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12:45 PM ET, January 19, 2020

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Kelly Cannon / ABC News:
Ahead of trial, Sens. Booker, Shelby disagree whether Trump's actions impeachable  —  The two senators will be jurors in the president's impeachment trial.  —  Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., disagreed whether the president's conduct, forming the basis of the charges …
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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 …
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
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: Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 1-19-20: Rep. Adam Schiff, Alan Dershowitz, Sen. Richard Shelby, Sen. Cory Booker
Discussion: NBC News and The Week
Harry Litman / Washington Post:
Dershowitz and Starr may bring a slightly more reality-based Trump defense
Discussion: The Atlantic, CNN and MSNBC
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump, who wanted a TV legal team, is ‘distracted’ by impeachment trial, source says
Discussion: Raw Story
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, Political Wire and Raw Story
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Graham calls for swift end to impeachment trial, warns Dems against calling witnesses  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., announced that his initial plan of a pre-trial dismissal of the impeachment case against President Trump is now unlikely to happen, but he is pushing for the trial to begin and end as quickly as possible.
Discussion: The Hill and The Guardian
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:   No escape: Senators to be quiet, unplugged for Trump trial
Margaret Taylor / Lawfare:
The First Test for Chief Justice Roberts? McConnell's Organizing Resolution for Impeachment
Discussion: CNN
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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Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
Warren claims she is the only person running with executive experience
Discussion: Althouse and The Gateway Pundit
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.
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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Washington Post:
'Once this is over, we'll be kings': How Lev Parnas worked his way into Trump's world — and now is rattling it
Discussion: emptywheel and Vanity Fair
Ashe Schow / The Daily Wire:   Newly Released Text Messages Between Nunes Aide And Lev Parnas Are A Big Nothingburger
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
Trent Spiner / Politico:
Bennet die-hards drawn to awkward, unusual New Hampshire campaign  —  The Colorado senator's supporters hope he can emulate Gary Hart's rise from back of the pack to New Hampshire winner.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet speaks to supporters in New Hampshire.  Scott Eisen/Getty Images
Ben Kesslen / NBC News:
As gun rights rally looms in Virginia, Richmond residents fear another Charlottesville  —  Many say they'll be staying as far away as possible from the demonstration they worry will turn violent.  —  RICHMOND, Va. — As gun rights activists, white nationalists and militia groups prepare …
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Chesley B. Sullenberger III / New York Times:
Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: Like Joe Biden, I Once Stuttered, Too.  I Dare You to Mock Me.  —  The retired pilot responds to recent comments from the president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on the way the former vice president talks.  —  Mr. Sullenberger is a retired pilot, safety expert and public speaker.
Discussion: New York Post
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Marty Johnson / The Hill:   Capt. “Sully” Sullenberger pens op-ed in defense of Biden: ‘I stuttered once, too.  I dare you to mock me’
Bloomberg:
Trump Loses Another Russia Adviser, Adding to NSC Turnover  — Andrew Peek was top Russia hand on National Security Council  — Peek's two predecessors testified in impeachment inquiry  —  The top Russia expert on President Donald Trump's National Security Council has left his post …
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
NSC official on leave pending investigation
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Bloomberg: “My story might have turned out very differently if I had been black”  —  TULSA, Okla. — Mike Bloomberg is ready to acknowledge his white privilege, and he's hoping it'll help him with black voters.  —  Why it matters: Bloomberg's courtship of black voters appears an uphill climb …
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.
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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
Audrey McNamara / CBS News:
Puerto Rico governor fires emergency director after aid is found sitting in warehouse  —  Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced fired the island's emergency management director on Saturday, after a video showing aid sitting unused in a warehouse went viral on social media.
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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 …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
STUDY: Trump sent 657 live tweets of Fox programming in 2019 … President Donald Trump tweeted in response to Fox News or Fox Business programs he was watching at least 657 times in 2019 — nearly 10% of his total tweets that year — according to a Media Matters review.
 
 
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