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New York Times:
Michael Cohen to Plead Guilty to Charge in Mueller Investigation  —  Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, who pleaded guilty in August to breaking campaign finance laws, made a surprise appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday morning to plead guilty to a new criminal charge …
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George Stephanopoulos / ABC News:
Michael Cohen expected to plead guilty to lying to Congress in collusion probe; gave 70 hours of interviews to special counsel: Sources  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller has reached a tentative deal with Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney and long-time fixer for President Donald Trump, sources told ABC News.
New York Post:
Trump slams special counsel after retweeting image of Rosenstein behind bars … WASHINGTON - It was no accident that President Trump Wednesday retweeted an image of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein locked up.  —  When asked during an interview with The Post: “Why do you think he belongs behind bars?”
Wall Street Journal:
Manafort Lied About Business Dealings, Mueller's Team Believes  —  Statements, which the former Trump aide describes as truthful, led the special counsel to end his plea agreement  —  Paul Manafort's alleged misstatements to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators include comments …
Matthew Kahn / Lawfare:
Document: Michael Cohen Criminal Information in Mueller Probe  —  The Associate Press reports that on Thursday morning, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty in the Southern District of New York to making false statements to Congress related to his involvement in real estate deals in Russia on behalf of Donald Trump.
Discussion: Townhall, Mediaite and CNN
New York Post:
Trump threatens to declassify ‘devastating’ docs about Democrats
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:   Is Manafort Angling for a Pardon?
New York Post:
Trump says pardon for Paul Manafort still a possibility
New York Post:
Trump says he's done with ‘The Apprentice’ after Schwarzenegger ‘blew it’
Discussion: Politico, HuffPost and The Daily Caller
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump on Rod Rosenstein: ‘He should have never picked a special counsel’
Discussion: Politico and New York Post
MSNBC:
Key Mueller witness: I lied and I'm ready to die in jail  —  In a blockbuster interview, key Mueller witness and Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi admits to MSNBC's Ari Melber that he lied to Congress, that he tried to get stolen Clinton emails back to the Trump campaign in 2016, that he …
Discussion: New Republic
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Washington Post:
Trump's night-owl calls to Roger Stone in 2016 draw scrutiny in Mueller probe  —  The calls almost always came deep into the night.  —  Caller ID labeled them “unknown,” but Roger Stone said he knew to pick up quickly during those harried months of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Jerome Corsi Told Roger Stone WikiLeaks Had Dirt on Hillary's Health. Then the Attacks Started.
New York Times:
Deutsche Bank Offices Are Searched in Money Laundering Investigation  —  One hundred seventy officers searched the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt and five other sites in the area early Thursday as part of a money-laundering investigation involving hundreds of millions of euros, prosecutors in Frankfurt said.
Discussion: Common Dreams and NPR
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Bloomberg:
Deutsche Bank Raided by Police in Money-Laundering Probe  — 170 German officials involved in searches of bank offices  — Probe stems from Panama Papers, not role in Danske laundering  —  German authorities descended on Deutsche Bank AG, including its downtown Frankfurt headquarters …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Guardian
BBC:   Deutsche Bank headquarters raided over money laundering
The Daily Beast:
Stormy Daniels: Michael Avenatti Sued Trump For Defamation Against My Wishes  —  The porn star also says her lawyer refused to give her information about how her crowdfunding money was being spent, and launched a second crowdfund without her knowledge.  —  Michael Avenatti sued Donald Trump …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Had Many Ties to Israeli Intel Firm in Mueller's Crosshairs  —  The company promised to use social media manipulation to get Trump elected.  And several members of Trump's inner circle were very, very interested.  —  At least three members of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign staff reached …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
U.S. life expectancy declines again, a dismal trend not seen since World War I  —  Life expectancy in the United States declined again in 2017, the government said Thursday in a bleak series of reports that showed a nation still in the grip of escalating drug and suicide crises.
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New York Times:
‘The Numbers Are So Staggering.’ Overdose Deaths Set a Record Last Year.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Washington Post:
How Donald Trump appeals to men secretly insecure about their manhood  —  From boasting about the size of his penis on national television to releasing records of his high testosterone levels, President Trump's rhetoric and behavior exude machismo.  His behavior also seems to have struck a chord with some male voters.
Discussion: Raw Story
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi shuts down critics in tense meeting  —  Nancy Pelosi was having none of it.  —  A trio of her fiercest Democratic critics — lawmakers trying to bar her from reclaiming the speaker's gavel — were trying to pin her down on exactly when she planned to relinquish power.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Hakeem Jeffries Emerges as New Face of House Democrats
Discussion: The Root and Washington Monthly
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Mic has laid off the majority of its staff  —  The publisher is trying to sell the remainder of the company to Bustle Digital Group.  —  Mic is laying off the majority off its staff while the digital publisher works on a deal to sell the remainder of its assets to Bustle Digital Group.
