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9:45 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
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
Discussion: Politico
Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Days before election, Roy Moore disappears from campaign trail
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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
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 …
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Foreign Policy:
White House Names Trump Loyalist to Iran Policy Job at State Department  —  The Trump administration's pick for the Iran post will likely back a more aggressive stance.  —  The Trump administration plans to install a political appointee at the State Department to a key position managing policy …
Kassy Dillon / Campus Reform:
Campus coffee shop evicts College Republicans from ‘safe space’  — Members of the Fordham University College Republicans were asked to leave an on-campus coffee shop because their MAGA hats apparently violated the shop's “safe space policy.”  — The self-identified president …
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
The U.S. Media Yesterday Suffered its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages: Now Refuses All Transparency Over What Happened  —  Friday was one of the most embarrassing days for the U.S. media in quite a long time.  The humiliation orgy was kicked off by CNN, with MSNBC and CBS close behind …
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’
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 Ng / Los Angeles Times:
CAA agent accused of offering sex in exchange for access to directors and a Hollywood star  —  CAA agent Cade Hudson, seen at an April gala, is known for his ties to celebrities.  (Randy Shropshire / Getty Images for World of Children)  —  As more talent agencies find themselves drawn …
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.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Tax Plans May Give Your Co-Worker a Better Deal Than You  —  In most places, a dollar is a dollar.  But in the tax code envisioned by Republicans, the amount you make may be less important than how you make it.  —  Consider two chefs working side by side for the same catering company …
Discussion: Start Making Sense
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Watch: Fox complains women reporting rape will make Christmas parties less “festive”  —  Fox News host Laura Ingraham is worried that women speaking out about sexual harassment and abuse is “just killing all the fun of Christmas.”  —  Fox News host and Trump cheerleader Laura Ingraham …
Discussion: Mediaite
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.
Lisa Kleypas / Washington Post:
Hillary, please don't reject romance novels — you are a romance novel heroine  —  When your daughter, Chelsea, mentioned in her speech at the Democratic National Convention that you both loved “Pride and Prejudice,” I was delighted and not at all surprised.
Discussion: IJR and Instapundit
 
 
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Burning objects thrown at synagogue in Sweden: reports
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
In major reform, 2020 Iowa caucuses would include absentee voting, public vote totals
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David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
Aftershocks likely from September test detected from North Korea nuclear site: USGS
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
Discussion: Bloomberg
Associated Press:
Obama: Protect democracy or risk taking path of Nazi Germany
Discussion: Axios
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Fox 9 confronts Rep. Franks before his immediate resignation
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Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Young conservatives say school disbanded club following flag protest battle
Discussion: IJR and TheBlaze
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
Donna Minkowitz / The Nation:
The Racist Right Looks Left
Discussion: Raw Story
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Florida rally cheers when Republican predicts Trump's Jerusalem embassy decision may usher in Armageddon
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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