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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 …
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
To air or not to air: Networks face pressure over broadcasting Trump's immigration address  —  NBC, ABC, and CBS, which have not had a consistent policy when it comes to airing presidential addresses on immigration, will air Trump's speech.  —  President Donald Trump's planned prime …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Networks giving Trump free airtime on Tuesday refused to air Obama's 2014 immigration speech  —  Trump's address is supposed to be about the government shutdown he initiated.  —  On Tuesday, President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address to the American people about the government shutdown …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Says Predecessors Confessed Support for Wall. Not True, They Say.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
House GOP leaders fear support eroding for Trump's shutdown fight  —  Several dozen House Republicans might cross the aisle this week to vote for Democratic bills to reopen shuttered parts of the federal government, spurring the White House into a dramatic effort to stem potential GOP defections.
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and The Week
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Washington Post:
Trump aides lay foundation for emergency order to build wall, saying border is in ‘crisis’  —  Trump administration officials made an urgent case Monday that the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border has reached a crisis level, laying the groundwork for President Trump to possibly declare …
Los Angeles Times:
Second body found in West Hollywood home of Democratic donor Ed Buck  —  A man's body was found early Monday in the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck, authorities said.  —  Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's West Hollywood station responded …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Splinter
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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 …
CBS Los Angeles:   LGBT Community Calls For Investigation After 2nd Man Dies In WeHo Apartment Of Democratic Donor
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 …
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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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is A Perfect Foil For The Pro-Trump Media
Daniel Moritz-Rabson / Newsweek:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fake Nude Photos Debunked By Foot Fetishist
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The Middle Class, Not ‘the Rich,’ Is Where the Money Lies
Discussion: Hot Air and The Atlantic
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Eminent Domain, Emergency Powers, and Trump's Wall  —  President Donald Trump claims he can use an “emergency” declaration to secure funding to use eminent domain to acquire land for his border wall, even without any additional congressional authorization.  The validity of this claim is dubious at best.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump's Border Wall and National Emergency Powers, Explained  —  WASHINGTON — As the budget standoff between President Trump and congressional Democrats grinds into the third week of a partial government shutdown, the White House has floated the idea that Mr. Trump might invoke emergency powers …
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
'It's Just Too Much': A Florida Town Grapples With a Shutdown After a Hurricane  —  MARIANNA, Fla. — A federal prison here in Florida's rural Panhandle lost much of its roof and fence during Hurricane Michael in October, forcing hundreds of inmates to relocate to a facility in Yazoo City, Miss., more than 400 miles away.
New York Times:
Bolton Walked Back Syria Statement.  His Disdain for Debate Helped Produce It.  —  WASHINGTON — John R. Bolton found himself last weekend in a familiar but dangerous spot for any White House aide: cleaning up after his boss, President Trump, announced the withdrawal of 2,000 troops from Syria …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump adviser Bolton holds meetings in Ankara
DW.COM:
Trump administration downgrades EU mission to US  —  The Trump administration has downgraded the diplomatic status of the European Union's delegation to the United States, an EU official has confirmed to DW.  The demotion happened at the end of last year without notice.
Discussion: New York Times
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:   Iran Has Held U.S. Navy Veteran Since July, Family Says
Wall Street Journal:
Beto O'Rourke Plans Solo Road Trip to Meet Democratic Voters Outside Texas  —  Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke is asking aides to create an itinerary for a solo road trip outside Texas where he would ‘pop into places’ such as community colleges, as he considers whether to enter the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Robert Mueller's 2019 To-Do List  —  LAST FRIDAY, JUST like Punxsutawney Phil, DC District Court judge Beryl Howell emerged from her chambers, saw her shadow, and announced six more months of Bob Mueller.  Judge Howell's extension of Mueller's grand jury, which was set to expire over the weekend …
Discussion: NBC News, CNBC and Raw Story
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Stephanie Innes / Arizona Republic:
Arizona GOP committeeman: Kyrsten Sinema elected because of ‘dumb ass people’  —  A prominent Arizona Republican official wrote a Facebook post Saturday that said “dumb ass people” helped U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema get elected.  —  Bruce Ash, a Tucson resident and national GOP committeeman …
Discussion: IJR
Politico:
Brexit secretary denies UK seeks Article 50 extension  —  Theresa May's government is not seeking to extend Article 50, according to U.K. Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay.  —  Asked three times if he denied a report in the Telegraph that U.K. officials are “putting out feelers” …
Angela Fritz / Washington Post:
What's behind the confidence of the incompetent?  This suddenly popular psychological phenomenon.  —  The Dunning-Kruger effect explains why unskilled people think they know it all and tend to be overconfident.  —  You may have witnessed this scene at work, while socializing with friends …
James Arkin / Politico:
Romney gets chilly reception from GOP senators after Trump attack  —  Sen. James Lankford will occasionally take issue with President Donald Trump's tactics and rhetoric.  But he's not sure what Mitt Romney was thinking with his biting condemnation of the president before he was even sworn into office.
Discussion: American Thinker and VICE
TMZ.com:
Kevin Spacey Pulled Over for Speeding On Way Home from Court Hearing  —  Kevin Spacey — Pulled Over for Speeding On Way Home from Court  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kevin Spacey couldn't make it home from his court hearing Monday without catching more heat from the law — he got pulled over in Washington, D.C.
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Opus Dei paid $977,000 to settle sexual misconduct claim against prominent Catholic priest  —  The Catholic order Opus Dei in 2005 paid $977,000 to settle a sexual misconduct suit against the Rev. C. John McCloskey, a priest well-known for preparing for conversion big-name conservatives …
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
House Democrats to unveil universal background check bill on anniversary of Gabby Giffords shooting  —  Eight years to the day that former Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot at a constituent meeting in Tuscon, Arizona, House Democrats said they're planning to unveil a universal background check bill …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Brittany Noble:
The facts about race and TV news  —  Many news stations were created in the 50's and 60's when America allowed people to segregate themselves based on race.  At that time, the news stations did not seek to uplift and educate Black people but hold us back.  Even in 2019 news stations are still working to desegregate.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The “skills gap” was a lie  —  New research shows it was the consequence of high unemployment rather than its cause.  —  Five or six years ago, everyone from the US Chamber of Commerce to the Obama White House was talking about a “skills gap.”  —  The theory here was that high unemployment reflected …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Stephanie Pappas / American Psychological Association:
APA issues first-ever guidelines for practice with men and boys  —  For the first time ever, APA is releasing guidelines to help psychologists work with men and boys.  —  At first blush, this may seem unnecessary.  For decades, psychology focused on men (particularly white men), to the exclusion of all others.
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: Post and Courier and The Week
George Dvorsky / Gizmodo:
Chinese Scientist Who Created CRISPR Babies Could Face the Death Penalty, Fellow Geneticist Warns  —  A British geneticist is worried that He Jiankui—the Chinese scientist responsible for the birth of genetically modified human twins—could face the death penalty for corruption and bribery charges.
 
 
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Graham defends shutdown strategy, suggests Dems hurt GOP's feelings
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