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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Veterans Affairs Dept. tells Capitol Hill it won't repay underpaid GI Bill benefits recipients  —  The news conflicts with a promise VA officials made to a House committee earlier this month that it would reimburse those veterans who received less than the full amount they were due.
Wes Parnell / New York Daily News:
Holocaust scholar at Teachers College, Columbia University finds swastikas spray-painted on her office wall  —  A Jewish professor and Holocaust scholar at Columbia Teacher's College said she found two swastikas and an anti-Semitic slur spray-painted on her office wall Wednesday.
Discussion: Splinter
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Papadopoulos's Russia Ties Continue to Intrigue  —  George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents about his interactions with a Russia-linked professor in 2016, went to jail on Monday after fighting, and failing, to delay the start of his two-week prison sentence.
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Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:
Investigators are probing a letter that claims George Papadopoulos said he was pursuing …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Boing Boing
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Fox News will not tweet this story  —  The network hasn't tweeted since Nov. 8.  —  Tuesday was a red-letter day for Fox News: The launch of Fox Nation, its new subscription streaming service designed to appeal to the most obsessed Fox News fans.  —  And yet, armed with a Twitter feed capable …
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
Sen. Jeff Flake's Nauseating Obstructionism Over Protect Mueller Bill Delayed 21 Trump Judicial Nominations  —  Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MI) won her runoff election last night over Democrat Mike Espy in Mississippi, so Republicans have a solid 53-47 majority.
Discussion: Axios and Politico
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
U.N. ambassador hunt drags on as top candidate fades  —  The hunt for a new United Nations ambassador — a job for which State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert was once considered a lock but is now out of contention — has faced repeated delays and is running up against Nikki Haley's end-of-year departure date.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Joe Sexton / ProPublica:
“I Don't Want to Shoot You, Brother”  —  A shocking story of police and lethal force.  Just not the one you might expect.  —  A partnership with Frontline Dispatch.  —  PART I.  —  Nine Minutes in Weirton  —  THE DISPATCHER for the Weirton Police Department took the 911 call at 2:51 a.m. on May 6, 2016.
Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal:
ADL Responds to CNN Commentator Calling for a ‘Free Palestine from the River to the Sea’  —  The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called CNN political commentator and Temple University Professor Marc Lamont Hill's call for a “free Palestine from the river to sea” on Wednesday “divisive” and “destructive” in an email to the Journal.
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
What Is Chuck Schumer Thinking?  —  When the 116th Congress begins in just over a month, President Donald Trump's dream of a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border will be all but dead.  Massive gains in the midterm elections will give Democrats a sizable majority in the House of Representatives …
Discussion: New York Magazine, CNBC and IJR
Tami Luhby / CNN:
More American children are uninsured despite strong economy  —  See the consequences of a town divided by healthcare  —  New York (CNN)For the first time in nearly a decade, the number of uninsured children in America has grown.  —  The reversal is unprecedented, particularly given …
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Mormons support GOP, but Trump approval lags  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — About two-thirds of Mormon voters nationwide favored Republicans in the midterm elections, but President Donald Trump's approval rating among members of the faith lagged behind, according to a nationwide survey of midterm voters.
Anne Godlasky / USA Today:
Suicide rate up 33% in less than 20 years, yet funding lags behind other top killers  —  Suicide rates are up 33% in the U.S., yet funding lags behind that of all other top causes of death — leaving suicide research in its “infancy.”  —  More than 47,000 Americans killed themselves in 2017 …
Erika Kinetz / Associated Press:
If your Tesla knows where you are, China may too  —  SHANGHAI (AP) — When Shan Junhua bought his white Tesla Model X, he knew it was a fast, beautiful car.  What he didn't know is that Tesla constantly sends information about the precise location of his car to the Chinese government.
 
 
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Democrats Blame Kirsten Gillibrand for Al Franken's Fall
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Mike Walters / The Blast:
Stormy Daniels & Estranged Husband Named in Police Report For Alleged Threats, Homophobic Slurs
Discussion: twitchy.com
Associated Press:
Hit the switch: Trumps light National Christmas Tree
Discussion: IJR
Scott Bland / Politico:
Pro-Bernie group hacked in quarter-million dollar email scam
Associated Press:
Keeping it quick: Trump taking in-and-out trip to Argentina
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Jack Holmes / Esquire:
May Have Just Cracked the Code on Interviewing Trumpists
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
Mississippi's Era of Outsize Clout in Washington Is Waning
Rebecca Nagle / Washington Post:
Half the land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans. It should be.
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
TJ Cox beats Republican Rep. David Valadao to give Democrats gain of 40 House seats, seven in California
Discussion: Political Wire
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:
Data Shows Tucker Carlson Is The Daily Stormer's Favorite Pundit
The Daily Beast:
White House Muzzled CIA on Khashoggi Slaying, Mattis and Pompeo Say
 

 
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