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7:10 PM ET, October 24, 2019

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Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
‘Powerful woman’ Kellyanne Conway mocks and threatens reporter for mentioning her husband (AUDIO)  —  Top White House aide Kellyanne Conway, describing herself as “a powerful woman,” aggressively and disparagingly told a female reporter that it was improper to write about her husband …
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Washington Examiner:
Transcript of telephone call between Kellyanne Conway and Caitlin Yilek  —  This is a transcript of the telephone conversation between Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president of the United States, and Caitlin Yilek, breaking news reporter at the Washington Examiner.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Mediaite
Jonathan Shorman / Wichita Eagle:
‘Your question is insane.’ Full interview with Secretary of State Pompeo in Wichita  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday made his fourth trip to Kansas this year, this one to Wichita with Ivanka Trump.  The former Kansas congressman sat down with McClatchy's Wichita Eagle and Kansas City Star …
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Washington Post:
White House delayed Ukraine trade decision in August, a signal that U.S. suspension of cooperation extended beyond security funds  —  The White House's trade representative in late August withdrew a recommendation to restore some of Ukraine's trade privileges after John Bolton …
Discussion: Political Wire, The Hill and Salon
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Tell Federal Agencies to Cut New York Times, Washington Post Subscriptions  —  White House plans to direct government staffers to not renew orders with the newspapers, whose coverage he has disparaged as ‘fake’  —  WASHINGTON—The White House is planning to instruct federal agencies …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:   Trump Cancels Subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Shocking photos of Congresswoman Katie Hill are revealed as she's seen NAKED showing off Nazi-era tattoo while smoking a bong, kissing her female staffer and posing nude on ‘wife sharing’ sites  — Katie Hill, 32, has been seen in a series of shocking photographs obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:   Katie Hill Sends Cease And Desist Letter To Daily Mail Website Over Nude Photos
Jackie Salo / New York Post:
Katie Hill admits her ‘throuple’ relationship was a bad idea
Wall Street Journal:
Schiff's Secret Bombshells  —  If the testimony is so damning for Trump, why not make it public?  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Bombshell.  The walls are closing in.  Donald Trump's defense has collapsed.  The quid pro quo has been proven, the case for impeachment is obvious …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Allies Growing Desperate for Defenses of Ukraine Scandal  —  Republicans have been complaining loudly over the lack of a “war room” in the White House to coordinate the party's impeachment message.  The basis for their concern is growing increasingly obvious.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why is GOP spin growing more pathetic and lawless? Because Trump's defenses are collapsing.
Discussion: Politico, New York Times and Daily Kos
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Can Warren Beat Trump?  —  Chat with almost any political professional in and around Washington, and you find something of a consensus building on the following:  — Elizabeth Warren is going to be the nominee.  — She's going to have a hard time beating Trump.  —  Last week, I spent time looking at the first point.
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Fox Business:   Tulsi Gabbard, amid Hillary Clinton tussle, hits Wall Street fat cat syndicate
Edward Luce / Financial Times:   How America's far-left could help re-elect Donald Trump
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Clinton Advisor Philippe Reines: Hillary Has Not Closed The Door On 2020
Discussion: Politico
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Lawyers for Ukrainian oligarch have another client: The columnist who pushed Biden corruption claims  —  Conservative lawyers Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing, who this year took on as a client an oligarch at the center of the Ukraine scandal, also represent the conservative columnist …
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BuzzFeed News:
This Prosecutor Set Giuliani Up With Key Ukrainians — And He Just Got A Promotion
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
Miriam Elder / BuzzFeed News:
The Dark Heart Of The Impeachment Investigation Is A Powerful Oligarch — With Close Ties To Vladimir Putin
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Just Security:
United States of America v. Rudolph W. Giuliani  —  Former U.S. Attorneys draft a “Mock Indictment” based on publicly available evidence of Giuliani's misconduct. … While the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel has issued legal opinions that a sitting president cannot be indicted …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story, Law & Crime and CNN
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Judge Napolitano Schools ‘Fox & Friends’ on Impeachment: Schiff Just ‘Following the Rules’ Written by GOP  —  Fox News' judicial analyst disappointed his colleagues by explaining there's nothing wrong with “secret” impeachment hearings.  —  After Republican members of the House literally stormed …
Discussion: New Republic and Breitbart
Madeleine Jacob / LifeSiteNews:
BREAKING: Judge rules dad will have say in gender ‘transition’ of 7-year-old  —  The judge presiding over the case of Jeffrey Younger, the father who is trying to protect his seven-year-old son, James, from chemical castration via a gender “transition,” ruled today that the parents …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump says he'll attend Game 5 of the World Series at Nationals Park  —  President Trump said Thursday that he plans to attend Game 5 of the World Series at Nationals Park on Sunday if the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros are still playing, though he did not confirm if he had been asked to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump says he plans to attend game five of World Series
