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2:50 PM ET, January 8, 2019

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New York Times:
Trump Invites TV Representatives to Lunch Ahead of His Prime-Time Speech  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has invited representatives from cable and broadcast news channels to an off-the-record lunch at the White House ahead of his prime time speech Tuesday night, an address in which he is expected …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
As shutdown effects loom for normal Americans, Trump is feeling pressure to solve the stalemate  —  White House officials are increasingly concerned that the impending real-world effects of the shutdown could swamp Republicans if they don't find a way to make a deal fast.
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Why Mike Pence Couldn't End the Shutdown  —  Mike Pence was set up to fail.  —  It seemed that way a lot over the past three weeks.  In the days ahead of the federal funding deadline in December, it was the vice president who told Senate Republicans that the president would back a short-term spending bill to keep the government open.
Mike Allen / Axios:
The next juicy White House memoir comes out in 3 weeks, and ABC scored the first interview with its author
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Undecided on Emergency Declaration for Border Wall, Officials Say
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Trump vs. Schumer and Pelosi
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Veselnitskaya, Russian in Trump Tower Meeting, Is Charged in Case That Shows Kremlin Ties  —  [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]  —  Natalia V. Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who in 2016 met with Trump campaign officials in Trump Tower …
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Washington Post:
Russian lawyer at Trump Tower meeting charged in separate case  —  A Russian lawyer whose role at a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower has come under scrutiny from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III was charged Tuesday in a separate case with obstructing justice in a money-laundering investigation.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
U.S. Carbon Emissions Surged in 2018 Even as Coal Plants Closed  —  WASHINGTON — America's carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4 percent in 2018, the biggest increase in eight years, according to a preliminary estimate published Tuesday.  —  Strikingly, the sharp uptick in emissions occurred …
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
U.S. Downgraded E.U.'s Diplomatic Status (but Didn't Say Anything)  —  BRUSSELS — The Trump administration downgraded the diplomatic status of the European Union's delegation to the United States last year without making a formal announcement or informing the bloc about the change, a European official said on Tuesday.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
DW.COM:
Trump administration downgrades EU mission to US
DailySabah:
A soft coup against Donald Trump  —  If U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton thought yesterday's visit was going to be a walk in the park, he must have had a rude awakening thanks to the lukewarm reception in the Turkish capital Ankara.  In retrospect, it was probably a bad idea …
Discussion: The Right Scoop and New York Times
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Kellyanne Conway Corrects Sarah Sanders' Border Terrorist Claim: ‘Unfortunate Misstatement’  —  Kellyanne Conway said her colleague, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, made an “unfortunate misstatement” on illegal immigration at the border on Fox News.
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Joe Bruno / WSOC-TV:
Emergency Exit: Mark Harris trips alarm trying to evade Channel 9 in uptown  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - After Republican 9th Congressional District candidate Mark Harris finished addressing Mecklenburg County Republicans at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center Monday night, reporters …
Andrea Pitzer / Washington Post:
If Trump declares a state of emergency, he might actually cause one  —  President Trump recently announced that he could “call a national emergency” to build a wall on the border with Mexico.  Despite his assertions to the contrary, no national security crisis exists at the border.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300.  Then He Located Our Phone  —  T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers' location data, and that data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters and others not authorized to posses it, letting them track most phones in the country.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
ABC's Jon Karl Grills VP Pence on Trump's Lies About Immigration: ‘This is About Credibility!’  —  Vice President Mike Pence gave an interview to ABC's Jon Karl on Tuesday, during which, he was pressed hard on President Donald Trump's credibility amid the ongoing immigration debate.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Pence says Trump's wall claim was ‘impression’
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Beast
Associated Press:
The Latest: Hoyer says Trump holding government ‘hostage’
Discussion: Breitbart
