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10:30 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
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
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
Bradford Richardson / Washington Times:
Woman accused of racism by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is human-rights activist  —  The woman Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee accused of racism is a celebrated photojournalist who helped document human-rights abuses in war-torn Guatemala during the 1980s.  —  Jean-Marie Simon, whose first-class seat …
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Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Sheila Jackson Lee's Long History Of Being An Entitled ‘Queen’
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: IJR, The Daily Caller and Instapundit
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
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
In Rebuke to Trump, Cuomo Pardons 18 Immigrants  —  In a jab at President Trump's promises to crack down on illegal immigration, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday pardoned 18 immigrants in an effort to free them from the threat of deportation or other immigration-related issues.
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 …
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
New York Times:
We Asked 615 Men About How They Conduct Themselves at Work  —  The victims of sexual harassment who have recently come forward are far from alone: Nearly half of women say they have experienced some form of it at work at least once in their careers.  But there has been little research about those responsible.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
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.
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: WCDC-TV and WNYC News
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Washington Post:   IRS says many who prepaid property taxes may still face cap on deductions
Wall Street Journal:
Within hours, a fashion website identifies Ms. Trump's bag, shoes and earrings as her own brand and provides links to retailers selling the items.  —  Yet every time she steps out sporting Ivanka Trump merchandise, Ms. Trump—wittingly or not—is a walking billboard for her brand …
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.
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Fake Tapper: ‘Very Fake News’ Anchor Leads Re-Ignition of CNN Scandal  —  CNN, the network that has fared the absolute worst all year in terms of credibility problems, has had its own very fake news scandal reignited right before the end of the year by two of the worst perpetrators of fake news at CNN.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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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
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
CNN:
Moulton, Kennedy offer Democrats two paths for the future
Public Policy Polling:
Minnesotans Don't Think Franken Should Resign; Franken Remains Popular, Especially With Women
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Vanity Fair “Regrets” Video Telling Hillary Clinton To Take Up Knitting, Drop Politics
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Islamic State Claims Deadly Blast at Afghan Shiite Center
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
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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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Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
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