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1:45 PM ET, October 3, 2019

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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 Political Wire
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.
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Washington Post:
Odd markings, ellipses fuel doubts about the ‘rough transcript’ of Trump's Ukraine call  —  President Trump said Wednesday that his controversial July call with his Ukrainian counterpart was transcribed “word-for-word, comma-for-comma,” an assertion that fueled growing questions about the nature …
Discussion: emptywheel, Althouse and Daily Kos
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
3 GOP senators called for Ukrainian government reform in 2016 letter
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Trump involved Pence in efforts to pressure Ukraine's leader, though officials say vice president …
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Publicly Urges China to Investigate the Bidens  — President Trump said he had not personally asked President Xi Jinping of China to examine the Bidens, “but it's certainly something we can start thinking about.”  — The public statement came as the House begins an impeachment inquiry …
Discussion: Law & Crime, Althouse and The Week
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:   Trump keeps making it harder for supporters to defend him
Associated Press:
Trump calls for China to investigate Bidens
Discussion: Associated Press
Elizabeth Thomas / ABC News:
Live updates: Trump says Ukraine, China should investigate Bidens as former envoy testifies
Discussion: Associated Press
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  —  President Donald Trump was in trouble with women voters long before House Democrats launched a formal impeachment inquiry against him last week.  Since then, his standing has grown only worse.  —  Nearly a half-dozen polls conducted since …
Discussion: Raw Story
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:   Trump tweets overwhelm GOP impeachment defense
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: Law & Crime, Mediaite and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Biden Dirt File Has Private Email Between John Solomon and Rudy Allies  —  The email was then included in part of a misinformation dossier that the State Department Inspector General delivered to Congress.  —  A controversial right-leaning reporter at the center of the Trump-Ukraine scandal …
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Washington Post:
Pompeo is enabling the destruction of U.S. diplomacy
Discussion: Just Security, CNN, CNBC and Raw Story
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump team throwing sand in impeachment gears
Discussion: Forbes and 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.
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: Bloomberg
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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 …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Matt Lieberman, son of former VP nominee, runs for Senate in Georgia  —  Matt Lieberman, an entrepreneur who is the son of former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, became the first Democrat to enter the race for retiring Republican Johnny Isakson's seat on Thursday with a promise to be a voice for frustrated Georgians.
Discussion: YouTube, Politico and Political Wire
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
‘Circus Trump’: What that White House news conference looked like to the Finns  —  Wednesday's roller coaster news conference with President Trump and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto elicited ridicule and some concern in Finland, where many celebrated their leader on Thursday for enduring …
Discussion: Politico
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:   For Finland's President and Other Guests of Trump, Stoicism Is Key
Washington Post:
Giuliani consulted on Ukraine with imprisoned Paul Manafort via a lawyer  —  In his quest to rewrite the history of the 2016 election, President Trump's personal attorney has turned to an unusual source of information: Trump's imprisoned former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
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 …
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Going to Burn Down Everything and Everyone, and Republicans, That Means You  —  That press conference was terrifying.  And congressional Republicans should be more afraid than anyone.  Trump's going down and taking them with him.  —  BEAST INSIDE
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.
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Senate: Ratings Changes and the Shadow of Impeachment  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Nationalization is an increasingly important trend in American election outcomes.  It's hard to think of a more nationalizing issue than a presidential impeachment.
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
When the Story Is Written, the Whistleblower Will Just Be an Afterthought  —  How Much Does the Whistleblower Really Matter?  —  Here's an assessment sure to be unpopular: When the story of the impeachment effort against President Trump is written, the whistleblower will be an afterthought …
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.
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Will Participate in Next Debate, His Campaign Says  —  The Vermont senator's near-term appearances have been canceled as he recovers from a procedure to treat a clogged artery, but aides said he would appear at the debate on Oct. 15.  —  Senator Bernie Sanders …
Molly Ball / TIME:
Why Kamala Harris Is Struggling to Find Her Footing  —  Sometimes Kamala Harris wakes up in the middle of the night because there's something on her mind.  Did anybody get back to so-and-so?  How is my stepdaughter adjusting to her apartment in New York City?
Discussion: Fox News, Axios and Los Angeles Times
John Wilkens / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Campa-Najjar and DeMaio lead in new 50th Congressional District poll  —  A new poll of likely voters in the crowded and widely watched 50th Congressional District race shows indicted incumbent Duncan Hunter facing an uphill climb to re-election, trailing three candidates.
Discussion: Political Wire
Paul Kiel / ProPublica:
IRS: Sorry, but It's Just Easier and Cheaper to Audit the Poor  —  Congress asked the IRS to report on why it audits the poor more than the affluent.  Its response is that it doesn't have enough money and people to audit the wealthy properly.  So it's not going to.
Discussion: Shareblue Media
 
 
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Scott Morefield / The Daily Caller:
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Associated Press:
Trump admin shifting to privatize migrant child detention
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
I Support the President
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
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New York Times:
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Paul Brandus / USA Today:
Donald Trump is much worse than Richard Nixon. He may even have committed treason.
Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
Whistlegate Reveals Some Very Chatty Minders of State Secrets
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Wall Street Journal:
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