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1:25 PM ET, December 24, 2019

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The Christian Post:
Christianity Today and the problem with ‘Christian Elitism’  —  Christianity Today editor Mark Galli's “lofty” op-ed last week calling for President Trump's removal from office touched off a firestorm of criticism and dissent from scores of evangelical leaders, and the backlash and debate have reached …
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Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Editor Quits Amid Evangelical Newspaper Civil War Over Trump  —  SPLITTERS  —  An editor at The Christian Post has abruptly quit the publication after it aligned itself with Donald Trump as part of a spiraling evangelical Christian civil war.  Another evangelical newspaper, Christianity Today …
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
The cost of criticizing Trump: Journalist leaves Christian Post amid its plans to attack Christianity Today  —  The decision by Christianity Today to publish an editorial describing President Trump as “immoral” and calling for his removal drew immediate rebuke from the president himself, who called the outlet “a far left magazine.”
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Evangelicals need to follow Christianity's morals, not Trump's
Washington Post:
New evidence for impeachment keeps turning up. That's why we need witnesses.
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
John Washington / The Intercept:
Mike Bloomberg Exploited Prison Labor to Make 2020 Presidential Campaign Phone Calls  —  Former New York City mayor and multibillionaire Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg used prison labor to make campaign calls.  Through a third-party vendor, the Mike Bloomberg 2020 campaign contracted …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump says Pelosi ‘desperate’ and ‘hates all of the people that voted for me’  —  The president spoke to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in southern Florida where he's spending the holidays.  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday railed against the impeachment case against him, complaining that he'd been treated “very unfairly.”
Discussion: Raw Story and MSNBC
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:   Can House Democrats move past impeachment?
Courier-Journal:
The FBI is asking questions about former Gov. Matt Bevin's pardons  —  The FBI is asking questions about the pardons Matt Bevin issued during his last weeks as Kentucky governor, The Courier Journal has learned.  —  State Rep. Chris Harris, D-Forest Hills, told reporters …
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump says US will ‘deal with’ North Korea Christmas gift  —  President Trump on Tuesday said that the United States would “deal with” whatever North Korea has planned, quipping that Kim Jong Un may send him a “nice present” and not actually be planning a missile test.
Discussion: Associated Press and NBC News
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
North Korea never halted efforts to build powerful new weapons, experts say
Discussion: The Week
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump calls troops ahead of Christmas holiday
Discussion: The Hill
New York Post:
Hunter Biden owns massive home in swanky Hollywood Hills, court docs reveal  —  Recovering crack addict Hunter Biden owns a home in one of the swankiest neighborhoods in America, it was revealed Monday.  —  The son of former Vice President Joe Biden shares a ZIP code in the Hollywood Hills …
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
How to understand Trump now: Wounded child, drug addict or delusional gaslighter?  —  Psychiatrist Justin Frank says Trump is terrified, angry and extremely dangerous — “conflict ... gives him life”  —  Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives last week.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Vicky Ward / CNN:
The invisible man: Text messages reveal former golfer's role in Ukraine scandal  —  New York (CNN)When Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman traveled to Ukraine last winter to help Rudy Giuliani dig up dirt on President Donald Trump's political opponents, they were accompanied by a 44 year-old American named David Correia.
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NBC News:
Giuliani says he's ‘more of a Jew’ than Holocaust survivor George Soros
Mike Baker / New York Times:
G.O.P. Lawmaker Had Visions of a Christian Alternative Government  —  A Washington State legislator was accused of participating in the occupation of a federal wildlife refuge.  Behind the scenes, he and right-wing activists were preparing for civil strife.
David Siders / Politico:
‘The surge is real’: Klobuchar makes late push in Iowa  —  SHELDON, Iowa — Amy Klobuchar keeps telling Iowans about the text she got from a friend cheering her “insurgency” after last week's debate.  The friend meant to say “surge,” but Klobuchar found the auto-correct error funny …
Discussion: MinnPost
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Melania Trump silently forges path through impeachment  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton spent the morning of her husband's impeachment visiting Capitol Hill to rally Democrats to his side.  Pat Nixon kept assuring reporters her husband wouldn't quit — right up until he did.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
Chinese Restaurants Are Closing.  That's a Good Thing, the Owners Say.  —  The share of Chinese restaurants has fallen in metro areas across the country in the last five years.  Many owners are glad their children won't be taking over.  —  KINGSTON, N.Y. — More than 40 years after buying Eng's …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ex-Trump staffer suing over pregnancy discrimination  —  A.J. Delgado is claiming she “inexplicably stopped receiving emails and other communications” after disclosing her pregnancy.  —  Former Trump aides Reince Priebus (left) and Sean Spicer, seen here during the transition in January 2017, were among those named in the lawsuit.
Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
Comey or ‘Corney’?  Stalking a Half-Popped Kernel of a Deep-State Kerning Conspiracy  —  We know a few things for sure, beginning with the fact that quiet changes have been made in the blockbuster report on FBI spying abuse released two weeks ago by the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General.
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Buttigieg Blames Private Equity Firms for Surprise Billing.  One of His Bundlers, a Blackstone Exec, Is Linked to the Problem.  —  South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg's health care plan takes on the predatory practice of surprise medical billing, which occurs when patients receive astronomical medical bills …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Former Hawaii governor calls on Tulsi Gabbard to resign  —  Running for president she is “not able to do the job for the 2nd District,” says Neil Abercrombie.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard said she will not resign.  Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Washington Post:
Warren embraced the high-dollar fundraiser circuit for years — until just before her presidential campaign  —  Chase Williams grinned broadly as he stood for a photo next to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, chatting briefly with the senator from Massachusetts before moving on so someone else could have their turn.
Discussion: The Week and JustOneMinute
Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
Arizona DHS Agents Paid to Have Sex With Alleged Sex Trafficking Victims They ‘Rescued’  —  Law enforcement said they saved women from a transnational sex trafficking operation.  They didn't disclose that they'd also had sex with them.  —  At a press conference in September 2018 …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Feds say they're ‘working around the clock’ ahead of Santa's Christmas Eve flight  —  • As Santa Claus departs the North Pole on Christmas Eve, U.S. federal agencies are working to ensure a smooth trek to deliver gifts to kids of all ages.  —  The only red tape the jolly old elf …
Discussion: The Sun, WTOP and CBS Miami
 
 
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Reuters:
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
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Discussion: Fox News and Redstate
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