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9:45 AM ET, December 20, 2017

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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Tax Bill Has Grown More Unpopular, Poll Shows  —  Overall, 41% of Americans in the survey said the tax plan was a bad idea, up from 35% in October.  —  The Republican tax-cut bill has grown more unpopular in the two months it has taken to usher it through Congress …
Discussion: Politico
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Chris Edwards / Cato Institute:
Final Tax Bill: Biggest Cuts for the Middle  —  The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) has released its distributional analysis of the final Republican tax bill.  The bill provides even larger percentage cuts for middle earners than previous versions of the legislation.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Public sours on GOP tax plan as Democrats regain lead on economy  —  WASHINGTON — The tax plan that Republicans are soon expected to pass has grown more unpopular in the last two months, with nearly two-thirds of Americans believing it's designed mostly to help corporations and the wealthy …
Joseph A. Wulfsohn / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Hits Media Over Mueller: Journalists Shouldn't Be ‘Cheerleaders For Prosecutions’  —  On Tuesday night, Tucker Carlson chided media critics who have slammed Fox News for their recent coverage of the Robert Mueller investigation.  —  The Fox News host began by mocking …
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:   Outnumbered Guest Stuns Hosts After Suggesting FBI Deputy Director Plotted to Assassinate Trump
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate Russia probe looking into 2016 candidate Jill Stein
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com and Vox
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP chairmen seek to interview top FBI officials on Clinton, Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote, creating 50-50 tie in legislature  —  NEWPORT NEWS — A Republican seat flipped Democratic in a wild recount Tuesday - with the Democrat winning by a single vote - creating a rare 50-50 tie between the parties in the House of Delegates …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
In Virginia, a 11,608-to-11,607 Lesson in the Power of a Single Vote  —  The Democratic wave that rose on Election Day in Virginia last month delivered a final crash on the sand Tuesday when a Democratic challenger defeated a Republican incumbent by a single vote, leaving the Virginia House …
CBS News:
House must revote on approved final GOP tax bill, fearing Byrd Rule objections  —  The House will revote on the bill it passed to much fanfare Tuesday afternoon, fearing procedural violations in the version it already passed.  —  The vote will likely take place Wednesday.
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U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget:
Parliamentarian Determines Three Provisions in Republican Tax Bill Are Impermissible
Heather Long / Washington Post:
The Republican tax bill was the easy part.  The next debate could be much uglier.  —  The Republican overhaul of the tax code sets the stage for years of politically fraught debate over what the government should provide for its citizens and how much it should demand in taxes.
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New York Times:
How Republicans Rallied Together to Deliver a Tax Plan
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Bruce Bartlett / USA Today:
After tax cuts, Republicans may suddenly find Trump is more trouble than he's worth
Discussion: The Root
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Democrats unlikely to force DACA vote this week, probably averting shutdown  —  Democrats are backing away from a pledge to force a vote this month over the fate of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children, angering activists but likely averting the threat …
Discussion: Vox, Splinter, TheBlaze, RedState, Axios and Reuters
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Senators, White House lay groundwork for Dreamers deal
Discussion: Vox and Breitbart
Page Six:
Koch heir sues ex-fiancée to get giant ring back  —  Wyatt Koch — the son of billionaire Bill Koch — is suing his ex-fiancée to get back an 8.24-carat ring after she broke off their engagement, according to court documents.  Wyatt's lawyers claim that he purchased …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump Jr. suggests top government officials are undermining his father  —  President Donald Trump's son suggested Tuesday evening that “people at the highest levels of government” are conspiring against the Trump administration, evidence, he said, of the president's campaign claims about a “rigged” system.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump Jr. suggests conspiracy of people who don't want to let ‘America be America’
Discussion: Mediaite
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump triumphant: a consequential, lasting end to 2017  —  President Trump takes a beating in the media, but he's ending 2017 on the high note of his presidency.  —  The big picture: You might not like his words or actions.  But measured in terms of what Republican voters want and expected, he's winning on important fronts:
Paul Ryan / Wall Street Journal:
Tax Reform Means Your Paycheck Will Grow  —  So will the economy, as the bill brings U.S. corporate taxes in line with the developed-world norm.  —  The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which the House passed Tuesday, represents the biggest advancement for growth and opportunity in recent memory.
