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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
‘I feel bad that I left’: John Kelly warned Trump he would be impeached  —  SEA ISLAND, Georgia — John Kelly warned President Trump that hiring a “yes man” to succeed him as White House chief of staff would lead to impeachment and, in hindsight, regrets his decision to resign.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
‘Catastrophically bad idea’: John Kelly criticizes Trump's Syria pullout  —  SEA ISLAND, Georgia — John Kelly, the former White House chief of staff, is calling President Trump's decision to remove American troops from northern Syria a “catastrophically bad idea” that is harming U.S. national security …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Gabby Orr / Politico:
‘You can quickly get turned into a pretzel’: How a top Trump fighter escaped the spotlight in a critical month  —  Two days after House Democrats began their formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway went on national television to assure viewers her boss …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Dan Spinelli / Mother Jones:
Trump's Impeachment Woes Grow In Latest Twitter Rant  —  Somebody is thinking about impeachment this morning.  —  President Donald Trump's latest weekend tweetstorm took aim at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) …
Discussion: Breitbart, Deadline and Raw Story
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Key Witness in Impeachment Inquiry Asks Federal Court to Rule Over Testifying  —  The move raises new doubts about whether President Trump's closest aides will be able to cooperate with the inquiry.  —  WASHINGTON — A key witness in the impeachment investigation filed a lawsuit Friday asking …
Discussion: Raw Story, Vox, UPI, NBC News, New York Post, MSNBC and CNN
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Waiting for Bolton: A Capital Speculates on What He Will Say
Discussion: Raw Story, UPI and The Korea Times
Jacqueline Thomsen / National Law Journal:   Steve Bannon Expected to Appear as Government Witness in Roger Stone's Trial
Washington Post:
Trump frustrated as White House effort to defy impeachment inquiry fails to halt witness testimony, advisers say
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos, The Hill and Axios
New York Times:
Rachel Maddow Confronts Her NBC News Bosses Live, on the Air  —  The MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow publicly confronted the leadership of her own network on Friday night, declaring live on air that she and other NBC News employees had deep concerns about whether the organization …
Josh Partlow / Washington Post:
Company with ties to Trump's brother Robert awarded $33 million government contract  —  A company in which President Trump's brother has a financial stake received a $33 million contract from the U.S. Marshals Service earlier this year, an award that has drawn protests from two other bidders …
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Official to Testify Pompeo Blocked Show of Support for Ousted Ambassador  —  Philip Reeker is latest State Department witness called in impeachment inquiry  —  WASHINGTON—A senior State Department official was set to tell House impeachment investigators Saturday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
Discussion: CNN, Diplopundit and Political Wire
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:   Could This Straight Shooter Bring Trump One Step Closer to Impeachment?
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
London trip photos show Giuliani with indicted associate at Yankees' game, Ukrainian charity event  —  Rudy Giuliani (center) speaks with New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone prior to a game between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in London in June 2019.  Lev Parnas, a now-indicted associate …
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BuzzFeed News:
There's A Village In Ukraine Where Rudy Giuliani Is The Honorary Mayor.  That's Not The Weird Part Of This Story.  —  ANATEVKA, Ukraine — Less than 20 miles outside of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, there's a little village inspired by Fiddler on the Roof that is playing an outsize role …
New York Times:
Symbol of '80s Greed Stands to Profit From Trump Tax Break for Poor Areas  —  RENO, Nev. — In the 1980s, Michael Milken embodied Wall Street greed.  A swashbuckling financier, he was charged with playing a central role in a vast insider-trading scheme and was sent to prison for violating federal securities and tax laws.
Discussion: Althouse
USA Today:
Trump speaks at HBCU Benedict College as students are asked to stay in dorms  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. - In a way, what happened outside Benedict College's gates in the heart of downtown felt quite small.  At its peak, the crowd covered less than 100 yards of the sidewalk.
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Nihal Krishan / Washington Examiner:
Two years in, Trump tax cuts not on course to pay for themselves  —  After two years, President Trump's tax cuts are not on track to pay for themselves, the latest Treasury data released Friday suggest.  —  Total federal government revenues ended up lower in 2019 than was projected before the passage of the GOP tax overhaul in 2017.
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Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Federal deficit increases 26% to $984 billion for fiscal 2019, highest in 7 years
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, an Iowa native, backs Elizabeth Warren for president  —  U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, a native Iowan and a rising star in the Democratic Party, confirmed to the Des Moines Register Saturday that she is endorsing U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president.
