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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Sondland Updates Impeachment Testimony, Describing Ukraine Quid Pro Quo  —  In a substantial update to his initial account, Gordon D. Sondland recounted how he told Ukrainian officials military aid was tied to their commitment to investigations President Trump wanted.
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Alex Marquardt / CNN:
Pence aide likely to testify in impeachment inquiry  —  Washington (CNN)A senior adviser to Vice President Mike Pence is likely to comply with a request to testify on Thursday in front of the committees leading the impeachment inquiry, multiple sources say.  —  Jennifer Williams …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Sondland reverses himself on Ukraine, confirming quid pro quo  —  Gordon Sondland, a key witness in the impeachment inquiry, revealed that he told a top Ukrainian official that hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid would “likely” be held up unless the country's government announced investigations …
Greg Olear / Newsweek:
Mike Pence knew |  Opinion  —  The Zelensky call accomplished what the Mueller report could not.  Once again, the president abused his power and tried to cover it up.  This time, it will cost him.  As a consequence of the Ukraine scandal, the House will impeach Donald Trump, and the Senate will find ample cause to convict him.
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘It kept getting more insidious’: What Sondland and Volker told Trump impeachment investigators  —  House impeachment investigators on Tuesday released the transcripts of the hours-long testimony of two diplomats involved in carrying out an alleged shadow foreign policy campaign aimed …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The scope of Trump's corruption is mind-boggling.  New developments show how.  —  At this point, the broad contours of the Ukraine scandal are well understood.  President Trump appears to have used hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money appropriated as military aid to extort …
NBC News:
Sondland changes testimony, acknowledges delivering quid pro quo message to Ukraine
Discussion: MSNBC
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:   Mulvaney Summoned to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:   It Was a Corrupt Quid Pro Quo
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Sondland's careful effort to shield Trump — and himself — from culpability in the Ukraine scandal
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
Key diplomat changes testimony and admits quid pro quo with Ukraine
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
NBC News:
Here's how to watch tonight's elections in Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia
YouTube:
VIDEO: Leaked ABC News Insider Recording EXPOSES #EpsteinCoverup “We had Clinton, We had Everything” … • “I've Had This Story for Three Years...  (ABC) Would Not Put It on The Air” says Good Morning America Breaking News Anchor, and 20/20 Co-Anchor Amy Robach.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
ABC News Anchor Caught on Mic Saying Network Quashed Jeffrey Epstein Story  —  ABC News anchor Amy Robach was caught on camera slamming her own network for allegedly sitting on the Jeffrey Epstein story three years ago.  In a video clip released by right-wing group Project Veritas on Tuesday …
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
The latest impeachment transcripts reveal how deeply embarrassing this process is for Republicans defending Donald Trump  —  ‘Our GOP colleagues basically have nothing except some discredited old conspiracy theories’  —  As Donald Trump strode onstage to deliver remarks at a Lexington …
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Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
Inside Adam Schiff's Impeachment Game Plan
Discussion: Raw Story and CCN.com
Washington Post:
House GOP eyes committee shake-up ahead of Trump impeachment hearings
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
McConnell says Senate would acquit Trump if trial held today  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate would acquit President Donald Trump if an impeachment trial were held today.  —  “I will say I'm pretty sure how it's likely to end,” McConnell told reporters.
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and The Daily Caller
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
McConnell: If Trump impeachment trial were held today, ‘it would not lead to a removal’
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Washington Post:
‘Who built this beautiful place?’  Despite Trump's visits to his properties, some of his businesses show new signs of financial decline.  —  “What a beautiful ballroom,” President Trump said as he walked into a campaign fundraiser recently at a hotel in downtown Chicago.  —  Donors laughed.
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Struggling Trump Tower Chicago cuts amenities, costs to get by
Discussion: Raw Story
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Trump called woman who says he sexually assaulted her, phone records show  —  More than a decade ago, Donald Trump made phone calls from his cell phone to a former candidate on “The Apprentice” around the same time that she says he sexually assaulted her, according to phone records made public Tuesday.
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ABC News:
Phone records provide ‘irrefutable proof’ of sexual assault allegations against Trump, lawyer says
Discussion: HuffPost
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Medical emergencies and Milo Yiannopoulos: Roger Stone's trial opens  —  Only minutes after the first potential juror took the witness stand, Roger Stone abruptly left the courtroom, apparently ill. Moments later, a spectator started moaning and collapsed.  —  Everyone from the judge …
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NBC News:
Roger Stone's food poisoning forces him to leave jury selection in his trial
Discussion: Political Wire
USA Today:
At least 10 members of Mormon family brutally killed in Mexico; about a dozen still missing  —  Daniel Gonzalez Adrianna RodriguezArizona Republic  —  MEXICO CITY — At least 10 members of a prominent Mormon family, three mothers and their young children, were killed in a shooting attack …
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New York Times:
9 Members of Mormon Family in Mexico Are Killed in Ambush
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Jamie Dimon says Sen. Elizabeth Warren ‘vilifies successful people’  — Dimon on Sen. Warren: “She uses some pretty harsh words, you know, some would say vilifies successful people,” he said.  “I don't like vilifying anybody.  I think we should applaud successful people.”
