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Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
'It's like nothing we have come across before': UK intelligence officials shaken by Trump administration's requests for help with counter-impeachment inquiry  —  As impeachment inquiries heat up, president's people are busy pursuing a counter offensive aimed at discrediting Mueller's findings that Russia interfered in 2016 election
Discussion: Daily Kos and POLITICUSUSA
Jesse Dougherty / Washington Post:
Sean Doolittle on declining White House invite: 'I don't want to hang out with somebody who talks like that'  —  Ever since Sean Doolittle was traded to the Washington Nationals in the summer of 2017, the reliever was often asked whether he would visit the White House after winning the World Series.
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
RNC pays face value for Trump party's luxury seats at World Series game
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Drops Out of the Presidential Race  —  The former Texas congressman, who energized Democrats in a Senate race last year, began his White House run to great fanfare but failed to build significant support.  —  Former Representative Beto O'Rourke of Texas announced that he is dropping …
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Beto O'Rourke:
Thank you.  —  Our campaign has been about seeing clearly, speaking honestly and acting decisively in the best interests of America.  —  Though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully.
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Beto O'Rourke's Campaign Failed
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Smugglers are sawing through new sections of Trump's border wall  —  SAN DIEGO — Smuggling gangs in Mexico have repeatedly sawed through new sections of President Trump's border wall in recent months by using commercially available power tools, opening gaps large enough for people and drug loads …
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Growing number of GOP senators consider acknowledging Trump's quid pro quo on Ukraine  —  A growing number of Senate Republicans are ready to acknowledge that President Trump used U.S. military aid as leverage to force Ukraine to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his family …
Alex Thompson / Politico:
‘This is going to cause down-ballot damage’: Warren's $20 trillion health plan fails to quiet critics  —  The most-vulnerable Democrat in Colorado's state House, Bri Buentello, is dreading door-knocking in her rural district now that Elizabeth Warren dropped her massive “Medicare for All” plan into the presidential arena.
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Bloomberg:
Warren Derides Biden as Running in ‘Wrong Presidential Primary’  — Senator hits back over criticism of $21 trillion health plan  — Warren-Biden rift comes as Democratic hopefuls descend on Iowa  —  Elizabeth Warren swatted back at Joe Biden's criticism of her $21 trillion Medicare …
Daily Mail:
'He thinks he still has Mike Pence's job!' …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
In Iowa, Biden confronts a growing threat: Pete Buttigieg
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill
CNN:
Top White House official tried to find out if ambassador went rogue or acted at Trump's direction on Ukraine  —  Top WH Russia adviser finishes closed-door testimony, says he was worried about call transcript leaking  —  (CNN)A top White House official told lawmakers he tried to find …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Washington Post:
White House official who heard Trump's call with Ukraine leader testified that he was told to keep quiet  —  Several days after President Trump's phone call with the leader of Ukraine, a top White House lawyer instructed a senior national security official not to discuss his grave concerns …
Discussion: The Week, HuffPost and CNN
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Testimony: White House lawyer told Vindman not to discuss Ukraine call
New York Times:
The Whimpering Terrorist Only Trump Seems to Have Heard  —  President Trump offered a vivid account of the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “crying and screaming” in the final minutes before his death.  The only problem: No one else knows what he's talking about.
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KCRW:   The al-Baghdadi raid  —  Listen 56 min MORE  —  In a near …
CNN:
'I'm the best-paid interpreter in the world': Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas touted windfall from Ukrainian oligarch  —  New York (CNN)Earlier this year, Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, received a sudden windfall of money from a prominent Ukrainian oligarch …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Raw Story and Contemptor
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Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed News:
A Lawyer For Giuliani's Ukrainian Associate Tried To Argue He Was Not A Flight Risk.  It Did Not Go Well.  —  A lawyer for Igor Fruman, one of the men who had been working with Rudy Guiliani in his Ukraine campaign, tried to argue Friday that his client was not a flight risk and didn't need …
CNN:
Kamala Harris closes campaign offices and fires staff in New Hampshire  —  (CNN)Sen. Kamala Harris is closing three of her four presidential campaign offices in New Hampshire and has fired all her field organizers in the state as she homes in on her struggling campaign in Iowa, an aide tells CNN.
