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Nick Coltrain / Des Moines Register:
Biden says he would not comply with a Senate subpoena in the impeachment trial of President Trump — Former Vice President Joe Biden confirmed Friday he would not comply with a subpoena to testify in a Senate trial of President Donald Trump. — The Democrat-controlled U.S. House …
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Bob Fredericks / Page Six:
Hunter Biden and pregnant wife spotted in LA amid paternity battle with former stripper — Here are the two people Joe Biden doesn't want you to see. — A bloated Hunter Biden — who along with his pregnant newlywed wife was left off dad Joe's family Christmas card this year …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Don Imus, Legendary ‘Imus in the Morning’ Host, Dies at 79 — The controversial radio personality passed away on Friday morning at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas. — Radio personality Don Imus, whose insult humor and savage comedy catapulted him to a long-lasting …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Don Imus, Radio Host Who Pushed Boundaries, Dies at 79 — On the air, he was an irascible, confrontational growler who led pranks and parodies that could be tasteless, obscene and sometimes racist, sexist or homophobic. — Don Imus, who tested the limits of shock radio with his irreverent attacks …
Associated Press:
DJ Don Imus dead at 79 — Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to radio stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died. He was 79. — Imus died Friday morning at Baylor Scott …
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Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
McGrath files to challenge McConnell in Senate race — FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Calling her party's victory in the Kentucky governor's race a jolt of momentum for her own bid to unseat a Republican incumbent, Democrat Amy McGrath on Friday officially filed to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Lauren Vella / The Hill:
Blumenthal: Five to 10 Republicans have ‘severe misgivings’ about McConnell strategy
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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALs Who Turned In Edward Gallagher — Video interviews and group texts obtained by The Times show men describing their platoon leader in grim terms. — [Watch a special Times documentary featuring combat video and confidential interviews with the Navy SEALs …
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CBS News:
Federal judge to halt latest North Carolina voter ID law — Raleigh, North Carolina — Republican attempts to require photo identification to vote in North Carolina are being thwarted again by judges hearing arguments that the mandate is tainted by bias that would deter black and Latino residents.
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Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
Federal court to block NC's voter ID requirement before 2020 elections
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Igor Derysh / Salon:
Pelosi “has the right” to submit Trump to an “involuntary evaluation”: Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee — “I am beginning to believe that a mental health hold . . . will become inevitable,” Lee tells Salon in an interview — A Yale psychiatrist who has repeatedly sounded the alarm …
NBC News:
Mile high ugh: What you should know before you eat airplane food — Airline food caterers face limited oversight with infrequent inspections, numerous violations and few consequences. — Jason Alderman was hungry. It was the beginning of his regular Sunday night commute from San Francisco to Boston …
Bloomberg:
Bizarre Fortunes Flourish as World's Richest Gain $1.2 Trillion — The wealth of the 500 richest people surged 25% in 2019 — Wrecked cars, catchy tunes are among the sources of new riches — The leveraging of a giant social-media presence, a catchy tune about a family of sharks …
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Michael Moore Predicts 2020 Trump Victory: Trump's Level Of Support “Has Not Gone Down One Inch” — In an interview with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, Michael Moore said if the election were held today that President Trump would win a second term. However, Moore predicted the Democratic candidate …
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Michael Moore says Trump could win in 2020, Midwest support hasn't dropped ‘one inch’
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
AOC for president? The buzz has begun
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CNN:
Schumer said in 1999 Senate wasn't like a jury box and was ‘susceptible to the whims of politics’ — (CNN)Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has blasted his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell in recent days after he described himself as “not an impartial juror” ahead …
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Wall Street Journal:
Rank-and-File Workers Get Bigger Raises — Short supply of labor, minimum-wage rises and increased poaching have helped lift wages for lower-income workers — Rank-and-file workers are getting bigger raises this year—at least in percentage terms—than bosses.
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Axios, WND and The Daily Caller
Derick Waller / abc7NY:
Women attacked, man threatens shooting in rash of anti-Semitic incidents in NYC — GRAVESEND, Brooklyn (WABC) — There have been a rash of anti-Semitic incidents in New York City this week, most in parts of Brooklyn. — A man wearing a hoodie apparently walked into Lubavitch World Headquarters …
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Erica Byfield / NBC New York:
‘Open Season on Jews’: Outrage Over Spike in NYC Hate Attacks
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Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Why Trump's Second Term Will Be Worse — When I spent a month on a research trip to India in December 2014, half a year after Narendra Modi swept to power, the writers, academics, and intellectuals I met were engrossed in a debate that may now feel oddly familiar to Americans.
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Raw Story
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Ivanka Trump Confirmed as CES 2020 Keynote Speaker — It's official: Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser, will be on the CES 2020 keynote stage next month in Las Vegas. — Ivanka Trump will join a keynote discussion on jobs and the future of work with Gary Shapiro …
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
In the U.S., an Angioplasty Costs $32,000. Elsewhere? Maybe $6,400. — A study of international prices finds American patients pay much more across a wide array of common services. — Why does health care cost so much more in the United States than in other countries?
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Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Russia commissions intercontinental hypersonic weapon — MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin that a new hypersonic weapon of intercontinental range became operational Friday following years of tests. — Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Putin …
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CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren's campaign sounds the alarm as fundraising pace slows about 30% in fourth quarter — Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign told supporters in an email on Friday that, so far, it has raised just over $17 million in the fourth quarter, a significant drop from her fundraising haul during the third quarter.
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
U.S. judge denies bid to restore 98,000 purged Georgia voters — A federal judge on Friday denied an effort to restore 98,000 Georgia voters who were removed from the state's voter rolls this month because they haven't participated in elections for more than eight years.
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Globe and Mail:
Activist who raised awareness about transphobia murdered in Toronto — When Julie Berman came up to the open mic at the trans day of remembrance event on Nov. 20, 2017, she delivered a speech about transphobia in Toronto. She talked about a trans friend of hers that was murdered.
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
On land, Australia's rising heat is ‘apocalyptic.’ In the ocean, it's worse. — BRUNY ISLAND, Tasmania — Even before the ocean caught fever and reached temperatures no one had ever seen, Australia's ancient giant kelp was cooked. — Rodney Dillon noticed the day he squeezed …
Washington Post:
Ousted cardinal McCarrick gave more than $600,000 to fellow clerics, including two popes, records show — Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick gave hundreds of thousands of dollars in church money to powerful Catholic clerics over nearly two decades, according to financial records obtained …
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Associated Press:
Disney characters say tourists inappropriately touched them — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World employees who portray Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck each filed police reports this month claiming they were inappropriately touched by tourists.
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Rob Shikina / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
Wreckage of Kauai tour helicopter carrying 7 has been found — The wreckage of a Eurocopter AS350 carrying seven people has been found in Kokee near Nualolo, according to Kauai county officials. — The search for survivors is ongoing. — “First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers …
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