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Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
Jews Under Attack Deserve Better Than Selective Outrage  —  The Jewish community has turned selective outrage over anti-Semitism into a kind of norm.  —  There was a time—and it was not that long ago—when regardless of what separated Jews, we made a certain common cause over those who traded …
Discussion: Instapundit and The Guardian
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Shayna Jacobs / Greenwich Time:
Acts of anti-Semitism are on the rise in New York and elsewhere, rattling Jews and communities  —  NEW YORK - Hours after a knife-wielding man barged into a Hannukah party in a New York suburb, stabbing five people, top officials condemned the crime as part of a disturbing trend.
Discussion: HuffPost
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios AM  —  Subscribe  —  Happy Monday!  — Situational awareness: A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims that he had made the world's first genetically edited babies was sentenced to three years in prison because of his research.  (AP)
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
Jewish leaders urge action after another ‘senseless’ attack  —  NEW YORK (AP) — When a suspect walked into the home of a rabbi celebrating Hanukkah and stabbed five celebrants it was the latest in a week of anti-Semitic attacks in the nation's most demographically diverse area — and an incident that reverberated across the country.
Discussion: PJ Media Home and KTLA
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Are Anti-Semitic Attacks Driven By Politics?
Deborah Lipstadt / The Atlantic:
Jews Are Going Underground  —  In a month of terrible anti …
Discussion: Instapundit and The Guardian
Jeff Dunetz / The Lid:   A Democrat Blames His Democratic Party For Upsurge In Antisemitism-He's Right (Videos)
David Marcus / The Federalist:
We Can No Longer Ignore The Attacks On Jews In New York
Discussion: Instapundit
Congressman John Lewis:
Rep. John Lewis Undergoing Cancer Treatment  —  He released this statement today regarding his prognosis and his plans to continue to serve the people of the 5th Congressional District of Georgia:  —  “I have been in some kind of fight - for freedom, equality, basic human rights - for nearly my entire life.
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis announces he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer  —  Washington (CNN)Civil rights icon and US Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, his office announced Sunday.  —  Lewis, 79, will undergo treatment for it, his office said.
Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Rep. John Lewis is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
Discussion: DNyuz
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
3 Dead After Shooting At West Freeway Church Of Christ In White Settlement  —  FULL COVERAGE: NORTH TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTING  —  WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — Three people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting at a church in the Tarrant County city of White Settlement, officials said.
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Claire Cardona / NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
‘Our Home Was Invaded by Evil’; 3 Dead, Including Gunman, in North Texas Church Shooting  —  The shooting was reported just before 11 a.m. at the West Freeway Church of Christ  —  Two parishioners and the gunman are dead after a shooting at a White Settlement church Sunday, officials say.
Dallas Morning News:
2 dead, 1 in critical condition after shooting at White Settlement church, officials say
Washington Post:
Trump's lawyer and the Venezuelan president: How Giuliani got involved in back-channel talks with Maduro  —  The international call came in September 2018, after months of rising tension between the United States and Venezuela, a key strategic player in South America.
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story, Slate, The Hill and Mediaite
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Washington Post: Giuliani held back channel phone call with Venezuelan President
Discussion: Contemptor
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Republican Telemarketer Stiffed the Feds Out of $411K.  The Trump White House Gave Him a Job.  —  Shannon Burns spent years dodging creditors and fighting off lawsuits.  He found an angel at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  In the final two months of 2016 …
New York Times:
How Big Companies Won New Tax Breaks From the Trump Administration  —  As the Treasury Department prepared to enact the 2017 Republican tax overhaul, corporate lobbyists swarmed — and won big.  —  The overhaul of the federal tax law in 2017 was the signature legislative achievement of Donald J. Trump's presidency.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Zack Stanton / Politico:
The Worst Political Predictions of 2019  —  If you took the sum of political knowledge available at the end of 2018, and projected the course of 2019, the resulting spaghetti models could go in millions of directions.  —  Perhaps Robert Mueller's findings would devastate President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Althouse
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Presidential Nominating Process Is Absurd  —  We have an unnecessarily weak presidential field, especially the incumbent.  —  Andrew Yang began his closing statement at the last Democratic debate with a charming bit of self-deprecation: “I know what you're thinking, America.
Discussion: Althouse
Siobhán O'Grady / Washington Post:
In the past decade, at least 554 journalists have been killed worldwide  —  They were killed by suicide bombs and shot by gangs, caught in crossfire and targeted on live TV.  —  Over the past decade, at least 554 journalists and 49 media workers — a category that includes drivers and interpreters …
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Putin Thanks Trump for Helping Russia Thwart Terrorist Attack  —  The Russian president called the American president to thank him for a tip about an attack said to be aimed at St. Petersburg.  —  MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia called President Trump on Sunday to thank …
Chaim Levinson / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Says Immunity From Prosecution ‘A Cornerstone of Democracy’  —  Indicted in three corruption cases, prime minister says he will decide on whether to request immunity within two days; tells High Court is is ‘unthinkable’ for attorney general to decide who can be PM
Laura Litvan / Yahoo News:
Trump Impeachment Trial Tests Incumbents Key to Senate Control  —  (Bloomberg) — The Senate's historic impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will be especially momentous for a small group of vulnerable incumbent senators whose 2020 re-election bids are central to determining control of the chamber.
Politico:
Fight against facial recognition hits wall across the West  —  The result is an impasse that has left tech companies largely in control of where and how to deploy facial recognition.  —  Passersby walk under a surveillance camera that's part of a facial recognition technology test in Berlin.
Claire Lee / Agence France-Presse:
All eyes on ‘new way’ in Kim Jong Un's New Year speech  —  Kim told a meeting of top ruling party officials that ‘positive and offensive measures for fully ensuring the sovereignty and security of the country’  —  Seoul (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for “offensive measures” …
 
 
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Decade We Changed Our Minds
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Washington Post:
Trump's pardon of Gallagher just got even more appalling
Discussion: Politico and Redstate
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Trump's ‘Failures’  —  It is popular on the NeverTrump Right …
Sarah Scoles / Slate:
The Year UFOs Became a Little More Legit
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Black Americans motivated by Trump to vote in 2020
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Matt Ford / New Republic:
A Decade of Legal Warfare Has Warped America's Future
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Strikes Shiite Militia Targets in Iraq and Syria
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 Earlier Items: 
Stephen Collins / The Irish Times:
Johnson will abandon pledge on Brexit transition period - Hogan
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Ivanka Trump Bizarrely Defends Family Separations: ‘Immigration Is Not Part Of My Portfolio’
Public Pool:
Subject: Press Briefing by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper |
Discussion: UPI
Joe Biden / Religion News Service:
Joe Biden on restoring the soul of our nation
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Seth Tupper / Rapid City Journal:
SD Republican leader receives $10K monthly for pro-Saudi Arabia work
Ryan Ledendecker / The Inquisitr:
GOP Senator Says Donald Trump Should ‘Tweet A Little Bit Less’ After Controversial Whistleblower Retweet
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
GOP Senator James Lankford says he doesn't think Trump is a role model for young people
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Police:
Google ships the first Android 16 developer preview, far ahead of schedule compared to the past decade, hoping to lower fragmentation by giving OEMs more time

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Sony launches cloud streaming on the PlayStation Portal in beta, letting PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers in some countries stream select PS5 games

Helene Braun / CoinDesk:
Trump picks Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, which has been a custodian for stablecoin company Tether since 2021, to serve as his Commerce Secretary

 
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