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New York Times:
Whistle-Blower Is Said to Allege Concerns About White House Handling of Ukraine Call  —  New details have emerged about the intelligence officer who raised alarms about the president's pressure on Ukraine to open inquiries that could benefit him politically.
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U.S. House of Representatives Permanent …:
House Intelligence Committee Releases Whistleblower Complaint  —  f t # e  —  Washington, DC - Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the declassified whistleblower complaint.  The complaint can be viewed here, and the Intelligence Community Inspector General letter regarding …
New York Times:
The Whistle-Blower Complaint: Read the Document  —  Here is the complaint filed by an intelligence officer about President Trump's interactions with the leader of Ukraine.  It was released with a letter from the inspector general for the intelligence community.
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Complaint From So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Is Riddled With Gossip, Blatant Falsehoods  —  The complaint from an anti-Trump “whistleblower,” released Thursday, is a mix of gossip, hearsay, and misstatements of fact contradicted by publicly available evidence.  —  The formal complaint from an anti-Trump …
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Read: the whistleblower complaint about Trump and Ukraine
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   What did they all know about the whistleblower complaint, and when they know it?
Wall Street Journal:   Whistleblower Complaint Alleges ‘Lock Down’ on Trump-Zelensky Call Records
New York Times:
Phone Call Showed Only a Slice of Trump's Obsession With Ukraine  —  Since the 2016 campaign, the president has had an intense fixation on the country, which he believes is tied up in the origins of the special counsel's investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — It was not a country that would naturally …
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Patrick Reevell / ABC News:
Ukrainians understood Biden probe was condition for Trump-Zelenskiy phone call: Ukrainian official  —  When Ukrainians voted to elect comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy as their next president in the spring of 2019, the fledgling administration was eager to coordinate a phone call with Kyiv's …
NBC News:
Kurt Volker, Trump's part-time Ukraine envoy, played role in Giuliani outreach  —  The special envoy served as the facilitator for Giuliani's talks with Ukrainian officials.  —  WASHINGTON — After President Donald Trump asked Ukraine's president to work with his personal attorney …
Michael Warren / CNN:
Giuliani denies charges in whistleblower complaint, says details are ‘total nonsense’  —  Dana Bash: The allegation is that this is a coverup  —  Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani tells CNN he has “no knowledge of any of that crap” in the newly released complaint from an American intelligence community whistleblower.
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Dems Worry Rudy Would Send Impeachment Hearing Off the Rails  —  Giuliani isn't really known for his staid public appearances these days, and that's exactly what gives some Democrats pause.  —  If Congress is to get to the bottom of President Trump's efforts to get the Ukrainian government …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Murray Waas / The New York Review of Books:
Trump, Giuliani, and Manafort: The Ukraine Scheme
NBC News:
Trump allies voice concerns about Rudy Giuliani's involvement in Ukraine
Discussion: Palmer Report and POLITICUSUSA
NBC News:
Whistleblower complaint says White House officials acted to ‘lock down’ record of Trump-Ukraine call
Discussion: Politico, The Stranger and Townhall
Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
Trump Threatened An American Serving Her Country As He Pressured Ukraine
CNN:
Lewandowski may lead White House impeachment team  —  (CNN)Corey Lewandowski, the political operative who helped elect Donald Trump, has had conversations with White House officials in recent days about potentially taking a position inside the administration to help the President confront a looming impeachment fight.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Trump's other Ukraine problem: New concern about his business  —  Zelensky recounted his stay at the president's N.Y. hotel in call with Trump.  —  Buried in the controversy over President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was an effort by the Ukrainian leader …
Washington Post:
Seven days: Inside Trump's frenetic response to the whistleblower complaint and the battle over impeachment  —  After news broke that a phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was at the center of an explosive whistleblower complaint, Trump was largely undaunted.
CNN:
Trump without strategy in fast-moving impeachment inquiry
Discussion: Political Wire, KTLA and The Atlantic
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Whistleblower says White House officials tried to ‘lock down’ details of Trump's Ukraine call
Discussion: Axios, Breitbart, Politico and Jezebel
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Acting DNI Joseph Maguire: Whistleblower “did the right thing”
Discussion: Politico
Jessica Campisi / The Hill:
Hacker changes Seattle road sign to say ‘Impeach the bastard’
Discussion: RedState
Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg:
Republicans Say Impeachment Will Backfire. History Says It Won't
Discussion: The Hill
Daniel Lippman / Politico:   Trump's political defense: Play the victim card
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   It Has Begun  —  An impeachment inquiry is nothing to celebrate.
The Boston Globe:
The limits of Trump's ‘so what if I did?’ strategy  —  WASHINGTON — As news that he asked a foreign leader to investigate his political rivals rocked Washington, President Trump turned to a tried-and-true strategy: Embrace it.Trump took the unusual step of releasing a rough transcript Wednesday …
Discussion: Political Wire
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Pre-Transcript Release, Chris Christie Argued Trump Was Only in Trouble If He Said Something Like ‘Do Me a Favor...’  —  Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie proved prescient Wednesday morning on the set of Good Morning America.  Just hours before the transcript of a phone call between …
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Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
Fox News Civil War: Tucker Carlson Repeatedly Mocks ‘Daytime Host’ Shepard Smith in Jawdropping Segment
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Do Us a Favor”: The Forty-eight Hours That Sealed Trump's Impeachment  —  President Trump began Wednesday in a dark place.  “There has been no President in the history of our Country who has been treated so badly as I have,” he lamented on Twitter, before 8 a.m. The night before …
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Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
The Pee Tape Is Real, but It's Fake  —  There's a video going around that no one's really talking about.  What makes it most unreal is how believable it is.  —  There exists a video online that, considering the subject matter, astoundingly few people have seen.
Discussion: Jezebel
YouTube:
Rep. Gabbard: 'Haven't seen much' evidence that Sen. Warren qualified to be Commander in Chief … About Rising:  —  Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Biden's brother touted Biden Cancer Initiative ties in investment pitch  —  James Biden suggested the former vice president's anti-cancer efforts could benefit potential investors, a litigant says.  His spokesman denies it.  —  James Biden is accused of telling executives at a healthcare firm …
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The Democrats' impeachment gurus
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Census: Inequality grew, including in heartland states  —  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year to its highest level in more than 50 years of tracking income inequality, according to Census Bureau figures.
 
 
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