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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Lisa Page Speaks: 'There's No Fathomable Way I Have Committed Any Crime at All'  —  STRIKING BACK  —  The former FBI lawyer and ongoing Trump target breaks two years of silence in this exclusive interview.  And she has quite a lot to say.  —  It's not often that you interview a subject who has no interest in being famous.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock drops out of presidential race  —  Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who pitched himself to Democratic voters as a campaign finance reformer who could win in red states, is ending his bid for the party's presidential nomination.  —  “While there were many obstacles …
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Ella Nilsen / Vox:   Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has dropped out of the 2020 race, and says he won't run for Senate
Niall Stanage / The Hill:   The Memo: Trump faces uphill 2020 climb
New York Times:
Steve Bullock Drops Out of 2020 Presidential Race
Discussion: UPI
CBS News:
300+ Trump ads taken down by Google, YouTube  —  60 Minutes finds over 300 video ads for President Trump were taken down, mostly over the summer, for violating company policy  —  How to handle political ads on social media has become a growing concern as the 2020 U.S. presidential election approaches.
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
How does YouTube handle the site's misinformation, conspiracy theories and hate?
Rachel M. Cohen / The Intercept:
Nancy Pelosi Pushes the House to Pass USMCA, but Neglects a Bill With Broad Support to Strengthen Unions  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made no secret of her desire to pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement by the end of the year, telling reporters recently that it would be her goal for the House to vote on it before Christmas.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The bad-faith impeachment  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are trying to remove President Trump from office “prayerfully,” and “sadly,” and “with a heavy heart.”  In fact, as anyone who has been watching knows, many Democrats have been itching to impeach Trump since the day he took office.
Angus King / USA Today:
Ukraine scandal: I know why Trump top dogs — Mulvaney, Pompeo, Perry & Bolton — won't bark  —  Because it would be so easy for these people to clear the president, it's hard to escape the conclusion that their silence is part of a cover-up.  —  One of Sherlock Holmes' most famous cases …
Discussion: Raw Story
Helen Raleigh / The Federalist:
Unprecedented Leaks Underscore Deep Discontent Inside China  —  While the world was still digesting the Xinjiang Papers, two more China-related intelligence information bombs were dropped the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Discussion: Washington Post and Instapundit
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Ken Moritsugu / Associated Press:   China to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong over new law
Bloomberg:
China Spares Trade in First Retaliation to U.S.'s Hong Kong Law
Discussion: National Review and Political Wire
Politico:
Georgia governor set to buck Trump on Senate appointment  —  In defiance of Trump, Brian Kemp has begun informing fellow Republicans that he will appoint business exec Kelly Loeffler to the soon-to-be-vacant seat.  —  Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been getting pressure about his prospective Senate pick.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Washington's December nightmare
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
Ukraine's Zelensky is making headway against corruption.  But the fight risks angering Trump.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — By the end of this month, more than 500 Ukrainian prosecutors will be out of their jobs as part of sweeping professional reviews under Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Impeachment hearings live updates: Trump heads to London for NATO meeting ahead of pivotal week …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What to do about the Kremlin's propagandists  —  Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) once before walked back an assertion that maybe Ukraine was responsible for meddling in the 2016 election.  That has not deterred him from repeating the Kremlin's propaganda.  Appearing on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, he was at it again.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Not enough Pinocchios for Trump's CrowdStrike obsession
Discussion: Raw Story, HuffPost and Axios
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
White House won't take part in first House Judiciary impeachment hearing  —  The White House informed House Democrats on Sunday that it will not participate in the Judiciary Committee's first impeachment hearing, excoriating Democrats' impeachment inquiry as a “baseless” and “partisan” …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
The House GOP's next impeachment move
Discussion: ABC News, Political Wire and Raw Story
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi's India  —  The Prime Minister's Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies.  —  On August 11th, two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent soldiers in to pacify the Indian state of Kashmir …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
What Trump has actually done in his first 3 years  —  A big tax cut, unprecedented environmental degradation, Wall Street unleashed, and a whole lot of judges.  —  The scandals, the leaks, the outrages, and the bizarre tweets of the last three years can distract from an important fact …
R.J. Lyman / The Bulwark:
This Is the Single Best Argument For Why Trump Should Be Impeached and Removed  —  He tried to meddle in the 2020 election.  It's crazy to say that you have to let him participate in the 2020 election in order to render a verdict on his attempt to cheat in it.
Elisabeth Egan / New York Times:
‘Free, Melania’: 6 Takeaways  —  A new unauthorized biography of Melania Trump gets into the first lady's relationship with Ivanka, “Be Best” and that “I really don't care” jacket.  —  Where the first lady, Melania Trump, is concerned, theories abound.  —  From morning-show hosts …
Discussion: The Root
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Kate Bennett / CNN:   ‘Free, Melania’ offers new details about the life of a private first lady
Bob Bauer / New York Times:
Trump Is the Founders' Worst Nightmare  —  The very conduct that necessitates presidential impeachment also supplies the means for the demagogue to escape it.  —  Mr. Bauer served as a White House counsel under President Barack Obama.  —  Donald Trump's Republican congressional allies …
David Freedlander / Politico:
How Bloomberg Could Win.  Again.  —  Michael Bloomberg has begun his improbable bid for the presidency with a rollout you could call unconventional, to be charitable.  The big splash was news of his $37 million television ad buy; then there was an overstuffed campaign bio-spot …
Associated Press:
Legal reckoning: New abuse suits could cost church over $4B  —  1 of 9  —  NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes out the window of his high-rise Manhattan office …
Johan Ahlander / Reuters:
Two members leave Nobel literature committee, criticizing Swedish Academy  —  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two external members of the Nobel literature prize committee quit on Monday after criticizing the scandal-hit Swedish Academy.  —  The 233-year-old Academy was forced to introduce several …
Washington Post:
Far-right voters don't dislike government.  They just want to keep its benefits for their own ethnic group.  —  The far right gains when citizens distrust the government.  —  Europe's economic crisis in 2008 was socially disruptive.  This might have been expected to lead to increased support …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
For Castro, Booker in Iowa, largest proportion of donations come from women  —  More than 60% of campaign contributions that 2020 presidential candidates Julián Castro and Cory Booker have received in Iowa came from women, according to Federal Election Commission filings analyzed by the Des Moines Register and OpenSecrets.
Discussion: Des Moines Register
Tim Baker / London Evening Standard:
Apostrophe society shuts down because ‘ignorance and laziness have won’  —  ES News email  —  The latest headlines in your inbox Enter your email address Continue  —  Please enter an email address Email address is invalid Fill out this field Email address is invalid You already have an account.
 
 
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Four Were Hanged In 1865 Democrat Coup Involving Lincoln's Assassination …
USA Today:
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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Young voter asks Elizabeth Warren emotional question about acceptance
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Will John Roberts Constrain Trump?
Virginia Kruta / The Daily Caller:
Ratcliffe Says He Knows The Reason Schiff Won't Release ICIG Michael Atkinson's Transcript
Discussion: Redstate
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
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ProPublica:
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