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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Playing by His Own Rules, Trump Flips the Shutdown Script  —  WASHINGTON — The trick in Washington has always been to make sure a government shutdown is pinned on the other guy.  President Trump is the first to ever pin one on himself.  —  In a new twist on the old game of shutdown politics dating …
Discussion: Althouse and Political Wire
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Everybody's Wrong: Donald Trump Won the Chuck-n-Nancy Meeting, and Here's Why  —  All that in-front-of-the-cameras civility is fake anyway.  Trump dispensed with it.  It was refreshing, and his people will love it, shutdown or no shutdown.  —  Matt Lewis
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
The Chuck and Nancy and Donald Show
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi privately disses Trump's manhood after White House meeting
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi on verge of deal with rebels to reclaim speakership
Discussion: ABC News and CNN
William Cummings / USA Today:
Twitter users mercilessly mock Mike Pence for ‘Elf on the Shelf’ performance in Oval Office
Discussion: HuffPost
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says standing by Saudi crown prince despite pleas from Senate  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he stood by Saudi Arabia's crown prince despite a CIA assessment that he ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and pleas …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says he is not concerned about being impeached, defends payments to women  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was not concerned that he would get impeached and that payments made ahead of the 2016 election by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says he is looking at 10 or 12 candidates for chief of staff job  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has 10 to 12 candidates he is considering for the post of new White House chief of staff and although he could move quickly to fill the job, he was in no particular rush.
Gabby Orr / Politico:
What does it take to become Trump's chief of staff? Jared and Ivanka's approval
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
David Lawder / Reuters:   Exclusive: Trump says China buying ‘tremendous amount’ of U.S. soybeans
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Incoming New York attorney general plans wide-ranging investigations of Trump and family  —  Just-elected Letitia James, who takes office next month, tells NBC she will probe real estate deals, Trump Tower meeting, emoluments, Trump Foundation and more.  —  New York Attorney Gen.-elect Letitia James …
Politico:
Theresa May to face confidence vote  —  LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party Wednesday, something she vowed to contest “with everything I've got.”  —  Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs …
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Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:
Brexit in chaos as Tory MPs trigger vote of no confidence in Theresa May
BBC:
Theresa May to face vote of no confidence from Tory MPs
Discussion: BBC and Guido Fawkes
Washington Post:   Conservative Party calls for vote of no confidence to oust Prime Minister Theresa May
Nicholas Watt / BBC:
Brexit: Tory resentment of Irish power within EU
Discussion: Washington Post and Joe.My.God.
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Michael Flynn Asks Judge for Leniency for Lying to F.B.I.  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Michael T. Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser, asked a federal judge late on Tuesday to spare their client any prison time for pleading guilty to lying to investigators …
Associated Press:
AP: Ivanka, Kushner could profit from tax break they pushed  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — At an Oval Office gathering earlier this year, President Donald Trump began touting his administration's new real estate investment program, which offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American communities.
Vanessa Romo / NPR:
Customs And Border Protection Paid A Firm $13.6 Million To Hire Recruits.  It Hired 2  —  A scathing report by the Office of the Inspector General revealed that a consulting company hired by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to fill thousands of new jobs to satisfy President Trump's mandate …
Nitasha Tiku / Wired:
Leaked Audio Reveals Google's Efforts to Woo Conservatives  —  In February, The New York Times Magazine published a cover story urging regulators to break up Google because the company abuses its dominance in search to crush promising competitors.  The next day, representatives from two conservative …
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Congresswoman to Google CEO: Why when I search ‘idiot’ do I get pictures of Trump?
