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Bruce Bartlett / USA Today:
After tax cuts, Republicans may suddenly find Trump is more trouble than he's worth  —  After months of debate, Congress has released a final tax reform bill.  The bill eliminates some personal exemptions while increasing the standard deduction.  —  The GOP members of Congress had a brilliant plan …
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
The Republican tax bill was the easy part.  The next debate could be much uglier.  —  The Republican overhaul of the tax code sets the stage for years of politically fraught debate over what the government should provide for its citizens and how much it should demand in taxes.
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Congress approves final tax reform bill, handing Trump year-end victory  —  The House gave the final stamp of approval Wednesday to a sweeping tax reform package, handing President Trump his first major legislative victory and most Americans a tax cut starting next year.
Washington Post:
GOP tax bill passes Congress
CNN:
Democrats' 2018 advantage expands  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Democrats' already wide advantage over Republicans in a hypothetical Congressional matchup has grown, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.  At the same time, enthusiasm about voting next year …
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Ryan Struyk / CNN:
Trump's approval rating just entered a league of its own  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating sank to a new low in CNN polling on Tuesday, earning the approval of just 35% of Americans less than a year into his first term.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
The GOP's Tax Bill Kicks Puerto Rico When It's Down  —  The island is getting slapped with new taxes as it drowns in debt and tries to recover from a catastrophic hurricane.  —  WASHINGTON The hits just keep coming for Puerto Rico.  —  As the U.S. island struggles to climb …
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Adele M. Stan / American Prospect:
On the Road to Kleptocracy … With the passage of the Republican …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Will Wilkinson / New York Times:
The Tax Bill Shows the G.O.P.'s Contempt for Democracy  —  The Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is notably generous to corporations, high earners, inheritors of large estates and the owners of private jets.  Taken as a whole, the bill will add about $1.4 trillion to the deficit in the next decade …
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New York Times:
Republican Tax Bill Passes Senate in 51-48 Vote
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump boasts of individual mandate repeal in GOP tax bill
Discussion: Axios
Emily Steel / New York Times:
2 Women Who Settled With O'Reilly Over Sexual Harassment Sue for Defamation  —  Two women who reached sexual harassment settlements with Bill O'Reilly joined a defamation lawsuit against Mr. O'Reilly and Fox News on Wednesday, asserting that statements that he and the network made depicted them as liars …
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Targets Individuals Involved in the Sergei Magnitsky Case and Other Gross Violations of Human Rights in Russia  —  A total of 49 individuals have been designated under the Magnitsky Act  —  WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) …
Discussion: Axios
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Discussion: Metro Weekly
Washington Post:
Court tosses out one-vote victory in recount that had briefly ended a Republican majority in Virginia  —  A three- judge panel declined to certify the recount of a key House race today, saying that a questionable ballot should be counted in favor of the Republican and tying a race that Democrats …
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Breitbart went all out for Roy Moore.  Now its top editor says he was a ‘weak candidate’  —  Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow was in his home office last Tuesday night running the front page of the far-right website when he learned that Judge Roy Moore would not be elected as the next senator from Alabama.
United States Senator Lamar Alexander:
Alexander, Collins Statement on Bills to Lower Health Insurance Premiums  —  WASHINGTON, December 20, 2017—United States Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today jointly released the following statement:  —  “Rather than considering a broad year-end funding agreement …
German Lopez / Vox:
Cornel West's attacks on Ta-Nehisi Coates, explained  —  Coates is the latest target in West's war against Obama.  —  A public feud between two of America's top black intellectuals has led one of them to abandon Twitter.  —  Cornel West, author of the well-known Race Matters …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump's Holiday Gift to America: A Fundamental Crisis  —  In a commencement speech years ago, author David Foster Wallace told this story: Two young fish are swimming along, and they pass an older fish swimming the other way.  The older fish says, “Morning, boys, how's the water?”
Associated Press:
Author of online hit ‘Cat Person’ has 7-figure book deal  —  NEW YORK — The author of the online sensation “Cat Person” has a seven-figure book deal.  —  Scout Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Kristen Roupenian's debut story collection …
Caitlyn Hitt / New York Daily News:
Meryl Streep #SheKnew posters pop up in Los Angeles amid backlash over Harvey Weinstein comments  —  A street artist is calling Meryl Streep on her bluff.  —  Posters showing the “The Post” actress standing with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein have been popping up across Los Angeles, Twitter posts indicate.
