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4:30 PM ET, December 5, 2018

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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.
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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
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.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Why the case for election fraud in North Carolina is strong  —  NC race unresolved amid fraud allegations  —  (CNN)The North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics last week voted against certifying Republican Mark Harris' 905 vote win over Democrat Dan McCready in the state's 9th Congressional District.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The man at the center of fraud probe in North Carolina may have been doing this for eight years
Discussion: NBC News
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Chris Wallace: ‘A chill’ descended on front row upon Trump arrival at Bush funeral  —  Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said he was “struck” by the reception of President Trump and first lady Melania Trump upon their arrival at the funeral for George H.W. Bush on Wednesday, saying “a chill had descended” …
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New York Times:
George H.W. Bush Funeral: A Son Eulogizes His Father
Discussion: Splinter
Lou Cannon / Washington Post:   The forgotten story of how George H.W. Bush won over Ronald Reagan
Washington Post:
George W. Bush's touching eulogy for George H.W. Bush, annotated
Discussion: Political Wire
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:   Alan Simpson cried while writing George H.W. Bush's eulogy — so he wouldn't cry while giving it
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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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 …
NBC News:
Lame-duck Wisconsin Republicans vote to weaken incoming Democratic governor, attorney general
Mitch Smith / New York Times:   Wisconsin Republicans Approve Bills Stripping Power From Incoming Democratic Governor
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
In Lame-Duck Coup, Wisconsin GOP Strips Democrats of Power and Makes It Harder to Vote
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: Raw Story and Washington Post
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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 …
Discussion: The Week
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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: twitchy.com and Shakesville
Associated Press:
Prosecutors ramp up foreign lobbying probe in New York  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Spinning off from the special counsel's Russia probe, prosecutors are ramping up their investigation into foreign lobbying by two major Washington firms that did work for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort …
Discussion: Axios and Law & Crime
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
New satellite images reveal activity at unidentified North Korean missile base  —  Washington (CNN)New satellite images obtained exclusively by CNN reveal North Korea has significantly expanded a key long-range missile base located in the mountainous interior of the country …
Discussion: Axios and New York Times
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 …
Ryan Browne / CNN:
US makes preparations to sail warship into Black Sea amid Russia-Ukraine tensions  —  Washington (CNN)The US has begun making the necessary preparations to sail a warship into the Black Sea, a move that comes amid heightened tensions in the region following Russia's seizure of Ukrainian ships and detention of Ukrainian sailors.
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
US warship challenges Russia claims in Sea of Japan
Discussion: ABC News
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sessions hints he's done with politics  —  The deposed attorney general says he's not missing the Senate, amid speculation that he might mount a bid for his old job.  —  Jeff Sessions doesn't sound eager to run for his old Senate seat in 2020.  —  The former attorney general and Alabama senator …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kate Aronoff / The Intercept:
With a Green New Deal, Here's What the World Could Look Like for the Next Generation  —  It's the spring of 2043, and Gina is graduating college with the rest of her class.  She had a relatively stable childhood.  Her parents availed themselves of some of the year of paid family leave they were entitled to …
Discussion: Gothamist and Streetsblog USA
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Party Wants to Make Climate Policy Exciting
Discussion: Common Dreams
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
A Conservative Magazine May Pay a Price for Being Unfriendly to Trump  —  The Weekly Standard didn't go along, and now its future is in danger.  —  Other conservative magazines, websites and news empires have thrived since President Trump took office by cheering him on or, at least, playing down his faults.
Andrea Mandell / USA Today:
Natalie Portman finally fulfills her Madonna-fueled, teenage pop-star dreams in ‘Vox Lux’  —  HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - This awards season finds famous faces trading places.  —  As Lady Gaga morphs into a movie star under the lights of “A Star Is Born,” this week a glitter-doused Natalie Portman …
Elena Popina / Bloomberg:
It's the Worst Time to Make Money in Markets Since 1972  — Not a single of 8 main asset classes is up at least 5% in 2018  — There was bull market somewhere in 2008, 1974 routs, NDR says  —  Market statisticians are falling over each other in 2018 to describe the pain being felt across asset classes.
Middle East Eye:
Sean Penn turns up in Istanbul to film documentary on Jamal Khashoggi  —  American actor and director set to meet with Turkish officials and murdered journalist's fiancee for a documentary  —  US director and actor Sean Penn outside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul (Screengrab)
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 …
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.
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.
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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Ari Feldman / The Forward:
Is A String Of Attacks Against Brooklyn Jews Really About Anti-Semitism?
Connor Harris / City Journal:
Fast Train to Failure
Christopher Collins / The Texas Observer:
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Richard Milne / Financial Times:
Maersk pledges to cut carbon emissions to zero by 2050
Joseph Morton / Omaha World-Herald:
Trade conflicts have cost Nebraska economy more than $1 billion, Farm Bureau says
Discussion: Axios and Washington Press
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
ESPN wants to make ‘SportsCenter’ great again
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Lindsey Graham's Plan for Regime Change — in Saudi Arabia
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Seidman / Philly.com:
‘My voice went unheard’: Official testifies N.J. Gov. Murphy campaign, administration ignored sexual assault allegation
Discussion: Political Wire
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Smoke a Joint, Save the Subway?
Discussion: Curbed NY and Gothamist
Axios:
The Democrats' wild 2020 free-for-all
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Why Roger Stone won't shut up
Discussion: Just Security