memeorandum: Rashida Tlaib's profanity about Trump is wrong — it harms the Democratic Party's policy and political objectives (Michael Wear/Washington Post)

10:40 AM ET, January 6, 2019

Top Items:

Boris Sanchez / CNN:

Trump inclined to declare national emergency if talks continue to stall — (CNN)President Donald Trump is inclined to declare a national emergency to secure military funding for his long-promised southern border wall if talks between administration officials and top lawmakers from both parties continue …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Political Wire and The Week

Axios:

Inside Trump's fake news recidivism — With the departure of White House chief of staff John Kelly, the misinformation emanating from President Trump has only escalated. — What's happening: Alumni of this White House see a possible reason. Although Kelly was thwarted in many of his efforts …

Discussion: Contemptor

Times Argus:

Don't run — That is an unfavorable opinion, especially among most Vermonters and progressives who support the platform that has come to define him. But at this point, there are more things about another Sanders run at the White House that concern us than excite us.

Mike Allen / Axios:

Axios AM — Subscribe — Good Sunday morning. I hope you'll sign up for two newsletters we're launching tomorrow morning, written by new in-house experts: Axios Markets and Axios Sports. — 1 big thing: Inside Trump's fake news recidivism — With the departure of White House chief …

Discussion: The Atlantic and The Guardian

Washington Post:
Pence and White House officials leave meeting with congressional aides with no end to shutdown

Discussion: Politico, Breitbart, CNN, Times of San Diego, Wall Street Journal, Roll Call, POLITICUSUSA, Al Jazeera, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Mother Jones, Splinter, Bloomberg and Fox News Insider

Zeke Miller / Associated Press:

Trump aide: Syria withdrawal waiting on ‘conditions’ — JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, said Sunday that the U.S. military withdrawal from northeastern Syria is conditioned on defeating the remnants of the Islamic State group …

Discussion: Political Wire, The Week and NBC News

Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:

Bolton Says U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Is Conditional — National security adviser said the withdrawal is pending assurances that Turkey will protect America's Kurdish allies — JERUSALEM—The Trump administration won't withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria unless Turkey offers …

New York Times:

The Border Wall: How a Potent Symbol Is Now Boxing Trump In — WASHINGTON — Before it became the chief sticking point in a government shutdown drama that threatens to consume his presidency at a critical moment, President Trump's promise to build a wall on the southwestern border was a memory trick for an undisciplined candidate.

Discussion: The Guardian, CNBC, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Washington Monthly

Denise Lu / New York Times: The Border Wall: What Has Trump Built So Far?

Laredo Morning News: After years of Trump's dire warnings, a ‘crisis’ has hit border but generates little urgency

Natasha Korecki / Politico:

Warren regains footing in Iowa blitz — DES MOINES, IOWA — Just two months ago, Sen. Elizabeth Warren risked political backlash here by opting to avoid a trip to Iowa during the critical midterm elections — the only major potential 2020 candidate to do so.

Washington Post:
Iowa Democrats fill events to the rafters with 13 months left before the 2020 caucuses

Discussion: Althouse and ABC News

Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Warren tests anti-corruption theme to cheers in Iowa debut

Discussion: Politico, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and New York Times

Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Elizabeth Warren talks Trump in Iowa: 'I can't stop him from hurling racial insults'

Discussion: Breitbart

Harry Enten / CNN:

Donald Trump is less popular than Nancy Pelosi for the first time during his presidency — Trump faces new opposition as Dems take charge — (CNN)First things first: The theme song of the week is The Blind Boys of Alabama's Way Down in the Hole from The Wire.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story

Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Democrats keep proving how detached they are from reality

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications

Reuters: No breakthrough in U.S. shutdown talks, Pelosi plans new legislation

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Economics of Soaking the Rich — What does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez know about tax policy? A lot. — I have no idea how well Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will perform as a member of Congress. But her election is already serving a valuable purpose. You see, the mere thought of having a young …

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Washington Monthly and Raw Story

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
AOC: How About A Tax Rate Of 70% To Fund My Green New Deal?

Discussion: twitchy.com, BuzzMachine and No More Mister Nice Blog

Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
Sweden Has a 70 Percent Tax Rate and It Is Fine

Discussion: Washington Post

Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
AOC: Shadow Speaker

Discussion: RedState and Fox News

Laura Kayali / Politico:

Theresa May urges MPs to back Brexit deal ahead of perilous vote — U.K. prime minister Theresa May used a television and print media blitz Sunday to reject calls for the second referendum on Britain's EU membership. — May urged members of parliament to back the Brexit deal she negotiated …

Discussion: Daily Mail, The Times & The Sunday Times, Political Wire and Bloomberg

Ryan Heath / Politico:
UK Labour support to crash if it supports Brexit: poll

Discussion: One America News Network

Jerusalem Post:

U.S. ambassador to Israel: Trump's peace plan delayed ‘for several months’ — The comments came during National Security Advisor John Bolton's visit to Israel this week. — US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said Sunday that the Trump administration's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan …

Margaret Talev / Bloomberg: U.S. to Protect Kurds From Turks in Syria Exit, Bolton Says

Grace Wyler / BuzzFeed News:

A Man Has Been Arrested And Charged With The Fatal Shooting Of 7-Year-Old Jazmine Barnes — A suspect was arrested and charged Saturday with capital murder over the fatal shooting of seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was killed as she was riding in a car with her family in what police described …

Discussion: CNN, NPR and WPIX 11 New York

Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:

Trump Has Promised to Bring Jobs Back. His Tariffs Threaten to Send Them Away. — HOLLAND, Mich. — Plants in every direction shut down and moved their operations to Mexico, succumbing to the relentless pressure to cut costs in an age of globalization. Not EBW Electronics.

Discussion: Raw Story

ABC:

Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia ‘detained in Bangkok airport’ — An 18-year-old Saudi woman on her way to seek asylum in Australia is being held in an airport hotel in Bangkok, and says her family will kill her if she is forced back to Saudi Arabia.

Discussion: BBC and Breitbart

Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:

Vulnerable Republicans seek distance from Trump in new Congress — A handful of Republicans who face tough re-elections have bucked their party's leadership on the government shutdown. — WASHINGTON — While President Donald Trump adjusts to life with a Democratic-led House …

Discussion: American Greatness, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »