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9:05 PM ET, December 28, 2019

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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
‘Nothing Less Than a Civil War’: These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump  —  Deeply conservative, they organize online and outside the Republican Party apparatus, engaging in more explicit versions of the chest-beating seen at the president's rallies.
Discussion: Raw Story and Jill Filipovic
David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Gangster in the White House  —  Amid a two-day binge of post-Christmas rage-tweeting, President Donald Trump retweeted the name of the CIA employee widely presumed to be the whistle-blower in the Ukraine scandal.  On Thursday night, December 26, Trump retweeted his campaign account …
Discussion: Raw Story and Hullabaloo
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump retweets a post naming the alleged whistleblower  —  President Trump retweeted a post naming the alleged whistleblower who filed the complaint that became the catalyst for the congressional inquiry that resulted in his impeachment by the House of Representatives.
Discussion: Associated Press and Axios
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump attacks whistleblower in now-removed tweetstorm full of rants and conspiracies  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump retweeted an attack that included an unsubstantiated name of the intelligence community whistleblower at the heart of the Ukraine scandal as part of a series of rants and conspiratorial posts overnight.
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
Right-Wing Publishers Have Found A Way To Post The Supposed Trump Whistleblower's Name To Facebook
Discussion: The Week
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Pelosi gets under Trump's skin on impeachment  —  President Trump has made attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a theme of his holiday break at his Mar-a-Lago resort.  —  Trump's comments suggest he is lingering on impeachment and that Pelosi's central role in it is very much on his mind going into 2020.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Facing blowback, Biden clarifies stance on impeachment trial testimony  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden on Saturday said there would be “no legal basis” for Republicans to subpoena his testimony in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, clarifying remarks from Friday that drew criticism.
Greg Robb / MarketWatch:
Fed study finds Trump tariffs backfired  —  President Donald Trump's strategy to use import tariffs to protect and boost U.S. manufacturers backfired and led to job losses and higher prices, according to a Federal Reserve study released this week.  —  “We find that the 2018 tariffs …
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Ivanka Trump suggests she may leave White House job if father re-elected  —  President's senior adviser says she will put her family's needs first in making decision  —  Ivanka Trump has cast doubt on continuing in her advisory role in the administration if her father wins re-election next year.
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump might leave White House if father wins 2020
Discussion: Fox News
Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Ivanka Trump says staying in Washington will be up to her kids, cites “unfinished” work
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Paul Joseph Watson / Summit News:
UN Moves Towards Handing Dictatorships Power to Control the Internet  —  The United Nations wants to hand power to dictatorial regimes like China to control the Internet, prompting fears of a massive new free speech purge.  —  The General Assembly has approved a resolution sponsored by China …
Discussion: PJ Media Home
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Agence France-Presse:   UN approves Russian-sponsored, China-backed bid on new cybercrime convention
Yahoo News:   UN backs Russia on internet convention, alarming rights advocates
Amy Qin / New York Times:
In China's Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared  —  In Xinjiang the authorities have separated nearly half a million children from their families, aiming to instill loyalty to China and the Communist Party.  —  HOTAN, China — The first grader was a good student and beloved by her classmates …
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New York Times:   Congress Wants to Force Trump's Hand on Human Rights in China and Beyond
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
SHOCK VIDEO: Man scales 30-foot border wall — in 23 seconds!  —  A real-life Spiderman lives in Mexico.  —  A migrant scaled a new 30-foot section of the border wall with relative ease recently.  —  Watch: … The photo spoke Spanish throughout the video, which shows the man scaling …
Susannah Bryan / Sun-Sentinel:
Is ‘Dixie Highway’ racist?  The debate is growing … A movement to rename Dixie Highway — for some a painful reminder of a tragic, racist past — might be gaining steam in Broward County.  —  The argument is being made by one of Broward County's youngest elected officials after she heard of a similar effort in Miami-Dade.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Secrets of Jewish Genius  —  It's not about having higher I.Q.s.  —  An eminent Lithuanian rabbi is annoyed that his yeshiva students devote their lunch breaks to playing soccer instead of discussing Torah.  The students, intent on convincing their rav of the game's beauty, invite him to watch a professional match.
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump's stock market rally is very good, but still lags Obama and Clinton  —  U.S. stocks are closing out a terrific year and President Trump loves it.  He's bragged about the stock market hitting record highs six times this week alone on Twitter.  —  On Friday, be boasted …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Trump's quest to shatter GOP economics reached its culmination in 2019
Discussion: Mother Jones
Lisa Marie Pane / Associated Press:
US mass killings hit new high in 2019, most were shootings  —  The first one occurred 19 days into the new year when a man used an ax to kill four family members including his infant daughter.  Five months later, 12 people were killed in a workplace shooting in Virginia.
Discussion: Slate, The Hill, DNyuz and New York Post
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Public Option Is Politically Superior to M4A — But Only As a Sound Bite  —  The vast majority of Americans believe that every U.S. citizen has a right to quality, affordable health care, and that it is the federal government's job to uphold that right.  —  But roughly 70 percent …
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Maddow Meltdown: In Defense To OAN Lawsuit, Host Argues Her Words Are Not Facts  —  Back in September, we reported that TV network OAN had filed a lawsuit against Rachel Maddow for the time the host said that OAN “really, literally is paid Russian propaganda.”
Douglas MacKinnon / The Hill:
Baltimore needs a Lamar Jackson-like figure to save it  —  Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has electrified the city and its citizens — along with the rest of the nation — by showing unrivaled skills and making historic records as a National Football League player and leader.
 
 
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