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4:25 PM ET, December 9, 2018

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Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Why Trump is likely to be indicted by Manhattan US Attorney  —  The major takeaway from the 40-page sentencing memorandum filed by federal prosecutors Friday for Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, is this: The president is very likely to be indicted on a charge of violating federal campaign finance laws.
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Effectively Accuse Trump of Defrauding Voters.  What Does It Mean?  —  WASHINGTON — The latest revelations by prosecutors investigating President Trump and his team draw a portrait of a candidate who personally directed an illegal scheme to manipulate the 2016 election …
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Former Nixon WH lawyer: Congress will have ‘little choice’ but to begin impeachment proceedings
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Hush money payments could be ‘impeachable offenses,’ top Dem warns
Discussion: Associated Press
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:   Trump 2020 Shaping Up to Be a Campaign to Stay Out of Prison
Harry Litman / USA Today:
Broken laws, Russia negotiations: Can Trump presidency survive latest court filings?
Discussion: The Guardian
Washington Post:
Russians interacted with at least 14 Trump associates during the campaign and transition  —  The Russian ambassador.  A deputy prime minister.  A pop star, a weightlifter, a lawyer, a Soviet army veteran with alleged intelligence ties.  —  Again and again and again, over the course …
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Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
The Ineptitude of Donald Trump's Co-Conspirators  —  It is no longer journalistically sound to report on the Trump investigation as if it is a matter that may, or may not, yield damning information about the President.  In a series of filings that came Friday night, the office …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Bob Bauer / New York Times:   Is Mueller Building an Expansive Obstruction Case?
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Roey Hadar / ABC News:
Sen. Chris Murphy: Mueller probe now ‘beyond the stage’ of Clinton impeachment
Discussion: Breitbart and Joe.My.God.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 12-9-18: Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Chris Murphy
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Pence Chief of Staff Nick Ayers Won't Be Next White House Staff Chief  —  President Trump, Pence's chief of staff unable to agree on time frame for job  —  WASHINGTON—Nick Ayers, a top Trump campaign consultant and administration staffer, won't be the next White House chief of staff …
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Mike Allen / Axios:   Axios AM  —  Subscribe  —  I am off to the beach for a few days.
Andrew Kragie / The Atlantic:
A Close Reading of the 235-Page Comey Transcript  —  The band got back together on Friday.  For five hours, members of the House of Representatives peppered former FBI Director James Comey with questions.  All the greatest hits were there: Hillary Clinton's private email server …
Discussion: Vox, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and AOL
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Wall Street Journal:
Comey Tells House Panel He Suspected Giuliani Was Leaking FBI Information to Media
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's confession: dossier not verified before, or after, FISA warrant
Scott Gleeson / USA Today:
Old homophobic tweets from Kyler Murray's Twitter account surface after he wins Heisman  —  Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray had a Saturday to remember.  But the Oklahoma quarterback's memorable night also helped resurface social media's memory of several homophobic tweets more than six years old.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
At NPR, an army of temps faces a workplace of anxiety and insecurity  —  Julia Botero was happy to catch on, and determined to stay on, at NPR.  After completing an internship at the public broadcasting organization in Washington in 2013, she began a year-long stint as a temporary employee …
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New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Emerges as the Wild Card of the 2020 Campaign-in-Waiting  —  WASHINGTON — The 2020 Democratic presidential primary, already expected to be the party's most wide open in decades, has been jostled on the eve of many long-plotted campaign announcements by a political threat …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
We'll Always Have . . . Fort Worth?  —  Conservatives do not do well in the cities.  We assume, strangely, that this indicates a problem with the cities rather than a problem with . . . us.  We may as well be trying to sell New York City and Los Angeles Edsels full of New Coke …
Washington Post:
Domestic slayings: Brutal and foreseeable  —  The Washington Post found that nearly half of the women who were murdered during the past decade were, like Parnell and Cisneros, killed by a current or former intimate partner.  In a close analysis of five cities, about a third of the male killers …
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Trump reverses course, tells Pentagon to boost budget request to $750 billion  —  The president had previously called for a cut in defense spending.  —  President Donald Trump has told Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to submit a $750 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2020 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Miami's ‘big bad she-wolf’ finishes a 29-year run in Congress  —  WASHINGTON  —  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen wasn't sure what to do.  —  The first Latina in Congress was scheduled to give a speech in front of a prominent Washington think-tank in less than 10 hours, and one sentence was tripping her up.
 
 
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Discussion: Vox and Raw Story
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Discussion: Instapundit
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The utterly lawless ‘Individual-1’
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