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11:20 AM ET, November 9, 2019

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Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Associates Urged Ukraine's Prior President to Open Biden, Election Probes  —  Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman pushed then-president Poroshenko to announce probes in return for U.S. state visit  —  Months before President Trump pressed Ukraine's newly installed president to investigate Joe Biden's son …
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CNN:
We read all 2,677 pages of impeachment inquiry testimony released to date.  Here's what's clear.  —  (CNN)To President Donald Trump, the whole flap with Ukraine is over a “perfect” phone call.  —  “It's based on a single phone call of congratulations to the President of Ukraine …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
NSC staffer denies having secret Ukraine conversations with Trump  —  Kash Patel, a senior National Security Council official accused of running a secret backchannel to President Trump on Ukraine matters, has categorically denied ever discussing Ukraine with the president.
The Daily Beast:
Vindman Burns Trump Booster John Solomon: ‘All the Key Elements’ of His Reporting ‘Were False’
Washington Post:
Giuliani associates pressed past president of Ukraine to announce Biden investigation in exchange for state visit
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Why Pete Buttigieg Annoys His Democratic Rivals  —  His success, especially in Iowa, has grated on rival campaigns that say his record in government is not commensurate with the attention he's receiving.  —  WAVERLY, Iowa — Joseph R. Biden Jr. was mingling with a handful of mayors backstage …
Discussion: Althouse
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Nunes demands Schiff testify in private as part of House impeachment inquiry  —  EXCLUSIVE: The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee has formally requested that the panel's chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., testify in a closed-door setting as part of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Republicans want Hunter Biden, Ukraine whistleblower as impeachment inquiry witnesses  —  EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans plan to call Hunter Biden, the Ukraine whistleblower and a range of other witnesses to testify in the upcoming public Trump impeachment hearings, according to a witness list obtained exclusively by Fox News.
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Whistleblower disputes boil over in impeachment interview
Discussion: Sara A. Carter and The Hill
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The United States is being run by a toddler  —  Most Americans don't care what Lutsenko said to Giuliani about Yovanovitch.  And we rarely take interest in Kiev if it isn't preceded by “chicken.”  —  But if you take away the names and the Ukraine intrigue, what you're left with from the thousands …
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William Saletan / Slate:
The Ukraine Depositions Have Destroyed Trump's “Corruption” Defense
Discussion: Reason
Tamara Keith / NPR:
The Whistleblower Complaint Has Largely Been Corroborated.  Here's How.  —  When the House impeachment inquiry began more than a month ago, much of the focus was on a complaint from a whistleblower that drew attention to a July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
‘A Warning’ by ‘Anonymous’: 5 Takeaways  —  The book seems to be the product of a Republican with access to the White House who grew increasingly upset by President Trump.  —  For President Trump, leaks are maddening and anonymity infuriating.  So the release of “A Warning,” the new book by …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and HuffPost
Joanna Weiss / Politico:
Trump Pokes Fun at Himself.  Why Do Only Some People See It?  —  There's a common conception, among foes of Donald Trump, that the 45th president tweets every day in a kind of fevered state: alone by his bedroom TV set, wrapped in a smoking jacket or maybe a satin Snuggie, typing in fits of narcissism …
Washington Post:
Democrats debate presidential field on news of Michael Bloomberg's potential candidacy  —  Even for a party accustomed to an anxious donor and political class — a group of second-guessers that Obama adviser David Plouffe famously called the “bed wetters” — billionaire Michael Bloomberg's likely entry …
Discussion: Politico and The Boston Globe
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Jeffery Martin / Newsweek:
Parents of teenager killed by U.S. diplomat's wife say Donald Trump offered to have the Treasury write them a check  —  While meeting with President Donald Trump, the parents of a British teenager who was killed in a traffic collision with the wife of a U.S. diplomat were offered money …
Discussion: HuffPost
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
This Is No Ordinary Impeachment  —  This is not just an impeachment.  It's the endgame for Trump's relentless assault on the institutions, norms, and practices of America's liberal democracy for the past three years.  It's also a deeper reckoning.  It's about whether the legitimacy …
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Trump to Appeal Ruling on Vance Subpoena to Supreme Court  — If high court declines to hear case Vance may get returns soon  — Appeals court rejected Trump's immunity claim in 3-0 decision  —  President Donald Trump's lawyers told a judge they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court next week …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump intends to take tax return fight to Supreme Court
Sarah Kliff / New York Times:
With Medical Bills Skyrocketing, More Hospitals Are Suing for Payment  —  WISE, Va. — When a judge hears civil cases at the courthouse in this southwest Virginia town two days a month, many of the lawsuits have a common plaintiff: the local hospital, Ballad Health, suing patients over unpaid medical bills.
Eric Spracklen / Project Veritas:
ABC Insider: Why I, alone, released the Amy Robach Epstein tape.  —  Editors Note: Project Veritas is publishing the writing below at the request of the ABC news insider who gave us the Amy Robach tape.  —  This was submitted to us in light of the actions taken against those wrongfully identified …
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New York Times:
How Voters Turned Virginia from Deep Red to Solid Blue  —  Where Democrats Took Control  —  Democrats have gained about 20 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2015, especially in Northern Virginia and the Richmond area.  —  Republican win or lead Democratic win or lead  —  Northern Virginia
South China Morning Post:
Former Chinese trade envoy wants four more years of Trump.  Here's why  —  The US president's daily tweets to 67 million global followers make him ‘easy to read’, said the former trade envoy and point man for China's WTO negotiations Trump is a transparent and realistic negotiator who is concerned …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
As Campaign Season Heats Up, Trump Has Turned the Official Into the Political  —  Previous presidents made an effort to make a distinction between the two and had their campaigns, not taxpayers, foot the bill for political events.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump traveled on Air Force …
Andrew Nagorski / The Daily Beast:
The Berlin Wall and the Collapse of Communism in Five Acts  —  The destruction of The Wall was a key symbolic act at the center of a much wider drama.  —  Most people know that the storming of the Bastille triggered the French Revolution, the assassination of Austria's Archduke Ferdinand …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trumpkins Accused Him of Being the Whistleblower.  They Were Wrong.  —  A former Obama staffer has been erroneously accused by the pro-Trump internet of blowing the whistle on the Ukraine affair.  He didn't.  But now his life has been upended.  —  Former Obama White House staffer R. David Edelman woke …
Discussion: The Mary Sue and Raw Story
Anders Hagstrom / The Daily Caller:
Whistleblower Lawyer Claimed To Have Gotten Security Clearance For ‘Guys Who Had Child Porn Issues’  —  Lawyer Mark Zaid, who is representing the whistleblower who submitted a complaint against President Donald Trump, claimed in 2018 to have gotten security clearances for men who “had child porn issues.”
 
 
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Steve Calabresi / The Daily Caller:
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Nina dos Santos / CNN:
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