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12:55 PM ET, December 5, 2018

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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Mueller's Flynn Memo Should Worry Kushner and Trump  —  The former national security adviser provided information about interactions between the presidential transition team and Russian officials.  —  Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser who pleaded guilty …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Meadows tells Hannity that Flynn report is ‘good news for President Trump’  —  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) is characterizing special counsel Robert Mueller's sentencing report on former national security advisor Michael Flynn as “good news for President Trump” because “there is no mention of collusion.”
CNBC:
Mueller says Michael Flynn gave ‘first-hand’ details of Trump transition team contacts with Russians  — Former national security advisor Michael Flynn has given special counsel Robert Mueller “first-hand” details of contacts between President Donald Trump's transition team and Russian government officials …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
From fishy beginning, Mueller case against Michael Flynn nears end with no jail recommendation  —  Michael Flynn has been waiting for more than a year to be sentenced.  The retired three-star Army general, who spent 24 days as the Trump White House national security adviser, pleaded guilty on Dec. 1 …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Vox
Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Mueller strikes out trying to nail Trump - Flynn sentencing memo is a big nothing
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Power Line
Washington Post:
Mueller seeks no prison time for former national security adviser Michael Flynn, citing his ‘substantial assistance’
New York Times:
Michael Flynn Was a Key Cooperator and Should Serve Little Prison Time, Mueller Says
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The Charlotte Observer:
Hold a new election in NC's tainted 9th District  —  In the week since the state Board of Elections declined to certify the results of North Carolina's 9th Congressional District election, journalists and others have begun to fill in the details of a troubling case of apparent ballot fraud.
Nick Ochsner / WBTV-TV:
Handwritten notes show efforts to collect absentee ballots in exchange for money in Bladen Co.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
The Latest: Wisconsin Senate limits governor's power  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on Wisconsin Republican lawmakers moving to limit the powers of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general (all times local):  —  The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate has passed …
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Lame-Duck Power Grab  —  Republicans lost in Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina.  Their response has been to take power away from incoming Democrats.  —  In 2012, North Carolina Republicans won a “trifecta” of legislative and executive power.  They used their newfound power …
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Wisconsin Republicans Approve Bills Stripping Power From Incoming Democratic Governor  —  MADISON, Wis. — After a rancorous, sleepless night of debate, Republican lawmakers early Wednesday pushed through a sweeping set of bills that will limit the power of Wisconsin's incoming governor, a Democrat.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Alan Simpson cried while writing George H.W. Bush's eulogy — so he wouldn't cry while giving it  —  The call came last Friday night, telling former senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) that his old friend, the 41st president of the United States, had died.  The time had come for Simpson …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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New York Times:   George H.W. Bush Funeral Live: Speakers Remember ‘a Lion’ of a Leader
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
President Trump traveled 250 yards to greet George W. Bush. …
The Daily Beast:
Feds Target Butina's GOP Boyfriend as Foreign Agent  —  Paul Erickson served as accused Kremlin spy Maria Butina's guide as she penetrated the American conservative movement.  Now he's under investigation as a Russian agent, too.  —  BETSY WOODRUFF, ERIN BANCO12.5.18 8:00 AM ET
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why We Miss the WASPs  —  Their more meritocratic, diverse and secular successors rule us neither as wisely nor as well.  —  The nostalgia flowing since the passing of George H.W. Bush has many wellsprings: admiration for the World War II generation and its dying breed of warrior-politicians …
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
Facebook Gave Some Companies Special Access to Users' Data, Documents Show  —  LONDON — Emails and other internal Facebook documents released by a British parliamentary committee on Wednesday show how the social media giant gave favored companies like Airbnb, Lyft and Netflix special access to users' data.
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Washington Post:
Facebook allegedly offered advertisers special access to users data and activities …
Axios:
The Democrats' wild 2020 free-for-all  —  Democrats are about to hit the wildest turn we have seen in a presidential campaign.  —  The big picture: Dozens of people are thinking of running — and running early — in the rage-and-rapid-reaction era of Donald J. Trump.
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke met with Barack Obama as he ponders a 2020 presidential campaign