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:   What's the plan? Warren's ‘Medicare for All’ proposal will test her brand
Rick Wilson / gen.medium.com:
Is William Barr the Head of DOJ or QAnon?  —  John Durham's investigation of the Russia probe as a criminal matter is further proof that the Justice Department is a tool for Trump now  —  I warned you William Barr was the most dangerous man in America.  —  I warned you he would burn Washington to the ground.
Discussion: Washington Post, NPR and Fox News
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Maria Butina Receives Hero's Welcome in Moscow  —  Maria Butina is out of jail and Moscow is celebrating the convicted “spotter” for Russian intelligence.  —  Maria Butina, who pleaded guilty late last year to conspiring to act on behalf of the Russian government as a clandestine foreign agent …
Discussion: ICE, Talking Points Memo, The Hill and BBC
Devoun Cetoute / Miami Herald:
Florida woman sets person on fire in Taco Bell, and then may have gone on arson spree, cops say  —  A Tallahassee woman may have went on a arson spree Wednesday and Thursday, starting at a Taco Bell where a woman was set on fire, cops say.  —  On Wednesday, Mia Williams …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
CNN:
Trump ordered Mattis to ‘screw Amazon’ on Pentagon contract, according to new book  —  (CNN) A new biography of former Defense Secretary James Mattis reports President Donald Trump personally got involved in who would win a major $10 billion contract to provide cloud computing services to the Pentagon …
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Biden confident of prospects in South Carolina  —  FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden tells The Associated Press that he's confident his long ties in South Carolina will pay dividends in next year's Democratic presidential primary and plans no change in campaign strategy while rivals …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
The Global Protest Wave, Explained  —  It's not your imagination, and the last few months are not an outlier: Mass protests are on the rise globally.  —  They've been growing more common, year over year, since the end of World War II, now reaching an unprecedented level of frequency.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Civil rights leaders thought they'd figured out how to deal with Facebook.  But now they are ‘livid.’  —  As civil rights leaders prepared for a town hall event in Atlanta last month featuring Facebook's second-in-command Sheryl Sandberg, optimism ran high that company officials …
Newsday:
Romney-Gabbard, Make America Decent Again  —  With the next presidential election only a year away, House Democrats are committed to impeaching President Trump.  This should come as no surprise, as they have been talking about impeachment since before Trump even took office.
New York Times:
Thanks, Whistle-Blower, Your Work Is Done  —  White House transcript Statements by officials  —  Statements by officials Not proven yet  —  White House transcript Statements by officials  —  “Where is the Whistleblower, and why did he or she write such a fictitious and incorrect account …
The Intercept:
For Some Reason, We Can't Find a Single Leftist Mark Zuckerberg Invited to His Dinners With Pundits From “Across the Spectrum”  —  During a congressional hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked Mark Zuckerberg about his “ongoing dinner parties with far-right figures.”
Discussion: National Review and New York Times
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Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel / CREW:
Daughter of Trump's Business Partner Joins Indonesian Government
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Catholic Bishops Back Ordination of Married Men as Priests in Amazon Region, a Milestone
Mwenzke / KTLA:
Russian Defense Official Calls U.S. Decision to Send Troops to Protect Syrian Oil ‘Banditry’
Rahm Emanuel / Washington Post:
Someone needs to say it: Medicare-for-all is a pipe dream
Reuters:
Turkey Will ‘Cleanse’ Syria Border if Russia Fails to Clear Kurdish Fighters, Erdogan Says
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
Casey Michel / Politico:
Russia's Long and Mostly Unsuccessful History of Election Interference
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump accuses Obama of treason for ‘spying’ on his 2016 campaign
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Republican Impeachment Panic Sets In
Discussion: Roll Call
 Earlier Items: 
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Facebook Axed Pro-Vaccine Ads, Let Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracies Slip Through
Washington Post:
The Harvard Crimson is right to stand by journalistic principles
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
Trump's company exploring sale of marquee Washington hotel
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Gift to Mitt Romney: Relevance
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
'We're Asking You to Dig Deep': Biden Seeks to Steady Finances as Allies Fret
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The Difference Between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump
Discussion: Slate and Washington Post
David Smith / The Guardian:
Bill Weld: Trump faces higher risk of removal if senators go to secret ballot
ABC News:
Former National Security official asks judge to determine if he must testify in impeachment probe