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10:55 AM ET, December 7, 2019

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Politico:
Schiff: Pence aide provided new impeachment evidence — but VP's office classified it  —  A national security aide to Vice President Mike Pence submitted additional classified evidence to House impeachment investigators about a phone call between Pence and Ukraine's president …
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Washington Post:
As impeachment tide swirls around Trump, Giuliani drops anchor in Ukraine  —  Even as the House of Representatives began drafting charges against President Trump this week, his private attorney, who many believe is partly responsible for leading Trump on the path to his likely impeachment …
Discussion: Raw Story
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Impeaching Donald Trump Is Already a Win for Democrats  —  There appears to be an emerging consensus that the impeachment of Donald Trump won't matter very much in November, 2020.  “Impeachment will eclipse all for the next seven weeks.  And then it will recede, and other events will supersede …
Discussion: Althouse and The Daily Beast
Daily Mail:
Six Saudis are arrested over Pensacola naval base shooting including three who FILMED the attack by countryman who killed three and wounded eight before being shot dead - as FBI probes terror link  — Sources identified the suspected gunman as Saudi Air Force aviation student Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani
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New York Times:
Six Saudis Said to Be Questioned After Pensacola Navy Base Shooting  —  Authorities were trying to determine whether the shooting that killed three and injured eight others was an act of terrorism.  —  PENSACOLA, Fla. — A member of the Saudi Air Force armed with a handgun fatally shot three people …
Discussion: ABC News and The Guardian
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Photo surfaces showing Eric Trump in Ukraine as investigations into the Trump Org intensify: report … 'I haven't had a personal cell phone for years': Trump demands retraction from CNN
Discussion: Washington Post
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CNN:
Trump still uses his personal cell phone despite warnings and increased call scrutiny  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has continued to use his personal cell phone to make calls, despite repeated warnings from his staff that the practice could leave him vulnerable to foreign surveillance, multiple officials told CNN.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump again accused of mishandling info, creating security threat
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
In Prisoner Swap, Iran Frees American Held Since 2016  —  Xiyue Wang was a graduate student at Princeton who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison on two charges of espionage that U.S. officials have called groundless.  —  WASHINGTON — Iran on Saturday freed an American graduate student …
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CNN:
Iran releases American student in prisoner swap, foreign minister says
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Supreme Court halts subpoena to Deutsche Bank for Trump records  —  The Supreme Court on Friday granted President Trump's emergency request to temporarily block a congressional subpoena for his financial records from Deutsche Bank.  —  The court's order came just hours after the president's legal team asked …
Discussion: Redstate, KTVZ-TV, Reuters and TheBlaze
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't let Justice Dept. immediately resume federal executions after hiatus
Discussion: UPI and The Hill
Laurence H. Tribe / USA Today:
Why care about the Trump impeachment?  Your right to vote in free elections is at stake.  —  The Trump impeachment is about protecting our freedom and right to vote from lawless foreign election manipulation invited by a dangerous president.  —  Of particular interest to me in last week's …
Discussion: Althouse
Bloomberg:
Trump Orders Toilet Rule Review Over Low-Flow Flushing  — President complains about impact of water efficiency rules  — He says hand washing is nearly impossible due to water flow  —  Donald Trump's latest target for deregulation is Americans' toilets.
Discussion: The Stranger, The Guardian and Mashable
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Associated Press:
Trump complains low-flow toilets are flush with problems
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Trump Jokes About Getting Rid Of Light Bulbs That Make Him Look Orange
Discussion: Redstate
Keiko Morris / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Leases New Manhattan Office Space, Less Than a Year After HQ2 Pullout  —  Tech giant agrees to take 335,000 square feet in Hudson Yards neighborhood in deal without any financial incentives from city or state  —  Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to take new office space in Midtown Manhattan …
Val Demings / Washington Post:
What William Barr doesn't understand about law enforcement  —  Val Demings, a Democrat, represents Florida's 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  This week, Attorney General William P. Barr honored 19 law enforcement officers selected by the Justice Department for “Distinguished Service in Policing.”
Dana Hull / Yahoo Finance:
