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9:50 AM ET, December 29, 2019

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New York Times:
Monsey Stabbing: 5 Wounded at Rabbi's Home in N.Y. Suburb  —  The attack occurred in an area with a large population of ultra-Orthodox Jews.  —  An intruder with a knife stormed into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in a New York suburb on Saturday, stabbing and wounding five people, officials said.
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New York Post:
Suspects released without bail after shocking attacks on Jews  —  Suspects arrested in last week's spree of eight anti-Semitic attacks are being quickly released right back into the neighborhoods they terrorized thanks to “bail reform” legislation — which doesn't even take effect until Jan. 1.
Discussion: BizPac Review and Instapundit
Vos Iz Neias:
Saturday Night Terror At Rabbi Rottenburg's Shul, 15 Transported To Hospital, Suspect In Custody [UPDATE: 8:30 AM]  —  MONSEY (VINnews) — Multiple people were stabbed Saturday night in a synagogue.  —  According to reports, a black male entered the home of Rabbi Rottenburg, who has a Shul in the Forshay neighborhood of Monsey.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
Police released this image taken from surveillance cameras showing a man investigators believe is connected to the attack  —  Tiffany Harris, 30, was arrested on a hate-crime harassment charge.  —  Also on Friday morning, an unidentified man wearing a hoodie walked into the headquarters …
Discussion: WND and Slate
Associated Press:
5 stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in rabbi's New York home  —  MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — As people gathered at a rabbi's home north of New York City to celebrate the seventh night of Hanukkah, police said a man stabbed and wounded five before fleeing in a vehicle.
Discussion: KTLA
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden still leads Democratic race as Warren drops  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden remains Democratic primary voters' preferred presidential candidate, as a Fox News Poll released Sunday shows more think he is capable of beating President Trump than feel …
Discussion: Associated Press
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CNBC:   Biden leaves it unclear if he would honor Senate subpoena
Jan Wolfe / Reuters:   Facing blowback, Biden clarifies stance on impeachment trial testimony
Associated Press:
Trump retweets post naming alleged whistleblower  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump retweeted a post that included the alleged name of the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint ultimately led to Trump's impeachment by the House.  —  Just before midnight Friday …
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump retweets a post naming the alleged whistleblower
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and DNyuz
David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Gangster in the White House
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump attacks whistleblower in tweetstorm full of rants and conspiracies
Discussion: Raw Story and DNyuz
New York Times:
Science Under Attack: How Trump Is Sidelining Researchers and Their Work  —  WASHINGTON — In just three years, the Trump administration has diminished the role of science in federal policymaking while halting or disrupting research projects nationwide, marking a transformation …
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
‘Nothing Less Than a Civil War’: These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump  —  Deeply conservative, they organize online and outside the Republican Party apparatus, engaging in more explicit versions of the chest-beating seen at the president's rallies.
Discussion: Raw Story and Jill Filipovic
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Ivanka Trump suggests she may leave White House job if father re-elected  —  President's senior adviser says she will put her family's needs first in making decision  —  Ivanka Trump has cast doubt on continuing in her advisory role in the administration if her father wins re-election next year.
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Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Ivanka Trump says staying in Washington will be up to her kids, cites “unfinished” work
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump might leave White House if father wins 2020
Discussion: Fox News
Kashmira Gander / Newsweek:
Record hit for most ice to melt in Antarctica in one day, data suggests: “We are in a climate emergency”  —  The record in recent decades for the highest level of ice to melt in Antarctica in one day was reached on Christmas Eve, data suggests.  —  Around 15 percent of the continent's surface melted …
Discussion: Althouse
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Left presses 2020 Democrats to retake the courts from Trump  —  Democratic presidential contenders are facing increasing pressure to detail their plans for filling federal court vacancies amid angst over President Trump's success in packing the benches with conservative judges.
Maria Petrakis / Los Angeles Times:
Greece had long banned cremation.  Then it began running out of room for bodies  —  To show that cremation has long been part of the Greek way of life and death, Antonis Alakiotis proudly displays a wide range of funerary urns modeled on ancient Greek designs, available to house the ashes of your loved one for eternity.
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
U.S. companies are forcing workers to train their own foreign replacements  —  Opponents of job outsourcing are making a holiday-season appeal to President Trump: Stop U.S. companies from forcing American workers to train the very same cheaper foreign laborers who will soon replace them.
Discussion: SDxCentral and Raw Story
Amy Qin / New York Times:
In China's Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared  —  In Xinjiang the authorities have separated nearly half a million children from their families, aiming to instill loyalty to China and the Communist Party.  —  HOTAN, China — The first grader was a good student and beloved by her classmates …
Christian Toto / The Daily Wire:
Indie Film Studio Rebeller Media Ready To Stand Tall Against PC Scolds  —  The word “brave” gets tossed around too easily in Hollywood.  —  It might apply to stars tackling issues the entire industry supports, like removing President Donald Trump from office.  It also refers to actors who obscure their beauty for Oscar-bait roles.
The Daily Beast:
Graham: Rudy Should Scrub Evidence for Russian Propaganda  —  In the weeks leading up to their impeachment trial, senators on Capitol Hill are actively avoiding meeting with President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani—partly because they fear he might try to pass off Russian conspiracy theories …
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and Mediaite
 
 
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump downplays concerns of North Korea's ‘Christmas gift’: Maybe it's ‘a beautiful vase’
Associated Press:
Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Why Trump Vilifies Whistle-blowers and Venerates War Criminals
Discussion: KTLA, FOX31 Denver and Fox News
Linda Carroll / NBC News:
'It's not going away': Vets still seeing cases of dog heart problems linked to grain-free food
CNN:
Construction workers lose sensitive documents during renovations at UK spy headquarters, report says
Miriam Berger / Washington Post:
Idlib could become the worst humanitarian crisis in Syria's civil war
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Elizabeth Warren releases new anti-corruption campaign ad in Iowa
Discussion: NBC News and Associated Press
 Earlier Items: 
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
US envoy urges EU to ban Hezbollah after Iran militia kills American
ABC News:
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says impeachment will only ‘embolden’ Trump, increasing his reelection chances
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Caller:
Cory Booker Says Men Should Care About Abortion Access Because ‘Women Are People’
Discussion: Redstate and Townhall
Susannah Bryan / Sun-Sentinel:
Is ‘Dixie Highway’ racist? The debate is growing
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
SHOCK VIDEO: Man scales 30-foot border wall — in 23 seconds!
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Maddow Meltdown: In Defense To OAN Lawsuit, Host Argues Her Words Are Not Facts
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Pelosi gets under Trump's skin on impeachment
Discussion: Associated Press and Breitbart
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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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

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

 
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