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10:35 AM ET, January 4, 2019

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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Suggests Super Wealthy be Taxed Up to 70% to Fund ‘Green New Deal’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sat with Anderson Cooper for an upcoming 60 Minutes interview set to air this Sunday, a portion of which has been released as a promotion.
Discussion: Politico
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Louise Matsakis / Wired:
That Viral Video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Dancing Is a Meta-Meme  —  THURSDAY MARKED ONE of the most important days in congressional history for diversity.  A record 102 women took office, 35 whom were newly-elected.  They include Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the first Muslim women …
Discussion: Splinter, CBS Boston and Daily Kos
Kate Lyons / The Guardian:
‘I love this’: bid to discredit Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with college dance video backfires  —  Effort to embarrass freshly sworn-in Congresswoman fails after footage endears her to wide audience  —  Play Video  —  An attempt to humiliate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as she was sworn …
New York Times:
McConnell Faces Pressure From Republicans to Stop Avoiding Shutdown Fight  —  WASHINGTON — For weeks, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has remained conspicuously on the sidelines, insisting that it was up to President Trump and Democrats to negotiate an end to the partial shutdown of the federal government.
Discussion: Politico and The Week
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator calls on Congress to end shutdown without border deal  —  Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who faces a potentially tough reelection in 2020, says Congress should re-open the federal government, even without a deal on funding President Trump's border wall.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Cracked Afghan History  —  His falsehoods about allies and the Soviets reach a new low.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  President Trump's remarks on Afghanistan at his Cabinet meeting Wednesday were a notable event.  They will be criticized heavily, and deservedly so.
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Terry Glavin / Macleans.ca:
The terrifying depths of Donald Trump's ignorance, in a single quote
Discussion: Shakesville and Washington Post
Kevin Rawlinson / The Guardian:
Ex-US marine accused of spying in Russia is British citizen  —  Paul Whelan revealed to be dual national after being arrested in Moscow for ‘act of espionage’  —  The former US marine who is being held in Moscow on charges of spying is a British citizen, it has emerged.
Discussion: The Week and ThinkProgress
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Colm Ó Mongáin / RTÉ:
US citizen held in Moscow on espionage charges seeks Irish consular assistance  —  A former US Marine arrested last week on espionage charges in Russia has sought Irish consular assistance.  —  Canadian-born Paul Whelan is a US citizen and also holds an Irish passport.
Washington Post:
U.S. economy added 312,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate was 3.9%, marking a strong finish to 2018  —  The future is more uncertain. … The December numbers follow a year of steady growth across industries — particularly manufacturing, which had its biggest boost in about a decade.
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:   US employers added a stellar 312,000 jobs in December
Sho Chandra / Bloomberg:   U.S. Payrolls Rise 312,000 as Wage Gains Exceed Forecasts
Natalie Kitroeff / New York Times:
U.S. Jobs Report Highlights Economy's Strength Despite Market Tumult
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and CNN
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senators warm to immigration deal as shutdown solution  —  Lawmakers are opening the door to reviving deeply polarizing immigration negotiations as they search for a way out of the partial government shutdown, which hit the two-week mark on Friday.  —  An agreement to overhaul …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Mulvaney eggs Trump on in shutdown fight
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Daily Wire
Washington Post:   Trump proves an enigmatic negotiator as government shutdown continues with no end in sight
John Parkinson / ABC News:
House votes to end shutdown despite White House veto threat
Discussion: LifeZette, TheBlaze and The Globe Post
Brian Manzullo / Detroit Free Press:
Rashida Tlaib on Donald Trump: We will ‘impeach the mother****er’  —  Well, this is one way to make your presence known on your first day in office.  —  Rashida Tlaib, who earlier Thursday was sworn in as one of Michigan's new Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Hours after making history, Rep. Rashida Tlaib profanely promises to impeach Trump  —  Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) made history Thursday afternoon for being the first Palestinian American woman sworn into Congress.  —  Hours later, she made headlines for simply swearing at a Washington, D.C. bar.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Run or retire?  Pat Roberts will announce his decision on 2020 Senate race Friday  —  Sen. Pat Roberts will announce Friday whether he plans to end his political career or kick off another campaign as he approaches his fourth decade in Congress.  —  Roberts, R-Kansas, will announce …
New York Times:
White House Mulls Jim Webb, Ex-Democratic Senator, as Next Defense Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering Jim Webb, a former Democratic senator and Reagan-era secretary of the Navy, to be the next defense secretary, according to three officials …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Romney gets seat on Foreign Relations committee
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Alex Berenson / Wall Street Journal:
Marijuana Is More Dangerous Than You Think  —  As legalization spreads, more Americans are becoming heavy users of cannabis, despite its links to violence and mental illness  —  Over the past 30 years, a shrewd and expensive lobbying campaign has made Americans more tolerant of marijuana.
