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5:20 PM ET, December 29, 2019

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Batya Ungar-Sargon / The Forward:
Why No One Can Talk About The Attacks Against Orthodox Jews  —  There's a poem Jews sing every evening after lighting Hanukkah candles.  It's called “Maoz Tzur” — Rock of the Ages — and was written during the Crusades, one of the many times when Jewish blood ran through the streets …
Discussion: The Atlantic
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New York Times:
5 Wounded in Stabbing at Rabbi's Home in N.Y. Suburb  —  The governor called the violence an “act of domestic terrorism” after a suspect was arrested in Harlem.  —  MONSEY, N.Y. — An intruder with a large knife burst into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in a New York suburb on Saturday night …
New York Post:
Suspects released without bail after shocking attacks on Jews  —  Suspects arrested in last week's spree of eight anti-Semitic attacks are being quickly released right back into the neighborhoods they terrorized thanks to “bail reform” legislation — which doesn't even take effect until Jan. 1.
Deborah Lipstadt / The Atlantic:
Jews Are Going Underground  —  In a month of terrible anti-Semitic attacks, including a stabbing yesterday of multiple people at a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, the news that most depressed me did not involve violence.  It was not something done to Jews but something Jews did.
Discussion: The Guardian
CBS New York:
New York Synagogue Attack: Machete-Wielding Suspect Captured In NYC After At Least 5 People Wounded In Monsey  —  MONSEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - At least five people have been stabbed in an attack at a synagogue in New York's Rockland County.  That attacker is now reportedly in custody after fleeing the scene.
Erielle Davidson / The Federalist:   IDENTITY POLITICS ENABLES ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE. ENOUGH
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
How liberals are allowing anti-Semitism to flourish
Discussion: KTLA, The Guardian and Slate
WPIX:
There were alleged attacks on Jewish New Yorkers almost every day last week
Discussion: The Hill
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:   After string of anti-Semitic attacks, de Blasio laments hatred ‘emanating from Washington’
Yonah Jeremy Bob / Jerusalem Post:   Will American Jews finally get hint about dangers they face? - analysis
CNN:
Suspect in Hanukkah celebration stabbings arrested in New York City with ‘blood all over him,’ source says
New York Times:
Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion  —  The inside story of President Trump's demand to halt military assistance to an ally shows the price he was willing to pay to carry out his agenda.  —  WASHINGTON — Deep into a long flight to Japan aboard Air Force …
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
2 Dead, 1 Critically Injured After Shooting At West Freeway Church Of Christ In White Settlement  —  **Update: The suspect was shot and killed.  There is no ongoing threat to the public.  WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — Two people are dead and another person is critically injured …
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Dallas Morning News:
2 dead, 1 in critical condition after shooting at White Settlement church, officials say  —  Officials said the shooter is among the two people dead after a shooting at the West Freeway Church of Christ. … Two people are dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting at a church …
The Daily Beast:
Graham: Rudy Should Scrub Evidence for Russian Propaganda  —  In the weeks leading up to their impeachment trial, senators on Capitol Hill are actively avoiding meeting with President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani—partly because they fear he might try to pass off Russian conspiracy theories …
CNN:
Biden just invited Sanders for dessert at the White House  —  (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders are sparring through food metaphors on the campaign trail as the Democratic Party's presidential candidates inch closer to their first caucus showdown in Iowa.
Discussion: The Hill, Los Angeles Times and DNyuz
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders staffers complained about the campaign's use of Amazon, a frequent Sanders target
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden still leads Democratic race as Warren drops
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Associated Press
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
GOP Senator James Lankford says he doesn't think Trump is a role model for young people  —  Washington — Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma criticized President Trump for his tweets and language, saying he doesn't believe the president is someone who young people can look up to.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
GOP senator says he doesn't think Trump “as a person” is a role model for kids
Discussion: Breitbart
Helen Whitehouse / Mirror.co.uk:
Transgender man gives birth to non-binary partner's baby with female sperm donor  —  EXCLUSIVE: Proud dad Reuben Sharpe has revealed how he gave birth to miracle baby Jamie with partner Jay in Britain's most modern family - and even the couple's doctor was transgender
Discussion: The Sun, Redstate, Breitbart and Twitchy
Adia Robinson / ABC News:
‘No exoneration’ if impeachment trial ‘rigged’ by McConnell, senator says  —  Pelosi and McConnell have been at an impasse over the Senate impeachment trial.  —  Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski put her finger on a key issue of an impeachment trial when she expressed concern …
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:   Sen. Kennedy says ‘there are no rules’ when it comes to impeachment proceedings
Rick Wilson / New York Daily News:
A decade of loss: What slipped away in America in the 2010s  —  History's greatest trick is that our innate human bias toward normalcy always lures us into complacency.  You wake up in the morning and the coffee still tastes largely the same, the water runs, the lights come on.  It feels almost ordinary.
Washington Post:
Trump's lawyer and the Venezuelan president: How Giuliani got involved in back-channel talks with Maduro  —  The international call came in September 2018, after months of rising tension between the United States and Venezuela, a key strategic player in South America.
Discussion: Mediaite
Michael Moran / Dailystar.co.uk:
Huge triangular UFO captured on video gliding through sky above New York  —  The strange object hung immobile above the clouds for several minutes, at one point ejecting a red ‘orb’  —  2019 has been a remarkable year for UFO sightings.  —  Partly because drones are so commonplace now …
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement From Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Jonathan Hoffman  —  In response to repeated Kata'ib Hizbollah (KH) attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces, U.S. forces have conducted precision defensive strikes against five KH facilities in Iraq …
Discussion: CNN, DNyuz, Bloomberg, FOX59 and The Drive
Lexington Herald-Leader:
Why do some people believe Trump's fairy tales?  It feels good.  —  Make voting easier  —  President Ronald Reagan said that our nation “cannot allow any American's vote to be denied, diluted, or defiled.  The right to vote is the crown jewel of American liberties, and we will not see its luster diminished.”
Discussion: Townhall
 
