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4:20 PM ET, December 17, 2019

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Susan Collins and Joni Ernst reveal weakness of Trump defense  —  An overwhelming 71 percent of Americans believe President Trump should allow his top aides to testify at his impeachment trial, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds.  That includes a whopping 72 percent of independents.
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill and CNN
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Sen. Susan Collins during 1999 impeachment: ‘I need witnesses ... to get to the truth’  —  Now that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has flatly refused Democratic demands for witnesses to testify at President Trump's impeachment trial, it could create an uncomfortable situation …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
McConnell Suggests Senate Will Move to Dismiss Impeachment After Opening Arguments
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
We Are Republicans, and We Want Trump Defeated  —  The president and his enablers have replaced conservatism with an empty faith led by a bogus prophet.  —  The authors have worked for and supported Republican campaigns.  —  Patriotism and the survival of our nation in the face of the crimes …
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A small group of President Donald Trump's fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the president's own chief adviser, is launching a super PAC designed to fight Trump's reelection and punish congressional Republicans deemed his “enablers.”
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Trump sends scorching letter to Pelosi ahead of House impeachment vote  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump sent a letter on Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, excoriating the House Democrats' pursuit of an impeachment inquiry just a day before the full House is set to vote.
Discussion: KTLA and Raw Story
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Denounces ‘Partisan Impeachment Crusade’ on Eve of House Vote  —  In an irate, six-page letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Trump denounced the impeachment inquiry in scathing terms, asserting that he had done nothing wrong and that Democrats would pay a political price in 2020.
Discussion: Balkinization, The Root and Law & Crime
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump savages impeachment proceedings in letter to Pelosi
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump tells Pelosi in blistering letter that Dems have ‘cheapened the importance’ of impeachment
Discussion: The Root
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Giuliani Provides Details of What Trump Knew About Ambassador's Removal  —  Rudolph Giuliani said in an interview that he briefed the president “a couple of times” about Marie Yovanovitch, the envoy to Ukraine, setting her recall in motion.  —  WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani said on Monday …
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
“I forced her out”: Giuliani goes on Fox News and admits he's much more than Trump's lawyer
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US envoy in Ukraine set to leave after impeachment testimony
Discussion: Axios
Lara Jakes / New York Times:   William Taylor, Top Diplomat in Ukraine and Key Impeachment Witness, is Stepping Down
Reuters:
Associate of Rudy Giuliani received $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch -prosecutor  —  U.S. prosecutors said in court on Tuesday that Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, received a $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash.
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Reuters:   Giuliani associate received $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch's lawyer: prosecutor
NBC News:
Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas can stay free on bail after prosecutors argue he hid money
Jerusalem Post:   Associate of Rudy Giuliani received $1 million from Ukrainian Oligarch
BBC:
Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress  —  President Trump has said he does not consider the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 to be a genocide, contradicting a unanimous vote by the US Senate.  —  The historic vote last week incensed Turkey …
Discussion: Twitchy
ABC News:
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort hospitalized for cardiac event: Sources  —  Manafort is slated to be released from prison Christmas Day 2024.  —  President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been hospitalized for a cardiac event while serving …
Wall Street Journal:
Peter Thiel at Center of Facebook's Internal Divisions on Politics  —  Billionaire investor thinks political-ad policy shouldn't change; some directors and executives disagree  —  Facebook Inc. FB 1.96% 's senior leadership is increasingly divided over how to address criticism of the company's effect …
Washington Post:
Rick Gates sentenced to 45 days in jail, 3 years probation for conspiracy and lying to FBI in Mueller probe  —  BREAKING: Rick Gates was sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years probation for conspiracy and lying to the FBI.  The jail time can be served over weekends or on a schedule developed in agreement with federal officials.
