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12:45 PM ET, December 10, 2018

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CNN:
Accused Russian spy Maria Butina appears to reach plea deal  —  Washington (CNN)Accused Russian spy Maria Butina appears to have reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors.  —  Butina is accused of trying to infiltrate Republican political circles and party leaders during the 2016 campaign …
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Washington Post:
Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina poised to plead guilty in case involving suspected Kremlin attempts to influence NRA  —  Maria Butina, a Russian gun rights activist, is poised to plead guilty in a case involving accusations that she was working as an agent for the Kremlin in the United States, according to a new court filing.
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Axios
Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:   Alleged Russian Agent Maria Butina Expected to Plead Guilty
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's next chief of staff may be walking into a nightmare  —  (CNN)The job of White House chief of staff is close to impossible at the best of times, but President Donald Trump's new West Wing enforcer faces an even tougher mission — one that may eventually evolve into an effort to save his presidency itself.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Good riddance to John Kelly  —  He's been the chief of staff America didn't need.  —  No person's entire career can be summed up in a single quote.  But ousted White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's defense to the charge that the Trump administration's child separation policy at the border …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Nick Ayers, Aide to Pence, Declines Offer to Be Trump's Chief of Staff
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump considering Mark Meadows for chief of staff
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Meet the Bottomless Pinocchio, a new rating for a false claim repeated over and over again  —  It was President Trump's signature campaign promise: He would build a wall along the nation's southern border, and Mexico would pay for it.  —  Shortly after becoming president, Trump dropped the Mexico part …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court declines to review rulings that blocked efforts to end Planned Parenthood funding  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review lower court decisions that blocked efforts in two states to end public funding to Planned Parenthood, refusing for now to get involved in state battles over abortion rights.
Discussion: ABC News, Axios and Political Wire
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Jack Crowe / National Review:
SCOTUS Declines to Hear Challenge to Public Funding of Planned Parenthood
Discussion: RedState and LifeNews.com
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court sides with Planned Parenthood in funding fight
Discussion: Daily Wire
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Comey calls on Americans to ‘use every breath we have’ to oust Trump in 2020  —  New York (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey asked American voters Sunday night to end Donald Trump's presidency with a “landslide” victory for his opponent in 2020.  —  “All of us should use every breath …
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New York Times:
Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They're Not Keeping It Secret  —  Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds.  They say it's anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is.  —  The millions of dots on the map trace highways …
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New York Times:   How to Stop Apps From Tracking Your Location
Matt Phillips / New York Times:   Wall St. Ignored Signs of Trouble for Months. Now It Sees Risks Everywhere.
Associated Press:
UK PM May postpones vote on Brexit deal with EU  —  The Latest on the debate over Britain's impending departure from the European Union (all times local):  —  The pound has fallen further after British Prime Minister Theresa May canceled a vote on her Brexit deal and struck a defiant tone in an address to parliament.
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Washington Post:   Theresa May delays parliamentary vote on Brexit deal
The Guardian:
Theresa May postpones Brexit deal vote
Alex Morales / Bloomberg:   May Said to Pull Parliament Vote on Her Deal: Brexit Update
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
YouTube Bans Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes  —  YouTube banned Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes on Monday, marking the latest social-media blow for the man who started the far-right men's group.  McInnes had amassed more than 220,000 subscribers on YouTube before the ban …
Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi sues Mueller, Justice, CIA, FBI, NSA for $350 million  —  The suit accuses the special counsel of blackmailing him to lie as part of a “legal coup d'etat” against President Donald Trump.  —  The conservative writer and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi filed …
Discussion: CNBC and Joe.My.God.
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Robby Mook / Washington Post:
The sad truth about Russian election interference
Discussion: Shakesville
Wall Street Journal:
Wrap It Up, Mr. Mueller  —  Democratic dilemma: Impeach Trump for lying about sex?
Discussion: Townhall
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Paul Ryan's long con  —  He betrayed his promises and left a legacy of debt and disappointment.  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan's legacy can be summed up in just one number: $343 billion.  —  That's the increase between the deficit for fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2018 — that is …
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Talk About Pizzagate  —  The former Clinton campaign chairman is among the victims still recovering from a vile conspiracy theory that ended in gunfire  —  WASHINGTON — John Podesta has given it a lot of thought and believes the best way to deal with the trolls is to ignore them.
Suyin Haynes / TIME:
TIME Announces 2018 Person of the Year Shortlist on Today Show  —  The shortlist of candidates for TIME's 2018 Person of the Year was unveiled Monday on NBC's Today show.  Since 1927, TIME has identified the Person of the Year, recognizing the person or group of people who most influenced …
Discussion: Daily Wire and CBS Boston
Nic Robertson / CNN:
'I can't breathe.' Jamal Khashoggi's last words disclosed in transcript, source says  —  Khashoggi messages reveal sharp criticism of MBS  —  (CNN)"I can't breathe."  These were the final words uttered by Jamal Khashoggi after he was set upon by a Saudi hit squad at the country's consulate in Istanbul …
Charles Duhigg / The Atlantic:
The Real Roots of American Rage  —  I. An Angry Little Town  —  Soon after the snows of 1977 began to thaw, the residents of Greenfield, Massachusetts, received a strange questionnaire in the mail.  “Try to recall the number of times you became annoyed and/or angry during the past week,” the survey instructed.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump: Payments to silence women were a ‘simple private transaction,’ not illegal campaign contributions  —  President Trump asserted Monday that payments to buy the silence of two women about alleged affairs were not illegal campaign contributions, as federal prosecutors contend, but instead a “simple private transaction.”
Discussion: Vox, Mediaite and Political Wire
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
At least 16 Trump associates had contacts with Russians during campaign or transition  —  Bernstein: Trump ‘boxed in’ by Mueller filings  —  These communications came in the form of face-to-face meetings, phone calls, text messages, emails and video chats.
 
 
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
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