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2:15 PM ET, January 3, 2018

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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” …
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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.
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.
Breitbart:
Book: Steve Bannon Calls Kushner, Manafort, Don Jr. Trump Tower Meeting with Russians ‘Treasonous’  —  Former Trump Chief Strategist Steve Bannon describes Don Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort's infamous Trump Tower meeting with Russians during the 2016 campaign as “unpatriotic” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
WAR: Bannon Goes To War With Trump, Calls Trump-Russia Campaign Activities ‘Treasonous’
Discussion: IJR
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 …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Fusion GPS founders say they were ‘shocked’ by contents of ‘Steele dossier’
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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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 …
Paul Musgrave / Washington Post:
There is no secret master plan.  Trump is the WYSIWYG president.  —  No, the tweets aren't just a distraction.  —  Donald Trump has dominated discussions of American politics since his June 2015 speech announcing his candidacy.  He sparked the first of a seemingly endless series …
CNN:
North Korea calls hotline to South Korea in diplomatic breakthrough  —  Seoul (CNN)North Korea and South Korea established contact for 20 minutes on a hotline that's been dormant for almost two years Wednesday, a major diplomatic breakthrough following a year of escalating hostility that could pave the way for future talks.
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump taunts North Korea: My nuclear button is ‘much bigger,’ ‘more powerful’
Mandy Mayfield / Washington Examiner:
Roy Moore's Jewish lawyer voted for Doug Jones, raised money for his campaign  —  The Jewish attorney who Roy Moore's wife touted employing in an attempt to fight off claims of anti-Semitism is actually a longtime friend and supporter of Senator-elect Doug Jones, who defeated Moore last month.
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Greg Privett / WAAY-TV:
Doug Jones does not invite Senator Richard Shelby, picks ex-VP Joe Biden as escort
Discussion: Axios and IJR
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Doug Jones picks Joe Biden to escort him for swearing-in ceremony
Associated Press:
2 Democrats to be sworn in as senators, narrow GOP majority
Discussion: NBC News
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump UN pick who praised Milo Yiannopoulos among nominations sent back to White House  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Jay Patrick Murray, President Donald Trump's pick for a top post in the US delegation to the United Nations, is among the around 100 nominees the Senate sent back to the White House …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: 2 new Democrats sworn in as senators
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Eric Bradner / CNN:
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2018
Discussion: RedState
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Senate Transforms With Arrival Of 2 New Democrats
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Fox's Kilmeade: Mueller grand jury not even ‘demographically pursuing justice’  —  “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade complained Wednesday about the reported racial makeup of special counsel Robert Mueller  —  's grand jury, saying that the grand jury isn't even “demographically pursuing justice” …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress
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Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Russia probe grand jury looks like ‘a Black Lives Matter rally,’ says witness
Melanie Schmitz / ThinkProgress:
Fox & Friends host delivers racist attack on Mueller grand jury
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 …
The Register:
‘Kernel memory leaking’ Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign  —  Other OSes will need an update, performance hits loom  —  A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug.
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Bloomberg:   Intel Confronts Potential ‘PR Nightmare’ With Reported Chip Flaw
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.
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 …
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
5 Worst Echo Chamber Talking Points About The Iranian Uprising  —  The Iranian people are in the midst of their largest protests since the 2009 Green movement, and many on the Left don't seem especially thrilled about the prospects of a free Iran.  The muted reaction is partly due …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Hoda Kotb's ‘Today’ salary won't even compare to Lauer's  —  Hoda Kotb made history by officially landing Matt Lauer's former “Today” show job — but she is still being paid around $18 million less per year than her disgraced male predecessor.  —  On Monday, Kotb was named co-anchor of the NBC franchise …
New York Times:
Florida's 1.5 Million Missing Voters  —  Everyone remembers that the 2000 presidential election was decided by 537 votes in Florida.  Far fewer remember another important number from the state that year — 620,000, the Floridians who were barred from voting because state records showed …
 
 
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