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7:50 AM ET, December 1, 2019

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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Intelligence Committee to begin circulating draft Ukraine report Monday  —  Members of the House Intelligence Committee will begin reviewing a report Monday on the panel's investigation of President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his Democratic adversaries …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Committee to meet Tuesday to approve release of Ukraine report
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Case for Bernie  —  The Democrats need a unifier.  It could be the Vermont Socialist.  —  The Democratic Party needs a nominee, but right now it has a train wreck instead.  The front-runner seems too old for the job and is poised to lose the first two primary season contests.
Discussion: Fox News and Outside the Beltway
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Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Joe Biden munches wife Jill's finger at Iowa campaign stop  —  She must have looked good enough to eat.  —  A jovial Joe Biden nipped his wife Jill's finger onstage Saturday at a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, as she introduced him at the first stop of an eight-day, 800-mile road trip through the first-to-caucus state.
Discussion: Twitchy
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Democratic presidential campaign has produced confusion rather than clarity
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Liberty University opens Falkirk Center to fight attacks on Jesus, Constitution  —  Growing concerns in conservative circles that liberals are trying to convert young Christians into socialists by distorting the Bible and U.S. Constitution have prompted Virginia's Liberty University to form …
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Newsweek fires reporter who published inaccurate story on Trump's Thanksgiving Day plans  —  The Newsweek reporter who published an inaccurate story about President Trump's Thanksgiving Day plans has been fired.  The outlet's original story claimed the president only planned on tweeting …
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Dan Coles / Mirror.co.uk:
London Bridge terrorist ‘preached with ISIS flags after being bullied at school’  —  Usman Khan's former classmate said he became a recluse with only one friend at school - but just a year later preached about his hate ideologies on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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New York Times:
Trump's Intervention in SEALs Case Tests Pentagon's Tolerance  —  Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher's case pits a Pentagon hierarchy committed to enforcing longstanding rules of combat against a commander in chief with no military experience but a finely honed sense of grievance against authority.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump has surrounded himself with ‘failsons’ starting with ‘dimwitted’ Don Trump Jr. and Kushner: columnist  —  In a biting piece for the Daily Beast, acerbic columnist Molly Jong-Fast accuses Donald Trump of stocking his administrations with “failsons” — which she described as …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Simon Sebag Montefiore / The Guardian:
This antisemitism poisons any good Labour might do  —  It is possible to criticise Israel without being antisemitic but Corbynists are obsessed with the country's destruction  —  Last week Jeremy Corbyn made history in all the wrong ways.  Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attacked him for racism.
Aaron Reich / Jerusalem Post:
Senior London rabbi brutally attacked by antisemitic teenagers  —  According to reports, the two teenagers allegedly shouted “Kill Jews” and “F*** Jews” while beating the victim.  —  A rabbi in the Amhurst Park area of Stamford Hill, London was attacked by two unidentified teenagers and left bleeding on the ground over Shabbat.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
The job no GOP senator wants: 'I'd rather have a root canal'  —  A prime chairmanship is poised to come open in the Senate next year.  The problem?  No GOP senators seem to want it.  —  Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) is set to retire in approximately a month, creating an opening atop …
Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
German government in doubt after shock SPD vote  —  BERLIN — German politics were thrust into disarray late Saturday after a surprise decision by the Social Democrats (SPD) to elect a leadership duo that has expressed deep reservations over the party's participation in Angela Merkel's government.
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
John Kerry Launches Star-Studded Climate Coalition  —  WASHINGTON — John Kerry, the former senator and secretary of state, has formed a new bipartisan coalition of world leaders, military brass and Hollywood celebrities to push for public action to combat climate change.
Discussion: Breitbart
Paul Dibb / The Strategist:
How the geopolitical partnership between China and Russia threatens the West  —  We are in an era when the risks of major-power conflict are growing.  The most likely contenders are commonly seen to be China, the rising power, and the US, the formerly dominant power that's now in relative decline.
Ella Nilsen / Vox:
House Democrats have passed nearly 400 bills.  Trump and Republicans are ignoring them.  —  Legislative paralysis gripped Capitol Hill well before impeachment started.  —  There's a pervasive sense of legislative paralysis gripping Capitol Hill.  And it's been there long before the impeachment inquiry began.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and POLITICUSUSA
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McConnell once called Biden ‘a real friend’ and a ‘trusted partner.’ Now he's quiet as Trump, GOP attack him.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Prime Mover: How Amazon Wove Itself Into the Life of an American City
Discussion: The Big Picture
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Ahead of a Chicago rally, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren gets endorsement from Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Why Progressive Candidates Should Invoke Conservative Values
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Teacher Fired After Asking Trump to ‘Remove’ Immigrants Wins Her Appeal
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Bloomberg has already gotten the attention that most of the 2020 field has been desperate for
Discussion: Breitbart
Lauren Zanolli / The Guardian:
Whistleblower in New Orleans hotel collapse is deported to Honduras
Discussion: Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Rick Perry dances toward the exits
Grace Segers / CBS News:
Pelosi to lead delegation to climate summit amid U.S. withdrawal from Paris climate deal
Stephen Cunningham / Yahoo Finance:
U.S. Posts First Month in 70 Years as a Net Petroleum Exporter
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Poll: Majority of Republicans say Trump better president than Lincoln
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Trump administration proposals could cause millions to lose food stamps
Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
July 25 forecast: Sunny, with cloud of impeachment for Trump
Discussion: NBC News
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
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