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Aram Roston / Reuters:
Exclusive: Giuliani associate now willing to comply with Trump impeachment inquiry - lawyer  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lev Parnas, an indicted Ukrainian-American businessman who has ties to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is now prepared to comply with requests …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
On Ukraine, Trump Is a Con Man, but He's Also a Mark  —  Corrupt forces find it easy to manipulate this president.  —  Kenneth McCallion is a New York lawyer who once represented former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of Ukraine.  A few years ago, he brought a civil racketeering lawsuit …
Washington Post:
Giuliani associate Lev Parnas is willing to comply with House impeachment inquiry, his attorney says
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Times' Nate Cohn on Elizabeth Warren's Odds Against Donald Trump  —  On Monday, the New York Times and Siena College released a poll of how Donald Trump is faring against three leading Democratic Presidential opponents—Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren—in six critical swing states, all of which Trump won in 2016.
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The Daily Beast:
Dems Decide Now Is the Perfect Time to Go Full Circular Firing Squad  —  There is a good reason why “Dems in Disarray” has become a cliché.  —  The same day that the head of the Democratic National Committee told a group of Iowans that the party's “unity is our greatest strength,” …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
When it comes to Medicare-for-all, listen to Nancy Pelosi
Discussion: CNBC, New York Times and Politico
Sally Kohn / USA Today:   Elizabeth Warren is a friend to capitalists, at least those who see revolution coming
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds
Miriam Elder / BuzzFeed News:
The US Bureaucracy Lives In Fear Of Trump's Twitter Account  —  Several hours into her testimony to impeachment investigators, Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, breaks down.  She asks to take a minute, and once she's collected herself an aide to the House committee says …
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NBC News:
Ousted Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch says she was told to tweet praise of Trump to save her job  —  The three House committees leading the Trump impeachment inquiry released Monday two transcripts of the behind-closed-doors interviews they have so far conducted.
New York Times:
Pompeo Faces Political Peril and Diplomats' Revolt in Impeachment Inquiry
Discussion: The Guardian and Alternet.org
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Tom Steyer aide stole Kamala Harris' SC volunteer data from 2020 presidential voter file  —  COLUMBIA — A South Carolina aide for Tom Steyer's 2020 presidential campaign stole valuable volunteer data collected by Kamala Harris' campaign using an account from when he worked with the S.C. Democratic Party …
John Solomon Reports:
Hunter Biden's Ukraine gas firm pressed Obama administration to end corruption allegations, memos show  —  Hunter Biden and his Ukrainian gas firm colleagues had multiple contacts with the Obama State Department during the 2016 election cycle, including one just a month before Vice President …
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Polina Ivanova / Reuters:
Exclusive: Ukraine to fire prosecutor who discussed Bidens with Giuliani - source
Discussion: The Week
Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:   BREAKING: Hunter Biden's Ukraine Gas Firm Urged Obama Admin To End Corruption Allegations, Report Says
Nancy Cordes / CBS News:
Republicans consider moving Jim Jordan to House Intelligence Committee  —  Washington — As the impeachment inquiry enters its public phase, top Republicans in the House are weighing whether to temporarily assign Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence …
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USA Today:
Don't reveal the whistleblower on Donald Trump's phone call with Ukraine  —  Disclosure would endanger the whistleblower and deter any future witness to presidential malfeasance: Our view  —  The fundamental promise of whistleblower protection is to create a safe space for a witness …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump, Rand Paul want whistleblower unmasked
Discussion: Breitbart
Associated Press:
Kentucky governor looks for last-minute boost from Trump
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
ABC News:   Trump in Kentucky to rally support ahead of close governor's race
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Julián Castro to lay off New Hampshire, South Carolina teams  —  Julián Castro's campaign will fire its staff in New Hampshire and South Carolina, an official familiar with the campaign told POLITICO.  The campaign notified the state teams on Monday and their final day will be next week.
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Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
‘Just nonsense’: Kamala Harris calls narrative that black voters are homophobic a trope
Discussion: Axios and The Guardian
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Is an Iowa Front-Runner. Will That Help Him Anywhere Else?
Discussion: Politico
CBS Denver:
FBI: White Supremacist Richard Holzer Arrested In Plot To Blow Up Pueblo's Temple Emanuel  —  (CBS4) - The FBI says it has prevented what it believes was an attempt to commit a major hate crime in Colorado.  A known white supremacist named Richard Holzer arrested late Friday night …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Southern Colorado Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Plotting to Blow Up Synagogue
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Josh Fiallo / Tampa Bay Times:
Commissioners call New York Times ‘fake news,’ deny library funding for digital subscriptions  —  'I don't agree with it, I don't like ‘em,’ said one Citrus County commissioner who said he agrees with President Donald Trump that the newspaper prints ‘fake news.’
Discussion: Raw Story
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Asks for Identifying Details on Anonymous Op-Ed Author  —  The writer, a senior Trump administration official, plans to write a book to be published this month.  —  The Justice Department is trying to unearth the identity of the Trump administration official who denounced …
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court unlikely to help Trump keep his taxes from prosecutors  —  ANALYSIS: The president's lawyers are appealing a ruling from the 2nd Circuit court of appeals that the documents must be turned over.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will face strong headwinds in asking …
Discussion: Washington Post
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CNN:
Rulings against Trump on his tax returns may be tough to reverse
Discussion: Political Wire and FOX31 Denver
Debra Heine / American Greatness:
Retired Army Officer Remembers Lt. Col. Vindman as Partisan Democrat Who Ridiculed America  —  A retired Army officer who worked with Democrat “star witness” Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in Grafenwoher, Germany, claims Vindman “really talked up” President Barack Obama and ridiculed America …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Aaron Calvin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Twitter hates me.  The Des Moines Register fired me.  Here's what really happened.  —  During the seven months I worked as a trending-news reporter for the Des Moines Register, it was my job to write about viral news in Iowa and to frame my stories in ways that would increase their viral potential.
Oshrat Carmiel / Bloomberg:
Pied-a-Terre Tax Revival Is Latest Threat to NYC's Luxury Market  — State lawmakers to try again for levy on $5 million-plus deals  — Developers argue additional costs would further dent demand  —  New York's pied-a-terre tax, left for dead earlier this year …
Dan Slater / gen.medium.com:
Undercover in the Orthodox Underworld  —  Whenever the black dress came out, Jessica Weisman's mother knew she was “going after the Jewish people again”  —  In the summer of 2013, while the government investigated a ring of rabbis who assaulted husbands for refusing to give their wives …
New York Times:
Republicans Seek to Swamp Democratic Offices With Anti-Impeachment Calls  —  The Republican National Committee's effort was meant to tie up phone lines of congressional Democrats as part of a broader plan to defend the president.  —  The Republican National Committee paid to generate thousands …
Discussion: The Hill
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Migrant in ICE custody removed from life support over family's objections  —  An asylum-seeking migrant detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement was pulled off life support after his relatives said they requested that doctors continue the lifesaving measures.
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Poll: Biden holds significant lead over Warren, Sanders in Nevada; top issue is electing someone who can beat Trump  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the 2020 Gun Safety Forum in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019.  (Daniel Clark/The Nevada Independent)
Navy Times:
Report: Trump makes SEAL Gallagher a chief again  —  President Donald J. Trump has decided to restore convicted SEAL Edward Gallagher's pay grade to chief petty officer, overriding a decision last week by the Navy's top admiral, both Navy Times and Fox News learned.
Discussion: Redstate and Hullabaloo
 
 
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