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6:45 PM ET, December 28, 2018

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CaringBridge:
Bre's Story  —  Around 8:30 this morning, December 27th, Bre's friend went into her room and found her unresponsive and barely breathing.  She immediately called 911 and Bre was taken to the hospital where she was admitted to the ICU, sedated & intubated, and doctors began working up a diagnosis.
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The Federalist:
Bre Payton, Beloved Staff Writer At The Federalist, Has Passed Away  —  Bre Payton, our beloved staff writer for The Federalist, passed away on Friday in San Diego, California following a sudden illness.  —  Bre was born in California on June 8, 1992, to George and Cindy Payton.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Bre Payton, Staff Writer for The Federalist, Dies at 26  —  “It is with a heavy heart that I type this.  Unfortunately Bre has passed.  Please send prayers to her family,” reports friend Morgan Murtaugh  —  Bre Payton, a staff writer at the right-wing website The Federalist, died on Friday at age 26 after a brief and sudden illness.
Discussion: Mediaite
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
May the wonderful Bre Payton rest in peace  —  It's simply devastating to learn that Bre Payton has died at the young age of 26 after the shocking and sudden onset of swine flu that hit her after Christmas.  —  Many of you may have known Bre as a feisty, funny, and sarcastic Federalist author …
The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Gleeful That Shutdown Will Hijack Pelosi's Big Moment  —  The president's aides see a debate being waged on his issues, not hers, and they couldn't be happier.  —  Days into a partial government shutdown that has left tens of thousands of federal workers furloughed …
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Nancy Pelosi Is Spending Shutdown at Hawaii Resort  —  Trump canceled Florida trip for shutdown, went to Iraq to visit troops  —  Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi is spending the government shutdown at a luxury resort in Hawaii, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
Carmin Chappell / CNBC:
Trump to cancel New Year's plans, stay in DC as government shutdown drags on  — President Donald Trump has cancelled his New Year's plans and will stay in Washington D.C. as the government shutdown continues, incoming acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said in an interview with “Fox & Friends” on Friday.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why the Bernie Movement Must Crush Beto O'Rourke  —  The first skirmish of the 2020 Democratic primary, a wave of attacks on Beto O'Rourke by supporters of Bernie Sanders, took almost everybody by surprise.  On the outside, it looks like one of those inscrutable, personality-driven online spats that characterize the Twitter era.
Discussion: Towleroad Gay News
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David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Got Lucky”: Why G.O.P. Insiders Fear Beto and Biden Over Warren and Sanders  —  Republicans are happy to run against any progressive who tries to compete with Trump at the game he perfected.  But they desperately fear another Barack Obama.  —  Don't kid yourself: President Donald Trump could absolutely win re-election.
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
North Carolina Elections Board Dissolves, Adding New Chaos in House Race  —  The North Carolina state elections board dissolved on Friday under a court order, two weeks before its much-anticipated hearing to consider evidence of possible absentee ballot fraud in the disputed November election for the Ninth District's seat in Congress.
Discussion: Axios, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Hoyer says House will not seat a North Carolina Republican amid questions about integrity of election  —  Incoming House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said Friday that Democrats next week will not seat a North Carolina Republican amid allegations of election fraud in the state's 9th Congressional District.
The Charlotte Observer:
9th District chaos: Cooper plans interim elections board, Harris asks to be named winner
Discussion: ThinkProgress
John R. Schindler / Observer:
What Do Mueller and the Kremlin Know About Michael Cohen's Alleged Prague Trip?  —  No aspect of the scandal surrounding President Donald J. Trump's hidden relations with Russia has been more controversial than the reputed summer 2016 trip to the Czech Republic by Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime consigliere.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Attn. Mr. President: 6 days until Speaker Pelosi
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
The Trump team just gave weird, insulting advice to furloughed federal workers who can't make rent  —  The Trump Administration just offered up bizarre and insulting advice for furloughed federal workers, proposing that they beg their landlords to exchange manual labor instead of rent …
Discussion: CNBC, IJR and Hill Reporter
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Juliet Linderman / Associated Press:
Shutdown could block federal aid to farmers hit by trade war  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America's farmers.  Fresh off the passage of the farm bill, which reauthorized agriculture, conservation and safety net programs …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
Trump used her slain daughter to rail against illegal immigration.  She chose a different path.  —  BROOKLYN, Iowa — The letters began immediately.  Dozens at first, then hundreds, each day bringing more: from a Texas man telling her this was why we needed to build the wall.