Discussion: Townhall.com
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
BREAKING: Senate Passes Sweeping Tax Reform, Trump Poised to Sign Historic Bill Into Law
Discussion: CNBC
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
What Does ‘Sexual Misconduct’ Actually Mean?  —  “Enough is enough,” proclaimed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at a December 6 press conference.  Whatever the details of her colleague Al Franken's sexual misbehavior, said Gillibrand, who has been aggressively pushing for Congress to tackle its harassment problem, he needed to step down.
Discussion: New York Times
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Cornyn Says Tax Bill Mandate Repeal Makes Obamacare ‘Unworkable’  —  The No. 2 Senate Republican said Tuesday that the GOP's tax bill will make Obamacare “unworkable,” which he hopes will force Democrats into negotiations to replace the law.  —  Asked about the failure of the GOP's efforts …
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Suspected House Hackers Ran Car Dealership With Markings Of A Hezbollah Front  —  The used car dealership known as CIA never seemed like an ordinary car dealership, with inventory, staff and expenses.  —  On its Facebook page, CIA's “staff” were fake personalities such as “James Falls O'Brien …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
'Trump's Benghazi': Frederica Wilson wants the truth about what happened to La David Johnson in Niger  —  “The American people need to know what happened to Sgt. La David Johnson.  And I think that his family needs to know what happened to Sgt. La David Johnson.”
Discussion: CNN
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Hillary Clinton Favorable Rating at New Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hillary Clinton's image has declined since June and is now the worst Gallup has measured for her to date.  Her favorable rating has fallen five percentage points since June to a new low of 36%, while her unfavorable rating has hit a new high of 61%.
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and RedState
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Internal Emails Show Twitter Struggled To Interpret Its Own Verification Rules While Hunting Trolls  —  Emails suggest that verification was never quite what Twitter said it was and that the company was aware it served as a tacit endorsement long before it admitted so publicly.
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Collins decries coverage of her tax bill support as ‘unbelievably sexist’  —  The Maine Republican decried the media coverage as premature and unfair.  —  Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday blasted coverage of her support for the GOP tax bill as “extremely discouraging” and “unbelievably sexist.”
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Mueller's little surprise (4)  —  Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson has now responded to Presidential Transition Team (or Trump for America) attorney Kory Langhofer's December 16 letter to him by letter to the Administrator of the General Services Administration.
 
 
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Zaid Jilani / The Intercept:
Corporations Say Publicly They'll Pocket the Tax Cut, But Republicans Aren't Listening
News 12 Connecticut:
Parents pull kids from class as Ivanka Trump visits CT school
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New Jersey Online:
Murphy slams Trump and his ‘lunatic’ pal over voting rights in naming secretary of state
Discussion: Shareblue Media
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
What North Korea told a U.N. envoy trying to prevent war
Discussion: Just Security and The Hill
Will Wilkinson / New York Times:
The Tax Bill Shows the G.O.P.'s Contempt for Democracy
Chauncey Devega / Salon:
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Breitbart News Helped Trump Win. Under Steve Bannon, It Might Also Help Him Lose
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Associated Press:
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Trump cheers on a stock market he once called a ‘big, fat, ugly bubble’
New York Times:
As Signs of a Mass Grave Emerge, Myanmar Cracks Down
Mary Ellen Klas / miamiherald:
Investigation concludes Florida Sen. Jack Latvala's conduct may be criminal
Discussion: Raw Story
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
David Frum Proves My Point
Discussion: Power Line, Mediaite and twitchy.com
Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
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