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10:30 AM ET, December 16, 2017

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Washington Post:
CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity … The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases — including “fetus” and “transgender” — in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.
New York Times:
‘Trump, Trump, Trump!’  How a President's Name Became a Racial Jeer  —  For more coverage of race, sign up here to have our Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox.  —  The high school basketball squad from Eagle Grove, population 3,700, had traveled 60 miles up Highway 69 …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI officials' text message about Hillary Clinton said to be a cover story for romantic affair  —  Two senior FBI officials who texted each other about President Trump and Hillary Clinton relied on work phones to try to hide their romance from a spouse and made the bureau's probe …
CNN:
Trump lawyers set for key meeting with special counsel next week  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's private lawyers are slated to meet with special counsel Robert Mueller and members of his team as soon as next week for what the President's team considers an opportunity …
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John Nichols / The Nation:
If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach
Discussion: Common Dreams
Jenny Strasburg / Wall Street Journal:
Deutsche Bank Was Asked for Information on Transactions Potentially Linked to Michael Flynn
Discussion: Arizona Republic, CNBC and RedState
David Sirota / International Business Times:
Donald Trump And GOP Leaders Could Be Enriched By Last Minute Tax Break Inserted Into Final Bill  —  Republican congressional leaders and real estate moguls could be personally enriched by a real-estate-related provision GOP lawmakers slipped into the final tax bill released Friday evening …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
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New York Times:
A Middle-Class Tax Cut?  Americans Aren't Buying It  —  Republican congressional leaders say their tax overhaul would raise wages, accelerate economic growth and give middle-class families a badly needed tax cut.  —  They are having a hard time convincing Americans of those claims.
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Republicans unveil final version of tax bill
Discussion: RedState, ABC News, Axios and IJR
New York Times:
E.P.A. Contractor Has Spent Past Year Scouring the Agency for Anti-Trump Officials  —  One of the top executives of a consulting firm that the Environmental Protection Agency has recently hired to help it with media affairs has spent the past year investigating agency employees who have been critical …
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Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Hundreds of EPA Employees Have Quit Under Trump
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Why Democrats failed to tank tax reform  —  The tax fight has all the ingredients that helped Democrats kill Obamacare repeal: party unity on Capitol Hill, energized liberal activists and legislation that polls in the toilet.  But this time it doesn't appear to be enough.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Nine more women say judge subjected them to inappropriate behavior, including four who say he touched or kissed them  —  Nine more women say that Alex Kozinski — a high-profile judge who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit — subjected them to sexual comments or other conduct …
Discussion: Political Wire, KTLA, NPR and Axios
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Grande Dame of Documentary is Leaving Her Home at HBO  —  After almost 40 years, she has reels of memorable film, a pile of awards and plenty of perspective on the current battle of the sexes.  —  When Sheila Nevins first started working in television in the 1970s, she thought …
BostonGlobe.com:
Black conservatives reel after Omarosa resigns  —  WASHINGTON — When the White House senior staff convened Friday for a regular briefing, there was not one black person among the roughly 30 people gathered, and few minorities overall.  —  The departure Wednesday of Omarosa Manigault …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Real Russia Scandal  —  In November 2006 I wrote a column for The Wall Street Journal under the headline “Russia: The Enemy.”  It was then a controversial view.  —  At the time, Moscow had bombed Chechnya into submission.  But it hadn't yet invaded Georgia and Ukraine.
Discussion: Politico, Power Line and Vox
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Fox News:
Mattis shoots down report Trump chills Russia talk
Kathy Lally / Washington Post:
The two expat bros who terrorized women correspondents in Moscow  —  Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames trafficked in hideous stereotypes and body-shaming.  —  There's more than one way to harass women.  A raft of men in recent weeks have paid for accusations of sexual harassment with their companies, their jobs, their plum political posts.
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
In Italy, #MeToo Is More Like ‘Meh’  —  ROME — The women took their seats behind each of the more than 600 desks in Italy's lower house of Parliament and listened to Laura Boldrini, the chamber's president, talk about how the “Weinstein scandal” had set off a worldwide reckoning with sexual harassment and misconduct.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Brookings fellow rips Trump: I entered through lottery system  —  A fellow at the Brookings Institution blasted President Trump  —  's derision of the visa lottery system on Friday, putting himself forward as an example of the program's effectiveness.  —  “I won a green card through …
Discussion: Althouse and Hullabaloo
Rebecca Spalding / Bloomberg:
Puerto Rico to Lose Tax Advantages Under GOP Plan, Expert Says  —  Plan likely signals sweeping changes to the island's economy  —  'It's so complicated, it's not even funny,' expert says  —  The final version of the Republican tax plan would end some of the tax advantages companies …
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
Trump hosted the NRA at the White House on the anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre  —  Trump thumbs his nose at the victims of the Connecticut school killing spree and enjoys quiet time at the White House with NRA gun boss.  —  Not only did Donald Trump not tweet out messages of condolences …
Discussion: Daily Kos, NBC News and Common Dreams
Facebook:
Hard Questions: Is Spending Time on Social Media Bad for Us?  —  By David Ginsberg, Director of Research, and Moira Burke, Research Scientist at Facebook  —  With people spending more time on social media, many rightly wonder whether that time is good for us.  Do people connect in meaningful ways online?
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A. N. Devers / Longreads:
This is How a Woman is Erased From Her Job  —  This is a story about a woman who was erased from her job as the editor of the most famous literary magazine in America.  —  In 2011, the New York Times ran Julie Bosman's energetic and gregarious profile of Lorin Stein, the latest head editor …
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Fox News Women Furious Over Rupert Murdoch Comments On Sexual Misconduct  —  The media mogul said claims of rampant sexual harassment at the network are “nonsense.”  —  Current and former female Fox News employees say they are stunned, disgusted and “hungry for justice” …
NLRB:
NLRB Overrules Browning-Ferris Industries and Reinstates Prior Joint-Employer Standard  —  Washington, D.C.—In a 3-2 decision, the National Labor Relations Board today overruled the Board's 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015) ("Browning-Ferris") …
 
 
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Trump had fewer deportations than Obama's first year
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Anita Hill to Lead Hollywood Commission on Sexual Harassment
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Sen. Susan Collins takes huge leap of faith with tax bill. Critics say she's getting played.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
GOP Senators unanimous in support for tax bill
Discussion: The Atlantic, Business Insider and IJR
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Roy Moore fundraising for ‘election integrity fund’ ahead of election certification
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Intelligence Panel Is Rushing to Complete Russia Probe
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Judge Says That Paul Manafort Can Go Free But He Has To Live In Florida And Be Home By 11 P.M.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Rep. Tom Cole doesn't trust the economists on GOP tax plan: ‘There are about as many economists as there are opinions.’
Molly Redden / The Guardian:
Peter Jackson: I blacklisted Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino under pressure from Weinstein
Ruth May / Dallas Morning News:
How Putin's proxies helped funnel millions into GOP campaigns
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Fowler / Washington Post:
Why 41 percent of white millennials voted for Trump
Discussion: Vox and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Kushner's legal team looks to hire crisis public relations firm
Miranda Green / CNN:
Trump judicial nominee struggles to answer basic legal questions at hearing
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