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Washington Post:
Ousted ambassador Marie Yovanovitch tells Congress Trump pressured State Dept. to remove her  —  The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine whose abrupt ouster in May has become a topic of interest for House impeachment investigators said Friday that her departure came as a direct result …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Axios and CNN
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New York Times:
Trump Had Marie Yovanovitch Removed on ‘False Claims,’ She Tells House Inquiry  —  Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch was recalled from Ukraine, she told impeachment investigators on Friday, despite a boss saying she had “done nothing wrong.”  —  WASHINGTON — Marie L. Yovanovitch …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Senior adviser to Pompeo resigns  —  Michael McKinley, a career diplomat and senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, has resigned his position amid rising dissatisfaction and plummeting morale inside the State Department over what is seen as Pompeo's failure to support personnel ensnared in the Ukraine controversy.
Associated Press:
Diplomat removed after upholding protocol, ex-official says  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was removed from her post after insisting that Rudy Giuliani's requests to Ukrainian officials for investigations be relayed through official channels, according to a former diplomat who has spoken with her.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Reporters call out the State Department for ‘lockdown’ on Ukraine
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
Top US diplomat who called Ukraine aid freeze ‘crazy’ is asked to testify
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Federal appeals court upholds House subpoena for Trump's financial records  — A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., upheld a subpoena for President Donald Trump's financial records from the Democrat-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump loses appeal to stop House subpoena of his tax documents  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Friday lost his appeal to stop a House subpoena of his tax documents from his longtime accountant Mazars USA.  —  In a 2-1 ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the District …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Axios:
Appeals court upholds House subpoena for Trump's financial records  —  The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Friday a House subpoena for President Trump's financial records to Mazars USA, the president's longtime accounting firm.  —  Why it matters: This is one of the last stops for this case.
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Court Ruled, Again, That Trump's Accounting Firm Must Turn Over Financial Documents To House Democrats
Discussion: Washington Post
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Appeals Court Upholds House Subpoena Of Trump Financial Records
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely claims ‘we have no soldiers in Syria’  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Thursday that the United States has no troops in Syria.  —  Trump was defending his decision to remove American troops from a part of northern Syria that Turkey wanted to attack.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement by Department of Defense Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Jonathan Rath Hoffman
Discussion: National Review
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:   'Some of the Most Noble People I'd Ever Met'
Washington Post:
At least four national security officials raised alarms about Ukraine policy before and after Trump call with Ukrainian president  —  At least four national security officials were so alarmed by the Trump administration's attempts to pressure Ukraine for political purposes that they raised concerns …
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NBC News:
Trump's former Russia aide set to give revealing testimony on Giuliani, Sondland  —  Fiona Hill's appearance next week before Congress has stoked fear among people close to the president.  —  WASHINGTON — Fiona Hill, who was until recently President Donald Trump's top aide on Russia and Europe …
Discussion: Washington Post and Boing Boing
Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden worked with whistleblower when he was vice president, officials reveal  —  The 2020 Democratic candidate with whom the CIA whistleblower had a “professional” tie is Joe Biden, according to intelligence officers and former White House officials.  —  Lawyers for the whistleblower …
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani's relationship with arrested men is subject of criminal investigation: Sources  —  The business relationship between President Donald Trump's private lawyer Rudy Giuliani and the men charged Thursday in a campaign finance scheme is a subject of the ongoing criminal investigation …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Giuliani's Ukraine Team: In Search of Influence, Dirt and Money  —  The president's lawyer was paid by Lev Parnas, who with Igor Fruman worked on behalf of President Trump in Ukraine.  —  WASHINGTON — When Rudolph W. Giuliani set out to dredge up damaging information on President Trump's rivals in Ukraine …
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
The Mystery of Rudy Giuliani's Vienna Trip
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Patrick Condon / Star Tribune:
Trump argues for a second term, again bashes Omar, Bidens, Frey
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
McSally allies plead for air cover as Democratic groups pummel the Arizona senator  —  Sen. Martha McSally had incurred weeks of unchecked attacks from Democratic groups, and the Arizona Republican's allies are pleading for help.  —  Since early September, Advancing Arizona has targeted McSally …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump predicts senators will quash impeachment. His allies aren't so sure.
Discussion: The White House
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:   Republicans stumbling over question at heart of impeachment
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Analysis: In impeachment fight, it's Trump vs. Constitution  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has spent his time in office trying to bend the conventions of the American presidency to his will.  Now he appears to be trying to override a core principle of democracy: that no one is above the law.
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump obfuscates, misleads and exaggerates to make his case against impeachment
Discussion: The White House
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
New revelations about Trump test Pelosi's narrow impeachment strategy
Discussion: Politico
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Pentagon officials deemed withholding of aid to Ukraine was illegal  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon was confused.  Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine had been appropriated in late 2018 by Congress, intended to help fend off aggression by neighboring Russia.
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
How Trump-Country Democrat Rep. Max Rose Got to Impeachment  —  Because this is a story about Max Rose, it has to at some point find him at Jody's Club Forest, a Staten Island bar he famously frequents, drinking pitchers of Bud Light.  And because Max Rose is who he is …
Rosie McCall / Newsweek:
Greta Thunberg snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize by committee run by Norway, one of the world's biggest oil and natural gas exporters  —  The Nobel Committee has surprised oddsmakers by not picking 16-year-old Greta Thunberg to win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.  —  The five-member Norwegian panel …
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and twitchy.com
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Karla Adam / Washington Post:
Why didn't Greta Thunberg win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Slate
Kim Wehle / The Bulwark:
The ‘No Collusion’ Song Goes Silent  —  We're not hearing it—and no surprise, since President Trump unabashedly asked Ukraine to disadvantage Joe Biden in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.  —  After issuing a misleadingly incomplete four-page summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   Ukraine Smoke and Mirrors
Associated Press:
Iran says oil tanker struck by missiles off Saudi Arabia  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The drama behind Trump's outreach to Trey Gowdy
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's children take in millions overseas as president slams Biden's son  —  Eric Trump sounded shocked that Hunter Biden hadn't drawn more criticism for his lucrative business deals in Ukraine and China while his father, Joe Biden, was vice president.  —  “Can you imagine if I took 3 cents from the Ukraine or 4 cents from China?”
Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed News:
A Group Of Students Burned A Latina Author's Book Because They Felt Attacked For Being White  —  Jennine Capó Crucet spoke about “white privilege” at Georgia Southern University.  The freshman audience said she attacked them for being white and privileged.
Discussion: USA Today and The College Fix
 
 
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
The ‘Serious’ Senate Republicans Chiding Trump Are Profiles in Chickenshit
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