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9:40 AM ET, January 18, 2020

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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Coordinated Posts Defend Connecticut Man Who Exchanged Ukraine Texts  —  Some of the pages describe themselves as representing groups of supporters of President Trump from different states  —  WASHINGTON—A network of several dozen Facebook pages is coordinating posts defending Robert F. Hyde …
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Washington Post:
Nunes aide communicated with Parnas about Ukraine campaign, messages show  —  House Democrats released new documents Friday evening showing extensive contact between an associate of President Trump's personal attorney and an aide to the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee regarding …
Discussion: The Week
Politico:
House releases new impeachment evidence linking Nunes aide to Parnas  —  House impeachment investigators sought Friday to pull Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, deeper into the Ukraine scandal at the center of President Donald Trump's upcoming impeachment trial.
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Lev Parnas Dishes On Kushner, Maduro, and Soros  —  In an interview from his lawyer's office, the ex-Giuliani ally talked cannabis, conspiracies, and one very weird meeting with the lawyers of an indicted Ukrainian oligarch.  —  A dinner with Jared and Ivanka about cannabis …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Raw Story and emptywheel
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Why was Lev Parnas wearing a ‘Presidential Service Badge’ awarded to troops who serve in the White House?  —  Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman posted a fascinating update about a photo of impeachment figure Lev Parnas.  —  The photo shows Igor Fruman — who …
CNN:
Barr dropped into Giuliani meeting at Justice Department in previously undisclosed encounter  —  Lev Parnas describes multiple quid pro quos with Ukraine  —  (CNN)Attorney General William Barr briefly attended a meeting at the Justice Department last fall between top criminal prosecutors …
NBC News:
Texts suggest Robert Hyde passed along details about Yovanovitch movements  —  They include screenshots of messages about the U.S. ambassador's movements that appear to have been sent to Hyde, who forwarded thems to Lev Parnas.  —  New text messages released by House Democrats …
CNN:
New impeachment documents show more texts about possible surveillance of former US ambassador to Ukraine
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
House Democrats release second batch of Parnas materials
Discussion: HuffPost and Bloomberg
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Can Democrats produce a daily impeachment show?
Orion Rummler / Axios:   New Lev Parnas records detail Ukraine surveillance efforts, contact with Devin Nunes aide
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump  —  The large color photograph that greets visitors to a National Archives exhibit celebrating the centennial of women's suffrage shows a massive crowd filling Pennsylvania Avenue NW for the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017, the day after President Trump's inauguration.
Discussion: HuffPost, Mediaite and Raw Story
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
The Sanders Campaign Researched Whether Warren Could Be Both Vice President and Treasury Secretary at Once  —  The presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders has researched the question of whether the same person can serve as both vice president and treasury secretary, according to three sources on the campaign.
Discussion: Mediaite, Breitbart and The Atlantic
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Sanders-Warren ‘feud’ and Ukraine revelations are nowhere near equal in importance.  Try telling the media that.  —  If you asked a casual news consumer what the big Washington story was over the past few days, there's a decent chance you would hear about a supposed feud between …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump's impeachment, starring Bill Clinton  —  President Donald Trump may be the one fighting in the Senate to keep his job, but on Capitol Hill and across the country, it can feel like someone else is still on trial: Bill Clinton.  —  Clinton's own impeachment trial, once a fading cultural artifact …
Discussion: UPI and VICE
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NBC News:
Meet Trump's legal team for the impeachment trial
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Breitbart
Bloomberg Law:
Senate Judiciary Pauses Nominations for Impeachment Trial
Discussion: Redstate
Alayna Treene / Axios:
House managers' plans for next week's Senate impeachment trial
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
In Oval Office Meeting, Trump Expresses Regret on Vaping Policy  —  The president interrupted a meeting with campaign advisers to scold his health and human services secretary about the administration's ban on most flavored e-cigarettes.  —  President Trump upbraided the health …
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Axios:
Trump tells HHS secretary he regrets wading into “that f***ing vaping thing”
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:   Trump lashes out at HHS secretary after briefing shows Democrats leading on health care
Politico:   Trump berates Azar over bad health care polling
Wall Street Journal:
Men Discussed Opening Fire at Pro-Gun Rally in Richmond, Officials Say  —  Other suspected members of white-supremacist group the Base arrested in Georgia  —  Three suspected white supremacists arrested in Maryland and Delaware this week had discussed opening fire from different positions …
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Molly Olmstead / Slate:
Neo-Nazis Allegedly Discussed Opening Fire at Virginia's Pro-Gun Rally Slated for Monday
Laura Reiley / Washington Post:
More pizza, fewer vegetables: Trump administration further undercuts Obama school-lunch rules  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture has taken another whack at former first lady Michelle Obama's signature achievement: Establishing stricter nutritional standards for school breakfasts and lunches.
