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11:40 AM ET, December 11, 2018

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New York Times:
After Ayers Turns Down Chief of Staff Job, Trump Is Left Without a Plan B  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has often bragged about having his pick of only the best people to serve in his administration.  —  Being publicly rejected by his first choice for chief of staff …
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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 and Raw Story
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.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Approval ratings for Trump, Mueller fall  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)As Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election inches closer to the President, approval of Donald Trump's handling of the investigation has fallen, matching its all-time low in CNN polling.
Discussion: Feeds
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump denies that he's having trouble finding a chief of staff
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Associated Press:
Some Trump allies starting to worry about investigations
Discussion: Shareblue Media
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway says Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'doesn't seem to know much about anything'
Discussion: Politico
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump concerned about being impeached, sees it as a ‘real possibility,’ source says
Discussion: Raw Story and Vox
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 …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
House Republicans clash over Trump's role in downfall, look to 2020  —  Five weeks after their Election Day thumping, Republicans in the House of Representatives are still arguing internally over President Trump's role in the 40-seat thrashing of their majority.
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
'I wasn't asking for permission': GOP women put leaders on notice
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Vox:
Time's 2018 Person of the Year is Jamal Khashoggi and other “Guardians” of the truth
Discussion: Politico, Axios and TIME
Washington Post:
We are former senators.  The Senate has long stood in defense of democracy — and must again.  —  By 44 Former U.S. Senators  —  As former members of the U.S. Senate, Democrats and Republicans, it is our shared view that we are entering a dangerous period, and we feel an obligation to speak …
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
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Orrin Hatch and the GOP's contortions to defend Trump
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Hot Air and CNN
Bloomberg:
Theresa May Gets Stuck in Car at Merkel Meeting  —  U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May was stuck in her car for a few moments as she arrived to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.  May is meeting with European leaders trying to secure concessions on her Brexit deal.  (Source: Bloomberg)
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Associated Press:
UK's May lobbies EU leaders in fight to save Brexit deal
Rich Lowry / New York Post:   How Theresa May blew Brexit
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Targets of U.S. Sanctions Hire Lobbyists With Trump Ties to Seek Relief  —  WASHINGTON — On a July evening, Trump administration officials and allies, including the president's personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, gathered with investors atop the Hay-Adams hotel overlooking the White House …
Discussion: Observer, New Republic and Raw Story
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Prepares to Unveil a Vast Reworking of Clean Water Protections
Discussion: Axios
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
McConnell to bring up criminal-justice bill for a Senate vote  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that the Senate will vote on a sweeping overhaul of the criminal justice system that has proven deeply controversial within the Senate Republican ranks.
Discussion: Politico, Axios and The Crime Report
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell agrees to vote on Trump-backed criminal justice bill
Pete Madden / ABC News:
Maria Butina, accused Russian agent, reaches plea deal with prosecutors that includes cooperation  —  Maria Butina, a 30-year-old Russian gun rights activist who stands accused developing a covert influence operation in the United States, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and cooperate with federal …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Maria Butina Agrees to Cooperate With U.S.
Discussion: News Agency UNIAN and ABC News
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 …
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 …
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 …
Washington Post:
Accused of rape, former Baylor fraternity president gets no jail time after plea deal  —  A former Baylor University fraternity president who was accused of rape will not serve any jail time or be forced to register as a sex offender after a judge accepted a plea deal he had been offered by Texas prosecutors, according to news reports.
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Jason Silverstein / CBS News:   Former Baylor frat president indicted for sexual assault will serve no jail time
Gary Fineout / Associated Press:
Thousands of mailed ballots in Florida were not counted  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials say thousands of mailed ballots were not counted because they were delivered too late to state election offices.  —  The Department of State late last week informed a federal judge …
Sam Gillette / People.com:
Michelle Obama's Book Sales Hit 3 Million as She Adds New Cities to 2019 Tour: 'I'm So Humbled'  —  Not only is Michelle Obama continuing her book tour after attending former President George H.W. Bush's funeral last week, she's adding new cities to the lineup!
Discussion: CBS Miami and Joe.My.God.
PolitiFact:
PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students  —  In the days after 17 people were viciously gunned down at a high school in Florida, the state's Republican governor called for tighter gun laws and President Donald Trump hosted victims' families in the State Dining Room.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Military will build border wall if Pelosi, Schumer don't agree to pay for it: Trump  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi are set to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday morning in hopes they can come to a budget agreement to avoid a partial government shutdown next week.
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:   You don't bring a novice to a knife fight. That's why Democrats need Nancy Pelosi.
Washington Post:
How a powerful Russian propaganda machine chips away at Western notions of truth  —  The initial plan was a Cold War classic — brutal yet simple.  Two Russian agents would slip onto the property of a turncoat spy in Britain and daub his front door with a rare military-grade poison designed …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Tablet Magazine:
In an email to Tablet the Women's March wrote: … But whatever concerns were popping up were ultimately no match for the steamroller of the event's progress.  And when the day came, the reality far exceeded expectations.  Estimates for the March on Washington range between half a million …
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.
Nicole Russell / Washington Examiner:
‘Supergirl’ now has a transgender character just to be ‘woke’  —  Television has introduced the first transgender superhero in the fourth season of CW's “Supergirl.”  The character, Nia Nal, is played by Nicole Maines, who is an actress and activist.  She is also transgender in real life as well.
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
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Anna Nemtsova / The Daily Beast:
Russia's Disinformation Chief Takes Fresh Aim at America
Discussion: Shakesville
New York Times:
Baghdad's Fortified Green Zone Opens to Public After 15 Years
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The foundation of Trump's coalition is cracking
Jeffrey E. Stern / New York Times:
A Tragedy in Yemen, Made in America
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Police, FBI probe suspected white supremacist attack on DJ
Discussion: The Root
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Iowa considers ethics complaint against Trump's acting attorney general
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Washington Post:
That was awkward — at world's biggest climate conference, U.S. promotes fossil fuels
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Mayor Garcetti's speech at USC shut down by protesters
Discussion: Breitbart
Laurence H. Tribe / BostonGlobe.com:
Constitution rules out a sitting president's immunity from criminal prosecution
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Smart Republicans are already abandoning Trump. But they're still culpable.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Raw Story