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Lev Parnas Handed Over Tapes of Trump and Giuliani to the House Intelligence Committee
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lev-parnas-handed-over-tapes-of-trump-and-giuliani-to-the-house-intelligence-committee-917769/amp/

Investigators are trying to determine whether the unidentified "-1" phone number in the impeachment report belongs to Trump, according to Schiff. If so, the calls with Giuliani could be further evidence of Trump's direct involvement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-calls-1.html

Kamala Harris drops out of the Presidential race
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/us/politics/kamala-harris-campaign-drops-out.html

Joe Sestak drops out of Democratic presidential campaig
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1093811

Trump border wall $400 million contract handed to company owned by Republican donor who promoted firm on Fox News
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-border-wall-contract-fox-news-republican-donor-fisher-sand-gravel-arizona-a9230346.html

CNN political analysts were at a loss for words while discussing a poll conducted by the Economist/YouGov that found 53% of Republicans said that Donald Trump is a better president than Abraham Lincoln was.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/12/02/republicans-trump-lincoln-economist-yougov-poll-ip-sot-vpx.cnn

Trump loses appeal to block Deutsche Bank, Capital One from handing his financial records to Congress | Appeals court orders Trump's banks to turn financial records over to Congress
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/12/03/trump-loses-appeal-to-block-deutsche-bank-capital-one-from-handing-his-financial-records-to-congress.html
https://www.axios.com/trump-financial-records-subpoena-deutsche-bank-8ad4507e-aa16-4641-ae5f-5dbc022cb030.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/business/trump-deutsche-bank-subpoena.html

Trump solar tariffs cost 62K US jobs
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/472691-analysis-trump-solar-tariffs-cost-62k-us-jobs

2020 will largely be a battle on our phones, tablets and computers. Hear from leading digital expert @taraemcg, CEO of Acronym, about how Trump is leveraging digital, what Dems need to do and how you can play a role.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/campaign-hq-with-david-plouffe/id1479487160#episodeGuid=8a7a91ce-e6e1-11e9-98aa-8fbc9db52f65

Potato processors are rushing to buy supplies and ship them across North America in order to keep French fries on the menu after cold, wet weather damaged crops in key producers in the U.S. and Canada. Cool conditions started to hit growing regions in October, lashing potatoes with frost. Farmers in Alberta and Idaho were able to dig up some damaged crops for storage. But growers in Manitoba, North Dakota and Minnesota received snow and rain, forcing them to abandon some supplies in fields. As the wild weather hurt crops, an increase in fry-processing capacity in Canada has boosted demand. The combination will lead to tight supplies, and it's likely that potato prices could climb this year across North America, Stephen Nicholson, a senior grains and oilseeds analyst at Rabobank, said in a phone interview. International costs may also rise as the U.S. won't be able to export as much. "French fry demand has just been outstanding lately, and so supplies can't meet the demand," Travis Blacker, industry-relations director with the Idaho Potato Commission, said in a phone interview. The United Potato Growers of Canada estimates about 12,000 Manitoba acres (about 4,900 hectares), or 18% of the province's planted area, were left unharvested -- equal to what was abandoned for all of Canada last season. About 6.5% of Alberta's potatoes are estimated to be frost damaged. Manitoba is the country's second-largest grower, followed by Alberta. Prince Edward Island is No. 1. The government will issue estimates for the nation's crop on Dec. 6. The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts domestic output will drop 6.1% this year to the lowest since 2010, the agency said in a Nov. 8 report. In Idaho, the top producer, output is forecast to fall 5.5%. Part of the problem for processors is the crop damage means potatoes are coming in smaller. French-fry makers usually favor longer spuds.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-02/french-fry-squeeze-hits-north-america-after-poor-potato-harvest

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https://twitter.com/MikeElk/status/1192978996289560578

From the report: Phone records show a series of calls and a text between @DevinNunes & @RudyGiuliani on April 10, around the time Giuliani is beginning what Dems say is a smear campaign aimed at Bidens.
https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/1201942862201589762

How Far Can Cities Go to Police the Homeless? Boise Tests the Limit | A decade-old legal fight shapes a mayoral race and offers the Supreme Court a chance to weigh in. | The case, Boise v. Martin, is examining whether it’s a crime for someone to sleep outside when they have nowhere else to go. The suit arose when a half-dozen homeless people claimed that local rules prohibiting camping on public property violated the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment. The plaintiffs prevailed at the appellate level last year, putting the city at the center of a national debate on how to tackle homelessness. Now Boise — after hiring a powerhouse legal team that includes Theodore B. Olson and Theane Evangelis of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher — has asked the Supreme Court to take the case, a decision that could come within days. Nobody at Interfaith Sanctuary, a shelter for 164 with bunk beds in neat rows, needed a primer. They had been talking about it for weeks. Before the debate, Dawn Whitson, a shelter resident making $12 an hour as a hotel receptionist, said she wanted to know why the city was spending potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight the suit instead of putting the money toward more shelter beds or homeless services.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/business/homeless-boise.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/20/us/justice-dept-presses-civil-rights-agenda-in-local-courts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/us/hawaii-homeless-criminal-law-sitting-ban.html
https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/city-of-boise-idaho-v-martin/