains at the top of the Dem field, NBC/WSJ poll finds
Stephen Rex Brown / New York Daily News:
Surveillance footage outside of Jeffrey Epstein's cell during first suicide attempt is missing  —  Surveillance footage of the outside of Jeffrey Epstein's cell at the troubled Metropolitan Correctional Center during his first suicide attempt has gone missing, prosecutors revealed Wednesday.
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
President Trump's Fox obsession reshaped the political universe in 2019 … In 2019, President Donald Trump's obsession with Fox News had a major impact on the nation's political environment, driving the administration's responses to a sea of scandals and crises that have culminated …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The House's Sad, Predictable, Partisan, and Historic Impeachment of Donald Trump  —  It was a sad day—on that, at least, everyone could agree.  On her way to the House floor, soon after 9 a.m., to begin the historic debate on the impeachment of Donald Trump, the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, told reporters that she felt “sad.”
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Tulsi Gabbard Votes ‘Present’ in Impeachment Against Trump  —  The Democrat has missed nearly 90 percent of the votes held in the House of Representatives over the past two months.  On Wednesday, she dodged the biggest vote of her career.  —  As the House of Representatives debated …
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Axios:
Which Democrats voted against Trump's impeachment
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Battles New Sanctions on Russia  —  On Tuesday, President Trump claimed he was tougher on Russia than his predecessor.  At the same time, his subordinates strongly opposed a bill imposing new sanctions on Moscow.  —  The Trump administration is quietly fighting …
Discussion: CNBC, The Week and Raw Story
Terry Spencer / Associated Press:
Chinese national arrested for illegally entering Mar-a-Lago  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese national trespassed at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club Wednesday and was arrested when she refused to leave, police said, the second time this year a woman from that country …
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Miami Herald:   Woman arrested for trespassing at Trump's Mar-a-Lago is another Chinese national
Tara Copp / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Cancers strike veterans who deployed to Uzbek base where black goo oozed, ponds glowed  —  U.S. special operations forces who deployed to a military site in Uzbekistan shortly after the 9/11 attacks found pond water that glowed green, black goo oozing from the ground and signs warning “radiation hazard.”
Andrew Woodcock / The Independent:
Boris Johnson to ‘stop tens of thousands voting’ by making photo ID mandatory by law at polling stations, Queen's Speech reveals  —  Pilots of scheme saw hundreds of voters without photographic ID turned away from polling stations  —  Boris Johnson has confirmed plans to press ahead …
Tory Newmyer / Washington Post:
The Finance 202: Conservative economists say Trump's promises about his tax cuts did not come true  —  President Trump cites massive tax cuts, his signature legislative achievement, among wins that should dissuade lawmakers and voters from supporting his impeachment.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
ANALYSIS: In impeachment vote, how Republicans got to zero  —  After rushed and intense proceedings into the Ukraine affair, the House has voted to impeach President Trump.  The vote was 230 to 197 for the first article of impeachment charging the president with abuse of power and 229 to 198 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
In the End, Impeachment Was the Only Choice  —  When historians look back at this era, their curiosity will settle not on the question of why the House impeached President Trump, but why it impeached him for this particular offense.  Trump has spent three years violating laws and norms …
 
 
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Republican Party sets fundraising record amid impeachment battle
Discussion: Breitbart
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren to hold private meeting with tribal leaders Sunday in effort to atone for past claims
Discussion: The Hill
Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kemp's Senate pick sparks rift in lieutenant governor's office
Politico:
Airbnb wins legal victory in top EU court
Jim Windolf / New York Times:
How TV Covered the Moment of Impeachment
Andrew McCarthy / New York Post:
Trump's impeachment is all too likely to become ‘the new normal’
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
‘THIS IS AN ASSAULT’: History collides with Trump
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Chief Justice to Enter Spotlight in Trump Impeachment Trial
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Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2019: The Year of Stability  —  Big events of the year …
Discussion: Vox
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
GOP congressman: Impeachment is like Pearl Harbor, which is like birth control
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Krystal Ball: Why Democrats should follow Tulsi's lead on impeachment
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Pentagon's Policy Chief Under Fire as Senior Officials Head for the Exits
Discussion: Axios and Defense News
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
Rudy Giuliani Flew To Ukraine On A Budget Flight. But He Left On A Private Jet.
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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