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10:50 AM ET, December 27, 2019

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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Democrats brace for ‘bloody’ primary season  —  Democrats are bracing for a long, drawn-out primary season.  —  With just six weeks until the Iowa caucuses, some Democrats say they don't expect a likely nominee to emerge anytime soon after early-voting states hold their contests.
Discussion: Politico
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USA Today:
Beating Donald Trump in the 2020 election isn't everything; it's the only thing  —  Debating wine cellar fundraisers, free tuition and ‘Medicare for All’ won't rid America of an unfit president: Our view  —  To the casual observer of the Democratic debates, it seems like candidates are spending …
Valerie Edwards / Daily Mail:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'accepted a $2,700 donation from 2020 presidential hopeful and BILLIONAIRE …
Discussion: New York Post
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Emily Crane / Daily Mail:
‘The guy is freaking evil’: Eddie Gallagher's fellow Navy SEALS describe him as ‘toxic’ and trigger-happy in previously unseen interviews with investigators  — The Navy SEALS were interviewed by naval criminal investigators before Edward Gallagher was charged with war crimes in September 2018
Discussion: New York Times
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Pelosi invites Trump to deliver the State of the Union two days after impeaching him  —  Pelosi would sit behind Trump during the address, which could come after or during a Senate impeachment trial.  —  Less than 48 hours after she gaveled in the votes making him the third president …
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Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
Mitch McConnell's Big Mistake Defending Donald Trump?  Listening to Him.  —  The president's calling the shots for the majority leader now, and it's not going well.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  The first crack in Donald Trump's red wall came on Christmas Eve when not a creature was stirring …
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
Conrad Black / American Greatness:   Democrats Must Live with Consequences of Their Foolish Impeachment Farce
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Pushes Out Tweet Naming Alleged Whistleblower  —  Several people close to the president, such as Ivanka Trump and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, had privately cautioned him against it.  —  On Thursday evening, Donald Trump pushed out on Twitter the name of the alleged whistleblower …
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Trump Retweets Article Which Names Alleged Whistleblower
James Crowley / Newsweek:   George Conway Says Foreign Leaders See Donald Trump as a ‘Deranged Idiot’
Alex Horton / Greenwich Time:
A U.S. base near North Korea accidentally blared an emergency siren - instead of taps  —  A U.S. Army base in South Korea accidentally blasted an emergency siren Thursday night instead of the somber notes of taps, officials said, igniting brief panic on the base amid North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's threats …
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Survey: Germans say Trump is more dangerous than Putin, Kim or Xi
Patrick J. Buchanan / WND:   Is ‘Little Rocket Man’ winning?
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Russia commissions intercontinental hypersonic weapon  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin that a new hypersonic weapon of intercontinental range became operational Friday following years of tests.  —  Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Putin …
Danielle Paquette / San Francisco Chronicle:
Ghana lures Americans, some to stay  —  ACCRA, Ghana - The man from Boston stared at the ocean and thought: Maybe I'll never go back.  —  He'd come to coastal Ghana for an adventure, he told friends, but his motivation ran deeper.  Pierre Delva, 32, craved a fresh start without the question that had bothered him since childhood.
Jason Foster / Washington Examiner:
The lies and distortions by the hatchet men at Fusion GPS  —  Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch tried to keep the American people in the dark as long as possible.  For most of 2017, the founders of Fusion GPS hid the truth about the origins of their now-infamous dossier on President Trump.
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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Hunting black men to start a ‘race war’ … The man stumbled into the police precinct in Hell's Kitchen late one night, staggering toward a tall reception desk painted black and blue.  Before the desk officer could ask the man his business, he collapsed on a bench, dripping blood.
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Exclusive: FBI investigates Briton, others for Epstein links - sources  —  (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and several other people linked to U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges …
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Intel probe puts CIA's Haspel in a bind  —  The prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Bill Barr to examine the origins of the Russia investigation is focusing much of his attention on the CIA, placing the agency's director, Gina Haspel, at the center of a politically toxic tug-of-war between …
Discussion: Raw Story
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
ISIS monsters execute nearly a dozen Christians around Christmastime  —  ISIS-aligned jihadists have released a video claiming to show the execution of 11 blindfolded Christian men in Nigeria, in what analysts say was a barbaric act that was clearly timed to coincide with Christmas, according to reports.
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
A Year at the 5th Circuit Shows Trump's Devastating Impact on the Courts  —  For the 5th Circuit, 2019 was an experiment in extreme right-wing jurisprudence.  —  With the help of Senate Republicans, Donald Trump spent the first three years of his presidency remaking the federal judiciary in his own image.
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
One Thing About the 2020 Election Is Already Clear  —  The 2020 presidential election remains very much up for grabs, but one thing already seems clear: It will end with about half of America triumphant, and the other half furious and fearful.  —  Whichever side ultimately prevails in November …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Elizabeth Warren's Brother Reportedly ‘Furious’ She Claims Their Father Was a Janitor  —  Massachusetts Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren apparently angered her brother by claiming their father worked as a “janitor,” with a family friend saying that the characterization made David Herring “furious.”
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Dream Is to Become America's Viktor Orbán  —  For several years, Hungary has been the name American liberal intellectuals have given to their worst domestic nightmares.  Hungary's president, Viktor Orbán, has fashioned an apparently permanent majority for his conservative Fidesz Party …
Kristy Eldredge / New York Times:
Men Are Dismissing ‘Little Women.’ What a Surprise.  —  The rejection of the latest screen adaptation of the beloved novel echoes a long-held sentiment toward women-centered narratives.  —  Ms. Eldredge is a writer.  —  “'Little Women' Has a Little Man Problem.”
Philip Rotner / The Bulwark:
Where's Rudy?  —  The House managers should call him to testify, no matter what.  —  If there is one piece of evidence that might bring around a handful of congressional Republicans to the pro-impeachment side it would be direct, first-hand testimony that Trump personally and unambiguously ordered …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Pelosi's Rolling Impeachment  —  Republicans dismiss her tactic.  But why would they assume she wants a trial?  —  Republicans dismiss Speaker Nancy Pelosi's refusal to transmit the impeachment articles to the Senate as a weak stunt.  They do so at the peril of both the Constitution and President Trump.
Nicole Narea / Vox:
One surprisingly simple reason evangelicals love Trump  —  Thousands of students, supporters, and invited guests sing songs of Christian praise before then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took the stage in January 2016 at Liberty University, whose founder Jerry Falwell was a prominent evangelical leader.
Harry Enten / CNN:
A historic gender gap is possible in 2020  —  (CNN)If President Donald Trump loses in 2020, it will be at the hands of women.  —  While the chance of a woman winning the Democratic presidential nomination for 2020 aren't too high at this very moment, female voters seem keen on kicking Trump to the curb.
Napp Nazworth / The Bulwark:
There's Only One Real Question in Trump's Impeachment  —  Should President Donald Trump be removed from office?  Much has been written on this question, but the vast majority of it deals in secondary and tertiary matters about politics and gamesmanship and tribal law.
 
 
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
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Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Joseph Krauss / Associated Press:
Israel's Netanyahu shores up base but obstacles remain
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
One of the nation's biggest school systems will let students take time off to protest.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Mike Bloomberg is trying to convince big-money Democratic donors that he can win in 2020 …
Katie Dowd / SFGATE:
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Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Daniel Kruger / Wall Street Journal:
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
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Discussion: Raw Story
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Why I quit Twitter — and you should, too
Discussion: Althouse