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David Siders / Politico:
Democratic insiders: Bernie could win the nomination  —  Suddenly, Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign is being taken seriously.  —  For months, the Vermont senator was written off by Democratic Party insiders as a candidate with a committed but narrow base who was too far left to win the primary.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Why Bernie Sanders Is Tough to Beat  —  His supporters are loyal, and in Iowa they don't really have eyes for anyone else.  —  GARNER, Iowa — Dawn Smallfoot put up a Bernie Sanders sign in her yard after hearing him speak in spring 2015.  It's been there ever since.
Los Angeles Times:   With so much promise, why is Cory Booker's campaign falling flat?
Zoe Tidman / Yahoo News:
Public support for Trump conviction at all-time high, poll finds  —  Donald Trump's removal from office is the highest it has ever been, according to a new poll.  —  Fifty-five per cent of those asked said they were in favour of the US president's conviction by the Senate, a figure which has shot up from 48 per cent the week before.
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Trump ‘Home Alone 2’ scene reportedly cut from Canadian Christmas broadcasts  —  President Trump's cameo scene in the holiday classic “Home Alone 2: Lost In New York” was reportedly cut from showings of the movie on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) this month.
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JK Schmidt / Comic Book:
Donald Trump's Cameo in Home Alone 2 Cut From Canadian Television Broadcast
Vivek Saxena / BizPac Review:
‘Pathetic’: CBC under fire when Trump's cameo in ‘Home Alone 2’ disappears from Christmas broadcast
Discussion: Small Dead Animals and Mediaite
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump is already searching for his next secretary of state  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he isn't running for Senate next year.  Those close to him say he hasn't made a final decision yet.  But that hasn't prevented a barely concealed competition from breaking out within …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Rachel Maddow rooted for the Steele dossier to be true.  Then it fell apart.  —  Fifth in a series on the media's handling of the Steele dossier.  See Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4.  —  In March 2017, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow invited Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) onto her show to talk Russia.
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
The Christmas Eve Confessions of Chuck Todd  —  That disinformation was going to overtake Republican politics was discoverable years before he says he discovered it.  —  'Round midnight on Christmas eve, Rolling Stone posted a short interview with Chuck Todd, host of “the longest running show on television,” NBC's Meet the Press.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
‘Civil war’ among evangelicals is the last thing Trump needs  —  Christianity Today, one of the nation's leading evangelical publications, published a striking editorial last week, condemning Donald Trump's actions in the Ukraine scandal as “profoundly immoral” and the president himself as “morally lost and confused.”
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Christine Stapleton / Palm Beach Post:
Why did Trump ditch his church in Palm Beach on Christmas Eve for evangelical service?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
John Sides / Washington Post:
Why Trump isn't getting credit from voters for good economic news  —  It's not just about impeachment and the surrounding controversies  —  In the past two weeks, good economic news has buoyed the Trump administration, providing a welcome distraction from his impeachment.
Discussion: Raw Story
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Why I quit Twitter — and you should, too  —  Over the previous 10 years, I had written 180,000 tweets.  Yes, I said 180,000.  —  So I haven't posted a tweet in nine months.  How am I doing?  I'm still in recovery.  Over the previous 10 years, I had written 180,000 tweets.  Yes, I said 180,000.
Discussion: Althouse
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
In Trump Country, a season of need on family farms  —  BERKSHIRE, N.Y. — The grocery list took Anne Lee hours to make, an exercise in her increasingly desperate effort to feed her family of seven.  —  “Chicken noodle soup?” she wondered as she sat at her kitchen table with a pen and notepad.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Trump lashes out at Pelosi on Christmas, decries ‘scam impeachment’  —  President Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a pair of tweets Christmas night, decrying what he called a “Scam Impeachment.”  —  “Why should Crazy Nancy Pelosi, just because she has a slight majority …
Kent Greenfield / Courier-Journal:
Donald Trump has violated his oath.  Mitch McConnell is about to violate 2  —  We Kentuckians know that our word is our bond.  Oaths are the most solemn of promises, and their breach results in serious reputational — and sometimes legal — consequences.  —  President Donald Trump will soon …
Elliot Resnick / Townhall:
The Gripes of a Trump Supporter  —  I consider Donald Trump one of the greatest presidents this country has ever known.  He exudes love of America, boldly pursues excellence, and governs based on incisive common sense rather than nauseating political correctness.  —  That said:
