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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi privately disses Trump's manhood after White House meeting  —  Nancy Pelosi was on fire with her fellow Democrats.  —  Minutes after a very public showdown with Donald Trump over his border wall with Mexico, the California Democrat returned to the Capitol and railed against the president …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Won't Back Up President's Terror Claim  —  Data provided by his own administration shows that the issue is more complex than he implied in pushing for the border wall.  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday cited the recent apprehension of ten suspected terrorists …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
After Trump's meltdown over his wall, Democrats cannot give any ground  —  President Trump just gave us all yet another glimpse of those brilliant negotiating skills he keeps boasting about: … Despite voluntarily taking ownership of the shutdown, Trump, needless to say …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kelly to remain as White House chief of staff through Jan. 2 or longer, official says  —  White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly will remain in the job through at least Jan. 2 to ensure “a very peaceful and pragmatic transition” for his successor, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
'It's like a manhood thing for him': Pelosi comments on Trump and his wall  —  Moments after returning to Capitol Hill after an Oval Office standoff with President Trump, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi questioned Trump's manhood and said the border wall was a matter of masculine pride.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump: “I'm proud to shut down the government” over border wall  —  Prior to his meeting with Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer, President Trump brought reporters into the Oval Office and — in an extended, heated exchange before the cameras — clashed with the two Democratic leaders …
Washington Post:
Trump, Pelosi and Schumer have on-camera shouting match as wall talks break down  —  President Trump, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer clashed Tuesday over funding for the border wall, an explosive Oval Office encounter that ended with Trump declaring …
Discussion: Townhall and Shareblue Media
Washington Post:
Trump's extraordinary Oval Office squabble with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, annotated
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Trump Throws Down With Pelosi and Schumer Over Border Wall: ‘I Am Proud to Shut Down the Government’
Discussion: Dan Bongino
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Beto O'Rourke narrowly tops wide-open MoveOn 2020 presidential straw poll; Biden runner up  —  The progressive group had backed Bernie Sanders in 2016 over Hillary Clinton.  —  An early straw poll of members of the progressive group MoveOn.org shows a wide-open competition for liberal voters …
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Juleanna Glover / Politico:
Biden Should Run on a Unity Ticket With Romney  —  Last summer, John McCain told the world that he regretted not picking Joe Lieberman, the former senator and Democrat, to be his vice presidential running mate in the 2008 presidential election.  A McCain/Lieberman ticket might not have won the White House …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump allies becoming increasingly aware of his legal and political jeopardy  —  Last week's stunning court filings detonated what one official calls a “reality tremor” that has White House officials and key allies increasingly aware of President Trump's rising legal and political vulnerability.
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Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Frederica Wilson never got an apology from John Kelly. She got nooses from critics.
Discussion: Roll Call and Splinter
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘A lot of friends of mine want it’: Trump says chief of staff is a hot job
Discussion: ABC News
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway: Rep.-elect Ocasio-Cortez 'doesn't seem to know much about anything'
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
N.C. GOP says fresh misconduct allegation should trigger new House election  —  The North Carolina Republican Party said Tuesday that a new election should be held in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District if a new allegation regarding the leak of early-voting results before Election Day is proven.
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Brian Murphy / The Charlotte Observer:   Bladen counted early votes too soon in 2018. Witness alleges numbers were leaked.
Raleigh News & Observer:   If early vote totals were leaked, NC GOP says new election in NC's 9th is a must
Jim Mone / National Journal:
Emmer, NRCC Start to Rebuild for 2020  —  The incoming chair doesn't think the GOP is doomed in the suburbs or that Trump will be a liability in 2020.  —  Ally Mutnick and Kyle Trygstad  —  ADD TO BRIEFCASE  —  Rep. Tom Emmer spent last Monday in a briefing on an email hack that plagued …
Discussion: Vox
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Welcome to divided government
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
House Republicans clash over Trump's role in downfall, look to 2020
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
'I wasn't asking for permission': GOP women put leaders on notice
Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Gap continues to widen between Trump and intelligence community on key issues  —  President Trump continues to reject the judgments of U.S. spy agencies on major foreign policy fronts, creating a dynamic in which intelligence analysts frequently see troubling gaps between the president's public statements …
Discussion: Political Wire
ProPublica:
How the IRS Was Gutted  —  An eight-year campaign to slash the agency's budget has left it understaffed, hamstrung and operating with archaic equipment.  The result: billions less to fund the government.  That's good news for corporations and the wealthy.  —  In the summer of 2008 …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Mother Jones
Jacob T. Levy / New York Times:
The Democrats' Best Response to Republican Power Grabs  —  The best option goes beyond retaliation or restraint.  —  Mr. Levy is a professor of political theory at McGill University.  —  In Michigan and Wisconsin, lame duck Republican-majority legislatures are enacting laws to limit the powers of incoming Democratic governors.
