Tipsheet: Democrats to test Trump as impeachment moves to new stage

View in your browser     Democrats to test Trump as impeachment moves to new stage BY BRETT SAMUELS AND MORGAN CHALFANT The House impeachment inquiry is set to move into a new, more public phase in the coming weeks that will test the viability of President Trump’s defense strategy. Trump is in uncharted waters, as he may become the first president to seek reelection after being impeached. Read the full story here     How centrist Dems learned to stop worrying and love impeachment BY MAX GREENWOOD Centrist House Democrats facing potentially competitive reelection bids next year are increasingly confident the impeachment inquiry into President Trump won’t prove as damaging to their prospects as they once feared. Read the full story here     DOJ releases hundreds of pages of memos from Mueller probe BY JUSTIN WISE The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday released a collection of documents related to former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible obstruction of justice by President Trump. Read the full story here     Mueller notes show that Trump wanted stolen Democratic emails possessed by WikiLeaks BY TAL AXELROD President Trump and officials on his 2016 presidential campaign had several private conversations about how they could obtain stolen Democratic emails WikiLeaks had possession of in 2016, according to new interview notes from former special counsel Robert Mueller obtained and released by CNN. Read the full story here       Democrats feud over health care, Trump strategy in Iowa BY REID WILSON   DES MOINES – The leading Democratic White House contenders drew stark contrasts with each other Friday night at the largest gathering of party activists before one of them accepts the party's presidential nomination next summer in Milwaukee. Read the full story here     Pelosi cautions 2020 Dems over liberal proposals: 'You must win the Electoral College' BY TAL AXELROD Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) issued a stern warning to the 2020 Democratic primary field that progressive policies that might fire up the party’s liberal wing could prove damaging in the general election. Read the full story here     Biden defends record after Warren attacks: I'm a 'card-carrying Democrat' BY TAL AXELROD Former Vice President Joe Biden hammered Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Saturday as the conflict between the two 2020 frontrunners continues to escalate. Biden defended his record as an unwavering Democrat who has been loyal to the party for many years after Warren criticized her opponent for his health care plan. Read the full story here     Trump seeks to make al-Baghdadi raid a focal point of reelection campaign BY ELLEN MITCHELL President Trump is making the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a new focal point of his 2020 campaign. Read the full story here     Trump gets deluge of boos upon entering MSG prior to UFC 244 BY  MARTY JOHNSON  President Trump was welcomed into Madison Square Garden Saturday night with heavy booing from the crowd. Read the full story here     Trump officials propose rule to let faith-based adoption groups bar LGBT parents BY REBECCA KLAR The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would allow faith-based foster care and adoption groups to exclude LGBT parents. Read the full story here     If Donald Trump is guilty of bribery, Democrats are guilty of solicitation BY JONATHAN TURLEY Opinion | The headlines blasted the news: “Trump Accused of Bribery.” From Forbes to Newsweek, the latest crime was breathlessly reported after the former George Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter declared President Trump a criminal for raising campaign funds for senators who would sit as his jury in any impeachment trial. Over the last three years, such crimes have been declared by legal analysts with a certainty only equaled by their lack of permanency. It began with months of criminal collusion, which is not a crime, before evolving into treason, conspiracy, subornation of perjury, obstruction of justice, campaign finance violations, and other offenses. Read the full story here     Chilling the hostility to free speech BY ARIEL COHEN Opinion | Should you face fines or even jail time for having an unpopular opinion? In a country that enshrines the right to free speech, you would think not. But today a surprising number of Americans harbor hostility toward free speech. Read the full story here     CNN: Democrats prep next impeachment phase amid likely White House defiance of new subpoenas BY MANU RAJU AND JEREMY HERB House investigators, bracing for more witnesses to defy their demands at the behest of the White House, are now signaling they are prepared to begin the next phase of their impeachment inquiry even if their subpoenas are ignored across the board. Read the full story here     Reuters: Judge blocks Trump rule requiring prospective immigrants have health insurance BY TED HESSON AND KRISTINA COOKE A federal judge in Oregon on Saturday temporarily blocked a Trump administration proclamation that would have required prospective immigrants to prove they would have U.S. health insurance within 30 days of their arrival or enough money to pay for “reasonably foreseeable medical costs.” Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump takes break from impeachment for another kind of fight BY JONATHAN LEMIRE Politics can be a bruising business. But President Donald Trump took a break from battling the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry to watch another bloodsport Saturday, drawing a mixed response at a UFC match at a raucous Madison Square Garden. Read the full story here     The New York Times: In Trump’s Twitter feed: Conspiracy-mongers, racists and spies BY MIKE MCINTIRE, KAREN YOURISH AND LARRY BUCHANAN Inside the alternate reality of the president’s Twitter account, where he absorbs and amplifies a noxious stream of disinformation. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Warren, Buttigieg rise in Democratic race, a Post-ABC News poll finds BY SCOTT CLEMENT AND DAN BALZ Former vice president Joe Biden leads when voters nationwide are asked which candidate is most electable, but he loses ground to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on other attributes. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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