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Jake Tapper / CNN:
White House has issued formal threat to Bolton to keep him from publishing book  —  Washington (CNN)The White House has issued a formal threat to former national security adviser John Bolton to keep him from publishing his book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Engel Statement on September 23, 2019 Call with John Bolton  —  Washington—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement:  —  “President Trump is wrong that John Bolton didn't say anything about the Trump-Ukraine Scandal at the time the President fired him.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump rages at Bolton, says former adviser would have caused ‘World War Six’  —  The president's latest attack on his ex-national security adviser comes as the Senate is weighing calling him as a witness.  —  President Donald Trump berated his former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday …
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Lessons for Life: The Obituaries of Republicans Who Opposed Nixon's Impeachment  —  “Obituaries reflect what the present thinks of the past,” wrote journalism professor Kathleen McElroy.  —  What will the future think of President Donald Trump and two historic votes senators must take on his impeachment?
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and The Hill
Barbara McQuade / NBC News:   Trump's impeachment trial defense hinges on six arguments. They can all be rebutted.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For John Bolton, an ‘Upside-Down World’ After Trump Revelation
Ernest Luning / Colorado Politics:
BREAKING: Gardner says he doesn't want to hear from more impeachment witnesses  —  U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Wednesday that he thinks the Senate has heard from enough witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, taking off the table a potential Republican vote to subpoena national security adviser John Bolton.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Hannity's ugly meltdown at Romney: Wanting the truth is ‘Trump hatred’  —  It was inevitable that the Cult of Trump would ultimately settle here.  Any Republican who dares to acknowledge the relevance of facts outside the disinformation bubble that President Trump and his propagandists …
ABC News:
Still silent, senators will begin submitting written questions in impeachment trial  —  Senators can pose questions to both House managers and Trump's defense team.  —  LIVE NOW  —  In unpredictable new phase, senators begin up to 16 hours of questions to House managers, Trump defense team
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Democratic Sen. Manchin says Hunter Biden is ‘relevant witness’ for impeachment trial
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem Caucuses Could Be a Five-Way Contest  —  Nearly half remain open to switching support on caucus night  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Elizabeth Warren continue to jostle for the top spot in the fifth and final Monmouth University Poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg:
Andrew Yang Says Supporters May Go to Sanders in Iowa Caucus
Discussion: The Hill
Nidhi Prakash / BuzzFeed News:
“I Would Vote For My Dead Cat Over Trump”: Even Moderate Democrats Say They'd Vote For Bernie Sanders …
Discussion: Washington Post
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Super PAC Attacks Sanders in an Ad.  Sanders Raises $1.3 Million in a Day.  —  As Bernie Sanders shows strength in the early-voting states, his opponents face a challenge: Attacking him can help fuel his campaign.  —  DES MOINES — A Democratic super PAC wanted to undermine Senator Bernie …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
'It's asking a lot': Never Trump Republicans draw the line at Bernie Sanders  —  The rise of socialist Bernie Sanders is frustrating Never Trump Republicans who are hoping the Democratic Party nominates a consensus, center-left presidential candidate they are comfortable supporting in November.
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Sanders under increasing pressure on funding for ‘Medicare for All’
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters  —  Allies of Donald Trump have begun holding events in black communities where organizers lavish praise on the president as they hand out tens of thousands of dollars to lucky attendees.  —  The first giveaway took place last month in Cleveland …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP could move to quick Trump acquittal vote  —  Senate Republicans are eyeing a quick acquittal of President Trump that could have the trial wrap as soon as Friday.  —  If GOP senators are able to defeat an effort on Friday to call new witnesses or compel new documents …
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Igor Derysh / Raw Story:
Trump's lawyers gave thousands to Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz before the impeachment trial began
Discussion: USA Today
New York Times:
A Muted Arab Response to Trump's Mideast Peace Plan  —  The U.S. is banking on Arab leaders to help make its plan for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict work.  It is not clear how realistic that is.  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — In unveiling his plan Tuesday for solving the conflict between Israel …
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Ilan Ben Zion / Associated Press:   Israeli Cabinet postpones vote on West Bank annexation
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Trump peace plan is a squeeze play against the Palestinians. It might work.
