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7:40 AM ET, October 15, 2019

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New York Times:
Bolton Objected to Ukraine Pressure Campaign, Calling Giuliani ‘a Hand Grenade’  —  WASHINGTON — The effort to pressure Ukraine for political help provoked a heated confrontation inside the White House last summer that so alarmed John R. Bolton, then the national security adviser …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump lawyer Giuliani was paid $500,000 to consult on indicted associate's firm  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was paid $500,000 for work he did for a company co-founded by the Ukrainian-American businessman arrested last week …
Wall Street Journal:
Federal Prosecutors Scrutinize Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine Business Dealings, Finances  —  Trump lawyer's bank records have been examined; witnesses are questioned about work for a Ukraine mayor, efforts to oust U.S. ambassador  —  Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are examining Rudy Giuliani's business dealings …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Syria Mess  —  He resorts to sanctions as the harm from withdrawal builds.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  What a fiasco.  Foreign-policy blunders often take months or years to reveal their damaging consequences, but the harm from President Trump's abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Trump Just Did Irreparable Damage to America's Standing in the World.  It Wasn't an Accident.  —  By turning his back on the Kurds, the president has done irreparable damage to America's standing in the world.  That's by design.  —  President Trump didn't make a “mistake” …
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:   Russian shadow falls over Syria as Kurds open door for Assad
Newsweek:
Exclusive: U.S. Cedes Syrian City to Russia in Battlefield ‘Handover’ as Turkey Tries to Take It
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Rolling Stone
Stephen Losey / Air Force Times:
With Turkey's invasion of Syria, concerns mount over nukes at Incirlik
Discussion: Military Times
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Followed His Gut on Syria. Calamity Came Fast.
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Trump defends abandoning Kurds: “I hope they all do great”
Raja Abdulrahim / Wall Street Journal:   Assad Expands Control in Syria After U.S. Pullback, Pact With Kurds
Washington Post:
‘Disruptive diplomat’ Gordon Sondland, a key figure in Trump impeachment furor, long coveted ambassadorship  —  Gordon Sondland was streaking over the West Coast in his Learjet in 2016 when the bad news came.  Jeb Bush's campaign was on the phone.  He was bowing out of the race for the White House.
Discussion: Vox, MSNBC and Power Line
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Democratic debate in Ohio: 5 things to watch  —  Analysis: Targeting Trump could be the ticket for candidates to get to a second look from voters  —  WASHINGTON — A dozen Democratic presidential contenders will be lining up on the debate stage in Ohio on Tuesday night …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Mike Bloomberg keeps talking to allies about running for president as Joe Biden struggles against Elizabeth Warren
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
FPU-Herald Poll: Michelle Obama would enter NH primary as frontrunner
Discussion: Fox News
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Progressives fume at Buttigieg, warn him not to attack Warren at debate
New York Times:
Violent Video Was Product of Right-Wing Provocateurs and Trump Allies  —  The White House said President Trump condemned a fake video depicting him killing rivals and members of the news media.  But Mr. Trump never mentioned it.  —  WASHINGTON — The creator of a gruesome video that showed …
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NBC News:
Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson charged with murder  —  The booking came just hours after Aaron Dean resigned from the Fort Worth Police Department.  —  Texas woman shot and killed in own home by police officer  —  The Fort Worth, Texas …
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Victoria Thompson / ABC News:
Exclusive: ‘Hiding in plain sight’: Hunter Biden defends foreign ventures but concedes political ‘mistake’  —  As President Donald Trump continues to fill his Twitter feed and campaign speeches with attacks on Hunter Biden over his foreign business deals, the former vice president's son defended …
Joe Otterson / Variety:
‘News Stars’ Will Fill Shepard Smith's Slot, Says Fox News President (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Shepard Smith has left the Fox News building, but his hour will remain staffed by employees from the network' news division.  —  Bret Baier, Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, Shannon Bream, Martha MacCallum …
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Now That Shep Smith Is Gone, Trump Zeroes In On Fox News' Chris Wallace
Vicky Ward / CNN:
Why Trump abandoned his instinct to go public with his tax returns  —  New York (CNN)President Donald Trump's fight to keep his tax returns private is at odds with his own thinking in 2013 and 2014 that releasing them as part of a presidential bid would make him look like a smart businessman …
Discussion: The Week and The Hill
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
CNN Failed to Disclose Warren Town Hall Questioner Was Maxed-Out Donor  —  Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's zinger at an LGBT town hall may have gone viral, but CNN failed to disclose that the questioner donated the federal maximum to her 2018 Massachusetts Senate campaign.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Ronan Farrow: National Enquirer shredded secret Trump documents  —  American Media, Inc. and the National Enquirer shredded sensitive Donald Trump-related documents that had been held in a top-secret safe right before Trump was elected in 2016, according to fresh allegations made in a new book by journalist Ronan Farrow.
Robert McCartney / Washington Post:
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants more low-cost housing in affluent city neighborhoods  —  The D.C. government plans to sharply increase low-cost housing in some of the District's most affluent neighborhoods to spread it more equitably throughout the city and correct what officials called a history of …
Jay Willis / GQ:
How Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric Trump Have Profited Off Their Dad's Presidency  —  No one knows a “clear conflict of interest” when they see it better than the president's children.  —  As House Democrats continue their impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump's efforts to leverage foreign aid …
Dinitia Smith / New York Times:
Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89  —  Called the most notorious literary critic in America, Professor Bloom argued for the superiority of giants like Shakespeare, Chaucer and Kafka.  —  Harold Bloom, the prodigious literary critic who championed and defended …
Discussion: NPR and Althouse
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Target raised wages.  But some workers say their hours were cut, leaving them struggling  —  New York (CNN Business)Two years ago, Target (TGT) said it would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by the end of 2020.  The move won praise from labor advocates and put pressure on other companies to also move to $15.
Discussion: RedState, National Review and WFLA-TV
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
KFF Health Tracking Poll - October 2019: Health Care In The Democratic Debates, Congress, And The Courts  —  Key Findings:  — In the lead up to the fourth round of Democratic primary debates, majorities of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say Democratic candidates for president …
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
 
 
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Elizabeth Warren Under Fire as Campaign Surrogate's Racist, Homophobic Tweets Come to Light
Matthew Spina / The Buffalo News:
Erie County inmate dies, becoming fourth death for jail system since July
Nicholas Casey / New York Times:
Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%.
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Democrats seek to question Trump budget chief in Ukraine impeachment probe
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
William Barr Attacked Progressive Prosecutors. His Virginia Neighbors May Just Elect One.
Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
Facing Controversy, Liberals Use Gun Control As a Shield
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke's church taxation proposal would hand Trump reelection
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Emily L. Mahoney / Tampa Bay Times:
Arrested Giuliani associate was at Ron DeSantis' election night watch party
Tyler Clifford / CNBC:
Ohio soybean farmer says he wouldn't vote for Trump again even if he could ‘walk across my pond’
Discussion: HuffPost and The Hill
Washington Post:
Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Liz Cheney Blames Turkey's Invasion of Syria on Democrats' Impeachment Inquiry
Discussion: Contemptor and Political Wire
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
ABC News Broadcasts Fake Syria Bombing Video That's Actually From a Kentucky Military Show in 2017
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