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8:15 PM ET, December 9, 2017

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New York Times:
Inside Trump's Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation … WASHINGTON — Around 5:30 each morning, President Trump wakes and tunes into the television in the White House's master bedroom.  He flips to CNN for news, moves to “Fox & Friends” for comfort and messaging ideas, and sometimes watches MSNBC's …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump watches up to eight hours of TV per day: report
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Ex-Fox News anchor claims Trump tried to kiss her
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to cut robocall for Moore  —  MOBILE, Ala. — Donald Trump has agreed to record a robocall for Alabama Republican Roy Moore ahead of next week's special election, the president's most direct involvement in Alabama on behalf of the embattled candidate to date.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In Alabama, no good outcomes for the Republican Party  —  Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Fairhope Ala. (Brynn Anderson/AP)  —  Every competitive special election draws outsized attention …
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:   Bitter Senate race tests Alabama's image in the country — and at home
Larry Mcshane / New York Daily News:
Roy Moore accuser Beverly Nelson says she regrets voting for Trump: ‘The swamp is getting deeper’
Discussion: RedState
David French / National Review:
The Police Murder of Daniel Shaver  —  If you have the stomach for it, I want you to watch one of the most outrageous and infuriating videos I've ever seen.  It shows the police shooting of Daniel Shaver in Mesa, Arizona.  He was crawling on his hands and knees, crying, and begging police not to shoot him.
Discussion: RedState and Arizona Republic
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Uranium firm urged Trump officials to shrink Bears Ears National Monument  —  (Jim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto Agency-Efe/Rex/Shutterstock)  —  A uranium company launched a concerted lobbying campaign to scale back Bears Ears National Monument, saying such action would give it easier access …
Discussion: Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Axios and CNN
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Pathetic GOP uses tax dollars to bully private business suing Trump  —  Congressional Republicans have joined the Trump administration's fight against outdoor retailer Patagonia, using an official government Twitter account to accuse the company of lying to sell its products.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Grist
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
The U.S. Media Yesterday Suffered its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages: Now Refuses All Transparency Over What Happened  —  Friday was one of the most embarrassing days for the U.S. media in quite a long time.  The humiliation orgy was kicked off by CNN, with MSNBC and CBS close behind …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Washington Post reporter apologizes for tweet on crowd size at Trump rally  —  Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel issued an apology to President Trump  —  on Saturday for tweeting a photo of an empty arena before a Trump rally in Florida that had been taken hours before the event started.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
California gov: Trump doesn't fear God or ‘existential consequences’  —  California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) says President Trump  —  's stance on climate change demonstrates that he does not appear to fear the “wrath of God” or have any regard for the “existential consequences” of his environmental policies.
Discussion: National Review
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David Krayden / The Daily Caller:
Jerry Brown Claims Trump Does Not Have ‘A Fear Of The Lord’
Foreign Policy:
U.S. Diplomat's Resignation Signals Wider Exodus From State Department  —  One diplomat's stinging resignation letter offers a glimpse into the weakening State Department under Trump.  —  An award-winning U.S. diplomat who was seen as a rising star at the State Department has issued …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Mueller Investigation Is in Mortal Danger  —  If there was any single event that would cause the Republican Party elite to openly revolt against the ongoing Trumpification of their party, it would be the nomination of Roy Moore for U.S. Senate in Alabama.
John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
How Secret Talks With Russia to Prevent Election Meddling Collapsed  —  With the 2018 midterms on the horizon, Moscow proposed a sweeping noninterference agreement with the United States, US officials tell BuzzFeed News.  The Trump administration said no.  —  Reporting From Washington, D.C.
Lisa Kleypas / Washington Post:
Hillary, please don't reject romance novels — you are a romance novel heroine  —  When your daughter, Chelsea, mentioned in her speech at the Democratic National Convention that you both loved “Pride and Prejudice,” I was delighted and not at all surprised.
Discussion: IJR and Instapundit
Kassy Dillon / Campus Reform:
Campus coffee shop evicts College Republicans from ‘safe space’  — Members of the Fordham University College Republicans were asked to leave an on-campus coffee shop because their MAGA hats apparently violated the shop's “safe space policy.”  — The self-identified president …
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Burning objects thrown at synagogue in Sweden: reports  —  Burning objects were thrown at a synagogue in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden late Saturday, according to multiple reports.  —  Police told Expressen TV, a CNN affiliate, that they believe the objects thrown were Molotov cocktails.
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Civil rights and community leaders: Trump doesn't deserve to attend museum opening  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Just ahead of the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, leaders from the civil rights movement and the local community blasted President Donald Trump's attendance as an affront to the spirit of the event.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Tax Plans May Give Your Co-Worker a Better Deal Than You  —  In most places, a dollar is a dollar.  But in the tax code envisioned by Republicans, the amount you make may be less important than how you make it.  —  Consider two chefs working side by side for the same catering company …
Discussion: Start Making Sense
 
 
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David Ng / Los Angeles Times:
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
In major reform, 2020 Iowa caucuses would include absentee voting, public vote totals
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David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
Aftershocks likely from September test detected from North Korea nuclear site: USGS
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Media fight Kushners for names of partners in Md. buildings
Discussion: The Hill
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP's all-out assault on justice
Discussion: Bloomberg
Associated Press:
Obama: Protect democracy or risk taking path of Nazi Germany
Discussion: Axios
Tom Lyden / KMSP:
Fox 9 confronts Rep. Franks before his immediate resignation
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Is this the beginning of the end of the exit poll?
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Brzezinski questions Franken accuser: ‘Playboy model who goes on Hannity, voted for Trump’
Discussion: RedState
The Hill:
Congress reeling from sexual harassment deluge
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Donna Minkowitz / The Nation:
The Racist Right Looks Left
Discussion: Raw Story
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump asked RNC chairwoman to stop using ‘Romney’ in her name: report
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and RedState
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
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