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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's op-ed crystallizes all the reasons the old GOP establishment has been pushed aside — Henry Olsen is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and author of “The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism.”
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New York Times, The American Spectator and Power Line
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Why Guys Like Mitt Romney Don't Scare Donald Trump
Why Guys Like Mitt Romney Don't Scare Donald Trump
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Power Line, The Daily Beast and Front Page Magazine
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Graham: Trump giving up on border wall fight would be the ‘end of his presidency’
Graham: Trump giving up on border wall fight would be the ‘end of his presidency’
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Political Wire
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Romney broadside stokes Trump camp's suspicions about 2020
Romney broadside stokes Trump camp's suspicions about 2020
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Breitbart and Washington Post
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Romney on op-ed: I wanted to make it ‘very clear where I stand’
Romney on op-ed: I wanted to make it ‘very clear where I stand’
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Washington Post, The Hill, RedState, Breitbart, The American Spectator, Townhall, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and New York Post
New York Times:
China Lands Spacecraft on Far Side of Moon — BEIJING — China reached a milestone in space exploration on Thursday, landing a vehicle on the far side of the moon for the first time in history, state media announced. — The landing of the probe, called Chang'e-4 after the moon goddess …
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Associated Press:
Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on moon's far side — BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft on Thursday made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon, state media said. — The lunar explorer Chang'e 4 touched down at 10:26 a.m., China Central Television said in a brief announcement …
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The Week
CNN:
Source: Trump tells Schumer he can't accept Dems' offer because he'd ‘look foolish’ — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump told a group of lawmakers he can't accept Democrats' offer to re-open the government as the two sides negotiate border wall funding because he “would look foolish if I did that …
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Dan Bongino, Raw Story, Mediaite and Shareblue Media
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New York Times:
Trump and Democrats Dig In After Talks to Reopen Government Go Nowhere
Trump and Democrats Dig In After Talks to Reopen Government Go Nowhere
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Raw Story, The Week, ThinkProgress, Politico, Vox and Washington Post
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's Allies Want Him To Keep The Government Shut Down
Trump's Allies Want Him To Keep The Government Shut Down
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Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Defends Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan for Some Reason — In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded neighboring Afghanistan. The American interpretation of this invasion, shared by both parties, is that the Soviets were propping up a faltering communist client state, following the …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's bizarre history lesson on the Soviet Union, Russia and Afghanistan … President Trump said a lot of strange, untrue things after Wednesday's Cabinet meeting. But the most bizarre snippet might have been his “history” lesson on the Soviet Union. — Trump, who has assured us …
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Mediaite, TheBlaze and Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
For Bernie Sanders, Claims of Sexism in 2016 Campaign Hang Over 2020 Bid — In February 2016, Giulianna Di Lauro, a Latino outreach strategist for Senator Bernie Sanders's presidential operation, complained to her supervisor that she had been harassed by a campaign surrogate whom she drove …
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Front Page Magazine, The Week, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, CNN, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite, Axios and Talking Points Memo
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Former Bernie Sanders aide who allegedly made light of sexual harassment complaint will be chief …
Former Bernie Sanders aide who allegedly made light of sexual harassment complaint will be chief …
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Front Page Magazine
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Old Post Office Tower on Trump property to reopen during shutdown with federal funding — The Old Post Office Tower, which shares facilities with the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., will reopen by the end of the week after being closed due to the partial government shutdown.
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Jennifer Yachnin / E&E News:
Old Post Office Tower at Trump hotel to open during shutdown
Old Post Office Tower at Trump hotel to open during shutdown
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Raw Story and Washington Press
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump reclaims spotlight with long, rambling Cabinet meeting — Home alone no more, President Donald Trump had a lot to share when he convened a rambling Cabinet meeting on Day 12 of the government shutdown. — The president, eager for company after a lonely stretch in a near-empty White House …
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
A defensive Trump calls a Cabinet meeting and uses it to boast, deflect and distract — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — President Trump, 12 days into a government shutdown and facing new scrutiny from emboldened Democrats, inaugurated the new year Wednesday with a Cabinet meeting.
