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Anna Palmer / Politico:
First in POLITICO Playbook: Mark Meadows to leave Congress, plus what McConnell will say on impeachment  —  “OBVIOUSLY, I'VE LOOKED AT THIS AS A TEMPORARY JOB,” Meadows told us in an interview Wednesday, speaking of serving in the House.  “Endorsed term limits — never ran on a term-limit pledge.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Rep. Mark Meadows to retire in 2020  —  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) announced Thursday that he won't seek re-election in 2020.  —  Why it matters: Meadows is one of the visible House Republicans and one of President Trump's most loyal defenders on Capitol Hill.
Brian Murphy / Raleigh News & Observer:   Mark Meadows won't run for re-election, hints at work with Trump administration
George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
George Conway: Republican senators run the risk of being shamed by Trump himself  —  George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York and an adviser to the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC.  —  In his unhinged letter Tuesday, President Trump accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of having …
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Kurt Bardella / NBC News:
After Trump impeachment vote in the House, Nancy Pelosi and Democrats have one card left  —  The strategy is unprecedented — but it's probably the best chance Democrats have of preventing a rigged Senate trial.  —  On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald John Trump.
Discussion: Townhall, Politico, Redstate, Axios and The Hill
New York Times:
Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy  —  EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY, everywhere on the planet, dozens of companies — largely unregulated, little scrutinized — are logging the movements of tens of millions of people with mobile phones and storing the information in gigantic data files.
Associated Press:
Putin: Trump impeachment ‘far-fetched,’ Senate will acquit  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin called the U.S. impeachment process “far-fetched” Thursday, making a seemingly obvious prediction that Donald Trump will be acquitted in the Senate.
Discussion: CNN, DNyuz, KTLA and Axios
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Wall Street Journal:
Putin Criticizes Democrats for Impeaching Trump  —  Russian leader dismisses the impeachment in Washington as political theater  —  MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted U.S. Democrats for impeaching President Trump on what the Russian leader called “made up charges,” …
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:   Trump impeachment charges ‘absolutely made up’, says Putin
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Putin Hints at Holding Power Past 2024, and Defends Trump on Impeachment
Discussion: VICE and DNyuz
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
White House defends Trump as ‘counter-puncher’ after he suggests late Michigan congressman in hell  —  The president suggested the late Rep. John Dingell was “looking up.”  —  WASHINGTON — After President Donald Trump lashed out against a Michigan congresswoman for supporting his impeachment …
Discussion: Axios, Decider and The Week
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump makes 'hell'-acious crack about deceased Rep. John Dingell, wife responds  —  The president spoke about the former lawmaker at a campaign rally in his home state of Michigan.  —  President Donald Trump made a macabre quip about late Democratic Rep. John Dingell at his rally in Michigan …
New York Times:
How 2 Soviet Émigrés Fueled the Trump Impeachment Flames  —  “Lev and Igor” were obscure businessmen who became fixtures of the Republican donor set.  Then they played an unlikely role in the proceedings gripping the nation.  —  On a warm summer evening last year …
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Stephanie Baker / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Keeps the Hustle Going, Even as Trump Is Impeached
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
CNN:
CNN Poll: Joe Biden holds lead heading into December debate  —  (CNN)Joe Biden continues to hold a lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president and remains the candidate potential Democratic voters think has the best shot to defeat Donald Trump, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
‘A stable political base’: Biden remains at the top of the Dem field, NBC/WSJ poll finds
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and Associated Press
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
ANALYSIS: In impeachment vote, how Republicans got to zero  —  After rushed and intense proceedings into the Ukraine affair, the House has voted to impeach President Trump.  The vote was 230 to 197 for the first article of impeachment charging the president with abuse of power and 229 to 198 …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans are outmatched, outwitted and outclassed
Discussion: Raw Story
George T. Conway III / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Made His Own Impeachment Inevitable  —  As rare as impeachments may be, today's impeachment of Donald Trump, president of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors was pretty much inevitable.  —  It was inevitable because of Trump himself, his very character …
Discussion: Balkinization and ABC News
