memeorandum: One year after Moonves' exit, CBS TV stations also face harassment and misogyny claims (Meg James/Los Angeles Times)

1:55 PM ET, December 8, 2019

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Keren Blankfeld / New York Times:

Lovers in Auschwitz, Reunited 72 Years Later. He Had One Question. — Was she the reason he was alive today? — The first time he spoke to her, in 1943, by the Auschwitz crematory, David Wisnia realized that Helen Spitzer was no regular inmate. Zippi, as she was known, was clean, always neat.

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. …

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Associated Press: FBI says it presumes base shooting was act of terrorism

Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Florida congressman challenges Saudis on Pensacola shootings

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New York Times:
Before Florida Shooting, Gunman Showed Off Videos of Mass Attacks

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Daily Mail:
Joshua Kaleb Watson (left) and Mohammed Haitham (right) have been named as two of the victims of Friday's tragedy

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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pensacola naval base shooting tests US-Saudi relations

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Stamford Advocate:
Investigation broadens in shooting at Naval Air Station in Pensacola

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Phil Stewart / Reuters: U.S. defense secretary can't label U.S. base attack ‘terrorism’ at this point

CNN:
Tweet purportedly from gunman in Pensacola Navy base shooting suggests al Qaeda inspiration

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CNN:

Nadler: Impeachment would be a guilty verdict in ‘three minutes flat’ — Washington (CNN)With sources telling CNN a vote in the Judiciary Committee to impeach President Donald Trump is expected as soon as this week, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said Sunday that he sees the Ukraine evidence …

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Zachary Basu / Axios:

Mark Meadows denies Trump asked Ukraine to investigate political rival — Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) falsely claimed on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that President Trump did not ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rival on a July 25 phone call. — The exchange:

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Amy Hasenberg / House Judiciary Committee:

Collins demands Democrats postpone hearing after last-minute document transmission — “Chairman Nadler has no choice but to postpone Monday's hearing in the wake of a last-minute document transmission that shows just how far Democrats have gone to pervert basic fairness. …

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ABC News:
President Trump ‘abused his power to improperly to put his thumb on the scale for the election’: Rep. Zoe Lofgren

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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
House Judiciary Chair Nadler says impeachment articles will ‘presumably’ be introduced this week

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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Nadler: Trump will do everything to make sure 2020 is ‘not a fair election’

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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Nadler on potential Mueller article of impeachment: “It's part of a pattern”

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New York Times:
Judiciary Committee Report Offers Legal Rationale for Impeaching Trump

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Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna / Politico:

How the Cool Kids of the Left Turned on Elizabeth Warren — Millennial socialists' favorite magazine is breaking up with Elizabeth Warren. But it's saying: It's not me. It's you. — That magazine is Jacobin, the nine-year-old publication that has become the de facto voice of the young socialist movement in America.

Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden has edge over Dems in Nevada, bests Trump by 7 points

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Brandon Tensley / CNN:
Biden, ‘The Irishman’ and the enduring power of aging white men

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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘Trump changed everything’: Big cities break hard left in Dem primary

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Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Bernie Sanders campaign staffer departs after anti-Semitic, other offensive tweets surface: reports

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Jacob Knutson / Axios:

Cruz promotes conspiracy that Ukraine “blatantly interfered” in U.S. election — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on NBC's “Meet the Press” Sunday that Ukraine “blatantly interfered” in the 2016 election, repeating a conspiracy theory that experts warn has been promoted by Russian intelligence services.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, One America News Network and Contemptor

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

It has come to this: Ted Cruz is Putin's stooge — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) has spent his entire adult life touting the West's defeat of communism in the Cold War. In July 2014, he declared to a young conservative group, “'Mr. Putin, give back Crimea.' Why is it so unimaginable for President Obama to utter those words?”

Dante Chinni / NBC News:
Democrats, GOP move in opposite directions on Russia views

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Miami Herald:

Pardoned soldiers are Trump's special guests at closed-door fundraiser in Aventura — President Donald Trump, speaking during a closed-door speech to Republican Party of Florida donors at the state party's annual Statesman's Dinner, was in “rare form” Saturday night.

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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 …

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TMZ.com:

Juice Wrld Dead at 21 After Seizure in Chicago's Midway Airport — JUICE WRLD DEAD AT 21 After Suffering Seizure — REMEMBERING JUICE WRLD — 9:55 AM PT — One of the songs on Juice's “Too Soon” EP was called “Legends” and it has a pretty prophetic lyric. As we said, the track was about Lil Peep and XXXTentacion's deaths.

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The Boston Globe:

Tiny Dixville Notch may see its midnight tradition disappear — For six decades, Americans have woken up on the morning of the New Hampshire presidential primary, turned on the news, and heard about Dixville Notch, the tiny hamlet where perhaps a dozen voters had cast paper ballots …

Masha Gessen / New Yorker:

A Powerful Statement of Resistance from a College Student on Trial in Moscow — I was going to write a column about Wednesday's impeachment hearing, about the way it once again showcased the two non-overlapping realities into which American politics has split.

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

One year after Moonves' exit, CBS TV stations also face harassment and misogyny claims — Jill Arrington was a star in TV sports. Then, four years ago, the former NFL sideline reporter traded national exposure for what she thought would be a more stable job at CBS' television stations in Los Angeles.

Jon Lockett / The Sun:

GOING NUCLEAR Donald Trump fires warning shot at Kim Jong-un after latest ‘nuclear missile’ test — DONALD Trump today warned trigger-happy North Korea it has “too much to lose” hours after its latest controversial “missile” test. — The tough-talking US president took to Twitter to take aim …