Business Wire:
Letter from Tim Cook to Apple Investors — CUPERTINO, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Apple® today issued the following public letter to investors: — To Apple investors: — Today we are revising our guidance for Apple's fiscal 2019 first quarter, which ended on December 29. We now expect the following:
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
GOP congressman will support Democratic rules, says he may face ‘consequences’ for it — A Republican lawmaker said Wednesday he will vote for a set of House rule changes drafted by the incoming Democratic leadership — a rare move for what is typically a strict party-line vote and one …
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Washington Press, Politico and Talking Points Memo
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Susan Davis / NPR:
Democrats Unveil Changes To House Rules On Debt Ceiling, Ethics
Democrats Unveil Changes To House Rules On Debt Ceiling, Ethics
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Daily Kos
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Liberal revolt threatens to derail House Democrats on their first day in charge
Liberal revolt threatens to derail House Democrats on their first day in charge
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Mother Jones
Devorah Blachor / McSweeney's:
I Don't Hate Women Candidates — I Just Hated Hillary and Coincidentally I'm Starting to Hate Elizabeth Warren — “How does Warren avoid a Clinton redux — written off as too unlikable before her campaign gets off the ground?” — Politico, 12/31/18 — I have no problem with women.
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Balloon Juice, Hullabaloo, Boston Magazine, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Mauricio Savarese / CTVNews:
Brazil's Bolsonaro targets LGBT people, Indigenous groups on 1st day in office — SAO PAULO — Newly installed President Jair Bolsonaro targeted Brazil's indigenous groups, descendants of slaves and the LGBT community with executive orders in the first hours of his administration …
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ABC News
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
He lures alleged child predators and shames them on Facebook. Now one of his targets is dead. — Shane Erdmann started the online vigilante operation POPSquad, one of many similar groups tapping into a hunger for vengeance. — On a cool evening in October, Alain Malcolm, 20 …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department won't take Arpaio fight to SCOTUS — The Justice Department has decided not to ask the Supreme Court to block the appointment of a special prosecutor to fight former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's effort to erase the guilty verdict a judge returned against him on contempt of court charges last year.
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Raw Story
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Senate Judiciary Committee sets confirmation hearing for Trump attorney general pick William Barr — The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings later this month on the confirmation of President Trump's attorney general nominee, William P. Barr, the panel's incoming and outgoing chairmen announced Wednesday.
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One America News Network, Politico and NPR
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Blackburn, Ernst become first GOP women to serve on Senate Judiciary
Blackburn, Ernst become first GOP women to serve on Senate Judiciary
Washington Post:
‘Not too good’: Trump rips Mattis's performance as the Pentagon seeks stability — President Trump criticized former defense secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday, as acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan stepped into his new job and the military tried to make sense of the president's plans for the wars in Syria and Afghanistan.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says Mattis Resignation Was ‘Essentially’ a Firing, Escalating His New Front Against Military Critics
Trump Says Mattis Resignation Was ‘Essentially’ a Firing, Escalating His New Front Against Military Critics
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Raw Story, CNN, Hot Air and FOX News Radio
Alan J. Steinberg / New Jersey Online:
Ex-Bush and Whitman adviser: Trump won't be impeached, but he will leave the presidency in 2019 — The major issue for political pundits regarding 2019 is whether Donald Trump's presidency will survive the year leading into the 2020 elections. Their focus is on the likelihood as to whether Trump …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
EXCLUSIVE: PHOTOS of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or “Sandy” as She Was Known at Her Elite High School in Yorktown — NOT in the Bronx — Congresswoman elect Democrat-Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grew up and attended school in affluent Westchester, New York but likes to pretend like she grew up in the Bronx.