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5:05 PM ET, January 7, 2019

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New York Times:
Trump Wants to Deliver Prime Time Address on Government Shutdown and Will Visit the Border  —  President Trump wants to address the nation about the government shutdown on Tuesday night, and later in the week plans to travel to the southern border as part of his effort to persuade Americans …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Only six immigrants in terrorism database stopped by CBP at southern border in first half of 2018  —  The low number contradicts statements by Trump administration officials.  —  U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered only six immigrants on the U.S-Mexico border in the first half …
Discussion: New York Daily News and Mediaite
Samantha Cole / Motherboard:
A Fake Nude of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Was Debunked By Foot Fetishists  —  Wikifeet foiled an attempt to shame the congresswoman with a fake Instagram post.  —  An image that's being passed off as a nude of congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was debunked as being fake by a foot fetishist on Reddit …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
More AOC: Facts Don't Matter When You're “Morally Right”  —  Scoff at this all you want, but on this point Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sounds more mainstream — and bipartisan — than most would admit.  During his 60 Minutes interview with the new House member, Anderson Cooper confronted Ocasio-Cortez …
Anderson Cooper / CBS News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The rookie congresswoman challenging the Democratic establishment
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
EXCLUSIVE: Yorktown Elitist and Bronx Hoaxer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Went by “Sandy” …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Whoopi Goldberg Rips Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Before You Start Pooping on People...You Got to Do Something’
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
IRS Will Pay Tax Refunds During Government Shutdown, Official Says  —  The Internal Revenue Service will issue refunds to taxpayers even if the U.S. government shutdown extends into the filing season, a decision that may reduce political pressure on Congress and President Donald Trump to reach a deal to re-open the federal government.
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Wall Street Journal:
Tax Refunds Will Be Paid During Shutdown, White House Says
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
I.R.S. Will Issue Tax Refunds During Shutdown, Trump Official Says
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Laura Davison / Bloomberg:
IRS Will Pay Refunds During Shutdown, Easing Pressure for a Deal
Washington Post:
Democrats pledge to paralyze Senate as shutdown negotiation tactic  —  Senate Democrats are coalescing behind a strategy to block any legislation on the floor that doesn't re-open the federal government — planning to paralyze the Senate as the partial government shutdown enters its third week with no end in sight.
Discussion: Political Wire
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Trump the Vulnerable  —  A close look at the 2018 midterm results shows why he is so weak.
Discussion: Washington Post and Mother Jones
Recep Tayyip Erdogan / New York Times:
Turkey Has a Plan to Restore Peace in Syria  —  A comprehensive strategy to promote long-term peace and stability in Syria can be achieved through Turkey's leadership, the president of Turkey writes.  —  Mr. Erdogan is the president of Turkey.  —  President Trump made the right call to withdraw from Syria.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
‘No different from my original statements’: Trump denies changes to Syria exit plan
Discussion: Vox, The Guardian, Mediaite and Raw Story
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Pompeo, in Cairo speech, to rebuke Obama's Mideast vision
Discussion: ABC News
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
US, Turkey set for negotiations on fate of Kurds
Discussion: Breitbart
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.
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Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:   Here Are All The Things We're Apparently Not Allowed To Say About Julian Assange Or WikiLeaks
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge blasts lawyers for Russian firm charged by Mueller  —  A judge publicly slammed the defense lawyers for a Russian company criminally charged by special counsel Robert Mueller, accusing the firm's attorneys of submitting unprofessional and inappropriate court filings attacking Mueller's office …
Discussion: ABC News and emptywheel
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:   Russian Firm's Lawyer Accuses Judge Of ‘Bias’ After She Bashes His ‘Inappropriate’ Filings
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Campaign journalism needs an overhaul.  Here's one radical idea.  —  As the new year dawned, the top editor at the Associated Press — one of the most influential journalists in the country, though hers is not a household name — was making a resolution.  —  “We should all resolve to spend less time …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren is no Hillary Clinton  —  The line to get into the final event of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's weekend tour of Iowa began forming 2½ hours in advance.  Standing at the very front were Kristin Wesner and her daughter Alaina.  —  Arriving for the Sunday morning forum extra-early was Alaina's idea.
