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7:45 PM ET, December 30, 2019

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Explosive new revelations just weakened Trump's impeachment defenses  —  If Mitch McConnell is going to pull off his scheme to turn President Trump's impeachment trial into a quick and painless sham with no witnesses, the Senate majority leader needs the story to be covered …
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
WH and DOJ Lawyers Decided Trump Could Withhold Aid, Hide It from Congress Because He's President  —  Attorneys for the White House and the Department of Justice (DOJ) scrambled to piece together a legal justification after President Donald Trump withheld military aid to the Ukraine earlier this year.
Doug Jones / Washington Post:
Every trial is a pursuit of truth. Will my colleagues in the Senate uphold that?
Discussion: New York Times, The Hill and Bloomberg
CNN:
Joe Biden says he would consider a Republican for his running mate  —  Exeter, New Hampshire (CNN)Joe Biden told voters in New Hampshire on Monday that he would consider choosing a Republican as a running mate, but added, “I can't think of one right now.”  —  Biden discussed the possibility …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden Says He'd Be Open to Picking a Republican Running Mate  —  “The answer is I would, but I can't think of one now,” Biden said during a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Monday.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declared on Monday that he'd be open to a Republican …
Discussion: Contemptor
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
The 5 Biggest Surprises of the Democratic Presidential Primary, So Far
Discussion: Progress Pond
Nancy French / Washington Post:
I ignored warnings from friends and family not to marry my husband.  Was I making a big mistake?  —  When I was 20, a man I barely knew proposed without a ring  —  I said yes.  —  Our friends were alarmed about our fast decisions to marry and move from Tennessee to New York City.
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge dismisses impeachment suit from ex-White House aide  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit from a former White House official who had challenged a congressional subpoena in the impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Nearly a third of the days he's been president, Trump has visited a Trump-branded property
Discussion: Raw Story
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Republican Telemarketer Stiffed the Feds Out of $411K. The Trump White House Gave Him a Job.
Wall Street Journal:
Sunbelt Set to Gain Congressional Seats, Data Show  —  Americans are moving to states with warm weather, strong job growth and cheaper housing  —  WASHINGTON—New state population totals released Monday offer fresh signs of how the Sunbelt will gain political power after the 2020 census.
Discussion: Redstate and The Hill
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Census data projects shift in states' congressional power
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
US Census / The United States Census Bureau:
2019 U.S. Population Estimates Continue to Show the Nation's Growth Is Slowing
Discussion: Politico and National Review
Janelle Griffith / NBC News:
West Virginia correctional cadets who gave Nazi salute in photo will all be fired  —  “Now, we must continue to move forward and work diligently to make sure nothing like this ever happens again,” Gov. Jim Justice said in a statement Monday.  —  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Monday …
New York Times:
Suspect in Monsey Stabbings Searched Online for ‘Hitler,’ Charges Say  —  Officials said the suspect, who is charged with hate crimes, also expressed anti-Semitic views in his journal.  —  In his journal, prosecutors said, he wrote about Hitler and “Nazi culture.”
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama, Trump Tie as Most Admired Man in 2019  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Barack Obama and Donald Trump are tied this year as the most admired man.  It is Obama's 12th time in the top spot versus the first for Trump.  Michelle Obama is the most admired woman for the second year in a row.
Joshua Goodman / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Trump ally may have broken Venezuela sanctions  —  MIAMI (AP) — Erik Prince, a major Republican donor and founder of controversial security firm Blackwater, has been referred to the U.S. Treasury Department for possible sanctions violations tied to his recent trip to Venezuela …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, Hullabaloo and DNyuz
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Ivanka Trump's interview on Face the Nation could have aired on Fox News  —  Ivanka Trump talks with her father during a White House reception on December 11, 2019.  Mark Wilson/Getty Images  —  Margaret Brennan claimed Ivanka was a “vocal” opponent of family separation.  The opposite is true.
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Craig McCarthy / New York Post:
Bronx wind turbine's blades fly off, smashing car and billboard  —  Blades from a wind turbine in Baychester flew off the massive structure Monday, crashing to the street below, according to officials.  —  No one was injured — but a car was smashed and a billboard was knocked down around 1:20 p.m …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and abc7NY
James Comey / Washington Post:
This is what it is like to be attacked by the president  —  James Comey is a former FBI director and deputy attorney general.  —  What's it like to be personally and publicly attacked by the president of the United States?  Like many others in and out of government, I have some experience.
