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4:15 PM ET, January 4, 2019

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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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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Dems livid after Tlaib vows to ‘impeach the motherf—er’  —  House Democrats are furious that an incoming freshman's expletive-riddled statement about impeaching Donald Trump has suddenly upended their carefully crafted rhetoric on their plans to take on the president.
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 …
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:   The Coming Democratic Disillusion
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
New House Democrat Rashida Tlaib: 'We're gonna impeach the motherf****r'
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
New Rep. Tlaib on Trump: ‘Impeach the motherf—er’
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump considering declaring national emergency to secure wall funding: Sources  —  President Donald Trump is seriously considering potential options to circumvent Congress, including declaring a national emergency, to reprogram funds from the Department of Defense and elsewhere to help pay …
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Washington Post:
Trump threatened to keep government shut down for ‘months or even years’ to get border wall funds, Democrats say  —  Breaking: President Trump threatened Friday to keep the government shut down for months or even years in order to get money for his border wall, Democratic leaders said after a meeting …
Discussion: Townhall and Politico
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 …
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump threatened to keep the government closed for ‘months or even years,’ Schumer says  — Democrats emerge from a meeting at the White House showing little optimism about ending a government shutdown.  — Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer call on Republicans to temporarily reopen …
Washington Post:
Amid a government shutdown, more typos — from Trump and the White House
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.
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.
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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
Discussion: Breitbart
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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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts Will Not Seek Re-Election
Discussion: Daily Kos
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Matt Schlapp considering Senate bid in Kansas if Pat Roberts retires
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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Washington Post:   American detained by Russia was convicted of trying to steal thousands of dollars while deployed to Iraq as a Marine
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand gauges Wall Street executives' interest in backing a potential 2020 presidential run  — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been reaching out to Wall Street executives about supporting a potential 2020 run for president.  — The New York Democrat's effort comes …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Philly.com:
Bob Brady waves goodbye to Congress and wants to smoke some pot ... if it is legal |  Philly Clout  —  Brady on Thursday ended two decades of service in the U.S. House.  That got us thinking about something Brady told us two weeks ago as we trailed him from Philadelphia to the District of Columbia in the final weeks of his term.
Discussion: Daily Kos
CNN:
US official: airstrike kills terrorist behind USS Cole bombing  —  Washington (CNN)The terrorist behind the 2000 attack on the USS Cole is believed to have been killed in a US airstrike in Yemen on Tuesday, according to a US administration official.  —  Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi …
Discussion: Power Line and Task & Purpose
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, twitchy.com and IJR
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Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Manufacturing industry posts biggest annual job gain in 20 years
Discussion: The Week
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: Splinter, New Yorker and NTK Network
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
CREW Files Conflict of Interest Complaint Against Ivanka Trump  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  —  Washington — Ivanka Trump appears to have violated federal conflict of interest law by personally and substantially participating in the Trump administration's implementation of a new tax law authorizing …
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia  —  Various efforts to tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia have been linked back to fringe internet message board 4chan.  —  Around Christmas day, Karl Krause …
Discussion: Towleroad Gay News
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to hear cases on partisan gerrymandering  —  The Supreme Court once again will take up unresolved constitutional questions about partisan gerrymandering, agreeing Friday to consider rulings from two lower courts that found congressional maps in North Carolina and Maryland so extreme that they violated the rights of voters.
Discussion: myfox8.com
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Leonardo DiCaprio testifies before D.C. grand jury as part of U.S. probe into Malaysian corruption  —  Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio made a secret appearance before a D.C. grand jury in recent months to testify as part of the Justice Department's expansive investigation …
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.
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
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: Raw Story and Hill Reporter
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mueller grand jury gets 6 month extension  —  Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's federal grand jury has been extended by six months.  —  The grand jury, based in Washington, DC, was seated for an 18-month term that began in July 2017 and was set to expire in the coming days.
Wall Street Journal:
Turkey Seeks Major U.S. Military Support to Adopt Fight in Syria  —  Plan for Turkey to take lead in fight against Islamic State could require more U.S. force, not less, officials say  —  WASHINGTON—Turkey is asking the U.S. to provide substantial military support, including air strikes …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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 …
Discussion: Mother Jones and ThinkProgress
 
 
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Evangelicals have hired their own Goliath
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
How the government shutdown is hurting some of America's poorest families
Elizabeth McLaughlin / ABC News:
Marine Corps integrates male and female platoons during boot camp for the first time
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
Why Internet Censorship Doesn't Work and Never Will
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
White Nationalist Podcast Hosts: Tucker Carlson Does What We Do ‘For an Audience of Millions’
Rebecca Buck / CNN:
Cory Booker's campaign begins to take shape as he closes in on 2020 decision
Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Immigration among the top concerns in 2019
 Earlier Items: 
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Forget the wall — Democrats now hate the border itself
Joel Rose / NPR:
‘An Irony’: Shutdown Fight Over Border Security Takes Toll On Immigration Enforcement
Discussion: CNN
Alex Berenson / Wall Street Journal:
Marijuana Is More Dangerous Than You Think
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Cracked Afghan History
New York Times:
McConnell Faces Pressure From Republicans to Stop Avoiding Shutdown Fight