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9:50 PM ET, January 19, 2019

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Washington Post:
‘It was getting ugly’: Native American drummer speaks on the MAGA-hat wearing teens who surrounded him  —  The images in a series of videos that went viral on social media Saturday showed a tense scene near the Lincoln Memorial.  —  In them, a Native American man steadily beats his drum …
Discussion: WCPO, WGN-TV and Mediaite
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Associated Press:
U.S. diocese, school apologize after students mock Indigenous demonstrator  —  ‘We extend our deepest apologies,’ school says after video emerges of students taunting Indigenous elder  —  A diocese in Kentucky has apologized after videos emerged showing students from an all-male Catholic …
Vincent Schilling / Indian Country Today:
Outrage as non-Native youth wearing #MAGA hats taunt and disrespect Native elder  —  Native Twitter has gone ablaze as a Native American elder singing the AIM Song in Washington DC during the Indigenous Peoples March was ridiculed, taunted and mocked by a group of non-Native youth.
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Boys in ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Mob Native Elder at Indigenous Peoples March  —  They were Catholic high school students who came to Washington on a field trip to rally at the March for Life.  —  He was a Native American veteran of the Vietnam War who was there to raise awareness at the Indigenous Peoples March.
Max Londberg / Cincinnati.com:
CovCath faces backlash after video of incident at Indigenous Peoples March surfaces  —  Covington Catholic High School faced backlash on social media Saturday morning after video was posted and widely shared showing a tense incident involving indigenous marchers and a group of young men in Washington, D.C.
Pelosi / Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Trump Speech  —  San Francisco — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement in advance of the President's address:  —  “Democrats were hopeful that the President was finally willing to re-open government and proceed with a much-needed discussion to protect the border.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump expected to propose DACA-TPS immigration compromise  —  President Trump plans to use remarks from the Diplomatic Reception Room on Saturday afternoon to propose a notable immigration compromise, according to sources familiar with the speech.
Vox:
Here's Trump's latest offer to end the shutdown — and why Democrats aren't interested  —  The “deal” Trump is offering on immigration and DACA, explained.  —  President Donald Trump just blinked on the government shutdown.  But his standoff with congressional Democrats doesn't appear to be headed to a resolution anytime soon.
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Pelosi: Trump proposals to reopen government a ‘non-starter’  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday called reports of a deal to be proposed by President Trump to end a record-long partial government shutdown a “non-starter.”  —  “Democrats were hopeful that the President …
Axios:
Democrats dismiss Trump shutdown offer  —  Even before President Trump's shutdown remarks on Saturday, Democratic aides on the Hill were dismissing his planned shutdown compromise offer as inadequate.  —  As first reported by Axios, Trump was expected to make two offers to Democrats in exchange …
Washington Post:
Trump offers 3-year extension of protection for ‘dreamers’ …
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump offers immigration compromise to end partial shutdown; Dems cool to offer
Discussion: Daily Wire
New York Times:   Trump Offers Temporary Protections for ‘Dreamers’ in Exchange for Wall Funding
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Support DACA Protections for More Wall Funding
Discussion: Roll Call
Washington Post:
Inside the Mueller team's decision to dispute BuzzFeed's explosive story on Trump and Cohen  —  When a BuzzFeed reporter first sought comment on the news outlet's explosive report that President Trump had directed his lawyer to lie to Congress, the spokesman for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III treated …
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emptywheel:
Peter Carr Speaks  —  Yesterday, Mueller's spox Peter Carr issued a statement vaguely denying Thursday's Buzzfeed story claiming that Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie. … Clearly, there are parts of the story that are correct, in that they provide specific details that match the vague ones Mueller himself has released.
Axios:
Mueller's BuzzFeed statement is a reckoning for journalism in the age of Trump
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
“Would you like to speak to the president?”  —  PARIS — “Would you like to speak to the president?”  —  That was about the last question I expected from a stranger on a Friday night in Paris.  —  I was at a brasserie in the Latin Quarter, enjoying dinner with James McAuley, the Post's Paris correspondent.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
As Beto O'Rourke Weighs 2020 Run, Democrats Chafe at His Go-It-Alone Style  —  For a moment in August, an event hall in Texas teemed with hope, taquitos and unity.  —  It was a border-town stop for Beto O'Rourke's Senate campaign, but another Democratic politician commanded particular attention …
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Beto O'Rourke:   I had been to Ulysses, Kansas once before, briefly.
Armando Garcia / ABC News:
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand speaks at Women's March in Iowa: ‘We would change everything’  —  New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand kicked off her 2020 presidential campaign in Iowa this weekend by tackling a controversial subject head-on and being a marquee speaker at the Women's March in Des Moines on Saturday.
Discussion: New York Times
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CNN:
An expensive lesson in hubris for the United States  —  Zakaria: Syria decision feels like Bush moment  —  Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor of practice at Arizona State University and the author of “Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad.”
Discussion: Army Times
Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
Tony Mendez, ‘Argo’ spy who smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran during crisis, dies at 78  —  A forgery artist and master of disguise for the CIA, Tony Mendez once transformed a black agent and an Asian diplomat into a pair of white business executives, using masks that gave them an uncanny resemblance …
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
A black R&B artist hoped singing for Trump would build ‘a bridge.’ It derailed her career instead.  —  Chrisette Michele is singing to nearly empty concert halls.  She says she's finding a new path to happiness.  —  GLENSIDE, Pa. — Chrisette Michele held hands with her band members during a final prayer …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Daily Beast
 
 
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Barry Gewen / New York Times:
Nathan Glazer, Urban Sociologist and Outspoken Intellectual, Dies at 95
Discussion: Power Line
Michelle Alexander / New York Times:
Time to Break the Silence on Palestine
Kate Aronoff / The Intercept:
Henry Cuellar's Policy Preferences Could Destroy the World. But Then Again, He's a Really Nice Guy.
theepochtimes.com:
Trump Continues to Prepare the Battlefield
Eli Pariser / TIME:
The Internet Can Make Us Feel Awful. It Doesn't Have to Be That Way
Jennifer Levitz / Wall Street Journal:
Women's Marches Aim to Rev Momentum Ahead of 2020
Los Angeles Times:
Who is Ed Buck? The erratic life of the Democratic donor in whose home two dead men have been found
Associated Press:
Arizona: Four women convicted after leaving food and water in desert for migrants
Discussion: Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Brad Slager / RedState:
The Latest Company Social Fiasco: Johnnie Walker Stepping on a Rake for Women's March
Discussion: twitchy.com and Instapundit
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Useful idiots, Kristof edition
Discussion: Babalú Blog and New York Times
Heather Long / Washington Post:
‘Please, listen to us’: What it's like being female at America's biggest economic conference
PBS NewsHour:
Why many stores can't accept food stamps during the shutdown
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
Attempts to steal fuel from Mexican pipeline set off massive fireball, killing at least 66
Discussion: Gizmodo and New York Times
Robert M. Gates / Wall Street Journal:
To End the Shutdown, Try Thinking Big on Immigration
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Virginia's lone black statewide official sits out Robert E. Lee tribute
Discussion: theGrio
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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