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New York Times:
Michael Cohen to Plead Guilty to Charge in Mueller Investigation  —  Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, who pleaded guilty in August to breaking campaign finance laws, made a surprise appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday morning to plead guilty to a new criminal charge …
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New York Post:
Trump slams special counsel after retweeting image of Rosenstein behind bars … WASHINGTON - It was no accident that President Trump Wednesday retweeted an image of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein locked up.  —  When asked during an interview with The Post: “Why do you think he belongs behind bars?”
George Stephanopoulos / ABC News:
Michael Cohen expected to plead guilty to lying to Congress in collusion probe; gave 70 hours of interviews to special counsel: Sources  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller has reached a tentative deal with Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney and long-time fixer for President Donald Trump, sources told ABC News.
Wall Street Journal:
Manafort Lied About Business Dealings, Mueller's Team Believes  —  Statements, which the former Trump aide describes as truthful, led the special counsel to end his plea agreement  —  Paul Manafort's alleged misstatements to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators include comments …
New York Post:
Trump threatens to declassify ‘devastating’ docs about Democrats … In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with The Post, President Trump said Wednesday that if House Democrats launched probes into his administration — which he called “presidential harassment” — they'd pay a heavy price.
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:   Is Manafort Angling for a Pardon?
New York Post:
Trump says pardon for Paul Manafort still a possibility
New York Post:
Trump says he's done with ‘The Apprentice’ after Schwarzenegger ‘blew it’
Discussion: HuffPost and The Daily Caller
John Santucci / ABC News:
Mueller asked Trump about 2016 RNC platform change regarding Ukraine: Sources
MSNBC:
Key Mueller witness: I lied and I'm ready to die in jail  —  In a blockbuster interview, key Mueller witness and Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi admits to MSNBC's Ari Melber that he lied to Congress, that he tried to get stolen Clinton emails back to the Trump campaign in 2016, that he …
Discussion: New Republic
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Washington Post:
Trump's night-owl calls to Roger Stone in 2016 draw scrutiny in Mueller probe  —  The calls almost always came deep into the night.  —  Caller ID labeled them “unknown,” but Roger Stone said he knew to pick up quickly during those harried months of the 2016 presidential campaign.
CNN:
Exclusive: Two key answers from Trump to Mueller
New York Times:
Deutsche Bank Offices Are Searched in Money Laundering Investigation  —  One hundred seventy officers searched the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt and five other sites in the area early Thursday as part of a money-laundering investigation involving hundreds of millions of euros, prosecutors in Frankfurt said.
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Bloomberg:
Deutsche Bank Raided by Police in Money-Laundering Probe  — 170 German officials involved in searches of bank offices  — Probe stems from Panama Papers, not role in Danske laundering  —  German authorities descended on Deutsche Bank AG, including its downtown Frankfurt headquarters …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Guardian
BBC:   Deutsche Bank headquarters raided over money laundering
The Daily Beast:
Stormy Daniels: Michael Avenatti Sued Trump For Defamation Against My Wishes  —  The porn star also says her lawyer refused to give her information about how her crowdfunding money was being spent, and launched a second crowdfund without her knowledge.  —  Michael Avenatti sued Donald Trump …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Had Many Ties to Israeli Intel Firm in Mueller's Crosshairs  —  The company promised to use social media manipulation to get Trump elected.  And several members of Trump's inner circle were very, very interested.  —  At least three members of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign staff reached …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
How Donald Trump appeals to men secretly insecure about their manhood  —  From boasting about the size of his penis on national television to releasing records of his high testosterone levels, President Trump's rhetoric and behavior exude machismo.  His behavior also seems to have struck a chord with some male voters.
Discussion: Raw Story
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
U.S. life expectancy declines again, a dismal trend not seen since World War I  —  Life expectancy in the United States declined again in 2017, the government said Thursday in a bleak series of reports that showed a nation still in the grip of escalating drug and suicide crises.
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi shuts down critics in tense meeting  —  Nancy Pelosi was having none of it.  —  A trio of her fiercest Democratic critics — lawmakers trying to bar her from reclaiming the speaker's gavel — were trying to pin her down on exactly when she planned to relinquish power.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Hakeem Jeffries Emerges as New Face of House Democrats
Discussion: The Root and Washington Monthly
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Veterans Affairs Dept. tells Capitol Hill it won't repay underpaid GI Bill benefits recipients  —  The news conflicts with a promise VA officials made to a House committee earlier this month that it would reimburse those veterans who received less than the full amount they were due.
Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:
Investigators are probing a letter that claims George Papadopoulos said he was pursuing a lucrative Russian business deal for himself and Trump after the election  — Trump-Russia investigators are reportedly looking into an uncorroborated letter that claims George Papadopoulos was pursuing …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Boing Boing
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New York Times:
At the White House, Even the Holidays Are Met With Grievances  —  Starting with the blood-red trees, it became abundantly clear this week that not even the frothiest of White House holiday events would be carried without the requisite Trump-era criticisms and presidential complaints.
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Associated Press:
Hit the switch: Trumps light National Christmas Tree
Discussion: IJR
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
Sen. Jeff Flake's Nauseating Obstructionism Over Protect Mueller Bill Delayed 21 Trump Judicial Nominations  —  Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MI) won her runoff election last night over Democrat Mike Espy in Mississippi, so Republicans have a solid 53-47 majority.
Discussion: Axios and Politico
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Tami Luhby / CNN:
More American children are uninsured despite strong economy  —  See the consequences of a town divided by healthcare  —  New York (CNN)For the first time in nearly a decade, the number of uninsured children in America has grown.  —  The reversal is unprecedented, particularly given …
Wes Parnell / New York Daily News:
Holocaust scholar at Teachers College, Columbia University finds swastikas spray-painted on her office wall  —  A Jewish professor and Holocaust scholar at Columbia Teacher's College said she found two swastikas and an anti-Semitic slur spray-painted on her office wall Wednesday.
Discussion: Splinter
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
What Is Chuck Schumer Thinking?  —  When the 116th Congress begins in just over a month, President Donald Trump's dream of a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border will be all but dead.  Massive gains in the midterm elections will give Democrats a sizable majority in the House of Representatives …
Discussion: New York Magazine, CNBC and IJR
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
U.N. ambassador hunt drags on as top candidate fades  —  The hunt for a new United Nations ambassador — a job for which State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert was once considered a lock but is now out of contention — has faced repeated delays and is running up against Nikki Haley's end-of-year departure date.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal:
ADL Responds to CNN Commentator Calling for a ‘Free Palestine from the River to the Sea’  —  The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called CNN political commentator and Temple University Professor Marc Lamont Hill's call for a “free Palestine from the river to sea” on Wednesday “divisive” and “destructive” in an email to the Journal.
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Amie Ferris-Rotman / Washington Post:
Kremlin says Trump, Putin have agreed to meet at G-20 summit on Saturday  —  MOSCOW — The Kremlin said Thursday that Washington has confirmed a one-on-one meeting between President Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladi­mir Putin at noon on Dec. 1 at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina.
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
TJ Cox beats Republican Rep. David Valadao to give Democrats gain of 40 House seats, seven in California  —  TJ Cox defeated three-term Republican Rep. David Valadao on Wednesday, giving Democrats a gain of seven House seats in California and 40 nationwide — the party's strongest midterm showing since …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Maya Sweedler / Los Angeles Times:   Why AP had to retract its projection that GOP Rep. David Valadao had beaten Democrat TJ Cox
 
 
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Joe Sexton / ProPublica:
“I Don't Want to Shoot You, Brother”  —  A shocking story of police and lethal force.
Scott Bland / Politico:
Pro-Bernie group hacked in quarter-million dollar email scam
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Anne Godlasky / USA Today:
Suicide rate up 33% in less than 20 years, yet funding lags behind other top killers
Associated Press:
Keeping it quick: Trump taking in-and-out trip to Argentina
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Russian Hackers Haven't Stopped Probing the US Power Grid
Discussion: Washington Post
Erika Kinetz / Associated Press:
If your Tesla knows where you are, China may too
 Earlier Items: 
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
White liberals ‘patronize’ minorities: study
Discussion: Townhall and Liberty Unyielding
Jack Holmes / Esquire:
May Have Just Cracked the Code on Interviewing Trumpists
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
Mississippi's Era of Outsize Clout in Washington Is Waning
Discussion: Daily Kos
Rebecca Nagle / Washington Post:
Half the land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans. It should be.
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:
Data Shows Tucker Carlson Is The Daily Stormer's Favorite Pundit
Discussion: Splinter and Contemptor
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Democrats fear GOP redistricting end-around
The Daily Beast:
White House Muzzled CIA on Khashoggi Slaying, Mattis and Pompeo Say