Bill Taylor drops a bombshell on the first day of the impeachment hearings while Republicans peddle conspiracies, Democratic presidential candidates prepare to be Senate jurors, and Deval Patrick enters the primary. Then former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal offers his legal and Constitutional analysis of the hearing and talks about his new book, “Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump.”

Show notes

Impeachment hearings

WaPo : New testimony ties Trump more directly to Ukraine pressure campaign

NYT : Impeachment Hearings Open With Revelation on Trump’s Ukraine Pressure

NYT : Key Moments From the First Public Impeachment Hearing

Axios : Trump impeachment hearing: Highlights from Bill Taylor and George Kent’s testimony

Politico : Democrats land damning new evidence in impeachment testimony

Politico : Taylor’s bombshell and 12 more big impeachment hearing moments

Lawfare : What to Make of the First Day of Impeachment Hearings

Vox : 4 takeaways from the first impeachment hearing

NYT : What Trump Is Hiding From the Impeachment Hearings

New Yorker : Trump Impeachment Hearings: Adam Schiff Emphasizes the Constitutional Stakes

Politico : Dem impeachment strategy: It’s about Trump — not the diplomats

Esquire : The Opening Statements from Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff at the Impeachment Hearing Said Everything

CNBC : After Schiff refers to debunked ‘CrowdStrike conspiracy,’ security company’s stock jumps 11%

WaPo : Democrats’ impeachment lawyer cut his teeth prosecuting mobsters, Wall Street cheats

WaPo : Who is Stephen R. Castor, the GOP staff attorney in the impeachment hearings?

Mother Jones : The Republican Impeachment Lawyer Is Bombing His Television Debut

AP : Battle-Tested Attorneys to Face Off in Impeachment Inquiry

CNN : Staff lawyers to take star role in first public hearings on impeachment

Vox : Bill Taylor dropped a bombshell in his impeachment hearing opening statement

NYT : Read William Taylor’s Prepared Opening Statement From the Impeachment Hearing

NYT : Read George Kent’s Prepared Opening Statement From the Impeachment Hearing

Politico : One big reveal, whistleblower fights, and an obsession with Hunter Biden: Biggest impeachment hearing moments

The Atlantic : William Taylor’s Big Impeachment Reveal

Lawfare : The Story the Impeachment Depositions Tell

Vox : What George Kent’s bow tie says about his impeachment testimony

WaPo : Ambassador Taylor lays out how he understood the quid pro quo

WaPo : George Kent, top State Department Ukraine expert, helps Democrats debunk GOP theories

WaPo : GOP begins impeachment hearings by grasping at a series of illogical straws

WaPo : Devin Nunes’s opening statement at the public impeachment hearing, annotated

Mother Jones : Republicans Spent the First Day of Impeachment Hearings in an Alternate Reality

Daily Beast : Devin Nunes Pushes Bogus ‘Ukrainian Collusion’ Conspiracies During Impeachment Hearing

CNN : George Conway says he is ‘horrified’ over GOP’s impeachment defense of Trump

Vox : House Republicans were still fixated on the whistleblower at this week’s

Vox : Republicans made absurd defenses of Trump during the impeachment hearing — with one notable exception

New Yorker : The House Republicans’ Impeachment Defense Is Full of Holes

Slate : The GOP’s Impeachment Strategy Is Self-Refuting

Media Matters : Trump’s Ukraine scandal is a Fox News story – Fox helped get Trump into this mess, and it’s the key to getting him out of it

Politico : In Republican lawmaker’s impeachment tweets, a hidden message?

NYT : MSNBC’s Surprise Guest: George Conway, Husband of Kellyanne

NYT : Trump Impeachment Inquiry Spurs Shadow Disinformation War

Axios : Trump denies discussing Ukraine investigations with Sondland in July phone call

Politico : White House tries to project calm even as GOP launches impeachment counter-offensive

Politico : Trump says he’s not watching impeachment hearing — then critiques it

Talking Points Memo : Trump: ‘I Know Nothing About’ Taylor’s Bombshell Claim During Public Testimony

WaPo : Aides are counseling Trump not to fire Mulvaney, as acting chief of staff changes course again

NYT : Trump Has Considered Firing Intelligence Community Inspector General

WaPo : Trump welcomes Turkey’s Erdogan to White House, offers thanks for tentative cease-fire in northern Syria

Politico : Trump says U.S. left troops in Syria ‘only for the oil,’ appearing to contradict Pentagon

Bloomberg : Erdogan Says He Gave Trump Back Letter Warning Not to Be ‘Fool’

WaPo : ‘I don’t remember’ Trump asking for news conference clearing him of wrongdoing in Ukraine call, Barr says

CNN : Public impeachment hearings scheduled for this week: Here’s what you need to know

CBS : Official who heard Trump ask about Ukraine “investigations” set to appear before committees

Roll Call : House Democrats have aggressive schedule of impeachment hearings before Thanksgiving

Slate : A Guide to All the People in This Week’s Impeachment Hearings

Crooked : DON’T LET REPUBLICANS PRETEND UKRAINE WAS A ONE OFF