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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump's Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw  —  Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?  —  Let me begin by quoting, in full, a letter that the president of the United States of America sent yesterday to the prime minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre.
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New York Times:
Trump Links His Push for Greenland to Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize  —  In a text, President Trump told Norway's prime minister that he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the U.S. needed the island for global security.  —  President Trump is now claiming that one reason …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal  —  Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.  —  The United States is a global superpower and its military trains for war in every domain.
Government.no:
Statement from The Prime Minister
NBC News:
Trump won't say whether he would use force to seize Greenland
John Irish / Reuters:
Trump tells Norway he no longer feels obligation to think only of peace
Associated Press:
Starmer says Trump's Greenland tariff threat ‘completely wrong’ and a trade war in no one's interest
Donna Ferguson / The Guardian:
Trump says ‘no comment’ when asked if he would seize Greenland by force - Europe live
Anne Applebaum / Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum:
Trump Writes a Letter to Norway
Discussion: Mediaite
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
There's a Reason Trump Is Targeting Minneapolis  —  Late last Wednesday night, I was standing on a street corner in the Hawthorne neighborhood in North Minneapolis when I witnessed an extraordinary confrontation.  A federal agent marched up a narrow residential sidewalk flanked by modest bungalows …
Discussion: MS NOW and Althouse
Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy … The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America's “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades.
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Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:
Full Mad King  —  Yes, it's real.  He really did write that letter to the Norwegian PM, whinging (once again) about not getting the Nobel Prize and declaring that since he didn't get the Prize, “I no longer feel any obligation to think purely of Peace.”  And no, you are not the crazy ones …
Discussion: Scripps News and Fox News
Robert Kagan / The Atlantic:   America vs. the World
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
AP Source: Fed Chair Powell to attend Supreme Court argument on Cook case  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
Alain Berset / New York Times:
I'm the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.  This Is Something I Thought I'd Never Have to Write.  —  When I took my post as secretary general of the Council of Europe just over a year ago, I did not think that I would ever have to write about the possibility of the United States taking military action against a member state.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Has an Offramp on Greenland.  He Doesn't Seem to Want It.  —  The strategic importance of Greenland is growing, and NATO has underinvested in Arctic security.  But President Trump, intent on ownership, is rebuffing deals with Europe to solve the problem.
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Poll finds Americans not satisfied with handling of Epstein files … Following bipartisan calls to release the Epstein files throughout Trump's first year back in office, Congress passed a law in November requiring the DOJ to release by mid-December all documents tied to Epstein …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mock Paper Scissors and CNN
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
‘No longer in my hands’: How Hill Republicans stopped caring about DOJ releasing the Epstein files … “I don't give a rip about Epstein,” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) said last week when she was asked to take stock of the month since the Dec. 19 deadline.  —  “Like, there's so many other things we need to be working on,” she added.
CNN:
Putin invited to join Trump's ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Kremlin says  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump's “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, his spokesman said on Monday.
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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Inside Bari Weiss's Hostile Takeover of CBS News  —  The network's new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire class more willing than ever to indulge Donald Trump.  —  On Halloween, a production team from “60 Minutes,” …
Tom Fairless / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds  —  Research contradicts President Trump's claim that foreigners are footing the bill, and could weaken his hand in the dispute over Greenland  —  FRANKFURT—Americans, not foreigners, are bearing almost the entire cost of U.S. tariffs …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Walz was also asked about foreign ties during Harris vetting, sources tell CNN  —  Tim Walz US elections Race & ethnicity  —  Josh Shapiro wasn't the only finalist to be Kamala Harris' running mate who was asked if he had ever been an agent of a foreign government, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.
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Washington Post:
Gov. Shapiro, a top 2028 contender, recounts chat with Trump, beef with Harris in new book
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
DOJ Moves to Eliminate Attorney Recusals in Sweeping Power Shift  —  Proposed rule would strip prosecutors of ethical independence and place conflict decisions solely in the hands of the attorney general  —  The Trump administration is preparing to upend a foundational safeguard of the Department …
Discussion: Raw Story
Hannah Miao / Wall Street Journal:
China's Birthrate Sinks to Record Low  —  Population shrinks for fourth consecutive year  —  China's population shrank for a fourth consecutive year as its birthrate fell to a record low, underscoring the demographic challenges facing the world's second-largest economy.  —  The details
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Musk shocks with $10 million donation in Ky. Senate race  —  Elon Musk has cut a massive $10 million check to bolster Nate Morris, an outsider, pro-Trump candidate running to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Axios has learned. … - Musk, the world's richest person …
David Strom / HotAir:
ICE Protesters Storming Churches Now; Hotels Kicking People Out  —  This is a breaking story, so the information is a bit mixed.  There are reports of church services in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul being disrupted by anti-ICE protesters, but I suspect that the reports are all about the same disruption …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
DOJ civil rights chief blasts Don Lemon as she vows charges against anti-ICE protesters who interrupted church service
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE's Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman.  Twice  —  When authorities used Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) facial recognition app on a detained woman in an attempt to learn her identity and immigration status, it returned two different and incorrect names …
Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows  —  Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways - something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees  —  Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle …
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
Author of 'Don't Say Abolish ICE' Memo Is a Corporate Consultant  —  The author of a controversial memo telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” and instead focus on reform and retraining is a former Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection official …
Discussion: Eschaton
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump's Trade Negotiator Says Response to Court Loss Would Be Immediate  —  If the Supreme Court rules against its tariffs, the Trump administration would begin replacing them immediately, said Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative.  —  If the Supreme Court strikes …
 
 
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Peter Sullivan / Axios:
Scoop: Bipartisan health package likely moving forward
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Constant Méheut / New York Times:
At the Center of Trump's Vision for Rebuilding Ukraine: BlackRock
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Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
Inside Minnesota Hospitals, ICE Agents Unnerve Staff
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Kaye Wiggins / Financial Times:
Lawyers are ‘endangered’ in Trump's America, international group warns
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick Hudson / The Tablet:
Broglio: US personnel could disobey ‘immoral’ orders against Greenland
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Some Trump voters are sneaking away
Discussion: Raw Story
James Surowiecki / The Atlantic:
Welfare Fraud Is a Problem—For Democrats
Discussion: Breitbart and NewsMax.com
Clint Smith / The Atlantic:
Those Who Try to Erase History Will Fail
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures …
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Trump's long-awaited healthcare “plan” is a joke
Associated Press:
Lawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees
Discussion: The Guardian
 

 
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Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg:
The NYSE plans to use its tech that matches buyers and sellers, plus blockchain networks, to facilitate the real-time trading of tokenized securities in 2026

Erin Woo / The Information:
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Axios:
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