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9:50 AM ET, December 9, 2018

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Washington Post:
‘Siege warfare’: Republican anxiety spikes as Trump faces growing legal and political perils  —  A growing number of Republicans fear that a battery of new revelations in the far-reaching Russia investigation has dramatically heightened the legal and political danger to Donald Trump's presidency …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kelly exit helps position Trump for 2020  —  President Donald Trump's Saturday confirmation that chief of staff John Kelly will soon leave the White House signaled more than the end of a tortured relationship.  It was the latest sign of Trump's singular focus on his 2020 re-election campaign.
Samantha Vinograd / The Daily Beast:
John Kelly and the Feverish White House Turnover is a Potential Vulnerability Goldmine For Opportunists  —  If there isn't the necessary process in place, the institutional knowledge on a terrorist threat or covert outreach to a rogue regime official could be gone with the wind.
Discussion: Vox and Raw Story
New York Times:
John Kelly, Trump's Chief of Staff, to Leave White House
USA Today:
John Kelly, hired to restore order for President Donald Trump, is out as chief of staff
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
John Kelly Couldn't Fix the Trump Presidency
Axios:   Behind the scenes: Trump announces John Kelly's exit
John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's confession: dossier not verified before, or after, FISA warrant  —  Many people I know in law enforcement circles shuddered when James Comey tweeted recently that acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker “may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer.”  —  To them, Comey's Twitter attack crossed …
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Yahoo News:
Trump first wanted his attorney general pick Bill Barr for another job: Defense lawyer  —  In late spring 2017, President Trump was having a  —  hard time finding a topflight lawyer to spearhead his defense in the sprawling Russian investigation conducted by the new special counsel  —  Robert Mueller.
Discussion: Hot Air, SARAH PALIN and New York Times
Associated Press:
Comey: Russia investigation initially looked at 4 Americans  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI's counterintelligence investigation into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia initially focused on four Americans and whether they were connected to Russian efforts to interfere …
CNN:
House Republicans release Comey interview transcript  —  Comey: Trump attacks on FBI ‘deeply troubling’  —  (CNN)The House Judiciary and Oversight committees have released a transcript of former FBI Director James Comey's closed-door interview with the committees on Friday.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Comey: I'm ‘not friends’ with Mueller
Fox News:
Comey transcript released: Ex-FBI boss claims not to know, remember key details in Russia case
Discussion: HuffPost and Power Line
New York Times:
Prosecutors' Narrative Is Clear: Trump Defrauded Voters.  But What Does It Mean?  —  WASHINGTON — The latest revelations by prosecutors investigating President Trump and his team draw a portrait of a candidate who personally directed an illegal scheme to manipulate the 2016 election …
Discussion: Power Line
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Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Why Trump is likely to be indicted by Manhattan US Attorney  —  The major takeaway from the 40-page sentencing memorandum filed by federal prosecutors Friday for Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, is this: The president is very likely to be indicted on a charge of violating federal campaign finance laws.
Discussion: Power Line, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump 2020 Shaping Up to Be a Campaign to Stay Out of Prison  —  In 2016, Donald Trump claimed that America's presidential election would determine nothing less than whether a proven criminal would be sent to jail — or the Oval Office.  In 2020, that might actually be the case.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The utterly lawless ‘Individual-1’
Discussion: Raw Story
Harry Litman / USA Today:
Broken laws, Russia negotiations: Can Trump presidency survive latest court filings?
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
The Michael Cohen Sentencing Memos Are Damning for Trump
Discussion: The Guardian and Spectator USA
Associated Press:
Closer legal peril for Trump in probes; he sees no collusion
Discussion: National Review
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Pardoning Paul Manafort would be ‘terrible mistake,’ could ‘trigger a debate’ about pardon power: Sen. Marco Rubio  —  Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said repeatedly that President Donald Trump pardoning former campaign chairman Paul Manafort would be a “terrible mistake,” and that doing so could possibly …
Discussion: USA Today and Mother Jones
WCMH-TV:
School turns students' lunch debt over to collection agency  —  CRANSTON, RI (WJAR) Rhode Island's Cranston School District hired a collection agency to recover unpaid student lunch balances.  —  In a letter to parents, Raymond Votto Jr., chief operating officer of Cranston Public Schools …
Scott Gleeson / USA Today:
Old homophobic tweets from Kyler Murray's Twitter account surface after he wins Heisman  —  Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray had a Saturday to remember.  But the Oklahoma quarterback's memorable night also helped resurface social media's memory of several homophobic tweets more than six years old.
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Other McCain
Jon Gabriel / USA Today:
The U.S. may not ‘believe’ in climate change.  But we're the only one doing something about it  —  Opinion: These days, saying you care about the environment is far more important than actually doing something about it.  —  CONNECT  —  In a selfless effort to save the planet, Legoland theme parks are banning plastic straws.
Discussion: Instapundit
Al Arabiya:
Details of calls to attack Trump by US ‘Muslim Sisters’ allied to Brotherhood  —  Linda Sarsour speaks during a National Day of Action for a Dream Act Now protest on February 7, 2018, in Washington D.C. (AFP)  —  For the first time in US political history, two Muslim women joined the ranks …
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Misquotes The Constitution  —  Democratic Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez misquoted the U.S. Constitution while threatening to run for president on Thursday.  —  According to a recap in Politico's Playbook, Ocasio-Cortez was doing a Politico photoshoot …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Ocasio-Cortez for 2028?
Discussion: The Other McCain and Splinter
 
 
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Bloomberg:
A Welcome Chance to Reform Criminal Sentencing
Discussion: Daily Wire
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Cory Booker Dips a Toe Into New Hampshire as 2020 Decision Nears
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Angela Charlton / Associated Press:
Paris cleans up after latest riot; pressure builds on Macron
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's Bid To Reinstate A Ban On Asylum Has Been Denied By A Federal Appeals Court
Discussion: Splinter, Associated Press, CNN and Reuters
Reuters:
Trump to nominate Milley as next chairman of Joint Chiefs
 Earlier Items: 
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
A Prominent White Supremacist Is An EMT In Virginia. Now The State Is Investigating Him.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Calls Senator Richard Blumenthal ‘The Dick’ in Bizarre Tweets
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's favorite pollster was the least accurate in the midterms
 

 
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