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9:40 AM ET, October 14, 2019

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New York Times:
Macabre Video of Fake Trump Shooting Media and Critics Is Shown at His Resort  —  WASHINGTON — A video depicting a macabre scene of a fake President Trump shooting, stabbing and brutally assaulting members of the news media and his political opponents was shown at a conference for his supporters …
New York Times:
Inside Trump's Botched Attempt to Hire Trey Gowdy  —  For 24 hours last week, Trey Gowdy, the former South Carolina congressman best known for leading congressional investigations of Hillary Clinton, was the new face of President Trump's outside legal defense and a symbol of a streamlined effort …
Discussion: Law & Crime
CNN:
Retired Marine Gen. John Allen: 'There is blood on Trump's hands for abandoning our Kurdish allies'  —  Washington (CNN)A retired four-star Marine general on Sunday bluntly criticized President Donald Trump over the ongoing Turkish military offensive in northern Syria, saying …
Discussion: The Week and Power Line
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Washington Post:   Syrian troops enter towns in northeast as Erdogan warns of wider offensive
Washington Post:
Unswayed by top advisers, Trump doubles down on decision to withdraw troops
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Telegraph:
Kurds agree to Russian-brokered plan to allow Assad into their territory
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Reuters
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Kremlin relishes US pullback from Syria, turmoil in Ukraine
Axios:
Elizabeth Warren is still Trumpworld's dream candidate  —  President Trump's allies still fear a general election matchup against a banged-up Joe Biden more than a run against an invigorated Elizabeth Warren, people close to the president tell Axios.  —  Driving the news …
Discussion: Political Wire
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David Siders / Politico:   ‘Advantage Warren’ as Dems ready for pivotal debate
Nadine Shubailat / ABC News:
Hunter Biden sits down for exclusive interview with ABC News
Discussion: Washington Post
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:   Warren's Rise Hasn't Come At Biden's Expense
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Joe Biden rolls out government anti-corruption plan
Discussion: Political Wire
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Former Trump Aide to Testify on Pressure to Oust Ambassador to Ukraine  —  WASHINGTON — Fiona Hill, President Trump's former top Russia and Europe adviser, headed to Capitol Hill on Monday morning where she is prepared to testify that she and other officials objected strenuously to the removal …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Document request to Trump's ex-Russia adviser lays out impeachment roadmap  —  Ahead of this week's subpoenas and depositions, new documents obtained by Axios show how Democrats are taking the impeachment inquiry in two tightly focused directions: Ukraine and obstruction of justice.
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Focus group: These Ohio swing voters are outraged over impeachment  —  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Swing voters in this Rust Belt state are expressing a range of unease about impeaching President Trump, from fears it will hurt the economy to frustrations that House Democrats are more invested in going after Trump than in helping people.
Discussion: The Week, Townhall and PJ Media Home
Bloomberg:
China Wants More Talks Before Signing Trump's ‘Phase One’ Deal  —  China wants further talks as soon as the end of October to hammer out the details of the “phase one” trade deal touted by Donald Trump before Xi Jinping agrees to sign it, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reports.
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, CNBC and The Week
Eleni Courea / Politico:
Queen's speech: Brexit top priority for UK government  —  LONDON — The U.K. government is still determined to see Brexit through by October 31 — and you can take that from the queen.  —  The monarch opened her speech Monday, which sets out the government's legislative plans …
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BBC:
LIVEReaction after Queen outlines government's agenda
Discussion: The Atlantic
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes of the Trump bluff that kicked off Turkey's invasion  —  The big picture: Trump would tell Erdoğan that if he wanted to invade Syria he would have to own whatever mess ensued, according to these sources.  Erdoğan would have to take care of ISIS …
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
In a month, Trump has destroyed ‘America First’  —  The uproar in Washington over President Trump's corruption in Ukraine and malfeasance in Syria has obscured a broader story.  In little more than a month, virtually every other foreign policy initiative the Trump administration has pursued has imploded …
Discussion: Raw Story
Richard Bernstein / RealClearInvestigations:
Why China's Brightest Abroad Show Team Spirit for Beijing's Hardball  —  Ocotber 14, 2019  —  The appearance at Columbia University last month by two leading Hong Kong pro-democracy activists was drawing to a close when, suddenly, students from mainland China arose from their seats …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
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Sean Patrick Maloney / Wall Street Journal:
Beijing Tries To Bully Congress
Discussion: Bloomberg
Washington Post:
President Trump has made 13,435 false or misleading claims over 993 days  —  As President Trump approaches his 1,000th day in office Wednesday, he has significantly stepped up his pace of spouting exaggerated numbers, unwarranted boasts and outright falsehoods.
Discussion: Political Wire
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Bernie Sanders's plan to reshape corporate America, explained  —  Bernie Sanders has a plan to give workers ownership at their companies.  —  Bernie Sanders's return to the campaign trail will come with a renewed message about the need to reform corporate America — and it will be backed …
Discussion: Common Dreams and ABC News
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Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's plan would force country's largest corporations to share profits with workers
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post:
‘I sort of thrive on it’: The impeachment crisis shines a spotlight on Trump's state of mind  —  He was hectoring and imperious.  He was domineering and defiant.  And he was audacious and cavalier.  —  In the nearly three weeks since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The (Full) Case for Impeachment A menu of high crimes and misdemeanors.  —  The crimes for which impeachment is the prescribed punishment are notoriously undefined.  And that's for a reason: Presidential powers are vast, and it's impossible to design laws to cover every possible abuse of the office's authority.
 
 
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Blue Wave Faces Its First Test After 2018
Daniel Hemel / Washington Post:
How Trump can put off his tax return case until after the election
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Buttigieg pushes back on O'Rourke threat to strip religious institutions of tax-exempt status
Kayla Brantley / Daily Mail:
In an interview with the Sunday Times, journalist Decca Aitkenhead asked the Clintons …
Matthew Green / Reuters:
Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action
ESPN:
Gregg Popovich sees ‘stark’ difference between Adam Silver, Donald Trump as leaders
Discussion: Breitbart
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump/Russia, Trump/Ukraine, Same As It Ever Was
 Earlier Items: 
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Clinton Legacy: Impeachment Hurts the President
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
Queen Made Donald Trump Take Down A Campaign Video Using “We Will Rock You”
Discussion: Breitbart, HuffPost and Slate
CBC News:
Singh says NDP would try to form coalition to stop Scheer's Conservatives
Taryn Luna / Los Angeles Times:
California becomes first state in the country to push back school start times
Discussion: The Hill and UPI
Margaret Talev / Axios:
McMaster wasn't aware of White House's foreign call “lockdowns”
Brittany Shammas / Washington Post:
A local reporter grilled Mike Pompeo about Ukraine. He accused her of working for the DNC.
Rosemary Feitelberg / WWD:
President Trump and Bernard Arnault to Open New Louis Vuitton Factory in Jefferson County Texas
Washington Post:
There's yet another level to the Trump administration's corruption in Ukraine
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
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