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8:05 AM ET, September 30, 2019

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The Daily Beast:
Biden Campaign Demands TV News Execs Stop Booking Giuliani  —  In a Sunday letter, the former vice president's aides say that it is editorially irresponsible to book the president's personal lawyer.  —  Joe Biden's presidential campaign made an extraordinary request to executives …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Biden Campaign Urges TV Networks to Stop Booking Giuliani  —  Advisers to the former vice president wrote to executives at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News to “demand” that Mr. Giuliani not be invited on the air to discuss Ukraine and President Trump.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential …
Los Angeles Times:
Former Ukraine prosecutor says he saw no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden  —  Ukraine's top law enforcement official repeatedly rebuffed President Trump's personal lawyer's demands to investigate Joe Biden and his son, insisting he had seen no evidence of wrongdoing that he could pursue despite Trump's allegations.
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
How the diplomatic pros lost Ukraine to Trump
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and HuffPost
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani — international man of mystery
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Joe Biden faces the Trump fusillade. Are he and his campaign up to it?
Discussion: Politico and NBC News
Washington Post:
Intelligence panel has deal to hear whistleblower's testimony
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Trump-Supporting Lawyers diGenova and Toensing Teamed Up With Giuliani to Dig Up Ukraine Dirt on Biden: Report
Kat Tenbarge / Business Insider:
Trump reportedly worked with 2 ‘off the books’ …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Steve Coll / New Yorker:   The Integrity of the Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Biden campaign demands news channels stop booking Giuliani
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
The impeachment inquiry: “We could not ignore what the president did.”  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff talk with Scott Pelley about the impeachment inquiry of President Trump  —  Tonight, “60 Minutes” …
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker blasts Trump for quoting pastor warning of civil war over impeachment  —  Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) on Sunday criticized President Trump for quoting a pastor saying impeachment could trigger a “Civil War-like fracture” in the country.  —  “I have visited nations ravaged by civil war,” Kinzinger tweeted.
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James Arkin / Politico:
‘A stinking fish’: Dems see impeachment as weapon against Republican Senate  —  Democrats insist that their march toward impeaching President Donald Trump is simply about doing the right thing.  But a growing number of them see a real political upside, too: It might help them win back the Senate.
David Rohde / New Yorker:
The Dangerous Position of William Barr  —  Among the many Trump Administration officials who are likely to be targets of the Democrats' formal impeachment inquiry, one of the most central is the Attorney General, William Barr.  According to Justice Department officials and the whistle-blower complaint …
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Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
John Durham's Ukrainian Leads  —  What the prosecutor has found may be quite different from what the Democrats are looking for.  —  Americans often boast that we are a nation of laws, but for the moment laws appear to play a decidedly secondary role in the drama we are living in and—hopefully—through.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Trump impeachment, ‘no one is above the law’ could backfire on Democrats
Discussion: Fox News
USA Today:   Is Donald Trump's Justice Department part of the Ukraine scandal cover-up?
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
Iran, Burisma and Hunter Biden: The Democrats' terrible decision to go all in on impeachment
Reuters:
Trump-Putin phone calls in Democrats' sights: Schiff  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress is determined to get access to Donald Trump's calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, the chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday …
Discussion: News Agency UNIAN and POLITICUSUSA
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Washington at war: Dems aim for speedy impeachment push as Trump threatens whistleblower  —  Washington (CNN)Lawyers for a whistleblower who accused Donald Trump of pressuring Ukraine to intervene in the 2020 election warn that the President's threats pose a grave risk to their client's safety.
Discussion: The Bulwark
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Schiff: Democrats eyeing Trump-Putin calls
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
NBC News:   Full Schiff: ‘Real risk in not moving forward’ on impeachment
New York Times:
Trump Was Repeatedly Warned That Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Was ‘Completely Debunked’  —  Thomas P. Bossert, President Trump's first homeland security adviser, said he was “deeply disturbed” that Mr. Trump had urged Ukraine to investigate Democrats.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Week
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
‘Enough’: Trump's ex-homeland security adviser ‘disturbed,’ …
Discussion: Hoover Institution
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Impeach the Malignant Fraudster  —  This is how Republicans can redeem themselves.  —  It is the clarity of Donald Trump's transgression that is most remarkable.  —  By his own admission, and backed up by the quasi-transcript released by the White House and by the whistle-blower complaint …
Discussion: Raw Story
Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Mohammad bin Salman denies ordering Khashoggi murder, but says he takes responsibility for it  —  Saudi Arabia's crown prince also discusses the impact of a September attack on Saudi oil facilities, and responds to allegations that a female Saudi activist has been tortured in prison
Discussion: Al Jazeera, The Week and Axios
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Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:   In ‘60 Minutes’ interview, Saudi crown prince denies ordering Khashoggi killing
Lauren Fox / CNN:
Stalled Ukraine military aid concerned members of Congress for months  —  (CNN)Lawmakers on Capitol Hill couldn't figure out over this past summer why nearly $400 million in aid they'd voted to go to Ukraine still wasn't in the country's coffers.  —  There was growing speculation by the end of August.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Digital Ads Are Disappearing.  Not a Good Sign, Strategists Say.  —  In a race where many voters are following politics online, Mr. Biden's pullback is a striking and potentially worrisome sign about his appeal among the digitally active.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential campaign …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Associated Press:
UK's Johnson denies wrongdoing as allegations mount
Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Hispanic lawmakers eye leap to Biden
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernie Sanders Is in Trouble
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Thousands Rally in Moscow to Demand Release of Protesters
NBC News:
Top White House aides planning impeachment response effort
Discussion: NPR and Hullabaloo
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Trump retweets bot that replaces key words in his tweets with ‘shark’
Discussion: Slate
 Earlier Items: 
USA Today:
Nancy Pelosi has put the Trump impeachment inquiry on a fast track.  Here's the plan, timeline and key players
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
History will be cruel to many who saw Trump treachery and DIDN'T become whistle-blowers
CBS Chicago:
Bond Denied For Javier Garcia, 22, Charged With Terrorism In Woodfield Mall Incident
Discussion: Raw Story
Elizabeth Vaughn / RedState:
Nancy Pelosi's December 2018 Rule Changes Block Republicans From Participating In Impeachment Process
Discussion: The Last Refuge and The Mahablog
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
‘A very bad blow’: The GOP lawmaker who turned on Nixon paid a price for it
Gregory W. Meeks / Washington Post:
Dear anonymous op-ed writer: Your plan didn't work