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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Trump Approval Down, Slips With Base  —  While the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues, President Trump's approval rating is down, and there are cracks showing with his base.  —  A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds Trump's approval rating down and his disapproval rating up from a month ago.
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PBS NewsHour:
57 percent of voters say they won't support Trump in 2020  —  With the 2020 presidential election already underway, 57 percent of registered voters said they would definitely vote against President Donald Trump, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Wall Street Journal:
Poll-Rigging for Trump and Creating @WomenForCohen: One IT Firm's Work Order  —  Behind the scenes, Michael Cohen hired RedFinch Solutions, then allegedly stiffed it—and his boss  —  In early 2015, a man who runs a small technology company showed up at Trump Tower to collect $50,000 …
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Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Rudy Giuliani says Trump didn't collude with Russia but can't say if campaign aides did
New York Times:
Giuliani Backpedals on Statement About Trump Aides and Collusion
Discussion: Washington Post and Joe.My.God.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Crisis
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Key Justice Department officials, including Mueller deputy, knew about dossier  —  Testimony last year before a House task force investigating the Trump-Russia affair confirmed that top Justice Department officials knew about the Trump dossier earlier than first thought …
Discussion: New York Times and twitchy.com
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Bruce Ohr Testimony Undercuts Adam Schiff's Defense Of FBI
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Judge won't dismiss libel suit against Fusion GPS over dossier
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump administration separated thousands more migrants than previously known  —  The Trump administration separated thousands more migrant kids at the border than it previously acknowledged, and the separations began months before the policy was announced, according to a federal audit released Thursday morning.
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Office of Inspector General:   Separated Children Placed in Office of Refugee Resettlement Care
Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
Impeach Donald Trump  —  On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump stood on the steps of the Capitol, raised his right hand, and solemnly swore to faithfully execute the office of president of the United States and, to the best of his ability, to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Lara Bazelon / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Was Not a ‘Progressive Prosecutor’  —  The senator was often on the wrong side of history when she served as California's attorney general.  —  Ms. Bazelon is a law professor and the former director of the Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent in Los Angeles.
Michael Levenson / BostonGlobe.com:
As they head to Harvard, Gary Cohn and Heidi Heitkamp criticize shutdown  —  Gary Cohn, President Trump's former top economic adviser, and Heidi Heitkamp, a former Democratic senator from North Dakota, got to know one another when he was president of Goldman Sachs and she was on the Senate Banking Committee.
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Trump is fraying nerves inside the Pentagon  —  Washington (CNN)Two years into his presidency, Donald Trump is fueling unprecedented uncertainty and anxiety inside the Pentagon.  In private conversations over the past month, many of them unsolicited, more than a dozen key military officers …
Discussion: KTLA, Defense One, Townhall and FOX59
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox's Griffin: Was told by diplomat that Syria attack was ‘direct result’ of US pullout decision
New York Times:
In a West Wing in Transition, Trump Tries to Stand Firm on the Shutdown  —  In a West Wing in transition, President Trump is trying to stand firm on the shutdown.  —  White House Redefines Who Is Essential to Get Parts of Government Moving Again  —  The administration is opening …
Pew Research Center:
Generation Z Looks a Lot Like Millennials on Key Social and Political Issues  —  Among Republicans, Gen Z stands out in views on race, climate and the role of government  —  No longer the new kids on the block, Millennials have moved firmly into their 20s and 30s, and a new generation is coming into focus.
Discussion: Raw Story and Pew Research Center
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:   Generation Z may be most liberal demographic yet
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
GOP Congressmen Meet With Holocaust-Denying Troll Chuck Johnson  —  The two Republican lawmakers say they didn't know about the alt-right troll's past.  —  Notorious alt-right figure and Holocaust denier Chuck Johnson met with two Republican lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Hill:
Schumer recruiting top-notch candidate for McCain Senate seat  —  Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is recruiting Rep. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), a rising Democratic star in the House, to run for the Arizona Senate seat long held by John McCain.  —  Schumer and Democratic …
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:   Science advocacy group bids to draft astronaut Mark Kelly for Arizona's 2020 Senate race
Facebook:
Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior from Russia  —  Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.  The two operations we found originated in Russia, and one was active in a variety of countries while the other was specific to Ukraine.
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DFRLab:
Facebook's Sputnik Takedown—Top Takeaways
Discussion: Mother Jones
YouTube:
LGBTQ Statement by Tulsi Gabbard … Aloha.  —  In my past I said and believed things that were wrong, and worse, hurtful to people in the LGBTQ+ community and their loved ones.  —  Many years ago, I apologized for my words and, more importantly, for the negative impact that they had.
