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5:15 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” …
New York Times:
The Republicans' Fake Investigations  —  A generation ago, Republicans sought to protect President Richard Nixon by urging the Senate Watergate committee to look at supposed wrongdoing by Democrats in previous elections.  The committee chairman, Sam Ervin, a Democrat, said that would be …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon touches the third rail of Trumpworld  —  Steve Bannon gave an interview to author Michael Wolff that is jaw dropping — even by Bannon's extreme standards.  —  Why this matters: Bannon's comments won't surprise anyone who's spoken to him, but as on the record statements they are shocking sources close to the president.
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.
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.
Bloomberg:
Trump Says Bannon ‘Lost His Mind’ After Leaving White House  —  President breaks from strategist considered campaign architect  —  Bannon is said to have disparaged Trump and his family  —  President Donald Trump denounced his former top strategist, Steve Bannon, on Wednesday, saying that he …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:   NeverTrump Celebrates Donald Trump Attack on Steve Bannon
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   Hope Hicks fled the room after Trump called her ‘the best piece of tail’ Lewandowski will ever have: report
Breitbart:
Book: Steve Bannon Calls Kushner, Manafort, Don Jr. Trump Tower Meeting with Russians ‘Treasonous’
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Press
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Furious: Steve Bannon ‘Not Only Lost His Job, He Lost His Mind’
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Trump asked who John Boehner was the day after the election: report
Discussion: RedState, Axios and Business Insider
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Bannon said there's ‘zero’ chance Trump didn't know about Don Jr.'s Russia meeting: report
Discussion: RedState
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: Bannon has ‘lost his mind’
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and Business Insider
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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Some White House officials fear accidental war  —  President Trump's boast last night that he has a “bigger & more powerful” Nuclear Button (caps, Trump's) than North Korea has some administration insiders worried that we could blunder into war.  —  What they're saying …
Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:
When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City  —  Early last year, a North Korean IRBM crashed in a populated area.  What does that tell us?  —  What happens when a North Korean ballistic missile test fails in flight and explodes in a populated area?
Discussion: The Week, Gizmodo and The Daily Caller
Paul Musgrave / Washington Post:
There is no secret master plan. Trump is the WYSIWYG president.
CNN:
North Korea calls hotline to South Korea in diplomatic breakthrough
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Trump ex-campaign chair Manafort sues Mueller, Rosenstein, and Department of Justice  —  Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has sued special counsel Robert Mueller, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and the U.S. Department of Justice.  —  The suit alleges that Mueller …
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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: Axios and Political Wire
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:   Paul Manafort Sues Mueller and Asks a Judge to Narrow the Russia Investigation
Evan Perez / CNN:
Manafort sues DOJ, Mueller over Russia probe authority
Evan Perez / CNN:
Trump lawyers talked with special counsel team
Discussion: Washington Press
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.
TMZ.com:
Paul Sorvino Says About Harvey Weinstein, ‘I Will Kill That MF’ for Blacklisting Mira  —  Paul Sorvino seems to prefer street justice to the whole judicial thing ... because he wants revenge against Harvey Weinstein in the worst way.  —  Sorvino was leaving Bristol Farms in WeHo Tuesday night …
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Some Trump Supporters Think Mueller's Grand Jury Has Too Many Black People  —  The racist attack on the federal grand jury in D.C. adds to the ways the president's backers are trying to discredit the Russia probe.  —  WASHINGTON Supporters of President Donald Trump have opened a new line …
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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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic, The Guardian and Gizmodo
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 …
Ricochet Audio Network / Q & A, Hosted:
Ep.  149: What Does It Mean to Be a Conservative?  —  Yuval Levin answers that question and others.  He is the editor of National Affairs and the author of “The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left.”  —  With Jay, he talks about those terms, “Right” and “Left.”
Discussion: National Review
James Risen / The Intercept:
My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror … I was sitting in the nearly empty restaurant of the Westin Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia, getting ready for a showdown with the federal government that I had been trying to avoid for more than seven years.
 
 
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
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CNN:
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Sen. Feinstein Says Trump's Social-Media Guru “May Have Corresponded With Russian Nationals”
Daniel Engber / Slate:
We've been told that facts have lost their power, that debunking lies only makes them stronger …
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Ronald L. Rubin / Weekly Standard:
Donald Trump Evicted Elizabeth Warren from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump UN pick who praised Milo Yiannopoulos among nominations sent back to White House
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
‘THEY SAID THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME’  —  Ten years ago today …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ex-Homeland Security Officials Urge Faster Action on DACA
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Florida's 1.5 Million Missing Voters
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