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3:45 PM ET, December 30, 2017

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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 …
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Fox News:   Pence neighbors in Aspen hang ‘Make America Gay Again’ banner
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.
Discussion: RedState
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Andrew Blankstein / NBC News:
Los Angeles man arrested in ‘swatting’ call that preceded fatal police shooting in Kansas  —  Los Angeles police arrested a 25-year-old man in a suspected “swatting” hoax 911 call in Kansas that ended in the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man.  —  The LAPD took Tyler Barriss of Los Angeles …
CNN:
Police kill a man at his home while responding to a fake call
Discussion: KTLA
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Trump Justice Department Pushes for Citizenship Question on Census, Alarming Experts  —  “This is a recipe for sabotaging the census,” said one.  The administration's stated reason for the controversial move: protecting civil rights.  —  The Justice Department is pushing for a question …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe.My.God.
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 …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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CNNMoney:
Why Goldman Sachs gave early stock awards to 300 employees
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
Joe Marino / New York Post:
Soldier home for holidays died saving lives in Bronx inferno  —  An Army solider died in the Bronx inferno Thursday night — while heroically rushing in and out of the apartment building to save several other lives, his grieving dad told The Post.  —  “That's his nature,” said Kwabena Mensah …
Discussion: NPR and IJR
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Republican Attacks on Mueller and F.B.I. Open New Rift in G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — A growing campaign by President Trump's most ardent supporters to discredit the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and the law enforcement agencies assisting his investigation is opening new fissures …
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Facebook Says it is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments  —  In September of last year, we noted that Facebook representatives were meeting with the Israeli Government to determine which Facebook accounts of Palestinians should be deleted on the ground that they constitute “incitement.”
USA Today:
Roseanne Barr threatens to retire in huff over Twitter feuding with liberals  —  Roseanne Barr, who is scheduled to return to TV in late March, announced on Twitter Friday that she's fed up and retiring.  Maybe.  —  " i won't be censored or silence chided or corrected and continue to work.
Discussion: bizpacreview.com and Towleroad
CNN:
Iran protests: Government supporters join counter rallies  —  (CNN)Crowds of pro-government supporters demonstrated Saturday in Iran after two days of rare anti-government protests which spread to a number of cities.  —  Nearly 2,000 people gathered peacefully in the capital, Tehran …
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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 …
Paul Callan / CNN:
Trump is right about the FBI  —  Trump lashes out at top leaders of his own FBI  —  Paul Callan is a CNN legal analyst, a former New York homicide prosecutor and current counsel at the New York law firm of Edelman & Edelman PC, focusing on wrongful conviction and civil rights cases.
Discussion: Townhall.com and bizpacreview.com
Bloomberg:
Trump Stretches Meaning of Deregulation in Touting Achievements  —  Claims credit for some regulatory actions begun under Obama  —  Deregulatory list ranges from bird feathers to grizzlies  —  One is a federal rule, initiated by former President Barack Obama, that removed Yellowstone's grizzlies from the list of endangered species.
Albany Times Union:
Schenectady men charged in Troy killings  —  Blood-covered knife was found at scene  —  TROY — Two Schenectady men were arraigned on several murder charges Saturday morning following the brutal slayings of two women and two children.  —  Justin C. Mann and James W. White are each charged …
Laurel Wamsley / NPR:
Erica Garner, Who Became An Activist After Her Father's Death, Dies  —  Activist Erica Garner has died, after suffering brain damage following a heart attack.  She was 27 years old.  —  Her official twitter account announced her death Saturday morning.  —  She entered the public eye …
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New York Daily News:
Erica Garner, daughter of police chokehold victim, dies in Brooklyn
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.”
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Democrats think 2018 will be a good year, but are they realistic about their own problems?  —  Thanks mostly to President Trump, Democrats believe they are poised for good things in 2018: the possibility of taking control of the House and gains elsewhere in the midterm elections.
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
How the Trump era is changing the federal bureaucracy … Nearly a year into his takeover of Washington, President Trump has made a significant down payment on his campaign pledge to shrink the federal bureaucracy, a shift long sought by conservatives that could eventually bring the workforce down to levels not seen in decades.
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 …
 
 
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Mary Ann Georgantopoulos / BuzzFeed:
This Man Says He Was Sexually Assaulted By Jann Wenner.  Then He Got An Amazing Job Offer At Rolling Stone.
Discussion: Law & Crime and thecut
Reuters:
Exclusive: Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea - sources
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Does Sheila Jackson Lee Know The Person She's Accused Of Racism For Airline Fiasco Is A Human Rights Activist?
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump travels to golf club for fifth straight day
Discussion: Politicus USA and Mediaite
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Unfiltered Fervor: The Rush to Get Off the Water Grid
Bruce Vielmetti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Months after decision not to charge David Clarke, email search warrant filed
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and IJR
Wall Street Journal:
The Modern Campaign-Finance Loophole: Governors Associations
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Why I'm Still a NeverTrumper
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
‘Everyone has parents but us’
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Military to begin accepting transgender recruits after Trump delays appeal
Discussion: Associated Press and RedState
Sean Rossman / USA Today:
Florida ‘hot cop’ resigns amid probe into anti-Semitic Facebook posts
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS13
Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Of All the Blogs in the World, He Walks Into Mine
Elana Schor / Politico:
Dem senators fight to out-liberal one another ahead of 2020
New York Times:
Three Months After Maria, Roughly Half of Puerto Ricans Still Without Power
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

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

 
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