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6:30 PM ET, January 6, 2019

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Axios:
Inside Trump's fake news recidivism  —  With the departure of White House chief of staff John Kelly, the misinformation emanating from President Trump has only escalated.  —  What's happening: Alumni of this White House see a possible reason.  Although Kelly was thwarted in many of his efforts …
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Boris Sanchez / CNN:
Trump inclined to declare national emergency if talks continue to stall  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is inclined to declare a national emergency to secure military funding for his long-promised southern border wall if talks between administration officials and top lawmakers from both parties continue …
Bloomberg:
Trump Eyes Radical Move to Escape Impasse Over Wall and Shutdown  — Reiterated threat of declaring national emergency to fund wall  — Move would prompt immediate legal challenge by Democrats  —  Donald Trump edged closer toward a radical move to fund his border wall after the prospect …
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump says he's ‘in no hurry’ to replace acting Cabinet members
Discussion: Political Wire
USA Today:
The government shutdown is tied for third longest on record - with no end in sight
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Mulvaney: Trump offering Democrats a steel border fence instead of concrete wall
Discussion: Hot Air and Breitbart
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Mulvaney: Trump would build “steel fence” as concession to Democrats
Discussion: The Guardian and Breitbart
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios AM
Discussion: Philly.com, CNBC and emptywheel
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Fox's Chris Wallace Repeatedly Nails Sarah Sanders on Bogus Border Terror Threat Claims  —  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders ran into a buzzsaw Sunday morning when Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace challenged the Trump administration's repeated false claims about terrorism …
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Sarah Sanders: Trump looking at ‘every option available’ to build wall
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Breitbart
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Bolton promises no troop withdrawal from Syria until ISIS contained, Kurds' safety guaranteed  —  President Trump's national security adviser sought to reassure allies Sunday that the United States would be methodical about withdrawing troops from Syria, promising that the pullout …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Splinter
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump aide: Syria withdrawal waiting on ‘conditions’  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, said Sunday that the U.S. military withdrawal from northeastern Syria is conditioned on defeating the remnants of the Islamic State group …
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
No Syria withdrawal without Turkish pledge not to attack Kurds, Bolton says
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Week
Chad Garland / Stars & Stripes:
Kurdish forces: Two American ISIS fighters captured
Discussion: Lawfare and The Gateway Pundit
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:   Bolton Says U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Is Conditional
Inc.com:
In an Astonishing Letter, Delta and United Airlines Pilots Just Told President Trump To Stop and Think  —  Airline pilots are very worried about the government shutdown.  —  Will he react?  —  By Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.
Discussion: abc11.com
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Park Service takes ‘extraordinary step’ of dipping into entrance fees to bolster operations at popular sites  —  Critics say the unprecedented move, which comes as trash and other problems mount, could be illegal.  —  The National Park Service will take the unprecedented step of tapping entrance fees …
Eliza Relman / INSIDER:
THE TRUTH ABOUT ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: The inside story of how, in just one year, Sandy the bartender became a lawmaker who triggers both parties  — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a bartender when she pulled together a scrappy populist campaign for US Congress and stunned the political world …
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Christopher Dale / New York Post:   This socialist wants AOC to quit tweeting and get to work
Neil Dwyer / Washington Examiner:
We need more GOP women, but not in the mold of Rep. Elise Stefanik  —  The Republican Party heads into 2019 having lost its House majority.  Much like in the aftermath of Mitt Romney's loss in the 2012 presidential election, some are calling for an autopsy of what went wrong.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Tucker Carlson's Monologue Insults His Viewers  —  Conservatives are abuzz about a long monologue delivered on Fox News by the host Tucker Carlson, who intimated solidarity with “normal Americans” while accusing U.S. elites of callously betraying their countrymen.
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
TV special glosses over the truth behind JFK Jr.'s doomed flight  —  This year marks the 20th anniversary of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s fatal flight.  Three days in and already the hagiographic retellings have begun.  —  “The Last Days of JFK Jr.,” a two-hour special promising new details …
James Vincent / The Verge:
Kohler's smart toilet promises a ‘fully-immersive experience’  —  With built-in speakers, ambient lighting, and Amazon Alexa support, why go anywhere else in your house?  —  CES has barely begun, but 146-year-old plumbing company Kohler has already stolen the show with what will undoubtedly …
Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
WikiLeaks tells reporters 140 things not to say about Julian Assange  —  LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks on Sunday advised journalists not to report 140 different “false and defamatory” statements about its founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 2012.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Collins: Senate should vote on funding bills passed in House  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Sunday that she would support holding a Senate vote on bills passed in the House to reopen parts of the government unrelated to negotiations over funding for President Trump's wall along the southern border.
Xavier Hamilton / Complex:
R. Kelly Says He Didn't Watch ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ But Plans to ‘Sue Everybody’  —  R. Kelly has reemerged as one of music's most controversial figures due largely to Lifetime's Surviving R. Kelly.  However, unlike the rest of the country, the singer has made it clear that he did not watch any of the six-part docu-series.
Discussion: TMZ.com
Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
Detained Jewish teenagers suspected of murdering Palestinian woman — Shin Bet  —  Partially lifting gag order, security service says students at northern West Bank yeshiva were involved in hurling stone that struck Aisha Rabi in the head, killing her  —  The Shin Bet security service …
Discussion: MelaniePhillips.com
Grace Wyler / BuzzFeed News:
A Man Has Been Arrested And Charged With The Fatal Shooting Of 7-Year-Old Jazmine Barnes  —  A suspect was arrested and charged Saturday with capital murder over the fatal shooting of seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was killed as she was riding in a car with her family in what police described …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Democrats keep proving how detached they are from reality  —  In its common definition, the job of president of the United States is to deliver peace and prosperity.  Donald Trump is doing well on both fronts, so let's impeach the bastard!  —  As insane as it sounds, that and only that is what many Democrats have in mind.
 
 
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Schiff to target potential perjury during Congress' Russia probe
Bloomberg Law:
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Jess Bidgood / BostonGlobe.com:
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Mitch Albom / Detroit Free Press:
Rashida Tlaib's profanity starts year on a low note
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Prolonged shutdown could leave millions without food stamps and hit small businesses
Discussion: ThinkProgress
NBC News:
Hard to digest: Inmates eat holiday steak during shutdown while prison workers go unpaid
Washington Times:
NAACP blames ‘white supremacy’ for Portland earthquake signs
Shehab Khan / The Independent:
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 Earlier Items: 
Jack Bohrer / NBC News:
‘It is a pleasure to blog with you’: Elizabeth Warren's early years online
Discussion: The Atlantic
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Vulnerable Republicans seek distance from Trump in new Congress
Bruce Ackerman / New York Times:
No, Trump Cannot Declare an ‘Emergency’ to Build His Wall
ABC:
Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia ‘detained in Bangkok airport’
Discussion: BBC and Breitbart
Jerusalem Post:
U.S. ambassador to Israel: Trump's peace plan delayed ‘for several months’
Denise Lu / New York Times:
The Border Wall: What Has Trump Built So Far?
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Trump Has Promised to Bring Jobs Back. His Tariffs Threaten to Send Them Away.
Discussion: Raw Story