Discussion: Twitchy, Alternet.org, The Hill and Mediaite
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Our Year of Trumpschmerz  —  So much for the holidays.  In the quiet of Christmas and New Year's, the President of the United States has repeatedly attacked “Crazy Nancy” Pelosi and her family, inveighed against the “bogus Impeachment Scam” and circulated the alleged name of the C …
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Parnas Pushes to Share His Info With House Intel  —  The ex-Giuliani associate asked for permission to send the contents of an iPhone to Hill investigators.  —  Lev Parnas, a former Rudy Giuliani associate charged with financial crimes, is still sharing material with congressional investigators …
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Pelosi's half right constitutional claim leaves the House all wrong  —  Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe penned an editorial column over the weekend in support of the refusal of Speaker Nancy Pelosi to submit House articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial.
Discussion: Twitchy
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Raphael Satter / Reuters:
CIA devised way to restrict missiles given to allies, researcher says  —  LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has devised technology to restrict the use of anti-aircraft missiles after they leave American hands, a researcher said, a move that experts say could persuade …
Wall Street Journal:
Carlos Ghosn Flees Trial in Japan for Lebanon  —  Former Nissan, Renault chief was awaiting trial for alleged financial wrongdoing  —  Carlos Ghosn, the former chief of Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA, unexpectedly left Japan, where he is facing trial for alleged financial wrongdoing …
Discussion: The Drive and Financial Times
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump's use of homelessness as a political cudgel exposes his cynical disregard for blue states  —  Trump during a visit to California to inspect wildfire damage in November 2018.  SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images  —  It's not coincidental that he's making a big issue out of homelessness in California and New York but not in Florida.
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Why This Veteran Is Suing One of the Joint Chiefs for Sexual Assault  —  Twenty-eight-year veteran Kathryn Spletstoser couldn't get the military to take her claims against a decorated Air Force general seriously.  Now she's making those claims in court.  —  Army Lt. Col. Kathryn Spletstoser just wanted to fade into retirement.
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Yahoo News:
‘Shattered’: Inside the secret battle to save America's undercover spies in the digital age  —  When hackers began slipping into computer systems at the Office of Personnel Management in the spring of 2014, no one inside that federal agency could have predicted the potential scale and magnitude of the damage.
Scott Daugherty / Virginian-Pilot:
Virginia Beach to hold special session to consider “Second Amendment Constitutional City” resolution  —  The Virginia Beach City Council will hold a pair of special sessions next week to discuss — and vote — on becoming a “Second Amendment Constitutional City.”
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC rejects Yang's request for new polls ahead of next debate  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is rejecting a recent request from tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang to commission new early-state polling ahead of the January presidential primary debate to make up for the lack of surveys during the holiday season.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Bret Stephens and the Perils of the Tapped-Out Column  —  New York Times columnist Bret Stephens ambushed and gravely wounded his own career on the evening of Dec. 27 when his piece about—bear with me here—the alleged superior intelligence of Ashkenazi Jews went live on the Times website.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios AM  —  Subscribe  —  Happy Monday!  — Situational awareness: A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims that he had made the world's first genetically edited babies was sentenced to three years in prison because of his research.  (AP)
Discussion: Breitbart, Raw Story and The Hill
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocks, keeps voters on the rolls for now  —  MADISON - The Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked Monday over whether to remove the voter registrations of more than 200,000 people in response to a judge's order.  —  The commission's inability to reach …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Mark Meadows accused of timing retirement to help elect wife's friend  —  Rep. Mark Meadows' shock retirement — revealed just 30 hours before the filing deadline in North Carolina — has roiled some Republicans in the state who suspect he timed his announcement to benefit a friend of his wife.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Alternet.org and Raw Story
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Rebounds, Warren Slows, Sanders Rolls: The Latest on the 2020 Money Race  —  An early look at fourth-quarter fund-raising shows Joseph R. Biden Jr. bouncing back, Elizabeth Warren lagging her previous benchmark and Bernie Sanders continuing to haul in cash.
 
 
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
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Associated Press:
In Pursuit of Florida Latinos, Democrats Fight Socialist Tag
Discussion: Florida Politics
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
The frantic effort to save lives after a deadly attack on the CIA
Cindy Carcamo / Los Angeles Times:
Love in the time of DACA  —  Maria Lopez spotted him at a bachata class.
Associated Press:
3 years in, no sign of Trump's replacement for Obamacare
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Greta Thunberg: 'I wouldn't have wasted my time' talking to Trump about climate change
Discussion: ABC News
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Google's holiday gift to Devin Nunes
New York Post:
Woman accused of assaulting 3 Jewish women arrested again day after release
Zack Stanton / Politico:
The Worst Political Predictions of 2019
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