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Associated Press:
Official: Base shooter watched shooting videos before attack  —  This photo taken from video provided by WEAR-TV shows emergency responders near the Naval Air Base Station in Pensacola, Fla., Friday, Dec. 6, 2019.  The US Navy is confirming that an active shooter and one other person are dead …
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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
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 …
Los Angeles Times:
We've seen enough.  Trump should be impeached  —  The House of Representatives' inquiry into President Trump's actions on Ukraine is not yet complete, but the evidence produced over the last two months is more than sufficient to persuade us that he should be impeached.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Washington Post:
As impeachment tide swirls around Trump, Giuliani drops anchor in Ukraine
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:   Schiff asks Pence to declassify more material from official's testimony
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
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NBC News:
Why moderates are keeping their powder dry on impeachment  —  Analysis: Some Democrats say they don't want to commit to articles they haven't seen.  —  WASHINGTON — Like many of the 31 Democrats from districts President Donald Trump won in 2016, freshman Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is feeling the squeeze of impeachment.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Will impeachment be forgotten by November 2020?  Don't be so sure.  —  Perhaps all the conjecture is correct, that impeachment will be long forgotten by the time of the 2020 elections.  Such assumptions do little to minimize the stakes for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) …
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for US-held scientist  —  This photo provided by U.S. Embassy Switzerland, Edward McMullen greets Xiyue Wang in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.  In a trade conducted in Zurich, Iranian officials handed over Chinese-American graduate student Xiyue Wang …
Discussion: Axios, Politico and Slate
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Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
Iran frees one American hostage, but others cannot be forgotten  —  Today we celebrate the freedom of one of the American hostages held on trumped-up charges by the Islamic republic of Iran.  Xiyue Wang, a Princeton graduate student, has been released in exchange for an Iranian biology professor jailed on sanctions-related charges.
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Sen. Joni Ernst Busted In Illegal Dark Money Scheme  —  Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) illegally coordinated with a dark money group, and the scandal is making headlines all across Iowa.  —  The AP reported: … Video: … The AP report is all over the front pages of Iowa's newspapers:
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
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk found not liable in ‘pedo guy’ defamation trial  — A British cave explorer, Vernon Unsworth, brought the suit against Musk in September 2018, after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO had called him “sus” (suspicious) and a “pedo guy” on Twitter.  — Musk and his defense team …
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Dana Hull / Yahoo Finance:   Teflon Musk Wins Again With Escape From ‘Pedo Guy’ Firestorm
Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
Math Is Hard: AOC Busted for Taking ‘Victory Lap’ Over Amazon NYC Jobs News After People Read the Fine Print  —  AOC really makes it too easy to mock her political stances and commentary.  —  Remember back in February when she b*tched so much about an Amazon deal that would have brought 25,000 jobs …
Discussion: Twitchy, Occupy Democrats and Reuters
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Keiko Morris / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Leases New Manhattan Office Space, Less Than a Year After HQ2 Pullout
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Can't Resist Campaigning for Governors.  But They Can Resist Him.  —  The president appears to love nothing more than injecting himself into governor's races, though once in office, the governors don't seem to feel they owe him much.  —  His grip on Republican senators has held in the lead-up to a historic impeachment trial.
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
HuffPost:
Pete Buttigieg Struggles To Explain His Lack Of Transparency On Fundraising  —  He once released his campaign bundlers, but he no longer does.  And he won't allow reporters into his high-dollar fundraisers.  —  WATERLOO, Iowa ― Pete Buttigieg struggled to explain why he does not open …
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Nihal Krishan / Washington Examiner:
Buttigieg stopped disclosing wealthy bundlers and fundraiser hosts after controversy
Discussion: Boston Herald
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
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
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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  —  A SECOND woman allegedly abused by paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has claimed she had sex with Prince Andrew.  —  The fresh allegations come after Epstein's “sex slave” …
Discussion: New York Post
Bermet Talant / KyivPost:
Trump's attorney Giuliani collects more dirt on visit to Kyiv  —  Rudy Giuliani, now President Donald J. Trump's personal lawyer, pictured on Sept. 24, 2019.  Giuliani has embraced former Ukrainian prosecutors with reputations for corruption in seeking to make baseless conspiracy claims to promote Trump's re-election in 2020.
Discussion: TheBL.com
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.”
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 …
 
 
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Boris's Blundering Brilliance Brexit has given the U.K's self-seeking Prime Minister the opportunity …
Jeff Seldin / Voice of America:
Pentagon Concerned Russia Cultivating Sympathy Among US Troops
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why the next 100 days are critical for Trump
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Alan Keyes Is Helping Sell a Toxic Bleach ‘Cure’ to the Vulnerable and Desperate
Discussion: Raw Story
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Trump Jokes About Getting Rid Of Light Bulbs That Make Him Look Orange
Discussion: Redstate
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Candidates Jostle for Position, a Long Race May Become a Marathon
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New York Times:
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Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Do Devin Nunes' constituents think he's as ridiculous as the rest of us do?
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘People have real questions about this’: Hunter-Ukraine questions cloud Biden tour
Discussion: The Intercept and Viking Pundit
Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Gov. Laura Kelly's approval rating in Kansas tops President Donald Trump's
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
America's allies despise Trump — and that's a threat to NATO
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Tlaib, Omar Reject Dem-Led Effort to Back Two-State Solution
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Supreme Court halts subpoena to Deutsche Bank for Trump records
Discussion: Redstate, WTVR-TV, Reuters and TheBlaze
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Top Russian diplomat to visit Washington in first visit since 2017 Oval Office controversy, officials say
 

 
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