Washington Post:
Iran ‘can do what they want’ in Syria: Trump's comments defy the position of his top aides  —  In his first Cabinet meeting of the year, President Trump stuck a dagger in a major initiative advanced by his foreign policy team: Iran's leaders, the president said, “can do what they want” in Syria.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Press
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Bloomberg:   Bolton, Pompeo to Travel to Mideast to Reassure U.S. Allies
Stuff.co.nz:
Apple's stark warning may be ominous news for China  —  ANALYSIS: For most of the past two decades, China - with 400 million middle-class consumers growing richer by the day - was a one-way bet for the world's corporations and a driver of the global economy.
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Is This the End of the Age of Apple?
Discussion: Axios, more at Techmeme »
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Was Never Vetted  —  “When a man becomes president,” said Rudy Giuliani not long ago, “he shouldn't be subject to a review of his entire life.”  Putting aside for the moment whether such a review should or should not take place, Giuliani has correctly identified what is happening.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mainstream Media Is Blowing Its Coverage Of Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test  —  Tribal leaders and Native people say the senator is an ally — and they support her look at her ancestry.  But hardly anyone asked them.  —  WASHINGTON Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was positioned to make a strong bid …
Discussion: New Yorker
Kevin Baron / Defense One:
Trump Just Killed His Own Defense Strategy  —  The commander in chief just tore up 17 years of counterterrorism plans and offered his strange mix of talking points and lies.  —  “Sand and death.”  That's what Syria is to President Donald Trump, who has vowed to withdraw U.S. troops and support …
Discussion: CNN
James Stavridis / TIME:
Why Trump's Generals Have Abandoned Ship  —  After a couple of tumultuous years, President Donald Trump seems to have reached the conclusion that he has had quite enough of generals.  Now, as a retired admiral, I have certainly been annoyed over the years by a number of generals.
Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
Feds charge powerful Ald.  Edward Burke with attempted extortion  —  Ald.  Edward Burke has been charged with attempted extortion after the FBI raided his City Hall and Southwest Side ward offices.  —  Longtime Ald.  Edward Burke, one of Chicago's most powerful figures and a vestige …
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Chicago Sun Times:
Feds: Burke thought he was 'playing nice with ‘em,’ then came the squeeze
Discussion: Raw Story
Raleigh News & Observer:
NC man accused of murder-for-hire plot tied to a Russian indicted for election tampering  —  A wealthy man in Raleigh accused of money laundering and plotting a murder-for-hire has ties to a Russian oligarch who has been indicted on charges of interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to Russian news sources.
Abid Rahman / Hollywood Reporter:
Ellen DeGeneres Faces Backlash After Defending Kevin Hart During Interview  —  Hart's emotional appearance on ‘Ellen’, clips of which were released on Thursday night, has divided people on social media.  —  Ellen DeGeneres' attempts to play peacemaker between The Academy and Kevin Hart has engendered a social media backlash.
Ben Eisen / Wall Street Journal:
More First-Time Home Buyers Are Turning to the Bank of Mom and Dad  —  Among borrowers using FHA loans, which come with low down payments, more than 26% tap relatives for financial help.  That's up from 22% in 2011.  —  Rising home prices are sending first-time home buyers to their parents for help with mortgage down payments.
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Failed Mission to Get Trump to Care About Afghanistan  —  The president seems totally committed to a drawdown and morale on the ground is exceedingly low.  —  In the months leading up to Gen. John W. Nicholson's departure from Afghanistan in September, his top advisers and staffers set …
Discussion: Raw Story
HuffPost:
House Democrats Not Rushing To Get Trump's Tax Returns  —  The delay by the Ways and Means Committee seems like an effort to be civil and statesmanlike ... in the Trump era.  —  WASHINGTON The first thing Democratic lawmakers have to do to obtain copies of President Donald Trump's personal …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Vox
 
 
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United States Senator Lamar Alexander:
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
If we're going to waste billions on a wall, let those billions be Trump's
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Tosten Burks / SPIN:
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Discussion: Consequence of Sound
Annie Karni / New York Times:
As Trump Holds Firm on Shutdown, He Never Mentions One Group: Federal Workers
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