LEADS

The Legacy of Black Hawk Down
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/legacy-black-hawk-down-180971000/

As Teens Born After 9/11 Reach Military Age, Recruiters Face New Challenges
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/01/02/teens-born-after-9-11-reach-military-age-recruiters-face-new-challenges.html

U.S. Military May Be Targeted by Its Own Missiles in Middle East
https://www.newsweek.com/us-military-targeted-own-missiles-middle-eeast-1277293

US Airstrike Kills 10 ‘Militants’ in SW Somalia
https://news.antiwar.com/2019/01/03/us-airstrike-kills-10-militants-in-sw-somalia/

U.S. Ramps Up Bombing Of ISIS In Eastern Syria Following Trump Withdrawal Announcement
https://theintercept.com/2019/01/03/syria-bombing-troop-withdrawal/

Intel: How Republicans are starting new Congress with rebuke of Trump’s Syria withdrawal
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/01/congress-first-bill-rebuke-trump-syria-withdrawal.html

Bolton, Pompeo to Travel to Mideast to Reassure U.S. Allies
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-04/bolton-pompeo-to-travel-to-mideast-to-reassure-u-s-allies

Paul Whelan: Ex-US Marine held on suspicion of spying is UK citizen
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46756996

Ex-CIA agent Plame: 'It's not inconceivable' Paul Whelan is a spy
https://www.freep.com/story/news/2019/01/03/cia-whelan-russia-american-held-spy/2469240002/

German government cagey on spy cooperation in Pinochet's Chile
https://www.dw.com/en/german-government-cagey-on-spy-cooperation-in-pinochets-chile/a-46949463

Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role
https://www.thenation.com/article/border-patrol-refugees-guatemala-cia-war-crimes/

SEAL to stand trial for murder, other alleged war crimes
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/01/03/seal-to-stand-trial-for-murder-other-alleged-war-crimes/

US military food supplier for Iraq, Afghanistan is suspended over fraud indictment
https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/us-military-food-supplier-for-iraq-afghanistan-is-suspended-over-fraud-indictment-1.563082

Senate Investigation Alleges U.S. Marshals Service Commonly Used Fraudulent, Pre-Printed Subpoenas to Collect Telephone Records
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/grassley-senate-judiciary-investigation-marshals-service-commonly-used-fraudulent-pre-printed-subpoenas-collect-telephone-records.html

Undocumented Worker Says Trump Resort Shielded Her From Secret Service
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/us/trump-golf-club-illegal-immigrant-employee.html

The EPA has backed off enforcement under Trump – here are the numbers
https://theconversation.com/the-epa-has-backed-off-enforcement-under-trump-here-are-the-numbers-108640

More coal plants shut down in Trump’s first two years than in Obama’s entire first term
https://thinkprogress.org/more-coal-plants-shut-down-in-trumps-first-two-years-than-in-obamas-entire-first-term-e6b72f354330/

Federal contractors quietly working as the partial shutdown continues
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2019/01/03/federal-contractors-quietly-working-as-the-partial-shutdown-continues/

McConnell Faces Pressure From Republicans to Stop Avoiding Shutdown Fight
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/us/politics/mcconnell-senate-republicans-shutdown.html

House Democrats pass government funding bills, Pelosi jokes she’d give Trump $1 for a wall
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/house-democrats-government-funding-bills-trump-pelosi-wall

How Trump's Wall Would Alter Our Biological Identity Forever
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-trumps-wall-would-alter-our-biological-identity-forever/

POLITICS and FLEAS

Religious Freedom Battle Is Far From Over: Here’s What to Look for in 2019
https://rewire.news/religion-dispatches/2019/01/03/religious-freedom-battle-is-far-from-over-heres-what-to-look-for-in-2019/

HA HA: Mike Pence Had to Swear In Bisexual Senator Kyrsten Sinema
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/1/03/ha-ha-mike-pence-had-swear-bisexual-senator-kyrsten-sinema

