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1:40 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.”
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
From fishy beginning, Mueller case against Michael Flynn nears end with no jail recommendation
Discussion: The Mahablog and Vox
CNBC:
Mueller says Michael Flynn gave ‘first-hand’ details of Trump transition team contacts with Russians
emptywheel:
The Mueller Investigation Is the Second Most Important Investigation into Which Flynn Assisted
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Salon and Lawfare
Washington Post:
Mueller seeks no prison time for former national security adviser Michael Flynn, citing his ‘substantial assistance’
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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Associated Press:
Wisconsin Republicans weaken incoming Dem governor, AG  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans passed sweeping legislation Wednesday that shifts power to the Republican-controlled Legislature and weakens the Democrat replacing Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Paul Ryan Silent On GOP Power Grab In Wisconsin  —  Republicans are subverting the will of the electorate in Wisconsin.  The outgoing speaker of the House, a Wisconsin Republican, is staying mum.  —  WASHINGTON The extraordinary proposals aimed at reducing the power of incoming Gov. Tony Evers …
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.
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Lame-Duck Power Grab
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Nick Ochsner / WBTV-TV:   Handwritten notes show efforts to collect absentee ballots in exchange for money in Bladen Co.
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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Washington Post:
George W. Bush's touching eulogy for George H.W. Bush, annotated
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:   George H.W. Bush Funeral Live: A Son Eulogizes His Father
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: Politico, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump on Coming Debt Crisis: 'I Won't Be Here' When It Blows Up  —  The president thinks the balancing of the nation's books is going to, ultimately, be a future president's problem.  —  Since the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump's aides and advisers have tried to convince him of the importance of tackling the national debt.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
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 …
Washington Post:
‘We are in trouble.’ Global carbon emissions reached a new record high in 2018.  —  As nations assemble in Poland for climate talks, the figures suggest there is no clear end in sight to the growth of humanity's contribution to climate change.  —  Global emissions of carbon dioxide have reached …
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
Here's How Facebook's Local News Algorithm Change Led To The Worst Riots Paris Has Seen In 50 Years  —  The Yellow Jackets movement is what happens when you point Facebook's traffic hose at France's small towns.  The question now is: How do you turn it off?
Discussion: Shakesville and Politico
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
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 …
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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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.
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
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.
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, IJR and LifeNews.com
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Some Republicans want to oust a Muslim doctor from his GOP leadership role — because he's Muslim  —  The first time Shahid Shafi ran for a seat on the city council in Southlake, Tex., in 2011, advisers assured him a Muslim in post-9/11 America who spoke with an accent and emigrated from Pakistan would never win an election in Texas.
Discussion: Eschaton and The Texas Observer
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
 
 
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California Democrats ready new assault on Donald Trump
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William Neuman / New York Times:
New York's Vanishing Mayor
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Why Roger Stone won't shut up
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Associated Press:
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