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8:20 AM ET, December 28, 2017

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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
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: The Week
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Roy Moore Asks Alabama Court to Block Election's Certification  —  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 on Thursday afternoon because of “systematic voter fraud.”
CNN:
Roy Moore files complaint to block Alabama Senate result
Discussion: Axios and twitchy.com
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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
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Bannon cuts ties with Ryan challenger after inflammatory tweets
Discussion: RedState
Rex Tillerson / New York Times:
I Am Proud of Our Diplomacy  —  WASHINGTON — Over the past year, the United States has faced immense challenges in its dealings with North Korea, China and Russia, and in its efforts to defeat international terrorism.  But Americans should be encouraged by the progress the State Department …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Richard Haass / The Atlantic:   America and the Great Abdication
Colin Kahl / Foreign Policy:
The United States Should Resolve to Avoid War With North Korea in 2018
Discussion: The Guardian
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! Finance:
Mueller probe outgrows its ‘witch hunt’ phase  —  Steve Bannon's eyes lit up.  Several months before he left his job as a senior White House adviser last August, Bannon was talking to President Trump about the brewing political storm over the Justice Department investigation into his campaign's alleged ties to the Kremlin.
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Carla Herreria / HuffPost:
Vanity Fair Gets Called Out For Suggesting Hillary Clinton Take Up Knitting
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Mueller hauls in RNC staffers in Russia probe while Trump fumes over investigation
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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 …
Internal Revenue Service:
IRS Advisory: Prepaid Real Property Taxes May Be Deductible in 2017 if Assessed and Paid in 2017  —  WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service advised tax professionals and taxpayers today that pre-paying 2018 state and local real property taxes in 2017 may be tax deductible under certain circumstances.
Discussion: WNYC News and WCDC-TV
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Washington Post:   IRS says many who prepaid property taxes may still face cap on deductions
Washington Post:   IRS says taxpayers trying to use deduction that will be scaled back can prepay 2018 property taxes …
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: thecut
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.
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 …
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.
Eli Stokols / Wall Street Journal:
Trump White House Saw Record Number of First-Year Staff Departures  —  Administration's 34% first-year turnover rate is twice that of Reagan's 17% in 1981—the next-highest in the past 40 years  —  President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was fired after 25 days on the job.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump builds his 2018 political message by rebranding Obama's economic legacy  —  After disputing economic gains under his predecessor, the president is seizing the same trends as his own.  —  The White House hopes to boost President Donald Trump's low approval ratings by using the economy …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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New York Times:
Dozens Killed in Bombing at Shiite Center and News Agency in Kabul
Discussion: Associated Press and The Week
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
10 Things That Are Going to Be Problematic in 2018
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Trump Had A Good Year Getting Judges Confirmed, But He's Still A Long Way From Reshaping The Courts
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Hannah Ellis-Petersen / The Guardian:
Chess champion to miss Saudi Arabia tournament over women's rights
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Five Republicans who could primary Trump in 2020
The Daily Beast:
Trump, Incorrectly: I've Signed the Most Legislation Ever
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
DOJ scolds Obama administration over reported groping, harassment, office sex
 Earlier Items: 
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
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP intraparty clash poised to shape U.S. Senate contest in Mississippi
Discussion: Raw Story
Daily Mail:
We got it wrong on Brexit gloom, economists admit: Buoyant British economy is set to power past France by 2020
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Hope Hodge Seck / Military.com:
Marines Take Out Taliban Kingpin Responsible for Killing, Maiming Troops
Brandon Morse / RedState:
Americans Fled Blue States in the Hundreds of Thousands Due to High Taxes, Leaving Fewer to Pay the Democrats' Tab
Discussion: bizpacreview.com
David French / National Review:
Breitbart's Disgrace  —  When news cycles are crowded with outrage …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Paul Ryan wants to cut entitlements to trim the deficit, but political reality stands in his way
 

 
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