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12:15 PM ET, October 8, 2019

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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: Talking Points Memo and 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 …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Sondland, key witness in Ukraine probe, blocked from testimony in midnight call  —  The State Department waited until 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday to tell U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland not to show up for his scheduled deposition with three House committees later that morning, the ambassador's lawyer told Yahoo News.
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
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:   Schiff Wants To Hear From Diplomat Who Called Ambassadors' Ukraine Efforts ‘Crazy’
House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Three Chairs Issue Statement on White House Blocking Ambassador Sondland Testimony and Documents
Discussion: Axios
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
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
State Department Directs Gordon Sondland Not to Appear for House Testimony, Lawyer Says
Washington Post:
House Democrats consider masking identity of whistleblower from Trump's GOP allies in Congress
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
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.
Associated Press:
Trump to host Turkish leader as he considers invading Syria  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after threatening Turkey with economic ruin if it goes too far in invading northern Syria, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet at the White House next month.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:   Pat Robertson ‘Appalled’ By Trump: He ‘Allowed Khashoggi to Be Cut in Pieces,’ May Lose …
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
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: Politico and Washington Post
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Star Tribune:
Trump campaign threatens to sue Minneapolis over ‘phony’ security bill for rally
Discussion: Bloomberg
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 …
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 …
David Rothkopf / USA Today:
Russia's 2016 chaos bomb defines the Trump presidency, right up to Ukraine and Syria  —  America is weaker and Russia is stronger because an unscrupulous Russian leader exploited Trump's ambition and disregard for laws and U.S. interests.  —  CONNECT  —  In the overheated atmosphere …
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Jon Huntsman / Wall Street Journal:
America Needs Dialogue With Moscow
Discussion: Reuters
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Inside Trump's obsession with polygraphs  —  President Donald Trump has compared White House leakers with spies and mused obliquely to other officials about executing them.  He's attacked reporters by name.  He rails frequently against media 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 …
Discussion: Roll Call and Political Wire
Politico:
China rejects Trump's call to investigate Biden and son  —  This story is being published by POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post.  It originally appeared on scmp.com on Oct. 8, 2019.  —  China has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's call to investigate …
Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
Judge Throws the Book at Trump's 'I'm Above the Law' Defense  —  Trump and his lawyers say he can't be touched legally as long as he's president.  As of now, however, the courts gratifyingly say otherwise.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  The idea that a sitting president cannot be indicted …
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 …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Watch How Trump Moves the Goalposts on Ukraine  —  It has been interesting and instructive to watch the goalposts move on the story of Donald Trump, Ukraine, and impeachment.  Interesting because the kind of gaslighting that normally takes place over the course of weeks has occurred over the course of days.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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