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani Says Twitter Sabotaged His Tweet.  Actually, He Did It Himself.  —  To Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor who is one of President Trump's lawyers, it was an example of how low Twitter would stoop to carry out its anti-Trump agenda.  —  It was, decidedly, no such thing.
New York Times:
Les Moonves Obstructed Investigation Into Misconduct Claims, Report Says  —  Facing multiple sexual misconduct allegations and fearing his career as an entertainment titan was over, Leslie Moonves, the chief executive of CBS, destroyed evidence and misled investigators in an attempt to preserve …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“Everyone's for Sale”: A Generation of Digital-Media Darlings Prepares for a Frigid Winter  —  Vice, Vox, and BuzzFeed, among other companies that once heralded the dawn of a new media age, are now grappling with decidedly old-media problems.  —  It was around this time last year that things …
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Deval Patrick bows out of 2020 presidential run  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is calling close allies and informing them he is not running for president in 2020, sources close to the governor tell POLITICO.  —  Patrick informed staff and advisers of his decision Tuesday …
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Zach Carter / HuffPost:   Deval Patrick, Foreclosure Mogul
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
14 Trump and Russia Questions Robert Mueller Knows the Answers To  —  MICHAEL FLYNN'S SENTENCING memo, filed yesterday with the most intriguing and interesting parts redacted by special counsel Robert Mueller, provided yet another frustrating glimpse into an investigation that seems at times almost maddeningly opaque.
Andrew Seidman / Philly.com:
‘My voice went unheard’: Official testifies N.J. Gov. Murphy campaign, administration ignored sexual assault allegation  —  TRENTON — An official in the Murphy administration described in harrowing terms Tuesday how high-ranking members of Gov. Murphy's campaign and staff, including the governor himself …
Discussion: Political Wire
William Neuman / New York Times:
New York's Vanishing Mayor  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio spends far less time at City Hall than he once did, leading some city officials to ask: Has the mayor lost focus?  —  When the New York City commissioner who oversaw a much-criticized response to a recent snowstorm was told to resign late last week …
BuzzFeed News:
Mark Zuckerberg's Biggest Problem: Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over  —  “It's the bunker mentality.  These people have been under siege for 600 days now.  They're getting tired, getting cranky — the only survival strategy is to quit or fully buy in.”
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fate of The Weekly Standard is uncertain, editor tells staff  —  New York (CNN Business)The fate of The Weekly Standard, the conservative magazine that has staked out a position as a publication on the right still critical of President Donald Trump, is uncertain, Editor-in-Chief Stephen Hayes told staff …
Lara Bazelon / New York Times:
I'm a Democrat and a Feminist.  And I Support Betsy DeVos's Title IX Reforms.  —  There is an uncomfortable truth in the current system.  No one wants to talk about it.  —  Ms. Bazelon is the director of the criminal juvenile justice and the racial justice clinics at the University of San Francisco School of Law.
Discussion: Townhall, Chalkbeat and Althouse
Judith Kohler / Denver Post:
Xcel Energy wants carbon-free electricity by 2050  —  Colorado's largest utility ups the ante in its plan for renewables … Xcel Energy, Colorado's largest electric utility, is upping its renewables game with the announcement Tuesday that it has a goal of being 100-percent carbon free by 2050.
 
 
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Some Republicans want to oust a Muslim doctor from his GOP leadership role — because he's Muslim
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Dorothy Butler Gilliam / Hachette Book Group:
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Tampa Bay Times:
Confusion clouds restoration of Florida felons' voting rights
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Smoke a Joint, Save the Subway?
Associated Press:
Michigan Legislature OKs gutting wage, paid sick time laws
Discussion: Common Dreams and Mother Jones
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
New White House counsel to arrive as Democrats, Mueller close in
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Wall Street Journal:
China Maneuvers to Snag Top-Secret Boeing Satellite Technology
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Hill watchdog report: Rep. Garrett misused staff
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and TheBlaze
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California Democrats ready new assault on Donald Trump
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
The Clintons Are Now The Spinal Tap Of The Political World
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Why Roger Stone won't shut up
Associated Press:
AP Was There: Bush's bum rap on ‘amazing’ barcode scanner
Camille Paglia / Spectator USA:
‘Hillary wants Trump to win again’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Chantal Da Silva / Newsweek:
Michelle Obama Tells a Secret: ‘I Have Been at Every Powerful Table You Can Think of... They Are Not That Smart’
Washington Post:
‘Chaos breeds chaos’: Trump's erratic and false claims roil the globe. Again.
 

 
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Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
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