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John Washington / The Intercept:
Mike Bloomberg Exploited Prison Labor to Make 2020 Presidential Campaign Phone Calls — Former New York City mayor and multibillionaire Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg used prison labor to make campaign calls. Through a third-party vendor, the Mike Bloomberg 2020 campaign contracted …
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Michael Bloomberg says his White House campaign unknowingly used prison labor — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday said his campaign had unknowingly used prison workers to make telephone calls on his behalf.
Sasha Pezenik / ABC News:
Bloomberg campaign used prison labor to make 2020 campaign calls — The campaign said they cut ties with the contractor once they found out. — Former New York Gov. Mike Bloomberg's campaign contracted with a call center that employs prison inmates to make calls for his 2020 presidential campaign, ABC News confirmed on Tuesday.
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New York Times:
Chinese Restaurants Are Closing. That's a Good Thing, the Owners Say. — The share of Chinese restaurants has fallen in metro areas across the country in the last five years. Many owners are glad their children won't be taking over. — KINGSTON, N.Y. — More than 40 years after buying Eng's …
Washington Post:
Trump lashes out at Pelosi, Democrats after exchanging holiday greetings with troops — PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump lashed out again Tuesday at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democrats involved in his impeachment after a teleconference in which he exchanged holiday greetings …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump says Pelosi ‘desperate’ and ‘hates all of the people that voted for me’
Washington Post:
Impasse over Senate impeachment trial likely to last weeks as both sides dig in
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Mike Lee is the quiet force to get Trump acquitted
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The Christian Post:
Christianity Today and the problem with ‘Christian Elitism’ — Christianity Today editor Mark Galli's “lofty” op-ed last week calling for President Trump's removal from office touched off a firestorm of criticism and dissent from scores of evangelical leaders, and the backlash and debate have reached …
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Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Editor Quits Amid Evangelical Newspaper Civil War Over Trump — SPLITTERS — An editor at The Christian Post has abruptly quit the publication after it aligned itself with Donald Trump as part of a spiraling evangelical Christian civil war. Another evangelical newspaper, Christianity Today …
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
A Trump Policy ‘Clarification’ All but Ends Punishment for Bird Deaths — WASHINGTON — As the state of Virginia prepared for a major bridge and tunnel expansion in the tidewaters of the Chesapeake Bay last year, engineers understood that the nesting grounds of 25,000 gulls, black skimmers …
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Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Legal Experts Slam Attorney General Barr Over Impeachment: He's ‘Up To His Eyeballs’ in Corruption — Attorney General William Barr's defense of President Donald Trump amid impeachment is raising questions about potential conflicts of interest as legal experts accuse the Justice Department chief …
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Raw Story and Alternet.org
New York Post:
Hunter Biden owns massive home in swanky Hollywood Hills, court docs reveal — Recovering crack addict Hunter Biden owns a home in one of the swankiest neighborhoods in America, it was revealed Monday. — The son of former Vice President Joe Biden shares a ZIP code in the Hollywood Hills …
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Paul D. Miller / The Christian Post:
Convict Trump: The Constitution is more important than abortion — Christians should advocate for President Donald J. Trump's conviction and removal from office by the Senate. While Trump has an excellent record of appointing conservative judges and advancing a prolife agenda, his criminal conduct endangers the Constitution.
Courier-Journal:
The FBI is asking questions about former Gov. Matt Bevin's pardons — The FBI is asking questions about the pardons Matt Bevin issued during his last weeks as Kentucky governor, The Courier Journal has learned. — State Rep. Chris Harris, D-Forest Hills, told reporters …
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Colleges are turning students' phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands — When Syracuse University freshmen walk into professor Jeff Rubin's Introduction to Information Technologies class, seven small Bluetooth beacons hidden around …
Just Security:
The 2019 Just Security Holiday Reading List — As 2019 comes to a close, we'd like to thank everyone for reading Just Security during what has been an extremely busy year. We hope you'll continue to turn to us for analysis and legal commentary of today's pressing national security issues in the new year …
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
How to understand Trump now: Wounded child, drug addict or delusional gaslighter? — Psychiatrist Justin Frank says Trump is terrified, angry and extremely dangerous — “conflict ... gives him life” — Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives last week.
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
North Korea never halted efforts to build powerful new weapons, experts say — Just before North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile in 2017, scientists strapped their newest rocket engine to a test stand to see how it would perform.
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump says US will ‘deal with’ North Korea Christmas gift
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Former Hawaii governor calls on Tulsi Gabbard to resign — Running for president she is “not able to do the job for the 2nd District,” says Neil Abercrombie. — Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard said she will not resign. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Poll: About Half The Public Approves Of Vote To Impeach Trump — Americans' opinions on ousting the president remain stable and deeply polarized. — Americans lean toward the House of Representatives' decision to impeach President Donald Trump, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds.
Biz / Variety:
Eight Cases Against Harvey Weinstein Being Reviewed by L.A. District Attorney — Harvey Weinstein is set to go on trial next month in New York on charges of rape and sexual assault. But no matter how that case turns out, he will still face criminal jeopardy in Los Angeles.
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Katrina vanden Heuvel / Washington Post:
The climate movement is gaining momentum in spite of Trump — The selection of 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg as Time magazine's Person of the Year seemed to trigger many on the political right, led by President Trump, who called the choice “ridiculous” and mocked Thunberg …
Peter A. Coclanis / Spectator USA:
The 1619 Project is the 2019 Project — and the 2020 Project — It is increasingly clear that the 1619 Project, foisted on the American public in August by the New York Times, was ill advised. Fatuous, tendentious and tedious, 1619 is more advocacy than history, and is intended mainly …
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Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Buttigieg Blames Private Equity Firms for Surprise Billing. One of His Bundlers, a Blackstone Exec, Is Linked to the Problem. — South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg's health care plan takes on the predatory practice of surprise medical billing, which occurs when patients receive astronomical medical bills …
David Siders / Politico:
‘The surge is real’: Klobuchar makes late push in Iowa — SHELDON, Iowa — Amy Klobuchar keeps telling Iowans about the text she got from a friend cheering her “insurgency” after last week's debate. The friend meant to say “surge,” but Klobuchar found the auto-correct error funny …
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