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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Testimony: Nunes acolyte misrepresented himself to Trump as Ukraine expert  —  The decorated Army officer who testified to House investigators on Tuesday told lawmakers that a close associate of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes “misrepresented” himself to President Donald Trump in an effort …
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
‘Whistleblower’ Exposed: Close to Biden, Brennan, Schiff's Staff, and DNC Operative  —  For a town that leaks like a sieve, Washington has done an astonishingly effective job keeping from the American public the name of the anonymous “whistleblower” who triggered impeachment proceedings …
Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Exclusive: White House Ignored Pentagon Warning on Ukraine Funding  —  As the summer wore on, and President Donald Trump would not budge on his decision to withhold almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine, the Pentagon warned the White House: If its portion of the money wasn't released quickly …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
John Bolton Is Asked to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry  —  Move comes after State Department official says then-national security adviser was concerned Rudy Giuliani ‘was a key voice with the President on Ukraine’  —  WASHINGTON—House committees have asked former national security adviser John Bolton …
Discussion: The Week, Twitchy and Raw Story
Max Boot / Washington Post:   In Syria and elsewhere, Trump is making Russia great again
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Top NSC Russia official to step down ahead of impeachment testimony
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
House Democrats Ask Bolton to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry
Discussion: Mother Jones
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Top Trump adviser next in impeachment hearing hot seat
Discussion: Politico
Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘One real mess’: Trump aides face the prospect of giant legal bills
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott Bland / Politico:
Kamala Harris to slash staff, restructure campaign as she hemorrhages cash  —  Kamala Harris is dramatically restructuring her campaign by redeploying staffers to Iowa and laying off dozens of aides at her Baltimore headquarters, according to campaign sources and a memo obtained Wednesday by POLITICO …
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CNBC:   Kamala Harris' campaign will cut staff, focus on Iowa as she struggles with voters and donors
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Why I Haven't Gone Back to SCOTUS Since Kavanaugh  —  Some things are worth not getting over.  — Unbelievable and Know My Name Show the Harm a Sexual Assault Investigation Can Do to a Survivor  —  It's been just over a year since I sat in the hearing room and watched the final act of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing.
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter Says It Will Ban All Political Ads  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Dorsey, Twitter's chief executive, said on Wednesday that the social media service would ban political ads on its platform, in a stark contrast to rival Facebook, which has faced blowback for taking a hands-off approach to political advertising.
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Avie Schneider / NPR:
Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook
Discussion: Redstate, National Review and Breitbart
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Twitter, the RC Cola of campaign advertising, will no longer accept campaign ads
Cody Fenwick / Raw Story:
Trump judicial nominee breaks into tears in hearing over scathing finding that he's ‘arrogant, lazy’ and ‘an ideologue’  —  Lawrence J.C. VanDyke openly wept on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee as he was confronted with a blistering review from the American Bar Association …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Trump tweeted a photo of a Medal of Honor recipient — who was edited out and replaced by a dog  —  In a somber White House ceremony in July 2017, President Trump draped the Medal of Honor around the neck of James McCloughan.  He was credited with saving the lives of 10 men in a brutal …
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USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Biden's lead over Warren narrows in a turbulent Democratic field  —  Susan Page Savannah Behrmann Jeanine SantucciUSA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON — Former vice president Joe Biden continues to lead a turbulent field for the Democratic presidential nomination …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tulsi Gabbard Drops a Big Hint About Running a Spoiler Campaign for Trump  —  “Hillary Clinton emerged recently to claim, with no basis in fact, that I am being ‘groomed’ by the Russian government to undermine America,” claims Tulsi Gabbard in a Wall Street Journal op-ed today.
Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein's Autopsy ‘Points to Homicide,’ Not Suicide, Pathologist Claims  —  The pathologist hired by Mr. Epstein's brother said evidence suggested strangulation.  The authorities disputed the claim.  —  A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein's brother claimed on Wednesday …
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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Jeffrey Epstein's injuries look more like murder than suicide, noted pathologist says
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Politico
Michael McFaul / Washington Post:
Alexander Vindman should be celebrated, not smeared  —  Michael McFaul is director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover senior fellow at Stanford University and a contributing columnist to The Post.  He is the author of “From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia.”
