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6:25 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 …
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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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
Hollywood Reporter:
Don Imus, Legendary ‘Imus in the Morning’ Host, Dies at 79  —  The controversial radio personality passed away on Friday morning at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas.  —  Radio personality Don Imus, whose insult humor and savage comedy catapulted him to a long-lasting …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:   Don Imus, Radio Host Who Pushed Boundaries, Dies at 79
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
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 …
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
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 …
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
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
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 …
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
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
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
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
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Legal Adviser Is an Anti-LGBT, Fox News-Ready Bomb Thrower  —  She's quickly earned accolades from Trump's core group of political advocates, despite her past jeremiads against ‘the homosexual lifestyle’ and the ‘LGBT agenda.’  —  If you don't know who Jenna Ellis is, you are hardly alone.
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Families of Americans killed in Afghanistan sue contractors over alleged Taliban payments  —  Families of more than 140 U.S. service members and contractors killed or wounded in Afghanistan are suing U.S. and international contractors, alleging that those companies paid the Taliban for security services …
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 …
Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
Federal court to block NC's voter ID requirement before 2020 elections  —  A federal court said late Thursday that it will, at least temporarily, block North Carolina from requiring photo ID at the polls next year.  —  An order explaining the decision and its full breadth will come next week …
Discussion: Breitbart
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.
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.
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 …
 
 
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Igor Derysh / Salon:
Pelosi “has the right” to submit Trump to an “involuntary evaluation”: Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee
Discussion: Breitbart, WND and IJR
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Deval Patrick fails to qualify for Michigan's primary ballot
Discussion: The Hill
Eva Bartlett / RT:
Guardian, Atlantic contributor acts as a Syrian terrorist mouthpiece on Twitter, and if you …
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Iowa swung fiercely to Trump. Will it swing back in 2020?
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Interior Department Cut ‘Sexual Orientation’ From Anti-Discrimination Guideline
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
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Taylor / Mashable:
2010s = 1984: The decade we finally understood Orwell
Discussion: Instapundit
Harry Enten / CNN:
A historic gender gap is possible in 2020
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