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Receives New Filing in Apparent Mueller Case  —  A new U.S. Supreme Court filing suggests the public may soon get more information about a mystery case believed to be tied to the criminal investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
News networks should not air Trump Wall speech without fact-checking first  —  On the same day Donald Trump asked broadcast networks for air time, he attacked the news media as ‘the enemy of the people.’  —  President Donald Trump announced Monday that he “will Address the Nation …
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Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Trolls and Grifters: David Reaboi and Charlie Kirk Edition  —  “The crazies have started rolling into Kandahar like it's a f—king bathtub drain.”  —  It is axiomatic that while change creates opportunity, chaotic change creates the most dramatic opportunities for the most unsavory actors.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shouldn't approach her facts the way Trump does
Hugo Daniel / The Daily Beast:
Protesters Chant ‘Arrest Him Now’ After Second Man Dies Inside Home of Wealthy Democratic Donor  —  Two men have died in 18 months inside the West Hollywood apartment of a Democratic donor that's been described as a ‘death chamber’ for black men.  —  By HUGO DANIEL1.8.19 9:16 AM ET
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Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
U.S. envoy working on Qatar dispute resigns from State Department  —  Anthony Zinni, a retired Marine Corps general and former head of U.S. Central Command who has been working as an envoy for the Trump administration to resolve a dispute with Qatar, has resigned from his position with the State Department.
Washington Post:
New plans for Afghanistan would have Trump withdrawing fewer troops  —  The U.S. military is drafting plans to withdraw a few thousand troops from Afghanistan while continuing all major missions in the longest war in American history, U.S. officials said, three weeks after President Trump sought options for a more drastic pullout.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Dominic Tierney / The Atlantic:
The U.S. Isn't Really Leaving Syria and Afghanistan
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Ex-Border Patrol Agent Suggests Trump Admin Lying About Only Six Suspected Terrorists Detained  —  National Border Patrol Council president and Fox News regular Brandon Judd bashed NBC on Tuesday for their report on how many terrorists U.S. Customs and Border Protection supposedly stopped at the southern border.
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Tom Jawetz / Center for American ProgressCenter …:   Immigration Priorities in the 116th Congress
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Tired Argument That NeverTrumpers Are to Blame for Trump  —  Saying it repeatedly doesn't make it any more true.  —  It has become a common refrain on the left that “NeverTrump” conservatives are all very well, but they refuse to accept responsibility for the incubus they helped to gestate.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A bulwark against Trump and Trumpism
Discussion: twitchy.com
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
Corey Stewart, the firebrand Virginia Republican, will leave politics in December  —  Corey A. Stewart, the Republican firebrand whose fights to crack down on illegal immigration and preserve Confederate monuments reflected the nation's increasingly polarized political landscape …
NBC New York:
NYC Mayor Guarantees Comprehensive Health Care for All in Historic Surprise Announcement  —  It's not health insurance; it's the city paying for direct comprehensive care for those who can't afford it or are undocumented, a spokesman said  —  NYC Mayor Guarantees Comprehensive Health Care for All
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Still Leans Conservative, but Liberals Keep Recent Gains  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' assessment of their political ideology was unchanged in 2018 compared with the year prior when 35% on average described themselves as conservative, 35% as moderate and 26% as liberal.
Discussion: CNN and NTK Network
 
 
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George Packer / The Atlantic:
The Suicide of a Great Democracy
NPS.gov:
Joshua Tree National Park to Temporarily Close for Cleanup and Repair
Jessica Willey / abc7chicago.com:
Family of man wrongfully accused by activist Shaun King in Jazmine Barnes' shooting speaks out
Discussion: twitchy.com
Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
Trump summons advisers to White House over drug price hikes
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
Dara Lind / Vox:
Here's the offer Trump is making to Democrats to end the shutdown
Discussion: NBC News and Politico
Reuters:
Exclusive: New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran, Syria
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Flipping the Economics of Paying for Education, Because They're Upside Down
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Tucker Carlson Loses Another Sponsor After Comments About Immigration, High-Paying Women
Discussion: Observer
Reuters:
Exclusive: Sears to ask bankruptcy judge for approval to liquidate - sources
Discussion: CNBC, Breitbart, Joe.My.God. and Daily Wire
Tami Luhby / CNN:
US spends twice as much on health care as its peers
James Arkin / Politico:
Romney gets chilly reception from GOP senators after Trump attack
Discussion: Breitbart and American Thinker
 

 
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