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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Ukraine Phone Call, Alarmed Aides Saw Trouble  —  WASHINGTON — No one bothered to put special limits on the number of people allowed to sit in the “listening room” in the White House to monitor the phone call because it was expected to be routine.  By the time the call was over 30 minutes later …
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New York Times:
White House Knew of Whistle-Blower's Allegations Soon After Trump's Call With Ukraine Leader  —  The whistle-blower, a C.I.A. officer detailed to the White House at one point, first expressed his concerns anonymously to the agency's top lawyer.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House learned …
New York Times:
Trump Said His Ukraine Envoy Would ‘Go Through Some Things.’ She Has Already.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's words about Marie L. Yovanovitch, his former ambassador to Ukraine, were ominous.  In a telephone conversation that has set off a political crisis for Mr. Trump, he told Volodymyr Zelensky …
Washington Post:
Effort to shield Trump's call with Ukrainian leader was part of broader secrecy effort  —  The White House has taken extraordinary steps over the past two years to block details of President Trump's phone calls with foreign leaders from becoming public, following embarrassing disclosures early …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
More than 300 former officials call Trump's actions concerning Ukraine ‘profound national security concern’  —  More than 300 former U.S. national security and foreign policy officials have signed a statement warning that President Trump's actions regarding Ukraine are a “profound national security concern” …
Discussion: Raw Story
John Solomon / The Hill:
These once-secret memos cast doubt on Joe Biden's Ukraine story  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden, now a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, has locked into a specific story about the controversy in Ukraine.  —  He insists that, in spring 2016, he strong-armed Ukraine to fire …
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Whistleblower painstakingly gathered material and almost single-handedly set impeachment in motion
Discussion: RedState and Outside the Beltway
Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times:
Trump at private breakfast: 'Who gave the whistleblower the information?  Because that's close to a spy'
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Rudy Giuliani: ‘You Should Be Happy for Your Country That I Uncovered This’
Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Sits at the Center of the Ukraine Controversy
Discussion: Mediaite
David Harsanyi / New York Post:   Wherever Joe Biden went, son Hunter cashed in
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
A Nonsense QAnon Conspiracy Theory Ended Up In Donald Trump's Call To the Ukrainian President …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“It's Management Bedlam”: Madness at Fox News as Trump Faces Impeachment  —  The Republicans mounting primary challenges to __Donald Trump__ are not exactly the Never Trump movement's top draft picks.  With little hope of defeating an incumbent president dependably popular inside his party …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Fox News in ‘management bedlam’ as top brass fights and frets over Trump's future: report
Discussion: Slate and POLITICUSUSA
Axios:
Pelosi: Attorney General Bill Barr has “gone rogue”  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi told MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Friday that she believes Attorney General Bill Barr has “gone rogue” with his handling of the controversy regarding the Trump administration's interactions with Ukraine.
Discussion: Political Wire, CNN, Politico and Breitbart
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Just How Corrupt Is Bill Barr?  —  Trump's attorney general is implicated in the Ukraine scandal, but refuses to recuse.  —  By now you have probably read the opening of the whistle-blower complaint filed by a member of the intelligence community accusing Donald Trump of manipulating American foreign policy for political gain.
New York Times:
‘Spies and Treason’: Read a Transcript of Trump's Remarks Related to the Whistle-Blower
Discussion: Political Wire
Evan Perez / CNN:   Justice Department knew about whistleblower complaint involving Trump more than a week before referral
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How a conservative columnist helped push a flawed Ukraine narrative  —  Back in March, the Hill newspaper published a series of stories and interviews that seemed, at the time, to be mainly of interest to foreign-policy wonks.  —  John Solomon, the paper's executive vice president …
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Reis Thebault / Washington Post:
Two Republican governors say they support impeachment inquiry of Trump  —  For the first time, two Republican governors have publicly supported the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, a new development in an intensifying political fracas that has so far been largely partisan.
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Clifford Michel / The City:
Rep. Max Rose in Hot Seat as Holdout on Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Discussion: Detroit Free Press and Hot Air
New York Times:
Why the Trump Impeachment Inquiry Is the Only Option
Discussion: Daily Kos
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Will Impeachment Reshape the 2020 Race?  —  There are very few constants in life, but one thing we can count on these days is the consistency of Trump's approval ratings; they are the most stable in modern history.  At his lowest point, the president has never dipped below 35 percent …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Yes, Trump Is Guilty, but Impeachment Is a Mistake  —  This political brawl will leave Trump victorious.  —  Donald Trump committed an impeachable offense on that call with the Ukrainian president.  But that doesn't mean Democrats are right to start an impeachment process.
Carol Hunter / Des Moines Register:
We hear you.  You're angry.  Here's what we are doing about it.  —  We took appropriate action because there is nothing more important in journalism than having readers' trust.  —  CONNECT  —  The Des Moines Register staff has heard from hundreds of people in the past few days upset …
Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Pence Advised Against Releasing Rough Transcript of Ukraine Call  —  Vice president raised concerns release would set precedent, but eventually backed Trump decision  —  MIKE PENCE privately counseled President Trump against releasing the rough transcript of the president's call …
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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Everyone In Washington Is Reading the Whistleblower Complaint — Except Senate Republicans
Discussion: CNSNews
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Nancy Pelosi: An Extremely Stable Genius  —=-=-=- One evening in early September, the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C., hosted a debate between Sohrab Ahmari, the op-ed editor of the New York *Post,* and David French, a constitutional lawyer and a staff writer for *National Review* …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Voter Support for Impeachment Grows Amid Ukraine Scandal  —  Backing for impeachment increases by 13 net points since the weekend  —  President Donald Trump pauses during a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25 in New York City.
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Sean Davis / New York Post:
The Trump-Ukraine whistleblower complaint looks just like ‘Steele Dossier 2.0’  —  An old adage holds that while history doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes.  Not so in the case of the latest manufactured anti-Trump “scandal.”  The anonymous whistleblower's allegations of corruption involving President Trump …
Discussion: Instapundit
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Fred Fleitz / New York Post:
Former CIA official on whistleblower: ‘How could this be an intelligence matter?’
Discussion: Issues & Insights
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Republicans Face Impeachment Dilemma, Romney Is a Lonely Voice of Concern  —  With most Republicans rushing to defend President Trump against an impeachment push, a “deeply troubled” Mitt Romney stands apart.  —  WASHINGTON — As House Democrats push forward with an impeachment inquiry …
Discussion: Political Wire
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Jeff Flake says ‘at least 35’ Republican senators would privately vote to impeach Trump  —  Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake made a bold claim on Thursday when he said “at least 35” GOP senators would privately vote for President Trump's impeachment.  —  Appearing at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Axios:
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Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
Dossier 2.: ‘Whistleblower’ Complaint Relies on Soros-Funded ‘Investigative Reporting’ Group …
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Former HHS Secretary Price throws hat in the ring for Isakson's Senate seat in Ga.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden advisers weigh new Wall Street tax as Warren, Sanders pitch aggressive levies on wealthy
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Trump is on track for a level of defeat in California not seen since the Civil War
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