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3:10 PM ET, January 19, 2020

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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
As Democrats push for witnesses in Senate trial, Alan Dershowitz slams impeachment case  —  The Senate impeachment trial formally began on Thursday.  —  Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard professor emeritus who recently joined President Donald Trump's defense team, made the constitutional case …
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
The Impeachment ‘Kill Switch’: McConnell Dismissal Rule Corners Democrats, Blocks Antics as Trial Commences  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is as of now including in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial rules a “kill switch” that effectively allows for the president's legal team to seek …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:
McConnell Creates ‘Kill Switch’ To End Impeachment If It Becomes ‘Circus Run By Adam Schiff’  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has reportedly created a “kill switch” for President Donald Trump's upcoming Senate impeachment trial that would allow for the president's legal team …
Discussion: Breitbart
Kelly Cannon / ABC News:
Ahead of trial, Sens. Booker, Shelby disagree whether Trump's actions impeachable
Discussion: Law & Crime
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Week
Ursula Perano / Axios:   GOP Sen. Shelby on Trump soliciting foreign interference: “Things happen”
Jacob Knutson / Axios:   Dershowitz claims abuse of power is not an impeachable offense even if proven
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump goes on the attack
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:   Nadler says Dems unwilling to negotiate Hunter Biden testimony in exchange for other witnesses
Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
Cornyn: Giuliani ‘not relevant’ to impeachment trial
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Law & Crime
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Graham calls for swift end to impeachment trial, warns Dems against calling witnesses
Discussion: The Guardian and The Hill
George Conway / Washington Post:
Why Trump had to hire this legal odd couple  —  This is what happens when you don't pay your legal bills.  —  President Trump, whose businesses and now campaign have left a long trail of unpaid bills behind them, has never discriminated when it comes to stiffing people who work for him.
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Mother Jones
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Evan Mandery / Politico:
One of Trump's Lawyers Called the Other Dangerous  —  Politics makes strange bedfellows, but perhaps none have ever been stranger than the two celebrity lawyers just announced as part of Donald Trump's impeachment defense team: Kenneth Starr and Alan Dershowitz.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Harry Litman / Washington Post:
Dershowitz and Starr may bring a slightly more reality-based Trump defense
Discussion: The Atlantic, CNN and MSNBC
Lloyd Green / The Guardian:
A Very Stable Genius review: dysfunction and disaster at the court of King Donald  —  In January 2018, Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury made headlines as it depicted a president out of control and a White House that careened from crisis to crisis.  Donald Trump threatened legal action against author and publisher.
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Robert Evans / bellingcat:
Richmond Gun Rally: Is A Virginia Cop Giving 4Chan's /pol Board Inside Info?  —  On Monday, January 20, the city of Richmond, Virginia will be host to a massive gathering of militias and individual gun owners, protesting against a series of proposed bills in the state legislature.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Even C-SPAN Is Piqued: Senate Puts Limits on Trial Coverage  —  The Senate will control the cameras during the impeachment trial, limiting what viewers see, and reporters will be confined to roped-off areas.  —  News coverage of President Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate began last week …
Quad-City / Quad City Times:
Klobuchar is the one  —  Amy Klobuchar earned our endorsement.  —  She won it from an editorial board that, like much of the electorate just two weeks away from the Iowa caucuses, has struggled with how to assess the large field of candidates vying for the Democrats' 2020 presidential nomination.
Washington Post:
Rep. Jayapal, a leading liberal Congresswoman, endorses Sanders for president  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a rising star in the Democratic Party's liberal wing and one of the most prominent women of color in Congress, is endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders for president …
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Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Steve Bannon Wants to Save Trump — So He's Launched a Podcast  —  It's been two and a half years since Steve Bannon was exiled from the Trump administration, but the former White House chief strategist is still trying to coordinate messaging for the president.
Audra D. S. Burch / New York Times:
How 17 Outsize Portraits Rattled a Small Southern Town  —  Newnan, Ga., decided to use art to help the community celebrate diversity and embrace change.  Not everyone was ready for what they saw.  —  This story took several months to report, including more than a dozen interviews …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
‘Pretty nervy of you!’:  Trump's Palm Beach billionaire spat  —  There were certainly other things for President Donald Trump to care about in early December.  He was about to depart for the NATO summit in London.  Impeachment hearings were dominating Washington.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Two deceptions at the heart of Democrats' impeachment brief  —  In a newly released impeachment brief, Democratic House managers argue that President Trump must be removed “immediately” to protect the integrity of the current presidential race.  “The Senate must use that remedy now to safeguard …
Discussion: Twitchy
Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Has Kept Near-Unanimous GOP Support Through Impeachment  —  The unity is the byproduct of a White House charm offensive and the president's raw political power over his party  —  WASHINGTON—When revelations about President Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine first started dribbling …
Windsor Mann / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: If Trump loves America, why does he call our cities ‘disgusting’ and ‘embarrassing’?  —  What's revealing about so many self-described nationalists is their contempt for the nation they claim to love.  When President Trump talks about America, he talks about how people who don't love …
Sacramento Bee:
Who is Devin Nunes' aide caught up in Ukraine texts, and will they hurt his boss?  —  Derek Harvey was known as a retired Army colonel and respected military intelligence analyst — a Middle East expert who predicted the growing threat from al Qaeda.  —  He worked tirelessly with retired …
Discussion: Progress Pond and Washington Post
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Ashe Schow / The Daily Wire:   Newly Released Text Messages Between Nunes Aide And Lev Parnas Are A Big Nothingburger
 
 
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump to promote China, Mexico-Canada trade deals to farmers
Erielle Davidson / The Federalist:
The Women's March Is More About Trump Than About Women
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Bloomberg: “My story might have turned out very differently if I had been black”
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Marty Johnson / The Hill:
Capt. “Sully” Sullenberger pens op-ed in defense of Biden: ‘I stuttered once, too.  I dare you to mock me’
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
STUDY: Trump sent 657 live tweets of Fox programming in 2019
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Tigers at the White House
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
No escape: Senators to be quiet, unplugged for Trump trial
Discussion: Florida Politics
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
With Biden, Will Democrats Be Both Safe and Sorry?
Cat Schuknecht / NPR:
After A Fall At Baylor, Ken Starr Became A Fox Regular, And Then, A Trump Defender
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento / NPR:
Women's March Draws A Smaller, But Passionate Crowd
Discussion: Althouse, Axios and New York Times
Senior Administration Officials / Public Pool:
Background Press Call
Audrey McNamara / CBS News:
Puerto Rico governor fires emergency director after aid is found sitting in warehouse
Bloomberg:
Trump Loses Another Russia Adviser, Adding to NSC Turnover
Discussion: Axios, New York Post and The Hill
 

 
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