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Washington Post:   The president goes after Mueller's witnesses
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Jeff Van Drew Was ‘Almost Obsessively Anti-Trump’ Before He Considered Joining His Party  —  Democrats heard the New Jersey freshman call President Trump crazy and unfit to be commander-in-chief.  —  For months, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a freshman Democrat from New Jersey …
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:   Democrats Aren't Forcing Jeff Van Drew to Join the GOP
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Adam Driver Walks Out of NPR ‘Fresh Air’ Interview Over ‘Marriage Story’ Clip  —  The star actor allegedly left after expressing displeasure with listening to a clip of his own acting—a fear Driver has repeatedly voiced in the past.  —  In the midst of promoting three of his latest starring turns …
Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard calls for President Trump's censure  —  She remains undecided on impeachment on eve of House vote.  —  Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is calling for President Donald Trump's censure on the eve a full House vote Wednesday on the articles of impeachment.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Family emergency sidelines Jerry Nadler day before expected impeachment vote  —  Nadler is expected to return to Washington late Tuesday or early Wednesday.  —  House Judiciary Jerry Nadler on Friday.  Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool  —  House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Trump's calls to stop impeachment: ‘The President is not a lawyer’  —  The reasons behind RBG's most recent hospitalizations  —  Washington (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday weighed in on President Donald Trump's assertion that the impeachment proceedings …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Maxine Wally / WWD:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Talks President Trump Impeachment, Women's Rights
Discussion: Althouse and Raw Story
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
‘Vile and disturbing’: Army unit marks Battle of the Bulge with picture of Nazi war criminal who massacred Americans  —  On the 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's final major push in World War II, a U.S. Army unit shared a tribute to the “greatest battle in American history” …
Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Rep. Anthony Brindisi will vote to impeach President Trump (Exclusive)  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi says he plans to vote Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump after concluding the president abused the power of his office and obstructed Congress.
Maya Kosoff / GEN:
The Human Toll of the 2019 Media Apocalypse  —  More than 3,000 journalists lost their jobs this year.  These are some of their stories.  —  eing a journalist in 2019 meant working under the gun.  In January, over a thousand journalists lost their jobs as layoffs hit Gannett, BuzzFeed, AOL, and HuffPost.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Forever  —  The four reasons why Republicans won't turn on Trump, no matter what.  —  The level of loyalty Donald Trump commands from elected Republicans seems qualitatively different from that offered to previous Republican presidents.  —  For instance: Republicans told President Nixon to resign his office.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kate Krader / Bloomberg:
Washington Is the Most Exciting Food City in America  —  In an era of extreme polarization, it's no surprise that one of the biggest firestorms in food this year came out of Washington.  Back in January, as the government shutdown affected the White House catering staff …
Nathan Hodge / CNN:
Maria Butina, convicted of being a foreign agent in the US, will host Russian state-funded TV show  —  London (CNN Business)Russian gun-rights enthusiast Maria Butina, recently released from a US prison, will become the host of an online video program, Russia's state owned network RT announced Tuesday.
Discussion: New York Post
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
American democracy's Senate problem, explained  —  A rally outside the US Capitol Building on March 14, 2018.  Students walked out of school to protest gun violence.  Andrew Harnik/AP  —  A huge — and growing — source of bias in the political system.  —  Democrats have a Senate problem …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
He was sexually abusing underage girls.  Then, police said, one of them killed him. … KENOSHA, Wis. — Metal cuffs strained against her ankles as she shuffled down the courthouse hallway.  She passed her mother, who had grown used to seeing her teen daughter in a jail uniform.
 
 
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Biden campaign releases his medical history
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Stacy Fernández / The Texas Tribune:
Midland County officials just found a missing ballot box.  It may change the result of a $569 million bond election.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Robert Greenstein to Step Down at End of 2020
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump's approval rating is more stable than any president in the history of polling
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Democrats repeat failed history with mad dash to impeach Donald Trump
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Corbyn, Sanders, and Warren: the Bogus Comparison
New York Times:
4 Times Journalists Tell Their Story of Impeachment (the One in the '90s)
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Susan Collins to announce reelection plans this week
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Anti-Defamation League:
Center on Extremism Uncovers More Disturbing Details of Jersey City Shooter's Extremist Ideology
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump Will Be Impeached but Trumpism Will Fuck Us Forever
Discussion: Raw Story
Megh Wright / Vulture:
The True Story Behind the Viral ‘Moves Like Bloomberg’ Video
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Laughing Through the Trump Era
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Russian disinformation network said to have helped spread smear of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
The real reasons the US government is so secretive about UFOs
USA Today:
USA TODAY Poll: Impeached or not, Trump leads his Democratic rivals for another term