memeorandum: GOP Senator James Lankford says he doesn't think Trump is a role model for young people (Melissa Quinn/CBS News)

3:35 PM ET, December 29, 2019

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Batya Ungar-Sargon / The Forward:

Why No One Can Talk About The Attacks Against Orthodox Jews — There's a poem Jews sing every evening after lighting Hanukkah candles. It's called “Maoz Tzur” — Rock of the Ages — and was written during the Crusades, one of the many times when Jewish blood ran through the streets …

New York Times:

Monsey Hanukkah Stabbing: 5 Wounded at Rabbi's Home in N.Y. Suburb — The governor called the violence an “act of domestic terrorism” after a suspect was arrested in Harlem. — MONSEY, N.Y. — An intruder with a large knife burst into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in a New York suburb on Saturday night …

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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.

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CBS New York:

At Least 5 People Stabbed By Machete-Wielding Suspect At Monsey Synagogue, Suspect Arrested In NYC — MONSEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - At least five people have been stabbed in an attack on a Rabbi's home in New York's Rockland County. That attacker is now reportedly in custody after fleeing the scene.

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Deborah Lipstadt / The Atlantic:

Jews Are Going Underground — In a month of terrible anti-Semitic attacks, including a stabbing yesterday of multiple people at a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, the news that most depressed me did not involve violence. It was not something done to Jews but something Jews did.

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Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
How liberals are allowing anti-Semitism to flourish

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Erielle Davidson / The Federalist: IDENTITY POLITICS ENABLES ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE. ENOUGH

Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
Police released this image taken from surveillance cameras showing a man investigators believe …

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Yonah Jeremy Bob / Jerusalem Post: Will American Jews finally get hint about dangers they face? - analysis

WPIX: There were alleged attacks on Jewish New Yorkers almost every day last week

Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Multiple victims reported in latest New York stabbing attack - breaking

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CNN:
Suspect in Hanukkah celebration stabbings arrested in New York City with ‘blood all over him,’ source says

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NBC New York:
5 People Stabbed at Rabbi's Home in Rockland County, NY: Police

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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Guardian Angels to patrol Jewish neighborhoods in New York City after recent attacks

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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:

GOP Senator James Lankford says he doesn't think Trump is a role model for young people — Washington — Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma criticized President Trump for his tweets and language, saying he doesn't believe the president is someone who young people can look up to.

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Jacob Knutson / Axios:

GOP senator says he doesn't think Trump “as a person” is a role model for kids — Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said on CBS News' “Face the Nation” Sunday that he doesn't believe President Trump is “a very good role model for a lot of different youth,” and that disagreements on rhetoric have been a …

Discussion: Breitbart

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 …

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Adia Robinson / ABC News:

‘No exoneration’ if impeachment trial ‘rigged’ by McConnell, senator says — Pelosi and McConnell have been at an impasse over the Senate impeachment trial. — Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski put her finger on a key issue of an impeachment trial when she expressed concern …

Discussion: One America News Network, The Hill and Breitbart

Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News: Sen. Kennedy says ‘there are no rules’ when it comes to impeachment proceedings

Rick Wilson / New York Daily News:

A decade of loss: What slipped away in America in the 2010s — History's greatest trick is that our innate human bias toward normalcy always lures us into complacency. You wake up in the morning and the coffee still tastes largely the same, the water runs, the lights come on. It feels almost ordinary.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:

Statement From Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Jonathan Hoffman — In response to repeated Kata'ib Hizbollah (KH) attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces, U.S. forces have conducted precision defensive strikes against five KH facilities in Iraq …

Discussion: CNN, Bloomberg and The Drive

Michael Moran / Dailystar.co.uk:

Huge triangular UFO captured on video gliding through sky above New York — The strange object hung immobile above the clouds for several minutes, at one point ejecting a red ‘orb’ — 2019 has been a remarkable year for UFO sightings. — Partly because drones are so commonplace now …

Helen Whitehouse / Mirror.co.uk:

Transgender man gives birth to non-binary partner's baby with female sperm donor — EXCLUSIVE: Proud dad Reuben Sharpe has revealed how he gave birth to miracle baby Jamie with partner Jay in Britain's most modern family - and even the couple's doctor was transgender

Discussion: The Sun and Twitchy

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.

Discussion: Politico

Conor Finnegan / ABC News:

Trump downplays concerns of North Korea's ‘Christmas gift’: Maybe it's ‘a beautiful vase’ — Officials are on alert this week for a potential long-range missile test. — After months of stalled nuclear negotiations and ratcheting up rhetoric, North Korea has promised to deliver a …

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill, Politico and The Week

Adia Robinson / ABC News:
After ‘high-level’ diplomacy, North Korea may have reconsidered ‘Christmas gift’: National …

Discussion: UPI, The Week, Contemptor, New York Post and The Hill

Ben Kamisar / NBC News:

Searching for truth in an era of ‘alternative facts’: Disinformation in the age of Trump — On a special edition of “Meet the Press,” top journalists discuss the challenges of finding the facts amid growing disinformation. — WASHINGTON — In an era of politics and journalism that includes …

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Justine Coleman / The Hill:

Putin thanks Trump for tip helping thwart ‘acts of terrorism’ in Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked President Trump in a phone call for giving him a tip that helped stop “acts of terrorism” in Russia, Reuters reported the Kremlin said. — The Kremlin added Trump …

Discussion: Politico, Reuters, One America News Network and Voice of America

Linda Carroll / NBC News:

'It's not going away': Vets still seeing cases of dog heart problems linked to grain-free food — Exotic ingredients and boutique brands may also be linked to the health issues. — Debbie Turner remembers the shock when a veterinary specialist said her beloved dog, Kanga Lu, had severe heart damage.

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, Alternet.org and Raw Story

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:

Bernie Sanders staffers complained about the campaign's use of Amazon, a frequent Sanders target — Sen. Bernie Sanders frequently attacks Amazon on the campaign trail, vowing to break up the online retail giant if elected, denouncing its treatment of workers and decrying its ability to pay no federal taxes on billions in profits.

Discussion: Raw Story