 
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
A bipartisan committee has ideas to make Congress more bipartisan — and lawmakers are listening
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Zaghari-Ratcliffe to go on hunger strike for fellow detainee in Iran
Caleb Jones / Associated Press:
Police: All 7 killed in Hawaii tour helicopter crash
Discussion: DNyuz and NPR
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Putin thanks Trump for tip helping thwart ‘acts of terrorism’ in Russia
Dave Barry / Washington Post:
Dave Barry's Year in Review 2019
Wall Street Journal:
White House Counsel Drives Aggressive Trump Impeachment Defense
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Inside the Biggest 2020 Advertising War Against Trump
Zachary Siegel / NBC News:
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
How a Chase Bank Chairman Helped the Deposed Shah of Iran Enter the U.S.
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Searching for truth in an era of ‘alternative facts’: Disinformation in the age of Trump
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
U.S. companies are forcing workers to train their own foreign replacements
Discussion: SDxCentral, Alternet.org and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump retweets post naming alleged whistleblower
Discussion: Slate and Washington Post
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Left presses 2020 Democrats to retake the courts from Trump
Discussion: Politico
Linda Carroll / NBC News:
'It's not going away': Vets still seeing cases of dog heart problems linked to grain-free food
Kashmira Gander / Newsweek:
Record hit for most ice to melt in Antarctica in one day, data suggests: “We are in a climate emergency”
Discussion: Althouse and Gizmodo
 

 
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Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: after closing several video game studios, Microsoft plans more cuts, as the massive Activision acquisition has ramped up scrutiny on the Xbox division

Wall Street Journal:
In a blog post, Neuralink details a problem with its implant in patient Noland Arbaugh's brain that reduced data collection after the implant's threads came out

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Dell warns customers of a data breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen data for ~49M customers, but says financial and payment data was not stolen

 
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