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6:45 AM ET, December 23, 2019

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Keith E. Whittington / Reason:
When Is an Officer Impeached?  IV  —  Now that President Donald Trump has gotten wind of the fact that he might not yet have been impeached, we should make some things abundantly clear.  —  At a Turning Point USA event in Florida, the president noted, “In fact, there's no impeachment.
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Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
If Trump's Impeached, Then Why Can't a Senate Trial Start Now?  —  New theories on when impeachment happens make no sense when followed to their logical constitutional conclusion.  —  Call me old fashioned or naïve, but I think my job is to explain what the U.S. Constitution actually means, no matter who likes it or doesn't.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:   Key Democratic senator remains undecided on whether Trump should be removed from office
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Sen. Roy Blunt: Impeachment trial is “not a trial in any classic sense”
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:   Pence chief of staff not worried about Pelosi impeachment tactics: ‘She will yield’
Timothy Dalrymple / Christianity Today:
The Flag in the Whirlwind: An Update from CT's President  —  Why our editor in chief spoke out against Trump, and why the conversation must continue.  —  Reader responses to Mark Galli's recent editorial have spanned the spectrum.  We have received countless notes of encouragement from readers who were profoundly moved.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘Evangelicals are not monolithic’: Following scathing editorial, top Trump aide defends president
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
How ‘Centrist Bias’ Hurts Sanders and Warren  —  The media has a bigger problem than liberal bias.  —  John F. Harris is about as mainstream as the mainstream media gets.  He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, including as its political editor.  Then he became the founding editor of Politico, where he is now a columnist.
Discussion: Althouse
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: John Bolton hits Trump for bluffing on North Korea nukes  —  In his sharpest criticism yet of his old workplace, John Bolton suggested the Trump administration is bluffing about stopping North Korea's nuclear ambitions — and soon might need to admit publicly that its policy failed badly.
New York Times:
Stranded on Border, This Migrant Became the Camp Doctor  —  A Cuban doctor waiting for asylum in the United States has become the only full-time physician at a makeshift encampment for 2,500 migrants in Mexico.  —  MATAMOROS, Mexico — Under a canopy on the edge of a squalid encampment …
Axios:
Scoop: Buttigieg fundraiser dangles influence for cash  —  In a recent email exchange with a wealthy prospective donor, a top fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg made an offer that was unusually blunt — even by modern pay-to-play standards.
Discussion: HuffPost
New York Times:
It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App.  It's Secretly a Spy Tool.  —  ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race.  —  WASHINGTON — It is billed as an easy and secure way to chat by video or text message …
Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:
‘Star Wars’ Leads Box Office With Disappointing $175.5 Million  —  Final installment of Skywalker trilogy opens down 20% from ‘Last Jedi’ debut  —  LOS ANGELES—Not even the Force can withstand withering reviews.  —  After mixed fan reaction and thumbs-down from most critics, “Star Wars …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Judge changes mind in important First Amendment case  —  Last week, I wrote about a case in which the Fifth Circuit, in a unanimous decision, ruled that a suit could proceed against a Black Lives Matter activist for violence he didn't commit or encourage.  The police officer who brought …
Discussion: Washington Times
Beth Baumann / Townhall:
Leave It to CNN to Flat Out Lie About the Booming Economy  —  The economy is booming.  We have the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years.  Unemployment is at a historic low for Hispanics and African Americans.  People are working.  Their taxes were reduced thanks to President Donald Trump's tax cuts.
DemCast:
Meet the Candidate: Donna Deegan (Florida) … What office are you running for?  —  Florida Congressional District 4  —  With which party are you running for office?  —  Democratic Party  —  Election Date  —  Primary: August 18, 2020; General: November 3, 2020  —  Why are you running for office?
Ashe Schow / The Daily Wire:
She Claimed Her Doctor Touched Her Breast During A Consultation.  His Conviction Was Overturned After A Court Determined She Lied.  —  Dr. Raj Mehta, 65, had been a general practitioner for the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) for nearly 40 years when he was accused of sexually assaulting a female patient during a consultation.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Help!  I'm Being Held Prisoner...  You've probably heard the old joke about the guy who opens a fortune cookie, and the paper says: “Help!  I'm being held prisoner in a Chinese fortune cookie factory.”  —  Well, it actually happened, only it was a greeting card factory.  The London Times reports:
Discussion: BBC, New York Post and Breitbart
 
 
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Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Associated Press:
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Donald Trump's 'they're after you' tweet says it all
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Scoop: Mayor Pete's South Bend polling
Associated Press:
GOP governors grapple with whether to accept refugees or not
HuffPost:
Trump's Mar-A-Lago Winter Vacation Pushes Taxpayer Golf Tab Above $118 million
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