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New York Times:
Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry's Origins  —  The discussion was another instance of the president using American diplomacy for potential personal gain.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump pushed the Australian prime minister during a recent telephone call …
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NBC News:
Trump asked the Australian prime minister to help investigate Mueller probe origins
Discussion: Hoover Institution
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
McConnell: ‘I would have no choice but to take it up’ if House votes to impeach Trump  — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate would have no choice but to take up impeachment if the House votes to effectively charge President Donald Trump.
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Reuters:
Kremlin says disclosure of Trump-Putin phone calls would need Russian consent  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that Washington would need Russian consent to publish transcripts of phone calls between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Envisions Senate Trial if House Passes Articles of Impeachment  —  Ukraine's Zelensky says he won't release record of July 25 call with Trump  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he would hold a trial in the Senate if the House approved articles of impeachment …
James Arkin / Politico:
Democrats see impeachment as landmine for 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.
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios, Breitbart and The Week
Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
Fellow Republicans, there's still time to save your souls  —  Jeff Flake, a Republican, represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019.  He is a resident fellow at Harvard University and a contributor to CBS News.  —  Two years ago I stood in the Senate chamber and said …
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  September 30, 2019 - Support For Impeachment Grows Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Of Voters Approve Of Impeachment Inquiry  —  American voters are divided on impeaching and removing President Trump from office, 47 - 47 percent - closing a 20 point gap …
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Irin Carmon / The Cut:
Another Woman Says Al Franken Groped Her  —  The cover story New York published this week centers on the stories of women and men who came forward about sexual abuse and harassment — and one who has not yet done so.  In the issue, a woman who says former U.S. senator Al Franken groped …
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The Cut:
Is It Still?  Will It Ever Be? …
Discussion: Splinter and HuffPost
Washington Post:
Republican Rep. Chris Collins resigns House seat ahead of guilty plea to insider-trading charges  —  The Republican from New York had called the charges against him ‘meritless’ but is scheduled to change his plea Tuesday afternoon  —  NEW YORK — Rep. Chris Collins is resigning from Congress …
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CNBC:
GOP Rep. Chris Collins submits resignation ahead of plea change in insider trading case
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Trump Seeks Whistle-Blower's Identity  —  The president said he “deserved” to meet his accuser who filed a formal whistle-blower complaint after a call with Ukraine's leader.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that the White House was “trying to find out” …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:   Trump asks if House Intel Chair Adam Schiff should face ‘arrest for treason’ as impeachment probe gathers steam
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Trump's ‘Civil War’ Quote Tweet Is Actually Grounds for Impeachment, Says Harvard Law Professor  —  President Donald Trump's recent tweet quoting a longtime evangelical pastor who warned of a “Civil War” if Democrats seriously pursue removing him from office could actually be grounds for impeachment, one Harvard Law professor said.
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
‘Beyond repugnant’: GOP congressman slams Trump for warning of ‘civil war’ over impeachment
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Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely claims whistleblower rules changed just before Ukraine complaint  —  Washington (CNN)On Monday, President Donald Trump tweeted a conspiracy theory suggesting the rules for whistleblowing had recently changed in order to accommodate the recent whistleblower complaint against him …
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Virginia sixth-grader now says she falsely accused classmates of cutting her hair  —  The sixth-grade girl at a private Virginia school who accused three classmates last week of forcibly cutting her hair now says the allegations were false, according to statements from the girl's family …
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Zachary Evans / National Review:
Girl Who Claimed Hair Was Cut in Racist Attack Admits She Made It Up
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
What's the Matter With Republicans?  —  Trump has given them another chance to break away.  Why won't they take it?  —  In a sane world, the reaction of Republicans to the “memorandum of telephone conversation” between President Trump and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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William Kristol / New York Times:   Republicans Don't Have to Nominate Trump in 2020
NBC News:
Bolton criticizes Trump policy on North Korea as sources say he opposed call to Ukraine  —  The former national security adviser is said to have been concerned that the president would air personal grievances in phone call with Zelenskiy.  —  WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Political Wire
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Hunter Biden: The Most Comprehensive Timeline  —  From being appointed senior MBNA vice president (two years out of law school), to a gift of a 2.8-carat diamond from a Chinese energy tycoon, to Burisma Holdings ...  Late Summer 2006: Hunter Biden and his uncle, James Biden, purchase the hedge fund Paradigm Global Advisors.
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Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:   The New Yorker's Adam Entous on reporting out Biden allegations
Alexander Agadjanian / New York Times:
What Democrats Could Lose With Their Left Turn  —  A survey experiment shows that some independents are already being turned off.  —  One defining feature of the Democratic primary so far has been the party's leftward turn.  In recent debates, candidates have supported policies …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernie Sanders Is in Trouble  —  WEST LIBERTY, Iowa — Bernie Sanders was on the final leg of a barnstorming tour through Iowa last week that he hoped would persuade voters he's the best candidate to take on President Donald Trump.  He had crisscrossed the state at typical breakneck speed …
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Bernie Sanders Rolls Out Plan To Curb CEO Pay
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
U.S. Targets Russian Actors Involved in Efforts to Influence U.S. Elections  —  Today, the United States continues to take action in response to Russian attempts to influence U.S. democratic processes by imposing sanctions on four entities and seven individuals associated with the Internet Research Agency …
Discussion: National Review and Axios
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Washington Post:
President Pelosi?  It could happen.  —  The blueprint for the situation facing the House speaker  —  What happens when a Democratic speaker of the House — third in line to the presidency, according to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 — is suddenly thrust into the Oval Office …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Elizabeth McLaughlin / ABC News:
Trump embraces disabled Army captain after performance of ‘God Bless America’  —  President Donald Trump welcomed his new top military adviser during a rainy ceremony in Virginia on Monday, but the event may be most remembered for a touching moment the president and his national security team shared with a disabled Army captain.
Discussion: Breitbart and IJR
David Marchese / New York Times:
Bill Maher on the Perils of Political Correctness  —  “Religions always talk about the one true religion.  Now on the left we have the one true opinion.”  —  Bill Maher on the perils of political correctness.  —  Deeply caustic and supremely confident, Bill Maher is the kind of satirist …
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
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Jerome Karabel / NYR Daily:
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Dan Zak / Washington Post:
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Ben White / Politico:
Trump's impeachment fight lacks one big thing that saved Clinton
Discussion: Raw Story
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Digital Ads Are Disappearing. Not a Good Sign, Strategists Say.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and LifeNews.com
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
John Durham's Ukrainian Leads
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