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4:55 PM ET, October 3, 2019

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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
‘Crazy to withhold security assistance’ to Ukraine for political purposes: Top US diplomat  —  In newly disclosed text messages shared with Congress, the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine at the time writes to a group of other American diplomats that “I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign.”
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Washington Post:
Giuliani was warned that Ukrainian claims of Bidens' misconduct were not credible, Trump's ex-envoy tells lawmakers  —  The former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine told House investigators on Thursday that he warned President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Just Committed More High Crimes on the White House Lawn  —  Donald Trump is being impeached for using his office to pressure foreign countries to investigate his political rivals.  It is not clear Trump understands that, because he simply continues committing this offense in broad daylight.
Discussion: Washington Post and emptywheel
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump keeps making it harder for supporters to defend him  —  As President Trump keeps talking, he makes it more and more difficult for his supporters to mount an actual defense of his underlying behavior.  —  Trump's pushback against impeachment efforts seemed to be gaining some traction …
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
In May, Ukrainian oligarch said Giuliani was orchestrating a ‘clear conspiracy against Biden’  —  Months before an intelligence community whistleblower accused President Trump's lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani of digging for dirt on former vice president Joe Biden in Ukraine …
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
CNN Refuses to Air Trump Ad Pushing Biden-Ukraine Claims and Bashing Network Anchors  —  The 30-second spot paints the president as a victim of Democrats and alleged “media lapdogs” like CNN.  —  In a move that is sure to ratchet up tension with the White House, cable news channel CNN …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Pence: I Participated in the Ukraine Plot But Only As a Patsy  —  Vice-President Mike Pence is knee-deep in the Ukraine scandal.  He is floating the absurd defense that, while he did participate in Trump's plan to extort Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden, he was completely ignorant of what he was doing.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Mad King's Enablers  —  This morning, President Donald Trump committed an impeachable offense on camera.  —  Responding to questioning from reporters about his effort to pressure President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to launch an investigation into one of his Democratic rivals …
Discussion: CNN, HuffPost, CBS News and Slate
Michael Calderone / Politico:   Biden warns Fox News against running Trump ad
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff slams Trump's call for China to investigate Bidens as “repugnant”
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
3 GOP senators called for Ukrainian government reform in 2016 letter
Andrew Napolitano / Fox News:
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Trump's call with Ukraine president manifests criminal and impeachable behavior  —  The House of Representatives has begun to gather evidence in an effort to determine if President Trump has committed impeachable offenses.  The Constitution defines an impeachable offense as …
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Irony is dead: The Trump sons are doing everything possible to make corruption a major 2020 issue  —  Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump at a UFC event in Newark in August 2019.  Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images  —  Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump really should sit this Hunter Biden thing out.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Read Trump's Lips, He Wants Foreign Help in 2020
Discussion: HuffPost, Hullabaloo and Vox
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   Trump's request that China investigate the Bidens is his most brazen yet.  It might also be the most problematic.
Washington Post:
IRS whistleblower said to report Treasury political appointee might have tried to interfere in audit of Trump or Pence  —  An Internal Revenue Service official has filed a whistleblower complaint reporting that he was told at least one Treasury Department political appointee attempted …
Discussion: Political Wire
Susan Page / USA Today:
Perilous times for President Trump: By 45%-38%, Americans support impeaching him over allegations related to Ukraine, poll finds  —  From the moment Donald Trump became a national political figure, he has been cloaked in controversy and shadowed by investigations.
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's impeachment defiance spooks key voting blocs
Discussion: Raw Story
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
White House Floats Potential DOJ Investigation Into ‘Joe Biden and His Family’  —  A tiny, largely unnoticed edit to a daily White House newsletter this week suggests the Trump administration is leaving open the possibility of siccing the Justice Department on Joe Biden.
Discussion: The White House
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How this scandal could get much worse for Trump — and Pence
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Trump approval climbs to highest level of 2019 amid impeachment inquiry
George T. Conway III / The Atlantic:
Unfit for Office  —  On a third-down play last season, the Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith stood in shotgun formation, five yards behind the line of scrimmage.  As he called his signals, a Houston Texans cornerback, Kareem Jackson, suddenly sprinted forward from a position four yards behind the defensive line.
