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4:25 AM ET, December 8, 2019

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:

For Trump, Instinct After Florida Killings Is Simple: Protect Saudis — Before issuing his own condolences, the president channeled the Saudi king's, and avoided any discussion of the hard questions about why the U.S. is training Saudi officers. — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. …

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 …

Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:

Saudi aviation student was recording during Pensacola naval base shooting and other students remain unaccounted for: AP source — The Saudi student who fatally shot three people at a U.S. naval base in Florida hosted a dinner party earlier in the week where he and three others watched videos …

CNN:

Tweet purportedly from gunman in Pensacola Navy base shooting suggests al Qaeda inspiration — SITE intel group: Shooter had extreme anti-American views — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN)Much remains unknown about the Saudi Air Force officer who attacked Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on Friday morning.

Daily Mail:

Joshua Kaleb Watson (left) and Mohammed Haitham (right) have been named as two of the victims of Friday's tragedy — The New York Times reports that al-Shamrani and three other Saudi students traveled from Pensacola to New York to watch the Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday evening

Discussion: Instapundit

Stamford Advocate:

Investigation broadens in shooting at Naval Air Station in Pensacola — PENSACOLA, Fla. - FBI officials broadened their probe Saturday into the deadly shooting rampage at a Navy flight school here amid reports that several of the gunman's Saudi compatriots took video footage as the attack was underway.

Discussion: Washington Post, UPI and CNN

Craig Pittman / Tampa Bay Times:

St. Petersburg track star among the victims of Pensacola shooting — Mohammed Haitham just finished boot camp and had been reassigned to Pensacola. — ST. PETERSBURG — At Lakewood High School, everyone called him “Mo.” Mohammed Haitham was a track and field star at Lakewood …

Discussion: Florida Politics and Associated Press

New York Times:
The gunman watched videos of mass shootings days before the attack.

Discussion: Raw Story, Power Line, Informed Comment, WQAD-TV, FOX6Now.com, Brookings and ABC News

Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
On Military Bases, the Dangers Increasingly Come From the Inside

Discussion: The Sun, PJ Media Home and TheBlaze

Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:

Trump: Giuliani will report to Justice Department, Congress on his investigations in Ukraine — President Trump said his personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, planned to issue a report to the Justice Department and Congress detailing what he'd learned from his investigations in Ukraine.

Discussion: Associated Press, Slate and Raw Story

New York Times:
Behind the Scenes of Impeachment: Crammed Offices, Late Nights, Cold Pizza

Discussion: Reason, CNN and Lawfare

Los Angeles Times:
We've seen enough. Trump should be impeached

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Will impeachment be forgotten by November 2020? Don't be so sure.

Discussion: Breitbart

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
House Dems refresh Nixon-era impeachment report for Trump

Discussion: Breitbart

NBC News: Why moderates are keeping their powder dry on impeachment

Steve Bousquet / Sun-Sentinel:

Mike Huckabee's outrageous campaign to silence a Florida critic … Mike Huckabee ran for president not once but twice and got his butt kicked both times. But he must have developed a thick skin along the way, right? Wrong. — The former Republican governor of Arkansas skillfully packaged …

Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:

Mike Huckabee Files Bar Complaint Against Twitter Critic Over Beach Feud — THIN SKIN — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has filed a bar complaint against a Florida lawyer who's used his minor Twitter presence to poke fun at him, south Florida's Sun-Sentinel reports.

Katie Hill / New York Times:

It's Not Over After All — I overcame the desperation I felt after stepping down from Congress, and I'm still in the fight. — Ms. Hill is a former United States representative. — On Nov. 6, 2018, I was elected to Congress; at 31, I was one of the youngest women ever elected to the House of Representatives.

Discussion: The Hill, Mother Jones and New York Post

Dan Diamond / Politico:

Medicare chief asked taxpayers to cover stolen jewelry — A top Trump health appointee sought to have taxpayers reimburse her for the costs of jewelry, clothing and other possessions, including a $5,900 Ivanka Trump-brand pendant, that were stolen while in her luggage during a work-related trip …

Discussion: Rolling Stone

Eric Cortellessa / The Times of Israel:

Trump tells Jewish group they'll vote for him to protect their wealth — President also says some Jews are not sufficiently supportive of Israel, accused of anti-Semitism after speech to Israeli American Council — WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump told a conference …

Anna Nemtsova / The Daily Beast:

Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine ‘Investigation’ Stars Some of Kyiv's Most Dubious Characters — The president's lawyer went to Ukraine to discredit impeachment with a parallel narrative, but corruption fighters know his “witnesses” have little or no credibility. — KYIV, Ukraine—The witnesses stand …

Discussion: Law & Crime, Hullabaloo and Raw Story

Bermet Talant / KyivPost:
Trump's attorney Giuliani collects more dirt on visit to Kyiv

Discussion: Newsweek

James Beal / The Sun:

BEASTS AT BEA'S BALL Shocking photo shows paedo Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein & ‘pimp’ Ghislaine Maxwell at Beatrice's 18th birthday bash — DEPRAVED Jeffrey Epstein, his alleged pimp Ghislaine Maxwell and disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein grin at Princess Beatrice's Windsor Castle party.

Jeff Seldin / Voice of America:

Pentagon Concerned Russia Cultivating Sympathy Among US Troops — WASHINGTON - Russian efforts to weaken the West through a relentless campaign of information warfare may be starting to pay off, cracking a key bastion of the U.S. line of defense: the military.

Discussion: Washington Monthly

YouTube:

Nunes: My phone records don't match what Schiff, Dems put in report … Rep. Devin Nunes speaks to Fox and Friends about his phone records being released. — FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7 …

Discussion: Twitchy

David Jackson / USA Today:

Mike Pence's office says it doesn't know what Adam Schiff wants declassified in impeachment inquiry — WASHINGTON - The office of Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday turned down a Democratic request for information on a call between Pence and the president of Ukraine …

Discussion: The Hill

New York Times:

Video Games and Online Chats Are ‘Hunting Grounds’ for Sexual Predators — Criminals are making virtual connections with children through gaming and social media platforms. One popular site warns visitors, “Please be careful.” — Conversations excerpted from court documents

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: Radio Free Europe, Politico, Axios, New York Post, Slate and New York Times