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Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Pelosi, Nielsen clashed during border-security meeting: ‘I reject your facts,’ House speaker said, according to report  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen got into a tense confrontation this week, with the California Democrat interrupting Nielsen's presentation …
Discussion: RedState and Wall Street Journal
Fin Gomez / CBS News:
Trump asked Pelosi why everyone wants to impeach him, source says
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Cameron Cawthorne / Washington Free Beacon:   Pelosi Responds to Black Lives Matter Question: ‘I Think That All Lives Matter’
Paul Kane / Washington Post:   Congress isn't feeling the pressure for a fast deal to end the shutdown — yet
Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Democrats Split Over Shutdown Talks Progress
Discussion: CNN and IJR
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed News:
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation  —  I couldn't figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible.  The answer is both more complex and far simpler than I expected.  —  “I tried to register for the 2016 election, but it was beyond the deadline …
David Perdue / Washington Post:
Sen. David Perdue: Mitt Romney makes the same mistake that cost him the White House  —  David Perdue, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Georgia.  —  In a recent op-ed for The Post, “The president shapes the public character of the nation.  Trump's character falls short,” …
Discussion: RedState, Townhall, Mediaite and Daily Wire
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump claims support from past presidents for the wall: Clinton, Bush and Obama beg to differ  —  President Donald Trump claimed without evidence on Friday that past presidents have privately confided to him that they regret not building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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Politico:
Shutdown negotiations drag on
Discussion: Longreads
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
FBI Investigating Fake Texts Sent to GOP House Members
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Ocasio-Cortez wants higher taxes on very rich Americans.  Here's how much money that could raise.  —  With the help of tax experts, we produced some back-of-the-envelope estimates.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) floated a 60 to 70 percent tax rate on the richest Americans …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Politico
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Rashida Tlaib's Expletive-Laden Cry to Impeach Trump Upends Democrats' Talking Points  —  WASHINGTON — Impeachment was always going to hang heavily over a divided Washington.  But it took little more than 24 hours this week for a freshman House Democrat's exuberant, expletive-laden impeachment promise …
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Richard Escobedo / CBS News:   Democrats sound off on impeachment, Tlaib remark
WDIV-TV:
Rep. Rashida Tlaib doubles down after explicit Trump comment: ‘President has met his match’
Maxim Rodionov / Reuters:
Moscow accuses Washington of detaining Russian citizen after arresting ex-U.S. Marine  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday the United States had detained a Russian citizen, days after Moscow arrested the former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan on suspicion of spying.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
‘The new straw poll’: 2020 candidates race to build small-donor armies  —  Democratic presidential contenders are already locked in an important battle to showcase their viability, racing to build digital armies to power their campaigns.  —  Online support is set to play a pivotal role …
Discussion: East Bay Times
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Elizabeth Warren nabs Obama's chief digital strategist, beefs up national staff
Discussion: Political Wire
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Campaigns in Iowa: ‘This is How It Starts’
Discussion: Associated Press
Robert Windrem / NBC News:
All three CIA directorates will now be headed by women  —  CIA Director Gina Haspel has named Cynthia “Didi” Rapp deputy director for analysis, making her the agency's top analyst.  —  CIA Director Gina Haspel has appointed another woman to the top level of the agency, naming Cynthia “Didi” …
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
The Character That Matters  —  A few days ago, American Greatness published some thoughts of mine about Jonah Goldberg's contention that “President Trump is not a man of good character” and that, consequently, his administration “will end poorly.”  —  “Character,” Jonah says, “is destiny.”
Discussion: The Other McCain
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Disturbing Video of Drake Fondling and Kissing 17-Year-Old Girl Surfaces  —  The singer is seen doing the act onstage at a show years ago, and the video has sparked heavy backlash.  —  Marlow Stern  —  On Thursday night, millions tuned in to watch Surviving R. Kelly …
Discussion: The Root
Gallup:
Record Numbers of Americans Want to Leave the U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — While Donald Trump has spent much of his presidency focused on the number of people who want to get into the U.S., since he took office, record numbers of Americans have wanted to get out.
Mike Allen / Axios:
The force that could end the shutdown  —  Asked during a Rose Garden news conference yesterday about a safety net for furloughed federal workers, President Trump replied: … Why it matters: A strong border doesn't pay the rent.  Republican sources tell me that although they don't see an imminent solution …
Washington Post:
Millions face delayed tax refunds, cuts to food stamps as White House scrambles to deal with shutdown's consequences  —  Food stamps for 38 million low-income Americans face severe reductions and more than $140 billion in tax refunds are at risk of being frozen or delayed if the government shutdown stretches …
Discussion: Vox, Political Wire and The Guardian
Erin Schumaker / HuffPost:
New Governor Janet Mills Makes Fighting Opioid Deaths A Priority In Maine — Finally  —  In her first days in office, the state's first female governor expanded Medicaid and announced plans for an opioid czar.  —  On her first full day in office, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Can you admire an anti-Semite and advance the cause of women?  Maybe so.  Life is full of contradictions  —  It's been a long two years since millions converged on Washington, D.C., for the Women's March, an idea that grew out of a suggestion Teresa Shook, a Hawaii lawyer and educator, spontaneously made to some friends.
Discussion: The Advocate
Los Angeles Times:
3 shot dead, 4 injured at Torrance bowling alley  —  Three men were fatally shot and four were injured late Friday at a Torrance bowling alley, police said, and relatives and friends wept and shouted outside as they awaited word on the victims.  —  The shooting, which was apparently preceded by a fight …
Washington Post:
Three dead in national parks as shutdown wears on  —  Trump administration officials decided to leave the scenic parks open even as the Interior Department has halted most of its operations — a departure from previous extended shutdowns  —  Three days after most of the federal workforce …
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Washington Post:   Three have died in accidents in national parks since shutdown began. …
 
 
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Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
House Democrats prepare to probe disputed North Carolina election
Star Parker / Boston Herald:
Trump using American capitalism to lift up the poor
David Nather / Axios:
Republicans are way more optimistic about the stock market than Democrats
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
President Trump, senior White House staff head to weekend retreat at Camp David
Discussion: NBC News
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Former Weekly Standard staffers find new home at The Bulwark, a conservative site unafraid to take on Trump
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Congress Is Examining Decision to Lift Sanctions on Russian's Firms
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Transgender pride flag hung in Congress by Rep. Jennifer Wexton
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