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1:35 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’
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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
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 …
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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 …
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.
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 …
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump taunts North Korea: My nuclear button is ‘much bigger,’ ‘more powerful’
Jake Sherman / Politico:
STAKES IN THE GOV'T SHUTDOWN FIGHT …
Discussion: Associated Press
Greg Privett / WAAY-TV:
Doug Jones does not invite Senator Richard Shelby, picks ex-VP Joe Biden as escort  —  Traditionally, Alabama's senior senator would have escorted Jones down the Senate aisle to swear-in  —  Senator-elect Doug Jones is bucking longstanding tradition.  —  In Washington DC, tomorrow …
Discussion: Axios and IJR
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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
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” …
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Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Russia probe grand jury looks like ‘a Black Lives Matter rally,’ says witness
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 …
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.
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Iran in Turmoil—to Trump's Delight  —  In the early days of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini famously dismissed an aide's concerns about rising inflation.  Economics, the Supreme Leader quipped, was “for donkeys.  The 1979 revolution was not about the price of watermelons.”
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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 …
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 …
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
NYPD investigating ‘ISIS selfies’ outside NYC museum: report  —  Authorities in New York are reportedly investigating photographs of a possible ISIS supporter taking selfies outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and in view of One World Trade Center.  —  The chilling images …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jihad Watch
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John Annese / New York Daily News:
‘ISIS selfie’ at Met stirs NYPD probe
Discussion: IJR
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 …
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
‘THEY SAID THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME’  —  Ten years ago today Barack Obama won the Iowa Caucuses, en route to the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, and ultimately the presidency.  —  That first victory shocked the world.  Obama had entered a race with few endorsements …
 
 
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Senate Transforms With Arrival Of 2 New Democrats
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Gallagher / Detroit Free Press:
Architect of Detroit's Renaissance Center left troubled legacy for skyline gem
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ex-Homeland Security Officials Urge Faster Action on DACA
Kashana Cauley / New York Times:
Erica Garner and How America Destroys Black Families
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
The Case for the Subway
Discussion: Axios
Brandon Conradis / The Hill:
Trump ICE pick: Politicians who run sanctuary cities should be charged with crimes
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Axios:
CNN attacks Trump's mental stability, fitness for office
Discussion: Raw Story
Weekly Standard:
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Steve Campion / abc13.com:
19-year-old woman is accused of killing her NYE date in Baytown
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel the Sting
Washington Post:
The NSA's top talent is leaving because of low pay and flagging morale
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Romney Changes Location on Twitter as Utah Senate Seat Opens
 

 
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