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8:10 AM ET, December 9, 2018

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Washington Post:
‘Siege warfare’: Republican anxiety spikes as Trump faces growing legal and political perils  —  A growing number of Republicans fear that a battery of new revelations in the far-reaching Russia investigation has dramatically heightened the legal and political danger to Donald Trump's presidency …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kelly exit helps position Trump for 2020  —  President Donald Trump's Saturday confirmation that chief of staff John Kelly will soon leave the White House signaled more than the end of a tortured relationship.  It was the latest sign of Trump's singular focus on his 2020 re-election campaign.
New York Times:
John Kelly, Trump's Chief of Staff, to Leave White House  —  WASHINGTON — John F. Kelly, the retired Marine general tapped as chief of staff by President Trump last year to bring order to his chaotic White House, will leave the job by the end of the year, Mr. Trump said on Saturday …
USA Today:
John Kelly, hired to restore order for President Donald Trump, is out as chief of staff  —  WASHINGTON - Former White House chief of staff John Kelly, who was assigned to bring a level of discipline to President Donald Trump's often chaotic administration, is leaving the post …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Reuters:   Trump to nominate Milley as next chairman of Joint Chiefs
Axios:   Behind the scenes: Trump announces John Kelly's exit
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Chief of Staff John Kelly to leave White House by end of month, Trump says
Associated Press:
Trump says chief of staff John Kelly to leave at year's end
Discussion: The Daily Caller and SARAH PALIN
John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's confession: dossier not verified before, or after, FISA warrant  —  Many people I know in law enforcement circles shuddered when James Comey tweeted recently that acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker “may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer.”  —  To them, Comey's Twitter attack crossed …
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Yahoo News:
Trump first wanted his attorney general pick Bill Barr for another job: Defense lawyer  —  In late spring 2017, President Trump was having a  —  hard time finding a topflight lawyer to spearhead his defense in the sprawling Russian investigation conducted by the new special counsel  —  Robert Mueller.
Discussion: Hot Air, SARAH PALIN and New York Times
Associated Press:
Comey: Russia investigation initially looked at 4 Americans  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI's counterintelligence investigation into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia initially focused on four Americans and whether they were connected to Russian efforts to interfere …
CNN:
House Republicans release Comey interview transcript  —  Comey: Trump attacks on FBI ‘deeply troubling’  —  (CNN)The House Judiciary and Oversight committees have released a transcript of former FBI Director James Comey's closed-door interview with the committees on Friday.
Fox News:
Comey transcript released: Ex-FBI boss claims not to know, remember key details in Russia case
Discussion: HuffPost and Power Line
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Comey: I'm ‘not friends’ with Mueller
New York Times:
Prosecutors' Narrative Is Clear: Trump Defrauded Voters.  But 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 …
Discussion: Power Line
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump 2020 Shaping Up to Be a Campaign to Stay Out of Prison  —  In 2016, Donald Trump claimed that America's presidential election would determine nothing less than whether a proven criminal would be sent to jail — or the Oval Office.  In 2020, that might actually be the case.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The utterly lawless ‘Individual-1’
Discussion: Raw Story
Ken White / The Atlantic:   Manafort, Cohen, and Individual 1 Are in Grave Danger
Associated Press:
Closer legal peril for Trump in probes; he sees no collusion
Discussion: National Review
Jon Gabriel / USA Today:
The U.S. may not ‘believe’ in climate change.  But we're the only one doing something about it  —  Opinion: These days, saying you care about the environment is far more important than actually doing something about it.  —  CONNECT  —  In a selfless effort to save the planet, Legoland theme parks are banning plastic straws.
Discussion: Instapundit
WCMH-TV:
School turns students' lunch debt over to collection agency  —  CRANSTON, RI (WJAR) Rhode Island's Cranston School District hired a collection agency to recover unpaid student lunch balances.  —  In a letter to parents, Raymond Votto Jr., chief operating officer of Cranston Public Schools …
Angela Charlton / Associated Press:
Paris cleans up after latest riot; pressure builds on Macron  —  Paris tourist sites reopened, workers cleaned up broken glass and shop owners tried to put the city on its feet again Sunday, a day after running battles between yellow-vested protesters and riot police left 71 injured and caused widespread damage to the French capital.
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New York Times:
The Wooing of Jared Kushner: How the Saudis Got a Friend in the White House  —  Senior American officials were worried.  Since the early months of the Trump administration, Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and Middle East adviser, had been having private, informal conversations …
Al Arabiya:
Details of calls to attack Trump by US ‘Muslim Sisters’ allied to Brotherhood  —  Linda Sarsour speaks during a National Day of Action for a Dream Act Now protest on February 7, 2018, in Washington D.C. (AFP)  —  For the first time in US political history, two Muslim women joined the ranks …
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.
Discussion: The Other McCain
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Misquotes The Constitution  —  Democratic Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez misquoted the U.S. Constitution while threatening to run for president on Thursday.  —  According to a recap in Politico's Playbook, Ocasio-Cortez was doing a Politico photoshoot …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Ocasio-Cortez for 2028?
Discussion: The Other McCain and Splinter
Maggie Parker / Yahoo:   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocked for linking racism to climate change
 
 
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's Bid To Reinstate A Ban On Asylum Has Been Denied By A Federal Appeals Court
Discussion: Splinter, Associated Press, CNN and Reuters
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
A Prominent White Supremacist Is An EMT In Virginia. Now The State Is Investigating Him.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Calls Senator Richard Blumenthal ‘The Dick’ in Bizarre Tweets
Mark Penn / Fox News:
House Democrats shouldn't impeach Trump - It will anger voters and the Senate won't remove him
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's favorite pollster was the least accurate in the midterms
 

 
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