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:   Google CEO Sundar Pichai emerges ‘unscathed’ from the circus in Washington
Washington Post:
Trump has blasted Mueller's team for political donations.  But attorney general nominee William P. Barr has given more than $500,000.  —  President Trump has repeatedly derided prosecutors investigating potential coordination between his presidential campaign and Russia as “angry Democrats …
Discussion: Reuters and POLITICUSUSA
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says he could intervene in U.S. case against Huawei CFO  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would intervene in the Justice Department's case against a top executive at China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] if it would serve national security interests …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
It's ridiculous that it's unconstitutional for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president  —  Immigrants, young people, and everyone else should be allowed to run.  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the biggest star in the Democratic Party, and she has been ever since she unseated …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Nikki Haley: Trump and I Ratcheted Up the Crazy for U.N. Negotiations  —  'He's pretty upset, I can't promise you what he's going to do or not,' the ambassador told ‘Today’ she'd say.  ‘But if we do these sanctions it will keep him from going too far.’  —  In a new interview …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionization Push  — Union says any retaliation should cost the company its project  — Workers cite concerns over pressure, hours, safety, breaks  —  A committee of employees at Amazon's recently opened Staten Island fulfillment center …
Discussion: The Verge, CBS New York and Splinter
Marty Lederman / New York Times:
Would Indicting Trump Be Constitutional?  —  Yes, it would be.  But that question is a distraction from the principal objective of the Russia investigation.  —  Mr. Lederman has twice served in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel.  —  The government's recent sentencing …
Discussion: Just Security
New York Times:
Strasbourg Shooting Was Terrorism, France Says, as Police Search for Gunman  —  STRASBOURG, France — The shooting at a crowded street market in Strasbourg, France, was an act of terrorism, officials said Wednesday, as the police continued an intensive search for the gunman who killed at least two people and wounded 12 others.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
How Mitch McConnell got to ‘yes’ on a criminal justice vote  —  Criminal Justice Reform  —  Follow all of our coverage of Washington's plan to overhaul the federal criminal justice system, based on reforms Texas, Kentucky and Georgia implemented at the state level.  —  EXPAND ALL  —  WASHINGTON
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New Yorker:   Before She Leaves the Senate, Claire McCaskill Gives an Exit Interview
ProPublica:
Who's More Likely to Be Audited: A Person Making $20,000 — or $400,000?  —  If you claim the earned income tax credit, whose average recipient makes less than $20,000 a year, you're more likely to face IRS scrutiny than someone making twenty times as much.  How a benefit for the working poor was turned against them.
Wall Street Journal:
The Loneliest Generation: Americans, More Than Ever, Are Aging Alone  —  Loneliness undermines health and is linked to early mortality—and baby boomers are especially feeling the effects  —  Danny Miner, a 66-year-old retired chemical plant supervisor, spends most days alone in his Tooele …
Erin Nyren / Variety:
Christian Bale Recalls Meeting Donald Trump: ‘He Thought I Was Bruce Wayne’  —  With Christian Bale's latest film, “Vice,” a political dramedy, it's inevitable ties will be drawn between the film and the current political administration and its chief, President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Observer, IJR and Mediaite
New York Times:
How Do You Recover After Millions Have Watched You Overdose?  —  Amid an opioid crisis, police and strangers with cameras are posting raw images of drug users passed out.  For those whose bleakest moments now live online, life is never the same.  —  The first time Kelmae Hemphill watched herself overdose, she sobbed.
 
 
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Rachel Bergman / Sunlight Foundation:
In overhaul of HealthCare.gov webpage, information about ways to apply is gone
Discussion: Axios
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
John Kelly Was Always Just Donald Trump With Better Manners
Discussion: Washington Press
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
In the Trump era, job satisfaction tumbles in the federal workforce
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Confirms Another Trump Judge Who Was Rated ‘Not Qualified’ To Serve
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg:
U.S. Companies Targeted by Possible North Korean Hackers: McAfee
Discussion: Raw Story
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Defeated Republican Rep. Rohrabacher Considers Starting Consulting Firm
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Trump's terrorism argument for border wall is bogus
Discussion: The Atlantic
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
2020 contenders scramble in advance of January campaign kickoff
Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen to be sentenced for hush money payments
Alex Parker / RedState:
Condolences to Julia Roberts: The Absolute Worst Typo You've Seen All Year
Washington Post:
Trump loyalist at VA forced out after collecting pay but doing little work
Discussion: Splinter
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Shaken not slurred: James Bond had ‘a severe chronic alcohol problem,’ public health experts say
Helen Andrews / First Things:
Shame Storm  —  After a lifetime of impeccably correct opinions …
 

 
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New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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