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8:45 PM ET, November 13, 2019

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Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
George Kent and the Bow Tie of History  —  As the impeachment hearings began, the first witness made an unexpected fashion statement — and everyone noticed.  —  Amid all the debate and various through-the-mirror interpretations of Day 1 of the public impeachment inquiry, all the grandstanding …
Discussion: PolitiFact, Vox and The Daily Beast
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Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
The Impeachment Hearings Get Off to a Subdued Start  —  “It's not as outlandish as it could be.”  Ambassador Bill Taylor's description of the Trump administration's backchannels to the Ukraine could have just as easily applied to the first day of the impeachment hearings itself.
Associated Press:
Takeaways so far from House public impeachment hearings  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The start of public impeachment hearings unfolding in Congress marks the first time the American public can watch and listen to the witnesses at the heart of the matter.  —  In several hours of testimony …
Discussion: Florida Politics and Breitbart
Rep. Devin Nunes / The Permanent Select Committee …:
Nunes Opening Statement for Kent and Taylor Hearing on Impeachment  —  f t # e  —  Opening Statement for Kent and Taylor Hearing on Impeachment  —  In a July open hearing of this committee following publication of the Mueller report, the Democrats engaged in a last-ditch effort to convince …
Washington Post:
George Kent, top State Department Ukraine expert, helps Democrats debunk GOP theories  —  George Kent, the State Department's foremost expert on Ukraine, seemed destined for a supporting role in Wednesday's impeachment hearings — more memorable for his matching blue-and-yellow bow tie and pocket square than any newsworthy moments.
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
5 things we learned from George Kent and Bill Taylor's impeachment testimony
Associated Press:
Trump impeachment inquiry spurs shadow disinformation war
Discussion: Associated Press
Bonchie / Redstate:
Impeachment Updates: Devin Nunes Comes Hard in His Opening Statement, Adam Schiff Makes a Ridiculous Claim
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
CBS News:
Diplomat says aide heard Trump ask about “investigations” day after Ukraine call — live updates
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
At hearing, Republicans carry forward Trump's effort to make lies into truths
Discussion: Raw Story, Common Dreams and CNN
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump denies discussing Ukraine investigations with Sondland in July phone call
Discussion: Political Wire
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
New testimony ties Trump more directly to Ukraine pressure campaign
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Ambassador's cellphone call to Trump from Kyiv restaurant was a stunning breach of security, former officials say  —  A U.S. ambassador's cellphone call to President Trump from a restaurant in the capital of Ukraine last summer was a stunning breach of security, exposing the conversation …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
'I don't remember' Trump asking for news conference clearing him of wrongdoing in Ukraine call, Barr says
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and emptywheel
Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Congress can seek eight years of Trump's tax records, appeals court rules  —  Congress can seek eight years of President Trump's tax records, according to a federal appeals court order Wednesday that moves the separation-of-powers conflict one step closer to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: HuffPost, Axios and Political Wire
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren buys CNBC commercial time to blast billionaires in a fiery new campaign ad  — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is firing back against a group of billionaires who have criticized her plans with a new TV ad set to air on CNBC later this week.  — The ad takes aim at longtime investor …
Washington Post:
Republicans discuss a longer Senate impeachment trial to scramble Democratic primaries  —  Some Republican senators and their advisers are privately discussing whether to pressure GOP leaders to stage a lengthy impeachment trial beginning in January to scramble the Democratic presidential race …
Discussion: Political Wire
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John F. Harris / Politico:
What Impeachment Will Cost the GOP
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
McConnell suggests he will not cut short impeachment trial
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Deval Patrick Will Enter 2020 Presidential Race on Thursday  —  Mr. Patrick, the former two-term governor of Massachusetts, called several leading Democrats and allies to say that he would announce his bid for the White House.  —  NEW ORLEANS — Former Gov. Deval Patrick …
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CBS News:   Deval Patrick expected to announce he is running for president
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
For dignity's sake, Jim Jordan, put on a jacket  —  Of course Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) took his seat Wednesday morning, at the opening of the public impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill, wearing nothing but his shirtsleeves.  No suit jacket.  That's how Jordan dresses.  It's his power move.
Discussion: Washington Blade
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
John Durham interviewed Australian diplomat whose tip prompted Trump-Russia investigation  —  U.S. Attorney John Durham reportedly interviewed the Australian diplomat whose tip about George Papadopoulos effectively started the counterintelligence investigation into President Trump's campaign in July 2016.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Hullabaloo
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Castro to miss November debate  —  Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro won't qualify for the next Democratic presidential primary debate, the only candidate still in the race who participated in the October debate to miss out on November's.
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The impeachment calculus Democrats don't want to talk about
Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story and New York Times
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
Profiles in Thinking About Courage: inside ‘A Warning’ by Anonymous  —  By Anonymous.  Twelve.  259 pp.  $30  —  There is a good reason the anonymous Trump administration official who published an opinion essay in the New York Times last year describing an internal resistance to the president has managed to remain anonymous.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
NBC News:
The impeachment hearings could turn out to be more unpredictable than you think  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — Most in Washington are already convinced …
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USA Today:
‘A big fan’: Trump welcomes Turkey's Erdogan despite bipartisan concern over Syria attack
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Report Details How Stephen Miller Shared Theories Favored by White Nationalists  —  A report by the Southern Poverty Law Center seeks to illustrate how Mr. Miller brought anti-immigrant beliefs to the White House and turned them into policy.  —  WASHINGTON — A batch of leaked emails obtained …
Discussion: NBC News, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
University of Florida's student president faces impeachment after bringing Donald Trump Jr. to campus for $50,000  —  After the University of Florida's student body president helped bring Donald Trump Jr. and Trump campaign adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle to campus last month to the tune of $50,000 …
Discussion: IJR, Washington Times and Raw Story
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New York Times:
News or ‘Trauma Porn’?  Student Journalists Face Blowback on Campus  —  Incidents at Northwestern and Harvard reveal a growing tension between traditional journalistic practices and the demands of student activists.  —  EVANSTON, Ill. — Jeff Sessions, President Trump's former attorney general …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump aides retaliated against State staffer of Iranian descent, probe finds  —  President Donald Trump's political appointees inappropriately retaliated against a career civil servant at the State Department in part because of her ethnic background, her perceived political views …
 
 
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