Discussion: National Review and twitchy.com
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Top Trump Backer Financed Supreme Court Confirmation Fights Through Shadowy Network  —  Leonard Leo is the top judicial lobbyist in the country and a well-known booster of the president.  But the reach of his influence is just starting to come into focus.  —  A top conservative judicial activist used …
Discussion: Shakesville
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Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Kyl returns to Covington
Discussion: Associated Press
Covington & Burling LLP:
Jon Kyl Returns to Covington
Discussion: Splinter
New York Times:
Democrats Faked Online Push to Outlaw Alcohol in Alabama Race  —  The “Dry Alabama” Facebook page, illustrated with stark images of car wrecks and videos of families ruined by drink, had a blunt message: Alcohol is the devil's work, and the state should ban it entirely.
New York Times:
Mick Mulvaney Has Two Jobs.  He Has Been Discussing Another.  —  Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, as recently as late last year explored the possibility of becoming president of the University of South Carolina, four people familiar with the discussions said.
Discussion: Political Wire
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
A $20,243 bike crash: Zuckerberg hospital's aggressive tactics leave patients with big bills  —  I spent a year writing about ER bills.  Zuckerberg San Francisco General has the most surprising billing practices I've seen.  —  On April 3, Nina Dang, 24, found herself in a position …
Kimberlee Kruesi / Associated Press:
Woman sentenced to life as teen in killing wins clemency  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman who says she was a 16-year-old sex trafficking victim when she killed a man in 2004 was granted clemency Monday by Tennessee's governor and soon will be released from prison.
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Neal Broverman / Advocate:
Another Black Man Has Died in the Home of Democratic Donor Ed Buck  —  Community leaders were outraged when the L.A. County District Attorney refused to prosecute Buck last year.  Now another young man is dead.  —  The body of another young black man has been found at the West Hollywood apartment …
Discussion: WEHOville and Raw Story
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
President Trump bets big on Supreme Court to uphold controversial policies after lower court losses  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is betting big on the Supreme Court in 2019 to revive controversial policies on issues ranging from immigration and border security to transgender soldiers in the military.
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Associated Press:
Ginsburg missing Supreme Court arguments for 1st time
Justin Davidson / New York Magazine:
The High Line Has Become a Tunnel Through Glass Towers  —  The High Line was an epiphany when it opened in 2009, a moment suspended between neglect and possibility.  The strips of curated wilderness, the medieval-looking iron railings, the disorienting views, the way the viaduct ducked beneath buildings …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump struggles to replace Mattis as Pentagon chief  —  President Donald Trump is having a tough time hiring a Pentagon chief after the abrupt departure of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis late last month.  —  Jon Kyl, the retired Arizona Republican senator, became the second person …
Wall Street Journal:
How China Flexes Its Political Muscle to Expand Power Overseas  —  A Chinese ‘Belt and Road’ project was planned to help cover debts of Malaysia's troubled 1MDB fund, according to the minutes of secret negotiations.  The new Malaysian leader put the deal on hold
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The “skills gap” was a lie
Associated Press:
Uber driver admits to murdering six strangers between fares
Discussion: Breitbart, CBS Chicago and KTLA
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Blackwater founder Erik Prince says Mueller asked about meeting Russian Putin pal in Seychelles …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Maura Judkis / Washington Post:
A New Hampshire city council is miffed by ‘Pho Keene Great’ restaurant name
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Grinding the System to a Halt
Eric Cortellessa / Washington Monthly:
The Democrats' Pop-Up Foreign Policy Problem
The Economist:
The failure of gerrymandering  —  How educated, suburban whites ended …
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
World Bank president's resignation opens up possible challenge to Trump from developing countries
Discussion: Raw Story
Ernesto Araujo / Bloomberg:
Bolsonaro Was Not Elected to Take Brazil as He Found It
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Joe Biden doesn't get it
TMZ.com:
R. Kelly Facebook Page To ‘Expose’ Accusers One at a Time is Removed
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Magazine:
'Come On Down to the Rio Grande Valley. …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Was Never a Great Dealmaker. The Shutdown Proves It
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion
 
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