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12:05 PM ET, December 24, 2019

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The Christian Post:
Christianity Today and the problem with ‘Christian Elitism’  —  Christianity Today editor Mark Galli's “lofty” op-ed last week calling for President Trump's removal from office touched off a firestorm of criticism and dissent from scores of evangelical leaders, and the backlash and debate have reached …
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Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
The cost of criticizing Trump: Journalist leaves Christian Post amid its plans to attack Christianity Today  —  The decision by Christianity Today to publish an editorial describing President Trump as “immoral” and calling for his removal drew immediate rebuke from the president himself, who called the outlet “a far left magazine.”
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Evangelicals need to follow Christianity's morals, not Trump's
Washington Post:
New evidence for impeachment keeps turning up. That's why we need witnesses.
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump says U.S. will ‘deal with’ North Korea Christmas gift  —  President Trump on Tuesday said that the United States would “deal with” whatever North Korea has planned, quipping that Kim Jong Un may send him a “nice present” and not actually be planning a missile test.
Discussion: Associated Press and NBC News
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
North Korea never halted efforts to build powerful new weapons, experts say  —  Just before North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile in 2017, scientists strapped their newest rocket engine to a test stand to see how it would perform.
Discussion: The Week
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump calls troops ahead of Christmas holiday
Discussion: The Hill
Courier-Journal:
The FBI is asking questions about former Gov. Matt Bevin's pardons  —  The FBI is asking questions about the pardons Matt Bevin issued during his last weeks as Kentucky governor, The Courier Journal has learned.  —  State Rep. Chris Harris, D-Forest Hills, told reporters …
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
How to understand Trump now: Wounded child, drug addict or delusional gaslighter?  —  Psychiatrist Justin Frank says Trump is terrified, angry and extremely dangerous — “conflict ... gives him life”  —  Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives last week.
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Post:
Hunter Biden allegedly linked to multiple criminal probes  —  Hunter Biden is the subject of multiple criminal investigations related to “fraud, money laundering and a counterfeiting scheme,” it's claimed in court documents filed Monday in his Arkansas paternity case.
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New York Post:   Hunter Biden owns massive home in swanky Hollywood Hills, court docs reveal
Mike Baker / New York Times:
G.O.P. Lawmaker Had Visions of a Christian Alternative Government  —  A Washington State legislator was accused of participating in the occupation of a federal wildlife refuge.  Behind the scenes, he and right-wing activists were preparing for civil strife.
Vicky Ward / CNN:
The invisible man: Text messages reveal former golfer's role in Ukraine scandal  —  New York (CNN)When Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman traveled to Ukraine last winter to help Rudy Giuliani dig up dirt on President Donald Trump's political opponents, they were accompanied by a 44 year-old American named David Correia.
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NBC News:
Giuliani says he's ‘more of a Jew’ than Holocaust survivor George Soros
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Mike Lee is the quiet force to get Trump acquitted  —  Lindsey Graham is fighting President Donald Trump's impeachment case on Twitter and every media outlet that will have him.  Mitch McConnell is swatting down Democratic demands and pledging to acquit the president.
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and Raw Story
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John Sexton / HotAir:
House Dems: We May Go Back For Seconds On Impeachment
Discussion: WTOP, Instapundit and Politico
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Melania Trump silently forges path through impeachment  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton spent the morning of her husband's impeachment visiting Capitol Hill to rally Democrats to his side.  Pat Nixon kept assuring reporters her husband wouldn't quit — right up until he did.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
David Siders / Politico:
‘The surge is real’: Klobuchar makes late push in Iowa  —  SHELDON, Iowa — Amy Klobuchar keeps telling Iowans about the text she got from a friend cheering her “insurgency” after last week's debate.  The friend meant to say “surge,” but Klobuchar found the auto-correct error funny …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump says Pelosi ‘desperate’ and ‘hates all of the people that voted for me’  —  The president spoke to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in southern Florida where he's spending the holidays.  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday railed against the impeachment case against him, complaining that he'd been treated “very unfairly.”
Discussion: Raw Story and MSNBC
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:   Can House Democrats move past impeachment?
John Washington / The Intercept:
Mike Bloomberg Exploited Prison Labor to Make 2020 Presidential Campaign Phone Calls  —  Former New York City mayor and multibillionaire Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg used prison labor to make campaign calls.  Through a third-party vendor, the Mike Bloomberg 2020 campaign contracted …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Former Hawaii governor calls on Tulsi Gabbard to resign  —  Running for president she is “not able to do the job for the 2nd District,” says Neil Abercrombie.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard said she will not resign.  Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Blaze Lovell / Honolulu Civil Beat:
Former Hawaii Governor Calls On Tulsi Gabbard To Resign
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Raw Story
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Feds say they're ‘working around the clock’ ahead of Santa's Christmas Eve flight  —  • As Santa Claus departs the North Pole on Christmas Eve, U.S. federal agencies are working to ensure a smooth trek to deliver gifts to kids of all ages.  —  The only red tape the jolly old elf …
Discussion: The Sun, WTOP and Associated Press
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Tali Farhadian Weinstein / New York Times:   An Immigrant's Christmas Eve
Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
Comey or ‘Corney’?  Stalking a Half-Popped Kernel of a Deep-State Kerning Conspiracy  —  We know a few things for sure, beginning with the fact that quiet changes have been made in the blockbuster report on FBI spying abuse released two weeks ago by the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General.
Washington Post:
Warren embraced the high-dollar fundraiser circuit for years — until just before her presidential campaign  —  Chase Williams grinned broadly as he stood for a photo next to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, chatting briefly with the senator from Massachusetts before moving on so someone else could have their turn.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
We still don't have answers on Khashoggi's murder  —  Soon after the Saudi public prosecutor announced his verdict in the Jamal Khashoggi murder case on Monday, the top trending hashtag on Saudi Twitter was the name of Saud al-Qahtani.  —  And why?  Because the court exonerated Qahtani …
Monica Lewinsky / Vanity Fair:
Monica Lewinsky on the Decade We Reclaimed Our Stories—and Ourselves  —  It was the Night Before.  I had already jumped off the high dive, but I wouldn't break water until morning.  —  Tomorrow, I would end a decade of public silence.  Tomorrow, I would begin the Sisyphean task of attempting …
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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Joyce White Vance / TIME:
Trump May Be Acquitted in a Senate Impeachment Trial. That's Not the Same as Being Exonerated
Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Two Virginia Democrats want to replace Lee statue in U.S. Capitol
Discussion: Axios and UPI
CNN:
‘Genuinely friends’: How Cory Booker and Andrew Yang bonded in competition
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump attacks on wind turbines, low-flow toilets and LED lightbulbs set up key campaign clash with Democrats
Discussion: Axios, Vox and Althouse
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Democrats Seek To Outlaw Suburban, Single-Family House Zoning, Calling It Racist And Bad For The Environment
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tulsi Gabbard and the Return of the Anti-Anti-Trump Left
Discussion: Fox News and Redstate
Constance Grady / Vox:
The 2010s were supposed to bring the ebook revolution. It never quite came.
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Why New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew Ditched the Democrats and Sided With Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Ashe Schow / The Daily Wire:
Vogue Editors Show How Alarmingly Out Of Touch They Are, Get Roasted Online
Discussion: Page Six, Mediaite and Instapundit
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Sanders, Warren Campaigns Spend the Most On Amazon While Trashing It
Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Hill and Fox News
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Russia is trying to starve 4 million innocent Syrians
Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Pentagon warns military members DNA kits pose ‘personal and operational risks’