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11:00 AM ET, December 3, 2018

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RealClearInvestigations:
For Trump, Cohen Plea Deal's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Exoneration  —  Contrary to media speculation that Robert Mueller is closing in on President Trump, the special prosecutor's plea deal with Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen offers further evidence that the Trump campaign did not collude …
Discussion: Power Line and emptywheel
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Peter Zeidenberg / USA Today:
Mueller is building a conspiracy case that's likely to ensnare Trump and his family  —  Cohen and Manafort developments show Mueller's endgame is likely close at hand.  Answers will soon be public and the danger is mounting for Trump.  —  CONNECT  —  It appears that the Mueller investigation is reaching its endgame.
Garrett M. Graff / Axios:
Mueller's breadcrumbs suggest he has the goods  —  Everyone's waiting for the “Mueller Report.”  But it turns out that special counsel Robert Mueller is writing a “report” in real time, before our eyes, through his cinematic indictments and plea agreements, Garrett M. Graff reports for Axios.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Andrew Kragie / The Atlantic:
House Democrats Shift Their Focus From Collusion to Leverage  —  The House Democrats preparing to lead their own Russia probes appear to be turning their attention from possible collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian intelligence to potential Russian leverage over the president.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   What Happens If ...  The possibilities ahead in the Russia …
Meg Kelly / Washington Post:   The president's misleading statements on Trump Tower Moscow: A timeline
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:   NeverTrump Clings To Russia Collusion Conspiracy Theory Despite Lack Of Evidence
New York Times:
Intercepts Solidify C.I.A. Assessment That Saudi Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killing  —  The C.I.A. has evidence that Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, communicated repeatedly with a key aide around the time that a team believed to have been under the aide's command assassinated Jamal Khashoggi …
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Tony Badran / Tablet Magazine:   Standing With Saudi Arabia: Trump's Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
How No Labels Went From Preaching Unity to Practicing the Dark Arts  —  Internal documents show a group funded by the biggest names in finance.  But also beset by dysfunction and division.  —  As House Republicans were crafting their Obamacare repeal bill in the spring of 2017, Nancy Jacobson …
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Sanders eyes ‘bigger’ 2020 bid despite some warning signs  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — An insurgent underdog no more, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is laying the groundwork to launch a bigger presidential campaign than his first, as advisers predict he would open the 2020 Democratic presidential primary season as a political powerhouse.
Discussion: Axios, POLITICUSUSA and The Week
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump used a really unfortunate phrase while hailing progress with China  —  Intentionally or not, President Trump on Monday conjured images of mass death and tragedy in China while hailing diplomatic progress with it.  —  In a tweet after he and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a truce …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, CNBC and The Week
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How December could define Trump
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
The democratic world could feel the heat from Paris  —  Fire, flares and tear gas scorched Paris on Saturday night; on Sunday morning, the carcasses of burned cars littered the streets, and graffiti covered the Arc de Triomphe.  Smaller, and mostly more peaceful, marches had also played …
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New York Times:
Can You Like the Person You Love to Hate?  —  Bari Weiss and Eve Peyser were Twitter enemies.  Then they met.  —  Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor for the Opinion section.  Ms. Peyser writes about politics and culture for Vice.  —  BARI WEISS: Everything sucks.
Wall Street Journal:
The Trouble With Tuna: 'A Lot of Millennials Don't Even Own Can Openers'  —  StarKist, Bumble Bee and Chicken of the Sea deal with slumping market amid competition from fresher options  —  Canned tuna, a lunchbox staple from the 20th century, is fighting to keep its spot in American cupboards.
Bloomberg:
A Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women at All Cost  — Controverisal strategies risk isolating women in finance  — An idea from one man in the business: Try not to be a jerk  —  No more dinners with female colleagues.  Don't sit next to them on flights.  Book hotel rooms on different floors.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Despite Big House Losses, G.O.P. Shows No Signs of Course Correction  —  WASHINGTON — With a brutal finality, the extent of the Republicans' collapse in the House came into focus last week as more races slipped away from them and their losses neared 40 seats.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
I deleted my Twitter account.  It's a breeding ground for thoughtlessness and contempt.  —  Twitter is poison to American political discourse.  Can't we find a more worthy pastime?  —  CONNECT  —  I deactivated my Twitter account about a week ago.  I was partly acting on impulse …
Olivia Bensimon / New York Post:
Why Michelle Obama didn't run for president … Former first lady Michelle Obama said she hasn't run for the Oval Office because her path “has never been politics.”  —  The confession came during a surprise visit to the Lower Eastside Girls Club in Manhattan on Saturday …
Discussion: Women in the World
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Glenn Beck and Mark Levin Merge to Create Conservative Media Powerhouse (Exclusive)  —  The duo are joining TheBlaze and CRTV to create Blaze Media, which they say will reach 165 million people via television, digital platforms and social media.  —  Glenn Beck and Mark Levin are teaming …
Felix Onuah / Reuters:
Nigeria's Buhari denies dying and being replaced by lookalike  —  ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Buhari on Sunday denied claims that he had died and been replaced by a Sudanese impostor, breaking his silence on a rumor that has circulated on social media for months.
Discussion: VICE News
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
News Networks Fall Short on Climate Story as Dolphins Die on the Beach  —  NAPLES, Fla. — Most people from the Northeast move to Florida to get out of the cold.  Colleen Gill came to Naples because she heard the call of the wild.  —  She had vacationed on this slice of coastal paradise for 20 years.
Elana Schor / Politico:
Trump lays off McConnell as criminal justice reform stalls  —  The last time Donald Trump thought Mitch McConnell was stalling one of his priorities — on Obamacare repeal — the president publicly lashed out at the Senate majority leader, tweeting that he should “get back to work.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration to Try Again to Fulfill Infrastructure Pledge  —  Any deal likely will have to include a lot more federal cash to pass muster with Democratic-led House.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Two sides tussle over gov't funding extension, and Bush arrival details
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
 
 
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In the Blink of an Eye, a Hunt for Oil Threatens Pristine Alaska
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Nicole Darrah / Fox News:
Senior ISIS leader involved in killing of former US Army Ranger killed in drone strike, coalition says
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
American Capitalism Isn't Working
Bloomberg:
Qatar to Leave OPEC as Politics Finally Rupture Oil Cartel
American Prospect:
How America's Bluest State Can Be a Model for the Other 49
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Soros-founded university says it has been kicked out of Hungary as an autocrat tightens his grip
Discussion: Axios
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
The last stand of Congress's Never Trump brigade
Wall Street Journal:
Iowa Democrats Say They Want Generational Change
Discussion: Axios
David Siders / Politico:
'Nothing's invisible now': How the 2020 contenders are trampling the old rules
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
‘Just a lot of alarmism’: Trump's skepticism of climate science is echoed across GOP
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds plan unusual appeal in emoluments suit vs. Trump
Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
Trump first: U.S. foreign policy is now in the service of one man
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Pope Francis Goes Full Homophobe, Now ‘Very Worried’ About Homosexuality in the Church
Discussion: Breitbart
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Shari Redstone agreed to take less than $2B for her Paramount stake as part of Skydance's “best and final” offer, lower than what was initially offered

 
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