Sinema takes Senate oath on Constitution; McSally uses Bible from USS Arizona
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2019/01/03/kyrsten-sinema-uses-lawbook-senate-oath-martha-mcsally-uses-bible/2477175002/

Rashida Tlaib Sworn in on Thomas Jefferson’s Quran
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2019/01/04/tlaib-sworn-in-on-thomas-jeffersons-quran/

Rashida Tlaib’s thobe and Ilhan Omar’s hijab are making congressional history
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/1/3/18166768/rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-congress-thobe-hijab

New Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Goes off on Trump: ‘We’re Going to Impeach the Motherf*cker!’
https://www.mediaite.com/online/new-congresswoman-rashida-tlaib-goes-off-on-trump-were-going-to-impeach-the-motherfcker/

Hank Johnson brings 'Trump is Hitler' into the House of Representatives
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/hank_johnson_brings_trump_is_hitler_into_the_house_of_representatives.html

Liz Cheney Urges Democrats to ‘Keep Talking’ so Americans Know How ‘Radical’ They Are
https://freebeacon.com/politics/liz-cheney-urges-democrats-keep-talking-americans-know-how-radical/

‘The fraud of socialism’: Liz Cheney rips progressives in preview of House GOP attack plan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/04/fraud-socialism-rep-liz-cheney-rips-progressives-preview-gop-attack-plan-house/

A video of Ocasio-Cortez dancing in college leaked to smear her. Instead, the Internet finds it adorable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/03/video-ocasio-cortez-dancing-college-leaked-internet-finds-it-adorable/

Attacks On Ocasio-Cortez Are Reaching Self-Defeating Levels
https://www.redstate.com/prevaila/2019/01/03/attacks-ocasio-cortez-reaching-self-defeating-levels/

FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS

Khashoggi trial in Saudi Arabia falls short of independent, international probe needed: UN rights chief
https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/01/1029772

Egypt's Sisi denies his country holds any political prisoners, but rights groups say tens of thousands detained
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/egypt-political-prisoners-abdel-fattah-el-sisi-president-cbs-a8710951.html

China has detained 13 Canadians since arrest of Huawei CFO
https://www.axios.com/china-detained-13-canadians-since-huawei-cfo-arrest-58671f27-5570-4583-b3d0-de9ef53bea1c.html

How cow vigilantism is undermining the rule of law in India
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/cow-vigilantism-undermining-rule-law-india-190102143126368.html

PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER

Freak storms, big winds, and caribou and reindeer die-offs
https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/freak-storms-big-winds-and-caribou-and-reindeer-die-offs-cywJhLcqTE6HC_CsNtHN0g/

Warming seas linked to bluefin tuna surge in UK waters
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46738175

The Tuna Herders
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/the-tuna-herders

THE MEDIA SCRUM

Van Halen: Why the Original Line-Up MUST Return to Save Rock ‘n’ Roll
http://www.realclearlife.com/music/van-halen-original-lineup-save-rockandroll/

Kevin Hart Says He's "Evaluating" Returning To Oscar Host Role After Ellen DeGeneres Calls Academy
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kevin-hart-says-he-would-reconsider-hosting-oscars-ellen-1173108

Sure, Jim Carrey, A Weird Penis Painting Will Totally Teach Louis CK Not To Joke About School Shootings
http://www.pajiba.com/celebrities_are_better_than_you/jim-carrey-criticizes-louis-ck-with-tiny-penis-painting.php

Louis C.K. — and his critics — are a plague on comedy
https://nypost.com/2019/01/03/louis-ck-and-his-critics-are-a-plague-on-comedy/

ODDS, ENDS

Baylor Women End No. 1 UConn's Years-Long Winning Streak
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/04/682106924/baylor-women-end-no-1-uconns-years-long-winning-streak

Chessboxing: the new craze where brain meets brawn
https://www.huckmag.com/outdoor/sport-outdoor/chessboxing-the-new-craze-where-brain-meets-brawn/

Football: It’s Problematic!
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/01/football-its-problematic

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