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The Federalist:
Bre Payton, Beloved Staff Writer At The Federalist, Has Passed Away — Bre Payton, our beloved staff writer for The Federalist, passed away on Friday in San Diego, California following a sudden illness. — Bre was born in California on June 8, 1992, to George and Cindy Payton.
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Cindy D Payton / gofundme.com:
Bre Payton Scholarship Fund — $3,089 of $50,000 goal Raised by 62 people in 2 hours — Thank you for contributing to the Bre Payton Scholarahip Fund. In loving memory of Bre's beautiful light, joyful spirit, hard-working ethics, and compassionate heart.
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Bre Payton, Staff Writer for The Federalist, Dies at 26
Bre Payton, Staff Writer for The Federalist, Dies at 26
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
May the wonderful Bre Payton rest in peace
May the wonderful Bre Payton rest in peace
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The Federalist
The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson's Show Sheds Advertisers After Immigration Comments: Report — Tucker Carlson's nightly show on Fox News has been hemorrhaging advertisers since the conservative host said that immigration makes the United States “poorer and dirtier and more divided” on Dec. 13, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
A Lighter Ad Load Is The New Normal for Tucker Carlson's Fox News Show — ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ has averaged about 28 ads per night since his comments about immigration, including a larger number of “house” promotions. — Tucker Carlson Tonight has settled into a new advertising pattern since …
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Contemptor
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
The Thinnest Skins In Media In 2018 — What follows is a list of our favorite media piss-babies and corncobs of the past year. A quick note to the piss-babies and corncobs themselves: Any communication with me regarding this post will be considered on the record.
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Instapundit
Jennifer Shutt / Roll Call:
Reversed Course: Coast Guard Will Now Get Final 2018 Paychecks — Complications arose because service funded through Homeland Security, but pay schedule is military — House Passes Trump-Backed Stopgap; Senate to Vote Again Friday House GOP Takes Another Shot With Trump-Backed Stopgap Trump …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
The Trump team just gave weird, insulting advice to furloughed federal workers who can't make rent
The Trump team just gave weird, insulting advice to furloughed federal workers who can't make rent
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The New Civil Rights Movement, CNBC, IJR and Hill Reporter
Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost:
Shutdown Leaves Government Contractors Without Work And Likely No Back Pay
Shutdown Leaves Government Contractors Without Work And Likely No Back Pay
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Daily Kos, ThinkProgress and Splinter
CNN:
Federal employees prepare for a long shutdown
Federal employees prepare for a long shutdown
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Raw Story, Boing Boing, Bloomberg and Mother Jones
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Congress ends with Trump's fight for wall, shutdown and GOP leaders hard to find — Republicans are ending the 115th Congress in an all-too-familiar spot: standing on the sidelines while President Trump picks a fight they wanted to avoid as he ignores what they consider major conservative accomplishments.
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
House Republicans wrap their investigation into FBI's handling of Clinton and Russia probes — (CNN)The Republican leaders of two House committees say their investigation into the FBI's handling of Hillary Clinton's email server and its probe of alleged coordination between the Trump campaign …
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
Margot Kidder Played Every Character, No Matter How Small, With a Vivid Inner Life … Her fierce portrayals were informed — if not powered — by personal upheaval. — B. 1948 — MARGOT KIDDER'S ONLY child, Maggie McGuane, wasn't sure she wanted to talk with me.
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
North Carolina Elections Board Dissolves, Adding New Chaos in House Race — The North Carolina state elections board dissolved on Friday under a court order, two weeks before its much-anticipated hearing to consider evidence of possible absentee ballot fraud in the disputed November election for the Ninth District's seat in Congress.
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Axios, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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BuzzFeed News:
These Are 50 Of The Biggest Fake News Hits On Facebook In 2018 — After spending two years launching third-party fact-checking programs, rolling out News Feed updates, and investing in other anti-misinformation initiatives, Facebook is still the home of viral fake news.
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Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
Rudy Giuliani now wants Robert Mueller to be investigated — Rudy Giuliani is now calling for special counsel Robert Mueller to be investigated for “destruction of evidence” — Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who has worked as President Donald Trump's lawyer since April …
Joe Miller / BBC:
UK to spend £108m on no-deal ferries — The UK will spend more than £100m chartering extra ferries to ease “severe congestion” at Dover, in the case of a no-deal Brexit. — Over the last few months, additional ferry contracts were awarded to French, Danish and British companies.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
On the Front Line of the Saudi War in Yemen? Child Soldiers From Darfur — Led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudis say they are battling to rescue Yemen from a hostile faction backed by Iran. — But to do it, they have used their vast wealth to outsource the war …
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Al Jazeera
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller appears to respond early in subpoena fight at Supreme Court — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office appears to have responded to a foreign company's bid to get the Supreme Court to step into a fight over a grand jury subpoena served on the firm. — Most details of the case …
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Raw Story
John Stanton / BuzzFeed News:
Immigration Advocates Are Alarmed By The Rising Numbers of Asylum-Seekers Crossing The Arizona Border — Hundreds of people from Central America have begun turning up in a remote stretch of desert between Yuma and Ajo, Arizona, in an apparent response to Trump administration policies …
Peter Gosselin / ProPublica:
If You're Over 50, Chances Are the Decision to Leave a Job Won't be Yours — Tom Steckel hunched over a laptop in the overheated basement of the state Capitol building in Pierre, South Dakota, early last week, trying to figure out how a newly awarded benefit claims contract will make it easier for him do his job.
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Urban Institute
Juliet Linderman / Associated Press:
Shutdown could block federal aid to farmers hit by trade war — WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America's farmers. Fresh off the passage of the farm bill, which reauthorized agriculture, conservation and safety net programs …
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New York Times, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Man accused of killing California officer Ronil Singh taken into custody after allegedly trying to flee to Mexico: Officials — A Mexican man accused of gunning down a Northern California police officer was taken into custody Friday following a massive manhunt, officials said.
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Greg Norman / Fox News:
California illegal immigrant ‘cop-killer’ taken into custody, officials say
California illegal immigrant ‘cop-killer’ taken into custody, officials say
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Townhall, Fox News Insider, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Gateway Pundit
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
France faces lawsuit for rescinding harsh carbon tax — Four NGOs, including Oxfam and Greenpeace, have initiated legal proceedings against the French government, claiming that France has defaulted on its environmental obligations by eliminating, under intense pressure from “Yellow Vests,” the stiff carbon tax it had imposed.
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The Daily Caller and Watts Up With That?
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Pompeo heading to Brazil for inauguration of far-right president — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will head a U.S. delegation to Brazil seeking to foster closer ties with the far-right incoming president, Jair Bolsonaro, and discuss ways to counter the Venezuelan government.
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Joe.My.God.
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US seeks close ties with Brazil's new leader