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9:40 PM ET, January 3, 2018

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Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Didn't Want to Be President  —  One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration's shocked first days.  —  Election Night: It “looked as if he had seen a ghost.”  —  On the afternoon of November 8, 2016, Kellyanne Conway settled into her glass office at Trump Tower.
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump Tower meeting with Russians ‘treasonous’, Bannon says in explosive book … Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president's son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” …
CNN:
Inside Trump's two days of fury  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump started 2018 in a fury partly fueled by anger at his legal team for offering shifting timelines about when the Russia investigation would end, according to two sources familiar with the President's mindset.
Discussion: Political Wire
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Peter Thiel Is Exploring The Creation Of A Conservative Cable News Network  —  Peter Thiel addresses the final night of the 2016 Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.  —  Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images  —  Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel wants …
Summer Meza / Newsweek:
TOP 20 REVELATIONS FROM TRUMP ‘FIRE AND FURY’ BOOK ABOUT GOLDEN SHOWERS, IVANKA, BANNON AND MORE  —  A new book by Michael Wolff offers an insider look at President Donald Trump's candidacy and first year in office, and reveals dozens of fascinating details about the administration.
Washington Post:
Trump slams Bannon: ‘When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind’ … President Trump unleashed on his former chief strategist and campaign manager Wednesday, issuing a long and unusual statement questioning Stephen K. Bannon's mental stability, honesty and political influence.
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Hope Hicks fled the room after Trump called her ‘the best piece of tail’ Lewandowski will ever have: report  —  Bombshell reports from Michael Wolff's new Fire and Fury book continued to roil President Donald Trump's White House as even more revelations are reported.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Enraged Trump Personally Dictated Scathing Denouncement of Strategist Steve Bannon … The publication Wednesday of salacious excerpts from a new book on the Trump presidency re-opened a major fissure between the president and his former campaign CEO and chief strategist Steve Bannon.
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Privately Called Trump A “Narcissist” Before Taking Over His Campaign  —  Steve Bannon privately expressed ambivalence about Donald Trump as a presidential candidate before taking over his campaign, calling Trump a “narcissist” and stating that he didn't care if Trump won, according to emails obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:   NeverTrump Celebrates Donald Trump Attack on Steve Bannon
Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
Trump Blasts Bannon in Official Statement: ‘He Lost His Mind’
CNN:
Trump dissolves voter fraud commission  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump dissolved his much-touted voter fraud commission on Wednesday, attributing the step to various states' refusal to participate in the board, which was criticized as a misguided step to solve a practically non-existent problem.
Discussion: Washington Press, The Week and The Root
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump disbands voter fraud commission  —  President Donald Trump is dumping a controversial commission that was charged with investigating his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud during the 2016 election, the White House said Wednesday.  —  Trump asked the Department of Homeland Security to look into the issue instead.
The Hill:
Trump dissolves voter fraud commission
Discussion: The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
Matthew Haag / New York Times:   Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Deputy AG, FBI director make unannounced visit to Paul Ryan's office  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris Wray made an unannounced visit to Speaker Paul Ryan's office Wednesday as the Justice Department grapples with an increasingly hostile faction …
Discussion: Axios, The Last Refuge and The Stream
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Rosenstein meeting with Paul Ryan about Russia investigation  —  (R-Wis.) on Wednesday about the House Russia investigation, a GOP aide confirmed.  —  Rosenstein walked by a number of reporters who were staking out budget negotiations between top White House officials and top congressional leaders.
Discussion: RedState
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The scary reality behind Trump's long Tuesday of weird tweets  —  He's relying on Fox News for all his information.  —  As many of the people I follow on social media headed to bed on January 2 alarmed by President Donald Trump's decision to tweet out a penis size comparison challenge …
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:   Waiting for the Bomb to Drop
Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:
When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City
Discussion: Gizmodo, The Daily Caller and The Week
lohud.com:
Fire reported at Hillary and Bill Clinton's house in Chappaqua  —  New Castle police have confirmed a fire at the Clintons' home in Chappaqua.  —  Police declined to give further details on the fire at 15 Old House Lane where Bill and Hillary Clinton have lived for nearly 20 years after buying it for $1.7 million in 1999.
New York Times:
Researchers Discover Two Major Flaws in the World's Computers  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Computer security experts have discovered two major security flaws in the microprocessors inside nearly all of the world's computers.  —  The two problems, called Meltdown and Spectre, could allow hackers …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Manafort sues Mueller, Justice Department  —  's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort  —  , has filed a lawsuit challenging the authority of special counsel Robert Mueller  —  In a court filing, lawyers for Manafort argue that the order establishing Mueller's investigation is overly broad …
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Manafort sues DOJ, Mueller over Russia probe authority
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Paul Manafort files lawsuit against Justice Department, Mueller
Discussion: Vox, Washington Press and Reuters
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Sen. Feinstein Says Trump's Social-Media Guru “May Have Corresponded With Russian Nationals”  —  President Donald Trump's social-media manager, Dan Scavino, “may have corresponded with Russian nationals regarding Trump campaign social media efforts,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) …
Discussion: Washington Press
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Sam Thielman / Talking Points Memo:
Russian Social Media Giant Gave Info on Trump Contacts to Senate Probe
Discussion: Raw Story
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks on Power and the #MeToo Moment  —  In a wide-ranging conversation, the stars discuss President Trump, the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein case and why they hadn't worked together until “The Post.”  —  “The Post” tells of the tense days leading …
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider:
Trump plans to attend Georgia-Alabama football championship game  —  President Donald Trump is planning to attend the national college football championship game between Georgia and Alabama on Monday in Atlanta, according to three people with direct knowledge of his plans.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Washington's growing obsession: The 25th Amendment  —  Lawmakers concerned about President Donald Trump's mental state summoned Yale University psychiatry professor Dr. Bandy X. Lee to Capitol Hill last month for two days of briefings about his recent behavior.
Ben A. Potter / Nature:
Terminal Pleistocene Alaskan genome reveals first founding population of Native Americans  —  Abstract  —  Despite broad agreement that the Americas were initially populated via Beringia, the land bridge that connected far northeast Asia with northwestern North America during the Pleistocene epoch …
Nora Krug / Washington Post:
Two dying memoirists wrote bestsellers about their final days.  Then their spouses fell in love.  —  SAN MATEO, Calif. — The literary pairing was inevitable.  —  “When Breath Becomes Air,” Paul Kalanithi's memoir of his final years as he faced lung cancer at age 37, was published posthumously …
Discussion: thecut
 
 
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Christopher Moraff / The Daily Beast:
Jeff Sessions' Marijuana Adviser Wants Doctors to Drug-Test Everyone
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Helen Pidd / The Guardian:
Homeless man who was hailed as hero admits Manchester bombing thefts
Discussion: The Daily Caller and AOL
Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
Manufacturing in the U.S. Just Accelerated to Its Best Year Since 2004
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
The State And Local Tax Deduction Is Bad Policy
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Democratic AGs sue Trump at record pace
Discussion: Daily Kos
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
The DOJ Wants A Citizenship Question On The Census. That Could Blow Up The Whole Survey
Discussion: Common Dreams and IJR
Telegraph:
‘Dirty, bloody and lots of sex’: how Denis Villeneuve's Cleopatra will rip up Hollywood's rule book
Discussion: Breitbart
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Vox employees are going on a ‘Slack Strike’ to push for a union
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Rep. Blake Farenthold has not yet paid back $84K for settlement
Discussion: New York Magazine and TheBlaze
Daniel Engber / Slate:
We've been told that facts have lost their power, that debunking lies only makes them stronger …
Discussion: Hit & Run
Ronald L. Rubin / Weekly Standard:
Donald Trump Evicted Elizabeth Warren from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks
 
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