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6:50 PM ET, December 9, 2017

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New York Times:
Inside Trump's Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation … WASHINGTON — Around 5:30 each morning, President Trump wakes and tunes into the television in the White House's master bedroom.  He flips to CNN for news, moves to “Fox & Friends” for comfort and messaging ideas, and sometimes watches MSNBC's …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump watches up to eight hours of TV per day: report  —  spends at least four hours a day watching television, according to a new report.  —  People close to Trump told The New York Times that Trump spends at least that much time in front of a TV each day, and sometimes spends as many as eight hours watching television.
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Ex-Fox News anchor claims Trump tried to kiss her
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to cut robocall for Moore  —  MOBILE, Ala. — Donald Trump has agreed to record a robocall for Alabama Republican Roy Moore ahead of next week's special election, the president's most direct involvement in Alabama on behalf of the embattled candidate to date.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In Alabama, no good outcomes for the Republican Party  —  Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Fairhope Ala. (Brynn Anderson/AP)  —  Every competitive special election draws outsized attention …
Discussion: Politico
John Bowden / The Hill:
Liberal group trolls Trump rally using Ivanka Trump's criticism of Roy Moore  —  A liberal group targeted President Trump  —  's Florida rally in which he supported Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) on Friday night with a mobile billboard featuring the president's daughter Ivanka Trump's sharp criticism of Moore.
Washington Post:   Bitter Senate race tests Alabama's image in the country — and at home
Larry Mcshane / New York Daily News:
Roy Moore accuser Beverly Nelson says she regrets voting for Trump: ‘The swamp is getting deeper’
Discussion: RedState
David French / National Review:
The Police Murder of Daniel Shaver  —  If you have the stomach for it, I want you to watch one of the most outrageous and infuriating videos I've ever seen.  It shows the police shooting of Daniel Shaver in Mesa, Arizona.  He was crawling on his hands and knees, crying, and begging police not to shoot him.
Discussion: RedState and Arizona Republic
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Uranium firm urged Trump officials to shrink Bears Ears National Monument  —  (Jim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto Agency-Efe/Rex/Shutterstock)  —  A uranium company launched a concerted lobbying campaign to scale back Bears Ears National Monument, saying such action would give it easier access …
Discussion: Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Axios and CNN
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Pathetic GOP uses tax dollars to bully private business suing Trump  —  Congressional Republicans have joined the Trump administration's fight against outdoor retailer Patagonia, using an official government Twitter account to accuse the company of lying to sell its products.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Grist
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
California gov: Trump doesn't fear God or ‘existential consequences’  —  California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) says President Trump  —  's stance on climate change demonstrates that he does not appear to fear the “wrath of God” or have any regard for the “existential consequences” of his environmental policies.
Discussion: National Review
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David Krayden / The Daily Caller:
Jerry Brown Claims Trump Does Not Have ‘A Fear Of The Lord’
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Mueller Investigation Is in Mortal Danger  —  If there was any single event that would cause the Republican Party elite to openly revolt against the ongoing Trumpification of their party, it would be the nomination of Roy Moore for U.S. Senate in Alabama.
Foreign Policy:
U.S. Diplomat's Resignation Signals Wider Exodus From State Department  —  One diplomat's stinging resignation letter offers a glimpse into the weakening State Department under Trump.  —  An award-winning U.S. diplomat who was seen as a rising star at the State Department has issued …
John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
How Secret Talks With Russia to Prevent Election Meddling Collapsed  —  With the 2018 midterms on the horizon, Moscow proposed a sweeping noninterference agreement with the United States, US officials tell BuzzFeed News.  The Trump administration said no.  —  Reporting From Washington, D.C.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Washington Post reporter apologizes for tweet on crowd size at Trump rally  —  Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel issued an apology to President Trump  —  on Saturday for tweeting a photo of an empty arena before a Trump rally in Florida that had been taken hours before the event started.
David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
Aftershocks likely from September test detected from North Korea nuclear site: USGS  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two minor tremors were detected on Saturday from near North Korea's nuclear test site and were probably aftershocks from the country's massive nuclear test in early September, a U.S. Geological Survey official said.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Jeffrey Lewis / Washington Post:   This is how nuclear war with North Korea would unfold
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Civil rights and community leaders: Trump doesn't deserve to attend museum opening  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Just ahead of the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, leaders from the civil rights movement and the local community blasted President Donald Trump's attendance as an affront to the spirit of the event.
CNN:
California fires: Crews near Ventura have ‘very successful day’  —  Ventura, California (CNN)The thousands of men and women fighting Southern California's largest wildfire made progress Friday thanks to weather that allowed more aircraft to help in the battle.
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Media fight Kushners for names of partners in Md. buildings
Discussion: The Hill
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP's all-out assault on justice
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Associated Press:
Obama: Protect democracy or risk taking path of Nazi Germany
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Tom Lyden / KMSP:
Fox 9 confronts Rep. Franks before his immediate resignation
 Earlier Items: 
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Is this the beginning of the end of the exit poll?
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Brzezinski questions Franken accuser: ‘Playboy model who goes on Hannity, voted for Trump’
Discussion: RedState
The Hill:
Congress reeling from sexual harassment deluge
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Associated Press:
Court papers show Manafort drafting op-ed under house arrest
Donna Minkowitz / The Nation:
The Racist Right Looks Left
Discussion: Raw Story
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump asked RNC chairwoman to stop using ‘Romney’ in her name: report
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Florida rally cheers when Republican predicts Trump's Jerusalem embassy decision may usher in Armageddon