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11:20 AM ET, December 30, 2017

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's media neediness  —  In President Trump's interview with the New York Times, he declared: … On one level, the comment is ludicrous.  Despite the frenzied paranoia of the Fox News crowd, the Times doesn't determine election winners.  If it did, he wouldn't be president.
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Our Reporter Mike Schmidt on His Golf Club Interview With President Trump  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Shortly after 1 p.m. on Thursday, President Trump came off the 18th hole of his golf course here and walked into the club house's Grill Room.  Waiters scurried to bring menus and drinks …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Interview Is a Portrait of a Man in Cognitive Decline  —  I don't care whether Michael Schmidt was tough enough.  We've got bigger problems.  —  On Thursday, El Caudillo del Mar-A-Lago  —  sat down with Michael Schmidt of The New York Times  —  for what apparently was an open-ended, one-on-one interview.
Washington Post:
Time at Mar-a-Lago is a respite for Trump — and a headache for his staff … PALM BEACH, Fla. — When President Trump sat down with a reporter for a wide-ranging, 30-minute interview at his private golf club here Thursday, not a single aide or adviser was present at the table …
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
10 Falsehoods From Trump's Interview With The Times  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, in an impromptu interview on Thursday with The New York Times, rattled off at least 10 false or misleading claims about the Russia investigation, wars abroad, health care, immigration and trade.  Here's an assessment.
John Harwood / CNBC:   Trump displays delusions in his New York Times interview
New York Times:
After Saving Many From Fire, Soldier Died Trying to Rescue One More  —  Emmanuel Mensah was a handsome, strongly built young man in his late 20s who immigrated to the Bronx from Ghana about five years ago.  He joined the Army but returned to his apartment on Prospect Avenue in December after undergoing training.
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Joe Marino / New York Post:
Soldier home for holidays died saving lives in Bronx inferno
Discussion: IJR, CNN and The Week
Jason Auslander / Aspen Times:
VP Mike Pence gets message from Aspen neighbors: Make America Gay Again  —  For Vice President Mike Pence, the message was unmistakable and the banner that carried it unmissable.  —  “Make America Gay Again,” the rainbow banner reads.  —  Neighbors of the home near Aspen where Pence and his wife …
Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story and Towleroad
BBC:
Iran protests: Citizens told to avoid ‘illegal gatherings’  —  The Iranian government has told people to avoid “illegal gatherings” in the wake of two days of angry anti-establishment protests in the country.  —  Scores have been arrested in protests over corruption and living standards.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Scattered Protests Erupt in Iran Over Economic Woes
Benjamin Brown / Fox News:
Man arrested in ‘Call of Duty’ ‘swatting’ hoax that led to fatal police shooting  —  A 25-year-old California man was arrested in connection to an online quarrel between two “Call of Duty” gamers that prompted a hoax call and led to a man being killed by police in Kansas.
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Donald Trump Is a Consequential President.  Just Not in the Ways You Think.  —  On January 20, 2017, as President Donald Trump began his inaugural address, a cold rain began to fall.  —  A few hours later, Trump claimed the rain had not begun to fall.  —  “The crowd was unbelievable today …
Kansas City Star:
Gov. Brownback, it's time to resign and let Kansas move on  —  By The Kansas City Star Editorial Board  —  Governor Brownback, it's time to walk away.  —  As a convert to Catholicism — someone who wasn't just born into the faith, but chose it — maybe think of it this way …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Week 32: Trump Binges on Collusion Talk to Ring Out Year  —  In what otherwise would have to be counted as a sleepy week in the annals of the Trump Tower scandal, President Donald Trump gave the press a much-needed news peg by granting New York Times reporter Michael S. Schmidt a 30-minute interview …
Discussion: Vox and Booman Tribune
Nicole Russell / New York Post:
How the ‘feminist’ left let women down in 2017  —  Merriam-Webster has named “feminism” its word of the year.  The popular dictionary defines feminism as “the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes” and the “organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests.”
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
State Department releases Huma Abedin emails found on Anthony Weiner's laptop  —  The State Department on Friday released a batch of work-related emails from the account of top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin that were discovered by the FBI on a laptop belonging to Abedin's estranged husband …
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Of All the Blogs in the World, He Walks Into Mine  —  A man born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Toronto and schooled at a Yeshiva and a Japanese-American man raised on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, were married in the rare books section of the Strand Bookstore in Greenwich Village before a crowd of 200 people …
Washington Post:
‘Everyone has parents but us’  —  Orphaned Rohingya brothers escape a massacre but now must survive a refugee camp  —  Three months ago, these two Rohingya brothers had a loving family, a little house near a river, a worn soccer ball to play with and 15 cows for fresh milk.  —  It's all gone now: The family killed.
Wall Street Journal:
The Modern Campaign-Finance Loophole: Governors Associations  —  In many states, corporations can't give large sums directly to campaigns, but they can funnel funds through groups that support Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates  —  In October 2014, the Republican Governors …
New York Daily News:
Erica Garner, daughter of police chokehold victim, dies in Brooklyn  —  The daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner died in Brooklyn Saturday morning, sources said.  —  Erica Garner, 27, had been fighting for her life since she suffered a massive heart attack a week ago, family members told the Daily News Thursday.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Why I'm Still a NeverTrumper
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
China to offer tax breaks to foreign companies after GOP tax bill
Discussion: IJR
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Military to begin accepting transgender recruits after Trump delays appeal
Discussion: RedState
Sean Rossman / USA Today:
Florida ‘hot cop’ resigns amid probe into anti-Semitic Facebook posts
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS13
Elana Schor / Politico:
Dem senators fight to out-liberal one another ahead of 2020
Jon Meacham / New York Times:
Donald Trump and the Limits of the Reality TV Presidency
New York Times:
Three Months After Maria, Roughly Half of Puerto Ricans Still Without Power
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
How Climate Change Deniers Rise to the Top in Google Searches
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Judge denies Rick Gates request to leave house arrest for New Year's Eve party
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Splinter
USA Today:
Defense Secretary Mattis breaks tradition, doesn't visit U.S. troops in war zone this December
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Is the polar vortex back? Be afraid, frigid friends.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Senators scrap Russia trip after Kremlin snubs Shaheen
Reuters:
Exclusive: Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea
Discussion: Vox and New York Times
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
'Don't screw with me on this': Mattis defends U.S. efforts to prevent civilian casualties in Yemen
Discussion: IJR
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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