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10:10 AM ET, December 28, 2017

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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Roy Moore Sues to Block Certification of Alabama Senate Election Results  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Roy S. Moore, the first Republican to lose a United States Senate race in Alabama in 25 years, moved late Wednesday to block state officials from certifying the victory of his Democratic rival …
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Associated Press:
Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Republican Roy Moore filed a lawsuit to try to stop Alabama from certifying Democrat Doug Jones as the winner of the U.S. Senate race.  —  The court filing occurred about 14 hours ahead of Thursday's meeting …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Week
CNN:
Roy Moore files complaint to block Alabama Senate result  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Roy Moore filed an election complaint on Wednesday, alleging potential voter fraud in Alabama's special election and urged a delay in certifying the results.  —  Moore, a Republican …
Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Roy Moore alleges voter fraud, files challenge to election defeat
Discussion: RedState
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump legal team readies attack on Flynn's credibility  —  President Trump's legal team plans to cast former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn as a liar seeking to protect himself if he accuses the president or his senior aides of any wrongdoing, according to three people familiar with the strategy.
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
If Flynn Is Just a Liar, Why Did Trump Keep Defending Him?
Discussion: Politicus USA
Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Jailed Russian says he hacked DNC on Kremlin's orders and can prove it  —  WASHINGTON  —  A jailed Russian who says he hacked into the Democratic National Committee computers on the Kremlin's orders to steal emails released during the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign now claims …
Discussion: Raw Story
Richard Haass / The Atlantic:
America and the Great Abdication  —  When great powers fade, as they inevitably must, it's normally for one of two reasons.  Some powers exhaust themselves through overreach abroad, underinvestment at home, or a mixture of the two.  This was the case for the Soviet Union.
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Rex Tillerson / New York Times:
I Am Proud of Our Diplomacy
Discussion: Daily Kos
Colin Kahl / Foreign Policy:
The United States Should Resolve to Avoid War With North Korea in 2018
Discussion: The Guardian
BuzzFeed:
This 17-Year-Old Was Brutalized During A Police Encounter And His Family Want To Know Why  —  Officials in Alabama have launched an investigation after 17-year-old Ulysses Wilkerson was brutally beaten during a police encounter on Saturday.  —  Officials are investigating how a 17-year-old was left bruised …
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WKRG-TV:
Ulysses Wilkerson's Family Wanting Answers
Discussion: Splinter and The Root
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump, in Washington, stays close to home  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — After living in Washington for nearly a year, President Donald Trump has yet to enjoy a single non-working meal at a restaurant that doesn't pay him rent.  He hasn't taken in a performance at the Kennedy Center …
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump builds his 2018 political message by rebranding Obama's economic legacy
Discussion: Political Wire
Ashley Southall / New York Times:
Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s  —  It would have seemed unbelievable in 1990, when there were 2,245 killings in New York City, but as of Wednesday there have been just 286 in the city this year — the lowest since reliable records have been kept.
Discussion: JustOneMinute, The Week and thecut
Max Boot / Foreign Policy:
2017 Was the Year I Learned About My White Privilege  —  I used to be a smart-alecky conservative who scoffed at “political correctness.”  The Trump era has opened my eyes.  —  In college — this was in the late 1980s and early 1990s at the University of California, Berkeley …
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Bannon adviser: Ryan challenger Paul Nehlen is ‘dead to us’ after inflammatory tweets  —  What you need to know about Steve Bannon  —  Breitbart executive chairman Steve Bannon has cut ties with Paul Nehlen, the far-right activist who is challenging Paul Ryan for his congressional seat …
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Fake Tapper: ‘Very Fake News’ Anchor Leads Re-Ignition of CNN Scandal
Discussion: Raw Story
The Guardian:
Steve Bannon cuts ties with far-right candidate trying to unseat Paul Ryan
Discussion: IJR and Mediaite
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
McCain associate subpoenaed in Trump dossier probe … House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes has issued a subpoena to David Kramer, a former State Department official who, in late November 2016, traveled to London to receive a briefing and a copy of the Trump dossier from its author, former British spy Christopher Steele.
Life & Style:
Melania Trump's Darkest Secrets Will Be Revealed in Omarosa Manigault's Tell All … From the moment President Donald Trump gave Omarosa Manigault Newman a job in his administration last January, she treated 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue like her own playground.  The polarizing reality TV personality brought …
New York Daily News:
CNBC director accused of spying on teenage nanny with bathroom cam  —  A CNBC director who worked on finance guru Suze Orman's show has been accused of peeping on his teenage au pair with a spy-cam in a bathroom of his Westchester home, the Daily News has learned.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR and Instapundit
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Vanity Fair “Regrets” Video Telling Hillary Clinton To Take Up Knitting, Drop Politics  —  Vanity Fair has apologized for a video in which six of its Hive editors attempted to make arch New Year's resolutions for Hillary Clinton, while sipping champagne.  —  “It was an attempt at humor …
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
BuzzFeed has fired its White House correspondent after allegations of inappropriate comments to a colleague  — BuzzFeed News' White House correspondent, Adrian Carrasquillo, has been let go following an investigation into inappropriate comments to a colleague.
CNN:
Moulton, Kennedy offer Democrats two paths for the future  —  Washington (CNN)One congressman is a low-key member of a political dynasty who is strategically inserting himself into policy debates and laying out what he thinks Democrats still need to learn.  The other is a retired Marine …
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
10 Things That Are Going to Be Problematic in 2018  —  Actually, almost everything is offensive.  But these are going to be just the worst.  —  In 2017, the bar for what must be deemed politically incorrect, culturally appropriative, or just plain inappropriate was set to a new low …
 
 
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Abigail Geiger / Pew Research Center:
17 striking findings from 2017  —  Pew Research Center studies …
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A. Wanted Years to Study Lead Paint Rule. It Got 90 Days.
Jamiles Lartey / The Guardian:
Private prison investors set for giant windfall from Trump tax bill
Discussion: Raw Story and The Crime Report
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
In Rebuke to Trump, Cuomo Pardons 18 Immigrants
Rupert Neate / The Guardian:
Apple's Tim Cook paid $102m this year including bonuses worth $98m
Discussion: Daily Mail
Michael Crowley / Politico:
How Trump could kill the Iran nuclear deal in January
New York Times:
We Asked 615 Men About How They Conduct Themselves at Work
Discussion: The Week
Public Policy Polling:
Minnesotans Don't Think Franken Should Resign; Franken Remains Popular, Especially With Women
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Eli Stokols / Wall Street Journal:
Trump White House Saw Record Number of First-Year Staff Departures
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Islamic State Claims Deadly Blast at Afghan Shiite Center
Discussion: Associated Press
Internal Revenue Service:
IRS Advisory: Prepaid Real Property Taxes May Be Deductible in 2017 if Assessed and Paid in 2017
Discussion: Washington Post, WCDC-TV and WNYC News
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Five Republicans who could primary Trump in 2020
Yair Rosenberg / New York Times:
Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter
Associated Press:
In the heart of Trump Country, his base's faith is unshaken
Discussion: The Week, NewsBusters and Hullabaloo
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $2.58B, net income up 148% YoY to $144M, Dow Jones revenue up 3% YoY to $552M, and WSJ subscriptions up 7% YoY to 4.3M

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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