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1:25 PM 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 The Gateway Pundit
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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: Raw Story
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Again Blasts Former Lawyer Who Broke With Him  —  President calls for ‘full and complete’ prison term for Michael Cohen, who is cooperating with investigators  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump on Monday called for his former personal attorney to serve a “full and complete” prison sentence …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: Cohen should go to prison  —  President Trump on Monday said Michael Cohen does not deserve leniency for cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller, arguing that his former personal lawyer should serve a “full and complete” prison sentence.  —  “He makes up stories …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
After the latest Mueller news, these corrupt Trump moves look much worse
Discussion: The Mahablog
Andrew Kragie / The Atlantic:
House Democrats Shift Their Focus From Collusion to Leverage
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:   NeverTrump Clings To Russia Collusion Conspiracy Theory Despite Lack Of Evidence
Meg Kelly / Washington Post:
The president's misleading statements on Trump Tower Moscow: A timeline
Discussion: The Federalist
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   What Happens If ...  The possibilities ahead in the Russia …
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: POLITICUSUSA, The Week and Axios
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.
Discussion: Mediaite
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: ABC News, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: BREAKING: Dem leaders signal support for stopgap funding bill
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Perjury Chart: Trump Associates' Lies, False, or Misleading Statements on Russia to Federal Authorities  —  It is a federal offense to intentionally make false statements to Congress, the FBI, and other federal authorities.  It is also a crime to encourage others to do so (that is, in technical terms, to “suborn perjury").
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: New Republic, Observer and Eschaton
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Biden: George H.W. Bush said my son could have been president  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that former President George H.W. Bush once told him that Biden's late son, Beau Biden, could have been president.  —  Biden, speaking at a University of Nevada, Las Vegas law school event …
Discussion: IJR
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
Black Women Decided The 2016 Democratic Nominee.  They'll Have An Even Bigger Say In 2020.  —  The biggest missed political opportunity in recent memory is probably Deval Patrick's decision, after losing quite a bit of sleep, not to run for president in 2016.
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.
Discussion: Eater
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: IJR, CNBC and The Week
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Terry Teachout / About Last Night:
Home invasion  —  In case you hadn't noticed, @terryteachout, my Twitter account, was hacked on Sunday morning as part of a cross-platform attack on my social-media presence.  The objective, it seems, was ransom: I actually received a series of telephone calls from the culprits, who appear to reside in England.
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.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Soros-founded university says it has been kicked out of Hungary as an autocrat tightens his grip  —  BERLIN — An American university established a quarter-century ago to educate a new generation of leaders and scholars after communism's collapse in Central and Eastern Europe said Monday it has been kicked out of its home in Hungary.
Discussion: New Republic, VICE News and Axios
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Loves Trump.  Dems Want to Complicate That Marriage.  —  No one thinks the network will be fair to them.  But there is hope that maybe engagement can defuse the demonization.  —  Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), the 38-year-old House member from California, has only met President Trump once.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The digital-media bubble is bursting.  That's hurting a generation of promising young journalists.  —  About five years ago, I was asked to visit the newsroom at Mic, a digital-media start-up backed by venture capital and focused on news for the millennial audience.
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 …
Popular Information:
EXCLUSIVE: Absentee ballot envelopes in North Carolina fit into “a pattern of fraud”  —  The Congressional race in North Carolina's 9th district, where Republican Mark Harris is leading Democrat Dan McCready by just 905 votes, has drawn national attention because of highly unusual patterns in mail-in absentee ballots.
Washington Examiner:
Washington Examiner to Expand into a Nationally Distributed Magazine with a Broadened Editorial Focus  —  DENVER - Today Clarity Media Group announced plans to relaunch its weekly magazine, the Washington Examiner, with a new look, an expanded editorial range, and an increase in its distribution.
Washington Post:
The Washington Post seeks candidates for Brazil, West Africa, Americas and Asia positions  —  With this latest step in its international expansion, The Post will have its largest foreign-based staff in its history.  —  By WashPostPR  —  Announcement from Foreign Editor Douglas Jehl and Deputy Foreign Editor Eva Rodriguez:
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 …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
American Capitalism Isn't Working  —  Not so long ago, corporate leaders understood they had a stake in the country's prosperity.  —  The October 1944 edition of Fortune magazine carried an article by a corporate executive that makes for amazing reading today.
 
 
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