Sunny Kim / CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren proposes criminal penalties for spreading disinformation online  — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday released a plan to fight disinformation to hold tech companies accountable for their actions in light of the 2016 election.
Discussion: Townhall and Twitchy
MSNBC:
Trump trial lawyer admits abuse of power is impeachable, previews ‘temporary’ defense  —  Trump impeachment lawyer Robert Ray defended the President at his historic Senate trial this week, conceding some problems with Trump's approach to Ukraine while insisting there was no impeachable offense.
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
Anti-human-trafficking groups refuse to attend Ivanka Trump's White House summit  —  On Friday, President Trump is expected to attend a White House summit organized by his daughter Ivanka on human trafficking, an issue he frequently invokes as a top priority.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and The Hill
NBC News:
Dutch Trump superfan who claimed he surveilled Ambassador Yovanovitch told people he was DEA  —  Interviews with a half-dozen people who know Anthony de Caluwe and documents obtained by NBC News show that the Trump superfan has a shadowy past.  —  WASHINGTON — The Dutch man who claimed …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Mary Louise Kelly / New York Times:
Pompeo Called Me a ‘Liar.’ That's Not What Bothers Me.  —  Journalists are supposed to ask tough questions, then share the answers — or lack thereof — with the world.  —  Ms. Kelly is a co-host of NPR's “All Things Considered.”  —  Ask journalists why they do the job they do, and you'll hear a range of answers.
Ryan Heath / Politico:
Say hello to invisible Brexit  —  BRUSSELS — Britain is leaving the European Union this weekend with a whimper.  —  It took one referendum, two national elections, three prime ministers and four years of continentwide political anguish for the United Kingdom to achieve Brexit …
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Rafael Behr / The Guardian:
What having a heart attack taught me about Brexit
Discussion: Bloomberg
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
One year inside Trump's monumental Facebook campaign  —  A Guardian investigation of 218,100 ads reveals how the campaign's sophisticated social media machine targets conservative voters  —  As the Democratic candidates for president spent 2019 battling each other in early voting states …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Democrats are already bracing for a ‘hostile’ Trump transition  —  Democrats are bracing for the possibility that if President Donald Trump loses the 2020 election, he and his aides will bungle a smooth handover of power — and maybe even try to outright sabotage the transition.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Trump shuns Democrats as he signs bipartisan USMCA  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed his signature trade deal with Mexico and Canada into law, sealing a big bipartisan win for him during his heavily partisan impeachment trial.  —  But the celebration on Wednesday was far from bipartisan …
 
 
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Nikki Carvajal / CNN:
Alan Dershowitz argues presidential quid pro quos aimed at reelection are not impeachable
Clint Fargeau / Redstate:
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CNN:
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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Warren, Sanders Endorsed By Labor Leader Accused of Race, Age Discrimination
Discussion: Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Giuliani, tries to attend Trump impeachment trial
Discussion: Fox News, Townhall and MSNBC
Kyle Smith / National Review:
Inside the Hillary Bubble
Jesse Singal / UnHerd:
Journalism is being eaten alive by opinion
Edward Archer / The James G. Martin Center …:
The Intellectual and Moral Decline in Academic Research
Discussion: National Review
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Sharyl Attkisson / American Thinker:
The Department of Justice Coverup of its Spying on Me Continues
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Koch donors at annual summit, concerned that Trump could lose, discuss the need to defend GOP Senate majority
Discussion: Breitbart
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Guardian to ban advertising from fossil fuel firms
CNN:
John Roberts will not be silent Wednesday. But the questions he asks will not be his.
The Daily Beast:
Parnas Lawyer: Giuliani Delivered Graham Letter Calling for Sanctions on Ukrainian Officials
Laura McGann / Vox:
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