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New York Times:
Witness in Trump-Ukraine Matter Ordered Not to Speak in Impeachment Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration directed a top American diplomat involved in its pressure campaign on Ukraine not to appear Tuesday morning for a scheduled interview in the House's impeachment inquiry.
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Washington Post:
Poll: Majority of Americans say they endorse opening of House impeachment inquiry of Trump  —  A majority of Americans say they endorse the decision by House Democrats to begin an impeachment inquiry of President Trump, and nearly half of all adults also say the House should take the additional step …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This will get worse for Trump.  Adam Schiff signals what's next.  —  Public opinion is shifting precipitiously against President Trump, with a new Washington Post-Schar School poll showing that 58 percent of Americans support the House's impeachment inquiry, and 49 percent support outright removal.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Blocks Sondland Testimony, and the Cover-up Begins  —  American ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is a key figure in the Ukraine scandal.  The Republican megadonor helped push diplomats to orient American policy toward Ukraine around President Trump's goal of extorting …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Polls begin to signal rising impeachment threat to Trump  — Despite last week's hailstorm of bad news, President Trump's job approval rating stood virtually unchanged.  — Except for Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah and a few others, GOP members of the House and Senate have either defended …
Discussion: Raw Story
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Key witness in impeachment probe barred from testifying  —  A key witness in the Democratic impeachment probe, Amb.  Gordon Sondland, was barred from testifying at the last-minute Tuesday by the Trump administration, sources confirmed to ABC News.  —  House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff …
Discussion: Roll Call, Axios and Washington Post
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
State Department Directs Gordon Sondland Not to Appear for House Testimony, Lawyer Says  —  Sondland was scheduled to testify before House lawmakers on Tuesday over Ukraine efforts  —  WASHINGTON—The State Department directed the U.S. ambassador to the European Union not to testify …
Discussion: Political Wire
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:   Schiff Wants To Hear From Diplomat Who Called Ambassadors' Ukraine Efforts ‘Crazy’
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The Trump administration sure is acting guilty on Ukraine
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump administration blocks testimony of Gordon Sondland, a central figure in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry
Discussion: Slate, Contemptor and Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
House Democrats consider masking identity of whistleblower from Trump's GOP allies in Congress
Washington Post:   Demoralized State Department personnel question Pompeo's role in Ukraine crisis
CBS News:
Warren stands by account of being pushed out of her first teaching job because of pregnancy  —  On the campaign trail, Elizabeth Warren often tells the story of how she was fired from her first teaching job in 1971 because she was pregnant, a pivotal moment that ultimately put her on a path to Harvard …
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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
County Records Contradict Warren's Claim She Was Fired Over Pregnancy  —  RIVERDALE, N.J.—The Riverdale Board of Education approved a second-year teaching contract for a young Elizabeth Warren, documents show, contradicting the Democratic presidential candidate's repeated claims that she was asked …
NBC News:
Chaos in Syria, Washington after Trump call with Erdogan unleashed Turkish military  —  U.S. forces in Syria got an urgent alert Monday morning to pull back.  “They were told, 'We're departing the field,'” senior U.S. defense officials said.  —  WASHINGTON — American forces …
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James LaPorta / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Official Who Heard Call Says Trump Got ‘Rolled’ By Turkey and ‘Has No Spine’
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:   Pat Robertson ‘Appalled’ By Trump: He ‘Allowed Khashoggi to Be Cut in Pieces,’ May Lose …
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Top Secret Russian Unit Seeks to Destabilize Europe, Security Officials Say  —  First came a destabilization campaign in Moldova, followed by the poisoning of an arms dealer in Bulgaria and then a thwarted coup in Montenegro.  Last year, there was an attempt to assassinate a former Russian spy in Britain using a nerve agent.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Romney Is the Pressure Point in the Impeachment Process”: Mitt Won't Primary Trump—But He's Trying to Bring Him Down  —  Trump's favorite punching bag is reaching out to fellow Republicans to raise the temperature on impeachment.  “Romney is the one guy who could bring along Susan Collins …
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Chinese state media and Tencent suspend broadcast of NBA preseason games in China  — Chinese state television CCTV said it was suspending the current broadcast arrangements for the NBA's pre-season games in China.  — CCTV also said it will “immediately investigate all co-operation and exchanges involving the NBA.”
