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1:20 PM ET, January 4, 2019

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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Mulvaney eggs Trump on in shutdown fight  —  President Donald Trump's new acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, is already putting his stamp on the West Wing after just a few days on the job.  —  While his recently departed predecessor, Gen. John Kelly, often tried to restrain President Donald Trump …
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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.
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Pelosi: Impeachment is ‘divisive,’ but colleague's coarse language is no worse than Trump's  —  In an MSNBC town hall, the newly elected House speaker said she has a “generational reaction” to the profane language a fellow Democrat used to describe the president.
Discussion: Axios, NPR, IJR, The Daily Beast and TODAY.com
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Dems livid after Tlaib vows to ‘impeach the motherf—er’
Discussion: Washington Post
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Hours after making history, Rep. Rashida Tlaib profanely promises to impeach Trump
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
As shutdown heads into 3rd week, Trump hosts lawmakers for 2nd White House meeting
Discussion: Axios and Washington Times
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House Democrats unveil bill targeting Trump on tax returns and transparency
Discussion: Hill Reporter and Vox
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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Detroit Free Press:
Now is the time to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump  —  Learn the laws, steps and votes needed in the Presidential impeachment process.  An earlier version of this video incorrectly identified one of the president's who was impeached.  —  CONNECT
Daily Mail:   Tlaib doubled down on Friday, refusing to apologize and citing a non-specific 'constitutional crisis …
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: Breitbart, The Daily Caller and IJR
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CBS News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Call me a radical”  —  Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, talks to 60 Minutes about the Green New Deal and says only “radicals” have changed this country.  See the full interview, Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS
Matthew Choi / Politico:   Ocasio-Cortez floats 70 percent tax on the super wealthy to fund Green New Deal
Washington Post:
While federal workers go without pay, senior Trump administration officials are poised to get $10,000 raises.  —  While many federal workers go without pay and the government is partially shut down, hundreds of senior Trump political appointees are poised to receive annual raises of about $10,000 a year.
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 …
Discussion: Roll Call
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Kansas City Star:
Kansas Republican Pat Roberts will retire, setting up open seat race for Senate
Discussion: Vox and NPR
Washington Post:
Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts announces he won't seek reelection in 2020
Discussion: Axios
James Arkin / Politico:   Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts to retire in 2020
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
US employers added a stellar 312,000 jobs in December  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers dramatically stepped up their hiring in December, adding 312,000 jobs in an encouraging display of strength for an economy in the midst of a trade war, slowing global growth and a partial shutdown of the federal government.
Discussion: CNBC, IJR and twitchy.com
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Friday's solid jobs report should heat up tensions between Trump and the Fed
Discussion: Mother Jones and Daily Wire
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Economy added 312,000 jobs in December
Washington Post:   U.S. economy added 312,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate was 3.9%, marking a strong finish to 2018
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:   Powell Says Fed Prepared to ‘Shift’ Path as Economic Data Warrant
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.
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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
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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Washington Post:
Fact-checking Trump's freewheeling Cabinet session
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.
Wall Street Journal:
The $9 Billion Upcharge: How Insurers Kept Extra Cash From Medicare  —  CVS, UnitedHealth, Humana and other health insurers' bids to manage Part D prescription-drug plans for seniors have been consistently off in ways that benefit the companies at the expense of taxpayers
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 and NTK Network
Rebecca Buck / CNN:
Cory Booker's campaign begins to take shape as he closes in on 2020 decision  —  (CNN)As Sen. Cory Booker nears a public decision on whether he will run for president in 2020, the machinery of his would-be campaign is shifting into a new gear: ready for launch.
Washington Post:
Trump's sons are running the business — and their big hotel expansion is at a standstill  —  Shortly after Donald Trump entered the White House, his eldest sons announced ambitious plans to open a new line of hotels called Scion that would target young, hip customers mostly in places where their father had proven popular with voters.
Discussion: Hill Reporter and Raw Story
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.
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
White Nationalist Podcast Hosts: Tucker Carlson Does What We Do ‘For an Audience of Millions’  —  Two of the white nationalist movement's most popular podcast hosts agree that Fox News host Tucker Carlson is repeating their talking points “for an audience of millions across the country.”
Ella Nilsen / Vox:
House Democrats officially unveil their first bill in the majority: a sweeping anti-corruption proposal  —  Democrats will take up voting rights, campaign finance reform, and a lobbying crackdown — all in their first bill of the year.  —  House Democrats will unveil full details …
Matthew Martinez / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Teacher had young girl pose in lingerie, planned to sell her in Morocco, Texas cops say  —  A joint investigation between two Texas counties ended in the arrest of a 37-year-old woman Wednesday, accused of trying to sell a young female relative to men in Morocco for sex …
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Fed chair Jerome Powell says he won't resign if Trump asks  —  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Friday at the American Economic Association that he would not resign if President Trump asked him to, and that he has meeting scheduled with the President.
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
House Democrats Introduce Their Sweeping New Reform Bill  —  The legislation would make it easier to vote, create publicly financed elections, rein in corruption and restore voting rights to millions.  —  House Democrats unveiled Friday the For the People Act, a comprehensive package …
Discussion: Common Dreams and Feeds
link.nbcnews.com:
Mark Zuckerberg vs. the Times  —  What's Next: Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives are fed up with The New York Times after weeks of what they see as overtly antagonistic coverage that betrays an anti-Facebook bias, several sources at the social media giant tell me.
 
 
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Immigration among the top concerns in 2019
Washington Post:
Amid a government shutdown, more typos — from Trump and the White House
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
US halts cooperation with UN on potential human rights violations
Discussion: RedState and Common Dreams
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Forget the wall — Democrats now hate the border itself
New York Times:
Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Racists explode after Democratic House member is sworn in with Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Koran
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Raleigh News & Observer:
NC man accused of murder-for-hire plot tied to a Russian indicted for election tampering
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senators warm to immigration deal as shutdown solution
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Stuff.co.nz:
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James Stavridis / TIME:
Why Trump's Generals Have Abandoned Ship
New York Times:
White House Mulls Jim Webb, Ex-Democratic Senator, as Next Defense Secretary