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5:40 PM ET, December 27, 2019

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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALs Who Turned In Edward Gallagher  —  Video interviews and group texts obtained by The Times show men describing their platoon leader in grim terms.  —  [Watch a special Times documentary featuring combat video and confidential interviews with the Navy SEALs …
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New York Times:
Confidential Videos Show Why Navy SEALs Reported Edward Gallagher  —  “This chair good?”  “Yeah.”  “Which team are you assigned to right now?”  “Team 7.”  “You're SEAL Team 7.”  “I'm at SEAL Team 7—” The Navy SEALs are probably the most elite commandos in the military.
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
Melissa Lemieux / Newsweek:
Ex-WH Ethics Lawyer Slams McConnell, Says Senator Thinks He's ‘A Judge Impaneling An All-White Jury for a Klansman Trial’  —  During a panel discussion on CNN, Richard Painter, the former chief White House ethics lawyer who worked under George W. Bush, got into a bit of a verbal dust …
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Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
Mitch McConnell's Big Mistake Defending Donald Trump? Listening to Him.
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Michael Moore Predicts 2020 Trump Victory: Trump's Level Of Support “Has Not Gone Down One Inch”  —  In an interview with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, Michael Moore said if the election were held today that President Trump would win a second term.  However, Moore predicted the Democratic candidate …
Discussion: WND
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Zephyr Teachout, Anti-Corruption Crusader, Endorses Bernie Sanders
Discussion: The Hill
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Democrats brace for ‘bloody’ primary season
Discussion: Politico
CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren's campaign sounds the alarm as fundraising pace slows about 30% in fourth quarter  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign told supporters in an email on Friday that, so far, it has raised just over $17 million in the fourth quarter, a significant drop from her fundraising haul during the third quarter.
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Breitbart, TheBlaze and Axios
Bloomberg:
Bizarre Fortunes Flourish as World's Richest Gain $1.2 Trillion  — The wealth of the 500 richest people surged 25% in 2019  — Wrecked cars, catchy tunes are among the sources of new riches  —  The leveraging of a giant social-media presence, a catchy tune about a family of sharks …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Wall Street Journal:
Rank-and-File Workers Get Bigger Raises  —  Short supply of labor, minimum-wage rises and increased poaching have helped lift wages for lower-income workers  —  Rank-and-file workers are getting bigger raises this year—at least in percentage terms—than bosses.
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
Derick Waller / abc7NY:
Women attacked, man threatens shooting in rash of anti-Semitic incidents in NYC  —  GRAVESEND, Brooklyn (WABC) — There have been a rash of anti-Semitic incidents in New York City this week, most in parts of Brooklyn.  —  A man wearing a hoodie apparently walked into Lubavitch World Headquarters …
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Derick Waller / abc7NY:   Mother walking with child beaten in 5th anti-Semitic attack in NYC
CNN:
Schumer said in 1999 Senate wasn't like a jury box and was ‘susceptible to the whims of politics’  —  (CNN)Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has blasted his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell in recent days after he described himself as “not an impartial juror” ahead …
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 …
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Why Trump's Second Term Will Be Worse  —  When I spent a month on a research trip to India in December 2014, half a year after Narendra Modi swept to power, the writers, academics, and intellectuals I met were engrossed in a debate that may now feel oddly familiar to Americans.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Globe and Mail:
Activist who raised awareness about transphobia murdered in Toronto  —  When Julie Berman came up to the open mic at the trans day of remembrance event on Nov. 20, 2017, she delivered a speech about transphobia in Toronto.  She talked about a trans friend of hers that was murdered.
Discussion: The Hill and The Post Millennial
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
In the U.S., an Angioplasty Costs $32,000.  Elsewhere?  Maybe $6,400.  —  A study of international prices finds American patients pay much more across a wide array of common services.  —  Why does health care cost so much more in the United States than in other countries?
Discussion: Mother Jones
Associated Press:
Disney characters say tourists inappropriately touched them  —  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World employees who portray Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck each filed police reports this month claiming they were inappropriately touched by tourists.
Discussion: Fox News, TMZ.com and The Daily Caller
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.”
Washington Post:
Ousted cardinal McCarrick gave more than $600,000 to fellow clerics, including two popes, records show  —  Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick gave hundreds of thousands of dollars in church money to powerful Catholic clerics over nearly two decades, according to financial records obtained …
Ashley Zavala / KRON4:
California public schools can't suspend students for disobeying teachers, new law says  —  SACRAMENTO (KRON) — New laws taking effect in 2020 will impact schools across California.  —  Starting next school year, it will be illegal for public schools in the state to suspend students …
George P. Slefo / Ad Age:
Spotify to suspend political ads in 2020  —  Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and the RNC are among Spotify advertisers  —  Spotify is suspending the sale of political advertising on its platform, the company told Ad Age Friday.  —  Spotify said in a statement that it will pause political advertising …
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.
Eva Bartlett / RT:
Guardian, Atlantic contributor acts as a Syrian terrorist mouthpiece on Twitter, and if you don't like it you're a Russian stooge … FILE PHOTO: Al-Nusra fighter in Syria © AFP/ Rami Al-Sayed  —  Giving a sympathetic platform to a terrorist is reprehensible at best, downright criminal at worst …
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Iowa swung fiercely to Trump.  Will it swing back in 2020?  —  In 2008, its voters propelled Barack Obama to the White House, as an overwhelmingly white state validated the candidacy of the first black president.  A year later, Iowa's Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriage …
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Interior Department Cut ‘Sexual Orientation’ From Anti-Discrimination Guideline  —  Its explanation shows that the administration is talking out of both sides of its mouth when it comes to LGBTQ rights.  —  President Donald Trump's Interior Department removed “sexual orientation” …
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.
 
 
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Deval Patrick fails to qualify for Michigan's primary ballot
Discussion: The Hill
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Legal Adviser Is an Anti-LGBT, Fox News-Ready Bomb Thrower
Dan Bloom / Mirror.co.uk:
Inside Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds' £20,000-a-week Caribbean holiday villa
Discussion: The Sun
Debbie White / The Sun:
EXECUTION HORROR ISIS ‘beheads 11 Christian hostages’ on Christmas Day in shocking new execution video in Nigeria
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Discussion: Instapundit
Harry Enten / CNN:
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Jason Foster / Washington Examiner:
The lies and distortions by the hatchet men at Fusion GPS
Danielle Paquette / San Francisco Chronicle:
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 Earlier Items: 
Gundi Rhoades / Sydney Morning Herald:
Cattle have stopped breeding, koalas die of thirst: A vet's hellish diary of climate change
Discussion: Quartz and Eschaton
Conrad Black / American Greatness:
Democrats Must Live with Consequences of Their Foolish Impeachment Farce
Napp Nazworth / The Bulwark:
There's Only One Real Question in Trump's Impeachment
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Intel probe puts CIA's Haspel in a bind
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
One Thing About the 2020 Election Is Already Clear
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
USA Today:
Beating Donald Trump in the 2020 election isn't everything; it's the only thing