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
China's vise grip on corporate America
The Daily Beast:
RealClear Media Has a Secret Facebook Page to Push Far-Right Memes  —  RealClearPolitics has carefully cultivated a non-partisan image—while in the shadows its parent company pushes images of killer Clintons and a freedom-loving Kremlin.  —  The company behind the non-partisan news site RealClearPolitics …
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump blasts ‘lightweight’ Minneapolis mayor as campaign threatens suit over massive rally security bill  —  President Trump called Tuesday for Minneapolis voters to “dump” Mayor Jacob Frey - as well as Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. - amid an escalating battle over a rally Trump plans to hold at the city's Target Center arena this Thursday.
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Inside Trump's obsession with polygraphs  —  President Donald Trump has compared White House leakers to spies and mused obliquely to other officials about executing them.  He's attacked individual reporters by name.  He rails frequently against press accounts of his administration, dismissing them as “fake news.”
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
John Frank / The Colorado Sun:
John Hickenlooper posts Colorado fundraising record in his first six weeks as U.S. Senate candidate  —  The Democrat's fundraising in the third quarter bested the marks for his rivals, but not Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner  —  John Hickenlooper raised more than $2.1 million …
Washington Post:
Supreme Court will consider whether gay, transgender workers are protected by federal law  —  The Supreme Court takes on one of its most consequential issues of the term Tuesday, considering whether federal discrimination laws protect gay and transgender workers.
Discussion: The Root
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Katelyn Burns / Vox:
The Supreme Court is finally taking on trans rights. Here's the woman who started it all.
Discussion: Washington Post
Amy Harmon / New York Times:
Discussing Blackness on Reddit?  Photograph Your Forearm First  —  Moderators of a online forum called Black People Twitter have caused an uproar by requiring participants to submit a photograph proving they are not white.  —  It was meant to be a destination on the internet where black people could let down their guard.
Discussion: Althouse
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump changes the subject  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THINK ABOUT what's transpired in the last few days. ...  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has reoriented the United States' policy in the Middle East.  He's officially changed the Washington conversation from impeachment to a unified …
New York Times:
As Sea Levels Rise, So Do Ghost Forests  —  Up and down the mid-Atlantic coast, sea levels are rising rapidly, creating stands of dead trees — often bleached, sometimes blackened — known as ghost forests.  —  The water is gaining as much as 5 millimeters per year in some places …
Charles Sykes / Politico:
The Humiliation of Lindsey Graham  —  It was a cri de cœur from Lindsey Graham, the lament of the sycophant scorned.  —  President Donald Trump's decision to abandon our Kurdish allies in Syria by leaving them undefended against a Turkish invasion was, Graham tweeted, “a disaster” and a “nightmare.”
Discussion: Axios
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Trump's focus on his base may not help him with impeachment inquiry  —  Voters in critical swing state on impeachment  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump may have more room to fall in public attitudes toward his possible removal from office, detailed results from several new polls suggest.
Jon Huntsman / Wall Street Journal:
America Needs Dialogue With Moscow  —  Sanctions have their place, but some of them are undermining trust without serving their purpose.  —  When I served as U.S. ambassador to Russia, the embassy in Moscow held a regular safety exercise called the “duck and cover drill.”
Discussion: Reuters
Politico:
China rejects Trump's call to investigate Biden and son  —  Beijing will stick to “principle of non-interference in internal affairs of other countries.”  —  “China has long pursued the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said.
 
 
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The GOP's bootlicking cowardice knows no bounds
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
US pushes for western rival to Huawei
Wall Street Journal:
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Washington Post:
Trump's 2016 campaign was run on a shoestring.  His reelection machine is huge — and armed with consultants.
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Amy Klobuchar raises $4.8 million in third quarter
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Company making Costco pajamas flagged for forced labor
Anita Kumar / Politico:
‘An avoidable, unforced error’: Trump's Ukraine trap starts worrying allies
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Douglas Hanks / Miami Herald:
Jerry Falwell Jr. settles Miami court case over South Beach ‘pool boy’ venture
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Chait / New York Times:
Two Candidates, Two Investigations, One Deeply Flawed Agency
Discussion: Raw Story
David Siders / Politico:
Sanders heart attack casts cloud over his candidacy
Discussion: Axios, Associated Press and HuffPost
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Kamala Harris forced to address alleged sex assault at husband's law firm
 

 
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