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‘These children are barefoot. In diapers. Choking on tear gas.’ — A little girl from Honduras stares into the camera, her young features contorted in anguish. She's barefoot, dusty, and clad only in a diaper and T-shirt. And she's just had to run from clouds of choking tear gas fired across the border by U.S. agents.

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Brandon Morse / RedState:

Those of the Migrant Caravan Attempting to Storm the US Border Aren't Asylum Seekers — There's a good deal of people telling us to watch our language when it comes to the migrant caravan knocking on the shut door of the United States and demanding entry and have issued the “correct” descriptive language for us when we speak of them.

Discussion: Breitbart, Townhall and The Daily Caller

NBC News:

In 2018, political gravity caught up to Trump — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — A few hours into Election Night 2018, it felt like it was happening again …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Fox News Insider, Daily Wire, Outside the Beltway, IJR and Political Wire

Donald J. Trump / Popular Information:

Cindy Hyde-Smith strikes out — Welcome to Popular Information, a newsletter with original research and fresh insight into the political news that matters most — written by me, Judd Legum. — According to an FEC report filed on November 24, the Office of the Commissioner …

Discussion: Shareblue Media, Slate and Washington Post

Jackson Free Press:
Full ‘Public Hanging’ Video Surfaces, Revealing More About Hyde-Smith's Views

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Popular Information

James Arkin / Politico:
'We don't want an Alabama': Hyde-Smith has Republicans holding their breath

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, The Root, The Daily Caller, RRH Elections, FiveThirtyEight, Outside the Beltway, The American Spectator, The Guardian and Washington Post

BBC:
Migrant caravan: Mexico to deport group which stormed US border

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump seizes on border unrest ahead of perilous month

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Vox, IJR, Louder With Crowder, twitchy.com, KTLA, Daily Wire, Contemptor and Reuters

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is failing miserably on his biggest issue. And he's covering it up with lies.

Discussion: The Hill, The Mahablog, Los Angeles Times and New York Times

Reuters:

GM to slash jobs and production, cancel some car models — DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co will cut car production, stop building several slow-selling models, and slash its North American workforce, its biggest restructuring in North America since its bankruptcy a decade ago.

Discussion: Political Wire

Associated Press:

The Latest: GM to slash 14,700 jobs in North America — DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on General Motors' restructuring plans (all times local): — General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it restructures …

Discussion: Shareblue Media

Reuters:

GM to slash jobs and production, cancel some car models: sources — DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co will cut car production, stop building several low-selling car models, and slash its North American workforce, sources said on Monday, marking its biggest restructuring in North America since its bankruptcy a decade ago.

Discussion: USA Today, Media Matters for America and The Verge

Neal E. Boudette / New York Times:

G.M. to Stop Production at 5 Plants in U.S. and Canada — General Motors said Monday that it planned to idle three car plants and two transmission plants in a bid to trim costs as the North American auto sector slows. — The plants include a factory in Lordstown, Ohio …

Discussion: Mother Jones

Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
GM to lay off 15 percent of salaried workers, halt production at five plants in U.S. and Canada

Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN, Investor's Business Daily and NPR

David K. Li / NBC News: GM to slash over 14,000 jobs from North American workforce

Mike Colias / Wall Street Journal: GM Says It Will Cut 15% of Salaried Workforce in North America

Sara Murray / CNN:

Roger Stone associate says he won't agree to plea deal — Stone reacts to his associate's plea talks — (CNN)An associate of Roger Stone said Monday he is refusing to sign a plea deal offered by special counsel Robert Mueller. — Jerome Corsi, whose role in Mueller's investigation …

Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Times

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘I connect the dots’: Mueller target claims Podesta hack knowledge was educated guess

Discussion: Raw Story

Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic: A New Indictment Looms in the Mueller Probe

Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Trump Accuses Mueller of ‘Conflicts of Interest’ in Explosive Tweet: ‘NO Collusion & Mueller Knows It!’

Discussion: The Guardian, CNBC and Hot Air

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Right-wing conspiracy monger Jerome Corsi says he would ‘rather sit in prison’ …

Discussion: Washington Post and Talking Points Memo

Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump accuses Mueller of ignoring 2016 staffers who ‘want to be’ questioned

Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire

Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:

How a Liberal Couple Became Two of N.Y.'s Biggest Trump Supporters — In some ways, they are a typical political power couple seeking to “Make America Great Again.” — They are throwing a $5 million fund-raiser for President Trump this winter, and are quick to make it known …

Discussion: Splinter and Raw Story

Laura Nahmias / Politico:

Franken scandal haunts Gillibrand's 2020 chances — Just a month after Al Franken formally resigned from the Senate amid sexual misconduct allegations, the former senator met with an intimate group of Bay Area supporters at the home of major Democratic Party financiers Mary and Steve Swig.

