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Salt Lake Tribune:
Tribune Editorial: Why Orrin Hatch is Utahn of the Year — These things are often misunderstood. So, lest our readers, or the honoree himself, get the wrong impression, let us repeat the idea behind The Salt Lake Tribune's Utahn of the Year designation. — The criteria are not set in stone.
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Utah paper tells Hatch to ‘call it a career’ in blistering editorial — Utah's largest newspaper slammed Sen. Orrin Hatch — (Utah) in a Christmas Day editorial on Monday while calling on the senior GOP senator to retire. — The Salt Lake Tribune's editorial board named Hatch their 2017 …
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RedState
Washington Post:
Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options … The first email arrived in the inbox of CounterPunch, a left-leaning American news and opinion website, at 3:26 a.m. — the middle of the day in Moscow. — “Hello, my name is Alice Donovan and I'm a beginner freelance journalist …
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Tom Newton Dunn / The Sun:
TRUMP SNUB FEAR Government pleads with Prince Harry not to invite Barack Obama to his wedding — Prince, 33, became friends with former US President after bonding with them at the Invictus Games — GOVERNMENT mandarins are urging Prince Harry not to invite the Obamas to his wedding for fear of infuriating Donald Trump.
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Trump's first year was even worse than feared — Grit your teeth. Persevere. Just a few more days and this awful, rotten, no-good, ridiculous, rancorous, sordid, disgraceful year in the civic life of our nation will be over. Here's hoping that we all — particularly special counsel Robert S. Mueller III — have a better 2018.
Associated Press:
Secret Service interviews person over manure sent to Mnuchin — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service says it has interviewed someone claiming responsibility for delivering a gift-wrapped package of horse manure addressed to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (mih-NOO'-shin).
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The Week
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89.3 KPCC:
This man sent horse manure to the Treasury secretary to protest Trump's tax plan
This man sent horse manure to the Treasury secretary to protest Trump's tax plan
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IJR
Los Angeles Times:
Secret Service takes over investigation of package of manure sent to Steve Mnuchin's Bel-Air home
Secret Service takes over investigation of package of manure sent to Steve Mnuchin's Bel-Air home
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bizpacreview.com
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
‘A gift-wrapped package of poo’: Why a man left a box of manure for Steven Mnuchin
‘A gift-wrapped package of poo’: Why a man left a box of manure for Steven Mnuchin
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Balloon Juice and Raw Story
Connor Sheets / al.com:
Man who left manure at Treasury Secretary Mnuchin's house comes forward, speaks out
Man who left manure at Treasury Secretary Mnuchin's house comes forward, speaks out
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89.3 KPCC, IJR, Washington Times, New York Post, CBS Los Angeles, TMZ.com, The Gateway Pundit and AOL
Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters:
Topless Femen activist tries to snatch Jesus statue from Vatican crib — VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A topless activist from the feminist group Femen tried to snatch the statue of the baby Jesus from the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square on Monday but was stopped by police as she grabbed it.
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FEMEN, bizpacreview.com, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Spent Nearly One-Third of First Year in Office at Trump-Owned Properties — Unlike his predecessors, president traveled frequently to places he owns but where others pay to stay — President Donald Trump, who is currently spending a 10-day Christmas vacation …
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The Week
Emily Holden / Politico:
Where is Trump's Cabinet? It's anybody's guess. — Agency heads are carrying out the Trump administration's agenda largely in secret, in many cases shielding their schedules from public view. — The Cabinet members carrying out President Donald Trump's orders to shake up the federal government …
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Raw Story
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Eric Garner's 27-Year-Old Daughter Is in a Coma — The oldest daughter of Eric Garner, the black man whose dying calls of “I can't breathe” after he was placed in a chokehold by a police officer became a protest chant across the country, has been hospitalized after a heart attack, her mother said on Monday.
Eduardo Porter / New York Times:
Incomes Grew After Past Tax Cuts, but Guess Whose — Home for the holidays after passing the eighth-largest tax cut in United States history, Republicans could be forgiven for reveling in the warm embrace of nostalgia. — Who among them won't raise a glass to Ronald Reagan …
CBS News:
Julian Assange's Twitter account reappears after mysterious absence — The official Twitter account of controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — @JulianAssange — is back online after disappearing from the social media platform overnight. It's unclear whether the account was suspended by Twitter or deactivated by Assange.
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LewRockwell, Mashable and Mediaite