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A Sliver of the Electorate Could Decide 2020.  Here's What These Voters Want.  —  A demographically disparate group values both moderation and great change.  —  Figures are rounded.  —  Today's America is so deeply polarized that it can be hard to imagine there are people …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
“They Allowed It”: A Justice Department Employee Said She Was Raped By A Senior Official.  New Documents Show A Pattern Of Harassment At The Department.  —  WASHINGTON — In December 2018, the Justice Department's inspector general dropped a bombshell: Investigators had “substantiated” …
Adam Schiff / USA Today:
Schiff: Trump betrayed America.  Soon the public will hear from patriots who defended it.  —  The Ukraine call was one piece of a larger operation to redirect US foreign policy to benefit Trump's personal interests, not the national interest.  —  A little over one month has passed since …
Alex Roarty / Wichita Eagle:
Trump wants to win even more rural votes in 2020.  Democrats are scrambling to catch up  —  Corey Bauch is eager to explain why he regrets not voting for Donald Trump.  —  The 44-year old-agreed to meet with me last week in this rural Wisconsin town (population of 1,500), where he has lived most of his life.
Kate Irby / Fresno Bee:
Fake cow account must go, Devin Nunes demands in letter to Democrat over Twitter taunts  —  Rep. Devin Nunes' attorney last month demanded that his 2018 Democratic political opponent pressure an anonymous social media writer to delete comments on Twitter that mock Republican Nunes “day and night.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Biden / Medium:
I Have Fought for the Democratic Party My Whole Career  —  The other day I was accused by one of my opponents of running in the wrong primary.  Pretty amazing.  On one level, it is kind of funny.  —  I have fought for the Democratic party my whole career.  I know what we stand for, who we stand with and what we believe.
Martin Scorsese / New York Times:
I Said Marvel Movies Aren't Cinema.  Let Me Explain.  —  Cinema is an art form that brings you the unexpected.  In superhero movies, nothing is at risk, a director says.  —  Mr. Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning director, writer and producer.  —  When I was in England in early October, I gave an interview to Empire magazine.
Polls:
Partisan Opinion on Trump Digs in  —  Public support for impeachment inquiry, but few have a lot of trust in it  —  West Long Branch, NJ - President Donald Trump's approval rating remains stable as the impeachment inquiry intensifies, with evidence that both sides of public opinion are digging in.
Washington Post:
Trump trails Democratic rivals in national survey as independents move away  —  One year out from the 2020 election, President Trump trails some potential Democratic rivals in head-to-head matchups, with his national support level currently fixed at about 40 percent, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Washington Post:
“The Mueller Report Illustrated” to be published by The Washington Post and Scribner  —  A graphic nonfiction book of the special counsel's obstruction investigation  —  Scribner and The Washington Post, which teamed together in April 2019 to produce the #1 bestselling book edition of The Mueller Report …
Discussion: Twitchy
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Dance Legend Sean Spicer Causes Bitter Libs to Lose Faith in Democracy  —  Sean Spicer must be getting tired of winning.  The beloved former White House press secretary advanced to the next round on ABC's Dancing With The Stars on Monday thanks to the overwhelming support of the voting public.
BuzzFeed News:
Rudy Giuliani Allegedly Talked Biden Dirt With Ukraine's Former Prime Minister  —  KYIV — Over the course of a tumultuous political career that has spanned decades, former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has found herself on the front lines of a revolution, leading presidential races …
Discussion: NBC News and Mother Jones
 
 
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
The American Prisoner Caught Between Trump and the Kremlin
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Noa Landau / Haaretz:
Israel's Top Court Upholds Expulsion of Human Rights Watch Director Over BDS Support
Discussion: Common Dreams
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain Compares Herself to Marie Yovanovitch: Trump Once Went After Me Too!
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
NBC needs a transparent, external investigation of its failure to air Ronan Farrow's #MeToo reporting
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump ally Alan Dershowitz and ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh are lobbying for an Israeli billionaire …
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CREW, NSA and SHAFR Sue Pompeo and State Department Over Recordkeeping Failure
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
How Kamala Harris Went From ‘Female Obama’ to Fifth Place
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Trump's well-oiled campaign has everything planned — except Trump
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
So this is why Trump doesn't want officials to testify
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