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8:30 AM ET, December 22, 2019

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New York Times:
Fear and Loyalty: How Donald Trump Took Over the Republican Party  —  The president demands complete fealty, and as the impeachment hearings showed, he has largely attained it.  To cross him is to risk a future in the Republican party.  —  BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — By the summer of 2017 …
Bill Wehrle / Washington Post:
About Pete Buttigieg's wine cave dinner?  I was there.  —  Bill Wehrle is a vice president of a health-care company and lives in San Francisco.  —  You may have some questions about that famous “wine cave” fundraising dinner in Napa Valley last weekend.  I may be able to help, as I was there.
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Singer Etheridge, big Warren donors and souvenir wine bottle  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — On a Saturday evening in June 2018, with temperatures in the 70s and the Red Sox playing at Fenway Park, supporters of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren gathered at the City Winery Boston for a fundraiser.
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Anna Kaplan / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Withheld Ukraine Military Aid 91 Minutes After Phone Call: Docs
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and Daily Kos
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Us vs. them: Trump aiming to use impeachment to rev up base  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Using stark “us vs. them” language, President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign have begun framing his impeachment not as a judgment on his conduct but as a referendum on how Democrats regard him and his supporters.
Colby Itkowitz / SFGATE:
Trump is remaking the federal judiciary  —  WASHINGTON - After three years in office, President Donald Trump has remade the federal judiciary, ensuring a conservative tilt for decades and cementing his legacy no matter the outcome of November's election.  —  Trump nominees make up 1 in 4 U.S. circuit court judges.
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Satellite photos show work on North Korean site linked to long-range missiles  —  The new evidence comes as U.S. military and intelligence officials are increasingly concerned that North Korea is poised to conduct a long-range missile test in the next few days or weeks.
Discussion: Axios and Sputnik News
Heritage Foundation:
Heritage Foundation Responds to Tucker Carlson's False Accusations on Big Tech  —  WASHINGTON—In a segment that aired Friday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made several false, outrageous, and unfounded accusations against The Heritage Foundation.  Rob Bluey, vice president of communications at Heritage …
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Grabien News
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Justin Caruso / The Daily Caller:
Poll: 43% Of Evangelicals Approve Of Trump's Removal From Office  —  A new poll from Politico/Morning Consult indicates that 43% of evangelical voters would approve of President Donald Trump being removed from office.  —  The poll asked whether voters would “approve or disapprove of the Senate removing President Trump from office?”
Discussion: The Hill, The Resurgent and Politico
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Los Angeles Times:
California population growth slowest since 1900 as residents leave, immigration decelerates  —  The Golden State remains stuck in the slow lane when it comes to population.  —  The number of Californians increased to 39.96 million, with new data from the Department of Finance showing mostly downward trends.
Discussion: Associated Press
Johnny Diaz / New York Times:
Woman Ran Over Girl Because She Was ‘a Mexican,’ Police Say  —  The police charged a Des Moines woman with attempted murder after she told investigators she intentionally ran over a 14-year-old girl with her vehicle.  —  An Iowa woman was charged with attempted murder after running …
Discussion: UPI, myfox8.com, CNN and KTLA
Vanessa Thorpe / The Guardian:
BBC could restrict journalists' use of Twitter  —  Executive said to be considering move after rows during election campaign  —  The BBC is considering restricting its journalists' use of Twitter.  If the plan is approved, top correspondents will be told to move away from using online platforms …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Susan Collins set to play pivotal role in impeachment drama  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is emerging as the most important vote in the Senate battle over President Trump's impeachment trial, as Democrats regard her support as key to getting the additional witnesses and documents they need to build their case.
Wall Street Journal:
Pakistani Professor Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy on Social Media  —  Junaid Hafeez was accused in 2013 of being behind anonymous posts on secular-orientated Facebook pages  —  ISLAMABAD—A university professor held for six years after being arrested for blasphemy over Facebook posts …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dem Debate Ratings Debacle: Rerun Exhaustion, Or Impeachment Burnout?  —  I hate to say I told you so, but ... actually, I never hate to say I told you so.  For the sixth official time (not counting media “town halls"), the DNC staged the same debate that they have been staging since June.
CNN:
From an imaginary restraining order to a phantom drop in NATO spending: Trump makes 99 false claims in two weeks  —  Lindsey Graham calls out Trump after attack  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump made 99 false claims over the two weeks that ended last Sunday.
Shea Johnson / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Fiore tied to report alleging domestic terrorism by Washington lawmaker  —  Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)  —  Findings that a Washington state lawmaker participated in domestic terrorism during a high-profile armed standoff in Oregon …
Discussion: Salon and Raw Story
Ruth R. Wisse / Commentary:
Save Me from My Defenders! … Being silenced or harassed for unpopular speech on a university campus is by now such a mark of distinction that I may be accused of exercising bragging rights in describing a recent incident in which I was involved.  The real danger I encountered, however …
Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Expands Staffing Plan to More Battleground States  —  Billionaire candidate plans to keep offices open through November election, even if he isn't nominee  —  PHILADELPHIA— Michael Bloomberg's campaign is planning to keep offices open and staffers employed through the November election …
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump slams ‘unfair’ Pelosi delay, rallies conservatives  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump complained Saturday about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's delayed transmission of the articles of impeachment to the Senate, which may delay a trial in the GOP-controlled chamber.
Discussion: Breitbart, Daily Kos and Politico
 
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
A year of media upheaval
Hayley Fowler / Raleigh News & Observer:
Trump supporter disrupts impeachment rally with a truck and ‘Rambo’ flag, NC cops say
New York Times:
Hiring 500 More Police Officers for the Subway Is a Misuse of Funds
Washington Post:
Biden-Graham friendship, forged in war zones, fractures under the pressures of impeachment and Trump
Washington Post:
Trump touts Putin speaking out against his impeachment
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller and Mother Jones
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
'I'm Kidnapped': A Father's Nightmare on the Border
 Earlier Items: 
Samantha Melamed / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Lt. Gov. Fetterman wants to use clemency to free wrongfully convicted.  But the Board of Pardons is pushing back.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Robert De Niro: Trump Needs to Be Humiliated, 'I'd Like to See a Bag of Sh*t Right in His Face'
Discussion: NB Blog and Grabien News
New York Times:
Where Even the Children Are Being Tracked
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The two big flaws of the media's impeachment coverage — and what went right
Francis X. Rocca / Wall Street Journal:
Pope Francis, in Christmas Message, Says Church Must Adapt to Post-Christian West
Jorge Milian / Palm Beach Post:
$1 billion for Briny Breezes?  Real estate broker thinks Trump would buy... and residents are listening
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distorted letter to Dems and history
Discussion: Fox News