• Supremos deliver blow to transgender patriots — but will it be permanent?
  
• ‘Nest of Vipers’: Trump Obsesses Over the Chyrons (politicalwire.com)
• A racist high school jerk harassed a native American vet, and a kid got wrongfully accused on social mediaCovington Catholic High School Teens Are Poster Children For Toxic Masculinity (mavenroundtable.io)
  

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• Trump told Cohen to lie to Congress — and he didDemocrats demand investigation after report that Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress (washingtonpost.com)Rep. Castro Demands That Trump Resign For Directing Cohen to Commit Perjury (politicususa.com)‘He’s Done’ — Mueller Has ‘Smoking Gun’ Proving Trump Suborned Perjury (politicususa.com)Live updates at The Guardian UK (theguardian.com)House committees gear up to probe subornation of perjury (feeds.reuters.com)
  
• Republican Congressman suddenly resigns as pharmaceutical opioid scandal grows
  
• ‘The system is rigged,’ and here’s how Michael Cohen rigged it in Trump’s favorCohen Hired IT Firm to Rig Online Polls for Trump, Says Report (thedailybeast.com)
  
• Wow, did Paul Manafort ever lie to Mueller’s prosecutors. How much? This much…
  
• Humiliating Rejexit: Theresa May, Brexit crash and burn in unprecedented Parliamentary defeat
  
• REVEALED: Trump wanted to give Putin this unacceptable, big geopolitical gift
  
• House GOP gives racist sleaze Steve King a slap on the wrist
  

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• Angry Trump lashes out at media for asking if he is a Russian asset
  
• Puppetmaster Putin and Benedict Donald: These details in hot WaPo bombshell reinforce the need to remove Trump from office
  
• Ex-FBI agent turned GOP House member on report FBI secretly probed Trump-Russia: ‘These are not opened on a whim’ (rawstory.com)
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  Bombshell revelation of unprecedented, secret move by the FBI made days after Comey firingEx-FBI Officials Say Spy Inquiry into President Trump Is ‘Uncharted Territory’ (thedailybeast.com)
  
• Donald ‘Baby Doc’ Trump Jr. promotes violence against journalists
  
• Mark your calendars for this year’s [first] ‘John Dean Moment’Why Donald Trump and his children will be charged with crimes (salon.com)

  The testimony that could bring down Donald Trump's house of cards is coming.

  
• Rod Rosenstein leaving DOJ: What we know (so far)
  
• BREAKING: Is this the indictment that could land Trump Jr. and Jared in jail?

  Plus: A new wrinkle in that mystery grand jury subpoena kerfluffle being mulled by The Supremos… and sloppy lawyering by Team Manafort reveals Mueller charge!

  
• Pence calls on Democrats in Congress to accede to wall-funding demand, end shutdown (washingtonpost.com)
• Erdoğan chides Bolton and calls on US to hand over Syria bases (theguardian.com)
• Putin Claimed His Hypersonic Missiles Were Invincible. Then He Jailed the Developers. (thedailybeast.com)
  
• “I think he is without question the worst president we’ve ever had.” Harry Reid unloads on The Donald (nytimes.com)
  
• Was This an Act of Cyberwar?
  
• A Russian spy used Manafort as his puppet — and why Cohen is now in deeper doo-doo

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• Former Client Accuses Michael Avenatti of Operating Law Firm Like a ‘Ponzi Scheme’ (thedailybeast.com)
  
• How anonymous tweets helped ignite a national controversy over MAGA hat teens (washingtonpost.com)
• Judge strikes down abortion law that would have been country’s strictest (theguardian.com)
• U.S. Faces Increasing Threats From Weakening World Order and Isolationism, Intelligence Agencies Warn (nytimes.com)
• Sen. Mark Warner introduces ‘Stop STUPIDITY Act’ aimed at preventing future shutdowns (washingtonpost.com)
• Report Says Shutdown Is Impeding F.B.I.’s Law Enforcement Efforts (nytimes.com)
• Top Democrat warns acting U.S. attorney general about Russia probe (feeds.reuters.com)
• Senate votes to extend federal welfare program through June amid shutdown (washingtonpost.com)
• Saints fans file lawsuit to replay NFC championship game after missed call (theguardian.com)
• Trump administration to ask Supreme Court to decide census dispute (feeds.reuters.com)
• Phone hacking was widespread at the Sun, high court told (theguardian.com)
• Kamala Harris Raised $1.5 Million Online in Just the First Day of Her Campaign (thedailybeast.com)
  
• Supreme Court to hear biggest gun rights case since 2010 (feeds.reuters.com)
• Judge rejects Republican’s bid to be certified winner of North Carolina election (feeds.reuters.com)
• Los Angeles teachers reach tentative deal to end strike (theguardian.com)
• The three intersecting threads linking Trump’s campaign to Russian intelligence (washingtonpost.com)
• Trump still plans to deliver Jan. 29 State of the Union address at Capitol: official (feeds.reuters.com)
• Top U.S. diplomat for Europe resigns, cites personal, professional reasons (feeds.reuters.com)
• Supreme Court lets mystery company file appeal under seal (feeds.reuters.com)
• MAGA troll behind plot to smear Mueller kindles new racist ‘birther’ movement to derail Kamala Harris (rawstory.com)
  
• Trump once asked Paul Ryan why he couldn’t be ‘loyal’ (thehill.com)
• Trump voters now blame him for the government shutdown (washingtonpost.com)
• Supremos deliver blow to transgender patriots — but will it be permanent?
  
• No-deal Brexit would mean hard Irish border, EU confirms (theguardian.com)
• Senate Republicans announce bill to end shutdown on Trump’s terms (theguardian.com)

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