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NEW: I sat through 6 hours of town halls yesterday in a swing district represented by a Democrat who has leaned hard into impeachment.

Here are my takeaways from suburban Chicago >>

politico.com/news/2019/10/0…
The GOP dominated the western suburbs of Chicago for decades. @SeanCasten was the first Dem elected here in 45 years. Unlike other frontliners, Casten is leaning forcefully into impeachment — and has been since June.

politico.com/news/2019/10/0…
“What we’ve seen over the last couple weeks is that once the party gets behind this, the polls move. Because at the end of the day, I think people are generally more motivated by truth than lies. But we haven’t been out there telling that story.” politico.com/news/2019/10/0…
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Capitol is eerily quiet today. Fiona Hill is set to show up within the hour to testify before House impeachment investigators. House & Senate return to session tomorrow.
Fiona Hill is in the building. Follow along with me & @kyledcheney here — politico.com/news/2019/10/1…
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BREAKING: Appeals Court has REJECTED Trump’s appeal of the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena for his financial records.

Big win for House Democrats.
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The case could theoretically head to the Supreme Court, but House Democrats have won decisively in both the district and appeals courts.

Mazars will now likely be forced to turn over Trump’s financial records to House Democrats.
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NEW: House Dems are grappling with whether to take more steps to formalize their impeachment inquiry and silence a chief Republican criticism of their efforts, with competing factions beginning to emerge.

w/ @kyledcheney @heatherscope

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@kyledcheney @heatherscope Pelosi’s allies say her view on an inquiry vote hasn’t changed, describing the idea as the latest “Republican canard.”

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@kyledcheney @heatherscope And then there’s this.

“It is one act after another of obstruction of justice by the White House, by the State Department, and by the attorney general,” swing-district Dem @HarleyRouda told me.

“And I say, give them more rope to hang themselves.”

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