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8:45 AM ET, December 24, 2018

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John A. Nagl / New York Times:
Jim Mattis and I Fought Together.  No One Called Him Mad Dog.  —  Jim Mattis was a scholar of war, blunt, courageous and loyal to his troops.  Our enemies will cheer his departure.  —  Mr. Nagl is a former Army officer.  —  I met Jim Mattis in Anbar Province, Iraq, in 2004.
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David Axe / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Incoming Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan Pushed Military to Buy Weapons It Didn't Want  —  Patrick Shanahan's corporate allies have thrived under Trump.  Now he's going to be Secretary of Defense.  —  By DAVID AXE12.23.18 6:37 PM ET  —  By tapping former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan …
Susan E. Rice / New York Times:
The Threat in the White House  —  With the impetuous decisions that drove Jim Mattis into retirement, President Trump does more to undermine American national security than any foreign adversary.  —  Ms. Rice is a former national security adviser and a contributing opinion writer.
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:   Wake up. America's military isn't invincible.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:   What Trump's Syria decision means on the front lines of the fight against the Islamic State
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
After criticism, Trump pushes out Mattis sooner than planned
Discussion: Splinter
David Brown / Politico:
Meet Trump's acting Pentagon chief
Discussion: Politico
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Trump, Angry Over Mattis's Rebuke, Considers Removing Him 2 Months Early
NBC News:   Full Durbin: 'Depth of dysfunction I've never seen in Washington'
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump forces Mattis out two months early, names Shanahan acting defense secretary
Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
Departing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Leave Jan. 1
David Cohen / Politico:
Senators begged Mattis to stay, Durbin says
Washington Post:
Treasury secretary startles Wall Street with unusual pre-Christmas calls to top bank CEOs  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin startled financial analysts, bankers and economists on Sunday by issuing an unusual s declaring that the nation's six largest banks had ample credit to extend to American businesses and households.
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Top Trump official calls bankers, will convene ‘Plunge Protection Team’  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary called top U.S. bankers on Sunday amid an ongoing rout on Wall Street and made plans to convene a group of officials known as the “Plunge Protection Team.”
Donna Borak / CNN:
Mnuchin speaks with US bank executives to reassure investors after Wall Street whiplash  —  When stock market swings should raise alarms  —  Washington (CNN)Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spent Sunday speaking with chief executives of large US banks in a bid to reassure investors that it's business as usual on Monday.
Kevin Daley / The Daily Caller:
Supreme Court Intervenes In Apparent Mystery Mueller Case  —  Chief Justice John Roberts stayed a subpoena and contempt order in a case that likely arose from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation in a Sunday night order.  —  Sunday's order could mark the first time that the Supreme Court …
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Kevin Bohn / CNN:
Chief Justice pauses contempt order for mystery company in Mueller investigation  —  (CNN)Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday issued a temporary pause on an order holding an unnamed, foreign government-owned company in contempt over a mystery court case related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Roberts, Leader of Supreme Court's Conservative Majority, Fights Perception That It Is Partisan  —  “We don't work as Democrats or Republicans,” he has said, a theme he has returned to while trying to strike a delicate balance as the chief justice.  —  WASHINGTON — In his first 13 years …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Trump Rings in the New Year in the Worst Possible Way  —  One week sums up a failing presidency.  —  There are many reasons to be optimistic about 2019.  The increasingly isolated man in the Oval Office is not one of them.  —  With the first two years of Donald Trump's presidency drawing to a close …
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
How Banks Unwittingly Finance Mass Shootings  —  The New York Times reviewed hundreds of documents including police reports, bank records and investigator notes from a decade of mass shootings.  Many of the killers built their stockpiles of high-powered weapons with the convenience of credit.
Discussion: Axios
Associated Press:
Court says Justice Ginsburg up and working after surgery  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is up and working as she recuperates from cancer surgery.  —  A spokeswoman for the court, Kathy Arberg, also says that Ginsburg remained in New York at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on Sunday.
Discussion: Townhall and Splinter
Axios:
Trump says he had a “long” call with Turkish president Erdogan  —  Days after announcing the U.S. would exit Syria, President Trump tweeted: … Why it matters: Turkey is also the country that was most active in sharing information about the Saudi killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Bottleneck at Printers Has Derailed Some Holiday Book Sales  —  This year has been, much to everyone's surprise, a blockbuster for the publishing industry.  Despite the relentless news cycle, readers have bought books in droves.  Hardcover sales are up, and unit sales at independent bookstores have risen 5 percent.
Jake Sherman / Politico:
The ‘all-I-want-for-Christmas-is-$5- billion-for-the-wall’ shutdown  —  It's the “All-I-Want-For-Christmas-is-$5- billion-for-the-wall” shutdown of 2018.  Well, actually $2.6 billion.  OK, $2 billion.  Or the “Please just give us something” shutdown.  —  The partial government closure …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and POLITICUSUSA
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Washington Post:
‘Very possible’ shutdown could last into new year, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney says
Discussion: KTLA, Mother Jones and CNN
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Mulvaney: ‘Very possible’ shutdown will go into the new Congress
Discussion: ABC News, Politico, Breitbart and The Week
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schiff: Democrats will subpoena Mueller report if Trump tries to hide it  —  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, says Democrats will subpoena special counsel Robert Mueller's report if President Trump tries to invoke executive privilege to keep it secret.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Politico and Breitbart
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Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Populist Schism Over Syria
David Reaboi / Security Studies Group:
Khashoggi: Qatari Asset in Life; Qatari Asset in Death
Discussion: Al Arabiya
New York Times:
Far-Right Proud Boys Reeling After Arrests and Scrutiny
Christopher F. Schuetze / New York Times:
Der Spiegel to Press Charges Against Reporter Who Made Up Articles
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
He was accused of killing a Portland teen. Feds believe the Saudis helped him escape
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Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Trump's ‘Merry Christmas’ pledge fails to manifest at his own businesses
Discussion: Contemptor
Billie Winner-Davis / The Intercept:
My Daughter Reality Winner Faced Severe Punishment, but Key Figures in the Trump-Russia Scandal Are Getting Off Easy
Discussion: Boing Boing