Discussion: USA Today and Althouse
Sasha Lekach / Mashable:
‘Misinformer of the Year’ award goes to Mark Zuckerberg  —  Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck.  —  Those are some of the big media figures Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is joining with this year's dubious distinction of “Misinformer of the Year.”
Discussion: The Atlantic
AT&T:
With Tax Reform, AT&T Plans to Increase U.S. Capital Spending $1 Billion and Provide $1,000 Special Bonus to more than 200,000 U.S. Employees  —  Today, Congress approved legislation representing the first comprehensive tax reform in a generation.  The President is expected to sign the bill in the coming days.
Esquire:
On the Front Lines of the GOP's Civil War  —  In 2016, a group of Republicans broke ranks with their party to try to stop Donald Trump from winning the presidency.  Now they're rallying once more to keep him from destroying the country.  Sam Tanenhaus reports on the Never Trumpers.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mar-a-Lago hikes New Year's Eve party ticket prices  —  Partying with President Donald Trump on New Year's Eve is getting more expensive.  —  Ticket prices for the annual Dec. 31 bash at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in South Florida are going up to $600 for dues-paying members and $750 for their guests …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Palm Beach Post
Pew Research Center:
Hispanic Identity Fades Across Generations as Immigrant Connections Fall Away  —  11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestry do not identify as Hispanic  —  More than 18% of Americans identify as Hispanic or Latino, the nation's second largest racial or ethnic group.
Discussion: NPR
Page Six:
Koch heir sues ex-fiancée to get giant ring back  —  Wyatt Koch — the son of billionaire Bill Koch — is suing his ex-fiancée to get back an 8.24-carat ring after she broke off their engagement, according to court documents.  Wyatt's lawyers claim that he purchased …
Discussion: Raw Story, thecut and Balloon Juice
Bernie Becker / Politico:
Confusion and chaos ahead as new tax rules take immediate effect  —  Accountants, IRS and taxpayers scramble to figure out how to comply.  —  The most sweeping tax code overhaul in a generation will soon head to President Donald Trump's desk — and Republicans are enjoying a victory dance.
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Pentagon memo details process for accepting transgender recruits  —  The Pentagon has issued a memo on how to start accepting transgender recruits into the military on Jan. 1, as courts have ordered.  —  The memo outlines such specific details as what legal documents will be accepted …
Discussion: IJR
Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:
New York golfers avoiding Trump's course  —  The president opened a big, beautiful course in the Bronx two years ago that players are increasingly shunning  —  Donald Trump enjoys few things more than golf and has built some well-regarded courses.  Yet many New Yorkers clearly prefer …
Discussion: Political Wire
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Press watchdogs, female employees want answers about NBC News' sexual harassment issues  —  The influential Media Research Center, an independent press watchdog, is now calling on NBC News to hire an outside investigator to review its culture of sexual misconduct after NBC News Chairman Andy Lack …
 
 
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ESPN:
Turkey seeking 4-year prison sentence for Enes Kanter for insulting President Erdogan
Discussion: Above the Law and Law & Crime
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump to reporters before prayer: ‘You need it more than I do’
Discussion: RedState and ABC News
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Without New Laws or Walls, Trump Presses the Brake on Legal Immigration
Discussion: Above the Law
Washington Post:
‘People here live in fear’: MS-13 menaces a community seven miles from the White House
Amanda Mull / Racked:
Why Aren't Fashion ‘Disruptors’ Serving Plus-Size Customers?
Discussion: Longreads
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘Racist’ trees separating a black neighborhood from a golf course will come down
Associated Press:
Last uncounted ballots: Moore can't close 20,000-vote loss
Discussion: Daily Kos
 Earlier Items: 
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
A Man Got Stranded On A Fountain After Taking A Ton Of Molly And Stealing A Swan Boat
Discussion: thecut
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
Fox News contributor, channeling Alex Jones, suggests FBI plot to assassinate Trump
NBC News:
Sizing up the 2017 scorecard for Trump and the GOP
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Gus Garcia-Roberts / Los Angeles Times:
The ‘Lost Boys’: Hollywood producer Gary Goddard accused of sexual misconduct by 8 former child actors
Discussion: Deadline
Noa Landau / Haaretz:
Nikki Haley in Threatening Letter to UN Members: Trump ‘Will Be Watching’ …
News 12 Connecticut:
Parents pull kids from class as Ivanka Trump visits CT school
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK
 
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