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Tom Winter / NBC News:
Former N.Y. Rep. Christopher Collins sentenced to federal prison for insider trading  —  He pleaded guilty to the charges of conspiracy to commit insider trading and lying to the FBI in October.  —  Former New York Congressman Christopher Collins was sentenced Friday to 26 months in federal prison …
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Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
An anguished Chris Collins faces 26 months in prison
Discussion: Balloon Juice and UPI
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Chris Collins, First U.S. Lawmaker To Endorse Trump, Gets 26-Month Prison Sentence
Discussion: CNBC
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It  —  A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.  —  Until recently, Hoan Ton-That's greatest hits included …
J.E. Dyer / The Lid:
‘Trump Effect’ Takes Over Iran As Regime Starts Covering Country With American And Israeli Flags  —  Avoiding The Flags Has Become Symbol Of Protest  —  Probably the most overlooked aspect of the “flags on the sidewalk” phenomenon in Iran is that, as the regime paints those flags everywhere …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump recounts minute-by-minute details of Soleimani strike to donors at Mar-a-Lago  —  (CNN)President Trump recounted minute-by-minute details of the US strike that killed Iran's top military commander during remarks to high-dollar Republican donors at his South Florida estate, according to audio obtained by CNN.
Discussion: The Hill
Steve Vockrodt / Kansas City Star:
Kansas City radio station agrees to broadcast Russian-owned ‘propaganda’ program  —  A Kansas City area radio station can broadcast Russian state-owned media programming, the type that U.S. intelligence called a “propaganda machine,” for six hours a day through a lease agreement struck by a local radio operator.
Discussion: The Hill
Pete Williams / NBC News:
‘Faithless elector’: Supreme Court will hear case that could change how presidents are chosen  —  A ruling could come in the spring — just as the 2020 presidential race is heating up.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up an issue that could change a key element …
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Noah Berlatsky / NBC News:
Trump voters motivated by racism may be violating the Constitution. Can they be stopped?
Discussion: Twitchy
Martin Indyk / Wall Street Journal:
The Middle East Isn't Worth It Anymore  —  With few vital American interests still at stake there, the U.S. should finally set aside its grandiose ambitions for the chaotic region  —  Last week, despite Donald Trump's repeated pledge to end American involvement in the Middle East's conflicts …
 
 
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Spectator USA:
Tyranny of the minority … De mortuis nil nisi bonum …
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Top Democrats go to war with Facebook and Zuckerberg
USA Today:
Senate impeachment trial: Weigh Trump's repeated obstruction offenses to protect himself
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
They ‘Would Love to See a Woman in Office,’ but It's Not Priority No. 1
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
New York Times:
Indian General Talks of ‘Deradicalization Camps’ for Kashmiris
Eleni Courea / Politico:
UK to celebrate Brexit with flags and ‘light display’
Nick Arama / Redstate:
Sounds Like Biden Thinks Beto Is Latino
Discussion: Townhall and Twitchy
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Facebook is ordered to hand over data about thousands of apps that may have violated user privacy
 Earlier Items: 
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Grisham Watch: What's the White House press secretary up to?
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and VICE
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
Cambridge Analytica email chain with Facebook sheds new light on data misuse scandal
Soo Rin Kim / ABC News:
Trump associates who have been sent to prison or faced criminal charges
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Mike Bloomberg is assembling a team of fundraising experts to recruit wealthy donors - but not to take their money
Michelle Alexander / New York Times:
The Injustice of This Moment Is Not an ‘Aberration’
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
Mueller Memos Part 4: FBI Documents That Congress Had To Fight To Get
Kansas City Star:
Trump tried to call Kris Kobach during his meeting with Roger Marshall, sources say
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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