Discussion: Breitbart, Hit & Run and IJR
Pelosi / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Names Douglas N. Letter New General Counsel of the House  —  San Francisco — Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi announced today that she will appoint Douglas N. Letter to be the new General Counsel of the House of Representatives.  —  Until February 2018, Letter served as the Director …
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Ben Geman / Axios:
New House committee aims at climate “crisis”
Discussion: Politico
Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost:
Shutdown Leaves Government Contractors Without Work And Likely No Back Pay  —  While federal employees will likely get retroactively paid, many contractors will not.  —  Six days into the government's partial shutdown, with no end in sight, hundreds of thousands of federal employees …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Splinter
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Barack Obama:
As 2018 draws to a close, I'm continuing a favorite tradition of mine and sharing my year-end lists.  It gives me a moment to pause and reflect on the year through the books, movies, and music that I found most thought-provoking, inspiring, or just plain loved.
Mark Zuckerberg:
For 2018, my personal challenge has been to focus on addressing some of the most important issues facing our community — whether that's preventing election interference, stopping the spread of hate speech and misinformation, making sure people have control of their information, and ensuring our services improve people's well-being.
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
Trump threatens to close ‘Southern Border entirely’ if Dems don't fund wall  —  President Trump on Friday threatened to “close the Southern Border entirely” if Democrats do not agree to provide money to “finish” building a wall on the Mexican border.  —  Trump made the threat …
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
Margot Kidder Played Every Character, No Matter How Small, With a Vivid Inner Life … Her fierce portrayals were informed — if not powered — by personal upheaval.  —  B. 1948  —  MARGOT KIDDER'S ONLY child, Maggie McGuane, wasn't sure she wanted to talk with me.
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Syria's Kurds, Feeling Betrayed by the U.S., Ask Assad Government for Protection  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria's most powerful Kurdish militia has called on President Bashar al-Assad's government to send forces to protect it against an attack by Turkey, the first sign of shifting political alliances …
Discussion: NPR, ABC News and Booman Tribune
Joyce White Vance / Slate:
The Justice Department's Integrity Is at Stake  —  I worked at the Justice Department for 25 years, most of them as a line prosecutor.  For the last seven and a half of those, I served as the U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Alabama.  I didn't work in the Justice Department's headquarters building …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Court filing in Russian troll farm case references nude selfie  —  (CNN)A Russian company told a federal court Thursday that it believes that among the terabytes of data collected by special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is a nude selfie.  —  Concord Management and Catering …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Root
New York Times:
A Woman's Rights  —  You might be surprised to learn that in the United States a woman coping with the heartbreak of losing her pregnancy might also find herself facing jail time.  Say she got in a car accident in New York or gave birth to a stillborn in Indiana: In such cases, women have been charged with manslaughter.
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times
Keith Humphreys / Washington Post:
Beto's towering advantage in the 2020 Democratic primary  —  After throwing a scare into Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) in the 2018 midterm elections, Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke is garnering attention as a possible 2020 presidential nominee.  Political commentators are already arguing …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common: “I see no way out.”  —  The struggle is everywhere.  —  “Inescapable.”  —  “It's a constant stressor.”  —  “I see no way out.”  —  What do professors, real estate agents, farmers, business executives, computer programmers and store clerks have in common?
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Trump Hasn't Ordered Afghan Troop Withdrawal, White House Says
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
David French / National Review:
The Frustrating Necessity of Staying in Syria and Afghanistan, Explained
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Pompeo heading to Brazil for inauguration of far-right president
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Dan Cadman / CIS.org:
Why Is a Physical Border Barrier Important?
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White Referee Fired After Forcing Black Wrestler to Cut Dreadlocks
Discussion: abc7chicago.com
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump did what he always does and changed his mind. Why was Congress surprised?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Former McKinsey Executive Imprisoned by Saudis
 

 
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