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12:35 AM ET, December 10, 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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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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Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Days before election, Roy Moore disappears from campaign trail  —  Things seem to be going Roy Moore's way.  President Trump endorsed him.  The Republican National Committee is back to supporting him.  And Moore, who has been accused of sexual contact with women when they were underaged …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In Alabama, no good outcomes for the Republican Party
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.
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 …
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Foreign Policy:
White House Names Trump Loyalist to Iran Policy Job at State Department  —  The Trump administration's pick for the Iran post will likely back a more aggressive stance.  —  The Trump administration plans to install a political appointee at the State Department to a key position managing policy …
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 and Axios
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Pathetic GOP uses tax dollars to bully private business suing Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Grist
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Watch: Fox complains women reporting rape will make Christmas parties less “festive”  —  Fox News host Laura Ingraham is worried that women speaking out about sexual harassment and abuse is “just killing all the fun of Christmas.”  —  Fox News host and Trump cheerleader Laura Ingraham …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
HuffPost:
Sadly, Trump Is Winning  —  Despite his widespread unpopularity, Trump has delivered on specific promises to wealthy donors and the far right.  —  This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to write and admit: Trump is winning.  In the brief space of a week, he won a brief court fight …
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 …
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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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 …
David Ng / Los Angeles Times:
CAA agent accused of offering sex in exchange for access to directors and a Hollywood star  —  CAA agent Cade Hudson, seen at an April gala, is known for his ties to celebrities.  (Randy Shropshire / Getty Images for World of Children)  —  As more talent agencies find themselves drawn …
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.
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
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
 
 
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David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP's all-out assault on justice
Associated Press:
Obama: Protect democracy or risk taking path of Nazi Germany
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Brzezinski questions Franken accuser: ‘Playboy model who goes on Hannity, voted for Trump’
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The Hill:
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