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2:05 AM ET, December 25, 2019

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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.
Discussion: UPI and New York Post
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 …
Discussion: CNN
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 …
Discussion: Politico, IJR, Mediaite, Joe.My.God. and Axios
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Washington Post:
Impasse over Senate impeachment trial likely to last weeks as both sides dig in
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Mike Lee is the quiet force to get Trump acquitted
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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Madison Feller / ELLE:
She Helped Inspire The Wire And Oversaw The Weinstein Investigation.  Meet Rebecca Corbett.  —  Like many women in media who spend hours hunched over stories, tracing the news and pursuing stories, the  —  ' investigations editor Rebecca Corbett is powered by snacks.
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
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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.
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 …
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.
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Trump campaign launches website to help supporters ‘win arguments’ with ‘snowflakes’ during holidays  —  President Trump's reelection campaign launched a website Tuesday with videos containing pro-Trump talking points the campaign said can help supporters “win arguments with liberal friends …
Discussion: Breitbart
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.
Discussion: The Wrap and New York Post
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Week
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump calls troops ahead of Christmas holiday
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and IJR
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump says US will ‘deal with’ North Korea Christmas gift
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
Discussion: Alternet.org
 
 
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David Hambling / The Guardian:
Weatherwatch: reindeer adapted to snow but not climate change
Discussion: Breitbart
Pramila Jayapal / Washington Post:
India's foreign minister refused to meet me. I won't stop speaking out on human rights.
Discussion: The Hill
Lisa Wolfson / Bloomberg:
Saturday Shopping Sets U.S. One-Day Sales Record, Analyst Says
NBC News:
Pentagon tells military personnel not to use at-home DNA kits
Discussion: UPI
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Buttigieg Blames Private Equity Firms for Surprise Billing. …
Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
Arizona DHS Agents Paid to Have Sex With Alleged Sex Trafficking Victims They ‘Rescued’
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Pentagon Eyes Africa Drawdown as First Step in Global Troop Shift
Discussion: The Week and Politico
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
We still don't have answers on Khashoggi's murder
Discussion: Vanity Fair and VICE
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Melania Trump silently forges path through impeachment
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
David Siders / Politico:
‘The surge is real’: Klobuchar makes late push in Iowa
Discussion: MinnPost
Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
Comey or ‘Corney’? Stalking a Half-Popped Kernel of a Deep-State Kerning Conspiracy
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

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
 
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