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
EPA Nominee Andrew Wheeler Downplays Climate Threat At Testy Confirmation Hearing  —  The former coal lobbyist's view of climate change hasn't changed much over the last two years.  —  Andrew Wheeler, the former coal lobbyist chosen by President Donald Trump to serve as the next Environmental …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
A Latino Marine veteran was detained for deportation.  Then ICE realized he was a citizen.  —  Richard Kessler, an immigration lawyer in Grand Rapids, Mich., said he was surprised when a woman he had worked with called to tell him that her son, a 27-year-old Marine veteran with mental-health issues …
Russell Worth Parker / New York Times:
I'm Prepared to Talk About the Things I Did in Iraq.  Are People Ready to Listen?  —  In Iraq I had a device called a Phraselator, an unwieldy specimen of 2004 military technology that resembled a cross between a fancy walkie-talkie and an early model PalmPilot.
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Former VA secretary violated ethics rules by allowing employee to drive his wife around  —  WASHINGTON - An investigation of former Veterans Affairs secretary David Shulkin largely cleared him of allegations he misused his security detail for shopping and other errands, but concluded …
Congressman Tom Marino:
Congressman Tom Marino Announces Resignation  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Tom Marino (PA-12) released the following statement announcing his resignation from the United States House of Representatives.  —  Rep. Marino said the following:  —  “As of January 23, 2019, I am officially stepping down from Congress.
Tim Cook / TIME:
You Deserve Privacy Online.  Here's How You Could Actually Get It  —  We all deserve control over our digital lives.  That's why we must rein in the data brokers  —  In 2019, it's time to stand up for the right to privacy—yours, mine, all of ours.  Consumers shouldn't have to tolerate another year …
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Trump's Tariffs Are Producing Billions, But China Isn't Paying  — More than $13 billion in duties were assessed as of Dec. 18  — Trade economists say companies and consumers ultimately pay  —  President Donald Trump is right to say that his tariffs are generating billions of dollars …
Discussion: Raw Story
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
For Democrats in 2020, Small Donors Are Gauge of Fundraising Success  —  Cory Booker, who is weighing a presidential run, has relied on outside money and big donations, even as potential rivals swear off super PACs  —  WASHINGTON—Sen. Cory Booker has largely fueled his New Jersey Senate bids …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
A New Right-Wing Smear Campaign Targets a Former FBI Official to Distract From Russia Scandal  —  The politics of personal destruction meet a Trumpian conspiracy theory—and it involves me  —  What happens when the politics of personal destruction intersect with a Trumpian conspiracy theory?
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democratic leaders fret: Can we keep our big tent in 2020?  —  Progressive activists are emboldened as the 2020 presidential primary season begins, but other Democratic leaders are already questioning whether a nominee chosen by energized liberals can both excite the base and hold onto red-district voters …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Leslie Moonves to Fight CBS Decision to Withhold $120 Million Severance  —  The former chairman and CEO takes his former company to arbitration in fight over severance package  —  Leslie Moonves, the former chairman and chief executive of CBS Corp. who resigned amid accusations of sexual harassment …
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
‘Disrespectful’: Google Employees Melt Down Over The Word ‘Family’  — Google employees melted down after the word “family” was used in a company presentation, documents obtained by TheDCNF show.  — Employees were upset that the word was used in a way that links families with children, which they argued was homophobic.
Stacey Solie / The Daily Beast:
Louis C.K. Jokes About Sexually Harassing Women: 'I Like to Jerk Off, and I Don't Like Being Alone'  —  The disgraced comic, who masturbated in front of comediennes, continued to offend on the latest leg of his new tour.  —  SAN JOSE, California—When Louis C.K. stepped onstage to a standing ovation …
Discussion: East Bay Times, Mediaite and The Week
Washington Post:
Top HUD official's departure follows disagreements over housing policy and Puerto Rico disaster funds  —  A top Department of Housing and Urban Development official is leaving the agency Thursday following disagreements with other members of the Trump administration over housing policy …
Discussion: Vox, VICE News and Splinter
Michael M. Phillips / Wall Street Journal:
America's Other Endless War: Battling al-Shabaab in Somalia  —  The death of Staff Sgt. Alex Conrad puts into sharp relief the cost of the U.S.'s long fight against the militant group  —  MOGADISHU, Somalia—The U.S. commandos careened between grief and anger as Alex Conrad's flag-draped coffin was hoisted onto the cargo plane.
 
 
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Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
Massive Oklahoma Government Data Leak Exposes 7 Years of FBI Investigations
Discussion: RT, Washington Post and KFOR-TV
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Trump keeps mentioning taped-up women at the border. Experts have no idea what he's talking about.
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Politico:
'She's satin and steel': Pelosi wages war on Trump
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Shutdown has dropped grenade onto Trump's 2020 team
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
House Judiciary chair says they'll subpoena Mueller report if necessary
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Liberals are reading way too much into Trump news stories