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9:05 PM ET, November 17, 2019

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Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Trump labels top Pence aide a ‘Never Trumper’  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday labeled one of his vice president's top national security aides a “Never Trumper,” a day after it was disclosed that she had said the president's July call with Ukraine was “unusual and inappropriate” in a deposition to Congress.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Steve Bannon Says He Pushed For Alleged Whistleblower To Be Removed From National Security Council
Discussion: Fox News
Allan Smith / NBC News:
GOP senator says whistleblower's sources 'exposed things that didn't need to be exposed'
Discussion: The Hill
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Official testifies Bolton held 1-on-1 meeting with Trump about Ukraine aid
Discussion: The Hill
David Cohen / Politico:
Giuliani: House investigation ‘a travesty’
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi has ‘no idea’ if impeachment inquiry will wrap by year's end
Discussion: The Hill
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Republicans, the Real Chickens of Kiev
Discussion: USA Today
David Smith / The Guardian:
Impeachment inquiry: Trump ally must choose between loyalty and saving himself
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CNN
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Rep. Steve Scalise calls White House officials “Schiff's witnesses”
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
New York Times:
President Trump Bet Big This Election Year.  Here's Why He Lost.  —  In Louisiana and Kentucky, Mr. Trump's political pleas appeared to energize Democrats and political moderates as much as his own base, sending turnout in cities and suburbs soaring.  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump showed …
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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Trump Loses Louisiana  —  Looks like big turnout in the cities pushed Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards to re-election over Republican Eddie Rispone, despite the fact that Donald Trump visited the state three times to campaign for Rispone.  Here's how the vote shook out by parish, according to The Lens NOLA:
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Back-to-back losses in key governors' races send additional warning to Trump and GOP ahead of 2020
Discussion: Raw Story
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
We need a second opinion on the president's health  —  The only thing of which we can be fairly certain about President Trump's mysterious Saturday-afternoon trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is this: The White House is not telling the truth when it claims the president was there …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump's visit to Walter Reed ‘not protocol’ for routine visit, source says  —  Trump reports to Walter Reed for part of annual exam  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's visit to Walter Reed on Saturday did not follow the protocol of a routine presidential medical exam, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Margaret Talev / Axios:
White House plans counterprogramming to distract from impeachment hearings  —  President Trump's public schedule next week is designed to keep him distracted from the televised hearings — and to counterprogram Week 2 of those hearings.  —  The big picture: Trump's schedule for the coming week shows …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Inside Democrats' Week 2 impeachment strategy  —  Democrats are approaching Week 2 of impeachment hearings with one key goal: show more of President Trump's direct involvement in the scheme to tie Ukrainian aid to an investigation of Joe Biden's son.  —  What to watch: Of the eight officials …
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:   Gordon Sondland Stepped In ‘and Things Went Really Off the Rails’
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Apologizes for Stop-and-Frisk: ‘I Was Wrong’  —  Ahead of a possible Democratic run for president, the former mayor of New York City reversed himself before an important party constituency: black voters.  —  Ahead of a potential Democratic presidential run …
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Mara Gay / New York Times:
Bloomberg Apologizes for Stop and Frisk at Just the Right Time
Washington Post:
Bloomberg apologizes for stop-and-frisk ahead of likely presidential run
Discussion: Fox News
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Chris Wallace Accuses Top Republican of ‘Very Badly’ Mischaracterizing Impeachment Testimony  —  “No, sir, they are career foreign service officers and these are people who worked in the Trump administration,” Wallace snapped back at Scalise.  —  Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace repeatedly …
CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker: Buttigieg rises in Iowa and New Hampshire, Biden back atop delegate hunt  —  The Democratic nomination race remains unsettled because many voters are conflicted between what they want and whether they think can win.  Some candidates who generate excitement are also seen as risky.
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill and Hot Air
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump forces offer president clashing advice on Roger Stone pardon  —  A big question swirling through Trumpworld: Will President Trump pardon his old friend Roger Stone?  Some of Trump's closest advisers told me the president would be making a huge political mistake if he does.
Washington Post:
Trump pulls back from flavored vaping ban  —  Everything seemed ready to go: President Trump's ban on most flavored e-cigarettes had been cleared by federal regulators.  Officials were poised to announce they would order candy, fruit and mint flavors off the market within 30 days …
Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
Kurds watch their homes burn from afar as picture of ‘ethnic cleansing’ emerges  —  The Syrian rebel fighter shouted “kill the pigs, kill the infidels,” as he went door-to-door searching for the homes of Kurds who had fled the newly captured town of Ras al-Ayn.
Anna Louie Sussman / New York Times:
The End of Babies  —  In the fall of 2015, a rash of posters appeared around Copenhagen.  One, in pink letters laid over an image of chicken eggs, asked, “Have you counted your eggs today?”  A second — a blue-tinted close-up of human sperm — inquired, “Do they swim too slow?”
Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
The truth in front of our noses: Donald Trump's behavior is disgustingly corrupt and impeachable, whatever his defenders do or say  —  It was foolish to hope that Donald Trump would be cowed into better behavior by the start of impeachment hearings last Wednesday.
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Joe Biden Leads By 8 In Georgia As Trump's Red State Collapse Grows  —  A new poll of Georgia shows former vice president Joe Biden leading 51%-43% over Donald Trump.  —  According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll, “In head-to-head matchups, former Vice President Joe Biden ran strongest …
YouTube:
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Discussion: The Wrap
 
 
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Joseph Curl / The Daily Wire:
Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Heads To Spain On Yacht Made From Petroleum Products
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Mueller and Comey Failed Their Tests. She Passed Hers.
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers Dispute Impact of First Week of Public Impeachment Hearings
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
New York Times:
Hong Kong Violence Escalates as Police and Protesters Clash at University
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats fear a long primary slog could drag into summer
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
How Elizabeth Warren Got to ‘Yes’ on Medicare for All
Discussion: Political Wire
The Guardian:
Revealed: ex-KGB agent met Boris Johnson at Italian party
 Earlier Items: 
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Pelosi: Responding to what Republicans say on impeachment is a “waste of time”
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Thousands protest election reform failure in Georgia
USA Today:
Impeachment: Trump abuses power by harassing, intimidating witnesses like Yovanovitch
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's ‘West Point Mafia’ Faces a Loyalty Test
Newsday:
Undercover investigation reveals evidence of unequal treatment by Long Island real estate agents
New York Times:
How FedEx Cut Its Tax Bill to $0
Rachel Bitecofer / wasoncenter:
With 16 Months to go, Negative Partisanship Predicts the 2020 Presidential Election
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Michael A. Robinson / Washington Post:
Trump's pardon of two former Army officers has sparked new controversy. Here's why
Discussion: New York Times, Disrn and HuffPost
 

 
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