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New York Times:
White House Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call  —  Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, who heard President Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president and was alarmed, testified that he tried and failed to add key details to the rough transcript.
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Washington Post:
Firsthand account of Trump's Ukraine call puts GOP in bind, emboldens Democrats  —  A top National Security Council official on Tuesday delivered a firsthand account of President Trump pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, putting congressional Republicans in a bind …
Julia Ioffe / GQ:
Alexander Vindman and the Questioning of an American Jew's Patriotism  —  Julia Ioffe on the making of a decorated U.S. military officer, and the immigrant experience of Soviet Jews in America and abroad.  —  One June evening in 2013, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Impeachment Is Not a Coup  —  And no matter what Trump thinks, the president does not embody the will of the people.  —  In his letter denouncing the impeachment investigation, Pat Cipollone accused Democrats of waging an “illegitimate” effort to “overturn the results of the 2016 election …
CNN:
Shouting match erupts in Vindman deposition as Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to out whistleblower  —  (CNN)Democrats and Republicans got into a shouting match behind closed doors on Tuesday while interviewing a witness in the impeachment investigation, with Democrats accusing Republicans …
Washington Post:
Mike Pence is reliably, relentlessly wrong
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and The Hill
Brandon Carter / NPR:
READ: Ukraine Specialist Catherine Croft's Written Testimony In Impeachment Inquiry  —  Catherine Croft, a State Department employee who previously worked on Ukraine issues for the National Security Council, is testifying in the House impeachment inquiry on Wednesday.
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
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CNN:
State Department official to testify that John Bolton warned about influence of Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine  —  WH weighs responses to impeachment as House vote nears  —  (CNN)Former national security adviser John Bolton cautioned about the influence Rudy Giuliani had on US-Ukraine policymaking during …
New York Times:
Former G.O.P. Lawmaker Pressed for Ambassador's Ouster, Diplomat Will Say  —  Robert Livingston, the former congressman turned lobbyist, repeatedly contacted a White House official to criticize Marie L. Yovanovitch.  —  WASHINGTON — Robert Livingston, the former Republican congressman turned lobbyist …
Discussion: Political Wire
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Two volatile meetings at the White House have become central to the impeachment inquiry  —  The Ukrainian officials arrived at the White House on July 10 hoping to cement their country's relationship with the United States, solidifying support the Trump administration seemed reluctant to extend for reasons they didn't fully understand.
ABC News:
State Department officials set to testify in Trump impeachment probe; say Mulvaney put ‘informal’ hold on Ukraine aid
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Testimony from career diplomats to outline Trump's dark view of Ukraine
Discussion: New York Post
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Mitch McConnell's extraordinary efforts to say nothing at all  —  (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went to extraordinary lengths Tuesday to avoid giving substantive answers to direct questions about the allegations made by Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the first current White House official …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:   Trump aides start soaking high-priced D.C. lawyers in new business
NBC News:
Mulvaney was left in the dark on al-Baghdadi operation  —  President Trump's acting chief of staff first learned of the raid when it was already underway, raising questions about his status in the White House.  —  WASHINGTON — Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney first learned …
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Washington Post:
Islamic State defector inside Baghdadi's hideout critical to success of raid, officials say
New York Times:
Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows  —  Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the world's great coastal cities.  —  The authors of a paper published Tuesday developed …
Discussion: The Resurgent and Al Jazeera
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Benjamin H. Strauss / Nature:
New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding  —  Abstract  —  Most estimates of global mean sea-level rise this century fall below 2 m.  This quantity is comparable to the positive vertical bias of the principle digital elevation model …
Discussion: Big Think and Rolling Stone
Zia Weise / Politico:
Turkey summons US ambassador over Armenian genocide resolution  —  Turkey has summoned the U.S. ambassador after lawmakers in Washington voted to recognize Ottoman-era mass killings of Armenians as a genocide and called for sanctions against Ankara.  —  On Tuesday, the U.S. House …
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Joyce Karam / The National:   US House recognises Armenian genocide and passes Turkey sanctions
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
White House Finds Loophole in Search for Homeland Security Secretary  —  Officials who lead agencies in the department and echo the president's language on immigration were initially thought to be ineligible under a federal law.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has found a way to bypass …
Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost and Political Wire
Melissa Leon / Fox News:
Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy more consistent with homicidal strangulation than suicide, Dr. Michael Baden reveals  —  The body of disgraced money man and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his Manhattan federal prison cell in August, bore telltale signs of homicide despite …
Discussion: Sara A. Carter
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wants You to Know He's Smart Enough to ‘Do Quid Pro Quo’  —  Everyone should just stop saying he's too dumb or incompetent to commit crimes—he could totally pull them off if he wanted to, Trump has been complaining privately.  —  As President Trump gets dragged deeper, and deeper …
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
The Daily Beast:
Trump Sides With Indicted Oligarch Over His Own Diplomat  —  The President of the United States amplified a tweet calling one of his diplomats a liar—and, by implication, absolving a Ukrainian gas mogul of any mob ties.  —  President Donald Trump boosted a tweet Monday promoting …
Discussion: NBC News
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
When JFK Was Trump  —  Have we ever had a president before this one who so disdains the advice and policies of those who have spent their lives working for the government he leads?  Have we ever had a chief executive who is so skeptical of the judgments of career diplomats and military leaders …
Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
Brexit deal would leave Wales-sized hole in UK economy, experts warn  —  LONDON — Boris Johnson's Brexit deal would leave a hole in the U.K. economy the size of Wales, economists warned.  —  The agreement struck between the U.K. government and Brussels will leave gross domestic product 3 …
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Media Matters for America:
Fox's Jason Chaffetz says two days isn't enough time for congressional Republicans to read the eight page impeachment resolution  —  Chaffetz: “She said they're going to vote on Thursday, but it's Tuesday.  So, do the math”
Jay Nordlinger / Popular Information:
Keeping it “real”  —  On Monday, Popular Information revealed how The Daily Wire, a toxic right-wing website, has been able to achieve phenomenal success on Facebook, in part, through gaming the system.  The investigation revealed “a clandestine network of 14 large Facebook pages that purport …
Associated Press:
U.S. economy grows at modest 1.9% rate in third quarter  —  The U.S. economy slowed to a modest growth rate of 1.9% in the summer as consumer spending downshifted and businesses continued to trim their investments in response to trade war uncertainty and a weakening global economy.
Discussion: Breitbart
Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
The NCAA Had to Cut Athletes a Better Deal  —  Before anyone gives the NCAA Board of Governors any credit for letting college athletes profit from their name, image, and likeness, people should understand this: If the NCAA is bending slightly to the popular opinion that athletes should be able to cash in …
CNN:
Greta Thunberg declined a climate award because the world needs more action, fewer awards  —  Meet teen climate activist Greta Thunberg  —  (CNN)Teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg was awarded the 2019 Nordic Council Environment Prize, but she won't be accepting it.
David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
U.S. set to disappoint Asia with downgraded delegation for Bangkok summits  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has downgraded its participation in back-to-back Asia-Pacific summits in Bangkok next week, a move bound to disappoint Asian partners worried by China's expanding influence.
NBC Universal:
MSNBC'S “THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW” IS #1 IN A25-54 ACROSS CABLE NEWS, TOPPING ALL REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHOWS ON FOX NEWS AND CNN IN OCTOBER  —  “Morning Joe” at 6am Posts Record-Breaking Month in Total Viewers, Tops CNN in A25-54 for 24th Straight Month and in Total Viewers for 56th Straight Month
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
He's running for governor to run false ads on Facebook.  Now Facebook is stopping him  —  New York (CNN Business)A San Francisco man tried to call out Facebook's controversial false ads policy by running false ads of his own.  Now the company is barring him from doing so …
 
 
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Potential GOP rival warns Sessions against run for old Senate seat over Trump ire
Associated Press:
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Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
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Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
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Yahoo News:
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 Earlier Items: 
Caroline Kitchener / The Lily:
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Louisa Loveluck / Washington Post:
Dread in northern Syria as U.S. troops withdraw and cease-fire ends
Christie Aschwanden / Wired:
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CNN:
Stuck in an airport for almost two weeks, Iranian beauty queen says she will be killed if she is deported
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Gary Stein / Washington Post:
President Trump may have violated criminal provisions of the Hatch Act
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
SC Rep. Joe Cunningham to vote for House resolution setting rules for impeachment inquiry
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
New poll poses serious questions about Democratic impeachment drive
Discussion: Hot Air