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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 …
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Washington Post, New York Times, Politico and Vox
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William Saletan / Slate:
The Ukraine Depositions Have Destroyed Trump's “Corruption” Defense — Republicans say the president wanted to clean up Ukraine. Witness testimony shows he didn't. — According to Republican senators, President Donald Trump had a very good reason to press Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and other Democrats.
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Reason
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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Washington Press, Washington Post, The Guardian, Slate, CANNONFIRE, Law & Crime, CNN, The Hill, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Ukraine expert who listened to Trump's call says ‘there was no doubt’ …
Ukraine expert who listened to Trump's call says ‘there was no doubt’ …
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The Week, Raw Story, HuffPost, Political Flare, CNN, Talking Points Memo and Associated Press
The Daily Beast:
Vindman Burns Trump Booster John Solomon: ‘All the Key Elements’ of His Reporting ‘Were False’
Vindman Burns Trump Booster John Solomon: ‘All the Key Elements’ of His Reporting ‘Were False’
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Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Testimony from Alexander Vindman and Fiona Hill caps a devastating week for Trump
Testimony from Alexander Vindman and Fiona Hill caps a devastating week for Trump
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Occupy Democrats, Task & Purpose, Law & Crime and Shareblue Media
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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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Democrats engineer multiple chances to make the case for Trump's impeachment — It's rare in politics to get a second chance, let alone a third, at making a first impression. But that is the opportunity presented to House Democrats in the week ahead, as they take their impeachment inquiry public …
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Raw Story
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.
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Associated Press, Law & Crime, NBC News, The Hill, Politico and National Review
Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Who will fill the leadership void left by Elijah Cummings in the Trump impeachment inquiry?
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Whistleblower disputes boil over in impeachment interview
Whistleblower disputes boil over in impeachment interview
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Sara A. Carter and The Hill
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 …
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Althouse
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 …
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 …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mulvaney moves for ruling on House impeachment probe subpoena — Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is asking to join a pending lawsuit aimed at clarifying whether the House of Representatives can require senior advisers to President Donald Trump to testify in the ongoing impeachment probe related to Ukraine.
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Talking Points Memo
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Bolton Knows About ‘Many Relevant Meetings’ on Ukraine, Lawyer Says
Bolton Knows About ‘Many Relevant Meetings’ on Ukraine, Lawyer Says
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Law & Crime, The Stranger, Politico, Hot Air, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Detroit News, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and IJR
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 …
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The Daily Caller and HuffPost
Steve Calabresi / The Daily Caller:
House Democrats Violate The 6th Amendment By Denying Trump A Public Trial — The nation is transfixed by the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump for purportedly using U.S. military aid to Ukraine to prompt that country to reopen a corruption into former Vice President Joe Biden's son.
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 …
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.
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 …
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HuffPost
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump intends to take tax return fight to Supreme Court — President Trump's lawyers intend to petition the U.S. Supreme Court by Nov. 14 to review a lower court ruling requiring the president to turn over eight years of his tax returns to a state grand jury, according to a letter written Friday.
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Trump to Appeal Ruling on Vance Subpoena to Supreme Court
Trump to Appeal Ruling on Vance Subpoena to Supreme Court
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Raw Story
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 …
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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National Review
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
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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Big League Politics and The Gateway Pundit
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Facebook Takes Down Breitbart Posts That Claimed to Name Whistle-Blower — Facebook has taken down articles posted by the far-right site Breitbart that purported to identify the whistle-blower who triggered the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, just two weeks after including the site …
YouTube:
The MK Interview: Megyn sits down with Ashley Bianco who was fired by CBS — Megyn Kelly … Add to — Share More — 1,410 — 1,411 38
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Impeachment Witness Undercut Steele Dossier In Bombshell Testimony — Fiona Hill, who was the top Russia expert at the White House, told lawmakers in October that she believed Russians fed disinformation to dossier author Christopher Steele. — Hill offered a scathing portrayed …
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Patrick Reis / Rolling Stone:
Why Is Christopher Steele Still a Thing?
Why Is Christopher Steele Still a Thing?
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Redstate and The New Neo