Teflon Musk Wins Again With Escape From ‘Pedo Guy’ Firestorm  —  (Bloomberg) — Even before the verdict came in Friday, Elon Musk had earned the sobriquet Teflon Man on Twitter.  —  Once a jury decided that he hadn't defamed a British man by calling him a “pedo guy” in a post on the social media platform …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘People have real questions about this’: Hunter-Ukraine questions cloud Biden tour  —  ELKADER, Iowa — Joe Biden has two methods of responding to questions about his son's controversial business dealings in Ukraine: denial and anger.  —  But so far, Biden doesn't have a clear and cogent message …
Discussion: The Intercept
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Tactic on Impeachment: Turn Ukraine Allegations Against Biden
Discussion: Washington Monthly
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Top Russian diplomat to visit Washington in first visit since 2017 Oval Office controversy, officials say  —  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to travel to Washington next week for his first visit to the United States since his controversial Oval Office meeting with President Trump in 2017 …
Arelis Hernández / Washington Post:
Texans on southern border vow to fight Trump's efforts to take their homes for border wall  —  BROWNSVILLE, Tex. — Salvador Castillo was yearning for tranquility when he became enchanted by a one-acre homestead close — but not too close — to the city, a place where cows graze beneath whispering mesquite trees on the property's edge.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Candidates Jostle for Position, a Long Race May Become a Marathon  —  In a volatile primary with no true front-runner, Democrats face the prospect of a monthslong delegate battle that would also feature a lengthy public airing of the party's ideological fissures.
Discussion: Political Wire
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Buttigieg releases timeline of McKinsey work  —  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg released a timeline of his work at McKinsey & Co. on Friday amid criticism that he isn't sharing more details about his time at the consulting firm.  —  In a statement accompanying the timeline …
Discussion: Washington Post
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CNN:
Senior State Dept. aide once called Obama a Kenyan and Pelosi a Nazi whose Botox wore off  —  (CNN)A senior adviser at the State Department once said he thought then-President Barack Obama was a Kenyan and called House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi a Nazi whose Botox had worn off.
Discussion: Mediaite and Mother Jones
Washington Post:
Congress, White House near deal to create Space Force in exchange for paid leave for federal workers  —  Approval would come as part of defense authorization bill in Congress  —  Congressional lawmakers and the White House are on the verge of reaching a sweeping agreement that would extend 12 weeks …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Here are the Senate Republicans who could vote to convict Trump  —  Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) caused a stir Friday when he said a “handful” of Senate Republican colleagues have privately told him they would consider voting to remove President Trump from office.
Discussion: TrumpTrain
Financial Times:
Macron and Merkel risk doing Putin's work  —  After months of haggling about dates and the agenda, the “Normandy Four” summit meeting between Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia has finally been set for December 9 in Paris.  —  French president Emmanuel Macron in particular had been pushing …
New York Times:
‘I Got Tired of Hunting Black and Hispanic People’  —  Multiple police officers in Brooklyn say they were told by a commander that white and Asian people should be left alone.  —  At a police station tucked into an end-of-the-line subway terminal in South Brooklyn, the new commander instructed officers …
Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Gov. Laura Kelly's approval rating in Kansas tops President Donald Trump's  —  Kansans participating in a statewide political survey expressed greater satisfaction with the job performance of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly than Republican President Donald Trump, who finds himself underwater in the deeply red Midwest state.
 
 
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Jack Williams / The Sun:
FRESH CLAIMS Prince Andrew rocked by new bombshell claim as second Epstein victim says she had sex with him too
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Schiff asks Pence to declassify more material from official's testimony
Jessa Crispin / The Guardian:
The Kamala Harris campaign is over. So is the era of the tough-on-crime Democrat
New York Times:
Splintered Isle: A Journey Through Brexit Britain
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Do Devin Nunes' constituents think he's as ridiculous as the rest of us do?
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
America's allies despise Trump — and that's a threat to NATO
Nihal Krishan / Washington Examiner:
Buttigieg stopped disclosing wealthy bundlers and fundraiser hosts after controversy
Discussion: Boston Herald
 Earlier Items: 
bellingcat:
Identifying The Berlin Bicycle Assassin: Russia's Murder Franchise (Part 2)
Discussion: Washington Post
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Tlaib, Omar Reject Dem-Led Effort to Back Two-State Solution
Axios:
Scoop: Tensions among top Trump health officials led to outside probe
Discussion: Politico
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Bottom Falls Out as CNN Ratings Hit 3-Year Low
 

 
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