Discussion: Vox
Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:
Stormy Daniels Is Ordered to Pay Trump $293,000 in Fees and Sanctions  — Judge cuts Trump requested attorneys fees by 25 percent  — Michael Avenatti vows actress won't have to pay a dime  —  Stephanie Clifford, the adult-movie star professionally known as Stormy Daniels …
Discussion: CNBC and Joe.My.God.
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Judge orders Stormy Daniels to pay Trump $293,052 in attorneys' fees
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
At least two dead, 11 wounded in French Christmas market shooting  —  STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - A lone gunman shot dead at least two people and wounded 11 others near a Christmas market in the city of Strasbourg on Tuesday evening before fleeing, police said.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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BBC:
Strasbourg shooting: One dead, 10 wounded and gunman at large
Discussion: Breitbart
Daily Mail:
You've hired me before, Mr President, so hire me again.  I'm the one person whose reputation can't be tarnished by becoming your Chief of Staff and I'm perfectly qualified for the job!  —  I wish to formally apply to be your new Chief of Staff.  —  You might not immediately recognize …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and AOL
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
The Arctic is in even worse shape than you realize  —  The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest, thickest ice.  If this thinning trend continues, scientists fear an added boost to global warming.  —  Over the past three decades of global warming, the oldest and thickest ice …
Reuters:
Former Canadian diplomat detained in China: sources  —  SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A former Canadian diplomat has been detained in China, two sources said on Tuesday, and his current employer, the International Crisis Group, said it was seeking his prompt and safe release.
Erica Orden / CNN:
How Michael Cohen could help the feds get the Trump Organization  —  Feds: Cohen broke the law at Trump's direction  —  New York (CNN)In most respects, Michael Cohen was a frustrating witness for New York investigators.  —  He toyed with, but wouldn't commit to, “full cooperation” with prosecutors, according to court filings.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:   Trump Can't Stop Confessing
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The foundation of Trump's coalition is cracking  —  (CNN)Cracks have emerged in Donald Trump's hold on his core constituency of white working class voters, new data from the 2018 election reveals.  —  Though Republican candidates almost everywhere registered large margins among white voters without …
Benjamin Hoffman / New York Times:
Stephen Curry Doubts Moon Landings.  NASA Offers to Show Him the Rocks.  —  The space agency invited the Golden State star to visit the Johnson Space Center, “perhaps the next time the Warriors are in town to play the Rockets.”  —  It has been a big 24 hours for Stephen Curry.
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Slate's Newly Unionized Writers and Editors Give OK to Strike  — Outlet's editorial staff authorize walkout by 52 to 1 vote  — Company's “right-to-work” stance riles its employees  —  Writers and editors at Slate have voted nearly unanimously to green-light a strike …
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Americans Want Trump To Compromise On Border Wall To Avoid Possible Shutdown  —  As President Trump continues to threaten to potentially shut down the government over his border wall, Americans would prefer to see him compromise to prevent gridlock, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll.
Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Time's 2018 ‘Person of the Year’ is killed and imprisoned journalists  —  Time magazine is spotlighting a handful of journalists who have one thing in common: They were targeted for their work.  —  “The Guardians.”  —  That's what Time magazine is calling the journalists behind 2018's …
 
 
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Alison King / NBC10 Boston:
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Aziz El Yaakoubi / Reuters:
U.N. proposes Yemen's warring parties pull out of key port: sources
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Manafort might not fight claims he lied to Mueller
Discussion: Politico
Helen Andrews / First Things:
Shame Storm  —  After a lifetime of impeccably correct opinions …
Mimi Rocah / NBC News:
Jeffrey Epstein's slap on the wrist raises a lot of questions. The DOJ needs to get answers.
Discussion: Vox
journalism.columbia.edu:
2019 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award Winners Announced
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Media Conventional Wisdom On The Russia Investigation Is Uninformed And Idiotic
Discussion: The Hill and The Guardian
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Michael Scammell / New York Times:
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Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal:
China Agrees to Reduce Tariffs on U.S. Autos
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Washington Post:
How a powerful Russian propaganda machine chips away at Western notions of truth
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
How Theresa May blew Brexit
Discussion: Instapundit
CNN:
CNN Poll: Approval ratings for Trump, Mueller fall
Discussion: Washington Post and Feeds