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11:00 AM ET, December 3, 2019

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Washington Post:
Barr doesn't accept key inspector general finding about FBI's Russia investigation  —  Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice Department's inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report — that the FBI had enough information …
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:   Hope Hicks says Trump Achilles's heel is intelligence assessment of Russia 2016 election interference
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:   Newly released documents shed light on Mueller-Trump meeting
Washington Post:
Trump calls French president's criticism of NATO ‘nasty’ and ‘disrespectful’  —  LONDON — President Trump on Tuesday slammed as “very, very nasty” and “very disrespectful” recent comments by his French counterpart about the diminished state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance.
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
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Politico:
Allies unite to defend NATO — against Macron
Discussion: Associated Press
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump calls Macron comments on NATO ‘insulting’ and ‘nasty’
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Associated Press:
The Latest: Russia watching NATO, warns of ‘confrontation’
Discussion: Slate
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg blows up his strategy to win black voters  —  ALLENDALE, S.C. — When Pete Buttigieg goes to Iowa or New Hampshire, he's a Democratic presidential frontrunner who packs campaign venues.  But when Buttigieg goes to South Carolina, he's far from the top — and his campaign is shaking …
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NBC News:
Democrats sing different tunes on impeachment as GOP closes ranks  —  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 — If the Democrats have the substance on their side …
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and The Hill
Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:
Biden says Buttigieg ‘stole’ his healthcare plan
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Hill and Axios
Zach Montellaro / Politico:   Tom Steyer qualifies for December debate
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Laughable new GOP report: Yes, Trump did it.  But his motives were pure!  —  Boiled down to its essence, the Ukraine scandal is really a tale about a president who has subverted the interests of the nation to his own by putting our foreign policy at the disposal of his naked personal and political needs.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republicans embrace Ukrainian 2016 interference allegation in defense of Trump  —  Congressional Republicans are gradually embracing the claim of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election, concluding the allegation is the most politically expedient way to defend President Trump against impeachment.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
2 key Trump-Ukraine events we should be paying more attention to
Discussion: KyivPost and FiveThirtyEight
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Denies Knowing Prince Andrew, Despite Numerous Photos of Them Together  —  KISS OF DEATH  —  Donald Trump has denied knowing Prince Andrew, despite multiple photos of the two together, including several of them meeting in June this year.  The president, who is in the United Kingdom for a NATO summit …
Discussion: Political Wire and VICE
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Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
Trump says he doesn't know Britain's Prince Andrew.  They had a breakfast meeting in June.  —  LONDON — President Trump said at a news conference on Tuesday that he “doesn't know” Britain's Prince Andrew, despite photos of the two taking a walk side by side in June, smiling at Westminster Abbey during …
Angelo Fichera / FactCheck.org:   Photo Manipulated to Show Schiff With Epstein
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine Knew of Aid Freeze in July, Says Ex-Top Official in Kyiv  —  Ukraine's government learned of the military aid freeze during the Trump administration's pressure campaign — and tried to keep that knowledge from going public, says an ex-deputy foreign minister.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How both parties are thinking about impeachment's next phase
Washington Post:
Mueller Report Illustrated  —  A book and six-part digital series on the obstruction investigation  —  Written and designed by The Washington Post and illustrated by artist Jan Feindt, “The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation” brings to life the findings …
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Rosalind Helderman / Washington Post:
How the Ukraine pressure campaign began as an effort to undercut the Mueller investigation
Discussion: Raw Story and KyivPost
New York Times:
China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West  —  Beijing's pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent.  —  TUMXUK, China — In a dusty city in the Xinjiang region on China's western frontier, the authorities are testing the rules of science.
Washington Post:
North Dakota company that Trump touted gets $400 million border wall contract  —  A company that President Trump urged military officials to hire for border wall construction has been awarded a $400 million contract to build a span of new barrier across an Arizona wildlife refuge …
Discussion: The Hill
CNBC:
Trump loses appeal to block Deutsche Bank, Capital One from handing his financial records to Congress  — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Deutsche Bank and Capital One can hand over years of President Donald Trump's financial records in compliance with House Democrats' subpoenas.
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Trump Sees No Deadline for China Deal as Trade Risks Roar Back  — U.S. president signals no urgency for truce as Dec. 15 looms  — 'We'll see whether not the deal is going to be right,' he says  —  Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars.
Discussion: CNBC and Political Wire
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CNBC:
Dow futures drop 250 points after Trump suggests he may wait to strike a China trade deal
Discussion: Axios and POLITICUSUSA
Anna Isaac / Wall Street Journal:   Global Stocks Drop After Trump Signals Further Delays to China Deal
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Melania Trump's Christmas decorations are lovely, but that coat looks ridiculous  —  First lady Melania Trump unveiled this year's White House Christmas decorations in a gauzy video in which she strolls through the public rooms marveling at their holiday luster.
Casey Michel / GEN:
Rudy Giuliani Isn't the Shadiest Lawyer in the Trump-Ukraine Scandal  —  Meet Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing, tied to almost every foreigner in the impeachment saga, including an indicted oligarch  —  or the past few months, Rudy Giuliani has chewed up screen time and headlines at a rate he hasn't seen in nearly two decades.
The Boston Globe:
James Madison explained, as a president ‘might lose his capacity after his appointment’ or ‘"might pervert his administration into a scheme of peculation or oppression’ or ‘betray his trust to foreign powers.’  —  Benjamin Franklin, the oldest delegate at the Philadelphia convention and perhaps …
 
 
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The GOP Is the Russian Propaganda Party Now
Discussion: Raw Story
Derek Hunter / Townhall:
What Happened To Drudge?
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Sushi, cocktails, roasts and one lawyer's plan to deal with ‘a national emergency.’
Discussion: HotAir, CNN and Vanity Fair
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Laura Ingraham Left Radio for a Podcast. And Now She's Quietly Ditched That Too.
Discussion: Raw Story
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Betrayal of Volodymyr Zelensky
Discussion: KyivPost
Theodore Dalrymple / City Journal:
Deadly Superstitions in London
Discussion: New York Post and New York Times
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Impeachment Power Can Be Abused, Too
Discussion: Power Line
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Trump gave states the power to ban refugees. Conservative Utah wants more of them.
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Fusion GPS Chiefs Spin Hard Before the Horowitz Report
Borzou Daragahi / The Independent:
Turkey threatens to veto Nato plans unless the Syria Kurd militia is labelled ‘a threat’
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran state TV says ‘rioters’ shot and killed amid protests
Discussion: Townhall and The Resurgent
Washington Post:
‘A pretty strong betrayal’: Brazil's Bolsonaro joins other leaders in learning that a good …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Daily Kos
Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Prosecutors: More Charges Possible In Case Of Giuliani Associates Parnas, Fruman
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
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