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7:45 AM ET, December 30, 2019

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New York Times:
Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion  —  The inside story of President Trump's demand to halt military assistance to an ally shows the price he was willing to pay to carry out his agenda.  —  WASHINGTON — Deep into a long flight to Japan aboard Air Force …
Discussion: Raw Story, HuffPost, DNyuz, The Week and Mediaite
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: The Guardian and CNN
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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.
Discussion: Instapundit and The Guardian
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?
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.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer  —  Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) is undergoing treatment for Stage IV pancreatic cancer, his office announced Sunday.  —  The big picture: The 79-year-old Lewis is a civil rights icon who has received the Presidential Medal …
Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   Rep. John Lewis is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
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  —  Officials said the shooter is among the two people dead after a shooting at the West Freeway Church of Christ. … Two people are dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting at a church …
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 …
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Putin thanks Trump for tip helping thwart ‘acts of terrorism’ in Russia
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.
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Dave Barry / Washington Post:   Dave Barry's Year in Review 2019
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
Matt Ford / New Republic:
A Decade of Legal Warfare Has Warped America's Future  —  Welcome to the Decade From Hell, our look back at an arbitrary 10-year period that began with a great outpouring of hope and ended in a cavalcade of despair.  —  It's hard to keep track of all the lawsuits that have been filed …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Strikes Shiite Militia Targets in Iraq and Syria  —  Operation against Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah comes in retaliation for attack targeting Iraqi military base that killed a U.S. contractor, wounded four troops  —  The U.S. carried out airstrikes against an Iranian-backed Shiite militia group …
Discussion: Raw Story, Reuters and The Week
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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.
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.
Stephen Collins / The Irish Times:
Johnson will abandon pledge on Brexit transition period - Hogan  —  EU commissioner believes British PM will abandon promise not to extend  —  British prime minister Boris Johnson will abandon his pledge not to extend the transition period for the UK's exit from the European Union beyond December 2020 …
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
 
 
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CNN:
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
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