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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
EXCLUSIVE: Yorktown Elitist and Bronx Hoaxer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Went by “Sandy” Well into College at Boston U (VIDEO)  —  Congresswoman and Democrat-Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grew up and attended school in affluent Westchester, New York but likes to pretend like she grew up in the Bronx.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's very bad defense of her falsehoods … Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has made a bigger splash than any freshman in the 116th Congress — in either the House or the Senate.  And a big reason why is an often-overzealous conservative effort to knock her down a few pegs.
Anderson Cooper / CBS News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The rookie congresswoman challenging the Democratic establishment  —  The youngest woman ever elected to Congress tells 60 Minutes she thinks President Trump is racist and responds to criticisms she could be pushing the Democratic Party too far to the left
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border amid shutdown stalemate  —  President Trump will travel to the U.S. border with Mexico on Thursday, the White House announced Monday.  —  The visit comes amid the continuing partial government shutdown and the president's insistence that any funding bill …
Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
WikiLeaks tells reporters 140 things not to say about Julian Assange  —  LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks on Sunday advised journalists not to report 140 different “false and defamatory” statements about its founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 2012.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
A $20,243 bike crash: Zuckerberg hospital's aggressive tactics leave patients with big bills  —  I spent a year writing about ER bills.  Zuckerberg San Francisco General has the most surprising billing practices I've seen.  —  On April 3, Nina Dang, 24, found herself in a position …
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Justin Davidson / New York Magazine:
The High Line Has Become a Tunnel Through Glass Towers  —  The High Line was an epiphany when it opened in 2009, a moment suspended between neglect and possibility.  The strips of curated wilderness, the medieval-looking iron railings, the disorienting views, the way the viaduct ducked beneath buildings …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Is there a way to break Trump's will?  One Democrat has an idea.  —  President Trump would almost certainly not be able to continue shutting down the government over his megalomaniacal border wall obsession if it weren't for Mitch McConnell.  The Senate majority leader is refusing a Senate vote …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Trump the Vulnerable  —  A close look at the 2018 midterm results shows why he is so weak.
Discussion: Washington Post and Mother Jones
Associated Press:
Ginsburg missing Supreme Court arguments for 1st time  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month.  —  Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Monday …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg misses Supreme Court arguments for first time as she recovers from cancer
New York Times:
Biden Sees Himself as Democrats' Best Hope in 2020, Allies Say  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is in the final stages of deciding whether to run for president and has told allies he is skeptical the other Democrats eyeing the White House can defeat President Trump …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Is this the dark before the light?
Discussion: Associated Press
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Russian Firm's Lawyer Accuses Judge Of ‘Bias’ After She Bashes His ‘Inappropriate’ Filings  —  A federal judge on Monday reamed the American lawyers for a Russian firm charged by special counsel Robert Mueller for the lawyers' “unprofessional, inappropriate, and ineffective” conduct.
Bloomberg:
When Mueller Issues a Report, Trump May Try to Suppress Some of It  — White House options include assertion of executive privilege  — Democrats in Congress will demand public airing of the report  —  The White House may try to block portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report …
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Magazine:
'Come On Down to the Rio Grande Valley.  I'll Show You Around.' Would patrolling with the Border Patrol change your mind about the border?  —  On the outskirts of McAllen, Texas, a few miles north of the Rio Grande, a dun-colored warehouse squats on the corner of West Ursula Avenue and South Ware Road.
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
CNN Seeks to Improve Trust in the Media ... Among Democrats  —  It's a new year, so CNN media reporter Brian Stelter decided to dedicate a lot of Sunday's Reliable Sources (the first episode of the year) to starting things off on the right foot by trying to improve the liberal media's trust with the public.
