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4:30 AM ET, October 13, 2019

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Washington Post:
Trump's envoy to testify that ‘no quid pro quo’ came from Trump  —  The U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, intends to tell Congress this week that the content of a text message he wrote denying a quid pro quo with Ukraine was relayed to him directly by President Trump in a phone call …
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill, Mediaite, Raw Story and NPR
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Washington Post:
How two Soviet-born emigres made it into elite Trump circles — and the center of the impeachment storm  —  Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian-born emigre, appeared at a dark time in Donald Trump's presidential campaign.  Less than a month before the election, major GOP donors had been spooked …
Discussion: Roll Call
Richard Read / Los Angeles Times:
Sondland faces local backlash denying Trump deal in Ukraine  —  President Trump's man in Brussels found events spinning out of control when he arrived in Washington, D.C., expecting to testify before House committees this week.  —  Gordon Sondland, appointed U.S. ambassador to the European Union …
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Gordon Sondland to Testify He Took Trump's Denial of Ukraine Quid Pro Quo at His Word  —  The U.S. ambassador to the EU to say he couldn't independently verify president's assertion  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. ambassador to the European Union plans to tell Congress that President Trump personally assured …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
U.S. forces say Turkey was deliberately ‘bracketing’ American troops with artillery fire in Syria  —  Turkish forces who launched multiple artillery rounds near a U.S. Special Operations outpost in northeastern Syria on Friday have known for months that Americans were there …
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Associated Press:
Trump says he's an ‘island of one’ on Syria  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's an “island of one” for removing U.S. forces from northeastern Syria.  —  Trump's decision drew swift bipartisan criticism in the U.S. and abroad that he was endangering regional stability …
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Kurdistan24:
Senior female Kurdish political leader killed in ambush in Syria
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
New York Times:
Trump's Abrupt Shifts in Middle East Unnerve U.S. Allies
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Raw Story
New York Times:   Militants Backed by Turkey Kill at Least Two Prisoners in Syria
Washington Post:
Turkey's invasion of Syria puts Islamic State fight on hold at a critical time
Discussion: Power Line and Lawfare
Newsweek:   Exclusive: Kurdish allies learned of Trump's Syria pullout on Twitter: “We were like, ‘What is this sh*t?’”
BuzzFeed News:
A Fort Worth Cop Killed A Black Woman Inside Her Home After Her Neighbor Called Police Because Her Door Was Open  —  A black woman was shot and killed by police inside her own home early Saturday morning in Fort Worth, Texas, after her neighbor called a non-emergency police number for a wellness check on her.
Discussion: ABC News, UPI and New York Times
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CNN:
Trump threatens to sue top Democrats Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi amid impeachment inquiry  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday night to sue top congressional Democrats Rep. Adam Schiff and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the House impeachment inquiry into the President.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Impeachment has put Trump in a different place. He's showing it every day.
Batya Ungar-Sargon / The Forward:
I Was Protested At Bard College For Being A Jew  —  When I was asked to speak at last week's conference on racism and anti-Semitism at Bard College's Hannah Arendt Center, I think my heart actually skipped a beat.  —  Arendt, the German-born political philosopher who fled the Nazis in the 1930s …
New York Times:
In Show of Support, Trump Meets With Giuliani Over Lunch  —  The president's multiple shows of support for his personal lawyer on Saturday seemed meant to tamp down questions about Mr. Giuliani's standing.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump had lunch on Saturday with Rudolph W. Giuliani amid revelations …
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Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Fox News pollster Braun Research misrepresented impeachment poll: analysis  —  The poll released last week by Fox News that claimed most Americans favor the impeachment of President Trump underrepresented Republican and independent voters, The Post has found.
Vandana Rambaran / Fox News:
Louisiana election heads to runoff with Democrat Edwards to face GOP's Rispone  —  Louisiana's Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, will have to face a runoff election in November as he failed to garner at least 50 percent of the votes in Saturday's election.
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and The New Neo
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Ex-Republican: Do we still agree on beating Trump?  After your LGBTQ forum, I'm not sure.  —  I'm not asking you to betray your principles, but Republican culture warriors are lying in wait.  Why let them divide us where we already agree?  —  CONNECT  —  Dear Democrats:  —  We've been together for a while now.
Jeff Parrott South Bend / South Bend Tribune:
William Barr says lawyers must fight against ‘secularists’ assault on organized religion … United States Attorney General William P. Barr speaks to Notre Dame Law School students and faculty on Friday inside Notre Dame's Eck Hall of Law in South Bend.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
Manhattan US attorney in the spotlight with another high profile investigation of Trump's inner circle  —  (CNN) — With the indictment Thursday of associates of President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, New York federal prosecutors are yet again behind a criminal case that threatens Trump's inner circle.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Bounces Back  —  I wrote here and here that, although the Democrats' impeachment claims are frivolous, they have hurt President Trump in the polls.  Trump's history is that he tends to rise in the polls until a negative news cycle hits-which happens often-and then he will drop back down.
New York Times:
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past  —  Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who committed suicide in prison, managed to lure an astonishing array of rich, powerful and famous men into his orbit.  —  There were billionaires (Leslie Wexner and Leon Black) …
 
 
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Conservatives look to crack Biden's black-and-white coalition
Discussion: Fox News
Joe Lapointe / deadlinedetroit.com:
Lock Them Up? Rashida Tlaib Says House Dems Discuss Detaining Trump's Tongue-Tied Aides
Discussion: The Hill
Roger L. Simon / PJ Media Home:
Trump Makes Real Progress with China While Dems Play Impeachment
Discussion: American Greatness
Marc Stein / New York Times:
China Conflict Mutes N.B.A.'s New-Season Buzz
Discussion: The Guardian
LaVendrick Smith / Dallas Morning News:
Tarrant County sheriff's son arrested on indecent exposure charge
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren escalates war with Zuckerberg and Facebook
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders draws contrast with Elizabeth Warren: 'She is a capitalist through her bones.  I'm not.'
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
Brett Forrest / Wall Street Journal:
The FBI Lost Our Son
 Earlier Items: 
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Mattis warns ISIS could resurge: ‘Enemy gets the vote’ after Trump's announced troop pullout
Discussion: Axios, Telegraph and Task & Purpose
Brent Staples / New York Times:
How Italians Became ‘White’
Wall Street Journal:
The Turk and the President  —  The Syrian retreat is all too typical …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Impeachment Support Grows, but So Does the Public Divide
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
He who must not be named: How Hunter Biden became a conversation-stopper
Discussion: Slate and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
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