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Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
California's Rep. Brad Sherman to introduce impeachment measure … Rep. Brad Sherman plans to introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump on Thursday, the first day of Democratic control of the House.  —  Sherman (D-Northridge) is reintroducing a measure that he first rolled out in 2017.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's reign of corruption will now face real opposition.  Here are three things to watch.  —  Watch live video from washingtonpost on www.twitch.tv  —  We talk a lot about President Trump's corruption these days, but with Democrats set to take over the House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Nancy Pelosi Elected Speaker as Democrats Take Control of House  —  WASHINGTON — On a day of pomp and pageantry, ebullient Democrats assumed control of the House on Thursday and elected Representative Nancy Pelosi of California to be speaker, returning her to a historic distinction …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
House Democrats plan to hold hearings on Medicare for All  —  The new Democratic majority in the House will hold the first hearings on Medicare-for-All legislation, a longtime goal of the party's left, after Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi lent her support for the process.
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
First On Nancy Pelosi's Agenda: Attacking Free Expression  —  I have zero interest in financially supporting any politician, much less ones I find morally unpalatable.  Yet Democrats want to force me, and every other American taxpayer, to contribute, as a matter of public policy, to the campaigns of candidates we disagree with.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Daily Kos
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Invites President Trump to Deliver State of the Union Address
Discussion: Axios
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Grinning Nancy Pelosi is confirmed as Speaker for the second time as Democrats …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Martin O'Malley / Des Moines Register:
Here's who I'd like to see run for president.  (Hint: It's not me)  —  Voters want Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders to run in the 2020 Presidential election, a new poll suggests.  Veuer's Sam Berman has the full story.  —  Former Democratic candidate makes his pick for 2020
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dianne Feinstein's 2020 pick: Joe Biden  —  Dianne Feinstein's California colleague Kamala Harris may run for president.  But Feinstein already has her preferred candidate in mind: Joe Biden.  —  The Democratic senator, fresh off reelection to a fifth term, told a pair of reporters …
David Brock / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders' fans can't be allowed to poison another Democratic primary with personal attacks
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator calls on Congress to end shutdown without border deal  —  Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who faces a potentially tough re-election in 2020, says Congress should re-open the federal government, even without a deal on funding President Trump's border wall.
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Urgency builds to end shutdown as House prepares to vote
Discussion: Axios, RedState and Breitbart
New York Times:
White House Mulls Jim Webb, Ex-Democratic Senator, as Next Defense Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering Jim Webb, a former Democratic senator and Reagan-era secretary of the Navy, to be the next defense secretary, according to three officials …
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. investigating whether Zinke lied to inspector general  —  The Justice Department's public integrity section is examining whether newly departed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied to his agency's inspector general investigators, according to three people familiar with the matter …
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Mitt Romney supports the status quo.  But for everyone else, it's infuriating  —  Newly-elected Utah senator Mitt Romney kicked off 2019 with an op-ed in the Washington Post that savaged Donald Trump's character and leadership.  Romney's attack and Trump's response Wednesday morning on Twitter …
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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Tucker Carlson For President  —  Did you see this dynamite monologue by Tucker Carlson last night?  In it, he analyzes Mitt Romney's anodyne op-ed piece attacking Trump, and what it says about the establishment Republicans and Democrats.  Watch or read the whole thing here.  Excerpts: … More:
Terry Glavin / Macleans.ca:
The terrifying depths of Donald Trump's ignorance, in a single quote  —  It's been two years since a reality-television mogul, billionaire real estate grifter and sleazy beauty-pageant impresario who somehow ended up on the Republican ticket in the 2016 U.S. presidential election …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Is Trump Spouting Russian Propaganda?  —  It was only one moment in a 90-minute stream of madness.  —  President Donald Trump convened a Cabinet meeting, at which he invited all its members to praise him for his stance on the border wall and the government shutdown.
Christine Stapleton / Palm Beach Post:
As Democrats take the House, GOP takes a beating along motorcade route  —  As Democrats prepared to take over the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday morning, an anti-Trump political action committee took aim at the GOP with a new billboard along the presidential motorcade route in West Palm Beach.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The weirdly quiet White House
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Undocumented Worker Says Trump Resort Shielded Her From Secret Service  —  A former employee of the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey said that her name was removed from a list of workers to be vetted by the Secret Service after she reminded management that she was unlawfully in the United States …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Paul Whelan, American Accused of Spying, Is Said to Be Charged in Russia  —  MOSCOW — The Russian authorities have brought espionage charges against an American citizen, Paul N. Whelan, who faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, the news agency Interfax reported on Thursday.
