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1:20 PM ET, December 22, 2019

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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Pelosi's decision to withhold articles of impeachment ‘bizarre’: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.  —  In response, Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., said Pelosi's delay was not unfair.  —  Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to withhold the articles of impeachment was …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
As Pelosi plays games with impeachment, what next for GOP?  —  The House of Representatives impeached President Bill Clinton on Dec. 19, 1998.  It was a Saturday.  The votes, in which two articles of impeachment passed, were held around midday.  By 3 p.m., the House had passed a resolution naming …
Discussion: Twitchy
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pence chief of staff not worried about Pelosi impeachment tactics: ‘She will yield’
Discussion: Associated Press
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distorted letter to Dems and history
Discussion: Fox News
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.
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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
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?
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.
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.
Associated Press:
GOP governors grapple with whether to accept refugees or not  —  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An executive order by President Donald Trump giving states the right to refuse to take refugees is putting Republican governors in an uncomfortable position.  —  They're caught between immigration hardliners …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Officials Discussed Hold on Ukraine Aid After Trump Spoke With Country's Leader  —  Emails also suggest President Trump first began asking about $250 million in Pentagon aid after a June 19 article in the Washington Examiner.  —  WASHINGTON — About 90 minutes after President Trump held …
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Anna Kaplan / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Withheld Ukraine Military Aid 91 Minutes After Phone Call: Docs
Discussion: Axios, Daily Kos and Slate
New York Post:
If FBI was routinely cutting corners on FISA warrants, Comey will look even worse  —  Now that we know FBI agents deceived the court to get the warrants to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page, the big question is: Was this the exception, or the rule?  —  That is, has the bureau taken …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   FISA Judge Orders FBI To Identify All Cases Involving Lawyer Who Allegedly Altered Carter Page Email
Marcia Dunn / Associated Press:
Boeing capsule returns to Earth after aborted space mission  —  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing safely landed its crew capsule in the New Mexico desert Sunday after an aborted flight to the International Space Station that threatened to derail the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next year.
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Klobuchar Works to Boost Momentum in Iowa  —  With long days on the trail, Minnesota senator looks to make up ground on Biden and other front-runners ahead of first Democratic presidential nominating contest  —  After Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles …
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Sen. Roy Blunt: Impeachment trial is “not a trial in any classic sense”  —  Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) told CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that the upcoming Senate impeachment trial is “not a trial in any classic sense,” noting that there are senators are running for the Democratic presidential nomination …
Discussion: The Hill
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Warren on fundraising: ‘I wanted to do better’  —  Cedar Rapids, Iowa (CNN)After criticism following news of her Senate election fundraising practices, Sen. Elizabeth Warren told reporters after a town hall in Cedar Rapids that she “saw how this system works” and decided to quit high dollar fundraising …
 
 
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
How Trump Made a Writer of Thrillers Stick to Facts
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Largely Ignores Impeachment as He Rallies Young Conservatives
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Wall Street Journal:
Pakistani Professor Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy on Social Media
Vanessa Thorpe / The Guardian:
BBC could restrict journalists' use of Twitter
Justin Caruso / The Daily Caller:
Poll: 43% Of Evangelicals Approve Of Trump's Removal From Office
Los Angeles Times:
California population growth slowest since 1900 as residents leave, immigration decelerates
Discussion: PJ Media Home and Associated Press
Shea Johnson / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Fiore tied to report alleging domestic terrorism by Washington lawmaker
Discussion: Raw Story and Salon
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A year of media upheaval
Ruth R. Wisse / Commentary:
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Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Expands Staffing Plan to More Battleground States
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Susan Collins set to play pivotal role in impeachment drama
Hayley Fowler / Raleigh News & Observer:
Trump supporter disrupts impeachment rally with a truck and ‘Rambo’ flag, NC cops say
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Satellite photos show work on North Korean site linked to long-range missiles
Discussion: Axios and Sputnik News