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HuffPost:   Kamala Harris Sheds Significant Portion Of Staff In New Hampshire
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:   Why Low-Polling 2020 Democrats Still Have a Chance
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump says Chad Wolf now acting Homeland Security chief, adding to confusion about transition  —  President Trump told reporters Friday evening that Chad Wolf is the new acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, but it was unclear whether a formal appointment had occurred …
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog and Axios
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Associated Press:
DHS official Wolf named acting head of Homeland Security
Discussion: Politico
Kate Irby / Fresno Bee:
Devin Nunes in Twitter lawsuit demands emails from Democratic strategist  —  Rep. Devin Nunes wants to compel a former Democratic National Committee employee and a Democrat-supporting law firm to turn over their communications with anonymous writers who criticize him on Twitter.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
In Trump's Twitter Feed: Conspiracy-Mongers, Racists and Spies  —  In September, an obscure Twitter account promoting a fringe belief about an anti-Trump cabal within the government tweeted out a hashtag: #FakeWhistleblower.  —  It was typical for the anonymous account …
ABC News:
Federal prosecutors examining possible contacts between Giuliani and former Rep. Bob Livingston over Ukraine: Sources  —  A new name in the House impeachment inquiry, former Republican Rep. Bob Livingston, has surfaced in the ongoing investigation by federal prosecutors in New York into efforts …
Everton Bailey Jr / Oregonian:
Baton attack during June protests in downtown Portland lands man in prison for nearly 6 years  —  June 29 2019 downtown Portland baton attack  —  A 24-year-old man who hit another man over the head with a baton in June during dueling downtown Portland demonstrations was sentenced Friday to nearly six years in prison.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
‘Divorced from the facts’: DOJ shoots down claims Strzok and the FBI trapped Flynn  —  The Justice Department shot down claims by former Trump national security adviser Mike Flynn's lawyers that former FBI agent Peter Strzok and others at the bureau “set up” their client in a court filing.
Tom McCarthy / The Guardian:
Experts on Trump's conduct: ‘Plainly an abuse of power, plainly impeachable’  —  Republicans may argue Trump's actions were not impeachable - but scholars say it's a solid example of a high crime  —  Was what he did really so bad?  And even if it was bad - was it truly impeachable?
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke exits — and leaves broken hearts in his wake  —  Hundreds of supporters of Beto O'Rourke had come in from all over the country to cheer their candidate on at the big Democratic dinner, which launches the final stretch toward next February's Iowa caucuses.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Record support for Trump impeachment  —  Just over half of voters want President Trump impeached and removed from office, according to a Fox News Poll released Wednesday.  —  A new high of 51 percent wants Trump impeached and removed from office, another 4 percent want him impeached …
Steven Perlberg / Patreon:
The New Republic's Newest Editor Moves Left  —  Chris Lehmann is The New Republic's fifth editor in five years.  A veteran of The Baffler, Lehmann is taking advantage of the resurgence of leftism to build a magazine that's part politics Twitter and part Old Gawker, with a staff to match.
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
'Why I'm Leaving New York,' by Donald Trump  —  When you have great and unmatched wisdom like me, it's not so hard to see the beginnings of things, and it is not hard to see the ends of things, either.  Pretty easy, actually!  Everything is easy for me because I have a great brain …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump cites impeachment in Miss. campaign pitch
Polina Ivanova / Reuters:
Exclusive: Overhaul of Ukraine prosecution agency buries Manafort inquiries - investigators
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Impeachment investigators ask Rick Perry to testify
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
Associated Press:
US economy defies threats with a solid job gain for October
Discussion: Politico
Sophie Tatum / ABC News:
HHS rule could allow faith-based adoption agencies to reject LGBTQ families
Discussion: The Hill, Friendly Atheist and Politico
Brian Faler / Politico:
What Trump might gain as newest Florida Man
Discussion: Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
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Discussion: National Review
James Cusick / openDemocracy:
Johnson and Cummings under fire as police hand criminal evidence on Vote Leave to prosecution agency
Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
Trump refuses to defend Mick Mulvaney, heightening indications chief of staff on the way out
U.S. Department of Justice:
U.S. Navy Officer, His Wife, and Two Chinese Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Smuggle …
Discussion: Task & Purpose
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
In His Dealings with Ukraine, Did Donald Trump Commit a Crime?
Washington Post:
K Street's newest star built business on dubious claims of Trump ties
ThinkNow:
Progressive Latino pollster: 98% of Latinos do not identify with “Latinx” label
Discussion: The Federalist