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Apprentice’ Contestant Says She Has Documents Corroborating Donald Trump Sexual Assault  —  Summer Zervos tells the court about calendar entries, old emails, correspondence with Fox News, and a polygraph test.  —  For the first time, season-five Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos has laid …
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Education Official to Resign and Call for Mass Student-Loan Forgiveness  —  A. Wayne Johnson, appointed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, calls the student-loan system ‘fundamentally broken’  —  WASHINGTON—A senior student-loan official in the Trump administration said he would resign Thursday …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
The Student Vote Is Surging.  So Are Efforts to Suppress It.  —  The share of college students casting ballots doubled from 2014 to 2018, a potential boon to Democrats.  But in Texas and elsewhere, Republicans are erecting roadblocks to the polls.  —  AUSTIN, Texas — At Austin Community College …
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Fantasy of Republicans Ditching Trump  —  Republican senators will soon be receiving an invitation to tear apart the Republican Party ahead of the 2020 elections, and they are going to decline to accept it.  —  It's a trope of pro-impeachment commentary that it should be simple …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Read the Trump Administration's Warning Letter to Laura Cooper  —  The No. 2 Pentagon official told Ms. Cooper, the military's Russia-Ukraine expert, not to talk to Congress.  She did anyway.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has declared that the executive branch will not cooperate …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Economists rush to help Sen. Elizabeth Warren solve Medicare-for-all tax puzzle  —  “She wants something airtight but easy to understand,” one outside adviser said of Warren's approach to finance huge health plan  —  Internal and external economic policy advisers are trying to help Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
Discussion: Mediaite
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
N.J. seeks to revoke liquor license for one of Trump's golf clubs, triggered by a case in which a customer caused a fatal car crash  —  The state of New Jersey is seeking to revoke the liquor license for one of President Trump's golf clubs — a rare and potentially damaging punishment …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Political Wire
CNN:
Bill Taylor testimony ‘reverberating’ among House Republicans, GOP sources say  —  Trump knew about GOP protest ahead of time, sources say  —  Washington (CNN)The opening statement of Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, is “reverberating” on Capitol Hill among Republicans …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
National Archives probes Wilbur Ross' use of private email  —  The National Archives and Records Administration has launched an investigation into Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' use of private email for official business, according to a letter made public this week.
Sakshi Venkatraman / Washington Square News:
Statement From WSN on Decision to Pull Pro-Nationalist Advertisement  —  Last week, conservative pundit Rich Lowry purchased a full-page advertisement to be printed on the back page of WSN's Monday, Oct. 21 issue.  The ad promoted his Thursday talk at the Silver Center …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Harvey Weinstein Turned Up At An Event For Young Actors.  One Woman Who Confronted Him Was Thrown Out.  —  A woman comedian was booed and two attendees kicked out after they protested the appearance of disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein at an event for young performers in lower Manhattan on Wednesday night.
Robert Griffin / Democracy Fund Voter Study Group:
Early Signs Suggest Trouble for Trump in 2020 Election  —  With the 2020 Democratic primary season well under way, many political analysts — and not a few Democrats — have wondered which of the party's candidates is most electable.  But there's another candidate with an electability challenge: President Donald Trump.
New York Times:
Joe Biden or Elizabeth Warren?  New Polls Differ on Who's Leading 2020 Race  —  Surveys released this week show varying, and sometimes conflicting, races unfolding nationally and in early primary states.  —  Just over three months before Iowans caucus for Democratic presidential candidates …
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Voter Enthusiasm for 2020 Is Off the Charts — Especially for Trump Fans  —  It's a running joke among political junkies that the next presidential election is always the most important one ever.  But you could make a pretty good case that 2020 is, in the words of Joe Biden, a BFD.
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
House issues subpoena for documents related to Trump's D.C. hotel, which is housed in a federally owned building
Discussion: Axios
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Fake News Echo Chamber: New York Times Prints Lies by Adam Schiff Witness Made in Secret Testimony
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump tries (and fails) to explain his Colorado border wall comments
Discussion: The Hill, CBS Denver and Deseret News
ProPublica:
How a Tax Break to Help the Poor Went to NBA Owner Dan Gilbert
Elizabeth Grieco / Pew Research Center:
One-in-five U.S. newsroom employees live in New York, Los Angeles or D.C.
CBS News:
Bruce Springsteen: President Trump “doesn't have a grasp” on what it means to be American
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Larsen / TYT Network:
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Noam Cohen / Wired:
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William Mattox / Wall Street Journal:
Impeachment Needs a Replay Booth
Discussion: alicublog
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
House Dems Accuse Impeachment Witnesses of Coordinating Testimony
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Pro-Trump ‘Enemies List’ Smear Flops
Jessica Pels / Cosmopolitan:
Pete Buttigieg on His Plans to Address Climate Change and Revamp the Supreme Court, and, Oh, Tackle Halloween
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Hill