Discussion: New Republic, Splinter, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Jezebel

Washington Post:

In the United States, right-wing violence is on the rise — As a Republican, Mitchell Adkins complained of feeling like an outcast at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. “Hardcore liberals” made fun of him, he wrote, and he faced “discrimination on a daily basis.” He soon dropped out and enrolled in trade school.

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Axios

Washington Post:

Democratic rebel seeks negotiations with Pelosi on races for leadership — A high-profile critic of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi signaled on Monday that he is seeking to hold negotiations with her about changes to her leadership team, a development that makes her ascendancy …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and New York Times

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:

Flashback: Despite Twitter's Protests, The Stifling of Conservative Speech On The Platform Is Real. — UPDATE: People seem to want more, and although there's nothing duller than posting a screed on why you're quitting a platform, here's the gist: I've never liked Twitter even though I've used it.

Discussion: Watts Up With That?, The Federalist, Conservative Review, twitchy.com, Althouse and Patterico's Pontifications

Ricochet:
Twitter Slides Further into Irrelevancy

Discussion: The Federalist, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, twitchy.com and RedState

Joe Concha / The Hill:
Conservative pundit Jesse Kelly's Twitter ban sparks outrage: ‘New low’

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Federalist, Hit & Run and twitchy.com

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

White House lacks lawyers to deal with empowered Democrats — The White House counsel's office is down to a skeletal staff, potentially leaving them unprepared to deal with a flood of subpoenas for documents and witnesses when Democrats take control of the House.

Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime and Raw Story

Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:

Trump's Personal Aide Karem Is Said to Intend to Resign Post — President Donald Trump is losing his personal aide, Jordan Karem, who plans to resign after less than a year on the job, according to people familiar with the matter. — Karem serves as Trump's so-called “bodyman,” …

Discussion: Shakesville and Raw Story

John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump's second ‘body man,’ Jordan Karem, leaving post at year's end

Discussion: Politico

Tara Palmeri / ABC News:

Jared Kushner pushed to inflate Saudi arms deal to $110 billion: Sources — President Donald Trump's reluctance to hold Saudi leadership accountable for the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi stemmed from a partly aspirational $110 billion arms deal between the U.S. and Saudia Arabia …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Raw Story and The Atlantic

Devan Cole / CNN:

Mia Love slams Trump in concession speech: ‘No real relationships, just convenient transactions’ — GOP Rep. Mia Love: Trump comments racist — Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Mia Love sharply criticized President Donald Trump during a concession speech on Monday, saying Trump's vision of the world is …

Morgan Howard / WLBT-TV:

Nooses, hate signs found at Mississippi State Capitol — State Capitol police took the nooses and signs down and are investigating. — JACKSON, MS (WLBT) -Two nooses and several hate signs were found hanging at the Mississippi State Capitol Monday morning around 7:15 a.m.

Discussion: The Clarion Ledger, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

'It's a Long Story': Justice John Paul Stevens, 98, Is Publishing a Memoir — WASHINGTON — Four years after Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court in 2010, his wife, Maryan, threw a surprise party for his 94th birthday. The gathering of old friends summoned vivid memories …

Discussion: CNN and ThinkProgress

Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:

More questions than answers in too many Trump stories — Something strange has happened to the news. We've largely suspended our normal ethical practices and standards when it comes to covering President Trump. — Maybe it doesn't seem strange to the usual crowd: the Washington …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Washington Post

Timothy Williams / New York Times:

He Says He Got Away With 90 Murders. Now He's Confessing to Them All. — Nearly every day for weeks, a white-haired man in a wheelchair, his body ravaged by diabetes and heart disease, has been escorted under heavy guard from a Texas jail cell to an interview room to speak about evil.

Scott Pelley / CBS News:

The chaos behind Donald Trump's policy of family separation at the border — A 60 Minutes investigation has found the separations that dominated headlines this summer began earlier and were greater in number than the Trump administration admits — This past week, a federal judge struck down the president's latest immigration order.

Discussion: Washington Post, IJR, Mediaite and Daily Kos

Eli Meixler / TIME:

Home Is the ‘Most Dangerous Place’ for Women Around the World, New U.N. Study Says — The “most dangerous place” for women around the world may be at home. More than half of female murder victims last year were killed by their partners or family members, according to a new United Nations study.

Discussion: Jezebel

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Is Tainted by Crisis After Crisis — COO oversaw social-media company's meteoric rise, but her leadership is being questioned now — Facebook Inc. crises this year have put immense pressure on Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, undermining her authority …

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