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3:45 AM ET, January 8, 2018

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Linette Lopez / Business Insider:
Stephen Miller had to be escorted off CNN's set after his interview with Jake Tapper went off the rails  — Stephen Miller needed to be escorted off a CNN set on Sunday.  — His appearance on “State of the Union” ended abruptly after host Jake Tapper pressed him on damaging claims about President Donald Trump.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Bannon apologizes  —  Battered by the backlash from Michael Wolff's book, Steve Bannon is trying to make amends with the Trump family, providing a statement to Axios that expresses “regret” to President Trump and praises his son, Donald Trump Jr. Show less “Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man.
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
We're still better off with Trump than Clinton  —  Now that Steve Bannon has carried his political jihad to its logical conclusion, martyrdom never looked so meaningless.  A bright and talented man has sacrificed himself over nothing more significant than anger and vanity.
CNN:
Tapper cuts off interview with Trump adviser  —  In a heated interview, White House adviser Stephen Miller talks with CNN's Jake Tapper about Michael Wolff's book “Fire and Fury” and its revelations about life inside the Trump campaign and White House.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
WikiLeaks shares full text of Wolff's Trump book  —  WikiLeaks posted the full text of Michael Wolff's explosive new book about President Trump  —  on Sunday.  —  The website's official account tweeted a link to a Google Drive containing the full text of the book.  —  “New Trump book ‘Fire and Fury’ by Michael Wolff.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Annie Karni / Politico:
Bannon finds his regrets aren't good enough for Trump  —  Steve Bannon, like his onetime brother-in-arms President Donald Trump, is known as someone whose instinct is to double down, not kiss up.  —  That made his belated attempt on Sunday to de-escalate mounting tension with the commander-in-chief …
Discussion: Raw Story
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
We Live in Stupid Times  —  Remember the “harmonic convergence”?  It was the alignment of the planets that took place in 1987 some said was going to bring about major changes in the world.  And then there was Y2K, when people hoarded canned goods and caused at least one person …
New York Times:
Steve Bannon's Statement on Donald Trump Jr.
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Shaun King / New York Daily News:
KING: Stephen Miller is the latest insufferable liar and bigot on Team Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Jake Tapper Cuts Off WH Adviser Stephen Miller in Tense Interview
Libby Hill / Los Angeles Times:
Oprah at the Golden Globes: Is she running for president?  She should!  —  Oprah Winfrey for president was something of a running theme throughout the Golden Globes on Sunday, beginning with Seth Meyers' opening monologue.  He jokingly forbade Winfrey from considering the presidency.
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Megan Friedman / Esquire:
Oprah Continues a 63-Year Streak of Living Up to the Hype  —  The icon's Cecil B. DeMille award speech at the Golden Globes was phenomenal.  —  Oprah Winfrey was the recipient of the Golden Globes' annual Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement, and gave a powerful acceptance speech during Sunday night's ceremony.
Discussion: Vox, The Gateway Pundit and IndieWire
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Golden Globes 2018: Stars Will Take Activists to the Red Carpet  —  In their push to highlight the problems of sexual harassment and gender inequality, eight actresses at Sunday night's Golden Globes ceremony are extending their political statements to their plus-ones.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Seth Meyers Savages Sexual Predators Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey in Golden Globes Monologue … Seth Meyers wasted no time bringing up the black-clad elephant in the room at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday night.  —  “Good evening ladies and remaining gentlemen,” he began.
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
2018 Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Pictures  —  Given the enormity of the past year's cultural reckoning with how women are treated in the workplace and in Hollywood, the Styles department decided to take a fresh approach to the Golden Globes red carpet.  We've assigned Damon Winter …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Erin Nyren / Variety:
Emma Stone, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern To Be Accompanied by Activists at Golden Globes
Discussion: The Daily Beast and twitchy.com
Harvey Weinstein / Telegraph:
Golden Globes: Stars struggling to find black dresses, stylists say
Discussion: RedState, Power Line and Daily Wire
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Mixed signals on infrastructure plan emerge from Trump retreat  —  President Trump expressed misgivings about his administration's infrastructure plan Friday at Camp David, telling Republican leaders that building projects through public-private partnerships is unlikely to work …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
CIA director pushes back on claim in Wolff book: Trump reads
Discussion: Breitbart
Annie Karni / Politico:
The Mooch's gift to Trump staff: A taxpayer-funded stylist
Discussion: twitchy.com
Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
You'll miss me, Jersey!  And with that, Chris Christie's just getting warmed up  —  Gallery: Governor Christie reflects on his time in office  —  The first time I asked Gov. Chris Christie a question we were 2,000 miles from New Jersey.  I was a year into my first newspaper job in southeast New Mexico.
Tom McKay / Gizmodo:
Eric Garland Has Blown Our Cover  —  Terrible news.  Project Gizmodnik, our brilliant plan to secretly infiltrate the U.S. tech media for the glorification of Matushka Rossiya's Great Leader Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and/or the destruction of global capitalism*, has been compromised by American “super spy” Eric Garland.
Nour Youssef / New York Times:
Egypt's Presidential Race Loses Popular Candidate  —  CAIRO — The strongest challenger to Egypt's military-backed leader withdrew from the country's presidential race on Sunday, with his lawyer saying the government had forced him to drop out.  —  The candidate, Ahmed Shafik …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Jasper Craven / VTDigger:
UPDATED: Grand jury takes sworn testimony in Burlington College case
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Seven Days
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Major Donor Reconsiders Support for Democrats Who Urged Al Franken to Quit
Discussion: AOL and BuzzFeed
David W. Chen / New York Times:
In New York, Drawing Flood Maps Is a ‘Game of Inches’
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
In next round of budget talks, ‘dreamers’ are set to dominate
Amber Tamblyn / New York Times:
Redefining the Red Carpet
Discussion: Washington Post, thecut and Althouse
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Maria Contreras-Sweet Bid Leads Weinstein Co Auction; Staff Would Stay, Bob Weinstein Exit, Women Lead Board
Doug Palmer / Politico:
White House preparing for trade crackdown
 Earlier Items: 
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Schiff: ‘We have a seriously flawed human being in the Oval Office’
Merle Ginsberg / Page Six:
Academy members now regret banning Weinstein so hastily
Discussion: TheBlaze and Instapundit
Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Losers in the GOP tax plan, blue states are unwisely turning to tax evasion
Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
20 groups that advocate boycotting Israel will now be denied entry
Discussion: Haaretz and The Gateway Pundit
Audrea Lim / New York Times:
The Alt-Right's Asian Fetish
San Francisco Chronicle:
Pelosi's son hobnobs with the Trumps at Mar-a-Lago
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Jesse Drucker / New York Times:
Kushner's Financial Ties to Israel Deepen Even With Mideast Diplomatic Role
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
‘Learn his name first’: The politicizing of military widows is touching a nerve
 

 
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