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Washington Post:
Russia has formally charged Paul Whelan, an American citizen, with espionage, Interfax news agency reports
Discussion: Task & Purpose
New York Times:
Full Shutdown of L Train to Be Halted by Cuomo  —  [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]  —  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to announce Thursday that the L train subway tunnel will not fully shut down in April as planned in what would have been one of the …
Discussion: Second Ave. Sagas and Gothamist
Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
Feds charge powerful Ald.  Edward Burke with attempted extortion  —  Ald.  Edward Burke has been charged with attempted extortion after the FBI raided his City Hall and Southwest Side ward offices.  —  Longtime Ald.  Edward Burke, one of Chicago's most powerful figures and a vestige …
CNN:
A Florida girl had her SAT result flagged.  She says she didn't cheat and hires famous lawyer.  —  (CNN)Kamilah Campbell wants to go to Florida State University and major in dance.  She has a 3.1 grade point average and a lifetime of dance experience.  —  But after getting her score …
Discussion: The Root and Daily Wire
Brian Stelter / CNN:
NBC News veteran warns of ‘Trump circus’ in 2,228-word farewell  —  New York (CNN Business)There are goodbye notes — and then there's William Arkin's frustrated farewell to NBC News.  —  Arkin's 2,228-word memo to his colleagues says that his time at NBC News has been “gratifying.”
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump Allies Try to Rig the 2020 GOP Nomination … Trump supporters on the Republican National Committee jumped to argue for changing party rules to aid Trump's renomination prospects in 2020.  In particular, Jevon Williams, national committeeman from the Virgin Islands …
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
Attacks On Ocasio-Cortez Are Reaching Self-Defeating Levels  —  One of the features of 2018 politics was the ascension of the Right's favorite young, upstart Socialist defeating a longtime Democratic incumbent representative in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
‘What Will I Not Miss?’  In California, a Long Farewell From Jerry Brown  —  WILLIAMS, Calif. — It's time to add another name to the farewell tour circuit in this year of Elton John, Joan Baez, Paul Simon and Ozzy Osbourne: Edmund G. Brown Jr., the governor of California.
CBS News:
The interview Egypt's government doesn't want on TV  —  In an interview with 60 Minutes the Egyptian government later asked not be shown, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi denies estimates of 60,000 political prisoners in his country.  See the full interview, Sunday, January 6 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Eric Connor / Greenville News:
Trey Gowdy swears off politics as he joins power firm Nelson Mullins in Greenville  —  Former U.S. Congressman Trey Gowdy, who elevated his profile in American politics leading several high-profile government investigations, has joined the Greenville office of power law firm Nelson, Mullins …
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
The Economist:
The radical agenda of Brazil's new president  —  He has a chance to transform his country but he may do it grave harm  —  “Hope, finally, defeated fear,” declared Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva upon becoming Brazil's president 16 years ago.  Many Brazilians greeted the election of Lula …
travel.state.gov:
China Travel Advisory  —  Exercise increased caution in China due to arbitrary enforcement of local laws as well as special restrictions on dual U.S.-Chinese nationals.  —  Chinese authorities have asserted broad authority to prohibit U.S. citizens from leaving China by using 'exit bans …
 
 
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Rubio, top GOP senators hit back at Trump's Syria pullout with sanctions bill
Discussion: The Week
Emily Zanotti / Daily Wire:
Elizabeth Warren Compares Scrutiny Of Her ‘Native American Ancestry’ To ‘Birtherism’
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
The freshman class of House Democrats is already making waves
jon Madof / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
The 50 Jews everyone should follow on Twitter
Washington Post:
Trump, once fiery on Twitter, warms to old fashioned mash notes from Kim Jong Un
Discussion: The White House
Rachel McCleery / The United States Senate Committee …:
Wyden Reintroduces Bill Requiring President Trump to Publicly Release His Tax Returns
 Earlier Items: 
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
Who Killed The Weekly Standard?
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Has Officially Made ‘Conservative Ethics’ an Oxymoron
Reuters:
Google shifted $23 billion to tax haven Bermuda in 2017: filing
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
White House Predicts ‘Heck of a Lot’ of Companies Sharing Apple Pain
Discussion: Vox, The Week and Recode
Bloomberg:
The Bad Stuff That the Stock Market Worried About Is Starting to Happen
Discussion: Raw Story
Terry McAuliffe / Washington Post:
To beat Trump, Democrats must counter his lies with realistic solutions
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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