Discussion: Axios, Mediaite, Law & Crime and Raw Story
BuzzFeed News:
The New Way To Hack Democracy: The Political Operatives Who Fake Voter Outrage With Millions Of Made-Up Comments  —  Sarah Reeves sat on her couch in Eugene, Oregon, staring at her laptop screen in furious disbelief.  She was reading the website of a government agency, where her mother appeared …
Discussion: Politico
Lee Drutman / FiveThirtyEight:
If Republicans Ever Turn On Trump, It'll Happen All At Once  —  In the House, Democrats are inching ever closer to impeaching President Trump.  Some are even pushing for drafting articles of impeachment by Thanksgiving and, potentially, sending proceedings to the Senate by early next year.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Trump's video taken off Twitter after band Nickelback complains  —  US president receives copyright censure over video that took aim at political rival Joe Biden  —  A video posted by Donald Trump has been removed from Twitter following a copyright claim by the rock band Nickelback.
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Trump seized on a conspiracy theory called the ‘insurance policy.’ Now, it's at the center of an impeachment investigation.  —  Just months after Trump's inauguration, conspiracy theorists pushed a fanciful and unsubstantiated narrative in which the DNC framed Russia for election interference.
Washington Post:
Bob Woodward interviewed the ‘She Said’ authors at a book event.  Things got tense.  Then there was heckling.  —  It seemed like the perfect combination of three Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalists: The Washington Post's Bob Woodward interviewing the New York Times's Jodi Kantor …
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
For the last time, Trump's every move is brilliant and calculated  —  “There are different ways to bake the cake, depending on what sort of cake you want.  Different flavoring, different temperatures, different ingredients yield different types of cake, and the president as the master baker …
Alex Moe / NBC News:
McCarthy calls for Pelosi to suspend impeachment inquiry  —  The speaker has “given no clear indication as to how your impeachment inquiry will proceed — including whether key historical precedents or basic standards of due process will be observed,” he wrote.
Discussion: HuffPost and Daily Kos
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Optimism about the economy falls to three-year low, CNBC All-America Economic Survey finds  — CNBC's All-America Economic Survey shows just 23% of Americans believe the economy will improve in the next year, the lowest level of optimism in three years.  — Fifty percent now disapprove …
Discussion: Breitbart and National Review
Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
Watch: Trump arrives to The Villages today amid impeachment probe  —  THE VILLAGES - The official subject of President Trump's visit to The Villages this afternoon is Medicare.  —  But his first large event before a friendly crowd since Congress began impeachment hearings last week could make it hard for him to resist sounding off.
Discussion: Raw Story
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Book Alleging Biden Corruption in Ukraine Lifted Passages From Wikipedia  —  In more than a dozen instances, Peter Schweizer's book “Secret Empires” appears to have copied complete sentences or large parts of them from other sources.  —  A book that has fueled corruption allegations …
Discussion: Politico
Judd at Popular Information / Popular Information:
Facebook says Trump can lie in his Facebook ads  —  Last week, Facebook quietly changed the language of its advertising policies to make it easier for politicians to lie in ads.  —  On Tuesday, the Trump campaign launched a new ad on Facebook, which includes a claim that was ruled false by Facebook-approved third-party fact-checkers.
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump's removal would require Republican dissidents.  But those who speak out become targets of viral disinformation.  —  In the conspiracy-obsessed echo chambers of conservative talk radio and far-right websites, Sen. Mitt Romney has some explaining to do — answering for ties …
Tyler Whetstone / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Former Senator Bob Corker shows restraint, says ‘nothing’ about Trump, impeachment  —  CHATTANOOGA — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Corker has thoughts on President Trump and the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry, but he didn't share them Thursday.  —  Through nearly an hour of speaking and then again …
David Byler / Washington Post:
Why Elizabeth Warren is getting such good press  —  It seems like every day a new story breaks about how Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) is climbing in the polls, releasing a new policy proposal, “winning” a primary debate or taking some other step toward becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.
 
 
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
As Warren rises, debate over her ability to beat Trump intensifies
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
There is no justice in AG Barr and Trump's insane, paranoid world of political vendettas
Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr / Los Angeles Times:
Good luck to the whistleblower who reported Trump's Ukraine call. He or she needs it.
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
Beto O'Rourke Called Pete Buttigieg's Comments On Guns “Offensive” To Victims Of Gun Violence
Discussion: CNN and Washington Free Beacon
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
No Longer Crying Wolf: Why the GOP Went Cold on Calling for Impeachment
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
When the Story Is Written, the Whistleblower Will Just Be an Afterthought
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Matt Lieberman, son of former VP nominee, runs for Senate in Georgia
Discussion: YouTube, ABC News and Politico
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Senate: Ratings Changes and the Shadow of Impeachment
Discussion: Daily Kos
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
‘Circus Trump’: What that White House news conference looked like to the Finns
Discussion: Politico
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Going to Burn Down Everything and Everyone, and Republicans, That Means You
Molly Ball / TIME:
Why Kamala Harris Is Struggling to Find Her Footing
Discussion: Fox News, Axios and Los Angeles Times