Discussion: Washington Times
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CNN:   Frum: Trump coverage should be even tougher
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
US, Turkey set for negotiations on fate of Kurds  —  U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is set to press Turkey for assurances that it won't attack the Kurdish fighters in Syria, which he said is now a condition for the withdrawal of American troops from northeastern Syria.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign moves to stave off mayhem at 2020 convention  —  President Donald Trump is tightening his iron grip on the Republican Party, launching an elaborate effort to stamp out any vestiges of GOP opposition that might embarrass him at the 2020 Republican convention.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
As shutdown drags on, Trump officials make new demands, seek novel ways to cope with its impacts  —  Trump administration officials began taking extraordinary steps to contain the fallout from the partial federal government shutdown Sunday, as the budget impasse between the president …
Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
World Bank President Resigns to Join Investment Firm  —  Early departure could reignite battle over who gets to pick leader of institution  —  World Bank President Jim Yong Kim plans to resign on Feb. 1 to join a firm focused on infrastructure investments, leaving the bank nearly three years before his term was set to expire.
Discussion: Axios
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Freshman Democrat Rashida Tlaib unleashes anti-Semitic dual loyalty smear  —  Following the silly controversy over her profanity-laced call for President Trump's impeachment, freshman Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has unleashed an anti-Semitic dual loyalty smear in voicing opposition …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:   What, precisely, do Democrats want to impeach Trump for?
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
House Democrats prepare fusillade of Trump investigations  —  Democrats want to investigate the Trump Hotel deal and President Donald Trump's taxes.  They want to haul up conflicted Cabinet officials and dig into controversial changes to the census and food stamps.
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
What Romney Exposed About Late-Stage Trumpism  —  For some reason, Trump supporters get angry when critics discuss the president's character.  —  Last week's op-ed from Mitt Romney was interesting not just for what it was, but for what the response to it revealed.
The Tennessean:
Gov. Bill Haslam grants full clemency to Cyntoia Brown, sets Aug. 7 release from prison  —  Gov. Bill Haslam ordered an early release for Cyntoia Brown, a Tennessee woman and alleged sex trafficking victim serving a life sentence in prison for killing a man when she was 16.
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Golden Globes Ratings Down From 2018; Four-Year Low In Early Numbers  —  Last night's 76th Golden Globe Awards saw big surprises like Bohemian Rhapsody's big win for Best Motion Picture — Drama, a big send-off for FX's The Americans, flu shots, a trio of victories for Green Book …
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
‘I been eatin like a boss’: Federal prisoners served steak by unpaid guards during shutdown  —  With the federal government shutdown solidly into its third week, there is no shortage of hypocritical or ironic or just plain sad moments to further enrage apoplectic taxpayers:
Discussion: IJR, TheBlaze and NBC News
Haviv Rettig Gur / The Times of Israel:
Moshe Arens, former defense minister and envoy to Washington, dead at 93  —  ‘I loved you as a son loves a father,’ says Netanyahu of his mentor, a founding member of Likud credited with shepherding advances in Israel's military capabilities  —  Moshe Arens, an English-speaking US-educated …
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Elizabeth Warren didn't miss her presidential moment.  Win or lose, 2020 is her time.  —  America needs a counterweight to Trump values and a playing field tilting once again in favor of the rich and powerful.  Warren is the perfect foil.  —  CONNECT  —  This is exactly the right time for Elizabeth Warren to run for president.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
Migrants' Despair Is Growing at U.S. Border. So Are Smugglers' Profits.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Townhall
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Top Trump Backer Financed Supreme Court Confirmation Fights Through Shadowy Network
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Stan Choe / Associated Press:
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Was Never a Great Dealmaker. The Shutdown Proves It
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trump's political ‘crisis’ over border wall may soon turn into a real one
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Daily Wire
Abigail Shrier / Wall Street Journal:
When Your Daughter Defies Biology
Discussion: Breitbart
Martin Evans / Telegraph:
Artificial intelligence tool used to catch people who lie to the police
David Tweed / Bloomberg:
These Are the 10 Biggest Risks in the World, According to Eurasia Group
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Ian Sample / The Guardian:
‘Sonic attack’ on US embassy in Havana could have been crickets, say scientists
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