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Exclusive: Phrase ‘White Nationalists’ Cut From Measure To Screen Military Enlistees  —  Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), the measure's author, fears other lawmakers are not taking the threat of white nationalists in the military seriously.  —  A measure in the National Defense Authorization Act meant …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Chinese national arrested for trespassing at Trump's Florida resort  —  Woman found guilty in Mar-a-Lago security breach  —  (CNN)A Chinese woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with trespassing on President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property, according to Palm Beach Police …
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Miami Herald:   ‘Who is Mar-a-Lago?’ Arrested Chinese woman appears confused after intrusion at Trump club
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells Rally He's ‘Not Worried’ About Impeachment, Privately Plots Vengeance  —  As Trump smirked about hot fighter pilots and complained about toilets to an adoring crowd Wednesday, he was thinking about how to make Democratic leaders pay for impeaching him.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The big, ugly lie driving Trump's rant about being impeached
Discussion: NBC News and Power Line
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Envoy to Ukraine Was Asked to Step Aside Ahead of Pompeo Visit  —  Timing counters earlier suggestions that Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor's precise departure date was predetermined  —  Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor was instructed by a top aide to Secretary …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Defense One
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
‘Ban the box’ pro-criminal legislation snuck into ... the national DEFENSE bill  —  Yesterday, we learned that an amnesty provision for Liberians was slipped into what was supposed to be a national defense bill for our own homeland, citizens, and soldiers.  Well, it turns out that there is …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
To avoid removal, Trump needs senators representing only 7 percent of the country to support him  —  The House impeachment vote, however, largely mirrored what Americans in those districts wanted.  —  It is the nature of a representative democracy that people will sometimes be represented by politicians with whom they disagree.
Tessa Suart / Rolling Stone:
The Rolling Stone Interview  —  On the campaign trail in Iowa with the progressive warrior as she tries to prove she's the Democrats' best chance to beat Trump  —  It's late November at the Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines, Iowa, a Forties dance hall converted from a World War I tire factory …
Alex Kaplan / Media Matters for America:
A pro-Trump subreddit is full of calls for violence in response to proposed Virginia gun safety laws  —  Reddit bars content that “encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm”  —  Users on Reddit's “r/The_Donald,” a prominent subreddit for supporters of President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The House's Sad, Predictable, Partisan, and Historic Impeachment of Donald Trump  —  It was a sad day—on that, at least, everyone could agree.  On her way to the House floor, soon after 9 a.m., to begin the historic debate on the impeachment of Donald Trump, the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, told reporters that she felt “sad.”
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
President Trump's Fox obsession reshaped the political universe in 2019 … In 2019, President Donald Trump's obsession with Fox News had a major impact on the nation's political environment, driving the administration's responses to a sea of scandals and crises that have culminated …
Elliot Hannon / Slate:
Trump Administration Lists Wakanda as Free Trade Partner on Government Website  —  President Trump's trade war got more—or less—surreal this week when it was discovered the Trump administration listed Wakanda as a free trade partner on a tool created by the Department of Agriculture …
Discussion: DNyuz, Joe.My.God., Gizmodo and The Root
Matt Drake / The Independent:
Researcher who lost job for tweeting ‘men cannot change into women’ loses employment tribunal  —  Judgment 'removes women's rights and the right to freedom of belief and speech,' says sacked tax expert Maya Forstater  —  A researcher who lost her job after tweeting that men cannot change …
Tara Copp / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Cancers strike veterans who deployed to Uzbek base where black goo oozed, ponds glowed  —  U.S. special operations forces who deployed to a military site in Uzbekistan shortly after the 9/11 attacks found pond water that glowed green, black goo oozing from the ground and signs warning “radiation hazard.”
Patrick Radden Keefe / Foreign Affairs:
The Best of Books 2019  —  The best books we reviewed this year, selected by Foreign Affairs editors and book reviewers.  —  EDITORS' PICKS  —  Keefe's fine, searching book shows that the political agreement formally resolving the conflict in Northern Ireland marked only the beginning of a long …
 
 
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New York Times:
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Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Chief Justice to Enter Spotlight in Trump Impeachment Trial
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Woodcock / The Independent:
Boris Johnson to ‘stop tens of thousands voting’ …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
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Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2019: The Year of Stability  —  Big events of the year …
Discussion: Vox
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
In the End, Impeachment Was the Only Choice
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