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5:50 PM ET, December 22, 2019

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Keith E. Whittington / Reason:
When Is an Officer Impeached?  IV  —  Now that President Donald Trump has gotten wind of the fact that he might not yet have been impeached, we should make some things abundantly clear.  —  At a Turning Point USA event in Florida, the president noted, “In fact, there's no impeachment.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Key Democratic senator remains undecided on whether Trump should be removed from office  —  Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), who won a stunning special election victory in 2017 and faces a difficult reelection campaign next year, said Sunday that he remains undecided on whether President Trump should be removed from office.
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pence chief of staff not worried about Pelosi impeachment tactics: ‘She will yield’
Discussion: Associated Press
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
If Trump's Impeached, Then Why Can't a Senate Trial Start Now?
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Sen. Roy Blunt: Impeachment trial is “not a trial in any classic sense”
Discussion: The Hill
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
As Pelosi plays games with impeachment, what next for GOP?
Discussion: Twitchy
Colby Itkowitz / SFGATE:
Trump is remaking the federal judiciary  —  WASHINGTON - After three years in office, President Donald Trump has remade the federal judiciary, ensuring a conservative tilt for decades and cementing his legacy no matter the outcome of November's election.  —  Trump nominees make up 1 in 4 U.S. circuit court judges.
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
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Susannah Luthi / Politico:
How Trump is filling the liberal 9th Circuit with conservatives  —  A bastion of liberalism in the federal judiciary is slowly turning rightward, threatening Democratic court challenges on everything from abortion to who gets a green card.  —  The Senate confirmation of Lawrence VanDyke …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
How a Poisoning in Bulgaria Exposed Russian Assassins in Europe  —  For years, members of a secret team, Unit 29155, operated without Western security officials having any idea about their activities.  But an attack on an arms dealer in Sofia helped blow their cover.
New York Times:
It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App.  It's Secretly a Spy Tool.  —  ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race.  —  WASHINGTON — It is billed as an easy and secure way to chat by video or text message …
Kim Norvell / Des Moines Register:
Elizabeth Warren shakes up Iowa campaign style, with more candid events, but she still shies away from candidate attacks  —  OTTUMWA, Ia.  — As she slips in state and national polls, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is shaking up her campaign style in Iowa — a move that paves the way for more candid, sometimes personal events.
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USA Today:
How America went from Barack Obama to Donald Trump in one head-spinning political decade  —  Obama's America and Trump's America feel like separate nations, but they are bound by Newton's law: For every action, an equal and opposite reaction.  —  How did we get from Barack Obama to Donald Trump?
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Christianity Today editor: Trump's ‘public morality’ makes him ‘unfit’ for office  —  Christianity Today Editor-in-Chief Mark Galli said on Sunday that President Trump has crossed a line where his actions benefiting the evangelical community no longer excuse his misconduct in other areas.
Discussion: Fox News, CNBC and Joe.My.God.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘Evangelicals are not monolithic’: Following scathing editorial, top Trump aide defends president
Discussion: Raw Story, DemCast and The French Press
Justin Caruso / The Daily Caller:
Poll: 43% Of Evangelicals Approve Of Trump's Removal From Office
IMPORTANTVILLE:
Scoop: Mayor Pete's South Bend polling  —  The mayor leads the Democratic field in his hometown.  —  In one of his last acts as both mayor and presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg commissioned a poll of his own South Bend constituents showing he leads the Democratic field and President Trump …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Us vs. them: Trump aiming to use impeachment to rev up base  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Using stark “us vs. them” language, President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign have begun framing his impeachment not as a judgment on his conduct but as a referendum on how Democrats regard him and his supporters.
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Universal Notifies Theaters ‘Cats’ Is Being Updated With “Improved Visual Effects”  —  The move is unheard of for a finished film already in release.  —  How many lives does Cats have?  —  On Friday — the movie's opening day — Universal notified thousands of theaters they will be receiving …
Associated Press:
Inside impeachment: How an ‘urgent’ tip became ‘high crimes’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The night before the whistleblower complaint that launched President Donald Trump's impeachment was made public, Democrats and Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee crammed into the same room to get a first look at the document.
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Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distorted letter to Dems and history
Discussion: Fox News
HuffPost:
Trump's Mar-A-Lago Winter Vacation Pushes Taxpayer Golf Tab Above $118 million  —  Trump criticized predecessor Barack Obama for spending too much time playing golf — but is on track to pass Obama's eight-year total in just four years.  —  President Donald Trump has pushed …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg:
Trump, Giuliani Spoke Briefly at Mar-a-Lago Party on Saturday  — A brief encounter but no full meeting between Trump, attorney  — President also met in Florida with Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher  —  President Donald Trump spoke briefly with personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani …
Discussion: The Hill
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FISA Judge Orders FBI To Identify All Cases Involving Lawyer Who Allegedly Altered Carter Page Email  — The top judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered the FBI to review cases involving a bureau attorney who allegedly altered an email regarding Carter Page.
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New York Post:   If FBI was routinely cutting corners on FISA warrants, Comey will look even worse
 
 
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Donald Trump's 'they're after you' tweet says it all
Associated Press:
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How Trump Made a Writer of Thrillers Stick to Facts
Wall Street Journal:
Klobuchar Works to Boost Momentum in Iowa
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Largely Ignores Impeachment as He Rallies Young Conservatives
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Marcia Dunn / Associated Press:
Boeing capsule returns to Earth after aborted space mission
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Pakistani Professor Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy on Social Media
Vanessa Thorpe / The Guardian:
BBC could restrict journalists' use of Twitter
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Officials Discussed Hold on Ukraine Aid After Trump Spoke With Country's Leader
Los Angeles Times:
California population growth slowest since 1900 as residents leave, immigration decelerates
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