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
FAA proposes tracking most drones in US airspace  —  The country's top transportation regulator on Thursday proposed tracking nearly every drone in U.S. airspace, a rule that would pave the way for companies like Google and Amazon to deploy commercial drones across the U.S.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump struggles when asked about Ukraine messages from Putin  —  For nearly three years, Donald Trump has ignored his own country's intelligence community and believed that Ukraine intervened in the U.S. elections in 2016 in the hopes of undermining his candidacy.
Deanna Paul / UnionLeader.com:
Is revenge porn protected speech?  Supreme Court may soon weigh in  —  When Bethany Austin learned that her fiance had been unfaithful in late May 2016, she ended the seven-year relationship and called off their upcoming wedding.  —  He told the couple's friends that Austin was “crazy.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Wrap:
10 Most Epic Fails in Hollywood This Decade, From Qwikster to the ‘Dark Universe’  —  If you're in the entertainment industry, failure is a constant.  For every “Avengers: Endgame” there is a “Howard the Duck.”  It's just the nature of the business.  —  As Yoda put it to Luke Skywalker in …
Rachel Elbaum / NBC News:
Christmas Day passes with no sign of ‘gift’ that North Korea warned of  —  The U.S.-North Korea relationship has been on a roller coaster ride under President Donald Trump, who has made diplomacy with Pyongyang a centerpiece.  —  What happened to North Korea's ‘Christmas gift’?
Derek M. Norman / New York Times:
Why Is New York City's Skyline Always Lit Up?  —  The lights are dazzling.  But there are several other practical reasons that they stay on all night long.  —  Manhattan's glittering skyline makes Aja Corliss feel proud to live in New York City, and its soaring buildings represent her ambition to move upward in life.
Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC:
Trump stock market rally is far outpacing past US presidents  — The S&P 500 has returned more than 50% since President Trump was elected, more than double the average market return of presidents three years into their term, according to Bespoke Investment Group.
John Frank / The Colorado Sun:
Colorado hits a new milestone with unaffiliated voters and busts the myth about its even partisan split  —  To make a case that he can win over a divided nation, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet often points to his home state.  —  “This is a state that is exactly a third Democrat …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
The Year of Batshit Crazy at One America News, Trump's New Favorite Cable-News Channel  —  Trump in 2019 began attacking Fox News when its news side seemed insufficiently loyal to him.  Such an opportunity presented itself for OAN to vie for the president's affections.
Discussion: Raw Story
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Why Trump Will Cruise to Victory Next Year  —  Britain's Sun newspaper comments on a new report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research.  The Sun's focus is Britain, but the report is highly relevant to the U.S. as well: … Brexit was supposed to devastate Britain's economy, remember?
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP predicts bipartisan acquittal at Trump impeachment trial  —  Republicans are becoming increasingly confident they'll be able to hand President Trump a bipartisan acquittal in his Senate impeachment trial.  —  With 67 votes needed to convict the president and remove him from office …
 
 
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Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
IG Report Reveals Steele Funneled Claims Through John McCain After FBI Dropped Him
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Adam Mill / The Federalist:
If The FBI's Contempt For The Law Is Not Reined In, Its Abuses Will Get Worse
Emel Akan / theepochtimes.com:
2019 in Review: US Economy Strong, Entering the Longest Expansion in History
MarketWatch:
Stocks eye fresh records in thin post-Christmas trade
Discussion: KTLA
Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders says Trump will be hard to beat, but he knows how to do it
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China, Russia and Iran to hold joint naval drills from Friday
Tom Ziller / Good Morning It's Basketball:
R.I.P. GMIB. Long live GMIB.
Associated Press:
At each end of Pacific, skepticism over China farm purchases
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Democrats' denial on health care may produce Trump's reelection
Discussion: IJR
Patrick J. McDonnell / Los Angeles Times:
Seeing a Central American surge, Mexicans join the asylum line at the U.S. border
Discussion: Politico, National Review and Axios
Tamar Lapin / Page Six:
Ari Behn, Norwegian princess' ex and Kevin Spacey accuser, dead at 47
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Hallmark movies are fascist propaganda
Discussion: Power Line, TheBlaze and Althouse
 

 
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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

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

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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