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Army Times and Slate
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Mike Jason / The Atlantic:
Take It From Me, the Attacks on Vindman Are Disgraceful
Discussion: ABC News and The Moderate Voice
Task & Purpose:   Army defends Lt. Col. Vindman days after his commander-in-chief called him a ‘Never Trumper’
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
One Of Erdogan's Biggest Allies Contributed To Ilhan Omar's Campaign  — An official with a Turkish-American advocacy group contributed $1,500 to Rep. Ilhan Omar last month, campaign records show. … - Omar was scrutinized over votes she cast Tuesday that are seen as favorable to the Turkish government.
Discussion: The Hill
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate blocks effort to roll back Trump administration's ObamaCare rule  —  The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Democratic effort to roll back a Trump administration rule that allows states to ignore parts of ObamaCare.  —  Senators voted 43-52 on the resolution, falling short of the simple majority needed to pass the chamber.
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Impeachment complicates spending fight Republicans don't want
Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Nancy Pelosi's Predictions for Impeachment  —  Nancy Pelosi wants you to know that the House Democratic leadership has not committed to impeaching President Donald Trump—notwithstanding the muscle she's thrown behind the inquiry, or tomorrow's vote on how its next stage will proceed.
BuzzFeed News:
Katie Hill's Estranged Husband Claimed To His Parents He Was Hacked Before Nude Pictures Of Her Were Published Online  —  Kenny Heslep told his parents he had been hacked.  Weeks before the nude pictures of Rep. Katie Hill were published, he asked a local podcaster if he wanted “the whole story.”
HEATED:
Trump caused Murray Energy's bankruptcy  —  A revelation from the largest private coal company's bankruptcy filing.  —  Welcome to HEATED, a newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis—written by me, Emily Atkin.  —  If you've been forwarded this email, you can sign up for your own subscription here:
Gwen Aviles / NBC News:
Ex-gays descend upon D.C. to lobby against LGBTQ rights  —  Despite federal hate crimes data and academic research to the contrary, the “formers” question the existence of anti-LGBTQ discrimination.  —  A group of people from across the country who formerly identified as gay and transgender …
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
The New York Times is right.  D.C. is a terrible place.  —  The one downside of the fact that the Nationals (hurrah for our brave boys!) are in the World Series is that now the New York Times is trying to inform its readers about this curious hamlet with few restaurants and less culture in which the team plays.
YouTube:
Unite The Country  —  It's time to unite the country.  Join the fight to elect Joe Biden and defeat Donald Trump at unitethecountry.com.
Discussion: CNN, Sludge, Politico and Bloomberg
Los Angeles Times:
Fast-moving Easy fire expands to 1,300 acres, forces thousands to flee in Simi Valley near Reagan Library  —  A large brush fire erupted in Simi Valley early Wednesday and was quickly burning toward neighborhoods, triggering mandatory evacuations amid strong Santa Ana winds.
 
 
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Cuccinelli tangles with Wasserman Schultz after ‘white supremacist’ claim: 'That's defamatory'
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Republicans slam Dems as committee readies impeachment resolution for floor vote
Discussion: MSNBC and The Hill
Associated Press:
Clinton impeachment figure makes return in Trump sequel
Discussion: Politico
Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
How can GOP senators serve as impeachment jurors when they're implicated in Trump's misdeeds?
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Joe Biden to attend Seattle fundraiser co-hosted by Amazon general counsel
Discussion: Jacobin
Sean Ross / Yellowhammer News:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Jr. on Alabama's Senate race, impeachment, his favorite Ala. memory & more
CNN:
Trump's Ukraine dishonesty barrage continues. He made 96 false claims last week
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CNN:
Bill Taylor is willing to testify publicly in impeachment probe
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Pete Buttigieg Is Still Fighting the Last War
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Republicans shoot down White House plan to install Cuccinelli atop DHS
 

 
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