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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump privately pushing personal pilot to run FAA  —  The president's personal pilot is on the administration's short list to head the Federal Aviation Administration.  Trump has told a host of administration officials and associates that he wants John Dunkin — his longtime personal pilot …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump's personal pilot ‘in the mix’ to lead the Federal Aviation Administration
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump privately talks up executing all big drug dealers  —  In Singapore, the death penalty is mandatory for drug trafficking offenses.  And President Trump loves it.  He's been telling friends for months that the country's policy to execute drug traffickers is the reason its drug consumption rates are so low.
Monica Lewinsky / Vanity Fair:
Emerging from “the House of Gaslight” in the Age of #MeToo  —  On the 20th anniversary of the Starr investigation, which introduced her to the world, the author reflects on the changing nature of trauma, the de-evolution of the media, and the extraordinary hope now provided by the #MeToo movement.
Discussion: Jezebel
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Ivanka Trump: Arming teachers an option that ‘needs to be discussed’  —  Ivanka Trump said in an exclusive interview with NBC News on Sunday that her father's suggestion of arming teachers is an option worth discussing.  The president made the proposal after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, this month.
Discussion: IJR
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Donald Kirk / The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Trump at the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony: At Least She Was Better Than Mike Pence
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Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Xi Jinping to cement his power with plan to scrap two-term limit
Discussion: The Daily Beast and xinhuanet.com
New York Times:
China Moves to Let President Xi Stay in Power, Ending Term Limit
Discussion: New York Magazine
Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
China proposes removal of two-term limit, potentially paving way for President Xi Jinping to stay on
Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN and Political Wire
Max Boot / Washington Post:
If this is what conservatism has become, count me out  —  I'm used to being vilified by the far left as a bloodthirsty neocon warmonger for the Original Sin of having supported the invasion of Iraq along with 72 percent of the American public.  It has been a little more surprising …
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Mona Charen / New York Times:
I'm Glad I Got Booed at CPAC
Bronte Coy / NEWS.com.au:
Fire And Fury author Michael Wolff flees Today interview after questions over Trump's affairs  —  THE author of an explosive book about Donald Trump abruptly killed his interview with Today's Ben Fordham after one curly question he clearly didn't like.  —  Trump author flees Today interview0:38
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
Records Show Far More Calls For Sheriff's Deputies To Visit Suspected Florida Shooter's Home  —  Broward County sheriff's officials have publicly insisted they responded to just 23 calls regarding the suspected Florida school shooter and his family over the years, but records obtained BuzzFeed News show at least 22 more.
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National Review:
Broward's Cowards  —  The failure of the Broward County sheriff's …
Marc Caputo / Politico:   Scott calls for probe into Broward sheriff shooting response, but not suspension
Shannon Valladolid / 10NEWS:
Florida Gun Show sees “record number” of attendees despite gun control debate  —  Manager for the Florida Gun Show, George Fernandez says they've never seen such a big crowd.  —  TAMPA — Thousands of gun enthusiasts flocked to the Florida State Fairgrounds for the Florida Gun Show event.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kelly and Kushner stuck at an impasse after Trump's punt on clearance  —  The chief of staff is unlikely to grant the president's son-in-law a permanent clearance, but isn't likely to quit over the issue, either.  —  President Donald Trump's decision to punt the issue of whether Jared Kushner …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Longtime Lawyer, Michael Cohen, Knows Way Too Much.  So Why is He Still in Exile? … Before his remarks at a $35,000-per-plate fundraiser last June in Miami, Florida, President Donald Trump took the podium to acknowledge his biggest boosters in the crowd.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump campaign uses image of Fla. shooting survivor in email asking for donations  —  's reelection campaign on Saturday used an image of a survivor of the recent Florida school shooting in an email asking for donations from its supporters.  —  The email led with an image of Trump …
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Democrats march toward single-payer health care  —  Single-payer health care is gaining ground among Democrats.  —  In a sign of the party's move to the left on the issue, the Center for American Progress (CAP), a bastion of the Democratic establishment, this week released a plan that comes very close to a single-payer system.
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
Behind a Key Anti-Labor Case, a Web of Conservative Donors  —  In the summer of 2016, government workers in Illinois received a mailing that offered them tips on how to leave their union.  By paying a so-called fair-share fee instead of standard union dues, the mailing said …
The Intercept:
Koch Document Reveals Laundry List of Policy Victories Extracted from the Trump Administration  —  In the backdrop of a chaotic first year of Donald Trump's presidency, the conservative Koch brothers have won victory after victory in their bid to reshape American government to their interests.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Schiff Memo Harms Democrats More Than It Helps Them  —  It confirms that the FBI and the DOJ relied heavily on uncorroborated, third-hand, anonymous sources in their FISA application.  —  Maybe Adam Schiff has more of a sense of humor than I'd have given him credit for.
Discussion: Power Line and New York Times
Joseph Weber / Fox News:
California Democratic Party doesn't endorse Feinstein re-election bid  —  The California Democratic Party will not endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein's re-election bid this year, with delegates at the party's annual convention giving the majority of votes to her top primary challenger, progressive State Sen. Kevin de Leon.
Discussion: RedState
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Associated Press:
AP Review: Trump's deregulation drive weakens safety rules
Matt Dixon / Politico:
NRA battles Florida Republicans over gun crackdown
Discussion: Fox News and Political Wire
New York Times:
Florida Students Return, Gingerly, to Their Scarred High School
Discussion: Politico and miamiherald
Sam Baker / Axios:
Public-sector unions prepare to be kneecapped at the Supreme Court
Discussion: Associated Press
Emilia Petrarca / thecut:
Purse-Carrying Drones Hovered Down the Dolce & Gabbana Runway
Discussion: Mashable
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Warren Buffett's annual letter: Berkshire got a $29 billion gift from new tax code
ABC News:
Michelle Obama set to release memoir
 Earlier Items: 
Christina Caron / New York Times:
C.D.C. Employee Is Missing Nearly Two Weeks After Leaving Work Sick
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the White House trade fights
San Francisco Chronicle:
Warning of ICE sweep, Oakland mayor takes Trump resistance to new level
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
GOP governors keep their distance from Missouri's Greitens
Discussion: Associated Press
Friendly Atheist:
Louisiana College Allegedly Wouldn't Hire Coach Because of His “Jewish Blood”
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
White House Legal Team Considers Ways Trump Could Testify Before Mueller
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Will Trump Wage A Privately Funded War?
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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